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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #Trumputin only thinks of himself not his voters and certainly not citizens of other countries affected by his egocentric fiddling while the planet burns and innocents die #NoKings If we do nothing or say nothing we are complicit

@scaramucci.bsky.social explains why war with Iran would be an insane option...🇮🇷

Is Hegseth invited to the war meetings or is he still running around doing pushups and Fox interviews?

going to keep saying: a society that would like to maintain its basic functions has really got to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by people in positions of authority

Average age of the panellists picked to discuss "the next generation": 48

🔹 You would be hard pressed to find a problem in modern day Britain that the Conservatives did not make worse. 14 years of inaction. 14 years of broken promises. 14 years of rising inequality. 14 years of division. 14 years of incompetence. ‪@songicartoons.bsky.social‬ ‬ 🎯

Wealth tax is an idea with huge public support. Brilliant to meet with @patrioticmillionaires.org to discuss how a wealth tax could raise billions to fund public services that benefit everyone! The UK is hugely unequal; taxing wealth will make society fairer.

Parnas: He sends the Marines into American cities not to protect us, folks, but to silence us. He ignores court orders like they’re optional. He surrounds himself with loyalists who exist solely to carry out his will. This is a leadership style that’s called authoritarianism.

Trump just shared this alarming text from Israeli Ambassador Mike Huckabee, effusively praising him while telling him that no president has been in his position "since Truman in 1945" (when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan) & that he "will hear a voice from heaven" telling him what to do.

Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

I’m about to speak on the Senate floor to memorialize the devastating loss of Melissa and Mark Hortman. Tune in here ⬇️

“OK, Boomer” just got flipped on its head. At protests across the country this past weekend, older Americans turned out in force, leading chants, waving signs and showing that resistance has no age limit. And their passion isn’t just inspiring. It might be what helps save democracy.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Never a truer line written. “3 angry old men” holding their people and the world to ransom’. (egged on by billionaire bros and Putin ☹️) #NoKings

Yesterday, millions of us reasserted the “We” in "We the people." We gained strength from our solidarity. We celebrated our numbers and our power. We will be steadfast. We will not cower to a dictator. We will win.

Conservative protests are always treated as an organic cry of anger that manifests the distress of the unjustly ignored American heartland; protests from the center-left are always written off as noise from inside the bubble.

"It just takes some economic dislocation or some populist politician or something happening in the neighbourhood for people to say; ‘You are the cause of the problem here, you are corrupting the morals of the state’.”

England is not a modern country. The graphic below by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.

Take a close look at how Vance and Trump have been talking about going to war in the past 24 hours. Vance: “We never ask you to go to war unless you absolutely have to” Trump: “It’s possible we could get involved”

Here is Ben Meiselas, his wife Xochitl, and their daughter at the Pasadena, No Kings Day protest. Their daughter's protest sign amused me❣️

Free speech for me, a felony for thee.

Tree of the Day (the middle one)

Brutal but fun

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #LandoftheFree unless you disagree with #Trumputin ☹️#NoKings

The not so slow descent into authoritarianism...

They all look like they are sat at their own trial in the Hague.

Business column in today’s Sunday Times reporting that a majority of Americans believe in the US is heading in the right direction How is this possible, I wondered? So I looked into the pollster, Rasmussen, and turns it out was secretly working for Trump team in 2024….

I'm slow at the moment so won't be posting much. Also avoiding heaviest news for a bit. What I'm finding heartening as a fellow political Cult escapee from too Far Left across the aisle, or indeed divide; is these videos from 👇🏻 @meidastouch.com ☝🏻 of people who have escaped the Cult of Donald Trump!

🇺🇸 "The confrontation in downtown Los Angeles threatens to be different. Unlike the battles Mr Trump is having with universities or law firms, this involves actual troops."

Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #NoKings

Is this who we are now? 🫣😑 Arresting 80yo veterans for protesting against a POTUS who has gone full-tilt autocrat?

1.2 million veterans rely on SNAP. 1.8 million rely on Medicaid. The "Big Beautiful Bill" puts those programs on the chopping block. All the North Korean-style theater in the world won't hide the fact that Trump’s policies would be devastating to millions who have served.

While Donald Trump tries to use the government to silence his critics and terrorize our communities, MILLIONS of people showed up to send a clear message: THERE WILL BE NO KINGS IN AMERICA. Let’s keep our momentum going. Join us: hrc.im/InYourArea

Gilead in FORT WORTH, TX #NoKingsDay

The Trump-Musk love affair was about daddy issues, not bromance | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/9c9071d2-cbc8-4f69-a502-38be42101ea5

The man who launched an attempted coup on the United States in 2020 and instigated an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five deaths now claims that people in Los Angeles are launching an insurrection. They’re not. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

Tree of the Day, Gaza. With thanks to Mandy Blackman, sending me the view from the hospital compound where she is working, and who loves to see trees still standing when so much else has fallen

If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country. We will hold this administration accountable.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

It wasn’t enough that federal security manhandled and cuffed Sen. Alex Padilla for daring to interrupt Kristi Noem’s press conference with a question. The White House had to double down and blame HIM for the incident, lying through its teeth about what happened. My write up in the replies.

Know your rights Also turn off Face ID on your phone They need warrant to get passcode

Hey Media, fuck you for your shameful decision to attack Joe Biden's competency, but now refuse to report anything negative about Trump's. #ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ICEProtests #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #NotMyDictator Los Angeles Protests

The media must do better at holding Farage and his cronies to account.

I would like to apologise for all these out of London reviews. Back in the poor neglected capital next week.

Memo from Private Eye to our broadcasters

‘“Good Vibrations”, released a few months after 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, may still be the best pop song ever made, a song so intricate and multi-faceted it’s almost impossible to keep up with it while listening.’ Chris Larkin on Brian Wilson, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...