Randeep Ramesh
@stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social
Chief leader writer, The Guardian. @tianran at the other place
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Plan ahead, people. If you insist upon getting sick or injured, do it now.
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Plan ahead, people. If you insist upon getting sick or injured, do it now.
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Trump called a female reporter Piggy and said Kashoggi got what he deserved. The only thing he hates more than the press is a woman in the press.
When we say we have no Congress, that's a literal interpretation. The duty of a "Representative" is to represent the people. Our Congress works for Trump
When we say we have no Congress, that's a literal interpretation. The duty of a "Representative" is to represent the people. Our Congress works for Trump
GOP Rep. Salazar won't criticize Trump calling a woman reporter "piggy" -- "President Trump is a very different type of politician. But I always say I look at his policies and not his personality. Nobody is perfect."
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trump called a female reporter Piggy and said Kashoggi got what he deserved. The only thing he hates more than the press is a woman in the press.
When we say we have no Congress, that's a literal interpretation. The duty of a "Representative" is to represent the people. Our Congress works for Trump
When we say we have no Congress, that's a literal interpretation. The duty of a "Representative" is to represent the people. Our Congress works for Trump
Astroturfing exercise
Great that there is a Labour lobbying group in favour of more homes. Not so great that it feels it has to take donations from developers
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‘Build, baby, build’: the pro-development Labour activists — and their backers in big business
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Astroturfing exercise
So two non economists on BBC radio 4 flagship news programme to answer the question on how fiscal choices shape growth. Ridiculous. “Only business creates wealth” says businessman. “Cut welfare” says political adviser. That’s the inane debate chaired by who else Amol Rajan !
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
So two non economists on BBC radio 4 flagship news programme to answer the question on how fiscal choices shape growth. Ridiculous. “Only business creates wealth” says businessman. “Cut welfare” says political adviser. That’s the inane debate chaired by who else Amol Rajan !
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Old: Climate investments are about emissions reductions
New: Climate investments are a growth and prosperity plan
Brazil has made it clear that transition is moving forward without the WH. The open questions are how fast it will go—& which countries will benefit
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/13/c...
New: Climate investments are a growth and prosperity plan
Brazil has made it clear that transition is moving forward without the WH. The open questions are how fast it will go—& which countries will benefit
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/13/c...
Brazil Tries to Keep Climate Cooperation Alive
At COP30, the global energy transition is moving forward without the United States.
foreignpolicy.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Old: Climate investments are about emissions reductions
New: Climate investments are a growth and prosperity plan
Brazil has made it clear that transition is moving forward without the WH. The open questions are how fast it will go—& which countries will benefit
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/13/c...
New: Climate investments are a growth and prosperity plan
Brazil has made it clear that transition is moving forward without the WH. The open questions are how fast it will go—& which countries will benefit
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/13/c...
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Always worth reposting this quote from UKIP co-founder Alan Sked..
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Always worth reposting this quote from UKIP co-founder Alan Sked..
@theguardian.com view: $1.2tn has vanished in 6 weeks. Crypto doesn’t correct; it collapses. Yet it’s marketed like Eminem’s lyric: a ‘one shot’ to ‘seize everything you ever wanted’. In reality, it’s the powerful profiting off the powerless www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on crypto’s latest crash: it reveals who pays the price for a failing economy | Editorial
Editorial: The bitcoin collapse lifts the lid on a society without opportunity, where risk is privatised and rightwingers sell illusions of freedom while ordinary punters bear losses
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
@theguardian.com view: $1.2tn has vanished in 6 weeks. Crypto doesn’t correct; it collapses. Yet it’s marketed like Eminem’s lyric: a ‘one shot’ to ‘seize everything you ever wanted’. In reality, it’s the powerful profiting off the powerless www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025
On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
November 16, 2025
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You should watch this report by Scott Pelley of @60minutes.bsky.social — while more of a synopsis of the earlier reporting on this utterly corrupt pardon of Binance’s founder as the Trumps feather their fetid nest, bringing it all together makes for a powerful indictment.
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
"60 Minutes" reported President Trump pardoned the founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange after he "enriched" the Trump family during its crypto push
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dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
You should watch this report by Scott Pelley of @60minutes.bsky.social — while more of a synopsis of the earlier reporting on this utterly corrupt pardon of Binance’s founder as the Trumps feather their fetid nest, bringing it all together makes for a powerful indictment.
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Monday's blog post (17/11) is now posted (15:14 Kyoto Time) - The achievement of a degrowth future requires system change not green new deals = billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62911
The achievement of a degrowth future requires system change not green new deals – William Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory
billmitchell.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Monday's blog post (17/11) is now posted (15:14 Kyoto Time) - The achievement of a degrowth future requires system change not green new deals = billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62911
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The UK govt publishes a property value/mortgage calculator with cost to service a mortgage in your area and how much it's gone up in the last 5 years and property values in the UK have been so stupid, this looks like 40% in Manchester.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
How are monthly mortgage repayments changing in Great Britain? - Office for National Statistics
How are average house prices and changing interest rates affecting monthly mortgage repayments across Great Britain?
www.ons.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The UK govt publishes a property value/mortgage calculator with cost to service a mortgage in your area and how much it's gone up in the last 5 years and property values in the UK have been so stupid, this looks like 40% in Manchester.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
Reeves booed by the bankers she has wooed
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reeves booed by the bankers she has wooed
Labour won big at the High Court. Why are they hiding it? www.lbc.co.uk/article/labo...
Labour won big at the High Court. Why are they hiding it? | LBC
A government not scoring many goals secures victory for the people against deep-pocketed vested interests at the High Court – but keeps suspiciously quiet, writes Harry Scoffin
www.lbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Labour won big at the High Court. Why are they hiding it? www.lbc.co.uk/article/labo...
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NEW: Tony Hall, who Tim Davie replaced as BBC director general, leads calls for the end of political appointees to the BBC board.
PLUS - the Guardian learns Robbie Gibb has the power to unilaterally commission research on bias that worries him.
Story:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
PLUS - the Guardian learns Robbie Gibb has the power to unilaterally commission research on bias that worries him.
Story:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Ex-BBC boss leads calls for end to political appointments to board
Tony Hall urges government to bolster BBC’s independence as MPs and union seek Robbie Gibb’s removal from board
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEW: Tony Hall, who Tim Davie replaced as BBC director general, leads calls for the end of political appointees to the BBC board.
PLUS - the Guardian learns Robbie Gibb has the power to unilaterally commission research on bias that worries him.
Story:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
PLUS - the Guardian learns Robbie Gibb has the power to unilaterally commission research on bias that worries him.
Story:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Giorgia Meloni’s ‘middle-class’ tax cut sparks political row in Italy—According to a recent OECD report, real wages in Italy in early 2025 were 7.5 per cent lower than in early 2021 — the greatest erosion of… www.ft.com/content/3799... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Giorgia Meloni’s ‘middle-class’ tax cut sparks political row in Italy
Critics say the measure will benefit mainly high earners while reducing government revenues
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November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Giorgia Meloni’s ‘middle-class’ tax cut sparks political row in Italy—According to a recent OECD report, real wages in Italy in early 2025 were 7.5 per cent lower than in early 2021 — the greatest erosion of… www.ft.com/content/3799... @amykazmin.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Gordon Brown used to meet his fiscal rules by making the lines fatter on a chart. True story. Maybe Rachel should try that...
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Gordon Brown used to meet his fiscal rules by making the lines fatter on a chart. True story. Maybe Rachel should try that...
is it just me or are Keir and Rachel reprising DC's greatest hits: refugee-bashing, austerity economics and stability with me - or chaos with anyone else?
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
is it just me or are Keir and Rachel reprising DC's greatest hits: refugee-bashing, austerity economics and stability with me - or chaos with anyone else?
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Wall Street Speeds Up India Expansion After Trump’s Visa Curbs
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Wall Street Speeds Up India Expansion After Trump’s Visa Curbs
Wall Street has been growing its high-skilled operations in India for decades. On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, how President Trump's efforts to curb immigration could accelerate that push.
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Wall Street Speeds Up India Expansion After Trump’s Visa Curbs
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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1/5 In May 2021, Boris Johnson appointed Robbie Gibb to the BBC board and the Common Sense Group of hard right Tory MPs published its manifesto calling for the break up of the broadcaster as part of a ‘complete reconfiguration’ of society. www.spectator.co.uk/article/tori...
Tories unveil anti-woke manifesto
The Queen’s Speech yesterday may have seen the government’s fairly dry vision for modern Britain but a group of Conservative backbench MPs and peers have now banded together to propose their own alter...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
1/5 In May 2021, Boris Johnson appointed Robbie Gibb to the BBC board and the Common Sense Group of hard right Tory MPs published its manifesto calling for the break up of the broadcaster as part of a ‘complete reconfiguration’ of society. www.spectator.co.uk/article/tori...
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Spot on, word by word.
But since Salvini has been cornered by Meloni into serving as Transport and Infrastructure Minister, a job that gives him no opportunity to "shine" on asylum or law and order, he feels compelled to keep pushing for some really big project that will be his legacy.
But since Salvini has been cornered by Meloni into serving as Transport and Infrastructure Minister, a job that gives him no opportunity to "shine" on asylum or law and order, he feels compelled to keep pushing for some really big project that will be his legacy.
Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built | Jamie Mackay
Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built | Jamie Mackay
Troubled waters over the world’s longest suspension bridge are no surprise. The Italian government should be funding public services, says Florence-based writer Jamie Mackay
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Spot on, word by word.
But since Salvini has been cornered by Meloni into serving as Transport and Infrastructure Minister, a job that gives him no opportunity to "shine" on asylum or law and order, he feels compelled to keep pushing for some really big project that will be his legacy.
But since Salvini has been cornered by Meloni into serving as Transport and Infrastructure Minister, a job that gives him no opportunity to "shine" on asylum or law and order, he feels compelled to keep pushing for some really big project that will be his legacy.
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Israeli settlers set fire to mosque, spray anti-Muslim graffiti in West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-set-fire-mosque-spray-anti-muslim-graffiti-west-bank
Israeli settlers set fire to mosque, spray anti-Muslim graffiti in West Bank
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Illegal Israeli settlers on Thursday set fire to a mosque in the village of Deir Istiya in the northern West Bank, Palestinian media reported. </p>
<p>The fire caused damage inside the building and Hebrew graffiti was sprayed on the walls.</p>
<p>Some of the graffiti reads, “We’re not afraid of Avi Blot,” who heads the Israeli forces' central command, and “Muhammad is a pig.”</p>
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November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Israeli settlers set fire to mosque, spray anti-Muslim graffiti in West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-set-fire-mosque-spray-anti-muslim-graffiti-west-bank
Howard Davies says Reeves going won’t unsettle markets. But if her replacement comes from the party that’s let’s “borrowing rip” then they would be… just bond vigilante nonsense. Seems that he’s quite happy for borrow to pay banks, pension funds, insurers via bond coupons, qt, index-linked uplift
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Howard Davies says Reeves going won’t unsettle markets. But if her replacement comes from the party that’s let’s “borrowing rip” then they would be… just bond vigilante nonsense. Seems that he’s quite happy for borrow to pay banks, pension funds, insurers via bond coupons, qt, index-linked uplift
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It’s like taking a cork out of a bottle,” said John McTernan...an aide to Tony Blair when he was prime minister. “A private conversation about the leader is now public. I think it’s no longer a question of if a leadership challenge happens, it’s when.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
Labour Party’s Internal Fight Goes Public, as Starmer’s Trouble Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It’s like taking a cork out of a bottle,” said John McTernan...an aide to Tony Blair when he was prime minister. “A private conversation about the leader is now public. I think it’s no longer a question of if a leadership challenge happens, it’s when.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...