Amund Brandal
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It’s not him being a teenage Nazi that’s the issue here: it’s that he’s still one now, he has been throughout and his politics are those of the racist, fascist far right. The difference between him and e.g. Griffin is that Farage knows where the line is and that he should push at it, not cross it.
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It’s not him being a teenage Nazi that’s the issue here: it’s that he’s still one now, he has been throughout and his politics are those of the racist, fascist far right. The difference between him and e.g. Griffin is that Farage knows where the line is and that he should push at it, not cross it.
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The Republican Party is full of Nazis, while also accusing all progressives of antisemitism.
It’s one of the stupidest things of all time.
It’s one of the stupidest things of all time.
The right tore itself apart over Tucker Carlson’s interview with the white nationalist. Trump shrugged. Now he's everywhere.
Read: bit.ly/3KJb6K2
Read: bit.ly/3KJb6K2
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Republican Party is full of Nazis, while also accusing all progressives of antisemitism.
It’s one of the stupidest things of all time.
It’s one of the stupidest things of all time.
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Why Trump will fail on the economy
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Why Trump will fail on the economy
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I, like the vast majority of the UK population, am not a high earner, an entrepreneur or a skilled frontline worker.
And yet that doesn't mean that I don't work hard and do my best to contribute to my community and the country. This is nothing but deliberate, carefully framed racism from Labour.
And yet that doesn't mean that I don't work hard and do my best to contribute to my community and the country. This is nothing but deliberate, carefully framed racism from Labour.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I, like the vast majority of the UK population, am not a high earner, an entrepreneur or a skilled frontline worker.
And yet that doesn't mean that I don't work hard and do my best to contribute to my community and the country. This is nothing but deliberate, carefully framed racism from Labour.
And yet that doesn't mean that I don't work hard and do my best to contribute to my community and the country. This is nothing but deliberate, carefully framed racism from Labour.
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Good to see society can be reduced to people who either "give" or "take".
Is it healthy that the people who run government see the people they govern that way?
Is it healthy that the people who run government see the people they govern that way?
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Good to see society can be reduced to people who either "give" or "take".
Is it healthy that the people who run government see the people they govern that way?
Is it healthy that the people who run government see the people they govern that way?
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Fotballen ble kalt «the working man’s ballet». Nå danser verdens vakreste idrett diktatorenes dans. Har fotballen sunket lavere enn øyeblikket Fifa-presidenten overrakte en «fredspris» til Donald Trump?
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Da fotballen fikk fotfeste blant arbeiderklassen i England ble den kalt «the working man’s ballet». Nå danser verdens vakreste idrett diktatorenes dans. Har fotballen sunket lavere enn øyeblikket Fifa...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fotballen ble kalt «the working man’s ballet». Nå danser verdens vakreste idrett diktatorenes dans. Har fotballen sunket lavere enn øyeblikket Fifa-presidenten overrakte en «fredspris» til Donald Trump?
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«Hei og velkommen til dette utstillingsvinduet for fotballen som politisk verktøy og pengemaskin. Også kjent som VM-trekning.
Vi minner som vanlig om at ingen må blande fotball og politikk, med mindre vi kan tjene penger og makt på det. Da er alt lov.»
www.tv2.no/mening_og_an...
Vi minner som vanlig om at ingen må blande fotball og politikk, med mindre vi kan tjene penger og makt på det. Da er alt lov.»
www.tv2.no/mening_og_an...
Fotballens skjebne er solgt til høystbydende!
VM-trekningen avslører fotballens politiske spill og FIFAs maktspill.
www.tv2.no
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
«Hei og velkommen til dette utstillingsvinduet for fotballen som politisk verktøy og pengemaskin. Også kjent som VM-trekning.
Vi minner som vanlig om at ingen må blande fotball og politikk, med mindre vi kan tjene penger og makt på det. Da er alt lov.»
www.tv2.no/mening_og_an...
Vi minner som vanlig om at ingen må blande fotball og politikk, med mindre vi kan tjene penger og makt på det. Da er alt lov.»
www.tv2.no/mening_og_an...
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"immigration has to go up for our growth goals, but our policy is to bring it down"
uk politics in a nutshell
uk politics in a nutshell
There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"immigration has to go up for our growth goals, but our policy is to bring it down"
uk politics in a nutshell
uk politics in a nutshell
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En rant jeg hadde i går som kanskje tåler offentlighetens lys: hvorfor får så mange offentlig ansatte ikke skikkelig sommeravslutning? Alle fortjener god mat og vin. Det er god ledelse. Hvorfor dusjer privat sektor sine ansatte i luksus i juni, mens vi tror offentlig ansatte ikke bør få det samme?
June 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
En rant jeg hadde i går som kanskje tåler offentlighetens lys: hvorfor får så mange offentlig ansatte ikke skikkelig sommeravslutning? Alle fortjener god mat og vin. Det er god ledelse. Hvorfor dusjer privat sektor sine ansatte i luksus i juni, mens vi tror offentlig ansatte ikke bør få det samme?
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It's part of the electionification of everything, which is why we as a country are failing to have a proper conversation about our actual problems. It's bad for the left *and* the right.
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's part of the electionification of everything, which is why we as a country are failing to have a proper conversation about our actual problems. It's bad for the left *and* the right.
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Development money is the means by which FIFA's senior leadership controls its less wealthy member associations.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Development money is the means by which FIFA's senior leadership controls its less wealthy member associations.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
With this deal, it's letting Saudi Arabia in on the action directly.
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Timeline.
🔴13 Nov - Ronaldo gets red card in Portugal’s game v ireland. (Should miss opening 2 games of World Cup.)
🟠18 Nov - Ronaldo meets Donald Trump at White House.
🟢25 Nov - FIFA clears Ronaldo to play in World Cup from start.
🔴13 Nov - Ronaldo gets red card in Portugal’s game v ireland. (Should miss opening 2 games of World Cup.)
🟠18 Nov - Ronaldo meets Donald Trump at White House.
🟢25 Nov - FIFA clears Ronaldo to play in World Cup from start.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Timeline.
🔴13 Nov - Ronaldo gets red card in Portugal’s game v ireland. (Should miss opening 2 games of World Cup.)
🟠18 Nov - Ronaldo meets Donald Trump at White House.
🟢25 Nov - FIFA clears Ronaldo to play in World Cup from start.
🔴13 Nov - Ronaldo gets red card in Portugal’s game v ireland. (Should miss opening 2 games of World Cup.)
🟠18 Nov - Ronaldo meets Donald Trump at White House.
🟢25 Nov - FIFA clears Ronaldo to play in World Cup from start.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
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"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..."
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
The Plan to Bring Down a Giant: How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..."
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
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You’d think that, having inflicted horrific wankers on the public who have wrecked our international trade, enabled genocide and sacrificed members of the public to a deadly virus, the lads would now stop and ask: Should we continue to seek out wingnuts and wackos to blow and promote? But, no.
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You’d think that, having inflicted horrific wankers on the public who have wrecked our international trade, enabled genocide and sacrificed members of the public to a deadly virus, the lads would now stop and ask: Should we continue to seek out wingnuts and wackos to blow and promote? But, no.
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THIS!!!!!!
(Former FM of Lithuania)
(Former FM of Lithuania)
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
THIS!!!!!!
(Former FM of Lithuania)
(Former FM of Lithuania)
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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Yesterday, the President called for the murder of Congressional Democrats.
Today, dozens of Congressional Democrats voted to condemn the left.
👍👍👍
Today, dozens of Congressional Democrats voted to condemn the left.
👍👍👍
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Yesterday, the President called for the murder of Congressional Democrats.
Today, dozens of Congressional Democrats voted to condemn the left.
👍👍👍
Today, dozens of Congressional Democrats voted to condemn the left.
👍👍👍
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It wasn't "appalling journalism". It was people doing what they were paid to do. If you want journalists to serve the public interest they must be paid by the public and not by billionaire cranks.
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It wasn't "appalling journalism". It was people doing what they were paid to do. If you want journalists to serve the public interest they must be paid by the public and not by billionaire cranks.
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It’s encouraging that Pope Leo has denounced Trump’s campaign of terror against immigrants. But 55% of Catholics voted for Trump in 2024, and 81% of white evangelicals did. Voters who attend religious services at least once a month backed Trump nearly 2-to-1. 🧵 2/
Voting patterns in the 2024 election
Voting patterns among many demographic groups in 2024 were similar to those in 2020 and 2016, but Trump made gains among several key groups, a Pew Research Center analysis shows.
www.pewresearch.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s encouraging that Pope Leo has denounced Trump’s campaign of terror against immigrants. But 55% of Catholics voted for Trump in 2024, and 81% of white evangelicals did. Voters who attend religious services at least once a month backed Trump nearly 2-to-1. 🧵 2/
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“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...