UK unemployment rate sees surprise fall to 4.9%

Why is it always a surprise to
Our media????

In just a week, King Charles will be visiting Trump.

What key issue would you like King Charles to raise with Trump?

Russia: Tuapse fascists were all about the genocide of Ukraine in 2022.

bsky.app/profile/patr...

The Unelectables: Meet the far-right candidates in the May 2026 elections – HOPE not hate HOPE not hate explores the assorted extremists representing the far right at the upcoming elections, including Holocaust deniers, crank conspiracists and Crusader cosplayers 7 May...

While Reform UK looks to dominate the right wing vote in the local elections in May, there is a variety of oddball reactionaries, fascist microparties, and independents competing for the sliver of support to the right of Reform.

Read all about them here: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/21/t...

Thank goodness Scotland's Government refused to acquiesce to the demands we open our NHS to Palantir.

What else would you like to see cleaned up in UK politics?

I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you

Trump Is Making Republicans Wet Their Beds The president's war in Iran and mass deportation campaign are having major - and negative - political consequences. Plus, his outgoing labor secretary discovers you can in fact have too many scandals.

"Trump Is Making Republicans Wet Their Beds"

The president's war in Iran & mass deportation campaign are having major - & negative - political consequences. Plus, his outgoing labor secretary discovers you can in fact have too many scandals.

Today's First Draft morning newsletter:

The latest video coming from the refinery in Tuapse, Krasnodar region, in Russia shows that basically the entire facility is burning.

I’m saying that this facility is a total loss.

I like her determination 😆😆😆♥️

Good morning everyone!

🔥Watch CHER RIP into Trump:

He’s horrible, mean, and not even qualified to run a remote

👏👏👏👏👏👏😎💙😎💥

This is especially for UK based blueskyers..
👇

Podcast url, for players:

https://feed.podbean.com/goodlawprojectpodcast/feed.xml

Memphis May Day 2026 Pledge Card On May Day, thousands of organizations and communities across the country are taking action to defend working families and our democracy. In Memphis, we are throwing down on May 1st at Alonzo Weaver P...

May 1st is a national day of action and Memphis is throwing down.
No Work.
No School.
No Shopping.
Working people keep this country running. On May Day we show our collective power!
✊ Sign the pledge and participate: tn4all.info/maydayTN26
#sheshed

Well Benny and Trump are war criminals after all

Our reality…👇

Betrayal?? Brexit was the greatest betrayal of this country ever, bar none.

Palantir's summary of CEO Alexander Karp's manifesto is generating buzz. Read the 22 bullet points. Among the 22 points summarizing Palantir CEO Alex Karp's manifesto is the belief that the US should consider reinstating the military draft.

This company is out of control and its CEO appears in nearly every public appearance to be disturbed in some way.

There are companies our government should have nothing to do with anymore—e.g., those associated with Elon Musk—and Palantir is on that list.

Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

SENATOR OSSOFF IS ON RACHEL MADDOW SHOW RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

(PS) What's happening now is historically crooked in a way this attorney and journalist can't properly summarize here.

The case is illegitimate, its prosecutors are illegitimate, its jurisdiction is illegitimate, its judge is illegitimate, and its area of inquiry is illegitimate.

A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.

Another person died in ICE custody, bringing the total to 17 so far in 2026—four months into the year.

The federal government doesn't publicly share on the number of people ICE injures and kills, but we do. Here's our count.
buff.ly/Oj3pSS2

When Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit surfaced, Michael Wolff did everything in his power to discredit survivors, referring to them as “extortion aided by a gullible press,” and to Epstein as a “victim of media, zeitgeist, and ambulance-chasing lawyers.”
#EpsteinFiles @thedailybeast.bsky.social

Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures | TechCrunch Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."

Any candidate that takes money from Palantir should not receive your vote.

Co-founder Joe Lonsdale is pouring millions into a PAC to buy off Democrats, especially in California.

techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/p...

“We have to be able to see you as something more than sex offender--you need purpose and meaning.” - Michael Wolff
#EpsteinFiles

Iran Experts: Fired. FBI Chief: Blacked Out. Good Luck, Y'all! (w/ Bill Kristol) | Bulwark Podcast YouTube video by The Bulwark

A fun and wide-ranging discussion of Trump, Kash, Hegseth, et al. What a crew!

The good news: The wheels are coming off the Trump bus on all sides.

The bad news: We’re passengers on the bus.

And we discuss Pope Leo’s admonition to Tim to be nice to his wise elders.

youtube.com/watch?v=6R7T...

We all need to lodge an official complaint. It takes no time at all, and I've dropped a link to BBC Complaints in the comments. This is shocking.