Meanwhile in Clacton.....

#politics

'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure'

- Clarence Darrow

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#LindseyGraham #USA #Politics

Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’

Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate in 2003 and was a close political ally of President Donald Trump, has died, his office confirmed early Sunday. He was 71.

^{Scott Wong (NBC News)}

The British are adding panels to the Bayeux Tapestry while its in London

#farage #countbinface #bayeux #tapestry #politics

How imminent is eco-system collapse & what would be the impact on the UK?

Well, the Secret Services have concluded its a lot nearer that we might think (could be only five years away) & the impact on national security (and crucially, food security) will be much worse that (again) you might think.

Critics have been warning of a potential crisis in the food system compounded by a collapse of local eco-systems - it seems now the spooks agree!

#environment #politics

theguardian.com/global-develop…

UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security

MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security

^{Fiona Harvey (The Guardian)}

As the swirl of crime & corruption around the Fascist Frog's finances continues to accelerate, I'm increasingly sure he will not in the end actually stand in Clacton.... he will declare the political atmosphere of victimisation is too toxic & will de-camp to a new job in the USA (which is already apparently on offer; chairing a think tank that denies human-driven climate change).

I could be wrong, but we shall see...

#politics #Farage

theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny

Exclusive: The details behind the financial transactions that bankers have flagged up to the National Crime Agency

^{Anna Isaac (The Guardian)}

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"[The Trump] administration is softening one of the strongest legal protections American workers have: the right to hold an employer accountable when retirement savings are mishandled. The change is designed to give employers cover if their workers' 401(k)s are deflated by expensive, opaque or unproven investments."
propublica.org/article/401k-re…
#politics #USA #401k

Trump Administration Plans to Change Rule Protecting Your 401(k) — ProPublica

Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage  less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.

^{Paul Kiel (ProPublica)}

#SupremeCourt allows #Texas to require #AgeVerification for mobile apps

cnn.com/2026/07/06/politics/su…

#privacy #SCOTUS #politics

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The MAHA movement may be learning that an investor class president makes for a terrible ally when your goal is containing corporate greed.
grist.org/food-and-agriculture…
#politics #USA

Trump tried to appease MAHA’s fury over Roundup. It backfired.

The coalition of voters who helped elect Trump to clean up America's food system is growing more disenchanted with the president.

^{Ayurella Horn-Muller (Grist)}

*Eye Roll*

I just read that Trump is pushing to acquire Greenland again and making threats.

cnbc.com/2026/07/07/trump-nato…

As a U.S. citizen, I can only shake my head in shame. To all of our allies and friends:

I'm so sorry! I didn't vote for him. I hope the midterm elections can make him a "lame duck".

I truly hope that the next presidential elections bring us a more presidential president.

#Politics #US #USPol #Trump #Greenland #Allies #USA #NATO #Peace #Friends #Policy #Elections

Trump renews Greenland threats at NATO summit, says U.S. could remove troops from Europe

NATO fell into a crisis earlier this year as Trump demanded that the U.S. must take control of Greenland on national security grounds.

^{Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)}

Wow. As far as I know Greece is the first country to offer desperate people money to deport themselves. Or to try to, at least. Hurrah for Greek lawyers ✊

Apparently a human life is worth the princely sum of 250 euros.

dnews.gr/eidhseis/news-in-engl…

#RefugeesWelcome #MigrationIsNotACrime #Politics

NEW: Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say

Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.
propublica.org/article/hegseth…

#News #PeteHegseth #Defense #Politics #Trump #Iran #War #Pentagon #Congress

Lawmakers: Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Civilian Protection Efforts — ProPublica

^{Megan Rose (ProPublica)}

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I really hope some day this POS is in a court for War Crimes.

#PeteHegseth #WhiskeyPete #Hegseth #WarCrimes #ICC #Politics

Now here's an idea

#trans #transgender #lgbtq #England #politics #primeminister #ukpolitics

Happy 250th to America's ultimate power couple! 🗽 💘 ⚖️

#IndependenceDay #LadyLiberty #LadyJustice #4thOfJuly #Art #FanArt #FanFic #FanFiction #Illustration #July4th #Politics #USPol #USPolitics

Be careful to my friends in DC. Looks like this racist nationalist group of cowardly assholes are going around the capital.

#dmv #politics #uspol #4thofjuly #july4

A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

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#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga #scotus

Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes From “Shadow Docket” — ProPublica

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

^{Ken B. Morales (ProPublica)}

So the Fascist Frog is now part of two investigations by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, focussing on a private meeting with the Governor of the Bank of England where he lobbied for the state not to develop a state based digital currency in competition with crypto (which incidentally is where is chief donor's money comes from).

A by-election in Clacton is edging closer; perhaps this is a case of a Frog not realising the problem with boiling water?

#politics
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Nigel Farage reported to standards watchdog over ‘crypto lobbying’

Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governor

^{Rowena Mason (The Guardian)}

Texas #Democrats asserted themselves as a unified party of the working class against the all-powerful billionaires—veiling underlying tensions over diversity, progressivism, and Israel. texasobserver.org/texas-dems-c…

#Texas #Palestine #politics #USpol #news

Unity and Discontent at the Texas Dems’ Corpus Convening

The convention showcased populism as the core of the party's messaging. Will it hold true in November?

^{Eden Shamy (The Texas Observer)}

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"Given that there are no independent authorities in the US anymore, we call on the European Commission to orderly withdraw the adequacy decision on the US." noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-ju… This would effectively make it illegal for EU companies to export personal data to US-based cloud providers.
#politics #EU #USA #GDPR #SCOTUS

US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers

The US Supreme Court decided that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore – with major implications for EU-US Data Transfers.

^noyb.eu

"Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally"

@donnydonny for @sludge

#news #uspol #trump #politics

readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trum…

Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally

The trades weren't made public until yesterday, more than a year later than required by law.

^{Donald Shaw (Sludge)}

Fucking shocker, always the right ain’t it

#brexit #BrexitLies #politics #toryscum #tories #conservatives #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #immigration #ReformAreUseless #farageisaracist #farageisatraitor #BrexitLies #TaxTheRich

Right-wing governments across Europe and North-America are showing their true faces if they label peaceful protesters as terrorists and fascist rioters as concerned citizens or derailed football hooligans. Those who side with fascists, are fascists!

#antifascism #antifa #ukpolitics #nlpolitics #frenchpolitics #germanpolitics #irishpolitics #politics #trump #DonaldTrump #republicans #conservatives #nigelfarage #reformuk #vvd #pvv #RassemblementNational #afd

I have clarified any and all confusions you may have had about ancient Chinese political thought in one convenient chart.

#history #politics #classicalchinese #philosophy

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"There is no oversight process." Georgia gives companies a half-billion dollar tax break every year, but no one is checking to make sure the Job Tax Credit program is actually producing more jobs. troubleingodscountry.com/2026/…
#politics #USA #Georgia

Georgia’s Job Tax Credit Program: Big Money, No Oversight - Trouble in God's Country

At the end of my recent post on Georgia’s Job Tax Credit program, I asked readers to stay tuned, that there was more to come. The story was one […]

^{Charles Hayslett (Trouble in God's Country)}

US Supreme Court in Virginia case says police need warrants for cellphone location data

virginiamercury.com/2026/06/29…

#Virginia #Politics #LocalNews

However apparently the #FTC is a different matter

#SCOTUS EXPANDS Trump’s power to fire officials, overturning nearly century-old precedent

SCOTUS Monday backed Trump’s firing of a member of the #FederalTradeCommission, a substantial win for the admin’s unprecedented effort to consolidate #power within the #ExecutiveBranch that will have sweeping implications for parts of the government #Congress intended to operate with #independence from presidential #politics.

#law
cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/li…

#WarInUkraine...and #Russia
#GeoPol #Politics

"Some gas stations in Russia's #Novosibirsk region suspend fuel sales"

Not only, also in #Crimea and, new, #Kaliningrad, the erstwhile capital #Königsberg of the #TeutonicOrder / Knights, there castle's construction their having begun in 1255.

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"Almost six months after the removal of Maduro, the judicial reform seems to be progressing on two parallel and contradictory fronts: there are official announcements and public consultations, while the entrenched old practices continue within the courts." english.elpais.com/internation…
#politics #Venezuela

Non-transparent laws: Venezuela’s judicial reform arouses suspicion 

Six months after the political shift triggered by the American military intervention, the penal reform promised by Delcy Rodríguez’s administration raises doubts about its true scope

^{Florantonia Singer (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

Don't stop asking good questions ... 🤔

#Amazon #Bezos #Alexa #question #tax #company #globalization #world #worldorder #politics #power #capitalism #society #people #wealth #money #finance #system #matrix #humanity #ethics #democracy #equality #chances #billionaires #advertisement #protest #resistance #meme #memes #wisdom #knowledge #fairness #work #job #labor #staff

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Hot on the heels of its authoritarian success against the Prairieland protestors, the Trump administration is preparing a new case against #StopCopCity protestors who the state has already failed to convict. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…
#politics #USA #Atlanta

Trump administration targets Cop City protesters in latest push to prosecute ‘antifa’

Critics say the government is ‘creating a boogeyman’ in its drive to use the ‘antifa’ label to frame protesters as terrorists

^{Timothy Pratt (The Guardian)}

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"As long as children are treated solely as objects of protection and not as people with rights of their own, they’ll continue to be invoked in the name of shrinking individual liberties and space for dissent. Human rights advocates need to equip children to thrive, not just protect them from harm." thenation.com/article/world/lg…
#politics #authoritarianism #LGBTQ

Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights | The Nation

Around the world, governments are scapegoating LGBT people to build popular support for their erosion of individual rights—often under the guide of protecting children.

^{smccroskey (The Nation)}