Francis Wilkinson
@franciswilkinson.bsky.social
Political Columnist, Bloomberg.
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Trump has never met a war criminal he didn’t admire and want to defend
Where are the headlines about this?
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
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The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trump has never met a war criminal he didn’t admire and want to defend
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This work painted in 1901 on Rügen in the Baltic sea, shows the growing influence of Monet's sense of light and Paul Signac's stylistic technique on Wassily Kandinsky, it also shows him anticipating the tensions and relationships between pure colours in a partly abstract seascape
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This work painted in 1901 on Rügen in the Baltic sea, shows the growing influence of Monet's sense of light and Paul Signac's stylistic technique on Wassily Kandinsky, it also shows him anticipating the tensions and relationships between pure colours in a partly abstract seascape
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1 Can't emphasize this enough. EU is home to multiple "second-tier" great powers — who are only "second-tier" because they chose not to make large investments in military capabilities — and is itself an economic & diplomatic great power. NATO is the most powerful security confederation in history.
It sure seems like Vance leads a faction that is enamored of 🇷🇺's cultivated cultural conservative "soft power", reflexively anti-Atlanticist, and stupid enough to think that wedging 🇷🇺-🇨🇳 is a) realistic and b) worth trashing our relationship with the world's third largest economy.
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
1 Can't emphasize this enough. EU is home to multiple "second-tier" great powers — who are only "second-tier" because they chose not to make large investments in military capabilities — and is itself an economic & diplomatic great power. NATO is the most powerful security confederation in history.
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they’re working overtime to delegitimize a single video that said nothing more than a basic legal fact — service members have a duty not to follow unlawful orders. If that simple truth feels so threatening to them, the real question is: why? #holdfast #SteadyState
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
they’re working overtime to delegitimize a single video that said nothing more than a basic legal fact — service members have a duty not to follow unlawful orders. If that simple truth feels so threatening to them, the real question is: why? #holdfast #SteadyState
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Unprecedented presidency-ending scandals & crimes now happening twice a day
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Unprecedented presidency-ending scandals & crimes now happening twice a day
Regime thugs terrorize citizens.
Andrea is one of over 170 U.S. citizens who have detained by ICE. It should never have happened, and we will hold Kristi Noem and the Trump Administration accountable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Regime thugs terrorize citizens.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This seems the crux of the problem. Too many people have seen too many parts of the files. Hard to get the skeevy genie back in the Trump wine bottle.
According to the documents, FBI personnel clocked in a total of 4,737 hours of overtime between January and July. Of that, more than 70% occurred during the month of March while personnel reviewed the Epstein files, the documents show.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This seems the crux of the problem. Too many people have seen too many parts of the files. Hard to get the skeevy genie back in the Trump wine bottle.
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
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November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
“For years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have insisted that anyone working on these problems was part of a “censorship industrial complex” designed to silence political speech. Politicians like Ted Cruz and Jim Jordan repeated these lies.” www.techdirt.com/2025/11/24/x...
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety te…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“For years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have insisted that anyone working on these problems was part of a “censorship industrial complex” designed to silence political speech. Politicians like Ted Cruz and Jim Jordan repeated these lies.” www.techdirt.com/2025/11/24/x...
John Roberts has secured his place in history alongside Al Capone and Bernard Madoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | Why Trump Won’t Face Prosecution This Time Around
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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
John Roberts has secured his place in history alongside Al Capone and Bernard Madoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Dems resorting to public FOIA requests to get info on Tommy Bags O’Cash bribery case.
The FBI recorded Tom Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover operation.
Three Democratic senators haven’t given up on getting answers — and I have an exclusive first look at their latest efforts. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Three Democratic senators haven’t given up on getting answers — and I have an exclusive first look at their latest efforts. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Democratic senators file FOIA request, demand answers about Tom Homan controversy Democratic senators file FOIA request demanding answers about the Tom Homan controversy
The FBI recorded Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover operation. Three senators are still seeking information about the case.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Dems resorting to public FOIA requests to get info on Tommy Bags O’Cash bribery case.
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Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
After having fired the Naval Academy's woman supt on grounds of femaleness, the sober leadership at the pentagon has now fired the white male commandant on grounds of confidence loss. taskandpurpose.com/news/naval-a...
Naval Academy Commandant fired just six months into role
Capt. Gilbert Clark Jr. was removed from leadership at the Naval Academy after fewer than six months on the job.
taskandpurpose.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
After having fired the Naval Academy's woman supt on grounds of femaleness, the sober leadership at the pentagon has now fired the white male commandant on grounds of confidence loss. taskandpurpose.com/news/naval-a...
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
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November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
BBC censors accurate statement about Donald Trump.
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 12:11 PM
BBC censors accurate statement about Donald Trump.
Bari Weiss wants to elevate professional propagandist Dana Loesch. www.mediamatters.org/dana-loesch
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Bari Weiss wants to elevate professional propagandist Dana Loesch. www.mediamatters.org/dana-loesch
“U.S. officials said the plan reflected a good-faith attempt by Witkoff and Kushner to gain the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin…” You have to laugh thru the tears of the clown regime.
The #MurdochJournal tries to justify Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff taking dictation from their puppet master, Putin.
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“U.S. officials said the plan reflected a good-faith attempt by Witkoff and Kushner to gain the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin…” You have to laugh thru the tears of the clown regime.
70% of Latinos disapprove of the way Trump is handling job as president;
65% disapprove of the administration's approach to immigration; 61% say Trump's economic policies have made economic conditions worse. www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
65% disapprove of the administration's approach to immigration; 61% say Trump's economic policies have made economic conditions worse. www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
Majorities of Latinos Disapprove of Trump and His Policies on Immigration, Economy
78% of Hispanics say Trump’s policies harm their group, but views of the president and policies differ widely by how they voted in 2024.
www.pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
70% of Latinos disapprove of the way Trump is handling job as president;
65% disapprove of the administration's approach to immigration; 61% say Trump's economic policies have made economic conditions worse. www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
65% disapprove of the administration's approach to immigration; 61% say Trump's economic policies have made economic conditions worse. www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
Mr. Farage had no intention of hurting anyone’s feelings when he sang his “Gas ’em all” song that referred to the killing of Jewish, black and south-east Asian people” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies engaging in racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
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November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mr. Farage had no intention of hurting anyone’s feelings when he sang his “Gas ’em all” song that referred to the killing of Jewish, black and south-east Asian people” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.
Sounds like he got hosed again.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sounds like he got hosed again.