IMO, a very good move by Talarico to make the Texas Senate race about Elon Musk.
Democrat James Talarico targets Elon Musk at rally: ‘Texas is not for sale’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/democrat-james-talarico-targets-elon-musk-at-rally-texas-is-not-for-sale
The symbolism is overwhelming.
#ThisIsAmericaNow
Pete Hegseth’s staff break priceless historic globe he requested for office
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/pete-hegseth-eisenhower-globe-pentagon-office-broken
Not to be outdone, Tories proudly claim they care more about businesses than people.
Alternate headline:
"Chancellor vows to continue lower tax rate for the wealthy than for workers."
So, the UK will continue to charge lower CGT rates because we can't possibly ask the wealthy to pay the same rate as workers.
And that's just gains. It doesn't touch the piles of hidden wealth. SMH
#TaxTheRich
Chancellor rejects calls to raise Capital Gains Tax in Budget - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c50me4w4x1vyo
What should we make of the Tories?
Russia interfered in UK elections (and US elections, as the US Senate confirmed).
A decade later, a Labour PM states this fact. No sanctions, just informing the public.
Rather than join to address the threat, Tories attack the PM.
#NeverTrustATory
Tories accuse Burnham of being ‘dangerous and divisive’ after he confirms Russian interference in Brexit campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/12/uk-politics-live-tories-andy-burnham-russian-interference-brexit-eu-latest
Surprise, surprise.
"Christian nationalists" in Britain are far less likely to attend church, read the Bible or understand Christian theology.
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/11/christian-nationalism-uk-far-right-people-rarely-go-to-church-report
🔥🔥 MUST READ 🔥🔥
Seven brave women come forward to unmask rightwing agitators as having a common background - domestic abusers.
These people are not protectors, they are legitimising their abusive behaviour and thirst for power over others.
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/06/uk-domestic-abuse-survivors-ex-partners-behind-far-right-street-patrols
If the "best thing we can offer young people is a job", why are so many governments chasing an #AI bubble that is particularly effective at destroying entry level jobs?
Asking for every young person unable to find a job.
Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3x2zw18ge59o
Interesting read about the layers of legal and norm violations needed to fulfill Trump's claims about "taking Venezuelan oil"
#ThisIsAmericaNow
The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/26/donald-trump-oil-deal-with-venezuela
#Netanyahu deploys the classic schoolyard rhetorical defense of "Am Not"
Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/netanyahu-un-speech-mahmoud-abbas
In today's #NotSanewashedNews
This! 👇
This is what every story on #AI and the rise of the rightwing should be including.
😂😂😂
In the end, this entire #Greenland deal is two more US bases and modernising the one existing base - a right the US has had since 1951.
In fact, the US had seven bases in 1952.
That Trump, sure is some negotiator. 😂😂😂. /s
What a buffoon, blowhard and conman.
#ThisIsAmericaNow
BBC News - US to build two military bases in Greenland under new deal with Denmark - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dr74g32g8go
😂😂😂😂
Yeah, sure he will. I'm sure any payback will come straight from Junior's pocket. Just like I'm sure there was never an exchange of favours with their "dear friend Umar" (a quote from the new Mrs Jr)
/s
#AlwaysAGriftWithTrump
Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-wedding-russia-umar-kremlev.html
Whatever this "deal" is with Trump over #Greenland , it will come apart eventually.
History is full of examples of Trump's "deals" that are not fair, nor does he keep to them.
He follows mob boss logic and this is a #TrumpShakedown . And when a legit business pays the mob boss, they only go away for a little while. But they always come back for more.
#ThisisAmericaNow
‘Nervous and Skeptical,’ Greenlanders Question the New Deal With Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/greenland-trump-deal.html
Con't
- and with the brassiest neck, #JimRatcliffe complains about the UK's high taxes while...checks notes...standing in higher tax Denmark where his new project has received a generous corporate subsidy.
These are all good reasons we should do the opposite of whatever his advice is.
So, why is #BBCNew boosting his oligarchic rant?
One more justification to #TaxTheRich
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#BBCNews missed out on one critical piece of information in this story - why anyone should care what this tax-dodging 73-year-old billionaire thinks about the UK. #JimRatcliffe
Not only does this "patriot" live in Monaco (left in the Tory era), but:
- this man who made billions in #FossilFuel wants to drill more
- he moans about the loss of UK's "great empire", oblivious to the exploitation
1/2
Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0463619r1no
Another obvious need
Private jets are pure luxury, except in the rarest of security situations. As such, they should carry very heavy luxury taxes - on purchase and on operation.
In zero instances should they be a tax-avoiding business expense.
#TaxTheRich
Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/private-jets-pollution-undertaxed
The "only democracy in the Middle East," huh?
It's not a very healthy democracy if a minister doesn't like a documentary and calls for the citizens who made it to be strip of citizenship.
BBC News - Israeli minister threatens to revoke filmmakers' citizenship over Gaza documentary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vgy8d8256go
We could address climate change, if we wanted to.
“For every £1 invested in protecting nature, you’ve got £30 spent trying to degrade it,” Smith said. “So that’s a political choice and it’s not a lack of finance. It’s where it’s used.”
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/climate-crisis-tipping-points-energy-environment-report
In today's #NotSanewashedNews
"The evidence our planet seems to be heating faster than we realised"
FFS, #BBCNews . Clues, hints, might be? How watered down can your headline get?
#MediaMuatDoBetter
The clues that hint our planet might be heating faster than we realised - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20917w25n4o