Elliott Smith
@elliottsmithblesky.bsky.social
Not the dead one.
The White House is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
The White House is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Pinned
Seems about right.
Hear this now…
I am currently on my way to another hearing regarding my federal charges for protesting ICE.
When I say our leaders must be willing to put everything on the line, I mean it.
And frankly, I see it as the bare minimum in this moment.
When I say our leaders must be willing to put everything on the line, I mean it.
And frankly, I see it as the bare minimum in this moment.
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Hear this now…
Reposted by Elliott Smith
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
I believe ‘unsuspended disbelief’ is the required mindset in approaching the text.
Has Tim Cook posted his review of MELANIA on Letterboxd yet
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I believe ‘unsuspended disbelief’ is the required mindset in approaching the text.
What I don’t get is that NO American is exercising their 2A rights against a very obviously tyrannical government. And at the same time an ICU nurse, with 30+ shells, is disarmed and then shot 10 (?) times for not even drawing his weapon, after being put violently on the ground, for using a phone.
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM
What I don’t get is that NO American is exercising their 2A rights against a very obviously tyrannical government. And at the same time an ICU nurse, with 30+ shells, is disarmed and then shot 10 (?) times for not even drawing his weapon, after being put violently on the ground, for using a phone.
Seems about right.
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Seems about right.
Are we gearing up for another €110+ bit of ‘managerial genius’?
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Pep Guardiola unable to see a way out of Man City’s Erling Haaland problem
The striker has played more minutes that any other Manchester City player this season but Guardiola ‘needs’ his top scorer to lead the line
www.independent.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Are we gearing up for another €110+ bit of ‘managerial genius’?
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
“…Euro-Atlantic interests…it’s wrong…”
Starmer pulling out all the stops to hit Trump where it hurts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Starmer pulling out all the stops to hit Trump where it hurts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Tariffs on Nato allies are wrong, Starmer tells Trump in Greenland crisis call
UK prime minister holds phone call with US president as European leaders scramble to protect Danish territory
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“…Euro-Atlantic interests…it’s wrong…”
Starmer pulling out all the stops to hit Trump where it hurts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Starmer pulling out all the stops to hit Trump where it hurts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Pffffffffffff….
I mean…. Talk about laying down with dogs…. But even that’s cutting him too much slack.
If anyone was still clinging on to born-again-Catholic war criminal Blair as anything other than a psychotic wrong-un, then this has to be the moment they let go.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I mean…. Talk about laying down with dogs…. But even that’s cutting him too much slack.
If anyone was still clinging on to born-again-Catholic war criminal Blair as anything other than a psychotic wrong-un, then this has to be the moment they let go.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace'
The former UK prime minister and US secretary of state will sit on the
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Pffffffffffff….
I mean…. Talk about laying down with dogs…. But even that’s cutting him too much slack.
If anyone was still clinging on to born-again-Catholic war criminal Blair as anything other than a psychotic wrong-un, then this has to be the moment they let go.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I mean…. Talk about laying down with dogs…. But even that’s cutting him too much slack.
If anyone was still clinging on to born-again-Catholic war criminal Blair as anything other than a psychotic wrong-un, then this has to be the moment they let go.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why does the UK media still not understand that by promoting Farage as a racist, a Russian asset, and an SO lover, is just giving pro bono PR to his brand, & further marking him out as a sleeper agent for the Trump regime…?
What’s next…? He beats his wife…? Oooo
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What’s next…? He beats his wife…? Oooo
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage tricked into paying tribute to Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins
Reform leader calls the child sexual abuse offender ‘a good man, a really good guy’ in 27-second Cameo video clip
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Why does the UK media still not understand that by promoting Farage as a racist, a Russian asset, and an SO lover, is just giving pro bono PR to his brand, & further marking him out as a sleeper agent for the Trump regime…?
What’s next…? He beats his wife…? Oooo
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What’s next…? He beats his wife…? Oooo
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ofsted gearing-up for a display of studied ignorance of what ‘Labour (or Tory) Friends of Israel’ means, that has ALREADY aged like milk.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Ofsted holds snap inspection of Bristol school criticised for cancelling MP’s visit
Visit by Damien Egan, Labour Friends of Israel vice-chair, was called off after opposition from pro-Palestine group
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Ofsted gearing-up for a display of studied ignorance of what ‘Labour (or Tory) Friends of Israel’ means, that has ALREADY aged like milk.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Is Trump working towards a pony-tail? I actually think this could work for him.
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Is Trump working towards a pony-tail? I actually think this could work for him.
Guardian getting carried away with Grok…
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a nude Mona Lisa? I may have just solved this centuries-old mystery
It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Guardian getting carried away with Grok…
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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…with the caveat that we will NEVER be JD Vance.
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
…with the caveat that we will NEVER be JD Vance.
…with the caveat that we will NEVER be JD Vance.
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
…with the caveat that we will NEVER be JD Vance.
Just waiting on Stephen Miller to stipulate that the UK installs Tommy Robinson as Supreme Leader, or face abduction/invasion/forced ingestion of GM beef.
You knows it ain’t as crazy as it ought to be…
You knows it ain’t as crazy as it ought to be…
a cartoon of snow white in a cell with bars
ALT: a cartoon of snow white in a cell with bars
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Just waiting on Stephen Miller to stipulate that the UK installs Tommy Robinson as Supreme Leader, or face abduction/invasion/forced ingestion of GM beef.
You knows it ain’t as crazy as it ought to be…
You knows it ain’t as crazy as it ought to be…
Reposted by Elliott Smith
NEW: Jack Smith will testify publicly before the House Judiciary Committee later this month. Smith has pressing them for this — in a public forum.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
NEW: Jack Smith will testify publicly before the House Judiciary Committee later this month. Smith has pressing them for this — in a public forum.
Who could be discouraged at this point, as James Dean Bradfield meets Phil Mitchell, to determine the future military security of Europe…?
December 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Who could be discouraged at this point, as James Dean Bradfield meets Phil Mitchell, to determine the future military security of Europe…?
Utd taking the spirit of giving to heart this Christmas, by actually BEING the gift that keeps on giving.
Maybe they realise only God can help them. Perhaps he’ll let them put his name on a shirt and sell it in China.
[angel chorus sounds]
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Maybe they realise only God can help them. Perhaps he’ll let them put his name on a shirt and sell it in China.
[angel chorus sounds]
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Amorim challenges Manchester United to ‘step up’ after Bruno Fernandes injury
The head coach said: ‘It’s impossible to replace Bruno … we need more leaders’ before Manchester United host Newcastle in the Premier League on Boxing Day
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Utd taking the spirit of giving to heart this Christmas, by actually BEING the gift that keeps on giving.
Maybe they realise only God can help them. Perhaps he’ll let them put his name on a shirt and sell it in China.
[angel chorus sounds]
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Maybe they realise only God can help them. Perhaps he’ll let them put his name on a shirt and sell it in China.
[angel chorus sounds]
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The genius of Farage is to have targeted the precise demographic that won’t care that he scams them both politically and financially. It’s like the Trump base who just don’t care that he’s Putin’s POTUS of choice. Cult. Cult. Cult.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage criticised for £400,000 job promoting physical gold as pension investment
Exclusive: Reform leader promotes Direct Bullion – but experts say commodity is not for everyday investors
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The genius of Farage is to have targeted the precise demographic that won’t care that he scams them both politically and financially. It’s like the Trump base who just don’t care that he’s Putin’s POTUS of choice. Cult. Cult. Cult.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Scott Beasant. Why not entrust the world’s largest economy to a man who can neither comb his own hair, nor mobilise his own face…?
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Scott Beasant. Why not entrust the world’s largest economy to a man who can neither comb his own hair, nor mobilise his own face…?
Dismal.
Ailing PM whose only hard credentials are as a Human Rights lawyer, bends even further to the right. Because that’s been playing out so well for him…
If you can’t make the argument for what you know is right, why are you in this position?
Execrable filth.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Ailing PM whose only hard credentials are as a Human Rights lawyer, bends even further to the right. Because that’s been playing out so well for him…
If you can’t make the argument for what you know is right, why are you in this position?
Execrable filth.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Dismal.
Ailing PM whose only hard credentials are as a Human Rights lawyer, bends even further to the right. Because that’s been playing out so well for him…
If you can’t make the argument for what you know is right, why are you in this position?
Execrable filth.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Ailing PM whose only hard credentials are as a Human Rights lawyer, bends even further to the right. Because that’s been playing out so well for him…
If you can’t make the argument for what you know is right, why are you in this position?
Execrable filth.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
For shame…
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
For shame…
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Imagining this kind of thing runs the risk of taking England football back to the fist-pumping lion-heart mythology that had us fielding Adams/Terry, while other nations understood technical merits counted.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Declan Rice cranks up volume to show he is Europe’s best player right now | Nick Ames
The driving force behind the continent’s standout team resembled four players in one as Arsenal put their old nemesis Bayern Munich to the sword
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Imagining this kind of thing runs the risk of taking England football back to the fist-pumping lion-heart mythology that had us fielding Adams/Terry, while other nations understood technical merits counted.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...