Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

On the tiny, vacuous nature of true evil as lumpen, twisted carnivalesque. A peerless diagnosis of Trump's mendacity & a prose tour-de force by Nesrine Malik.

Reason n+1 to get off Substack

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Memo to UCL and the entire higjer education system.

Orbán’s defeat threatens to halt Hungarian support of populist right Individuals such as Matt Goodwin and Lord Frost benefited from largesse of self-styled ‘illiberal democracy’

How the Far-Right plumbing system works in Europe.

Or, rather, worked.

Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

Ever the zeitgeist . . .

Trump believes diet soda kills cancer cells, Dr Oz reveals Physicians issue reminder to public after TV doctor and CMS chief relays president’s claim on Don Jr podcast

If Fanta is able to kill grass, then it could kill cancer cells, which means it must not be bad for you. By the same logic, bleach is a superfood.

The future of life on earth currently depends upon the malignant whims of the most egregious cretin that ever set foot upon it.

"Observational constraints project a ~50% AMOC weakening by the end of this century."

The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse new research confirms, with catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa & the Americas.

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UK households to be urged to use more power this summer as renewables soar Incentives to absorb surplus wind and solar energy could help balance the grid and lower bills

The biocidal fanatics in the Reform/Tory party won't like this. Better ramp-up the drilling demands with some fresh lies.

'In almost every region, the top 1% was wealthier than the bottom 90% combined with wealth inequality increasing rapidly around the world. “The result is a world in which a tiny minority commands unprecedented financial power, while billions remain excluded from even basic economic stability.”'

This is arguably one of history's less astute observations, though.

A good number of NYC citizens had come to this conclusion by the late 1980s. Still, small mercies, etc.

Corporate America set to deliver bumper earnings despite Iran war Analysts expect profits to be boosted by weak dollar and Trump administration’s tax and spending plans

Who said that war does not pay? Before Trump struck Iran, US corporate profits were predicted to rise 11.4%. After the bombs started falling, the rise rose to 19%, the strongest quarter rise since 2021. www.ft.com/content/0b01...

Normally, defendants would face a maximum of 4 years if convicted & serve less than half their sentences. Under the terror designation—of which jurors haven't been notified—they could spend up to 7 years in prison. Their release would have to be approved by a dedicated board for terror cases. 5/5

By falsely alleging PA deliberately targeted people w/ violent acts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper committed contempt of court, but a court order prohibits UK media from reporting this and that PA’s lawyer, Rajiv Menon, faces contempt of court proceedings for reminding jurors of their rights. 4/5

The prosecution followed a meeting between government officials and counter-terror officers, where designating Palestine Action as terrorists was discussed. Those officials admitted the group’s activities were “mostly confined to criminal damage,” not terrorism. 3/5

The jury has not been notified about the ‘terrorist’ designation, and the British media cannot report this information under a court order. Activists will also be prohibited from telling jurors how their efforts sought to impede the Gaza genocide. 2/5

Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will be probably sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. 1/5

Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting The absurdity surrounding the UK’s treatment of Palestine Action and its supporters has reached new lows.

Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting
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The first neofascist pig has been slain. Salud, Hungary!

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

"The United States is being murdered. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled."

A vital litany of the Trump-regime's barbarous slash & burn campaign by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

At NSotA we prefer the word "expectation" to hope.

And, of course: "¡No pasarán!"

Photos: UK police arrest more than 500 people at Palestine Action rally Protest organisers accuse UK government of complicity in Gaza genocide as arrests made at Trafalgar Square rally.

Congratulations to visionary humanist, Shabana Mahmood, for facilitating the arrests of scores of sociopathic pensioners & terrifying disabled people in wheelchairs by brave Metropolitan Police officers.

We all feel much safer, now, & Israel can continue its work of mass slaughter unopposed.

The Precarious Position of Iranian Jews The remnants of an ancient community face a new age of anxiety after decades of uneasy coexistence with the mullahs’ regime.

9,000 Jews live in Iran, protected under the constitution as a “people of the book” & allowed them to practice their religion through synagogues, Hebrew schools & social institutions.

Israel bombed the main synagogue in Tehran. Which nation is anti-Semitic? Which nation emulates Nazism?

Protocol be damned: here’s what King Charles should say on his visit to the US | Simon Tisdall The king has the chance to offer some tough love. Perhaps he could start with a speech to Congress about the Trump administration’s reckless trajectory, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon...

The true King's speech.

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100,000+ people filled Budapest.
Not for a festival.
For a message.

“Russians, go home.”

On the eve of elections, this became a mass rejection of Viktor Orbán’s direction for Hungary
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One of the most brazenly corrupt events in history will take place tomorrow when Jared Kushner represents the U.S. in critical negotiations with Iran to end the war while he accepts millions in fees (and billions in investments) from the Saudi gov’t which has been lobbying Trump to continue the war