Rhi B 🏴
@rhib.bsky.social
Welsh. Mum & Nain. She/her.
Retired criminology lecturer/researcher. Bookworm.
Here mainly to indulge a lifelong fascination with US politics.
Retired criminology lecturer/researcher. Bookworm.
Here mainly to indulge a lifelong fascination with US politics.
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Rhi B 🏴
@rhib.bsky.social
· Jul 31
This excellent tracker from @chrischirp.bsky.social is very comprehensive www.trumpactiontracker.info It's a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term.
Today's home page:
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Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon
Translation: I am totally unprincipled and willing to say anything for the right amount of money.
So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Translation: I am totally unprincipled and willing to say anything for the right amount of money.
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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🤔 “The DOJ and FBI’s MAGA leadership showed uncharacteristic sobriety in holding back from discussing any possible reason or belief that Cole may have had for why he did it.”
Feds Charge Virginia Man Over Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-ch...
Feds Charge Virginia Man Over Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs
After nearly five years, the FBI arrested a Virginia man on Thursday...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🤔 “The DOJ and FBI’s MAGA leadership showed uncharacteristic sobriety in holding back from discussing any possible reason or belief that Cole may have had for why he did it.”
😮 someone’s been a busy boy with the old pardons.
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
😮 someone’s been a busy boy with the old pardons.
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this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
MSNBC reporter presents Trump's shameful racism towards Somalis as merely "a different view"
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
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Why are Republicans afraid to let Jack Smith testify in public?
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Why are Republicans afraid to let Jack Smith testify in public?
Oh 🤔
NEW: Pete Hegseth told an audience in a 2016 video that the military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief,” and described the refusal of illegal commands as a part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
2016 video shows Hegseth saying the military cannot carry out unlawful orders | CNN
Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh 🤔
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Newsom’s press office once again delivering the goods 😂
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Newsom’s press office once again delivering the goods 😂
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These North Korean-style butt-licking press conferences are just beyond farcical.
These North Korean-style butt-licking press conferences are just beyond farcical.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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These North Korean-style butt-licking press conferences are just beyond farcical.
These North Korean-style butt-licking press conferences are just beyond farcical.
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As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Wow. Mark Kelly’s Devastating Takedown of Trump.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wow. Mark Kelly’s Devastating Takedown of Trump.
The negative impact of AI and social media on higher education, and on the education of young people more broadly, is immeasurable.
Furthermore, the implications for both pedagogy and the nature of academe are huge, and not in a good way.
Essential 🧵 from @jesbattis.bsky.social
Furthermore, the implications for both pedagogy and the nature of academe are huge, and not in a good way.
Essential 🧵 from @jesbattis.bsky.social
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The negative impact of AI and social media on higher education, and on the education of young people more broadly, is immeasurable.
Furthermore, the implications for both pedagogy and the nature of academe are huge, and not in a good way.
Essential 🧵 from @jesbattis.bsky.social
Furthermore, the implications for both pedagogy and the nature of academe are huge, and not in a good way.
Essential 🧵 from @jesbattis.bsky.social
War crimes continue to be committed on the West Bank.
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men in Jenin, saying ‘terrorists must die’
Video of an Israeli military raid in Jenin shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier.
The shooting on Thursday evening, which was also witnessed by journalists close to the scene, is under justice ministry review, but has already been defended by Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who declared: “terrorists must die”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
War crimes continue to be committed on the West Bank.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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If Musk put his money into a basic UK savings account paying 4%, this is the interest he would earn:
Per year: £14.4 billion
Per day: £39.45 million
Per hour: £1.64 million
Just the interest = 370,000 average UK earners.
And he doesn't work interest.
And he wants to pay less tax.
Per year: £14.4 billion
Per day: £39.45 million
Per hour: £1.64 million
Just the interest = 370,000 average UK earners.
And he doesn't work interest.
And he wants to pay less tax.
It’s hard to imagine the vast fortune that is Elon’s net worth currently estimated at $476.4billion or £360billion. If it helps, someone on an average salary who wanted to save up this much would have to had started saving in the Miocene epoch 12 million years ago. (assuming they saved every penny)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If Musk put his money into a basic UK savings account paying 4%, this is the interest he would earn:
Per year: £14.4 billion
Per day: £39.45 million
Per hour: £1.64 million
Just the interest = 370,000 average UK earners.
And he doesn't work interest.
And he wants to pay less tax.
Per year: £14.4 billion
Per day: £39.45 million
Per hour: £1.64 million
Just the interest = 370,000 average UK earners.
And he doesn't work interest.
And he wants to pay less tax.
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I see that the MAGA franchise in the UK is thriving.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I see that the MAGA franchise in the UK is thriving.
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MAGA Thanksgiving. High Resolution Download. £1. Whole amount going to Crisis at Christmas charity.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
MAGA Thanksgiving. High Resolution Download. £1. Whole amount going to Crisis at Christmas charity.
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🤬 Trump's threats to sue the BBC are paying off for him.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🤬 Trump's threats to sue the BBC are paying off for him.
This 👇 book is a thorough - and often distressing - account of the massacre. Recommended for anyone wishing to understand what happened, and why.
In fact, it should probably be compulsory reading for everyone everywhere.
In fact, it should probably be compulsory reading for everyone everywhere.
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This 👇 book is a thorough - and often distressing - account of the massacre. Recommended for anyone wishing to understand what happened, and why.
In fact, it should probably be compulsory reading for everyone everywhere.
In fact, it should probably be compulsory reading for everyone everywhere.
“This Supreme Court has, frankly, a hostility to recognizing that race plays an important role in our community today, and that we are not yet a race blind society.”
A hard and heartbreaking truth.
A hard and heartbreaking truth.
As the U.S. Supreme Court contemplates whether the VRA has outlived its usefulness, having heard oral arguments in October questioning the constitutionality of the landmark law’s most vital remaining provision, the question of racism’s grip on America remains. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
The Voting Rights Act Is Still Working To Stop Racist Laws. The Supreme Court Might Not Care.
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“This Supreme Court has, frankly, a hostility to recognizing that race plays an important role in our community today, and that we are not yet a race blind society.”
A hard and heartbreaking truth.
A hard and heartbreaking truth.