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January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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I hear there’s an argument going on in the UK right now about whether or not Donald Trump incited the crowds to violence around January 6th. Apparently the BBC in a documentary showed edits of his speech that misrepresented what he said.
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Farage lying about links to Russia, who'd have guessed.
Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Farage and all his gang glued to Russia and Putin, who'd have thought. Can't believe most in UK ignore it. Mind you MSM are controlled by foreigners (yep, not those arriving in a boat) but put into the Lords by the Conservatives.
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Nazis ban comedians shock.. NYT, 4 Feb 1939
September 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Posting this once again. Funny but very on point.
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
www.youtube.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🔴 These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths

You know how bad the lies have been when you realise people think asylum seekers cost more than *state pensions*
These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.
writesbright.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
August 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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He’s just stating the facts…
July 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.
April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The big question on everyone's lips is whether Trumps favourite orange bronzer will be subject to tariffs?
April 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French courts hate democracy. She was found guilty because she broke the fucking law.

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
April 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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February 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM