Tom Hill
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Such a cool Senator.
WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.
'HANG THEM': Trump melts down, accuses six Dems of ‘seditious behavior’
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Such a cool Senator.
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It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.
'HANG THEM': Trump melts down, accuses six Dems of ‘seditious behavior’
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
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Much enjoyed this conversation with @andyostroy.bsky.social
@theguardian.com columnist, author & podcaster @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is in THE BACK ROOM discussing his incredible new book on the courageous group of high-society Germans who saved Jews from the Nazis. We also discuss UK politics, Nigel Farage & Reform UK podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Much enjoyed this conversation with @andyostroy.bsky.social
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This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
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A lot of it is stuff Cooper refused to do, which is why she was moved, but yeah the detailed policy work hasn't been done.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A lot of it is stuff Cooper refused to do, which is why she was moved, but yeah the detailed policy work hasn't been done.
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My pet theory is if they actually gave up on winning and Governed like they at 3.5 years to accomplish everything they ever can in politics that they'd actually be *more* likely to win the next election.
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My pet theory is if they actually gave up on winning and Governed like they at 3.5 years to accomplish everything they ever can in politics that they'd actually be *more* likely to win the next election.
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If I seem disappointed with this government it's not because I think the one before was way better. It wasn't at all good. It's because we need this one to be way better than that one. Because the next one could be way worse
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If I seem disappointed with this government it's not because I think the one before was way better. It wasn't at all good. It's because we need this one to be way better than that one. Because the next one could be way worse
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This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.
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This is why pushback matters. When forced to actually defend racism they get into a muddle. (See also Tory ILR plans).
Reform are into Day Three of Racismsplaining. It's harder than it looks.
thecritic.co.uk/easy...
thecritic.co.uk/easy...
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is why pushback matters. When forced to actually defend racism they get into a muddle. (See also Tory ILR plans).
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This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism.
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
Bill Gates Delivers ‘Tough Truths’ on Climate Just Before Big U.N. Talks
Bill Gates argues against focusing on emissions goals in favor of measures of human development.
www.newsweek.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism.
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
Really interesting insight. Ironically, there's probably now a stronger case than ever for a sort of One Nation Conservative approach aimed at the young. Socially liberal but less economically progressive/redistributionist.
Nice summary of the fiscal situation in the UK. I’ll add this - over recent elections the pattern between income and vote choice has broken down. Labour, without quite realising it, have become a party whose younger, graduate, professional voters are now the ones paying much higher marginal rates.
Britain has become a country of high taxes for the few and low taxes for the many and that settlement is now breaking down. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Really interesting insight. Ironically, there's probably now a stronger case than ever for a sort of One Nation Conservative approach aimed at the young. Socially liberal but less economically progressive/redistributionist.
Really interesting insight...
Nice summary of the fiscal situation in the UK. I’ll add this - over recent elections the pattern between income and vote choice has broken down. Labour, without quite realising it, have become a party whose younger, graduate, professional voters are now the ones paying much higher marginal rates.
Britain has become a country of high taxes for the few and low taxes for the many and that settlement is now breaking down. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Really interesting insight...
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We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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So my daughter is back from Cambridge just for Sunday lunch. She wants a proper roast dinner with roast spuds and Yorkshires. Takes a bit of work on the timing but no problem, we will have a lovely chill time.
I thought. /1
I thought. /1
October 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So my daughter is back from Cambridge just for Sunday lunch. She wants a proper roast dinner with roast spuds and Yorkshires. Takes a bit of work on the timing but no problem, we will have a lovely chill time.
I thought. /1
I thought. /1
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All to avoid the shame of acknowledging the horrible, psychologically troubling truth. Labour has for a long time been a party of the PMC, by the PMC, for the PMC. It’s just, here’s the thing about the PMC. They are the electoral majority. And they are how Labour won, will win, and can only win. n/n
September 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
All to avoid the shame of acknowledging the horrible, psychologically troubling truth. Labour has for a long time been a party of the PMC, by the PMC, for the PMC. It’s just, here’s the thing about the PMC. They are the electoral majority. And they are how Labour won, will win, and can only win. n/n
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🚨🚨 "Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more". Great column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on the gamble of British foreign policy
September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🚨🚨 "Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more". Great column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on the gamble of British foreign policy
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'Texts, plans and a confession: startling details in Charlie Kirk shooting.'
So Charlie Kirk's killer was of the Left, having politically decoupled from his MAGA parents.
Very much a lone wolf killing. His boyfriend was shocked when the killer told him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Charlie Kirk's killer was of the Left, having politically decoupled from his MAGA parents.
Very much a lone wolf killing. His boyfriend was shocked when the killer told him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Texts, plans and a confession: prosecutor lays out startling details in Charlie Kirk shooting
Jeffrey Gray called Kirk’s death an ‘American tragedy’ – and said the murder suspect had begged his friend to stay quiet
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
'Texts, plans and a confession: startling details in Charlie Kirk shooting.'
So Charlie Kirk's killer was of the Left, having politically decoupled from his MAGA parents.
Very much a lone wolf killing. His boyfriend was shocked when the killer told him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Charlie Kirk's killer was of the Left, having politically decoupled from his MAGA parents.
Very much a lone wolf killing. His boyfriend was shocked when the killer told him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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On days like today, it’s important to remember the words of the wonderful Jonathan Miller when challenging the dog-whistling of those who wish to divide us for political or financial gain.
September 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
On days like today, it’s important to remember the words of the wonderful Jonathan Miller when challenging the dog-whistling of those who wish to divide us for political or financial gain.
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Not going to pretend today wasn't depressing but the far right has been stronger in the UK before. Mosley packed out Earls Court and was backed by several large newspapers. Enoch Powell had the support of 74% of the population.
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Not going to pretend today wasn't depressing but the far right has been stronger in the UK before. Mosley packed out Earls Court and was backed by several large newspapers. Enoch Powell had the support of 74% of the population.
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%
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I'm never going to forgive the Starmer government for making me like a Banksy piece.
Silhouetted remains of the High Court Banksy
creating a curiously medieval quality...as if depicting Thomas a Becket being attacked in the crypt
'It is dangerous for men in power, if no-one dares to tell them when they go wrong'
Thomas A Becket 1118-1170
creating a curiously medieval quality...as if depicting Thomas a Becket being attacked in the crypt
'It is dangerous for men in power, if no-one dares to tell them when they go wrong'
Thomas A Becket 1118-1170
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm never going to forgive the Starmer government for making me like a Banksy piece.
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"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section."
New post just out:
"Will Reform win? Can Starmer turn things round? Will Reeves survive the budget?"
Answering your questions....
I cover the following topics:
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"Will Reform win? Can Starmer turn things round? Will Reeves survive the budget?"
Answering your questions....
I cover the following topics:
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section."
I understand the need for additional tax but a 5p increase in the basic and higher rates of tax feels like more than a 'moderate' increase. 😬
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves needs to put up taxes to cover £40bn deficit, thinktank says
NIESR suggests a rise of 5p in the pound on basic and higher rate of income tax would fill the budget gap
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I understand the need for additional tax but a 5p increase in the basic and higher rates of tax feels like more than a 'moderate' increase. 😬
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
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83/ I don't think it's at all reasonable to run a campaign literally entitled 'change' and then get mad at voters for being pissed off that things haven't meaningfully changed.
August 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
83/ I don't think it's at all reasonable to run a campaign literally entitled 'change' and then get mad at voters for being pissed off that things haven't meaningfully changed.