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How we will look back at the British media's current constant indulgence of Nigel Farage and his brand of anti-migrant politics as the biggest collective failure of our times
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...
Reform Dog Bites Media Man
The British press is failing in its duty to ask the right questions of Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
How we will look back at the British media's current constant indulgence of Nigel Farage and his brand of anti-migrant politics as the biggest collective failure of our times
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Perfect lede: “When it comes to vaccines, virtually nothing that comes out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mouth is true.” Excellent demolition of this charlatan.
Perfect lede: “When it comes to vaccines, virtually nothing that comes out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mouth is true.” Excellent demolition of this charlatan.
Column: RFK Jr. is dismantling trust in vaccines, the crown jewel of American public health
Children around the world will suffer because RFK Jr. substitutes baseless theories and junk science for knowledge about vaccines and health.
www.latimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Perfect lede: “When it comes to vaccines, virtually nothing that comes out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mouth is true.” Excellent demolition of this charlatan.
Perfect lede: “When it comes to vaccines, virtually nothing that comes out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mouth is true.” Excellent demolition of this charlatan.
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Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
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Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied
The problem with this ‘let’s weaken our commitment to the ECHR so as to fend off Farage’ plan is that when it doesn’t work, we end up with Farage *and* a weakened commitment to the ECHR at exactly the moment we need the ECHR the most.
June 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied
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The most disturbing thing about the winter fuel debacle is the chilling effect it'll have on any government which tries to think rationally about pensioner benefits and intergenerational fairness.
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Winter Fuel: Proof that Britain has come an old folks' home with a government attached
Welcome to the real Nanny State
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The most disturbing thing about the winter fuel debacle is the chilling effect it'll have on any government which tries to think rationally about pensioner benefits and intergenerational fairness.
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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"If there were justice in the world, Musk would never be able to repair his reputation, at least not without devoting the bulk of his fortune to easing the misery he’s engendered." @michellegoldberg.bsky.social nails Musk's cruelty, incuriosity and (yes) his idiocy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"If there were justice in the world, Musk would never be able to repair his reputation, at least not without devoting the bulk of his fortune to easing the misery he’s engendered." @michellegoldberg.bsky.social nails Musk's cruelty, incuriosity and (yes) his idiocy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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"I think it should be controversial to NOT say anything" about Gaza
I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response.
Full interview here:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response.
Full interview here:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"I think it should be controversial to NOT say anything" about Gaza
I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response.
Full interview here:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response.
Full interview here:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
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Paid leave and affordable childcare were the things I needed 33 years ago when my daughter was an infant.
Lack of them is why the Millennials and Gen Z are saying, "No" to being parents.
You want grandkids? Fix this broken economics of parenthood.
#grandchildren
Lack of them is why the Millennials and Gen Z are saying, "No" to being parents.
You want grandkids? Fix this broken economics of parenthood.
#grandchildren
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Paid leave and affordable childcare were the things I needed 33 years ago when my daughter was an infant.
Lack of them is why the Millennials and Gen Z are saying, "No" to being parents.
You want grandkids? Fix this broken economics of parenthood.
#grandchildren
Lack of them is why the Millennials and Gen Z are saying, "No" to being parents.
You want grandkids? Fix this broken economics of parenthood.
#grandchildren
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“There is a cult of ignorance in the US and has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” Isaac Asimov
April 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“There is a cult of ignorance in the US and has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” Isaac Asimov
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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This is what corruption looks like.
March 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is what corruption looks like.
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In the battle for human rights, this is not about how you both disagree about the limits of the *rights*, it’s about how you both disagree about who is *human*. It’s not about their consistency, it’s about our shared humanity
March 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
In the battle for human rights, this is not about how you both disagree about the limits of the *rights*, it’s about how you both disagree about who is *human*. It’s not about their consistency, it’s about our shared humanity
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To be accepted, racialised people need to accept an inherently contradictory inferior identity. For example: English people of Indian descent need to deny their Englishness but Indian people in England need to abandon their Indianness and assimilate to English values.
March 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
To be accepted, racialised people need to accept an inherently contradictory inferior identity. For example: English people of Indian descent need to deny their Englishness but Indian people in England need to abandon their Indianness and assimilate to English values.
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Dear journalists: stop giving this administration the benefit of the doubt. Stop using old editorial standards and practices and norms. Assume that everything they say from the get-go is a lie because it always, always, is.
March 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Dear journalists: stop giving this administration the benefit of the doubt. Stop using old editorial standards and practices and norms. Assume that everything they say from the get-go is a lie because it always, always, is.
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“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
Zelensky Walked Into a Trap
Donald Trump and J. D. Vance appear to have entered today’s Oval Office meeting with the goal of generating a pretext for a diplomatic break with Ukraine.
theatln.tc
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
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The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
Heil Tesla
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
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Exactly. It’s by not addressing basic issues like this Starmer is dooming his administration.
This country must urgently seek to cap all political donations and their sources. All such donations should originate within the UK and if exceeding a certain determined rate be subject to audit and primary source declaration. Legitimate sources could have no objection to such transparency.
December 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Exactly. It’s by not addressing basic issues like this Starmer is dooming his administration.
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🔴Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rushed to condemn climate change campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
Media outlets rushed to condemn climate change campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
bylinetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:02 AM
🔴Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rushed to condemn climate change campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
Media outlets rushed to condemn climate change campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
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Amid the backdrop that more than a dozen members of Trump's Cabinet are billionaires, a reminder that this is what happened to income inequality in this country once the tax rate for top earners was slashed after 1980. Trickle down does not work and top earners' priority is themselves.
December 8, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Amid the backdrop that more than a dozen members of Trump's Cabinet are billionaires, a reminder that this is what happened to income inequality in this country once the tax rate for top earners was slashed after 1980. Trickle down does not work and top earners' priority is themselves.
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Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer
Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer
From an early age boys are treated as though they are smarter and more talented than girls. It can lead to a damaging overconfidence
The stories come around with horrible frequency. The TV presenter of a certain age who prances around naked with nothing…
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer