Lots of denial about Russian interference in the Brexit referendum, but outlets like @bylinetimes.bsky.social have been exposing it for years. When the Russia report was eventually published in 2020, it found the Govt “actively avoided” looking for Russian interference during the 2016 EU referendum
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has blamed Russia for breaking an “energy ceasefire” announced by Donald Trump on Sunday, but the Ukrainian president said Kyiv was still willing to observe a pause in strikes if Moscow did the same. Latest developments w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/8636...
'…a drone had hit a power plant in Kyiv on Sunday, leading to power outages in capital. Shortly after, he said there had been a strike on the CHP-5 power plant in the E city of Kharkiv, adding:“🇺🇦 skies have been infested with Russian ‘shaheds’ [drones] all day.”” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
At a meeting in Brussels in late June, more than 20 European officials met with five Taliban representatives to discuss deportations, breaking a taboo against holding talks with the group in the European Union.
Media will say that the Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh’s terminal. It will not tell you that Saudi warplanes hit the largest maternity hospital in Sanaa, that Yemen’s own airports at Sanaa and Hodeidah have sat wrecked for years by Saudi bombing. silknsteel.substack.com/p/the-riyadh...
This report from the New York Federal Reserve just found that without Trump’s tariffs, the cost of many everyday items would have gone DOWN in the last year. Instead, as we all know, prices have shot up. Trump is choosing to make your life more expensive.
Donald Trump’s proposed "energy truce" involves Russia and Ukraine ceasing attacks on each other's oil refineries. Russia maintains an extensive refinery network, while Ukraine has only one primary plant currently operating at reduced capacity. www.axios.com/2026/10/11/r...
After failing to meet court deadlines, the defence secretary Wes Streeting has been ordered to pay legal costs on an indemnity basis incurred by Afghans seeking relocation to the UK. A judge said it had been a “textbook example of bad litigation practice”. rozenberg.substack.com/p/mod-must-p...
Six more peers join the House of Lords this week, shortly after the Lords debated reducing numbers. Via the Hansard Society:
In his first term, Trump hoped to lure Kim Jong Un into giving up his nukes in return for Western investment. The pitch didn’t work. Undeterred by the failure of his North Korea diplomacy, Trump offered a similar deal to Hamas in 2025: disarm in return for beachfront condos. wapo.st/47gE6Rf
Andy Burnham told The Rest is Politics podcast that, after entering Downing Street in July, he received a “clear answer” that Russia interfered He warned that similar Russian meddling targets Germany and France, citing talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the far-right AfD’s Russian ties
Oil tankers are facing persistent peril while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow passage between Iran and Oman that was a fairly uncomplicated excursion before the war. At least 16 vessels have been attacked this month. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/b...
All of these military experts that have been wheeled out to insist that defence spending must rise and welfare must be cut (often with feverish scare-mongering) are on the payroll of at least one defence firm. The only one that isn't goes on luxury ski breaks with them.
🚨 BREAKING: “We do not want a ceasefire,” the Kremlin says. Peskov has rejected Zelenskyy’s proposal for a 60-day ceasefire to allow elections in Ukraine. russia demands elections in Ukraine. Ukraine offers a way to hold them. russia refuses to stop shooting. See the contradiction?
Europe criticizes Trump for easing sanctions on Russian diesel, Trump admin accuses Europe of hypocrisy b/c it still buys Russian oil/gas. Worth noting that the main EU buyers of Russian oil are Hungary/Slovakia. Orbán had blocked EU sanctions until he got an exemption from Trump last Nov.
“Israeli forces deliberately demolished homes, schools, mosques and roads... The scale of Israel’s systematic demolition has fueled fears among many Lebanese that Israel is seeking to permanently empty the territory of its population.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
At least 72 civilians who had been prospecting for gold in a border region of Sudan have been killed in air strikes, a regional rights group says… Neither the Egyptian government nor the de facto Sudanese authorities have so far commented. www.bbc.com/news/article...
A reminder that the UK relies on nuclear subs alone. France has air & sea nuclear forces. “The French air force is increasingly willing to talk about its nuclear deterrence. Four times a year, 50 French aircraft take to the skies to rehearse a nuclear attack” www.politico.eu/article/fran...
The threat of political violence is the dark energy that structures contemporary American politics. Seemingly invisible to the media eye. But pervades everything.
"The entire family was killed as they were sleeping by a Russian cruise missile on Vladimir Putin’s birthday."
Ukraine continued their attacks on Russian energy targets in Samara, Ukhta, and Novoshakhtinsk. Ukraine has now struck three Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir leading to internet outages. Trump has lifted sanctions on Russia and announced America will be buying Russian diesel fuel.
I can personally attest to the fact I implored Grassley and Ernst on numerous occasions to stand up and speak out against all the ignominious acts perpetrated by this administration, from the Cabinet nominations through the tariffs to the war to the Epstein files. piatt.substack.com/p/iowas-sena...
‘British politics has long been complacent about the power of big money. The relatively low price of access to politicians here has often been interpreted, wrongly, as a sign of probity.’ Peter Geoghegan on party fundraising. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Andy Burnham is the first prime minister to publicly state that the russians interfered in the Brexit referendum. "It's important to clearly put these things on the record now, and I believe it helps voters in Germany and France to understand that some of this politics is instigated by our enemies"
“I see [Greek shipping tycoon] Nikos every f—ing day,” she said in the recording. “I’m flying with him to Paris. I’m with him for a f—ing week.… He loves me. Honey, I spent Christmas with him. New Years. OK? Gstaad. Like, everywhere.” Trump’s ambassador to Greece is, of course, comically corrupt
Anyone expecting the Trump/Putin diesel 'deal' to result in a single gallon of Russian diesel arriving in the US should consider the fact that Ukrainian drone operators report their enemy is unable to recharge drones on account of lacking diesel for their generators.
"Power outages have been reported in Ukraine overnight after Russian strikes in the east of the country, despite President Trump's announcement of what he called an energy ceasefire – something the Kremlin has yet to comment on" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... Russia-Ukraine live:
Instead of de-escalation, Iran's Mohsen Rezaei now calls the US proposal "insufficient," warning of attacks on regional data centers & cables if fighting escalates. This is a shift many overlook, while Gaza's Health Ministry reports 10 killed in the last 48 hours.
Nigel Farage calls Andy Burnham a "lair" for saying Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum in 2016. He cites Boris Johnson, a notorious compulsive liar who did his best to bury the Russia Report, as evidence that Russia did not interfere. "The Russia hoax has run all the way through this."
Russia spent years exploiting the internet to influence Western politics. Now Ukraine is physically attacking the infrastructure powering Russia's digital economy. Ukrainian drones have struck two major Yandex data centres, including a facility housing supercomputers used for AI development.
When you're not sure how to steal the next elections; Keep it in play by dragging it out This allowed Bush's election "win" from Florida in 2000 - Seize Ballots - Cause Confusion - Announce different count - Ask Supreme Court to Certify Supreme Court has 'Air Bud' status (No rule says they can't)
Just in case anyone doesn’t know, Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed’s senate candidate opponent, is extremely complicit in the OxyContin/Opioid Epidemic. He was extremely influential in ensuring its distribution through indoctrinating medical staff and others. www.dropsitenews.com/p/mike-roger...
If you need a pickmeup, Ukraine struck and destroyed a Russian data center last night, reducing Russian bot traffic by 50%, dropping online pro-AfD discussion to zero, cratering MAGA traffic, and making Elon big mad. Just in time for the mid-terms. Slava fucking Ukraini.
Very good for all Maine doomers out there to take to heart Measuring from mid-September, it took Troy Jackson only three weeks to post five polls at 50% or higher. (And with fewer polls done!) Sara Gideon only EVER hit four polls at 50% from that time. anthonyemerson.substack.com/p/maine-is-n...
Dem Senator's message to Trump officials: There should be a message across the government--we are a country of laws and not of men. And if you committed an actual federal crime, as long as the statute of limitations has not run, you should probably get a lawyer. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
President Trump announced an energy target ceasefire. President Zelenskyy said he would abide by it and issued orders accordingly. Unsurprisingly, Putin didn’t honor his commitment and his forces are actively striking energy targets in Ukraine. Russia is the problem.
Excellent reporting by Charlie Savage laying out how the Right Wing Noise Machine manufactures outrage. This is a playbook the GOP has been using for years. I wrote about it for Salon 12-years-ago, when the RWNM manufactured a false narrative about the murder... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
“'It was like arguing with a toddler every day,' the former staffer said...it felt like 'arguing with him nonstop to pretty much get out of bed in the morning and tie his shoes'" "Fetterman largely holes up in his Capitol office, lying on the couch & scrolling Apple News" share.inquirer.com/o8LLM2
"The 7th Airborne Assault Corps destroyed a workshop and storage facility for Russian drones and electronic warfare equipment in the Donetsk region, over 100 km behind enemy lines. They struck the five-story building with Fire Point FP-1 drones, destroying it and its contents."
This is true. And this is the most underreported part of Trump’s rise. Republicans who “tried” to stop him in 2016 were threatened until they retreated and stopped speaking out. Leaving the casual observers to believe they were rallying around trump instead of giving into threats of violence.
213,000+ have fled homes in #Yemen since hostilities escalated in September 60% of displaced are women and children Many sheltering in open areas where their safety is difficult to guarantee, and food remains a pressing need #Houthis #IranWar
Axios reports that, in Trump's understanding, an "energy ceasefire" means both sides stop striking oil refineries. Ukraine has JUST ONE non-operational Kremenchuk refinery, which Russia has struck a dozen times during the war, while Russia has 36. So far, there has been no ceasefire whatsoever.
For decades, Russia dominated Central Asia’s weapons market. With the Kremlin now overextended in Ukraine, the region is shopping elsewhere and Russian arms exports have fallen 64% www.rferl.org/a/russian-ar...
www.cnbc.com/2026/10/11/t... let me remind everyone that on September 11, 2001 19 men affiliated with al-qaeda which 15 of those men were from saudi Arabia caused the World trader to fall killing over 3,000 people including the plane heading to DC
Something that hasn’t gotten as much media coverage as the refinery bombings has been Ukraine’s recent targeting of Russian data centers. 3 of the largest in Russia have been struck with serious political implications for Putin’s global propaganda machine. 👍
This is the first Fox News coverage of Guilfoyle, coming this evening, and only arriving after other outlets have reported that Trump is considering firing her (indicating she is now fair game for Fox). www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Burnham started his much-needed assault on Brexit yesterday by confirming Russian interference in the vote. Now this: “In a statement to MPs, Andy Burnham will argue it is time to "face up to the reality that Brexit has done more harm than good" and "the status quo is not good enough for Britain."”
Farage has called Burnham a “liar” for saying Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. But Farage’s own argument confuses three very different things: attempted interference, actual influence activity and changing the referendum result. Let’s examine the evidence. 🧵
PURL is fully foreign funded, and goes directly to US businesses. This isn't aid, its literally a free $6.7bn subsidy to the US defence industry. This isn't a threat to aid. They're treating to cut off their own industry to protect a tiny diesel deal with russia.
Brexit has mangled up six prime ministers in a row. Will Andy Burnham be the one to finally escape the mincing machine? "Last month, Burnham told the BBC it was 'possible' a future Labour election manifesto could promise a new in-out referendum on the EU." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
