Bob White
@rwdwhite.bsky.social
When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
This looks well researched and would explain everything that’s happened in the last few days.
This whole article on how Putin has been encouraging Trump to take over Venezuela and Greenland since 2017 is worth the read, but one particularly alarming idea in it is that Trump and Tulsi will share intelligence with Russia to help them take out Zelenskyy.
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The Russian Roots of Trump's Venezuela and Greenland Operations
We find that Trump's current moves against Venezuela and Greenland have roots in a long-running Russian influence campaign intended to provoke these outcomes.
america2.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This looks well researched and would explain everything that’s happened in the last few days.
Is it my imagination or are estate agents generally the most amoral, dishonest profession in Britain. How do they get away with it? Not only are they oblivious to the very light laws in this country, but the ones they are aware of, they deliberately flout. The sums of money are huge.
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Is it my imagination or are estate agents generally the most amoral, dishonest profession in Britain. How do they get away with it? Not only are they oblivious to the very light laws in this country, but the ones they are aware of, they deliberately flout. The sums of money are huge.
How does Farage get away with this?
It’s simple, the right wing press wants him to win the next election so they kill the story. Trump’s media friends did the same thing in the US and look how that turned out.
#Levesen2
It’s simple, the right wing press wants him to win the next election so they kill the story. Trump’s media friends did the same thing in the US and look how that turned out.
#Levesen2
How did Nigel Farage's girlfriend find nearly a million pounds to buy a house in Clacton for her boyfriend?
❗️Farage Stamp Duty Scandal ❗️
All he needs do to clear this up is to publish the relevant documentation.
In UK law, using a 3rd party to buy a property with your money is Tax Evasion.
❗️Farage Stamp Duty Scandal ❗️
All he needs do to clear this up is to publish the relevant documentation.
In UK law, using a 3rd party to buy a property with your money is Tax Evasion.
January 6, 2026 at 7:36 AM
How does Farage get away with this?
It’s simple, the right wing press wants him to win the next election so they kill the story. Trump’s media friends did the same thing in the US and look how that turned out.
#Levesen2
It’s simple, the right wing press wants him to win the next election so they kill the story. Trump’s media friends did the same thing in the US and look how that turned out.
#Levesen2
This was an unexpectedly positive read.
"In normal liberal democracy terms, the US is in bad shape. But in consolidated authoritarianism terms, we’re doing pretty well."
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
I wrote about the weirdness of walking around the monuments in DC, three ways the Trump regime stumbled this year, and why I'm cautiously optimistic heading into 2026.
Washington DC is Messed Up, But the Regime is Failing
America is no longer a constitutional democracy yet is far from consolidated authoritarianism. It's important to recognize both of those at once.
www.arcdigital.media
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This was an unexpectedly positive read.
Starmer projecting himself as a strongman. It wasn’t enough that Israel bombed Gaza and it’s civilians back to the stone age or Trump behaves like a pirate, he’ll be very cross if anyone else does anything bad.
NEW Prime Minister Starmer: "The future of Greenland is for the Kingdom of Denmark, and for Greenland themselves to decide, and only for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark." ~AA
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Starmer projecting himself as a strongman. It wasn’t enough that Israel bombed Gaza and it’s civilians back to the stone age or Trump behaves like a pirate, he’ll be very cross if anyone else does anything bad.
Mike Tapp is a good mouthpiece for Starmer because he’s as spineless.
These guys make Neville Chamberlain look strong.
These guys make Neville Chamberlain look strong.
“Has the Prime Minister decided yet whether President Trump has breached international law?”
#BBCbreakfast
#BBCbreakfast
January 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Mike Tapp is a good mouthpiece for Starmer because he’s as spineless.
These guys make Neville Chamberlain look strong.
These guys make Neville Chamberlain look strong.
The more we align with America, we’ll become poorer and sicker. We’ll also drift further from the EU as they will ensure that none of this poor produce can enter the free market.
We cannot let this happen.
We cannot let this happen.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The more we align with America, we’ll become poorer and sicker. We’ll also drift further from the EU as they will ensure that none of this poor produce can enter the free market.
We cannot let this happen.
We cannot let this happen.
Reposted by Bob White
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Today’s politicians are determined to slowly chip away at our hard won rights. I hope the ECHR restores some of them when they eventually rule on the Begum case.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Stripping citizenship with such ease tears at the moral f...
The clamour to revoke Abd el-Fattah's British identity over past repugnant tweets poses profound questions about state power and individual rights
observer.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Today’s politicians are determined to slowly chip away at our hard won rights. I hope the ECHR restores some of them when they eventually rule on the Begum case.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...
38d.gs
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
Can you imagine any other world leader dribbling away like this for the cameras?
His hangers on (Marco Rubio et al) should be ashamed of themselves.
His hangers on (Marco Rubio et al) should be ashamed of themselves.
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Can you imagine any other world leader dribbling away like this for the cameras?
His hangers on (Marco Rubio et al) should be ashamed of themselves.
His hangers on (Marco Rubio et al) should be ashamed of themselves.
I’m just watching Trump’s press conference and he’s rambling like a lunatic. He even started criticising Jimmy Carter.
Surely there must have been electoral fraud for Trump to win? How could any half sensible person vote for this guy? It’s bad enough that his surname means fart - Donald Fart.
Surely there must have been electoral fraud for Trump to win? How could any half sensible person vote for this guy? It’s bad enough that his surname means fart - Donald Fart.
People need to understand the precedent here. If the U.S. claims the right to sweep in and abduct a president it accuses of crimes, what stops Russia from doing the same to Ukraine, or China claiming that authority over Taiwan?
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I’m just watching Trump’s press conference and he’s rambling like a lunatic. He even started criticising Jimmy Carter.
Surely there must have been electoral fraud for Trump to win? How could any half sensible person vote for this guy? It’s bad enough that his surname means fart - Donald Fart.
Surely there must have been electoral fraud for Trump to win? How could any half sensible person vote for this guy? It’s bad enough that his surname means fart - Donald Fart.
Starmer’s such a cowardly little weasel.
When Trump attacks/invades Greenland (Denmark) is he going to sit on the fence?
There’s a reason Mark Carney cancelled his order of American jets and bought from Sweden instead. America is not an ally, if Trump wants something, America will take it.
When Trump attacks/invades Greenland (Denmark) is he going to sit on the fence?
There’s a reason Mark Carney cancelled his order of American jets and bought from Sweden instead. America is not an ally, if Trump wants something, America will take it.
Trump broke his constitutional duty to inform Congress.
The UN special rapporteur is calling for Trump to be investigated.
Trump promised to make a statement to the nation, and didn't.
There's no proof Maduro is even alive.
And Starmer can't find the words "I condemn this"
The UN special rapporteur is calling for Trump to be investigated.
Trump promised to make a statement to the nation, and didn't.
There's no proof Maduro is even alive.
And Starmer can't find the words "I condemn this"
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Starmer’s such a cowardly little weasel.
When Trump attacks/invades Greenland (Denmark) is he going to sit on the fence?
There’s a reason Mark Carney cancelled his order of American jets and bought from Sweden instead. America is not an ally, if Trump wants something, America will take it.
When Trump attacks/invades Greenland (Denmark) is he going to sit on the fence?
There’s a reason Mark Carney cancelled his order of American jets and bought from Sweden instead. America is not an ally, if Trump wants something, America will take it.
It wouldn’t surprise me if this was the reason.
Might be relevant
Trump promised oil execs anything they want if they gave his campaign a billion dollars
One of the things they want is Venezuela
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Trump promised oil execs anything they want if they gave his campaign a billion dollars
One of the things they want is Venezuela
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report
Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It wouldn’t surprise me if this was the reason.
I thought Venezuela had Russian air defence. Did it not work? Perhaps it only shoots down civilian airliners.
Russia has condemned the U.S. strike on Venezuela as an act of “armed aggression,” urging restraint and warning against further escalation. Moscow says the justification is “untenable” and accuses Washington of choosing ideology over diplomacy.
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I thought Venezuela had Russian air defence. Did it not work? Perhaps it only shoots down civilian airliners.
Trump has essentially given all tyrants permission.
Also: let's just be really clear again.
Trump's strongmen actions will have international ramifications. Other countries will look at this and consider if they can do the same thing - see China's ongoing threats to invade Taiwan.
Our electeds, Dems especially, CANNOT hedge on this.
Trump's strongmen actions will have international ramifications. Other countries will look at this and consider if they can do the same thing - see China's ongoing threats to invade Taiwan.
Our electeds, Dems especially, CANNOT hedge on this.
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Trump has essentially given all tyrants permission.
I know she has to be diplomatic but will she be closely monitoring the situation when Trump attacks Greenland?
Maduro is a tyrant, however, Trump is too and this sounds far too passive.
Maduro is a tyrant, however, Trump is too and this sounds far too passive.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I know she has to be diplomatic but will she be closely monitoring the situation when Trump attacks Greenland?
Maduro is a tyrant, however, Trump is too and this sounds far too passive.
Maduro is a tyrant, however, Trump is too and this sounds far too passive.
This doesn’t surprise me, I knew when Steve Reed replaced Angela Rayner that the legislation would be changed to favour the building industry.
This govt are all about profits for corporations.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This govt are all about profits for corporations.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England
Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
This doesn’t surprise me, I knew when Steve Reed replaced Angela Rayner that the legislation would be changed to favour the building industry.
This govt are all about profits for corporations.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This govt are all about profits for corporations.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If this govt had immediately tackled the cost of greed crisis, schemes/charities like this would have no need to exist.
They’ve actually made it worse because govt pander to lobbyists and vested interests.
They’ve actually made it worse because govt pander to lobbyists and vested interests.
A clothing charity which supports people in financial difficulties has said it is seeing more working people facing "clothing poverty"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Charity warns of rise in 'clothing poverty' among working people
The Sharewear Clothing Scheme in Nottingham says demand is so high it is running out of clothes.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
If this govt had immediately tackled the cost of greed crisis, schemes/charities like this would have no need to exist.
They’ve actually made it worse because govt pander to lobbyists and vested interests.
They’ve actually made it worse because govt pander to lobbyists and vested interests.
Another year passes without firm action to reverse the monstrous IPP sentences.
We need a govt with courage and humanity to put a stop to the imprisonment of the 2500 victims of IPP.
We need a govt with courage and humanity to put a stop to the imprisonment of the 2500 victims of IPP.
Fresh proposals for panel of judges to reconsider cases of every IPP prisoner
Lords have tabled fresh proposals in a bid to convince Labour to help almost 2,500 prisoners trapped on cruel indefinite jail terms
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Lords have tabled fresh proposals in a bid to convince Labour to help almost 2,500 prisoners trapped on cruel indefinite jail terms
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Fresh proposals for panel of judges to reconsider cases of every IPP prisoner
Lords have tabled fresh proposals in a bid to convince Labour to help almost 2,500 prisoners trapped on cruel indefinite jail terms
www.independent.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Another year passes without firm action to reverse the monstrous IPP sentences.
We need a govt with courage and humanity to put a stop to the imprisonment of the 2500 victims of IPP.
We need a govt with courage and humanity to put a stop to the imprisonment of the 2500 victims of IPP.
Ofcom, like so many of our regulators, could be disbanded and we wouldn’t notice the difference.
If they do find GB News has breached impartiality rules, they will receive no more than a warning like the previous occasion:
#Toothlessandspineless
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
If they do find GB News has breached impartiality rules, they will receive no more than a warning like the previous occasion:
#Toothlessandspineless
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Ofcom urged to investigate GB News Trump interview over inaccuracy claims
US president’s assertions climate change is ‘a hoax’ and London has police no-go areas left unchallenged, say critics
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ofcom, like so many of our regulators, could be disbanded and we wouldn’t notice the difference.
If they do find GB News has breached impartiality rules, they will receive no more than a warning like the previous occasion:
#Toothlessandspineless
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
If they do find GB News has breached impartiality rules, they will receive no more than a warning like the previous occasion:
#Toothlessandspineless
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Primary care is definitely in need of much needed funding eg - to hire more GPs.
However, would you seek medical help for hiccups, minor ailments or a blocked nose? It sounds much more like a stupidity crisis.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
However, would you seek medical help for hiccups, minor ailments or a blocked nose? It sounds much more like a stupidity crisis.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Huge rise in number of people in England’s A&Es for coughs or hiccups
Lack of prompt access to primary care blamed for rise in hospital cases of minor ailments including blocked noses
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Primary care is definitely in need of much needed funding eg - to hire more GPs.
However, would you seek medical help for hiccups, minor ailments or a blocked nose? It sounds much more like a stupidity crisis.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
However, would you seek medical help for hiccups, minor ailments or a blocked nose? It sounds much more like a stupidity crisis.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Petition: Ban the public sale of fireworks!
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...
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December 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...