Nick Brooks
@porkpieman.bsky.social
Great believer in the UK and EU as a part of a strong, friendly alliance, and an opponent of those who try to drive us apart. #FBPE. #rejoin. #ProEU.
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15 files from the DOJ Epstein data base have quietly disappeared off the DOJ website.
The missing files included pictures of Trump in an open drawer.
Also missing are FBI interviews with survivors and charging docs on the 2008 investigation.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
The missing files included pictures of Trump in an open drawer.
Also missing are FBI interviews with survivors and charging docs on the 2008 investigation.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
At least 15 newly-released Epstein files have disappeared from DOJ's website, records show — CBS News
The episode has deepened concerns that had already emerged from the Justice Department's much-anticipated document release.
apple.news
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
15 files from the DOJ Epstein data base have quietly disappeared off the DOJ website.
The missing files included pictures of Trump in an open drawer.
Also missing are FBI interviews with survivors and charging docs on the 2008 investigation.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
The missing files included pictures of Trump in an open drawer.
Also missing are FBI interviews with survivors and charging docs on the 2008 investigation.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
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“.. We are aware of at least 30 deaths at ICE detention centers this year, making 2025 the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody," Ramirez said in an online statement.
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“.. We are aware of at least 30 deaths at ICE detention centers this year, making 2025 the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody," Ramirez said in an online statement.
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Maybe after next Nov if people get off their asses and vote Blue, and there's no rigging of the battleground states voting machines. They need to do something about their voting machines or Musk, Doge, and their tech friends in Silicon Valley will do it again.
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Maybe after next Nov if people get off their asses and vote Blue, and there's no rigging of the battleground states voting machines. They need to do something about their voting machines or Musk, Doge, and their tech friends in Silicon Valley will do it again.
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“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
Why the Epstein Coverup Matters
In free societies, government coverups are difficult. In authoritarian ones, they’re routine.
www.thebulwark.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
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Read my article I published this morning. It explains exactly how.
And she will go down for this.
Congress seems impotent — but they are not. They either act now within their power or give up power and authority forever — and they won’t do that.
open.substack.com/pub/unityind...
And she will go down for this.
Congress seems impotent — but they are not. They either act now within their power or give up power and authority forever — and they won’t do that.
open.substack.com/pub/unityind...
BlackoutGate: The Great Redaction
How Executive Hubris Forced Congress to Decide Whether It Still Governs
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Read my article I published this morning. It explains exactly how.
And she will go down for this.
Congress seems impotent — but they are not. They either act now within their power or give up power and authority forever — and they won’t do that.
open.substack.com/pub/unityind...
And she will go down for this.
Congress seems impotent — but they are not. They either act now within their power or give up power and authority forever — and they won’t do that.
open.substack.com/pub/unityind...
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“I see no need for the 🇺🇸 to now want to save democracy in Europe. If it were to be saved, we could do it ourselves.” Merz
Good article on the 🇩🇪 Chancellor Friedrich Merz. We desperately need strong leadership in Europe/🇪🇺. I wish him/us all the best.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Good article on the 🇩🇪 Chancellor Friedrich Merz. We desperately need strong leadership in Europe/🇪🇺. I wish him/us all the best.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Friedrich Merz wants Berlin to be a geopolitical hub. Will German voters reward him?
The chancellor is pursuing a risky quest for European leadership, and last week’s setback over Russian reparations is unlikely to knock him off course
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“I see no need for the 🇺🇸 to now want to save democracy in Europe. If it were to be saved, we could do it ourselves.” Merz
Good article on the 🇩🇪 Chancellor Friedrich Merz. We desperately need strong leadership in Europe/🇪🇺. I wish him/us all the best.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Good article on the 🇩🇪 Chancellor Friedrich Merz. We desperately need strong leadership in Europe/🇪🇺. I wish him/us all the best.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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I was due on Have I got News for You.
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
Ian Hislop Gets Zack Polanski BADLY Wrong
YouTube video by Antony Jones
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I was due on Have I got News for You.
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
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🇭🇺Massive demonstrations in Budapest, Hungary against the Viktor Orbán’s regime.
Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!” showing solidarity with children who became victims of abuse in the state care system
Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!” showing solidarity with children who became victims of abuse in the state care system
December 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🇭🇺Massive demonstrations in Budapest, Hungary against the Viktor Orbán’s regime.
Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!” showing solidarity with children who became victims of abuse in the state care system
Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!” showing solidarity with children who became victims of abuse in the state care system
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Donald Trump’s administration faced new criticism of its handling of documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the justice department removed 16, including an image of the president, from a trove of files released on Friday. ft.trib.al/y9cpOwC
December 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Donald Trump’s administration faced new criticism of its handling of documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the justice department removed 16, including an image of the president, from a trove of files released on Friday. ft.trib.al/y9cpOwC
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“Far too many people in this country remain wedded to the cult of the upper class – a cult that should long ago have withered to a death, but which is instead enabled by the media, by stealth, and by a fawning faith in aristocracy that still prevails.” www.bylinesupplement.com/p/englands-u...
England’s Upper Classes – A Dangerous Cult
Otto English shares the story of his late mother’s ‘double life’ and explores how class continues to define British society in damaging ways
www.bylinesupplement.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Far too many people in this country remain wedded to the cult of the upper class – a cult that should long ago have withered to a death, but which is instead enabled by the media, by stealth, and by a fawning faith in aristocracy that still prevails.” www.bylinesupplement.com/p/englands-u...
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The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up.
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who saw that coming?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This👇🏼makes me steam
Farage avoids investigation by Police re alleged illegal overspending during election on technicality❌
Electoral Commission refused to investigate as “nothing to see”❌
Nothing happened re alleged avoidance of £40K stamp duty on £800K house❌
If it was us we’d be charged / fined😡
Farage avoids investigation by Police re alleged illegal overspending during election on technicality❌
Electoral Commission refused to investigate as “nothing to see”❌
Nothing happened re alleged avoidance of £40K stamp duty on £800K house❌
If it was us we’d be charged / fined😡
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This👇🏼makes me steam
Farage avoids investigation by Police re alleged illegal overspending during election on technicality❌
Electoral Commission refused to investigate as “nothing to see”❌
Nothing happened re alleged avoidance of £40K stamp duty on £800K house❌
If it was us we’d be charged / fined😡
Farage avoids investigation by Police re alleged illegal overspending during election on technicality❌
Electoral Commission refused to investigate as “nothing to see”❌
Nothing happened re alleged avoidance of £40K stamp duty on £800K house❌
If it was us we’d be charged / fined😡
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Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have turned on Attorney General Pam Bondi and have reportedly begun drafting articles of impeachment following the heavily opaque release of the Epstein files.
Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan impeachment articles are drafted
Several lawmakers accused Bondi of flouting the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated the government to provide full disclosure of the Justice Department's findings related to the disgraced f...
www.themirror.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have turned on Attorney General Pam Bondi and have reportedly begun drafting articles of impeachment following the heavily opaque release of the Epstein files.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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The primary long-term foreign policy goal of Putin for decades has been to separate the US from a united Europe militarily, economically, & diplomatically, breaking up NATO in the process. This Trump admin is what he’s been waiting for, but he would love a Vance admin even more.
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The primary long-term foreign policy goal of Putin for decades has been to separate the US from a united Europe militarily, economically, & diplomatically, breaking up NATO in the process. This Trump admin is what he’s been waiting for, but he would love a Vance admin even more.
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This is what you get when you vote Reform UK in to councils…
Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformHypocrisy
Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformHypocrisy
Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants
Party that pledged to cut waste and save money faces criticism after pushing through vote to employ advisers
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This is what you get when you vote Reform UK in to councils…
Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformHypocrisy
Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformHypocrisy
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Reform politicians double down on their racism because they’re proudly racist.
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reform politicians double down on their racism because they’re proudly racist.
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side.
Reform is racist. Farage is racist.
Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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I spent the night reviewing all of the Epstein files. The DOJ and FBI violated the law and multiple court orders.
Articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi are being drafted.
A full update. Consider subscribing to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi are being drafted.
A full update. Consider subscribing to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major Epstein Files Update: Articles of Impeachment for Pam Bondi Being Drafted
I have reviewed most of the files overnight. This was a failure on the DOJ's part.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I spent the night reviewing all of the Epstein files. The DOJ and FBI violated the law and multiple court orders.
Articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi are being drafted.
A full update. Consider subscribing to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi are being drafted.
A full update. Consider subscribing to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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It is a central tenet of propaganda that the lie must be repeated regularly and prominently.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is a central tenet of propaganda that the lie must be repeated regularly and prominently.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
The post hoc spewing of blame to the inheritors of Brexit are decontextualised justifications of Johnson's 'steady hand on the rudder'; which, from an abject, rudderless cunt like him is pretty damn rich.
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This is Johnson talking about rejoining Erasmus. A programme he promised not to leave and then did so anyway. Slamming the door on opportunities for our young people. Now he talks of gunning down those who attempt to fix his ruinous mess. The man is an irredeemable wanker.
December 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is Johnson talking about rejoining Erasmus. A programme he promised not to leave and then did so anyway. Slamming the door on opportunities for our young people. Now he talks of gunning down those who attempt to fix his ruinous mess. The man is an irredeemable wanker.