Elliot Smith
@elliotmarcsmith.bsky.social
British journo, immigrant in Denmark | ex-CNBC Correspondent/Enemy of the People | Skeggy boy | Fiction, dive bar enthusiast | Grimsby Town and Philly sports fan
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The Residue of Design - The Twin Bill
By Elliot Smith
thetwinbill.com
Been away for a while but going to try and make the transition from the cesspit to here stick.
Was mightily proud to publish this short story in US baseball magazine The Twin Bill's World Series issue in October:
thetwinbill.com/the-residue-...
Was mightily proud to publish this short story in US baseball magazine The Twin Bill's World Series issue in October:
thetwinbill.com/the-residue-...
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State Authorities should be looking at who swore to the affidavit and assessing whether or not there was fraud within the affidavit allegations themselves. Swearing to something that someone knows is not credible could bring state charges and a bar referral.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated From Election Denier in Trump White House
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
State Authorities should be looking at who swore to the affidavit and assessing whether or not there was fraud within the affidavit allegations themselves. Swearing to something that someone knows is not credible could bring state charges and a bar referral.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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What's it going to take for someone to throw a net over this guy?
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
What's it going to take for someone to throw a net over this guy?
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Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
www.readtpa.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
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"The government attorneys assigned to the case are political appointees, not career Justice Department prosecutors, according to a source familiar with the investigation."
NEW: Trump DOJ tries, fails to secure indictment over Democratic lawmakers' social media video on unlawful orders. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration fails to secure indictment in connection with Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video
President Donald Trump had accused six Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" after they urged members of the military and intelligence communities to refuse unlawful orders.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:51 AM
"The government attorneys assigned to the case are political appointees, not career Justice Department prosecutors, according to a source familiar with the investigation."
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Those attorneys should be required to list this failure on their CVs for the rest of their lives.
"The government attorneys assigned to the case are political appointees, not career Justice Department prosecutors, according to a source familiar with the investigation."
NEW: Trump DOJ tries, fails to secure indictment over Democratic lawmakers' social media video on unlawful orders. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Those attorneys should be required to list this failure on their CVs for the rest of their lives.
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FT exclusive
A senior Labour MP has urged Companies House to investigate the ownership of a design company that donated £200,000 to Reform UK last year and has links with Iranian-born billionaire Sasan Ghandehari.
www.ft.com/content/84b5...
A senior Labour MP has urged Companies House to investigate the ownership of a design company that donated £200,000 to Reform UK last year and has links with Iranian-born billionaire Sasan Ghandehari.
www.ft.com/content/84b5...
Companies House should probe origins of £200,000 gift to Reform, senior MP says
Liam Byrne’s intervention comes after London-based company is linked to Iranian-born billionaire Sasan Ghandehari
www.ft.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 AM
FT exclusive
A senior Labour MP has urged Companies House to investigate the ownership of a design company that donated £200,000 to Reform UK last year and has links with Iranian-born billionaire Sasan Ghandehari.
www.ft.com/content/84b5...
A senior Labour MP has urged Companies House to investigate the ownership of a design company that donated £200,000 to Reform UK last year and has links with Iranian-born billionaire Sasan Ghandehari.
www.ft.com/content/84b5...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Every word of this 🔥
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Every word of this 🔥
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
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The real news here is Peter Navarro saying lower jobs numbers *are good* because they (supposedly) indicate fewer immigrants are working in the US. Trump-MAGA ideology values sheer numbers of removals over pretty much all else because their top priority is ethnic reengineering.
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The real news here is Peter Navarro saying lower jobs numbers *are good* because they (supposedly) indicate fewer immigrants are working in the US. Trump-MAGA ideology values sheer numbers of removals over pretty much all else because their top priority is ethnic reengineering.
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I have no inside knowledge but it almost feels like a kind of malicious compliance from Pirro/whover worked on this. Like "Ok, sure boss. You bet. Coming right up. Six indictments of MoC for a video they did."
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I have no inside knowledge but it almost feels like a kind of malicious compliance from Pirro/whover worked on this. Like "Ok, sure boss. You bet. Coming right up. Six indictments of MoC for a video they did."
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Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
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So glad to see George Cottrell being named in parliament yesterday. He was Farage’s head of fundraising when he convicted of an offence related to money laundering & is still close to & funding Farage. Crypto is an urgent democratic threat to the UK
I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
So glad to see George Cottrell being named in parliament yesterday. He was Farage’s head of fundraising when he convicted of an offence related to money laundering & is still close to & funding Farage. Crypto is an urgent democratic threat to the UK
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NEW: Trump's coup is almost complete. And the attack on the press is a central piece of it. Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post cannot be allowed to be just another blip in the news cycle.
We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Fight!
Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
NEW: Trump's coup is almost complete. And the attack on the press is a central piece of it. Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post cannot be allowed to be just another blip in the news cycle.
We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Baz on fire: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Sacking Morgan McSweeney won’t be enough to ease this sense of decline
It was never meant to end this way!
www.politicshome.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Baz on fire: www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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The US Attorney General is protecting a pedophile. Let that sink in.
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 AM
The US Attorney General is protecting a pedophile. Let that sink in.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
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February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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The people of Minneapolis are showing breathtaking courage. Facing down armed federal goons to protect their neighbors isn't just brave; it’s legendary.
February 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The people of Minneapolis are showing breathtaking courage. Facing down armed federal goons to protect their neighbors isn't just brave; it’s legendary.
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James Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
James Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
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Six months ago, Anne Ndarua's only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he's alive. https://cnn.it/4rucxMc
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Six months ago, Anne Ndarua's only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he's alive. https://cnn.it/4rucxMc