Martin McDonald
@martymcd.bsky.social
UK & US Politics and other stuff from the kitchen table, one tweet at a time.
Some say 'a totally undiscovered twitter treasure' apparently. Also tax. And law
Some say 'a totally undiscovered twitter treasure' apparently. Also tax. And law
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Cat Owner SCANDAL, not only did he FAIL to put out the CORRECT FLAVOR treats but he put them in the WRONG LOCATION
February 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Cat Owner SCANDAL, not only did he FAIL to put out the CORRECT FLAVOR treats but he put them in the WRONG LOCATION
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Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power. trib.al/NS4Lf8H
Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
trib.al
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power. trib.al/NS4Lf8H
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The most-detailed renderings yet of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project were briefly made available Friday, showing the massive scale of the planned 89,000-square-foot space.
See the full images: https://cnn.it/4rt5Quj
See the full images: https://cnn.it/4rt5Quj
February 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The most-detailed renderings yet of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project were briefly made available Friday, showing the massive scale of the planned 89,000-square-foot space.
See the full images: https://cnn.it/4rt5Quj
See the full images: https://cnn.it/4rt5Quj
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Whut?
‘Facing the possibility of losing power after 16 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has cast Hungary's election on April 12 as a stark choice between "war or peace", saying his opponents would drag the country into the war raging next door in Ukraine.
"What's at stake is: war or peace”’
‘Facing the possibility of losing power after 16 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has cast Hungary's election on April 12 as a stark choice between "war or peace", saying his opponents would drag the country into the war raging next door in Ukraine.
"What's at stake is: war or peace”’
February 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Whut?
‘Facing the possibility of losing power after 16 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has cast Hungary's election on April 12 as a stark choice between "war or peace", saying his opponents would drag the country into the war raging next door in Ukraine.
"What's at stake is: war or peace”’
‘Facing the possibility of losing power after 16 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has cast Hungary's election on April 12 as a stark choice between "war or peace", saying his opponents would drag the country into the war raging next door in Ukraine.
"What's at stake is: war or peace”’
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Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
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Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
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“Out LGBTQ athletes have won a total of five medals so far at these Winter Olympics across multiple sports. That puts them collectively in 6th place in the medal count, using the traditional Olympic standings ranking teams by number of gold medals, then number of silvers then number of bronzes.”
Team LGBTQ in 6th place in Winter Olympics medal count - Outsports
For the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, Outsports is again tracking the progress of out LGBTQ athletes as if they were an Olympic team.
www.outsports.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
“Out LGBTQ athletes have won a total of five medals so far at these Winter Olympics across multiple sports. That puts them collectively in 6th place in the medal count, using the traditional Olympic standings ranking teams by number of gold medals, then number of silvers then number of bronzes.”
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Nothing about our current moment is comprehensible without understanding that:
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
February 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Nothing about our current moment is comprehensible without understanding that:
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
1. Until 1965, white men decided who was president.
2. for the next four decades, every president elected was either a Republican or a white male Southerner.
3. Barack Obama was the first exception to the above.
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Don't you hate it when fighting age men flee their own country, leaving their families behind, then expect other people to give them a handout.
February 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Don't you hate it when fighting age men flee their own country, leaving their families behind, then expect other people to give them a handout.
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I was once locked out of my toothbrush
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I was once locked out of my toothbrush
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Absolutely grim. Fuck him, seriously.
February 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Absolutely grim. Fuck him, seriously.
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This piece is every bit as bad as the headline suggests it'll be. The man doing Weinstein's PR (funny how no woman has taken him on as a client, eh) says he's doing it "as a way of getting my name out there". www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
As Harvey Weinstein’s publicist I talk to him most days. I like him
Juda Engelmayer does PR for clients no one else will touch, from Diddy to Anna Delvey. He says they’re not all bad — ‘some are just low-key crazy’
www.thetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:47 PM
This piece is every bit as bad as the headline suggests it'll be. The man doing Weinstein's PR (funny how no woman has taken him on as a client, eh) says he's doing it "as a way of getting my name out there". www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
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This is disgracefully biased reporting, BBC News!
Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using toxin from dart frog, UK says
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This is disgracefully biased reporting, BBC News!
Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surely you could have got Nigel #Farage to give the Kremlin's point of view?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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for all you map-porn loving nerds
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
for all you map-porn loving nerds
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turns out that seeing your government terrorize children & murder people in the street fucks people up a lot 🫠
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
turns out that seeing your government terrorize children & murder people in the street fucks people up a lot 🫠
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Given the amount of briefing against Miliband in the RW media, they must view him as a serious threat. No wonder The Times is praising McSweeney's political acumen, since he's managed to undermine Labour support and agitated for Miliband to be moved.
February 14, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Given the amount of briefing against Miliband in the RW media, they must view him as a serious threat. No wonder The Times is praising McSweeney's political acumen, since he's managed to undermine Labour support and agitated for Miliband to be moved.
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I'm sure we can do something with Tim Tams here if we work hard enough
February 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I'm sure we can do something with Tim Tams here if we work hard enough
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Rupert Lowe wants Restore Britain to be a national party, competing to offer an agenda further right of Reform. (It will be closer to a 2-4% proposition than 10%. There are several < 1% parties in this space like Advance UK & others)
February 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Rupert Lowe wants Restore Britain to be a national party, competing to offer an agenda further right of Reform. (It will be closer to a 2-4% proposition than 10%. There are several < 1% parties in this space like Advance UK & others)
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This is the cat who notably waged public war on Larry and entered Number 10 to kill him. The police put him out.
Rescue cat renowned as chief mouser at UK’s Foreign Office dies in Bermuda
Rescue cat renowned as chief mouser at UK’s Foreign Office dies in Bermuda
Social media account for Palmerston, who retired in 2020, announces death of ‘Diplocat extraordinaire’
Palmerston, a rescue cat who became the chief mouser of the Foreign Office, has died in Bermuda.
The cat, adopted from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, retired in 2020 after four years of service in Whitehall. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This is the cat who notably waged public war on Larry and entered Number 10 to kill him. The police put him out.
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Hang on, what did the LSE do to be the only non-American university put on the at-risk list???
New: Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the US (list in replies) abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools | CNN Politics
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign again...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Hang on, what did the LSE do to be the only non-American university put on the at-risk list???
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By prompting that way you could probably get a VI of 10% for the Custard Party.
February 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
By prompting that way you could probably get a VI of 10% for the Custard Party.
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Landfill polling, I'm afraid.
"Yesterday, Rupert Lowe MP launched a political party named Restore Britain. If there were a General Election tomorrow, how would you vote in that election?"
RFM: 25%
GRN: 20%
LAB: 15%
CON: 13%
RES: 10%
LDM: 10%
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 14 Feb.
RFM: 25%
GRN: 20%
LAB: 15%
CON: 13%
RES: 10%
LDM: 10%
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 14 Feb.
February 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Landfill polling, I'm afraid.
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@ashashman1.bsky.social I hope your donkeys aren’t as naughty as this one is!
February 14, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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“It’s a dot-com sit-com
About a hip-hop chip-shop”
About a hip-hop chip-shop”
Better than your one about the time travelling sports ground
The Sardis TARDIS
The Sardis TARDIS
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
“It’s a dot-com sit-com
About a hip-hop chip-shop”
About a hip-hop chip-shop”