@jparkins10.bsky.social
Born Scouser, raised in Toronto, worked all over the world, long retired, interested in travel, sports, news, politics, current affairs, history, music, science, technology, markets & business. LFC supporter
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Over on instagram GBN has someone who has no idea what they are talking about speculating about global security, citing John Redwood as their source on that claim that Russia isn’t a threat. And it’s a Sponsored post 🤡🤡
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Over on instagram GBN has someone who has no idea what they are talking about speculating about global security, citing John Redwood as their source on that claim that Russia isn’t a threat. And it’s a Sponsored post 🤡🤡
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Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Epstein haunts him. Republicans are beginning to revolt against him.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Epstein haunts him. Republicans are beginning to revolt against him.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
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When people say the Fed is “goosing the economy” after this week's cut, that’s backwards. After years of slamming the brakes to fight inflation, they’re now just lifting their foot. Less restrictive is not the same as pedal-to-the-metal stimulus.
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When people say the Fed is “goosing the economy” after this week's cut, that’s backwards. After years of slamming the brakes to fight inflation, they’re now just lifting their foot. Less restrictive is not the same as pedal-to-the-metal stimulus.
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Well, she's certainly on brand 🙄
Lauren Boebert In Hot Water After She's Busted Spending Campaign Funds On Kid Rock Concert Tickets
www.comicsands.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Well, she's certainly on brand 🙄
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I'm late to this...but encourage you to take the time to read this, Ed's latest. It's pretty timely (and if possible should be read by FT readers in conjunction with today's iteration of his "Swamp Notes" column.)
"When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners." Me on Trump's love of the broligarchy and what that means for Europe and Maga's future. as.ft.com/r/55519a35-2...
Trump is choosing the broligarchs over his base
[FREE TO READ] When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm late to this...but encourage you to take the time to read this, Ed's latest. It's pretty timely (and if possible should be read by FT readers in conjunction with today's iteration of his "Swamp Notes" column.)
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Trump’s ambassador to the EU is accidentally—and unwittingly—saying the US economy is losing ground to the EU, even if he doesn’t seem to realise it.
By comparing the wrong GDP metrics, Andrew Puzder is arguing the EU is currently trouncing the US. And it’s all because of Trump!
Let me explain🧵
By comparing the wrong GDP metrics, Andrew Puzder is arguing the EU is currently trouncing the US. And it’s all because of Trump!
Let me explain🧵
December 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump’s ambassador to the EU is accidentally—and unwittingly—saying the US economy is losing ground to the EU, even if he doesn’t seem to realise it.
By comparing the wrong GDP metrics, Andrew Puzder is arguing the EU is currently trouncing the US. And it’s all because of Trump!
Let me explain🧵
By comparing the wrong GDP metrics, Andrew Puzder is arguing the EU is currently trouncing the US. And it’s all because of Trump!
Let me explain🧵
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Horrible
Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
December 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Horrible
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Balazs Orban tells The Times the Hungarian prime minister and US president agree the EU ‘is going down’ — and it’s time for regime change ⬇️
Viktor Orban’s mastermind: My boss will lead Trump revolution in Europe
Balazs Orban tells The Times the Hungarian prime minister and US president agree the EU ‘is going down’ — and it’s time for regime change
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Balazs Orban tells The Times the Hungarian prime minister and US president agree the EU ‘is going down’ — and it’s time for regime change ⬇️
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I’ve lost count of the number of elected Republican officials around the country who have been threatened with MAGA primary challengers for a variety of reasons. It is in the hundreds. What fun it must be to be a Republican who has an independent thought or position!
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I’ve lost count of the number of elected Republican officials around the country who have been threatened with MAGA primary challengers for a variety of reasons. It is in the hundreds. What fun it must be to be a Republican who has an independent thought or position!
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Man, some folks must be having a day going through these
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Man, some folks must be having a day going through these
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In Washington DC — or in pretty much every other Republican dominated state — the threats might have worked, because fear is a powerful weapon, and political courage is vanishingly rare.
But in Indiana, it backfired royally. Spectacularly. Decisively.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But in Indiana, it backfired royally. Spectacularly. Decisively.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Donald Trump's Ghastly Day
Defeat in the courts. Defeat in Congress. Defeat in Indiana.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In Washington DC — or in pretty much every other Republican dominated state — the threats might have worked, because fear is a powerful weapon, and political courage is vanishingly rare.
But in Indiana, it backfired royally. Spectacularly. Decisively.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But in Indiana, it backfired royally. Spectacularly. Decisively.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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“Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans… and this is not what they had in mind.” trib.al/vViPV0I
Transcript: Trump Explodes Over Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Worsen
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfiring politically.
trib.al
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans… and this is not what they had in mind.” trib.al/vViPV0I
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Russia is attacking nine Ukrainian cities at once and planning a major push in Donbas — all while Trump pushes Kyiv to accept a peace deal. Read Meduza’s latest analysis of what’s happening on the front line.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
As Trump pushes Kyiv to accept a peace deal, Russia attacks nine Ukrainian cities at once and plans a major push in Donbas — Meduza
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned…
meduza.io
December 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Russia is attacking nine Ukrainian cities at once and planning a major push in Donbas — all while Trump pushes Kyiv to accept a peace deal. Read Meduza’s latest analysis of what’s happening on the front line.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It’s even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It’s even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
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"This might be the first time that Donald Trump has acknowledged real numbers....I’m just kind of shocked at that post, because it acknowledges at least the indirect truth of the polls."
Great convo between @saletan.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Great convo between @saletan.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Transcript: Trump Explodes Over Cratering Polls as GOP Losses Worsen
As this week’s brutal GOP election losses show Latinos shifting hard against Trump and the GOP, the author of a piece on Trump’s agenda of ethnic persecution explains why naked bigotry is also backfir...
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"This might be the first time that Donald Trump has acknowledged real numbers....I’m just kind of shocked at that post, because it acknowledges at least the indirect truth of the polls."
Great convo between @saletan.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Great convo between @saletan.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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The DOJ reeeeally doesn't want to have its attorney testify in court next week about that supposed directive from Emil Bove to ignore judges' orders.
December 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The DOJ reeeeally doesn't want to have its attorney testify in court next week about that supposed directive from Emil Bove to ignore judges' orders.
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So great to see so many Hoosier state senators stand up to Trump and say, “No.” His hold on the party is breaking.
December 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So great to see so many Hoosier state senators stand up to Trump and say, “No.” His hold on the party is breaking.
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DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
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The approaching U.S.M.C.A. negotiating deadline comes at a time of heightened North American tensions. “Trump is going to want Canada and Mexico to pay something to access this market,” a former senior U.S. official said.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U9Ub44
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U9Ub44
Will Trump Torpedo North American Trade?
As a crucial negotiating deadline looms, envoys from three countries are scrambling to preserve a continent-wide economy.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The approaching U.S.M.C.A. negotiating deadline comes at a time of heightened North American tensions. “Trump is going to want Canada and Mexico to pay something to access this market,” a former senior U.S. official said.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U9Ub44
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U9Ub44
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I talked about this — including this gift gold bar—on my podcast this AM—talking about presidential gift-giving and corruption.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I talked about this — including this gift gold bar—on my podcast this AM—talking about presidential gift-giving and corruption.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmh...
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These New Epstein File Photos Feature Trump, Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon And Others
Read the full story:
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado... (Photo: House Oversight Committee)
Read the full story:
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado... (Photo: House Oversight Committee)
December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
These New Epstein File Photos Feature Trump, Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon And Others
Read the full story:
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado... (Photo: House Oversight Committee)
Read the full story:
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado... (Photo: House Oversight Committee)
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Right-wing GOPers will unite with Democrats when their interests converge. Indiana GOP legislators are aware how Democrats are overperforming in solidly pro-Trump districts and don't want to gerrymander their "safe" districts into somewhat less safe districts. Good for them, but not Mandela-level.
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Right-wing GOPers will unite with Democrats when their interests converge. Indiana GOP legislators are aware how Democrats are overperforming in solidly pro-Trump districts and don't want to gerrymander their "safe" districts into somewhat less safe districts. Good for them, but not Mandela-level.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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🔴‘The Trump Administration Must Abandon Its Delusions About Destroying the EU’
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
'The Trump Administration Must Abandon Its Delusions About Destroying the EU'
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🔴‘The Trump Administration Must Abandon Its Delusions About Destroying the EU’
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
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Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST