I’ve read a bunch of stuff but one of the most clear headed pieces was the MN StarTrib sports column by Jim Souhan and the part that sticks with me is just a half sentence in the middle alluding to the obligation of pro sports team owners to the safety of their workers (think arena cleaning staff).
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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🎥 ICE in Minneapolis is "the model"
Historian Robert Kagan tells @carolecadwalla.bsky.social that the Trump administration is deliberately provoking people so they can invoke Insurrection Act & not hold midterms - & just four Rep senators could stop it all
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Jesper Karlsson has been recalled from his loan at Pittodrie by his parent club, Bologna.
We would like to thank Jesper for his contribution during his time at The Dons and wish him every success in the future.
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Federal regulators said daytime and late night talk show interviews would not necessarily qualify for an exemption from the equal time rule.
Woah! Jack Smith just said that Trump intimidated witnesses via death threats!
Orban wasn’t happy about this.
Trump also said he wasn't going to attack Iran; 2 weeks later sent in "bunker buster" bombs "to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities"; he also said in Dec. he'd no plans to invade Venezuela - then kidnapped their President in Jan. We must all must remain vigilant about what Trump says & what he does.
Imagine what this cunt would do to Scotland given half a chance.
Scottish Reform voters would bring huge harm upon us all.
We can't let them do this.
Filed my tax return last week.
Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers."
#Farage
Mark Carney's Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned – my latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
For the avoidance of doubt: Democracy for Sale has not joined the Board of Peace.
*Message ends*
Let’s remember he told us he would be a dictator, beginning on day one.
posted without comment, but the BBC needs to get a grip
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
This is a direct violation of the Tenth Amendment and State Sovereignty.
Conditioning federal funds on states surrendering their constitutional authority is not “law and order.” It’s coercion—and the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled it unconstitutional.
Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
The conversations we're going to have increasingly in the coming years - to what extent do goods and services supply need to be under some sort of national control, or what is the vulnerability to US, China or anyone else? Where the answer can't be "everything".
www.ft.com/content/8fc2...
🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors
So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit
Wanna see? 🫣
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Crime in Scotland falls 37% from 2007 to barely half the level in England and Wales talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/29/c...
WARNING to ST. Paul: ICE is going door to door with weapons drawn.
Had a session with @pkrugman.bsky.social where we discussed US foreign policy and world
affairs. Hopefully interesting if not entirely uplifting. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
“The Ukrainians are aiding Europeans and Americans by fighting for their survival. We owe them our gratitude, not the other way around.”
100% correct 👇
"Lets Be Honest, We Are Taking Advantage Of The Ukrainians"
