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"While President Donald Trump’s peace plan appears to be holding, albeit with regular Israeli airstrikes, the crisis endures."
That is one hell of a load-bearing "albeit."
That is one hell of a load-bearing "albeit."
Top-end iPhones on sale in Gaza as food and medicine trickle into territory
Phones are compact and profitable, so traders can import them more easily than bulky or restricted items like formula, medical supplies or construction materials.
www.nbcnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"While President Donald Trump’s peace plan appears to be holding, albeit with regular Israeli airstrikes, the crisis endures."
That is one hell of a load-bearing "albeit."
That is one hell of a load-bearing "albeit."
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
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A grand total of 10 Conservatives (one woman) and 0 Reform present for a statement on the VAWG strategy.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A grand total of 10 Conservatives (one woman) and 0 Reform present for a statement on the VAWG strategy.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
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The "political genius" of Morgan McSweeney in one chart
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The "political genius" of Morgan McSweeney in one chart
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Another McSweeney profile talking about rescuing Lambeth from Militant and Ted Knight
By the time McSweeney arrived in London, Militant had gone and Lambeth Council was led by Jim Dickson - a Blairite and now Labour MP for Dartford
It's mad mythology www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/lab...
By the time McSweeney arrived in London, Militant had gone and Lambeth Council was led by Jim Dickson - a Blairite and now Labour MP for Dartford
It's mad mythology www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/lab...
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Another McSweeney profile talking about rescuing Lambeth from Militant and Ted Knight
By the time McSweeney arrived in London, Militant had gone and Lambeth Council was led by Jim Dickson - a Blairite and now Labour MP for Dartford
It's mad mythology www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/lab...
By the time McSweeney arrived in London, Militant had gone and Lambeth Council was led by Jim Dickson - a Blairite and now Labour MP for Dartford
It's mad mythology www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/lab...
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The same guy who is responsible for permanently handing the economy to the rich so they can destroy the earth today, eliminating the separation between church and state, leaving Americans to die during the AIDS epidemic and pioneering the hateful version of politics we see today, THAT Ronald Reagan?
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The same guy who is responsible for permanently handing the economy to the rich so they can destroy the earth today, eliminating the separation between church and state, leaving Americans to die during the AIDS epidemic and pioneering the hateful version of politics we see today, THAT Ronald Reagan?
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WTF are we doing here, BBC?
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WTF are we doing here, BBC?
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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This thread is wild. Harry Cole is editor-at-large at The Sun. He is platforming extremism here, and leaving outright racism almost entirely unchallenged.
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This thread is wild. Harry Cole is editor-at-large at The Sun. He is platforming extremism here, and leaving outright racism almost entirely unchallenged.
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
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Tomlinson makes clear that "ban Jews from the civil service and parliament" is his position.
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tomlinson makes clear that "ban Jews from the civil service and parliament" is his position.
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
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Farage in May 2014 said nobody would want to live next to Romanians, saying "you know the difference" between Germans and Romanians. That was on the radio. The Sun newspaper felt that clearly crossed the line, giving a clear and coherent account of what isn't racist and what is
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Farage in May 2014 said nobody would want to live next to Romanians, saying "you know the difference" between Germans and Romanians. That was on the radio. The Sun newspaper felt that clearly crossed the line, giving a clear and coherent account of what isn't racist and what is
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A thin defence given Farage’s standing ovation speech to the Neo Nazi AfD, and his recent comments about ‘Jews’ and the media
Fraser Nelson defends Farage, on the grounds that his conduct at school contrasts with his adult conduct in public life. To claim the evidential picture is mixed on antisemitism at school is quite a stretch but the substantive point is the contrast with adult Farage
open.substack.com/pub/fraserne...
open.substack.com/pub/fraserne...
In defence of Nigel Farage
His schoolboy jokes don't matter; his adult politics do
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A thin defence given Farage’s standing ovation speech to the Neo Nazi AfD, and his recent comments about ‘Jews’ and the media
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In the post-truth era we live in, the fact a Muslim man risked his own life to protect Jewish lives is an inconvenience to those who seek to spread hate. And so the misinformation strategy begins to erase the name Ahmed al Ahmed from existence. Thus the invention of 'Edward Crabtree'
December 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In the post-truth era we live in, the fact a Muslim man risked his own life to protect Jewish lives is an inconvenience to those who seek to spread hate. And so the misinformation strategy begins to erase the name Ahmed al Ahmed from existence. Thus the invention of 'Edward Crabtree'
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It's strange being old enough to remember Andy Burnham first time round, knowing what an unremarkable, passionless, on-message, Blairite non-entity he was. I don't know what the Labour party think they'll get from someone whose primary political disagreement with Starmer is who should be PM.
December 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's strange being old enough to remember Andy Burnham first time round, knowing what an unremarkable, passionless, on-message, Blairite non-entity he was. I don't know what the Labour party think they'll get from someone whose primary political disagreement with Starmer is who should be PM.
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The number of murders in the capital in the first nine months (1st January to 30th September) of 2025 is the lowest since monthly records began and represents a fall of almost 60 per cent compared to 2003.
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
London records fewest homicides this year since monthly records began
The number of homicides in London in the first nine months of 2025 was lower than any year since monthly homicide records began in 2003, according to new analysis from the Mayor’s Office for Policing ...
www.london.gov.uk
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The number of murders in the capital in the first nine months (1st January to 30th September) of 2025 is the lowest since monthly records began and represents a fall of almost 60 per cent compared to 2003.
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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"..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you said 'fuck off back where you came from', I was sick and you said we should replace the NHS with private health insurance..."
December 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you said 'fuck off back where you came from', I was sick and you said we should replace the NHS with private health insurance..."
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Would be awful to upset the excellent work of keeping Reform at bay. news.sky.com/story/attemp...
Attempting to rejoin EU customs union 'complete fuel for Reform', Starmer warned
A Liberal Democrat bill calling on the government to begin negotiations on joining an EU customs union was backed by 13 Labour MPs.
news.sky.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Would be awful to upset the excellent work of keeping Reform at bay. news.sky.com/story/attemp...
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It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
The "London = most dangerous place on the planet" discourse is still going strong on Twitter
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
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The same document also reveals that Trump wants no European country at the big boys table he calls c5: US, Russia, China, India, Japan. Sorry Telegraph. This isn’t about making Europe great. /1
The US is trying to actively undermine and hobble the EU, with a Trump admin leaked doc revealing plans to 'persuade four countries to leave, according to Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Trump ‘to persuade four countries to leave EU’, leaked document shows
Leaked document reveals how US can ‘Make Europe Great Again’
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The same document also reveals that Trump wants no European country at the big boys table he calls c5: US, Russia, China, India, Japan. Sorry Telegraph. This isn’t about making Europe great. /1
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This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
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Farage just said “I didn’t wear a mask last time and I won’t wear them this time. This is nonsense.”
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Farage just said “I didn’t wear a mask last time and I won’t wear them this time. This is nonsense.”
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…