Christopher Rains
@christopherrains.bsky.social
Passionate about life. Love watching and participating in sport, motor sport, photography, music, travel, life, living abroad, Brussels...
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The Trump administration's worldview has always been aligned with Putin's, as was clear to anyone who paid any attention to the statements and actions of its most important members. But this isn't an alignment of equals - the White House is following the Kremlin's lead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Trump administration's worldview has always been aligned with Putin's, as was clear to anyone who paid any attention to the statements and actions of its most important members. But this isn't an alignment of equals - the White House is following the Kremlin's lead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Is JD Vance a Rudolf Hess or an Octavian?
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Is JD Vance a Rudolf Hess or an Octavian?
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Something unprecedented happened this week in Europe that should alarm every European citizen who values democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Something unprecedented happened this week in Europe that should alarm every European citizen who values democracy.
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If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933.
#JimmyKimmel
#JimmyKimmel
September 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933.
#JimmyKimmel
#JimmyKimmel
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Once upon a time, it seemed open and free links to reliable legal information would undermine such flights of political-media fantasy, but no.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
August 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Once upon a time, it seemed open and free links to reliable legal information would undermine such flights of political-media fantasy, but no.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
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Both the Lucy Connolly and the Epping hotel cases have now taken on a political-media existence of their own, unconnected with what actually happened in court.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
August 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Both the Lucy Connolly and the Epping hotel cases have now taken on a political-media existence of their own, unconnected with what actually happened in court.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
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I see that Nige is orangutanning
July 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I see that Nige is orangutanning
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Think about how insane this is. I know we normalize every abnormal thing Trump does, & he floods the zone & numbs us, but a leading media organizing rolling over & agreeing to pay $16m to the president because he didn’t like how they edited an interview?? What country is this?
BREAKING
Paramount has settled the lawsuit President Trump filed against it for the 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris.
Paramount will pay $16 million in total including fees and expenses.
The money, minus fees and expenses, will go to President Trump’s future presidential library.
Paramount has settled the lawsuit President Trump filed against it for the 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris.
Paramount will pay $16 million in total including fees and expenses.
The money, minus fees and expenses, will go to President Trump’s future presidential library.
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Think about how insane this is. I know we normalize every abnormal thing Trump does, & he floods the zone & numbs us, but a leading media organizing rolling over & agreeing to pay $16m to the president because he didn’t like how they edited an interview?? What country is this?
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A moment where the Mélenchon "La République, c'est MOI" act would be totally justified.
Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.
June 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A moment where the Mélenchon "La République, c'est MOI" act would be totally justified.
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When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...
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May 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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After Brexit it will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Nigel Farage has been accused of ‘fantasy promises’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage accused of ‘fantasy promises’ with expensive policy pledges
Reform UK leader unveils plans to reverse benefit cuts and bring in tax breaks without explaining how they would be funded
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
After Brexit it will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Nigel Farage has been accused of ‘fantasy promises’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
WASHINGTON—Claiming the fantastical creatures were “way too cool” to leave their investigation to a handful of so-called experts, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a sta...
theonion.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
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Populists are the political equivalent of hecklers shouting instructions from the touchline while the crowd bays them on.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.
May 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Populists are the political equivalent of hecklers shouting instructions from the touchline while the crowd bays them on.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.
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I really wish him, Elon Musk and the tech bro community hadn’t been so socially awkward and been able to make meaningful relationships, because maybe then we wouldn’t be subjected to their Bond villain era.
May 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I really wish him, Elon Musk and the tech bro community hadn’t been so socially awkward and been able to make meaningful relationships, because maybe then we wouldn’t be subjected to their Bond villain era.
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Lol, Michael Flynn has been cast into the conspiracy meatgrinder that he helped create. 🎻
MAGA’s Premier Conspiracy Theorist Becomes the Target of One
Mike Flynn has long pushed QAnon. But now, the conspiracists are coming after him.
www.thebulwark.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Lol, Michael Flynn has been cast into the conspiracy meatgrinder that he helped create. 🎻
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If your from America, Canada, UK or Europe you should make sure you are following @neverevertory.bsky.social!
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#FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform
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#FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform
April 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If your from America, Canada, UK or Europe you should make sure you are following @neverevertory.bsky.social!
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#FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform
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Dear The Economist,
I still believe that it’s up to the French judicial system - not to public opinion nor a media (albeit authorative) to apply French law.
Yours is an opinion, pretty much in line with autocratic regimes
economist.com/leaders/2025...
I still believe that it’s up to the French judicial system - not to public opinion nor a media (albeit authorative) to apply French law.
Yours is an opinion, pretty much in line with autocratic regimes
economist.com/leaders/2025...
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
economist.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dear The Economist,
I still believe that it’s up to the French judicial system - not to public opinion nor a media (albeit authorative) to apply French law.
Yours is an opinion, pretty much in line with autocratic regimes
economist.com/leaders/2025...
I still believe that it’s up to the French judicial system - not to public opinion nor a media (albeit authorative) to apply French law.
Yours is an opinion, pretty much in line with autocratic regimes
economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Dale exhales... a very meaningful minute
Today I'm tackling one of the biggest obstacles to relaxation in the modern world...
April 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dale exhales... a very meaningful minute
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Democracy in action
@corybooker.com
@corybooker.com
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Democracy in action
@corybooker.com
@corybooker.com
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Well... There's always a quote..
VIDEO. When Marine Le Pen called for "lifelong ineligibility" for elected officials convicted of "misappropriation of public funds"
www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/p...
VIDEO. When Marine Le Pen called for "lifelong ineligibility" for elected officials convicted of "misappropriation of public funds"
www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/p...
VIDEO. Quand Marine Le Pen demandait « l’inéligibilité à vie » pour les élus condamnés pour « détournement de fonds publics » - Public Sénat
Alors que Marine Le Pen vient d’être condamnée pour détournement de fonds publics à quatre ans de prison et à cinq ans d’inéligibilité, l’empêchant de se présenter en 2027, la même Marine Le Pen défen...
www.publicsenat.fr
April 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM