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. 🧵
At a rally in Tennessee Saturday, President Donald Trump suggested renaming an ocean and also told the crowd: “I could say the stupidest things, and you’d clap.” Council on Foreign Relations President emeritus Richard Haass tells Morning Joe that Trump’s rallies have "a revival tent feeling.”
Founded in 1964, the PLO was established before the 1967 Six-Day War (when Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip). Its creation was heavily influenced by Arab nationalist movements and the desire to represent Palestinian national aspirations following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
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.
Political violence has no place in America. The proliferation of firearms in Trump’s “guns everywhere” America makes it even more terrifying . When threats drive people out of office, our democracy is in trouble. It’s a threat to every American’s right to be represented without fear/intimidation.
"After Odeh’s killing, the three FBI suspects fled to Israel and eventually moved to an illegal Israeli settlement built on stolen Palestinian land."
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...
Benjamin Netanyahu, comforting disappointed Donnie, also had a few choice insults to hurl at the Nobel Prize Committee, the ICC, and, specifically, Navi Pillay. He accused her of committing a "blood libel" against the "one and only Jewish State." A Jewish State is fine, but a Genocidal State is not.
Darline Graham says she’s representing “the people in Washington” and refuses another debate. I’m sorry, are South Carolina voters inconveniencing you? We get to ask questions before handing you a Senate term. You don’t get to skip that part.
EU Foreign Ministers just adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex. This is the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war. Europe is again showing a united front.
It feels like this whole midterm elections cycle is a game of Mad Libs. What do you mean Florida Republicans allegedly stole millions of health insurance money from poor children to bankroll a campaign that blocked a marijuana legalization referendum www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
Rogers 2.0 stands by Trump, and until about 5 minutes ago he stood by Trump’s tariffs too—rationalizing them as “necessary” bc “the Canadians have not been good partners.” His flip-flop drew instant attention from local outlets, including the Freep & Detroit News. www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
I remember being in London, a few years ago, at a "drinks do" surrounded by journalists and the "well connected". I said to one now-high profile journalist, I thought Brexit was a Russian intelligence coup using social media against us. They made excuses and got away from me like I was a lunatic.
This nonsense was promptly dismissed years ago and Trump and his lawyer (remember Alina Habba?) were sanctioned for bringing this frivolous 'Russia Russia' suit. Yet another petty grudge.
The AfD’s strength in eastern Germany is only partly linked to the region’s dire economy; at a deeper level, the party offers a framework for identity.
Andy Burnham has said very little at all about Russian interference in the Brexit vote and he certainly hasn't suggested it was in any way decisive. He hasn't even said which way Russia tried to push it. All he's said is there's evidence it happened. It's interesting how Brexit types are responding.
Finally, a UK Prime Minister recognises the role Russia has been playing in UK politics and beyond. The key question though is how to push back against it - the answer I think is dealing with bot accounts on social media but also putting pressure on Facebook and Musk's X platform.
full house in Biddeford to see Sen. Bernie Sanders and Troy Jackson. walked away more impressed w/ Troy after seeing his speech on his values, motivations, & what he's fighting for. Also inspiring to see Sen Sanders thundering away at the current state of inequities & calling the crowd to action.
Andy Burnham, "Brexit has done more harm than good to UK growth, and to other things as well" "One of the big lies of the 2016 campaign was that we would 'take back control' and it would be much easier - the reality is you need collaboration to take control of immigration"
Let's not forget Nathan Gill @mrjamesob.bsky.social Gill accepted an estimated £40,000 in cash bribes between December 2018 and July 2019. Gill delivered scripted pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament, tabled specific motions, and gave interviews to pro-Russian media outlets #LBC
Not widely reported but Christopher 'Nutty' Chope is trying to push a private members' bill (PMB) to privatise the BBC through the Commons. As a side note, Chope is often one of the most vocal MPs to object against PMBs. 2nd reading this week. publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
The synthesis take is that yes the Russians absoutley intervened in Brexit and tried to play it to their advantage, as they do every election but that they didn't really need to try *too hard* because of decades of anti-immigrant bilge, misinfo about the EU and the rise of English nationalism
Unless Trump is ready to punish harshly and swiftly Russian violations of the ceasefires he's proposing, there's simply no way for them to work. Ukraine is not just going to sit there and take it because someone who is sending no help to Ukraine said so.
Darlene Graham lost the debate more than Annie Andrews won. Andrews did fine, but Graham did this aggrieved “how dare you” act every time things got negative. I can’t imagine self-righteousness was appealing to anyone. I half expected her to challenge Andrews to a duel.
Finally a #Republican willing to stand up against #Trump! #Rep.BrianFitzpatrick (R-Pa.), co-chair of the #CongressionalUkraineCaucus, vowed yesterday to force a House vote to block #Russian oil purchases, challenging the diesel deal. www.axios.com/2026/10/10/t...
The Tories are accusing Burnham of being divisive by revealing Russian interference in the Brexit referendum. You bet it is! It divides politicians into those who've been lying and covering up for a decade, and those willing to face the truth. He should take it as a compliment.
This is a point that @jamellebouie.net has made, but if Dems win a majority in congress, it will be because voters are angry at the current administration and want them held accountable. Bowing to calls to “turn down the heat” will be a betrayal of the reason voters elected them.
This statement from Burnham contradicts the Parliamentary Intel & Sec Cttee Report which found no evidence that Russian interference had affected the Brexit referendum although the Con govt at the time had not authorised an investigation into the Brexit Ref. The PM needs to show us the proof.
It's interesting watching people who seriously extoll the "dead internet theory" express immediate skepticism that an enormous amount of online extremist activity is coming from bots in a Russian data centre. You know, Russia, the country that admits to systemically trying to start shit globally
It appears not only pro-AfD and pro-MAGA intrennet posting was decimated when Ukraine hit Russia's Yandex yesterday. But that even Trump himself failed in posting on his 'Truth Social' because also the social media machine of the President of the United States relies on FSB-run Russian services?
It should be routine thinking to consider digital infrastructure as critical. Yet, the ramifications of this idea are very deep. We don’t understand how vulnerable we are to a handful of companies, services and physical assets. Also, always, Slava Ukraini!
The demand to prosecute federal agents is problematic because it advocates a carceral approach to address a carceral problem. The other demands, however, are justified and constructive. Publicly pressuring one's elected allies to use governing power to try to stop police collusion with ICE is good.
Trump's Columbus Day Proclamation contains no mention of the suffering and death Columbus unleashed upon the indigenous peoples of the Americas. On the blog, I argue that, in light of his prior statements and the proclamation itself, Trump lionizes Columbus because, not in spite, of his atrocities.👇
Blowing up Russian data centers works for Ukraine in two ways. It reduces Russia's ability to coordinate complex attacks or defenses. It silences online political voices in the West that support Russia in the war, most of which come from Russian data centers.
“The Trump administration says it is tightening enforcement because the process was being exploited to facilitate illegal drug shipments and evade tariffs, which hurt domestic businesses.”
Darline Graham (Lindsey’s sister and Trump cand for Senate) refused another debate w @drannieandrews.com Her excuse: “in DC working for the ppl, and that’s more important.” Her problem: THE SENATE IS IN RECESS. She looked into the camera and INSULTED the ppl of South Carolina, Disqualifying
My pledge is that Sliding On Ice will not be in a Russian data center, and will continue to run on an Intel i386DX computer housed in a computer lab in Rocky Mount, NC If you’re wondering how it loads so quickly despite that, someone pressed the “Turbo” button before booting the computer up
Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Zelenskyy discussed Ukrainian strikes and addressed the elimination of social media bots spreading propaganda—specifically far-right rhetoric and hate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Haynes said his campaign listening sessions strengthened his resolve to get big money out of politics. “Right now we are calling ourselves a democracy but we are tilting toward fascism fueled with oligarchic tendencies.”
South Africa would never have allowed it, for political reasons, but it Denel Dynamics’ Umbani kit (of which the Al-Tariq is a derivative) could have been both an excellent low-cost option for Ukraine to produce under licence while giving Denel a much-needed shot in the arm.
UKRAINIAN ATTACK ON RUSSIAN DATA CENTRE HAS DRAMATIC EFFECT With two Yandex data centres now hit, the resulting decrease of 49% in Russian bots that appear to support the Republican party agenda has been noted by many. Some less brilliant Republicans in all reality are saying Ukraine is now
Tories briefing that they're now trying to appeal to well to do types in southern seats who've defected to the Lib Dems is all well and good but it won't amount to much if they're continually goaded by Burnham into angrily defending the sanctity of the Brexit vote.
There's no small amount of slopulism in left-of-US-center politics (huge tax cuts, housing subsidies + rent control with insufficient measures to boost supply), but there's a good case to be made that currently the most threatening slopulism comes from www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUff...
Would be interesting to see what was the ratio for the HRC 2016 to Trump 2020 Latino switch, I expect a higher percentage of vote switchers but idek But the amount of HRC->Trump 20 Latinos Dems could claw back could determine the magnitude of the wave esp in South
Why does everything have to be so binary? Burnham seems to be in good faith building a case for reversing the (worst) results of the referendum and will undoubtedly be challenged that doing so is killing a sacred cow when in fact it is not.
I'd been wondering for some years, how much soc med - especially political soc med - activity was bots, and with that data center in Russia going down, the answer was almost as much as I expected. And maybe as much as I expected, we just need more data centers to go down.
Blaming the 2016 Referendum result on Putin is a distraction. Yes they tried to interfere - but there is no evidence it was significant compared to decades of biased traditional media, and the early impact of social media.
Reading posts on Threads, and folks seem to be noticing a massive drop in engagement farming, ragebait, and other data farming posts on their feeds, which they are attributing to the Russian data center bombing
I dislike all these attempts to define Trump as anything but fascism. Fascism is, by its nature, also a kakistocracy. Also a kleptocracy, authoritarianism, a dictatorship, etc. I go back to Mussolini's Doctrine of Facism as a reference on this. All these things are in service to the Great Leader.
In a new story, the WSJ reports that Guilfoyle told people she had flown to Davos on a private jet with Alexandros Exarchou, CEO of Greek construction company Aktor Group + that she was planning to fly to Paris on another jet with shipping tycoon Nikolas Tsakos, to attend his wife’s fashion show.
