Perhaps Polanski might like to concede that there is actual unsafety...
Alona Ferber@aloner.bsky.social · 3mo agoTwo stabbed in knife attack in Golders Green
Dr Katie Pruszynski
@katiepruszynski.bsky.social
Political strategy and consultancy. PhD on lies in politics, democracy and polarisation. US politics obsessive. Former Westminster Aide. Consultancy services here: https://katiepruszynski.com
Alona Ferber@aloner.bsky.social · 3mo ago
*Political Insight* What worldview is shaping Trump's foreign policy? Katie Pruszynski unpacks it in the latest issue of Political Insight. @katiepruszynski.bsky.social ⬇️ Link below buff.ly/UemROuY
*Political Insight* What worldview is shaping Trump's foreign policy? Katie Pruszynski unpacks it in the latest issue of Political Insight. @katiepruszynski.bsky.social ⬇️ Link below buff.ly/UemROuY
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Well if I wasn't devastated about this enough, along comes this song to really thump me in the gut
Melissa Ryan@melissaryan.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm just gonna leave this here. RIP to one of the greats. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLZ...
A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it... Arizona, November 2020
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 6mo agoKash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have the right to break the law and incite violence."
No one watching can conclude much else than this is the Stephen Miller presidency.
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 7mo agoNo one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 7mo agoMischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
Don't let all the #Greenland / Iceland (?!) talk swamp Trump's casual dropping in of imminent prosecutions over the "rigged" 2020 election...
I am sat making notes on Trump's #Davos speech and yet somehow his irreverence has almost been eclipsed by his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent. Denmark is "irrelevant" according to fellow NATO member.
I read David Plouffe's essay about what Democrats need to do, and he has a brilliant idea: come up with an economic plan that appeals to people. No mention of the information environment, and how regular voters will hear about and believe these appealing economic policies, but that must not matter.
🔥 From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”
This- over any other possible strategy- is how Trump upends elections, or even cancels them altogether. He will create the conditions that he then will claim make it too dangerous to hold secure elections. This is the play.
The Donroe Doctrine- not just in international politics but in every aspect of his life is this: say the quiet part out loud and work to normalise it. No cover up or fake agenda needed. Say the outrageous thing loud and convince people of the reasons to be proud of it.
NPR@npr.org · 7mo agoPresidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt helped shape a policy that rationalizes U.S. intervention in Latin America and elsewhere. But Trump has brought that idea to a whole new level. n.pr/49UwohI
People, women have been screaming this at you for literal centuries. Any other women out there do the "keys between your fingers" thing? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Majority of girls and young women in UK alter behaviour to feel safe, study finds
Girlguiding survey reveals rising fears of harassment, with many avoiding public transport or changing what they wear
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of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most
Per my last post- this is also true. It's not that the law doesn't matter, it's just that it isn't a sentient being. It is enacted by, adhered to by, ignored by and undermined by people. When those people are doing all of those from with the Oval Office, it's real bad
Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social · 11mo agoI know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
This is how he'll attempt to stay in power or throw the midterms. The law is only as strong as the people who uphold it
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 11mo agoTrump has already declared nine (!) national emergencies purporting to justify hundreds of questionable actions that would typically require congressional approval or lengthy regulatory review. www.thebulwark.com/p/reining-in...
Donald Trump boasts that he ended the war between “Azerbaijan and Albania". Azerbaijan and Albania have never been at war together.
The decimation of local news in the US and here in the UK is a disaster for democracy
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11mo agoRight-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.
They are attacking the Police again, at the 'peaceful march'. Imagine if Pro Palestine supporters did this (they never do), they would all be instantly in jail.
Absolutely correct, except to say that it matters very much what the motivations were and that we document them. Because if we have to live through this information warfare, someday an accurate historical record may help our future selves learn from these moments. A quaint concept these days.
Objective data show BBC & ITV bias. Reform featured in 49 bulletins between January-July 2025 whereas Lib Dems(with 72 MPs) were in 18% of bulletins, with 35. Reform referenced in nearly 1 in 5 ITV News At Ten bulletins, but 6% for Lib Dems www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage
Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds
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‘Hyperpartisanship‘ stokes distrust and radicalisation: opponents become “enemies” and those with different worldviews become “traitors”, @katiepruszynski.bsky.social writes for @uk.theconversation.com 👇 theconversation.com/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk and the politics of rhetoric and division
Russia aggression, and the killing of a US political activist and its implications in the weekly world affairs newsletter.
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New from me on the fairly awful events of the last 24 hrs and where it goes from here. #CharlieKirk theconversation.com/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk shooting: another grim milestone in America’s long and increasingly dangerous story of political violence
Increasing polarisation and a lack of measured debate is fuelling violence in a nation awash with guns.
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