Yes

China just responded to Trump's blockade of the Strait Of Hormuz with a devastating response.

They aren't wrong.

Condolences at this difficult time

This sort of thing always puts men in a bad position but I always urge caution. I believe her must be balanced with innocent until proven guilty.

That said alcohol and consent is a minefield Rep Swalwell shouldn't have stepped into and we're not MAGA - 'grab 'em by the pussy' isn't who we are.

It absolutely sucks to be in the place where you know praying for an end to someone's suffering means you're praying for an end to their life.

Bad place to be - wishing you strength

I'm standing on this...

Textbook corporate greed.

1 - She knows what was done to cover up for Epstein
2 - She knows she was acting under order when she was sending out masked death squads to exterminate political opponents in America's cities
3 - She has proof.

That's why Trump didn't fire her face to face - he would have backed down

I'll take "The answer is Yes" for $1000

This week is an opportunity for a Democrat to emerge as a leader and voice of conscience, leading up to 2028.

Who will forcefully denounce Israel and Trump's illegal war with Iran? Who will connect the dots to the failed War on Terror and Operation Ajax and US meddling? Who will reject AIPAC money?

A reminder about the players in this game.

The Christian Nationalists in Trump's regime are predominantly Christian Zionists.

Christian Zionists believe that if they provoke a nuclear war with Iran on Monday God will spirit them up to heaven before the bombs land on all of us 'sinners'.

For context the US spends twice as much as the UK as a percentage of it's GDP on healthcare. If you are sick - not critically injured or dying, just sick - in the UK can go to a doctor or a walk in centre and receive healthcare, free at the point of use.

Most of the civilised world is the same

@russincheshire.bsky.social you're an author - and a respected one - in the UK so if you don't have more access to Russel T Davies and the powers that be in the BBC than me I will eat my own shoe.

That it's an evaluative or subjective claim, which of course means it sits outside the realm of empirical verification.

Or if you prefer the source is me.

The good thing about the Democrats is that not all of them solely represent only those Americans whose patriotism ends where their tax bill begins.

The bad thing is that far too many of them still seem to noticeably prioritise those Americans whose patriotism ends there their tax bill begins.

This is a tough spot to be in.

Nothing against Netflix but the increasing consoldiation of media ownership is a concern and I don't think the takeover should go ahead. Making it about an individual just obscures a wider debate we should be having about our mediasphere.

When Trump threatened to halt trade with Canada it was a step to far for the centi-billionaires who own America.

If trade between the US and Canada stopped to day most of the Eastern seaboard would see electricity prices rise 400% and Michigan would shut down almost completely

They are not precisely defined - few things in law ever are - the decision was lambasted partly because it left SCOTUS the power to decide on a whim (or a bribe) what was and was not an 'official act' or sufficiently adjacent to an official act to confer immunity

Yes - but you surely don't expect the GOP to take responsibility when their 'freedom' agenda kills Americans who aren't billionaires

A point being missed that shouldn't be.

The Royal Pardon exists and like the Presidential Pardon it can be given pre-emptively so King Charles absolutely had the power to stop this in its tracks, and unlike Donald Trump he face no threat of removal if he did so.

King Charles chose the rule of law

What we have to remember is that 75% of those detained are American citizens and people who are in the country entirely legally who are kept in these conditions whilst being deprived of their constitutional rights.

There's no 'likely' about it.

Habeas corpus is so explicitly a part of American law that it had to be suspended by an act of congress during the American Civil War.

If the GOP want to put an act suspending habeus corpus on the floor in The House I say bring it on - show America who you really are

Just imagine for one second you're in front of a group of victims of a pedophile ring.

Imagine that you released their names to the public but protected the identity of the men who assaulted them.

Then imagine that you can't even bring yourself to apologise for that 'mistake' - Sickening.

Don't sell the short.

Laura Kuenssberg will praise the innovation to the skys and describe Nigel - (don't ask me about the Epstein Files) - Farage's respect for the work life balance of whichever crony he appoints to the job.

ICE Lawyer Ruins Her Life YouTube video by LegalEagle

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I sometime wonder about just posting links but this essentially says it all - this administration knows that it is wilfully violating rights that date back to the 13th century when King John, the worst in English history, was compelled to give basic human rights

Let's make it very clear to the GOP

We are more than happy to talk about creating an independent and judicially accountable authority that oversees redistricting in the same way in all fifty states

We'll even stipulate that the maximum number of seats must be 'toss-ups' that either party could win

It would have been helpful if the morons had been more aware of how good the economy was at the time.

Having billionaires tell you times are bad because you're better off but they're not and believing them must make the current American people the most dim-witted in all nations and of all time

It's essentially pump and pump scheme

Imagine you have a baseball card. You sell the card to the company you own for an inflated price and then sell shares in the company that owns the baseball card

You can cycle selling the card to yourself for an ever increasing price and become 'richer'

Musk asked to go to 'the wildest party' on Epstein Island AFTER it was well known that Epstein was a child sex predator