Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be Author Max Chafkin argues that Thiel may be the most powerful person in Silicon Valley—and perhaps the world.

“Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be” 9/21/21
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter A bombshell report in The Atlantic revealed that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared classified information in a Signal chat that included a reporter among its membership. It's something that off...

'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter

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Motability: is it true that the disability scheme is taking UK taxpayers for a ride? Understanding the rightwing backlash over the government scheme helping people with serious disabilities get a car

"With crushing inevitability, after the Daily Mail piece, the health secretary, Wes Streeting. told GB News the story showed why the welfare system needed reform"

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Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe | Nesrine Malik His targeting of foreigners with residencies or work visas was inevitable: to achieve his aims, more and more people must be disenfranchised, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

"Donald Trump’s second term has so far been a case study in how systems built for those whose rights have been diluted or taken away eventually devour those who were assumed to be safe from such violations."

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I've highlighted this incase a number of Scottish Labour supporters need it underlined in crayon.
Scottish produced energy will be used mainly to benefit England.
#AreYouYesYet

Labour could raise an immediate £40 billion by simply imposing a 1 per cent wealth tax on the people worth in excess of £10 million

Scotland cannot be independent because BREXIT was such a mess.

This is one argument I have received for staying in the union.

A government not elected by Scotland messed up something Scotland voted against but was forced on us.

Is not a reason for us to do our own thing.

A tweet from "Covie" (@covie_93) that reads: "Speaker Mike Johnson from the great state of 'Louisnana' wants to get rid of the Department of Education." Below the tweet is an image of a large blue curtain featuring an emblem with a pelican and the words "SUPREME COURT" and "CONFIDENCE." The word "LOUISNANA" is prominently misspelled instead of "LOUISIANA." The mistake is highlighted with a red circle. In the foreground, three judges in black robes are seated at a table.

Can’t make this up.

‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week About a third of all casualties admitted to Nasser hospital were under 14, as Israeli airstrikes broke fragile ceasefire

"average age of the children pronounced dead at Nasser hospital after this week’s new wave of attacks was between 6 & 8years old & about 35% of all casualties were under 14, said Morgan McMonagle, an Irish vascular surgeon volunteering with the NGO Medical Aid."

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Starmer is warned against ‘appeasing’ Trump with tax cut for US tech firms Labour MP and Lib Dem leader express concern social media companies could be let off hook just as benefits are cut

No more than I'd expect from Starmer🤦🏻‍♂️

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Straightforwardly BNP-level rhetoric on "remigration" in the Telegraph (endorsed, as @rolandmcs.bsky.social points out, by Daniel Hannan).

“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak.
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social

Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd The US is scheduled to co-host the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028. Why would thousands of international athletes and millions of fans from around the world come to a country where tourists, asylum seekers, and visa holders are being disappeared to foreign prisons?

Fair question.

Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV from Canary on 23 March 2025

Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV

Labour's plan to undo austerity was to repeat the word 'growth' over and over. Now that's failed, Reeves is having to defend the chaos. She's doing a terrible job of it.
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Does this make me a terrorist?

So tax breaks for tech bosses and welfare cuts for the disabled

If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.

Rachel Reeves to cut 10,000 civil service jobs in effort to lower government costs UK chancellor ‘not satisfied’ with the current numbers, but promises the economy and living standards will improve

Economic numpty Reeves still spouting the BS. If you are going to fix #BrokenBritain you need to invest in the country and avoid cuts. For example, Labour could create many thousands of jobs in a shift to a green economy. But instead we get the oligarch's AI BS.

#LearnMMT

Keir Starmer says he ‘likes and respects’ Donald Trump PM agrees with US president that Europe must bear greater burden for its collective self-defence

🤮🤮🤮

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My (highly) personal opinion. Too many UK firms run by accountants from public schools. Lack of investment in technology and training.

This. Is. Very. Good.

Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to Balkans Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs"

It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal.
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Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.

No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.

Labour ministers could resign over benefits cuts as tensions grow A minister told The i Paper that expected spending cuts at next week's Spring Statement will only make anger within the front bench worse

If benefits cuts are pushed through
there is no reason for any Minister, MP, member
to remain in a shell of a Labour party
totally lacking in empathy, care, justice, fairness

"Labour ministers could resign over benefits cuts as tensions grow"
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Truer words were never spoken.

U.K. Tourist Returns Home in Chains Like ‘Hannibal Lecter’ Becky Burke was released in chains and handcuffs after spending 19 days in an ICE detention facility

UK Tourist Returns Home from US in Chains Like ‘Hannibal Lecter’.

I'm not planning to visit the US (or Belarus, or North Korea). But if I were I'd be cancelling the trip immediately. www.thedailybeast.com/uk-tourist-b...

Kemi Badenoch is failing to hit the spot at PMQs – and everywhere else | Andrew Rawnsley The Conservative leader isn’t convincing fellow Tories that she possesses a viable route map to recovery

"Her attempts to attract attention come tinged with desperation, as when she made the Truss-ish declaration to one rightwing audience that the survival of “our country and all of western civilisation” depends on the revival of the Conservative party."

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