Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
@maxbrockbank.com
Happily-married dad & Santa lookalike. Cat lackey. ½ US, ½ UK, 💯% EU. Liberal & a Democrat (LibDem). Ex-Tabloid hack, now dabbles in SEO (See @BigInSEO.Bsky.social)
I do sarcasm. A lot.
I block MAGA + all other zealots + bots.
Don't be a dick!
I do sarcasm. A lot.
I block MAGA + all other zealots + bots.
Don't be a dick!
Obviously not AI, but still.
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Obviously not AI, but still.
Such a success!
‘Melania,’ the First Lady’s New Documentary, Abruptly Pulled From Release in South Africa
Melania Trump's film is still getting what's likely to be the widest release of all time at the global box office for a doc, including a revised location count of 1,778 locations in North America and ...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Such a success!
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Every time I hear Trump talk!
January 29, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Every time I hear Trump talk!
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Another Reform candidate on brand with antisemitic, Islamophobic and racist social media posts.
Nigel Farage opens investigation into Reform candidate over 'racist' and 'sickening' social media posts | LBC
Mike Manning is Reform UK's candidate in an upcoming by-election on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
www.lbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Another Reform candidate on brand with antisemitic, Islamophobic and racist social media posts.
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Bad news for the US, with imports up, exports down, as the economy responds to Trump’s tariffs and financial volatility. The widening trade deficit, just announced, is far bigger than had been anticipated.
This could put even more pressure on the dollar and ultimately be a drag on growth.
This could put even more pressure on the dollar and ultimately be a drag on growth.
U.S. Trade Deficit Grew in November
The U.S. trade deficit rebounded in November, the Commerce Department said Thursday, extending a turbulent stretch for international trade flows as the economy responds to the Trump administration’s t...
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Bad news for the US, with imports up, exports down, as the economy responds to Trump’s tariffs and financial volatility. The widening trade deficit, just announced, is far bigger than had been anticipated.
This could put even more pressure on the dollar and ultimately be a drag on growth.
This could put even more pressure on the dollar and ultimately be a drag on growth.
That's me!
Goes double if they are standing ahead of you in the queue... 😉
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
That's me!
WARNING: Phishing attempt!
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
WARNING: Phishing attempt!
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I am so excited to not watch Melania's movie that I'm not watching it right now and will be not watching it all weekend!
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I am so excited to not watch Melania's movie that I'm not watching it right now and will be not watching it all weekend!
If the suggestion is that ICE agents targeted Alex Pretti because he had earlier "kicked out a tail-light", that makes his killing premeditated and therefore a capital crime.
January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
If the suggestion is that ICE agents targeted Alex Pretti because he had earlier "kicked out a tail-light", that makes his killing premeditated and therefore a capital crime.
Speculation that King Donald the Mad's fanatical investigation of Georgia polling in 2020 is because he knows it was supposed to be rigged in his favour, and is desperate to know why his cheating didn't work.
Essentially, he wants to find out who is responsible so he can take his revenge.
Essentially, he wants to find out who is responsible so he can take his revenge.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Speculation that King Donald the Mad's fanatical investigation of Georgia polling in 2020 is because he knows it was supposed to be rigged in his favour, and is desperate to know why his cheating didn't work.
Essentially, he wants to find out who is responsible so he can take his revenge.
Essentially, he wants to find out who is responsible so he can take his revenge.
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This is hilarious!! 🤣 🤣
January 29, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This is hilarious!! 🤣 🤣
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Iranian bank branches are facing growing shortages of cash as demand for banknotes rises sharply. There’s now an informal daily withdrawal cap of 30 million to 50 million rials per customer (about $18 to $30). (Iran International)
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Iranian bank branches are facing growing shortages of cash as demand for banknotes rises sharply. There’s now an informal daily withdrawal cap of 30 million to 50 million rials per customer (about $18 to $30). (Iran International)
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Reform UK Councillor Mick Cockerham of Newton Abbot South is showing, through this sick statement, what British values mean to Reform politicians. #UKPolitics
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Reform UK Councillor Mick Cockerham of Newton Abbot South is showing, through this sick statement, what British values mean to Reform politicians. #UKPolitics
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Anything to distract from robbing the next elections, the Epstein files and what he's doing to the country. And the fact that he's a rapist of children. All distraction. They need to be removed and prosecuted. All of them.
January 29, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Anything to distract from robbing the next elections, the Epstein files and what he's doing to the country. And the fact that he's a rapist of children. All distraction. They need to be removed and prosecuted. All of them.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’ address on Iran: “A regime that can only stay in power through sheer violence and terror against its own population has its days numbered.
“It may take weeks, but this regime has no legitimacy to govern the country.”
“It may take weeks, but this regime has no legitimacy to govern the country.”
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’ address on Iran: “A regime that can only stay in power through sheer violence and terror against its own population has its days numbered.
“It may take weeks, but this regime has no legitimacy to govern the country.”
“It may take weeks, but this regime has no legitimacy to govern the country.”
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Farage is in Dubai hosting a lunch for Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, the latest non-UK resident to back Reform.
Farage Seeks Support at Dubai Lunch Backed by Indian Billionaire
Nigel Farage hosted a private lunch event in Dubai on Tuesday with the backing of Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, underscoring the Reform UK party’s embrace of wealthy donors based in the United Arab...
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Farage is in Dubai hosting a lunch for Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, the latest non-UK resident to back Reform.
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Don’t pay any attention to a Finditoutnow poll which shows Reform winning in the Gorton & Denton byelection.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Don’t pay any attention to a Finditoutnow poll which shows Reform winning in the Gorton & Denton byelection.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
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Trump trying to destabilise Canada from within.
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Trump trying to destabilise Canada from within.
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GOP Senator Thom Tillis tells Jake Tapper on CNN: “I believe that Noem is out of her depth. I think she's reached the Peter Principle. She is not competent to run this organisation. And I haven't even begun to talk about the failure on FEMA and disaster response in North Carolina.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
GOP Senator Thom Tillis tells Jake Tapper on CNN: “I believe that Noem is out of her depth. I think she's reached the Peter Principle. She is not competent to run this organisation. And I haven't even begun to talk about the failure on FEMA and disaster response in North Carolina.”
They even lowered the flag to frame the publicity picture
And for all they knew at that time,
there could have been another shooter there, as well.
(They stop, for a photo?
It doesn't make any sense.)
there could have been another shooter there, as well.
(They stop, for a photo?
It doesn't make any sense.)
January 29, 2026 at 9:39 AM
They even lowered the flag to frame the publicity picture
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Want the AH to sink including all his supporters & investors!
January 29, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Want the AH to sink including all his supporters & investors!
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*Everybody* knows this has absolutely nothing to with Alex Pretti’s murder, let alone somehow justifies it. But my goodness they will strain every sinew to pretend otherwise. As ever, it will be illuminating to see which media & political figures outside the regime are corrupt enough to help them.
I also see Trump is already retweeting this video defending his street execution
Yes his use of this makes it worse
Yes his use of this makes it worse
January 29, 2026 at 8:26 AM
*Everybody* knows this has absolutely nothing to with Alex Pretti’s murder, let alone somehow justifies it. But my goodness they will strain every sinew to pretend otherwise. As ever, it will be illuminating to see which media & political figures outside the regime are corrupt enough to help them.
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Spoke to Shleagh Fogarty yesterday sbout why the Chancellor is wrong: our “student loan” system is not remotely fair. It’s regressive and embedding inter and intra generational wealth inequality. It’s not a loan system, it’s a bad grad tax in all but name.
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
Student loans are 'fair', says Rachel Reeves, amid backlash | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Spoke to Shleagh Fogarty yesterday sbout why the Chancellor is wrong: our “student loan” system is not remotely fair. It’s regressive and embedding inter and intra generational wealth inequality. It’s not a loan system, it’s a bad grad tax in all but name.
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
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Clearly, kids from lower income homes should still be given grants. We should be encouraging social mobility and not penalising poorer families by discouraging or preventing those young people from having the opportunity to study.
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Clearly, kids from lower income homes should still be given grants. We should be encouraging social mobility and not penalising poorer families by discouraging or preventing those young people from having the opportunity to study.