Catrin Richards
@catrinrichards.bsky.social
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Reform is not a political party in any normal sense. It’s a personality cult around Farage.
Without him it fails and with him it’ll never be able to grow a collective leadership.
Without him it fails and with him it’ll never be able to grow a collective leadership.
May 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reform is not a political party in any normal sense. It’s a personality cult around Farage.
Without him it fails and with him it’ll never be able to grow a collective leadership.
Without him it fails and with him it’ll never be able to grow a collective leadership.
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LOL
NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
www.huffpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
LOL
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Morning Bluesky! Have you cancelled a planned trip or move – holiday, work, short-term or long-term – to the USA? Fancy chatting to me about for a piece?
@ me or DM if so, especially if you’re located in the UK. (RTs much appreciated too).
@ me or DM if so, especially if you’re located in the UK. (RTs much appreciated too).
April 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Morning Bluesky! Have you cancelled a planned trip or move – holiday, work, short-term or long-term – to the USA? Fancy chatting to me about for a piece?
@ me or DM if so, especially if you’re located in the UK. (RTs much appreciated too).
@ me or DM if so, especially if you’re located in the UK. (RTs much appreciated too).
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Reminder that one of the three great consistent rules of Trump is that he will always back down if directly confronted (the others are that he never keeps a promise and that he will always betray anyone who helps him)
April 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Reminder that one of the three great consistent rules of Trump is that he will always back down if directly confronted (the others are that he never keeps a promise and that he will always betray anyone who helps him)
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He’s going to be fired because he outed the fact that Musk arranged with Hegseth to get a top secret briefing at the Pentagon. Trump and his Chief of Staff didn’t even know about it. As usual, in Trump World, the person who does the right thing is the one who is punished.
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
He’s going to be fired because he outed the fact that Musk arranged with Hegseth to get a top secret briefing at the Pentagon. Trump and his Chief of Staff didn’t even know about it. As usual, in Trump World, the person who does the right thing is the one who is punished.
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Is it too online to get all your talking points from Ian Miles Cheong? Not for today’s cutting edge Conservative Party.
Not making time to watch the actual programme everyone’s talking about but seemingly having time to absorb a twitter conspiracy about it is the most Kemi Badenoch response I ever heard
Badenoch gives credence to race-swap conspiracy theory about Adolescence (which she hasn't watched) - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
April 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Is it too online to get all your talking points from Ian Miles Cheong? Not for today’s cutting edge Conservative Party.
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The FT's deadpan dark commentary hasn't been beaten yet
March 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The FT's deadpan dark commentary hasn't been beaten yet
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remember all the conspiracy theories that billionaire George Soros was using his vast wealth to influence our elections?
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
remember all the conspiracy theories that billionaire George Soros was using his vast wealth to influence our elections?
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Well now.
Pete Hegseth in 2016: "If it was anyone other than Hillary Clinton, they would be in jail right now... because the assumption is in the intelligence community, if you are using unclassified means, there is the potential for and likelihood that foreign governments are targeting those accounts."
March 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Well now.
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Countries that warrant that paranoid approach to travel might include not just Russia and China but also America under the increasingly draconian and unpredictable scrutiny of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), security experts say.
A guide on entering the US with your digital privacy intact:
A guide on entering the US with your digital privacy intact:
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Countries that warrant that paranoid approach to travel might include not just Russia and China but also America under the increasingly draconian and unpredictable scrutiny of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), security experts say.
A guide on entering the US with your digital privacy intact:
A guide on entering the US with your digital privacy intact:
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We've taken the paywall down for this one.
Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming.
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We've taken the paywall down for this one.
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Must be a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in there.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
X down: Twitter not working amid major outage
X down: Twitter not working amid major outage
X has gone down in what appears to be a major and global outage.
www.independent.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Must be a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in there.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
I think we should send in a bunch of middle-aged civil servants from the federal government and give them the power to unplug or destroy whatever looks funny to them until Twitter is finally working efficiently.
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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🧵 This is a perfect example of what I've be describing as disordered discourse, and it's threat to democracy. Politicians are afraid to speak openly about key issues.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
“Frightened for the safety of their families.”
America, 2025.
America, 2025.
March 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🧵 This is a perfect example of what I've be describing as disordered discourse, and it's threat to democracy. Politicians are afraid to speak openly about key issues.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
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Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire
BREAKING NEWS: Canadian Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba MOCKS Trump by signing a “beautiful” order that officially removes ALL American liquor from Canadian stores in his province.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
March 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire
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The Appointments Clause is what Aileen Cannon used to dismiss the stolen docs case against Trump.
Now, Trump says it doesn't exist.
Now, Trump says it doesn't exist.
FRIGGIN' WILD: In email obtained by TPM, White House claims that the Appointments Clause of the US constitution conflicts with Trump's "inherent authority" ...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate
The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Appointments Clause is what Aileen Cannon used to dismiss the stolen docs case against Trump.
Now, Trump says it doesn't exist.
Now, Trump says it doesn't exist.
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So, if I’m reading this correctly, Congress appropriated a bunch of funds for specific purposes. Musk will be throwing that out the window and disregarding the law they enacted. But individual legislators can call a hotline and beg for their pet projects to be spared. That’s how we’re doing it now.
Like huh it’s almost as if this information is inconsistent with the government’s representations in court that Amy Gleason, not Musk, is in charge of DOGE, and that agency heads, not DOGE, are responsible for the cuts
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So, if I’m reading this correctly, Congress appropriated a bunch of funds for specific purposes. Musk will be throwing that out the window and disregarding the law they enacted. But individual legislators can call a hotline and beg for their pet projects to be spared. That’s how we’re doing it now.
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Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
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Zelensky taking a hard line right now is EXACTLY what the world needs.
Call out their lies, hold them accountable, speak in simple terms, and hold strong.
Call out their lies, hold them accountable, speak in simple terms, and hold strong.
Zelenskyy: "When they, for example say that Ukraine is almost destroyed, that our soldiers run away, that they are not heroes, that the president is a dictator, what is the reaction? It's not about me. The reaction is, where is the friendship between Ukraine and the US?"
February 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Zelensky taking a hard line right now is EXACTLY what the world needs.
Call out their lies, hold them accountable, speak in simple terms, and hold strong.
Call out their lies, hold them accountable, speak in simple terms, and hold strong.
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Kinzinger: Zelenskyy had an opportunity to flee Ukraine when Russia attacked and he stayed. Is there anybody that has any doubt about whether Trump would flee the country if we were attacked.
February 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Kinzinger: Zelenskyy had an opportunity to flee Ukraine when Russia attacked and he stayed. Is there anybody that has any doubt about whether Trump would flee the country if we were attacked.
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Reupping, bc Bret Baier made it a false issue.
Trump fired the Inspectors General who can prove his claims about Ukrainian corruption are false.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/19/t...
Trump fired the Inspectors General who can prove his claims about Ukrainian corruption are false.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/19/t...
Trump Fired the People Who Could Dispute His False Claims about Ukraine Aid - emptywheel
Barely one month after firing two of the men responsible for overseeing the money the United States has provided Ukraine to stave off Russia, Trump is launched false claims about that spending.
www.emptywheel.net
February 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Reupping, bc Bret Baier made it a false issue.
Trump fired the Inspectors General who can prove his claims about Ukrainian corruption are false.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/19/t...
Trump fired the Inspectors General who can prove his claims about Ukrainian corruption are false.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/19/t...
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As @shashj.bsky.social noted, the shouting match was not just undiplomatically shocking, but also bad analysis. You cannot make a real, lasting peace without security guarantees and no Russia is not 10 feet tall about about WWIII any day. 3/
February 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
As @shashj.bsky.social noted, the shouting match was not just undiplomatically shocking, but also bad analysis. You cannot make a real, lasting peace without security guarantees and no Russia is not 10 feet tall about about WWIII any day. 3/
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Two months ago @the-independent.com asked me to look forward and predict what 2025 would bring for Ukraine and Europe. I thought I'd check back and see how well those predictions are holding up now we're six weeks into the year.... oh dear.
www.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
www.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
How 2025 could see Putin inch closer to his war aims
With a Russian apologist about to return to the White House, Keir Giles describes how he believes Putin will use the new US president to accelerate his goal of European domination
www.independent.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Two months ago @the-independent.com asked me to look forward and predict what 2025 would bring for Ukraine and Europe. I thought I'd check back and see how well those predictions are holding up now we're six weeks into the year.... oh dear.
www.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
www.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...