There's PLENTIFUL evidence that Russia interfered in the EU referendum. Most sensible people on both sides accept that as a fact. If Farage can counter this obvious truth then he should present his case to us all rather than grandstanding and lazily calling Burnham a "liar".
Data centers are targets for infrastructure attacks. Russia targets those in Ukraine, and Ukraine responds in kind, harder. www.theregister.com/off-prem/202...
Ukraine strikes Russia’s data centres: will this reduce Kremlin’s online election meddling?
Rarely has a President sold out so much for so little gain. Excellent explainer from David Frum on how little price relief this will provide. It’s remarkable how willing Trump is to openly sell out our national interest in exchange for Ukrainian blood. So both foolish—and a stain on our nation.
That assumes Hegseth would clap his hand to his mouth in horror at the realisation he was degrading humanity. But isn't he a portrait of voluntary degradation, trying to force everyone else to join him down there in his moral gutter? www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Nancy Pelosi had Trump's number all along, David... ..."And for people trying to understand the Trump presidency, the deal is further proof of the accusation that Nancy Pelosi flung in Trump’s face in 2019: “With you, all roads lead to Putin.”"
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker on Monday urged Europe to increase its defence production, warning that US defence industrial capacity is limited. www.rapporteur.com/news/us-warn...
Israeli strikes on Gaza hit a crowded residential block in Deir el-Balah, destroying homes and forcing families to sleep in the open one year after a US-brokered ceasefire, as attacks and displacement deepen the territory’s housing crisis. x.com/AJEnglish/st...
Trump is not going to fire Kimberly Guilfoyle. He gave her that job as a consultation prize after Don Jr dumped in exchange that she would not tell family secrets. She still knows where the bodies are buried and if he fires her, she will start digging them up. Don Jr, you scared?
As critical as the midterms are, do not forget ‘28. There is not a single member of the GOP who would ever stand up to Putin, Rubio & Vance most especially. Remember the entourage of Republicans who visited Putin over the 4th of July during Trump 1.0?
Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, announced Russia rejected a proposed 60-day ceasefire with Ukraine. The Russians reject all ceasefires and all real peace talks. Russians will never stop waging a genocidal war on Ukraine because they are confident Trump is their slave.
One of the biggest problems people have dealing with Trump’s bizarre political decisions is the inherent assumption that there’s some smart plan or long term goal behind it, or even that it somehow is going to benefit America or the western world. It’s not.
This is such disingenuous bullshit. There’s no doubt that for all businesses #Brexit makes life harder, even if they aren't exporters, because the goods they are buying are more expensive thanks to additional import fees plus travel to/from the EU is now more difficult due to red tape, eg musicians
Fox News is reporting this is a criminal investigation into the immigration paperwork filled out by Ilhan Omar’s late father when she was a child 40 years ago. I actually think this is so nakedly outrageous it will blow back on them. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
the only pro ads I'm seeing online about one of the two GOP candidates running locally (lol yes please split the ticket in 2026, The Year of What The Fuck, GOP) are "I'm a lifelong Democrat but I'm voting for this asshole" 1. I don't believe that's true 2. One of these people is an ex police chief
Playing midterm strategy 3D chess: "According to US intelligence, Russia is providing real-time tracking data to Iran, which helps them strike US targets in the Middle East. So the lifting of these Russian oil sanctions—Trump is helping an important ally of Iran's." www.npr.org/2026/10/11/n...
"Why isn't the US making a deal with Ukraine on diesel supplies? We influence whether these ships move. We determine whether refineries operate"- Zelensky "Everyone is talking about diesel, but no one is talking about grain, in 2-3 months there will be a crisis"
If three Russian data centres housed/enabled enough bots to support half the traffic of 3 social media sites, you start to understand the race to build more data centers.
The point about Russian attempts to influence the Brexit referendum is that everybody knows which side they were promoting. It doesn't matter whether or to what extent the interference was effective. The association alone is terrible for the Brexit brand, which is why Farage is losing it.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time.” This is a quote attributed to Alexander Yakovenko, former Russian ambassador to the UK. As reported by Luke Harding in his book 'Shadow State'. Note the use of 'we'.
The number of “Poles” online who hate Ukrainians and “Ukrainians” who hate Poles has suddenly dropped This happened after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck Yandex data centers Additionally, online support for Germany’s right-wing AfD party and Trump’s MAGA movement in the US reportedly fell by 56%
always get blow back on this but i strongly suspect unless a hell of lot more democrats grow a spine and start talking policies people will support they are going to find "Vote Democrat we're not trump" will not be enough to turn out the vote they need to win big.
"Burnham is a liar for saying Russian influenced the Brexit result. That vast sums wasted, expensive holidays, vast increase in xenophobia, hundreds of billions of investment that didn't happen, passport queues ridiculously lengthened, masked mobs on the streets. *I* did all that. That was me."
Indiana Democrats hope Beau Bayh leads them from political wilderness. Former governor’s son seeks secretary of state’s office as Republicans have won all statewide races since 2014.
Trump filed for bankruptcy 6 times. Yet 77 million Americans with scurvy and severe mental disorders voted for him because he's a 'businessman!' George Bush changed the law on everyday citizens ability to file and called it, "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention". Why didn't it apply to the wealthy?
In 1788 James Madison defended the newly drafted Constitution, warning fulfillment would depend on the quality of people and the document’s written principles. “To suppose any form of Government will secure liberty or happiness without virtue in the people,” he said, “is imaginative.” VOTE!
Zelensky speaking remotely to the Warsaw Security Forum today - no movement on the Ukrainian position that any energy ceasefire must be mutual
Turns out that a huge fraction of MAGA twitter is Russian bots. If you are MAGA, you're a victim of Russian psyops. youtu.be/O4V_gIdIZUU?...
Russia invades Ukraine, bombs hospitals, kidnaps children, double taps emergency services, uses torture chambers, the Bucha massacre, almost creates another Chernobyl Elon Musk : "Zelenskyy has gone too far"
German 'lawfare': When lawsuits become a political weapon www.dw.com/en/german-la... They should look to Trump, if you want to see lawsuits as a political weapon. One of his favorites!
>>specifically named Herzog, Netanyahu, and Gallant. Pillay used their own words, that they said on camera, to the world, over and over again, as evidence against them. I can’t believe she swallowed Hamas propaganda like that. She said inaction by the international community amounts to complicity<<
With Ukraine destroying Russian data centres recently, Russian spam and US political interference is down 49%. Could Ukraine put it over the top for dems now that repugnican political "advertising" is down?
This election could get interesting. I hope candidates spend less time arguing with each other and more time talking about what people are actually struggling with. Groceries, healthcare, housing. You know, real life.
So to the binary question I like to ask Leave voters - "Which were you - xenophobic piece of shit or just fucking stupid?" can now be added "Or were you just a shill for Putin and Russian fascism?"
Trump’s disastrous, illegal war in Iran sent fuel prices soaring. Now, in delusional desperation, he is blaming Zelensky for the consequences. Lifting sanctions on Russian diesel rewards Putin and sells out Ukraine to clean up the mess HE and Hegseth created in the Middle East.
antikor.ua/en/articles/... Think he is referring to then Dnipro river. This would be catastrophic. Intention to make UA uninhabitable. No water and electricity, tough times for industry. Even with generators in place. Another huge wave of refugees. Means diverting EU nations 2/
If you haven't yet heard, Ukraine hit three Russian data centres, bot activity on Facebook, Xitter & Instagram has dramatically dropped & the Muskrat is having a meltdown. I hope this has a positive effect on the Alberta reforendum. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
The fascist press will be insisting on either Burnham resigning or calling a general election. They won't sit idly by while he criticises them or their tame politicians for the damage they've caused with their Brexit. Sources invented in their newsrooms will be claiming an imminent coup in Labour.
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
it was never much of a secret that Russia tried to influence elections. It was those on the losing side of a couple in 2016 that then turned that into the *explanation* for their results
"A No 10 source said: “Andy understands why some politicians don’t want to face up to the reality that Brexit has not delivered what they once promised. But it is time for a different conversation about what our long-term relationship should be." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zelensky offers to halt refinery strikes if Russia stops attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would halt its strikes on oil refineries inside Russia if Moscow stops attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Zelensky sta...
The House, the Senate, basically the entire Republican Party, need to explain how the “Better dead than red” crowd is standing with Trump as he buys Russian diesel. This sale is funding a war machine killing Ukrainians and probably Americans by proxy. Flip these seats in the midterms America.
It's pretty hilarious that two of Texas' new gerrymandered districts may go Democratic because Republicans gerrymandered on the assumption that Hispanics were trending to the right, and that trend was going to continue. And that has turned out to be ... false.
Farage forced back onto what is now - funnily enough - his least favourite subject, Brexit: “The Prime Minister is a liar." Refers to an alleged “Russia hoax" and claims that while Brexit has caused "mild inconveniences" growth in UK is "damn sight better" than France, Germany, Italy.
Update: We are now ~3 weeks out from the U.S federal midterm elections, which is Nov. 3. This election will effect all of us everywhere for the next two years of our lives. Trump can be controlled if the Democrats gain majorities in the House and Senate.
Working Colorado families are paying for this war at the pump. The answer isn't a deal with Putin, it's ending the war.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Iran has a right to defend itself from an unprovoked attack by Israel and the US, aided by the UK, in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. Iran has not invaded any country. Western governments have, and sowed havoc, with absolute impunity.
When Trump was in his 1st term he signed an executive order to allow people with adjudicated Mental health issues to get Gun Licenses. They want this.
Andy Burnham has done something genuinely significant. He has reopened a political argument that successive governments tried to bury.
