(I was glad to present even though I was in the back of a rental car at a rest stop due to a puncture!)

I miss our British Library days.

No, thank you. 🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏

I’ve now seen the whole speech and most of Trump’s. Terrifying.

I bet Hegseth is having wet dreams about that speech. He gets off on the words, “Today, at my direction…”

…Fox entertainment news aren’t likely to hear the flipped message though that channel. But shout it out anyway, even if only five people hear the message, it’s a start.

…would make statements like “we are working hard to ensure that impoverished women and children still have access to social schemes that support them”. A pretty small % of the American public are aware of the looming shutdown - that’s probably growing now - and those getting their info from…

It’s just one step from that statement -and feeling frustration at Democrats for not signing the dotted line - to realising that this means Republicans are holding the welfare of at risk women and children hostage (to name one example). A government that doesn’t have a nefarious agenda…

Karoline Leavitt says that the American public “want food assistance programs for women and children and impoverished communities to continue going out the door.” And “All of that will come to an end” if Democrats vote against the budget.

Trump’s government is one of headlines and playing on emotions using trigger words. It’s one of making inaccurate, poorly thought through or reactive statements (and actions). Democrats need to learn to flip the script, and there’s opportunity here to do so.