nickequipechasee #TuckFrump
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Dutifully Voted for the guy who said "There is no case for Rejoining the Single Market", whilst simultaneously convinced that it was the Stupidest thing ever said by a Politician in my lifetime.
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George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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This is the best Axios story ever
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is the best Axios story ever
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![Meme image of Pete Hegseth's name plate at the televised Trump cabinet briefing today in the White House.
The original image is from the quoted post which says "Pete Hegseth SSecretary of War" - is this deliberate or incompetence or a valiant act if defiance from a staffer pushed too far?
This one says "Pete Hegseth ᛋᛋecretary of War", with Nazi SS Schutzstaffel just to ram home the fact that Donald Trump made a Neo-Nazi Fox TV host the Secretary of Defense and he sacked competent military staff and legal oversight, then renamed it the Department of War.
And did war crimes.
FFS America have you seen his tattoos?
The Schutzstaffel (German: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ⓘ; lit. 'Protection Squadron'; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ᛋᛋ) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreicd6i32g4nbglnvaymqbdpsdpnfmhiuxq4ny3l44fdxurr4g7j7ey@jpeg)
'Bollocks'.
Trump: “As far as the attack is concerned, I still haven't gotten a lot of information because I rely on Pete…Pete didn't know about a second attack having to do with two people.”
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
'Bollocks'.
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Young people these days. Being all sensible and moderate and costing the country a fortune in lost tax revenue.
Interesting snippet from the OBR report. Alcohol duties revenue forecast notched down by an annual £1.7bn.
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Young people these days. Being all sensible and moderate and costing the country a fortune in lost tax revenue.
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Not just a tragedy for America, but, given the central place the US occupies in the research ecosystem, a tragedy for the world.
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Not just a tragedy for America, but, given the central place the US occupies in the research ecosystem, a tragedy for the world.
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$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
And Moscow, obviously.
The British government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties — in a move that could set off alarm bells in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
UK mulls ban on crypto cash in politics — putting Farage in firing line
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was the first U.K. political party to accept donations in cryptocurrency — and now the government is considering a ban.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And Moscow, obviously.
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Ever see a statement like this from the BBC Political Editor on any of Johnson's falsehoods?
Or indeed any of Farage's?
Or indeed any of Farage's?
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ever see a statement like this from the BBC Political Editor on any of Johnson's falsehoods?
Or indeed any of Farage's?
Or indeed any of Farage's?
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“It has happened many times where we had co-ordinated our position with the US and then Witkoff goes to Moscow and, after seeing Putin, Trump puts out a statement that takes us back to square one,” said a senior Ukrainian official.
www.ft.com/content/c75d...
www.ft.com/content/c75d...
Kremlin touts gains in Pokrovsk ahead of meeting with US envoy
Russian president hosts Witkoff and Kushner for peace talks as military claims battlefield advances in Ukraine
www.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“It has happened many times where we had co-ordinated our position with the US and then Witkoff goes to Moscow and, after seeing Putin, Trump puts out a statement that takes us back to square one,” said a senior Ukrainian official.
www.ft.com/content/c75d...
www.ft.com/content/c75d...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Business Insider covered the takedown of two jet-powered Shaheds by interceptor STING drones.
www.businessinsider.com/ukrainians-s...
www.businessinsider.com/ukrainians-s...
Ukrainians say their cheap interceptor drones are catching Russia's new turbojet Shaheds
Russia's turbojet Geran-3s are much faster than the usual Shaheds, but Ukrainians that their cheap interceptors took several down for the first time.
www.businessinsider.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Business Insider covered the takedown of two jet-powered Shaheds by interceptor STING drones.
www.businessinsider.com/ukrainians-s...
www.businessinsider.com/ukrainians-s...
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"Taking control of the memes of production"
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"Taking control of the memes of production"
But don't tell Evan Davis this, on R4's 'PM', because he'll try desperately to shut you up ...
Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
But don't tell Evan Davis this, on R4's 'PM', because he'll try desperately to shut you up ...
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POTUS and SecDef deny they’re responsible for the kill order described by the WaPo. Assuming the WaPo story to be accurate, the implication is that service members on the ground exceeded their orders or otherwise failed to follow the rules of engagement.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
‘The Order Was to Kill Everybody’: A Savage Incident at Sea
The Implications Are Vast and Serious The explosive holiday story from the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
POTUS and SecDef deny they’re responsible for the kill order described by the WaPo. Assuming the WaPo story to be accurate, the implication is that service members on the ground exceeded their orders or otherwise failed to follow the rules of engagement.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Another outcome for which the Kremlin worked, lest we forget. Described in "Road to Unfreedom."
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Another outcome for which the Kremlin worked, lest we forget. Described in "Road to Unfreedom."
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Did Rachel Reeves and the Government “mislead” people about the state of the public finances and the need for tax rises before the Budget?
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Did Rachel Reeves and the Government “mislead” people about the state of the public finances and the need for tax rises before the Budget?
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
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This is a useful thread on the controversy today. But away from the detail, when BBC Verify have to effectively fact-check their own Political Editor (who is *not* a columnist but an Editor at a public broadcaster!), you know there is something of a problem.
Did Rachel Reeves and the Government “mislead” people about the state of the public finances and the need for tax rises before the Budget?
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white.
A thread…🧵1/12
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is a useful thread on the controversy today. But away from the detail, when BBC Verify have to effectively fact-check their own Political Editor (who is *not* a columnist but an Editor at a public broadcaster!), you know there is something of a problem.
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Precisely. We have an ageing society, a productivity problem & a crisis in local govt. The costs of defence & climate change are all growing, & we have a US president addicted to tariffs, who may be about to start a war in Venezuela.
The budget was *not pessimistic enough* about the public finances
The budget was *not pessimistic enough* about the public finances
Feel like I'm going mad. The Budget's 'headroom' is based on frankly irresponsible and wildly optimistic claims about what Labour will do in the final year of the forecast, and on ignoring a bunch of upward pressures on spending, and the claim is that she was being exaggeratedly *pessimistic*?
Suggestion Rachel Reeves exaggerated fiscal pressures is absurd
Chancellor was instead far too optimistic about public finances and government’s ability to secure cuts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Precisely. We have an ageing society, a productivity problem & a crisis in local govt. The costs of defence & climate change are all growing, & we have a US president addicted to tariffs, who may be about to start a war in Venezuela.
The budget was *not pessimistic enough* about the public finances
The budget was *not pessimistic enough* about the public finances
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A lot of Brexiters seem very bothered that a politician might have lied...
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A lot of Brexiters seem very bothered that a politician might have lied...
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Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
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BBC news is increasingly just a laundry service, rinsing the blatherings of the demented right-wing papers to give them an air of 'impartiality'
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
BBC news is increasingly just a laundry service, rinsing the blatherings of the demented right-wing papers to give them an air of 'impartiality'