Simon Marks
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social
President & Chief Correspondent, Feature Story News (www.featurestory.com) All links: http://linktr.ee/SimonMarksFSN Podcast: 📻: plinkhq.com/i/1111788303 American Week on LBC: https://shorturl.at/Iw9Nn The iPaper: https://inews.co.uk/author/simon-marks
so odd to watch trump, right out in the open, make clear (again) his intention to steal an election. Doesn't mean he'll succeed, but the intent alone is clearly an impeachable offense. Are any elected officials saying this? It's not a quixotic task, but a necessary one to make clear this is wrong.
There is no evidence suggesting a single word of this is true. It appears to be pure invention.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTrump on 9/11: "I just thank my people. I was building a big building in New York & I took the whole crew down there right after this happened & they had no hesitation. Everybody went down with me... we thought it was coming down on top of us... two fireman lifted me up and started running with me"
From the team that sanctioned the AP for refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico by Trump’s invented name…. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms
US embassy says Downing Street’s plan to give BBC, ITV and other established media more online visibility carries risk of ‘censorship’
theguardian.com
Election-related cases now stacking up at the door of the U.S. Supreme Court. Bumpy ride ahead all the way to midterm election day, November 3rd, and beyond. fox4kc.com/news/missour...
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway takes congressional map case to U.S. Supreme Court
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced that she has submitted an appeal in Missouri Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to overturn the state’s congressional redistricting m…
fox4kc.com
Well... I braced myself before watching I had a feeling it wasn't going to be good news - and you didn't disappoint! But that makes it all the more important to hear Thanks for the latest American Week - undoubtedly one of the most important 10 minutes slots on radio 👍
My latest for @theipaper.com is hopefully a good starting place if you're beginning to get interested in America's midterms. Much more coverage from me all the way through until Election Day (November 3rd) in both @theipaper.com and on @lbc.co.uk. 📰: inews.co.uk/news/us-midt...
The charts that show the immensity of Trump's looming election disaster
If the latest midterm polls are anything to go by, the Republican Party may lose its grip on the House and Senate come 3 November
inews.co.uk
Pre-empted yesterday afternoon by breaking news during Drive, my "American Week" for @lbc.co.uk via @clivebull.bsky.social's Friday night / Saturday morning programme. This week: Trump's U.S. Postal Service plan to rig the midterms. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/894921...
September 4, 2026 - "American Week": Trump's cunning Post Office plan to rig the midterm elections
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for LBC. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on-demand afterwards.
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“The scope of the investigation is without parallel. Mass polygraph tests have never been administered to the top ranks of the U.S. military in modern history.” In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.
nytimes.com
no mention of Maria Bartiromo on her old Fox Business show this morning. She's been removed like Trotsky from those old Stalin photos.
Some thoughts on what Andy should tell Donald when they first meet. For @theipaper.com. inews.co.uk/opinion/in-t...
In the US, it's clear Burnham has got Trump all wrong
Simon Marks: The PM should give Trump no reason to misunderstand the scale of the damage that he is now doing to every single one of us
inews.co.uk
Just a reminder: the US wasn't there for us when Margaret Thatcher went to war over the Falklands. So the notion that Trump isn't going to be there for us if we had to do it again doesn't really add up to a row of beans. I'm more interested in whether he's going to be there for us if Putin attacks.
"Carney's approval in Canada surged to 60 percent last week, after he rejected Trump’s 'counteroffers.' Those are the kind of eye-popping levels of support that a self-deluding Trump boasts about, when in fact he suffers from his lowest approval ratings to date."
How Trump tanked Canadian conservatives
ETTD, international edition.
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Hi Simon, love your reporting! Here’s something that might interest you and indicate public sentiment: “MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming” techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/m...
MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump's 'Lake America' renaming | TechCrunch
The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days.
techcrunch.com
Apple Maps tonight, as Trump announced over Truth Social.
My upate on more Trump efforts to upend the midterms, with @mrjamesob.bsky.social today on @lbc.co.uk youtu.be/koIbXkBMKUY?...
How Trump officials could ‘derail’ midterms | James O’Brien and Simon Marks
YouTube video by LBC
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Election #JiggeryPokery now moving into higher gear… Trump Administration Launches Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
Trump Administration Launches Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Fraud Before Midterms
Voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.
nytimes.com
The Kennedy Center began removing “Blue,” a sculpture on its grounds, on Wednesday morning with no prior announcement.
Kennedy Center Abruptly Begins Removing ‘Blue’ Sculpture
The Kennedy Center began removing “Blue,” a sculpture on its grounds, on Wednesday morning with no prior announcement.
forbes.com
NEW: Top USPS officials expressed concerns that new mail voting rules could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
propublica.org
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
tampabay.com
America, 2026. Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
nytimes.com
