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Declaring "Mission Accomplished" - that always works out well for US Presidents

07.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 983 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 20
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The conflict is spreading β€˜quickly and dangerously’ – Middle East security expert We spoke to Emile Hokayem, the Director of Regional Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The conflict is spreading β€˜quickly and dangerously’ – Middle East security expert
www.channel4.com/news/the-con...

07.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are paying for the flights β€˜home’ of tax dodging immigrants, by which I mean the Dubai tax dodgers.

07.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Noem is gone, sort of, but there are lessons to be learned from her tenure, how she was fired, and why it didn’t happen earlier, why the Senate confirmed her in the first place, that we can”t afford to ignore joycevance.substack.com/p/fired-but-...

06.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 2700 πŸ” 781 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 28

Stop at the nearest safe country.

07.03.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know satire when I see it.

06.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Blink twice. I repeat blink twice.
#Trumpstein #Trump #JesusChrist

06.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œHuge step” - cash me up outside πŸ€‘

In Gorton and Denton, despite having a middle class β€˜academic’, as a candidate & every dodgy bot in play - they got clobbered by a plumber and a party with a few quid in its back pocket.

People aren’t as stupid as Reform UK take them for.They see the lies.

06.03.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why ignore the real fly tipping problem. The waste system is confusing, inefficient & costly for small businesses & trades. My local recycling centre stops people swapping items on site. Obscene. Make every council use the same rules, apply fines but fix the system so less waste ends up dumped.

06.03.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s time for local news funders to pick winners, scale up, and force mergers, a new report argues "I don’t think we’re in a stage, any longer, of innovation. It really is a challenge of what are the scaling solutions."

I think the challenges now are so systemic that the only way to do responsible, impactful funding going forward is to look at system solutions rather than newsroom-based ones.”

06.03.2026 04:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why ignore the real fly tipping problem. The waste system is confusing, inefficient & costly for small businesses & trades. My local recycling centre stops people swapping items on site. Obscene. Make every council use the same rules, apply fines but fix the system so less waste ends up dumped.

06.03.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why ignore the real problem. The waste system is confusing, inefficient & costly for small businesses & trades. My local recycling centre stops people swapping items on site. Obscene. Make every council use the same rules, apply fines but fix the system so less waste ends up dumped.

06.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why ignore the real problem. The waste system is confusing, inefficient & costly for small businesses & trades. My local recycling centre stops people swapping items on site. Obscene. Make every council use the same rules, apply fines but fix the system so less waste ends up dumped.

06.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why ignore the real problem. The waste system is confusing, inefficient & costly for small businesses & trades. My local recycling centre stops people swapping items on site. Obscene. Make every council use the same rules, apply fines but fix the system so less waste ends up dumped.

06.03.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why ignore the real problem. The waste system is confusing, inefficient & costly for small businesses & trades. My local recycling centre stops people swapping items on site. Obscene. Make every council use the same rules, apply fines but fix the system so less waste ends up dumped.

06.03.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why ignore the real problem. The waste system is confusing, inefficient & costly for small businesses & trades. My local recycling centre stops people swapping items on site. Obscene. Make every council use the same rules, apply fines but fix the system so less waste ends up dumped.

06.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement.

The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual.

It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.

05.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 11953 πŸ” 2498 πŸ’¬ 1568 πŸ“Œ 305
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How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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πŸ‘Œ πŸ‘Ž

05.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 8934 πŸ” 2353 πŸ’¬ 245 πŸ“Œ 91

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.

05.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 2854 πŸ” 924 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 21
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Trump unleashed: President bullish on Iran, eyeing regime change in Cuba and impatient with Ukraine The president told POLITICO that β€œCuba’s going to fall,” revealed his growing frustration with Ukraine and the uncertain search for a new leader of Iran.

The Mad King is spiralling.

05.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 382 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 6
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Yesterday, Sir Robin Wales and Clive Furness joined Reform UK, leaving behind a Labour Party that has completely lost touch with the patriotic working class who once supported it in their droves says Romford Reform MP Andrew Rosindell.

05.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17122 πŸ” 5972 πŸ’¬ 514 πŸ“Œ 493
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NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

04.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 32488 πŸ” 8337 πŸ’¬ 1204 πŸ“Œ 678

Critics and environmental scientists warn this pivot from Reform UK to scrap net zero in Lincolnshire could be catastrophic for the county’s future.

05.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

UK political scientists generally place Reform UK as populist right or populist radical right not far‑right (in the UK sense), extremist, violent or anti‑democratic

This is why the BBC had to apologise when it called Reform UK β€œfar‑right”: there is no UK academic consensus supporting that label.

05.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UK political scientists generally place Reform UK as populist right or populist radical right not far‑right (in the UK sense), extremist, violent or anti‑democratic

This is why the BBC had to apologise when it called Reform UK β€œfar‑right”: there is no UK academic consensus supporting that label.

05.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GB News has been investigated more than any other UK broadcaster in recent years. Issues include:

β€’ Impartiality breaches
β€’ Accuracy concerns
β€’ Politicians interviewing politicians
β€’ Covid‑related misinformation
β€’ Election‑period impartiality rules

05.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

@gsamaras.bsky.social, assistant professor of public policy at KCL.
On a complicit media:
β€œI spent more than a year examining the media’s habit of using substitute labels instead of calling the far right what it is, and this practice is now everywhere.” Via @politico.eu

04.03.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Since Restore Britain launched, Reform lurched further right.

2024 BBC was forced to issue a correction for describing Reform as β€œfar right”. Tice called it defamatory and libellous. Farage said it was β€œdesigned to shut down debate”.

Time for political scientists to reclassify?

04.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A party of rejects. Sir Robin Wales was deselected by Labour members in Newham after 23 years in power. This was done through an internal Labour Party vote.

04.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0