Some of the most important threats to democracy do not make the biggest headlines - especially (and understandable) given the new war in Iran. This 4 min update looks at actions weakening the rule of law, reducing oversight, expanding executive power, and making voting harder.
youtu.be/DzHg-TbhdfQ
It's difficult to end a war if you don't know why you started it in the first place.
This dead-eyed cretin is effectively illiterate, but if anyone ever pressed Donald Trump or Elon Musk like this in an interview, they would sound exactly the same
NEW - I had the absolute privilege of interviewing Britain's leading patriot, Isabel Oakeshott, for the New Yorker in Dubai.
Read all about it here:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/henry-morris...
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
the thing is, Nigel, you can’t U-turn bombs you’ve dropped, missiles you’ve launched, or bullets you’ve fired
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Shocking that we wouldn't let her come... and claim asylum too. The very smallest gesture against the oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan.
Vinay Prasad was a COVID disinformation doctor and MAHA royalty. He still "loves" President Trump.
No one is obligated to care what he has to say or take him seriously ever again.
That, +12 other thoughts on his dismal, failed tenure at the FDA.
My latest.
"When senior health officials lie, it does mean that people die... His conspiracy theories and his lies have literally put people’s lives at risk." - Dem Sen. Chris Van Hollen called for Kennedy to be removed.
Details here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-keep...
Methane venting is not some avoidable mistake. It's a baked in part of gas extraction + processing.
If we continue to extract gas & oil, no way round it, we will be releasing vast amounts of this incredibly potent greenhouse gas.
We have to stop extracting fossil fuels, now.
They have to “Exploit” everything don’t they, why not harness and work with it…
Hydro energy, solar energy, thermal energy,
Isn’t the lady ‘director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups’🤔
www.desmog.com/allison-pear...
Kushner and Witkoff are ignorant hacks, part 245,699.
"Several nuclear experts have raised questions about the disastrous duo’s technical understanding of uranium enrichment after they presented an assessment of Iran’s Research Reactor that made no sense."
newrepublic.com/post/207554/...
"The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm"
@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Farage's Chagos Gambit: When Political Theater Meets Private Capital
Reform UK's reliance on mega-donor logistics raises questions about political transparency and the nature of modern campaign finance in the UK.
i’ve watched this three times. VERY satisfying.
I’m no royalist but if Brian goes to the US as planned then let’s remind him of the likely reception…
It’s been downhill ever since
This is an absolutely huge jump in oil prices.
It's also why Europe needs to get off fossil fuels asap (beyond climate change impact). We can't be beholden to this.
Parliament needs to address this urgently. We put them in Parliament to represent ourselves, not themselves.
Time this gravy train was derailed.
Defections at all elected positions (councils etc) must be followed by an by-election, the voters must have a voice.
Now why did Attlee win in 1945?
With Reform UK calling for the return of grammar schools, I’ve shared an excerpt from my first book The Myth of Meritocracy examining the evidence on who actually benefits from selection.
Clue: it isn’t working-class pupils. www.forthedeskdrawer.com/p/the-enduri...
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“Far from serving as engines of mobility, grammar schools have tended to reinforce the advantages of families who already possess educational and cultural capital”
J Bloodworth
“Britain has developed a form of educational selection by wealth. That is unjust”
www.theguardian.com/media/greens...
As a man of the people, I naturally used a private jet provided by a crypto billionaire based in Thailand for my latest publicity stunt.
Vance: "When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."
Rising energy prices are pushing up inflation, especially in economies dependent on imported fossil fuels.
The durable solution is structural: improve efficiency, accelerate electrification and scale up renewables.
Energy policy is economic policy.
