Paul Russell
@pwrussell.bsky.social
Mostly not particularly well informed comment and moral outrage. South London. “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.” — Mahatma Gandhi #PAFC
ICE and CBP are full of rapists and child predators. A new report details it in horrific detail.
The Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBP
Rape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026
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Just because Donald Trump hasn’t pulled all his clothes off and run naked round the reflecting pool or worn a tin foil hat on TV (yet) doesn’t mean he isn’t a fucking lunatic.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 13h agoTrump posts a graphic showing the Strait of Hormuz as a "New US Territory"
Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance and the War on Democracy. My interview with @democracynow.org “The Nerd Reich” is on bookstore shelves today! www.democracynow.org/2026/8/17/gi...
“The Nerd Reich”: Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy
A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows th...
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A Serco employee has been charged with misconduct in public office, over sharing the addresses of the houses of asylum seekers, with people who wanted to target those people. Serco says it is cooperating fully - but can not comment further while the case is active. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man charged with sharing asylum seeker addresses in Thetford
The 62-year-old man is remanded in custody and will appear at Norwich Crown Court on 14 September.
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This is IT! “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy” drops tomorrow (8/18) 1st week sales are crucial to success. So: Give the tech fascists hell, make “The Nerd Reich” sell! Big things coming! Be a part of this moment—please buy it wherever you get your books.
Billionaire Google Co-Founder Pumps $102m To Oppose California Wealth Tax, 5% On Assets Above $1bn. Imagine if they did the same to fight poverty. All over the world, Super-rich buy politicians, collect subsidies, lax laws, dodge taxes, cause most pollution. It is People v the Super-Rich.
Billionaire Google Co-Founder Pumps $102 Million Into Fighting California Wealth Tax | Common Dreams
"Sergey Brin would rather spend $100 million to fund a shady opposition campaign than simply pay his fair share in taxes so millions of Californians don’t lose their healthcare."
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Tesla paid Elon Musk $158.3bn, 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025. Received the median Tesla worker’s pay every 4.23 seconds. Money used to buy political favours, subvert democracy, fund far right groups. Like the rest of us, he will leave the world empty-handed.
Tesla paid Elon Musk 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025
Tech billionaire’s $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companies
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We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Far from being a “stunning victory” that will put him on course for Downing Street, Nigel Farage’s “humiliating and demeaning” performance in the Clacton by-election showed exactly why we are now heading towards the end of his political career, rather than the beginning of a massive new chapter
How Nigel Farage Gets Put In the Bin
The Clacton by-election result showed exactly how it's all going to end for the Reform UK leader
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I have nothing but contempt for the ghouls that hounded this man to his death. If there are any of them in the press pack who, in their heart of hearts, knew it was wrong, not one of them had the moral courage to stand up and be counted. Weak, compromised, broken people.
Gerry Hassan@gerryhassan.bsky.social · 4d agoThe right-wing media hounding of Jason Arday: 188 articles in the space of a few days. 158 articles in The Daily Mail, Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express & Spectator. Maybe like cigarettes the r/w media should carry a health warning: these papers can kill.
Nigel Farage suggests the police advised him against attending the result of the Clacton by-election. Essex Police completely deny this, telling the BBC "we have a proportionate and robust policing operation to ensure the safety and security of all participants in the count"
💥Brexit voters in Andy Burnham's own constituency say: we've changed our minds
THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.
“An unendurable, unending nightmare.” They did everything right, followed the rules… still ended up in Trump & Miller’s Hell. Trump’s America. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
No better day than today to fish out the old Tintin books. #tintin #prisonersofthesun #eclipse #booksky
Today is 49th consecutive day with 0 measurable rain at London Heathrow. Records began in 1948 at this site and it obliterates former record in June-July 2018 by 10 days and counting.
Tumbleweeds in a Dry Desert Landscape
ALT: Tumbleweeds in a Dry Desert Landscape
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Hypothetical case pre-heatwave but if the summer finished today summer 2026 would be 1.3C hotter than next warmest 2018 in London. I cannot convey in words how extraordinary and perhaps alarming that is averaged across 3-month period.
A quick lesson on winning and losing a war. If you start a war of choice, blow through masses of your weapons stocks so that you cannot escalate effectively, and find the country you attacked dictating negotiating terms while in a stronger strategic position. You lost.
Trump has had to drop his main claim that the BBC damaged his business, because any kind of scrutiny of his finances would, of course, be fatal for him. He now wants $10bn as compensation for damage to his ‘personal brand and standing’. 😂
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last wk.Funny how that works. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
An appalling act of cruelty affecting 100,000s of people is now being carried out in the US in plain sight. “First they came for…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections
DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin says ‘We’re going after them right now’ despite threat of violence in home country
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Hundreds rally at site were Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPS
Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal immigration office Sunday morning to show support for Haitian immigrants from Springfield who were called to report for immigration check-ins.
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NEW: The latest reporting on Arron Banks pretends he’s sprung from nowhere. I’m not the one being gaslit here. You are. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Invisible Women
We're here. You just can't see us. And that's a problem for you, not us
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More than half of accounts posting about violence in Belfast & Southampton on X were based overseas. Only 4 of the 12 most-seen posts were from the UK. X is now "“a weapon of choice” for hostile foreign actors seeking to manipulate shocking & divisive content". www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
