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News and politics junkie. Liberal. Rejoiner. City professional so a lot of that goes with the territory 🤦🏻♂️. Love art, culture, gym, jousting with the inevitable feeling of existential dread. Oh yeah, refugee from Twitter.
The Committee to Protect Journalists for example has some data on this which doesn’t support the view that the US is any way comparable to for example Russia cpj.org/data/killed/...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Committee to Protect Journalists for example has some data on this which doesn’t support the view that the US is any way comparable to for example Russia cpj.org/data/killed/...
Which domestic journalists and politicians has the US murdered and what’s the rate of journalist killing in the US compared to the other countries in question like Russia for example?
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Which domestic journalists and politicians has the US murdered and what’s the rate of journalist killing in the US compared to the other countries in question like Russia for example?
Murder of domestic journalists and politicians would be one thing.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Murder of domestic journalists and politicians would be one thing.
It’s like Jeffrey Dahmer complaining about the high crime rates in the area.
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It’s like Jeffrey Dahmer complaining about the high crime rates in the area.
Yeah it’s just a pity about the pacifist element in all of that.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Yeah it’s just a pity about the pacifist element in all of that.
Really interesting. When will it be published / made available and how access it?
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Really interesting. When will it be published / made available and how access it?
Obvious question is what he doing that would end up in him being in prison?…
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Obvious question is what he doing that would end up in him being in prison?…
I don’t think the US will worry too much about support from a kleptocracy that couldn’t even take over Ukraine by itself despite having a much larger army and plenty of time to prepare. Russia has a military that uses Cold War era technology and is endemically corrupt and incompetent.
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I don’t think the US will worry too much about support from a kleptocracy that couldn’t even take over Ukraine by itself despite having a much larger army and plenty of time to prepare. Russia has a military that uses Cold War era technology and is endemically corrupt and incompetent.
Worse than that. Telling voters of Texas to vote against Abbott or some much deserved federal funds don’t make their way to poor Texans.
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Worse than that. Telling voters of Texas to vote against Abbott or some much deserved federal funds don’t make their way to poor Texans.
Not to mention what kind of f*cked up view is it when a husband is disappointed their wife isn’t the same religion as them. I very much doubt he means this since he appears to be mostly performative, but if it is, what a god awful person he is.
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Not to mention what kind of f*cked up view is it when a husband is disappointed their wife isn’t the same religion as them. I very much doubt he means this since he appears to be mostly performative, but if it is, what a god awful person he is.
This is actually expertly sculpted. A real life turnip jack o’ lantern looks positively awful.
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is actually expertly sculpted. A real life turnip jack o’ lantern looks positively awful.
His family is Asian! Christ 🤦♂️
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
His family is Asian! Christ 🤦♂️
Asinine argument. So apparently the only threats to the UK are those that can successfully invade Ukraine. We no longer need to worry about IS, far right terrorism, etc. Great stuff.
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Asinine argument. So apparently the only threats to the UK are those that can successfully invade Ukraine. We no longer need to worry about IS, far right terrorism, etc. Great stuff.
No, she’s wrong as Britain definitely needs bombs, tanks, and missiles. Having these isn’t ‘stealing’ from hospitals. Britain always had both.
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
No, she’s wrong as Britain definitely needs bombs, tanks, and missiles. Having these isn’t ‘stealing’ from hospitals. Britain always had both.
So you think we shouldn’t have a defence force or there should be one but it shouldn’t have any bombs, tanks, or missiles? How does that work when there’s a contingency like Houthi rebels or IS attacking British commercial and civilian vessels; or a British aid convoy is attacked by Al-Shabaab?
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
So you think we shouldn’t have a defence force or there should be one but it shouldn’t have any bombs, tanks, or missiles? How does that work when there’s a contingency like Houthi rebels or IS attacking British commercial and civilian vessels; or a British aid convoy is attacked by Al-Shabaab?
I think we’re well past the ‘respect the office’ niceties. 🤦♂️
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think we’re well past the ‘respect the office’ niceties. 🤦♂️
Sure but at the cost (you’d say benefit of course) of being able to trample on rights with a mere majority of the legislature; which is part of the point of having a constitution ie embed fundamental rights and checks/balances that can’t be easily overridden.
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Sure but at the cost (you’d say benefit of course) of being able to trample on rights with a mere majority of the legislature; which is part of the point of having a constitution ie embed fundamental rights and checks/balances that can’t be easily overridden.
Yeah it’s an interesting point about being harder to reform but I’m not sure the example you gave is necessarily indicative of that but rather a corruption of the system independent of the constitutional order - big money and powerful interest groups can corrupt any system.
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yeah it’s an interesting point about being harder to reform but I’m not sure the example you gave is necessarily indicative of that but rather a corruption of the system independent of the constitutional order - big money and powerful interest groups can corrupt any system.
More effective than a state without one. Nothing is guaranteed to stop bad actors, but putting in the right obstacles is key.
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
More effective than a state without one. Nothing is guaranteed to stop bad actors, but putting in the right obstacles is key.
I don’t see where they said that- in the article itself it says a codified constitution is not a guarantee.
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I don’t see where they said that- in the article itself it says a codified constitution is not a guarantee.
Is anyone actually saying that? The constitution that the US has provided more constraints (ultimately overridden) than the UK one which isn’t a reason not to have a codified one; rather it’s a sort of minimum requirement but then with additional safeguards.
October 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Is anyone actually saying that? The constitution that the US has provided more constraints (ultimately overridden) than the UK one which isn’t a reason not to have a codified one; rather it’s a sort of minimum requirement but then with additional safeguards.
Would be particularly interesting to see who got the contract for the supply of these flags…
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Would be particularly interesting to see who got the contract for the supply of these flags…