JvB
@causticcorner.bsky.social
Syncretic, cynic, dysthymic, pedantic, heretic, antinatalist, Anglo-Dutch. Loves cats, hates autocracy, hypocrisy, monarchy, religion, Christmas, and poor grammar.
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JvB
@causticcorner.bsky.social
· Feb 18
Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘An outstanding exposé of Putin and his criminal pals … [A] long-awaited, must read book’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Books about modern Russia abound … Belton has surpassed them all. Her ...
harpercollins.co.uk
If you want to understand Trump's stance on Russia, just read this excellent book. Catherine Belton spells out how Moscow has owned him for decades; Trump didn't sue, because there are receipts. Published by Murdoch's Harper Collins, note. harpercollins.co.uk/products/put...
Would jail time be too much to hope for?
DP World boss leaves company after Epstein emails
www.ft.com/content/548f...
DP World boss leaves company after Epstein emails
www.ft.com/content/548f...
DP World boss leaves company after Epstein emails
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem transformed Dubai-based group into one of the world’s largest logistics operators
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Would jail time be too much to hope for?
DP World boss leaves company after Epstein emails
www.ft.com/content/548f...
DP World boss leaves company after Epstein emails
www.ft.com/content/548f...
How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files
Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.
archive.today/UR1gl
Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.
archive.today/UR1gl
archive.today
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files
Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.
archive.today/UR1gl
Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.
archive.today/UR1gl
Watching @channel4tv.bsky.social News is a bit like watching news for adults after the children watched Justin Rowlatt, Reeta Chakarbarti and Chris Mason on CBeebies News at Six. No contest.
February 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Watching @channel4tv.bsky.social News is a bit like watching news for adults after the children watched Justin Rowlatt, Reeta Chakarbarti and Chris Mason on CBeebies News at Six. No contest.
Powerful read. (Not that it will make the blindest bit of difference.)
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
johnpavlovitz.com/2026/02/12/d...
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
johnpavlovitz.com/2026/02/12/d...
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
Dear Ms Bondi, I’m writing to you as an American citizen, a former pastor, and the father of a daughter. I spent today, as much of the nation, watching you speak before the House Judiciary Committee ...
johnpavlovitz.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Powerful read. (Not that it will make the blindest bit of difference.)
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
johnpavlovitz.com/2026/02/12/d...
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
johnpavlovitz.com/2026/02/12/d...
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Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."
February 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."
If it wasn't for Trump, we wouldn't now be suffering the effects of Putin and Farage.
Impeach, remove, and prosecute now.
Impeach, remove, and prosecute now.
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
If it wasn't for Trump, we wouldn't now be suffering the effects of Putin and Farage.
Impeach, remove, and prosecute now.
Impeach, remove, and prosecute now.
I don't recall Farage being very productive getting pissed in Simpson's of Cornhill and the Jamaica Wine House (aka The Jampot) back in the day.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I don't recall Farage being very productive getting pissed in Simpson's of Cornhill and the Jamaica Wine House (aka The Jampot) back in the day.
Showbiz is one of the things America does best, but jeeezz, all the shouting is so exhausting!
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Showbiz is one of the things America does best, but jeeezz, all the shouting is so exhausting!
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Don't buy this line of "Oh, it was posted on Trump's Truth Social account..." blaming a staffer.
All the other posts, threatening warfare, boasting, trolling, raging and ranting, announcing policy, etc were all his. But this one? Oh no, this wasn't the President himself.
All the other posts, threatening warfare, boasting, trolling, raging and ranting, announcing policy, etc were all his. But this one? Oh no, this wasn't the President himself.
February 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Don't buy this line of "Oh, it was posted on Trump's Truth Social account..." blaming a staffer.
All the other posts, threatening warfare, boasting, trolling, raging and ranting, announcing policy, etc were all his. But this one? Oh no, this wasn't the President himself.
All the other posts, threatening warfare, boasting, trolling, raging and ranting, announcing policy, etc were all his. But this one? Oh no, this wasn't the President himself.
Let's make James Byrnes (byrnj62@gmail.com) famous
kind of amazing to think that there are people who wake up in the morning, get mad at a fox news post and then send this stuff
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Let's make James Byrnes (byrnj62@gmail.com) famous
At what point does the GOP say enough is enough? Could it be this?
Trump posts a flagrantly racist video showing the Obamas as apes.
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
At what point does the GOP say enough is enough? Could it be this?
Good question from Tom Swarbrick on @lbc to former MI6 spook, Christopher Steele: "If the US had intelligence all this time suggesting Epstein was a Russian asset [or a Mossad one, for that matter] why did they sit on it? Neither did they share it with intelligence allies.
February 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Good question from Tom Swarbrick on @lbc to former MI6 spook, Christopher Steele: "If the US had intelligence all this time suggesting Epstein was a Russian asset [or a Mossad one, for that matter] why did they sit on it? Neither did they share it with intelligence allies.
This is doing the rounds and rightly so. Frightening testimony. And 100% intentional on the part of Miller, Trump, Noem and the rest of this criminal US Administration.
There are plenty of red voters who don’t agree with what‘s going on, there are many more who would also disagree if they actually heard anybody objecting. Did you hear a single Democrat talking about this today? Red voters can pressure GOP Congresshttps://youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?si=AqBsvDp1BD1plkty
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is doing the rounds and rightly so. Frightening testimony. And 100% intentional on the part of Miller, Trump, Noem and the rest of this criminal US Administration.
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This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
Knight/damehoods all round. Make paying lots of tax a badge of honour 🎖
Out with the failed politicians, aristos, civil service bootlickers and the like.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Out with the failed politicians, aristos, civil service bootlickers and the like.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Harry Styles and Anthony Joshua among UK's top tax payers
The former One Direction member-turned-solo artist appears on the Sunday Times list for the first time.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Knight/damehoods all round. Make paying lots of tax a badge of honour 🎖
Out with the failed politicians, aristos, civil service bootlickers and the like.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Out with the failed politicians, aristos, civil service bootlickers and the like.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
James O'Brien on LBC this morning: "I am not a conspiracy theorist, as you know..."
...said the Carl Beech 'Nick' conspiracist, who to this day has not apologised for the not insignificant part he played in that false conspiracy.
...said the Carl Beech 'Nick' conspiracist, who to this day has not apologised for the not insignificant part he played in that false conspiracy.
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
James O'Brien on LBC this morning: "I am not a conspiracy theorist, as you know..."
...said the Carl Beech 'Nick' conspiracist, who to this day has not apologised for the not insignificant part he played in that false conspiracy.
...said the Carl Beech 'Nick' conspiracist, who to this day has not apologised for the not insignificant part he played in that false conspiracy.
Does anyone, anywhere, still believe Epstein's death was a suicide?
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Does anyone, anywhere, still believe Epstein's death was a suicide?
While the bulk of the #EpsteinFiles are being pored over by journalists and podcasters the world over, stand by for the bombing of Iran to begin.
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 PM
While the bulk of the #EpsteinFiles are being pored over by journalists and podcasters the world over, stand by for the bombing of Iran to begin.
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It is quite striking that Konstantin Kisin simply denied (falsely) on BBC1 that he had said what he said, word for word, on his podcast.
Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
January 30, 2026 at 3:37 PM
It is quite striking that Konstantin Kisin simply denied (falsely) on BBC1 that he had said what he said, word for word, on his podcast.
If you're not a regular listener of the 'Pivot' podcast, the latest episode features guest co-host Anthony Scaramucci unloading on Trump. A highly entertaining listen! pca.st/episode/0028...
The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA
Kara Swisher is joined by guest co-host Anthony Scaramucci to discuss why so many business leaders have stayed silent about ICE violence in Minneapolis — and why it's time to push back against Donald…
pca.st
January 29, 2026 at 12:51 PM
If you're not a regular listener of the 'Pivot' podcast, the latest episode features guest co-host Anthony Scaramucci unloading on Trump. A highly entertaining listen! pca.st/episode/0028...
Watching BBC News at Six, with Chris Mason sounding like a Blue Peter presenter. 🙉☹️
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Watching BBC News at Six, with Chris Mason sounding like a Blue Peter presenter. 🙉☹️
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Shabbat Shalom to the 100+ rabbis who joined clergy in Minneapolis today to say:
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.
Meanwhile in Minneapolis...
...some very cold, very determined NYC rabbis experiencing Minnesota winter for the first time. Cold can't stop us from answering the call to support Minneapolitans demand ICE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS!
...some very cold, very determined NYC rabbis experiencing Minnesota winter for the first time. Cold can't stop us from answering the call to support Minneapolitans demand ICE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS!
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Shabbat Shalom to the 100+ rabbis who joined clergy in Minneapolis today to say:
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.
Jews stand with our neighbors. We want ICE out of Minnesota, out of NYC, and out of all our communities.