@dotdarling.bsky.social
Dual US/Dutch citizen living in UK. Freelance translator. Ink drinker & over-thinker.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
Anyone else fed up with media’s incessant sniping (often vitriol) at Gov’t? Getting ever closer to muting the lot of them, even those I used to respect but who are now emulating Kuenssberg, Mason et al. Some having a fit of the vapours when pointing out media‘s role in negative public perception.
NEW: Furious female Labour MPs tell Keir Starmer to appoint a woman as his de facto deputy to oversee “complete culture change” in Downing Street after series of scandals they say exposed No 10 “boy’s club”. Full story by @lexytopping.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Furious female Labour MPs urge Starmer to make a woman his de facto deputy
Harriet Harman leads calls for an appointment that would ‘turbocharge’ a ‘complete culture change’ at No 10
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Anyone else fed up with media’s incessant sniping (often vitriol) at Gov’t? Getting ever closer to muting the lot of them, even those I used to respect but who are now emulating Kuenssberg, Mason et al. Some having a fit of the vapours when pointing out media‘s role in negative public perception.
Because, of course
Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Because, of course
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Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
Brilliant
February 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Brilliant
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All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
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Trump is actively making our goods more expensive by blocking a piece of key infrastructure - apparently all because his most Epstein-linked Cabinet Secretary conveyed a request from a billionaire GOP donor. America does not have to tolerate this kind of corruption.
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Trump is actively making our goods more expensive by blocking a piece of key infrastructure - apparently all because his most Epstein-linked Cabinet Secretary conveyed a request from a billionaire GOP donor. America does not have to tolerate this kind of corruption.
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This made me ugly cry 😭
I will never claim that he was perfect…every president in my lifetime has pissed me off for one reason or another.
But…dammit, I’m so tired of the constant feeling of uneasiness and uncertainty 😔
I will never claim that he was perfect…every president in my lifetime has pissed me off for one reason or another.
But…dammit, I’m so tired of the constant feeling of uneasiness and uncertainty 😔
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This made me ugly cry 😭
I will never claim that he was perfect…every president in my lifetime has pissed me off for one reason or another.
But…dammit, I’m so tired of the constant feeling of uneasiness and uncertainty 😔
I will never claim that he was perfect…every president in my lifetime has pissed me off for one reason or another.
But…dammit, I’m so tired of the constant feeling of uneasiness and uncertainty 😔
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The BBC are still at it, Starmer bashing...
Lab MP's & especially cabinet ministers need to start calling out this biased onslaught live on air.
If they're worried about antagonising the media, they shouldn't.
The BBC & the rest of the media couldn't be any more anti Starmer/ Labour if they tried.
Lab MP's & especially cabinet ministers need to start calling out this biased onslaught live on air.
If they're worried about antagonising the media, they shouldn't.
The BBC & the rest of the media couldn't be any more anti Starmer/ Labour if they tried.
February 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The BBC are still at it, Starmer bashing...
Lab MP's & especially cabinet ministers need to start calling out this biased onslaught live on air.
If they're worried about antagonising the media, they shouldn't.
The BBC & the rest of the media couldn't be any more anti Starmer/ Labour if they tried.
Lab MP's & especially cabinet ministers need to start calling out this biased onslaught live on air.
If they're worried about antagonising the media, they shouldn't.
The BBC & the rest of the media couldn't be any more anti Starmer/ Labour if they tried.
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The unedifying spectacle of a UK public broadcaster trying to hound the Prime Minister out of office. Where were they when Boris Johnson’s policies led to thousands of deaths? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chris Mason: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over
The prime minister has come through a political near-death experience, the BBC's political editor writes.
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The unedifying spectacle of a UK public broadcaster trying to hound the Prime Minister out of office. Where were they when Boris Johnson’s policies led to thousands of deaths? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
Just need to add LBC to it.
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Just need to add LBC to it.
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I do not want Starmer out.
I want Phillips and Ridge and Rigby and Coates out from Sky.
I want Kuensberg and Mason out from BBC
Where’s the campaign?
Let’s get these biased people out from our News.
I want Phillips and Ridge and Rigby and Coates out from Sky.
I want Kuensberg and Mason out from BBC
Where’s the campaign?
Let’s get these biased people out from our News.
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 AM
I do not want Starmer out.
I want Phillips and Ridge and Rigby and Coates out from Sky.
I want Kuensberg and Mason out from BBC
Where’s the campaign?
Let’s get these biased people out from our News.
I want Phillips and Ridge and Rigby and Coates out from Sky.
I want Kuensberg and Mason out from BBC
Where’s the campaign?
Let’s get these biased people out from our News.
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
Can’t wait for more media disingenuously pushing why Labour should be held to higher standard than other parties.Their greatest dreams will come true & Reform could be running the UK, with scenes like this here. But at least they’ll have plenty of fodder for their podcasts. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Can’t wait for more media disingenuously pushing why Labour should be held to higher standard than other parties.Their greatest dreams will come true & Reform could be running the UK, with scenes like this here. But at least they’ll have plenty of fodder for their podcasts. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
They’re just so stupid.
February 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
They’re just so stupid.
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Lord Blunkett to The Times: “Everybody's running around like headless chickens as though there's only one answer and that's supposedly to get rid of the Prime Minister. What about all of us pulling together?”
February 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Lord Blunkett to The Times: “Everybody's running around like headless chickens as though there's only one answer and that's supposedly to get rid of the Prime Minister. What about all of us pulling together?”
Of course
Good grief.
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
February 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Of course
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British Reporter DISMANTLES Trump Bootlicker With ONE Simple Question!
YouTube video by Brit With a Mic
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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This lovely thing arrived this morning.
SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This lovely thing arrived this morning.
SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
SIGNED copies of Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social.
Lots of pre-orders for this one, but I have TWO signed copies left.
Get one HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
Jack White ftw
February 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Jack White ftw
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The files reveal the deep-rooted ambivalence, disdain and hatred for women that sits at the root of masculinity. It’s something good men have to fight against every day, but power corrodes that will and leaves you totally unaccountable
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The files reveal the deep-rooted ambivalence, disdain and hatred for women that sits at the root of masculinity. It’s something good men have to fight against every day, but power corrodes that will and leaves you totally unaccountable
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
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Hillary was right about everything….
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Hillary was right about everything….
No coincidence that Trump ( or one of his handlers) did that vile Obama post during Black History Month.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
No coincidence that Trump ( or one of his handlers) did that vile Obama post during Black History Month.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social