Excellent 🧵. @sturdyalex.bsky.social has summed up the issue with a lot of journalism these days. It’s a scary fact that we can no longer rely on journalists to act as a fourth estate. They have fallen victim to fence sitting & are sporting some serious splinter injuries.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 5h ago

I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...

... attempt to report any of the facts around this. The underlying assumption that asylum seekers are disproportionately dangerous criminals was simply treated as fact. With even Victoria Derbyshire asserting "these people are genuinely worried; they are not far right". But are those two things...

I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...

Trump *jokes* about withholding FEMA funding from North Carolina unless the Republican wins (which he has literally been doing)

“Are you considering a motion to vacate Speaker Johnson?” 🔥 @RepThomasMassie: “Speaker Johnson has vacated Congress. Like, I don’t need to vacate @SpeakerJohnson… we had an Epstein recess last year, we go an Epstein recess this year.“

Seems worth remembering the claim Scott Jennings actually made👇🏽🤔 Can we please all agree to not let him act like he has somehow been vindicated? Mitch can barely blink, let alone have this conversation.

🤦🏼 no wonder everything he touches goes bankrupt He literally thinks buying stuff from someone is the same as losing money, and nobody around him has corrected him

Lots of talk about the fiscal inheritance Healey and Burnham walked into. Well here’s some data.

Healey was told by Rachel Reeves there was no money. He accused Starmer and Reeves of being unwilling to fund defence. He resigned. Now he holds the purse strings. And he’s trotting out he didn’t know there was no money. No credibility. None.

He’s got a point!

JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him

Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov and Oversight Dems voted to hold billionaire Leon Black in criminal contempt of Congress. Black gave over $180 MILLION to Jeffrey Epstein, and we are determined to learn how that money aided in the sex trafficking of women and children.

abcnews.com/Health/famil...

Family of Texas pregnant woman who died sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleges denied abortion led to death

The family of a pregnant woman who died sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others on Tuesday, claiming she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life.

abcnews.com

Nicked this from a fellow poster (thanks Jonty) the residents of Piddlington are henceforth to be known as piddlers. No politician or media outlet should be doing anything but laughing at these idiotic people.

Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.

This was hidden away on Newsnight last night, but no reference to this viewpoint in the breathless coverage this morning.

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · yesterday

Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.

Kash Patel having to tell Congress that the FBI is not "into bestiality" wasn't on the 2026 bingo card, but here we are.

Samuel Alito flew flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the Jan 6 plot. Both ruled in favor of Trump's mail-in ballot sabotage. I don't think I'll ever get over this.

@thenewsagents.co.uk @therestpolitics.bsky.social @cnn.com @mrjamesob.bsky.social @vicderbyshire.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social

The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us · 2d ago

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie reads articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth. About. Damn. Time.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie reads articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth. About. Damn. Time.

Huge Blow For Reform UK As Party's Welsh Leader Quits After Police Arrest www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/huge-b...

Huge Blow For Reform UK As Party's Welsh Leader Quits After Police Arrest

Dan Thomas said he was standing down “for personal reasons”.

huffingtonpost.co.uk

"You’re trying to the create the sense that you care about women, the elderly, young girls… "Oh for f**ks sake, give me a break!" Is far-right agitator "Tommo" fighting to defend grannies, or is it all really about intimidation and making cash?

Uk government proposed bill to remove limit on Catholic or Jewish Prime Ministers advising the monarch on Church of England appointments www.gov.uk/government/n...

Government introduces Repeal Bill to remove outdated constitutional rules

The Bill will remove the historic religious restrictions which prevents a Roman Catholic or Jewish Prime Minister from carrying out the full constitutional duties of their office.

gov.uk

have you noticed how the FBI and DOJ's line about every single ICE shooting is that "the investigation is ongoing" so they can't say anything? (Or hold anyone accountable.) Reminds of how Trump's tax audit was going on for years and years.

If you think the Channel 4 undercover investigation was revealing, wait until you read what Farage’s inner circle are really saying ✏️ Jonn Elledge

21 other shocking quotes from the undercover footage of senior members of Reform

If you think the Channel 4 undercover investigation was revealing, wait until you read what Farage’s inner circle are really saying

thenewworld.co.uk

“He drew up the lists of potential justices that Donald Trump released during the 2016 campaign. He advised Trump on the nominations of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh & Amy Coney Barrett. Before that, he’d helped pick or confirm the court’s 3 other conservative justices — Thomas, Roberts & Alito

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4d ago

The Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority didn't happen overnight. This is the inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that reshaped the American judiciary and legal system. (Published Oct. 2023)

How concerned are you about UK political funding - a @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Democracy for sale survey docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey

We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...

docs.google.com

Mail-in voting is safe and secure. Donald Trump’s attempts to meddle in our elections will fail. He won’t stop the American people from making their voices heard. www.cnn.com/2026/09/14/p...

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s plan to limit mail-in voting in midterms | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to change how mail ballots are sent to voters across the country, rebuffing a proposal that election officials warned w...

cnn.com

Brexity dude loses appeal against lifetime ban from financial services industry, for his attempts to frustrate sexual harassment investigations www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Crispin Odey loses appeal against lifetime ban from UK financial services industry

Judges uphold ruling that financier tried to ‘frustrate’ investigations into harassment claims against him

theguardian.com

Count yourselves lucky @lincolnproject.us Here in the UK, thank to the Orange Idiot in 🇺🇸 Whore House we are paying $11.21 per gallon. Nearly double what you are paying. And he dreams that we’ll help him out. Idiot. Wicked. Despicable. No class. And the GOP keeps on scooping up behind him.