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X Marks the Grave of Democracy
How Conspiracy Culture, National Conservatism, and Musk’s Digital Megaphone Handed Trump the 2024 Election
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk
The 2024 election victory wasn’t just won by #Trump; it was crafted by #Musk, other billionaires & conspiracy culture.
Below I examine how democracy was undone by cold calculation and the players who orchestrated the improbable to make it inevitable.
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk/p/x-marks-th...
Below I examine how democracy was undone by cold calculation and the players who orchestrated the improbable to make it inevitable.
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk/p/x-marks-th...
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In fiction, you need silly characters. Writers often protect women & marginalised groups from old stereotype but end up reserving all the silly, flawed, human roles for white men @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
In fiction, you need silly characters. Writers often protect women & marginalised groups from old stereotype but end up reserving all the silly, flawed, human roles for white men @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
In fiction, you need silly characters. Writers often protect women & marginalised groups from old stereotype but end up reserving all the silly, flawed, human roles for white men @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
In fiction, you need silly characters. Writers often protect women & marginalised groups from old stereotype but end up reserving all the silly, flawed, human roles for white men @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It’s progress of a sort but also a quiet limit on who’s allowed to be flawed.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
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Everyone’s worried that AI will overthrow humanity @mrjamesob.bsky.social
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
1/
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Everyone’s worried that AI will overthrow humanity @mrjamesob.bsky.social
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
1/
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
1/
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
Everyone’s worried that AI will overthrow humanity @mrjamesob.bsky.social
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
1/
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
1/
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Everyone’s worried that AI will overthrow humanity @mrjamesob.bsky.social
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
1/
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
But pigeons have already trained as missile-guidance systems, learned to spot cancer, and can tell Picasso from Monet.
Rats are driving tiny cars, finding landmines, and diagnosing TB.
1/
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
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Supporters and critics of AI often deal in extremes @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
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Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
1/
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Supporters and critics of AI often deal in extremes @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
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Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
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Supporters and critics of AI often deal in extremes @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
1/
Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
1/
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Supporters and critics of AI often deal in extremes @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
1/
Self-driving cars show a more grounded reality with real progress, persistent flaws, and a gap between what is promised and what we can safely rely on.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
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To be clear he attempts to harass an older woman ... what an absolute fool
Hilarious video by a South African knobhead desperately willing a pleasant London street to be a war zone. Nearest he gets to danger is a woman telling him to stop talking nonsense.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
To be clear he attempts to harass an older woman ... what an absolute fool
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They’re rewriting Labour’s identity by stripping away its own story & replacing it with a caricature of incompetence, punishing ambition, union placation, softness on crime, & scrounger indulgence
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
They’re rewriting Labour’s identity by stripping away its own story & replacing it with a caricature of incompetence, punishing ambition, union placation, softness on crime, & scrounger indulgence
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
They’re rewriting Labour’s identity by stripping away its own story & replacing it with a caricature of incompetence, punishing ambition, union placation, softness on crime, & scrounger indulgence
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
They’re rewriting Labour’s identity by stripping away its own story & replacing it with a caricature of incompetence, punishing ambition, union placation, softness on crime, & scrounger indulgence
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
It's all about vibes & branding. The substance doesn't matter.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
It's all a bit nonsensical.
People who are richer than 99% of the population insist they're in the middle.
People who are richer than 99% of the population insist they're in the middle.
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's all a bit nonsensical.
People who are richer than 99% of the population insist they're in the middle.
People who are richer than 99% of the population insist they're in the middle.
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British businessman Philip Hutchinson has appeared in Russian state media championing attempt by Moscow to exploit divisions in the West
Join me in Russia with anti-woke visa, urges former Tory candidate
British businessman Philip Hutchinson has appeared in Russian state media championing attempt by Moscow to exploit divisions in the West
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
British businessman Philip Hutchinson has appeared in Russian state media championing attempt by Moscow to exploit divisions in the West
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I'm bored of party leaders treating the big papers as if they're still the giants of the 20th century instead of the faded relics they are today.
The Daily Mail, the biggest daily paper by a distance, has a circulation smaller than the population of Edinburgh alone.
The Daily Mail, the biggest daily paper by a distance, has a circulation smaller than the population of Edinburgh alone.
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I'm bored of party leaders treating the big papers as if they're still the giants of the 20th century instead of the faded relics they are today.
The Daily Mail, the biggest daily paper by a distance, has a circulation smaller than the population of Edinburgh alone.
The Daily Mail, the biggest daily paper by a distance, has a circulation smaller than the population of Edinburgh alone.
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Senior officer testifies that information from special forces operations ‘rang alarm bells’ but he sensed ‘a desire to keep it low-profile’
‘Cover-up of SAS Afghanistan war crimes deliberate’, inquiry told
Senior officer testifies that information from special forces operations ‘rang alarm bells’ but he sensed ‘a desire to keep it low-profile’
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Senior officer testifies that information from special forces operations ‘rang alarm bells’ but he sensed ‘a desire to keep it low-profile’
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Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison at corruption trial in Bangladesh
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison at corruption trial in Bangladesh
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in jail in absentia in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
news.sky.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison at corruption trial in Bangladesh
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How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
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Protesters rally outside President Isaac Herzog's home demanding he reject the prime minister's request for a pardon.
Israelis protest in Tel Aviv after Netanyahu seeks pardon on fraud cases
Protesters rally outside President Isaac Herzog's home demanding he reject the prime minister's request for a pardon.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Protesters rally outside President Isaac Herzog's home demanding he reject the prime minister's request for a pardon.
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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As billionaire owned papers tell the poor to pity millionaires, Britain’s fash dads are groomed by foreign bot farms. Nothing screams “take our country back” like funding Lamborghinis for the foreigners you claim to hate because you fell for their fake racism. Unbelievable.
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
Fash Dads Fund Foreign Bots? Yes, Really…
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
As billionaire owned papers tell the poor to pity millionaires, Britain’s fash dads are groomed by foreign bot farms. Nothing screams “take our country back” like funding Lamborghinis for the foreigners you claim to hate because you fell for their fake racism. Unbelievable.
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
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“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
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Mona Charen: “One of those working most closely with Epstein, including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
www.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Mona Charen: “One of those working most closely with Epstein, including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
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Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
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Top headline on Radio 4 just now: "The government is being pressed to explain the real costs of taxis for asylum seekers".
There's clearly some misuse of money going on here, but is this genuinely THE most important thing happening in the world today?
There's clearly some misuse of money going on here, but is this genuinely THE most important thing happening in the world today?
Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 music is one of my favourite things
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Top headline on Radio 4 just now: "The government is being pressed to explain the real costs of taxis for asylum seekers".
There's clearly some misuse of money going on here, but is this genuinely THE most important thing happening in the world today?
There's clearly some misuse of money going on here, but is this genuinely THE most important thing happening in the world today?
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1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
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This is 🔥
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.
- Rev. Benjamin Cremer
#Pinks
@_jen_hamilton_ on IG
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.
- Rev. Benjamin Cremer
#Pinks
@_jen_hamilton_ on IG
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is 🔥
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.
- Rev. Benjamin Cremer
#Pinks
@_jen_hamilton_ on IG
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.
- Rev. Benjamin Cremer
#Pinks
@_jen_hamilton_ on IG
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Already answered by my shirt, war crimes edition
On the horrific news that Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of boat bombing survivors, remember: The Trump Murder Memo "authorizing" the strikes preemptively clears those carrying them out. That's unusual. And we still haven't heard from the commander who resigned:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Already answered by my shirt, war crimes edition