Dave Madden
@davemadden.bsky.social
Writer, editor, journalist, lecturer....all pretty much ex. Oh, and dad. Walking around Edinburgh most days. Opinions about books, politics, pubs, and, for my sins, MUFC, Hibs, and Scottish rugby. Typos my own.
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Omar: "We have a president itching to have a riot in the city so that he can invoke the Insurrection Act. That is not something that we want. We want to make sure that he's not going to use the anger MN residents feel after they watched their neighbor get shot in the face to bring about more pain."
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Omar: "We have a president itching to have a riot in the city so that he can invoke the Insurrection Act. That is not something that we want. We want to make sure that he's not going to use the anger MN residents feel after they watched their neighbor get shot in the face to bring about more pain."
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Genuine question to the Americans among us, what happens if the President, VP, Secretary of State and the Speaker are impeached, who becomes President?
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Genuine question to the Americans among us, what happens if the President, VP, Secretary of State and the Speaker are impeached, who becomes President?
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Trumps mafia like use of tariffs is a tax on Americans and not the nations he threatens.
January 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Trumps mafia like use of tariffs is a tax on Americans and not the nations he threatens.
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Should the EU retaliate against US tariffs or ignore them? I can see good arguments on both sides. But Europe can and should: continue the military buildup in Greenland; junk the “deal” that rewards bad US behaviour and runs contrary to the MFN principle: & regulate US tech as we see fit
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Should the EU retaliate against US tariffs or ignore them? I can see good arguments on both sides. But Europe can and should: continue the military buildup in Greenland; junk the “deal” that rewards bad US behaviour and runs contrary to the MFN principle: & regulate US tech as we see fit
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This is the dumbest shit he’s done yet, and that’s saying something.
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is the dumbest shit he’s done yet, and that’s saying something.
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President Donald Trump railed against JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its leader Jamie Dimon, threatening to sue the banking giant over his claim that he was debanked after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Trump Blasts Dimon, Threatens to Sue JP Morgan Over Debanking
President Donald Trump railed against JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its leader Jamie Dimon, threatening to sue the banking giant over his claim that he was debanked after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
bloom.bg
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
President Donald Trump railed against JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its leader Jamie Dimon, threatening to sue the banking giant over his claim that he was debanked after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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But GOP has largely been a silent partner as its leader removes all sense of justice from the DOJ…. On behalf of Americans who are now living without a functioning system of federal law and order, Congress should step up and end this self-interested destruction.
Yup
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
Yup
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
Opinion | For Trump, Justice Means Vengeance
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
But GOP has largely been a silent partner as its leader removes all sense of justice from the DOJ…. On behalf of Americans who are now living without a functioning system of federal law and order, Congress should step up and end this self-interested destruction.
Yup
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
Yup
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
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This administration are going ‘all in’ on ICE immigration enforcement, because they have nothing else. No healthcare, no cost of living relief, no education plan nothing.
January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This administration are going ‘all in’ on ICE immigration enforcement, because they have nothing else. No healthcare, no cost of living relief, no education plan nothing.
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Head in hands really. Imagine Starmer forced to announce a retaliatory trade war with the US. Or that we have to rejoin the EU Customs Union. Pandemonium.
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Head in hands really. Imagine Starmer forced to announce a retaliatory trade war with the US. Or that we have to rejoin the EU Customs Union. Pandemonium.
Come on Keir - it’s your Hugh Grant moment. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Come on Keir - it’s your Hugh Grant moment. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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UK and EU trade deals with Trump look completely dead now
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
UK and EU trade deals with Trump look completely dead now
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
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All the networks are announcing that “President Trump Has Unveiled His New Health Care Plan”. No. Dump posted a few paragraphs of blathering crap on the White House website about health care. I’m so sick of the media outlets playing along and spreading the administration’s propaganda. 🤬🤬🤬
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
All the networks are announcing that “President Trump Has Unveiled His New Health Care Plan”. No. Dump posted a few paragraphs of blathering crap on the White House website about health care. I’m so sick of the media outlets playing along and spreading the administration’s propaganda. 🤬🤬🤬
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Then why did you launch it as catching evil immigrants?
"[The state] needs to feel more like your banking or shopping app. It’s in your hand. It’s easy to do.”
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Labour’s digital ID ‘will cut red tape and make modern life easier’
Darren Jones, chief secretary to the prime minister, says the voluntary app is a crucial step towards making the state fit for the 21st century
www.thetimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Then why did you launch it as catching evil immigrants?
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This is why it was wild for Kemi Badenoch to describe Greenland as a “second-order issue” last weekend. www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...
Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland
The US president says the countries will be charged a
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January 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This is why it was wild for Kemi Badenoch to describe Greenland as a “second-order issue” last weekend. www.bbc.com/news/live/c1...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
When the reckoning comes - and it will- it’s going to take years. American lawyers must be creaming themselves. Donnie’s impeachment charge list will be the biggliest ever.
January 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
When the reckoning comes - and it will- it’s going to take years. American lawyers must be creaming themselves. Donnie’s impeachment charge list will be the biggliest ever.
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What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.
Putting tariffs on your allies to avoid publishing the Epstein files? Or have I misunderstood?
January 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Putting tariffs on your allies to avoid publishing the Epstein files? Or have I misunderstood?
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Are we honestly doing the World Cup over there? For real?
January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Are we honestly doing the World Cup over there? For real?
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Re: Greenland, sacrificing soft power you can use to control the whole world for some land you already have access to is the work of meme-addled morons. That they think it will politically benefit them for the midterms is an extra layer of stupid
January 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Re: Greenland, sacrificing soft power you can use to control the whole world for some land you already have access to is the work of meme-addled morons. That they think it will politically benefit them for the midterms is an extra layer of stupid
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Pretty evident that the Epstein Files will NEVER be released as long as one of its key figures is calling the shots from the WH. We'll learn all the sordid details after he is long gone.
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Pretty evident that the Epstein Files will NEVER be released as long as one of its key figures is calling the shots from the WH. We'll learn all the sordid details after he is long gone.
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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*whispers*
*hey, most of the world, you know we should boycott the Olympics and the World Cup, right*
*hey, most of the world, you know we should boycott the Olympics and the World Cup, right*
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
*whispers*
*hey, most of the world, you know we should boycott the Olympics and the World Cup, right*
*hey, most of the world, you know we should boycott the Olympics and the World Cup, right*