Paul E
@spev.bsky.social
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Lib Dems call for inquiry into hostile foreign state interference to include US
Lib Dems call for inquiry into hostile foreign state interference to include US
Party says US government’s explicit support for far-right nationalist parties in Europe amounts to outside interference
buff.ly
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Lib Dems call for inquiry into hostile foreign state interference to include US
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.
Harrison Pitt accuses the King of treachery. Pitt is a Senior Policy Fellow for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, who also regularly co-hosts podcasts with his ally Tomlinson (who advocates banning all ethnic and faith minorities from public office). Like Lowe, Pitt is keen to dissolve boundaries/norms
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.
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Reform UK Review 2025:
Candidate Derek Wilson calls for the PM to be assassinated. x.com/reformexpose...
Candidate Derek Wilson calls for the PM to be assassinated. x.com/reformexpose...
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Reform UK Review 2025:
Candidate Derek Wilson calls for the PM to be assassinated. x.com/reformexpose...
Candidate Derek Wilson calls for the PM to be assassinated. x.com/reformexpose...
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13/ Seems she has represented investors and executives in the AI industry. I wonder which ones. bsky.app/profile/trcf...
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
13/ Seems she has represented investors and executives in the AI industry. I wonder which ones. bsky.app/profile/trcf...
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Behind the scenes of the U.S. government’s anti-immigrant propaganda machine.
The Washington Post obtained thousands of private chat messages from the ICE public affairs team tasked by the White House with creating viral raid videos for social media.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Behind the scenes of the U.S. government’s anti-immigrant propaganda machine.
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We will never be able to match the sacrifice of the Ukrainian people.
But we will support their fight for survival for as long as it takes.
Because Ukraine’s security is our security.
But we will support their fight for survival for as long as it takes.
Because Ukraine’s security is our security.
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We will never be able to match the sacrifice of the Ukrainian people.
But we will support their fight for survival for as long as it takes.
Because Ukraine’s security is our security.
But we will support their fight for survival for as long as it takes.
Because Ukraine’s security is our security.
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Remember Starmer's "urgent" review into foreign interference after Nathan Gill?
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
Ex-UK ambassadors are lobbyists for sanctioned pro-Russia genocide deniers
Labour MP calls for rules to be tightened after Democracy for Sale finds former diplomats paid to lobby for Republika Srpska
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Remember Starmer's "urgent" review into foreign interference after Nathan Gill?
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
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“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
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Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department – UK politics live
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth
Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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UK govt U-turns on plan to raise inheritance tax for farmers, increases threshold for full relief from £1m to £2.5m.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash
U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
UK govt U-turns on plan to raise inheritance tax for farmers, increases threshold for full relief from £1m to £2.5m.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Christmas message to Britain
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Christmas message to Britain
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
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⚡️Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan backed by Ukraine, US.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.
Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan draft backed by Ukraine, US
After weeks of talks, Ukraine and the U.S. have prepared a draft of the revised peace plan to end Russia’s full-scale war.
The initial 28-point plan, which effectively pushed Ukraine toward capitulat...
kyivindependent.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
⚡️Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan backed by Ukraine, US.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.
The Kyiv Independent is publishing a 20-point draft of the peace plan developed by Ukraine and the U.S.
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Once again the media has buried a positive policy in favour of a sensationalist u-turn for clicks and engagement. I’m also not sure why this journalist disabled replies and quotes for this post.
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Once again the media has buried a positive policy in favour of a sensationalist u-turn for clicks and engagement. I’m also not sure why this journalist disabled replies and quotes for this post.
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This US administration is now completely losing any semblance of sanity in sanctioning "censorship masterminds". There's no other way to put it, this is tin pot dictatorship territory and must be called out as such. Including in the US.
Definite upsurge in Trump administration attacks on the EU / Europe in the last week, and I think of it rather as a cross between a toddler tantrum and an arsonist where the key fact is the project to reshape the world and even the US is failing.
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This US administration is now completely losing any semblance of sanity in sanctioning "censorship masterminds". There's no other way to put it, this is tin pot dictatorship territory and must be called out as such. Including in the US.
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The Trump admin sanctions several European officials today after Elon Musk was fined for several violations of their Digital Services Act.
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The Trump admin sanctions several European officials today after Elon Musk was fined for several violations of their Digital Services Act.
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A new live tracker has been set up called "Trump's Take" to monitor all this theft by Trump and his billionaire buddies and it currently shows the criminal President has used the presidency to rake in more than $1.8 billion.
See the details here: https://ampr.gs/499KSty
#TrumpCrimeFamily
See the details here: https://ampr.gs/499KSty
#TrumpCrimeFamily
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A new live tracker has been set up called "Trump's Take" to monitor all this theft by Trump and his billionaire buddies and it currently shows the criminal President has used the presidency to rake in more than $1.8 billion.
See the details here: https://ampr.gs/499KSty
#TrumpCrimeFamily
See the details here: https://ampr.gs/499KSty
#TrumpCrimeFamily
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🇩🇪Far-right German politician Ringo Mühlmann has taken a noteworthy interest in exposing information his political opponents say could be of great interest to Russian intelligence, - POLITICO
Mühlmann has repeatedly asked to disclose details on drone defenses and Western arms transports to Ukraine.
Mühlmann has repeatedly asked to disclose details on drone defenses and Western arms transports to Ukraine.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🇩🇪Far-right German politician Ringo Mühlmann has taken a noteworthy interest in exposing information his political opponents say could be of great interest to Russian intelligence, - POLITICO
Mühlmann has repeatedly asked to disclose details on drone defenses and Western arms transports to Ukraine.
Mühlmann has repeatedly asked to disclose details on drone defenses and Western arms transports to Ukraine.
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The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
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Bill Clinton ups the ante.
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Bill Clinton ups the ante.
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Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
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You’ll recall I told you that if Bondi violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it would trigger a lawsuit. That’s what Schumer’s resolution does. It directs the Senate Majority Leader to file federal civil action against the government over failure to release the Epstein files. 1/
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You’ll recall I told you that if Bondi violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it would trigger a lawsuit. That’s what Schumer’s resolution does. It directs the Senate Majority Leader to file federal civil action against the government over failure to release the Epstein files. 1/
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NEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors:
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors:
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."
"It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."