BGB
@bbolger.bsky.social
Sailor, skier and centrist. Mostly here for the politics and hoping some of rugby twitter comes over too. Kiwi expat.
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Maybe Zohran Mamdani should have come out for ending the shutdown so Democratic Senators could have opposed it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Maybe Zohran Mamdani should have come out for ending the shutdown so Democratic Senators could have opposed it.
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"To find something of this magnitude, you’d have to go back to the population transfers in the years just after the Second World War." www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
The Tories’ Dangerous Drift
In the U.K., a shocking proposal from a Conservative MP elicited pushback from her party only belatedly. It signals darker things to come.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"To find something of this magnitude, you’d have to go back to the population transfers in the years just after the Second World War." www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
When your CEO’s pay deal is subtweeted by the Pope maybe shareholders need a long hard look at the Board’s comp committee
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
When your CEO’s pay deal is subtweeted by the Pope maybe shareholders need a long hard look at the Board’s comp committee
‘Lying to people who know you’re lying’
Working for Trump in a single line.
Working for Trump in a single line.
Not to mention that Johnson is gaining valuable experience as a serial liar, as that’s all he does now. The MAGAT mantra is “Lie Even if you Know the Truth”. Johnson and Leavitt should take their show on the road. “How to look like complete idiots while lying to people who know you’re lying”.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
‘Lying to people who know you’re lying’
Working for Trump in a single line.
Working for Trump in a single line.
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For the record: I'm not tired of winning.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
For the record: I'm not tired of winning.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
The problem with this is not just having to correct well intentioned grandparents; it’s that they will never really believe anything again, and so when ICE are actually shooting protestors, gullible viewers will believe when the Govt they have been brought up to trust claims it’s just AI videos
A friend told me that her American dad got in touch to talk about some news he'd seen on Facebook: there are riots in England over DEI, and the King dramatically burst into parliament to tell Starmer off, and then Prince William did the same to Sadiq Khan. AI really is inventing bold new universes
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The problem with this is not just having to correct well intentioned grandparents; it’s that they will never really believe anything again, and so when ICE are actually shooting protestors, gullible viewers will believe when the Govt they have been brought up to trust claims it’s just AI videos
Why is the British Govt still on Twitter when its owner posts hateful nonsense like this?
Seriously wtf?
Seriously wtf?
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Why is the British Govt still on Twitter when its owner posts hateful nonsense like this?
Seriously wtf?
Seriously wtf?
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Scoop: FBI ousts senior official after Kash Patel’s fury over news of his use of government jet to see girlfriend perform. The removed head of critical incident response group was 27-year FBI veteran who oversaw aviation sections.
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...
FBI Ousts Leader as Patel Fumes Over Attention to Agency Jet Use
The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Scoop: FBI ousts senior official after Kash Patel’s fury over news of his use of government jet to see girlfriend perform. The removed head of critical incident response group was 27-year FBI veteran who oversaw aviation sections.
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...
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wanna feel old?
the date Marty traveled to in the future was ten years ago today
the date Marty traveled to in the future was ten years ago today
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
wanna feel old?
the date Marty traveled to in the future was ten years ago today
the date Marty traveled to in the future was ten years ago today
Karoline Leavitt posted this exchange with a journalist, calling him an anti-Trump hack thinking…. What? it makes her look good?
Yikes these people are dumb
Yikes these people are dumb
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Karoline Leavitt posted this exchange with a journalist, calling him an anti-Trump hack thinking…. What? it makes her look good?
Yikes these people are dumb
Yikes these people are dumb
I’m not a King, it’s just I can declare there’s an insurrection and then the military are at my personal service, and courts and congress are cancelled. But yeah totally not like a King at all.
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I’m not a King, it’s just I can declare there’s an insurrection and then the military are at my personal service, and courts and congress are cancelled. But yeah totally not like a King at all.
Serving espresso in disposable paper cups is just wrong*. It only takes 3 sips to finish one, they go cold fast, it ruins the taste/experience - they DO NOT NEED to-go cups.
* unless you are a coffee cart without a dishwasher.
* unless you are a coffee cart without a dishwasher.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Serving espresso in disposable paper cups is just wrong*. It only takes 3 sips to finish one, they go cold fast, it ruins the taste/experience - they DO NOT NEED to-go cups.
* unless you are a coffee cart without a dishwasher.
* unless you are a coffee cart without a dishwasher.
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If you don't believe Putin has something deeply embarrassing on Trump, you're just not paying attention.
The very greatest crime of the Trump II is his support of the war criminal over the Ukrainian Churchill.
www.ft.com/content/7960...
The very greatest crime of the Trump II is his support of the war criminal over the Ukrainian Churchill.
www.ft.com/content/7960...
Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you don't believe Putin has something deeply embarrassing on Trump, you're just not paying attention.
The very greatest crime of the Trump II is his support of the war criminal over the Ukrainian Churchill.
www.ft.com/content/7960...
The very greatest crime of the Trump II is his support of the war criminal over the Ukrainian Churchill.
www.ft.com/content/7960...
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Basic Labour pitch on Brexit
a cartoon says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas
ALT: a cartoon says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Basic Labour pitch on Brexit
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The U.S. Constitutional system, when adopted abroad, has always collapsed into dictatorship.
It’s why the State Department nation building efforts have always modeled parliamentary systems.
We may be at the “Admit it is broken at the core” stage.
It’s why the State Department nation building efforts have always modeled parliamentary systems.
We may be at the “Admit it is broken at the core” stage.
October 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The U.S. Constitutional system, when adopted abroad, has always collapsed into dictatorship.
It’s why the State Department nation building efforts have always modeled parliamentary systems.
We may be at the “Admit it is broken at the core” stage.
It’s why the State Department nation building efforts have always modeled parliamentary systems.
We may be at the “Admit it is broken at the core” stage.
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cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?
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Lord Heseltine, "Brexit is now having a debilitating effect on the UK.. It will be reversed, not it, when..The deception of Brexit has exposed Britain"
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Lord Heseltine, "Brexit is now having a debilitating effect on the UK.. It will be reversed, not it, when..The deception of Brexit has exposed Britain"
Nothing to see here, just Reform’s leader suggesting UK emulate a country with Sharia Law
UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.
Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP
No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.
But here's Tice calling us decadent
Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP
No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.
But here's Tice calling us decadent
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nothing to see here, just Reform’s leader suggesting UK emulate a country with Sharia Law
Oh so we are going after girlfriends now?
Are they water-boarding her to get the names of Portland party shops where Antifa buy their inflatable frog suits??
Are they water-boarding her to get the names of Portland party shops where Antifa buy their inflatable frog suits??
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Oh so we are going after girlfriends now?
Are they water-boarding her to get the names of Portland party shops where Antifa buy their inflatable frog suits??
Are they water-boarding her to get the names of Portland party shops where Antifa buy their inflatable frog suits??
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A country that tolerates this baloney emanating from its head of state and government for a day, let alone another four and a half years, has surely lost its mind.
Unhinged crackpot stuff anyone remotely connected with reality would be ashamed and embarrassed to say out loud.
Unhinged crackpot stuff anyone remotely connected with reality would be ashamed and embarrassed to say out loud.
Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."
October 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A country that tolerates this baloney emanating from its head of state and government for a day, let alone another four and a half years, has surely lost its mind.
Unhinged crackpot stuff anyone remotely connected with reality would be ashamed and embarrassed to say out loud.
Unhinged crackpot stuff anyone remotely connected with reality would be ashamed and embarrassed to say out loud.
I sort of don’t understand how the GOP, which controls Congress, is trying to blame this on the Dems?
I mean I do, but JFC the Dem messaging is shit
I mean I do, but JFC the Dem messaging is shit
So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.
The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.
And they get another vacation
The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.
And they get another vacation
October 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I sort of don’t understand how the GOP, which controls Congress, is trying to blame this on the Dems?
I mean I do, but JFC the Dem messaging is shit
I mean I do, but JFC the Dem messaging is shit
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US government takes equity stake in one of the world’s largest lithium mines
US government takes equity stake in one of the world’s largest lithium mines
It’s Trump’s latest push to exert more control over key supply chains.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
US government takes equity stake in one of the world’s largest lithium mines