Arthur Snell
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Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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How can an authoritarian fascist be "leader of the free world". Americans are not free. They are being terrorised by Trump's Gestapo. They are no more free than Russians.
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How can an authoritarian fascist be "leader of the free world". Americans are not free. They are being terrorised by Trump's Gestapo. They are no more free than Russians.
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Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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It would be worth spending £10m to fight this all the way on substance, jurisdiction, process etc. He’s not the only autocrat watching this.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It would be worth spending £10m to fight this all the way on substance, jurisdiction, process etc. He’s not the only autocrat watching this.
Yes. The most salient fact is that Trump makes crazy claims eg $10bn from New York Times and never has any likelihood of winning them. But we have an invertebrate political class that will pressure BBC to settle and pay him just like ABC and the others did.
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Yes. The most salient fact is that Trump makes crazy claims eg $10bn from New York Times and never has any likelihood of winning them. But we have an invertebrate political class that will pressure BBC to settle and pay him just like ABC and the others did.
Surely the BBC would find it very hard to do anything in the US with a $1bn judgement against it?
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Surely the BBC would find it very hard to do anything in the US with a $1bn judgement against it?
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Completely normal chaps.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Completely normal chaps.