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This is an excellent modern history lesson on conflict in the Gulf & the USA’s role, from George H Bush & the first Gulf War to Trump & the Iran War by @BowenBBC

@BBCr4today at its best 👏👏

#r4today #bbcr4today #IranWar#Trump #USIsrael #GulfWar #UVIPolitics

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“Bigger risks for more uncertain results”

William Hague looks ahead to the dangers for Trump if the war continues in @thetimes.com

#r4today #IranWar #Trump #skynews #Hormuz #UVIPolitics

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Liberals should be less shy about saying what they stand for Failure to defend their ideology has created an intellectual vacuum on the American left

@jemima.bsky.social says liberals should be bolder in defending their ideas

Freedom of speech, religion & thought; autonomy of the individual; protection of the rights of minorities make our societies possible

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#r4today #skynews #UVIPolitics #liberalism

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‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

"Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere"

David Smith in @us.theguardian.com on Pete Hegseth & the Iran V USA war

#Hegseth #Trump #IranIsraelUSWar #r4today #UVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Israel launches attack on Iran as explosions heard in Tehran Blasts heard in capital as Israel declares state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile strikes

An imperial President at war

It’s started: the US & Israel attack Iran

The goal: end the nuclear programme once & for all AND regime change?

#Iran #IranRevoIution2026 #Trump #r4today #UVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Why the longest-ever State of the Union address was the most inconsequential Amid Trump’s lies and xenophobic rants, people struggling to pay bills and make ends meet are unlikely to be moved

@us.theguardian.com's David Smith on Trump's #SOTU2026: the protests, the poison, the alt reality & why despite being the longest it was one of the most inconsequential

#Trump #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU #r4today #UVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump’s Tariffs… Trump attacks the Supreme Court over tariff ban — Americast Donald Trump has called the Supreme Court’s ruling blocking many of his sweeping tariffs ‘deeply disappointing’ and has announced a new 10 per cent tariff on global imports.Justin, Sarah and Anthony j...

Trump, Tariffs & the Supreme Court

A #mustlisten emergency Americast pod with @bbcsarahsmith.bsky.social @justinwebb1979.bsky.social & Anthony Zurcher on the 6:3 judgement & Trump’s response

#SupremeCourt #Trump #tariffs #UVIPolitics

overcast.fm/+AATJzQaVGOU

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After Learning Resources V Trump, great analysis of where this leaves US politics, Trump, trade & the Supreme Court in today’s @financialtimes.com leader

#Trump #LearningResources #SupremeCourt #UVIPolitics

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Trump tariffs live: US Supreme Court rules Trump’s sweeping tariffs are illegal Top court issues historic rebuke of US president’s use of emergency powers to impose duties on trading partners

Huge: Supreme Court rules 6:3 Trump does not have power to levy current tariffs under IEEPA 1977.

Thomas. Alito & Kavanaugh dissent

#UVIPolitics #SupremeCourt #Trump #Tariffs

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The Tony Blair Story With full access, the story of one of Britain's most successful and controversial leaders

The Tony Blair Story, just starting on @Channel4 now & on More 4, is a must watch for all #LVIPolitics & #UVIPolitics students

#TheTonyBlairStory

www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

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* for extra 🤓points #UVIPolitics they were helped in that unusually Georgia state law requires runoffs in a Senate election where no candidate
reached 50% in the first election, effectively making it a majoritarian system

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Jon Ossoff & Raphael Warnock narrowly defeated 2 GOP Senators in Georgia in 2021*

Ossoff is narrowly the favourite in this key race, with some Dems talking about him as a challenger for President in 2028

#midterms #Georgia #Ossoff #UVIPolitics

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WATCH: 7 moments Bondi butted heads with lawmakers over Epstein
WATCH: 7 moments Bondi butted heads with lawmakers over Epstein YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

The House Judiciary Hearings with AG Pam Bondi were 🧨as Democrats tried (& failed) to get answers on #EpsteinFiles, the DOJ's closeness to #Trump & the murders of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti

#PamBondi #UVIPolitics #r4today

youtu.be/KOcGd2q__3M?...

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@ellabaron.bsky.social captures the terrible reality of Jeff Bezos’ destruction of the Washington Post 🗞️whilst 💰💰sucking up to Trump with ‘Melania’ 🎞️

“Democracy dies in darkness”

#WashingtonPost #Melania #Trump #JeffBezos #r4today #skynews #UVIPolitics

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The gutting of @washingtonpost - one of the world’s great newspapers - is a tragedy ⬇️

As Bezos (not short of💰) is doing it to please Trump it’s also another step away from the liberal democracy the Post used to defend 📰

#WashingtonPost #Trump #r4today #UVIPolitics #Bezos

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Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons | Nesrine Malik The president and his supporters joining forces to decide what audiences read and see seems straight from a fascism playbook, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

In the MAGA world of Melania the movie & #fakenews @NesrineMalik explores the worrying state of US media & the sinister role of the tech bros: "It all stinks to high heaven"

#UVIPolitics #Melania #TrumpEpsteinCoverup #r4today #MAGA

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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It is beyond naive for Democrats – and Europe – to think Trump’s retreats are real. He never backs down for long | Jonathan Freedland Whether it’s Minneapolis or Greenland, the US president will do just enough to get through a damaging news cycle, then carry on as before, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social warns that #Trump's retreat after #Minneapolis killings is only tactical & Democrats are naive not to push harder in his moment of weakness

#ICE #AlexPretti #ReneeGood #r4today #UVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Interesting thread about Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, the race for 2028 & MAGA after Trump⬇️ from @timothysnyder.bsky.social

#StephenMiller #Trump #ICE #r4today #UVIPolitics

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It’s hard to see how Kristi Noem survives as Secretary of Homeland Security. But it’s the Trump White House so 🤷‍♂️

#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #Trump #ICE #ImpeachKristiNoem #r4today #UVIPolitics

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GOP candidate for Governor in Minnesota pulls out saying ICE are out of control & he can’t “look his daughter in the eye” whilst standing for a party supporting them

#Minnesota #Minneapolis #ChrisMadel #ICE #r4today #skynews #UVIPolitics

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“We get one person a little bit wrong” Trump 😮😱

A little bit. Your agents murdered Alex Pretti. And not just one person: they murdered Renee Good too.

#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #ICE #Trump #r4today #UVIPolitics

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Trump facing opposition from GOP Senators over his tariff attack on NATO allies in his bid to own Greenland

Remember Senator Murkowski visited Denmark to talk to leaders there last week & has, shall we say ‘history’ with the GOP right 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇺🇸

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #Senate #r4today #UVIPolitics

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And let’s leave aside the scandal that Liz Truss was able to reward anyone for their 49 days of collective, destructive failure

#r4today #KeirStarmer #Lords #UVIPolitics #skynews

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Keir Starmer appoints 25 Labour peers to strengthen support in House of Lords Labour says appointments needed to balance upper house, and chooses former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor

Yes, Keir Starmer appointed 25 new #Labour Lords

For context: Cameron, Johnson & Sunak appointed c.420.

Tories will still be Lord’s largest party

#r4today #KeirStarmer #Lords #UVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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“Please Mr Trump, end this drive-by diplomacy & sack Steve Witkoff. He is out of his depth”

Roger Boyes weighs Witkoff’s achievements (Israeli hostages’ release) in @thetimes.com but finds him hugely wanting in Ukraine where #Putin plays him

#SteveWitkoff #Trump #Ukraine #r4today #UVIPolitics

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Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit US president signals potential room for adjustments after Zelenskyy says proposals force Ukraine to choose between national dignity and losing the US

Key UA figures slam the US Russ peace deal as reminiscent of 1938 Munich agreement which appeased Hitler, as European leaders help push back & even Trump admits it's not his final offer, @lukeharding1968.bsky.social reports

#r4today #Ukraine #Trump #UVIPolitics

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

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‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out

After the Trump v Musk fall out, with its savings exaggerated & disruption to federal work & political norms, it looks as though DOGE has been disbanded ahead of time, Livi Empson reports
#DOGE #Musk #Trump #UVIPolitics #r4today

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s statement as she announces she’ll stand down from the House at the end of this term

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s statement as she announces she’ll stand down from the House at the end of this term

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Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene sees the coming Trump revenge primary & decides to step down with dignity, railing against the shutdown, “disgusting political drama” & (Democrats 👀) overpriced healthcare.

#Trump #MTG #MarjorieTaylorGreene #EpsteinFiles #shutdown #UVIPolitics

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Trump says he signed bill releasing Epstein files
Trump says he signed bill releasing Epstein files YouTube video by NBC News

Trump signs Bill to release Epstein Files, no📸but a Truth Social where, belatedly, he tries to get on the right side of this

@nbcnews.com report⬇️what next - how much will we actually learn?

#r4today #UVIPolitics #EpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinTrumpFiles

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Trump’s reversal with call to release Epstein files reveals inability to control Maga allies President attempts to save face politically after pressuring Republicans to back off their pushes to release files

Trump U-turns & backs #EpsteinFiles release after Congressional defeat loomed, despite a week of arm twisting by him.
Here he can't control MAGA but has to follow. Analysis from @us.theguardian.com's Sam Levine⬇️

#Trump #EpsteinTrumpFiles #UVIPolitics #r4today

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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