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Reuters did a in-depth look into this rapid US military buildup, right on the doorstep of Venezuela, and also consulted experts who concluded there was far too much materiel and troops here for mere drug interdiction ops.
How the US is preparing a Caribbean staging ground near Venezuela
The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reuters did a in-depth look into this rapid US military buildup, right on the doorstep of Venezuela, and also consulted experts who concluded there was far too much materiel and troops here for mere drug interdiction ops.
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
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Moore argues that Ukraine should have the right to strike deep into Russia, that more economic pressure should be brought to bear on the Putin regime. “This is a very winnable contest,” he says. “It’s particularly important that we don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”
The outgoing head of the Secret Intelligence Service sits down for lunch with FT editor Roula Khalaf to discuss the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth.
Tap here to read the interview on.ft.com/4i09zvB
Tap here to read the interview on.ft.com/4i09zvB
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Moore argues that Ukraine should have the right to strike deep into Russia, that more economic pressure should be brought to bear on the Putin regime. “This is a very winnable contest,” he says. “It’s particularly important that we don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”
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80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Not that I believe really anything Nuzzi writes, given her record, but the far bigger scandal here is her claim that RFK Jr. was still actively using psychedelics last year, then became HHS secretary in an admin that is killing people for smuggling recreational drugs.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Not that I believe really anything Nuzzi writes, given her record, but the far bigger scandal here is her claim that RFK Jr. was still actively using psychedelics last year, then became HHS secretary in an admin that is killing people for smuggling recreational drugs.
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
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Great that personal bribery has become the default way to get deals with the world's richest and most powerful country. Really positive development.
“Apple set the tone” when Tim Cook gave Trump an engraved, glass disc. This week, the Swiss delegation gave him a “special Rolex desktop clock” and a $130,000 gold bar.
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
“.. It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it," an administration official told @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great that personal bribery has become the default way to get deals with the world's richest and most powerful country. Really positive development.
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Of course, Donald is bullshiting, but he’s also too stupid to realize that he’s making himself sound like an incurious idiot. Who goes to the hospital for a procedure and doesn’t ask the doctor why it is necessary and what issue is it addressing?
Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Of course, Donald is bullshiting, but he’s also too stupid to realize that he’s making himself sound like an incurious idiot. Who goes to the hospital for a procedure and doesn’t ask the doctor why it is necessary and what issue is it addressing?
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Woman on a path by a cottage https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-atkinson-grimshaw/woman-on-a-path-by-a-cottage
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Woman on a path by a cottage https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-atkinson-grimshaw/woman-on-a-path-by-a-cottage
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So Trump has instructed Bondi to investigate Democrats in the Epstein files.
That is the illusion for his followers.
The reality: Now that an “active” investigation has been reopened.
They can withhold the files that mentions Trump +1600 times.
That is the illusion for his followers.
The reality: Now that an “active” investigation has been reopened.
They can withhold the files that mentions Trump +1600 times.
November 15, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So Trump has instructed Bondi to investigate Democrats in the Epstein files.
That is the illusion for his followers.
The reality: Now that an “active” investigation has been reopened.
They can withhold the files that mentions Trump +1600 times.
That is the illusion for his followers.
The reality: Now that an “active” investigation has been reopened.
They can withhold the files that mentions Trump +1600 times.
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Hur rimligt är det att spionbolaget Palantir med kopplingar till amerikansk underättelsetjänst, vars system används för att begår folkrättsbrott i Gaza, har kontrakt med svenska polisen för att utveckla system som hanterar känslig övervakningsdata på svenska medborgare?
www.etc.se/story/svensk...
www.etc.se/story/svensk...
Svenska kodare bygger Palantirs hemliga system – på plats i polishuset
Absolut tystnadsplikt • ”Tillgång till stora mängder persondata” • Började med att förebygga terror – slutade med cykelstölder.
www.etc.se
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Hur rimligt är det att spionbolaget Palantir med kopplingar till amerikansk underättelsetjänst, vars system används för att begår folkrättsbrott i Gaza, har kontrakt med svenska polisen för att utveckla system som hanterar känslig övervakningsdata på svenska medborgare?
www.etc.se/story/svensk...
www.etc.se/story/svensk...
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To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
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Yesterday morning this was a hoax.
I have whiplash.
I have whiplash.
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Yesterday morning this was a hoax.
I have whiplash.
I have whiplash.
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Orbán, who met with Trump last week, has claimed he has secured a “financial shield” from the U.S. government as he prepares to boost spending ahead of next year’s elections.
Orbán Touts Trump Ties—Claims U.S. Will Help If Hungarian Currency Comes Under ‘Speculative Attack’
Orbán, who met with Trump last week, has claimed he has secured a “financial shield” from the U.S. government as he prepares to boost spending ahead of next year’s elections.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Orbán, who met with Trump last week, has claimed he has secured a “financial shield” from the U.S. government as he prepares to boost spending ahead of next year’s elections.
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Airlines in the US must refund passengers for canceled flights, but are not required to compensate customers for delays. The European Union, Canada, Brazil and Britain all have airline delay compensation rules.
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Airlines in the US must refund passengers for canceled flights, but are not required to compensate customers for delays. The European Union, Canada, Brazil and Britain all have airline delay compensation rules.
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
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One thing I will say is that this immigration-bashing "strategy" is now indelibly Starmer's. It is Starmerism. Cooper was inertia personified but Mahmood is Starmer's key departmental promotion, brought in to do just this
And given that Starmer looks doomed, what future does this strategy have?
And given that Starmer looks doomed, what future does this strategy have?
The government just keeps doubling down on the strategy that’s taken it to genuinely historical unpopularity ever harder.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
One thing I will say is that this immigration-bashing "strategy" is now indelibly Starmer's. It is Starmerism. Cooper was inertia personified but Mahmood is Starmer's key departmental promotion, brought in to do just this
And given that Starmer looks doomed, what future does this strategy have?
And given that Starmer looks doomed, what future does this strategy have?
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This new proposed UK refugee policy (turfing refugees out after a few years) is bollocks on several levels and I will explain each of them.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This new proposed UK refugee policy (turfing refugees out after a few years) is bollocks on several levels and I will explain each of them.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I am proof... living, breathing proof... of what happens when a country offers refuge with a future attached.
Britain gave me a chance, and I have spent my life giving back.
6/8
Britain gave me a chance, and I have spent my life giving back.
6/8
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I am proof... living, breathing proof... of what happens when a country offers refuge with a future attached.
Britain gave me a chance, and I have spent my life giving back.
6/8
Britain gave me a chance, and I have spent my life giving back.
6/8
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Meanwhile on TruthSocial...
Yes, the President of the United States posted this.
Yes, the President of the United States posted this.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Meanwhile on TruthSocial...
Yes, the President of the United States posted this.
Yes, the President of the United States posted this.
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I don't mean those posting such stuff. I mean the platforms themselves. They should be reclassified as publishers.
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I don't mean those posting such stuff. I mean the platforms themselves. They should be reclassified as publishers.
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I don't think this will actually happen. But if it does, the UK should simply start subjecting the actions of US-owned social media platforms in this country to British law. Incitement, defamation, intellectual property.
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I don't think this will actually happen. But if it does, the UK should simply start subjecting the actions of US-owned social media platforms in this country to British law. Incitement, defamation, intellectual property.
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This may well be the most pathetic and saddest thing I've seen since Arthur 2: On the Rocks.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This may well be the most pathetic and saddest thing I've seen since Arthur 2: On the Rocks.
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Hauling Representative Lauren Boebert into the White House Situation Room to try to break her down and make her change her vote on the Jeffrey Epstein discharge petition is all you need to know about how guilty Trump is.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hauling Representative Lauren Boebert into the White House Situation Room to try to break her down and make her change her vote on the Jeffrey Epstein discharge petition is all you need to know about how guilty Trump is.