Coming up @lbc.co.uk from 7pm: 7pm: Prison releases...where do you draw the line? 8pm: Food shortages and price rises are looming. Do we need a strategic reserve? 9pm: Redemption...who gets a second chance, and who doesn't? Phone: 0345 6060 973 Txt: 84850 Or hit me up here.

Wherein David Ellison laughably claims that CBS News is still playing it "straight down the middle", so he can also be trusted with CNN. Former CBS News staff have more-than-adequately demonstrated the genuflecting that is actually taking place at Blackrock. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN

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Oh. Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter

A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.

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Satire, presumably?

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2d ago

A plan to renovate one of America’s most hated airports will surely be popular—but Dulles is actually fine the way it is, argues @adriennelaf.bsky.social:

I’m sitting in for @iaindale.bsky.social this week and next week on @lbc.co.uk. It starts tonight at 7pm. Call 0345 6060 973, text 84850, or you can @ me on here. I hope you’ll join me!

America, 2026. A train wreck for both parties.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Insane.

liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/467... @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social scary article. Reminds me of Stalin’s purge killing targets. 😫

The sinister new phase of Trump’s ICE agenda

Immigration agents are rounding up people from America’s streets and airports to meet the White House’s targets

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This is magnificent. (I heard about it on the BBC World Service shortly after noting down that I need a new bar of Fruit and Nut and some crisps).

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 5d ago

Treasury Secretary Bessent exposed a "to-do" list during today's Cabinet meeting at Camp David indicating he was contemplating US purchases of $5 billion to $10 billion ‌worth of Japanese yen, a Reuters photo shows. www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa...

My “American Week” for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social’s Friday night drivetime programme on @lbc.co.uk This week….Trump craters, while the Democrats tear themselves apart and Dr. Fauci takes the Fifth. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/893482...

July 31, 2026 - "American Week": Trump craters in the polls, while the Democrats tear themselves apart

Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on LBC.

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I'll be sitting in for Tom on @lbc.co.uk today between 4pm and 7pm...I hope you'll join me. Meanwhile, here's one I wrote earlier for @theipaper.com: 📰: inews.co.uk/news/world/f...

Flailing Trump is addicted to this never-ending war

The US said 'a heavy wave of strikes' has struck dozens of Iranian targets, including missile and drone facilities

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Proof that even a broken clock is spot-on twice a day. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-d...

How Trump drafted upcoming renovations for Washington Dulles, a "terrible airport"

President Trump asked for 3D models of the renovation proposals as he personally tweaked ideas to overhaul Dulles International Airport that are scheduled to be unveiled on Wednesday.

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FT reporting that Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared, wants to lead this deal…which underscores yet again that the World Cup hydration breaks and half-time show were the thin end of a Trumpian wedge to dominate the business of the game. Grift everwhere you look. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

World Cup: Uefa furious at reports Fifa plan to sell stakes in tournament

European football's governing body Uefa reacts furiously to proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.

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Via @politico.com. There is no salvaging the place.

Happy Monday! Have you heard my most recently published episodes? #65: Interview with @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social about his career: bit.ly/4vq9bvt #66: Discussion about my anxiety: bit.ly/4yA5eqH Give them a listen if you haven’t already ☺️🎧 #podcast #journalism #anxiety #mentalhealthawareness

The BBC wins another round against Trump. The judge in the case gives Trump ten days to engage in the "substantial production of documents" to support his claim that Panorama cost him and his businesses significant financial losses. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040...

Order on Motion to Compel Production of Documents – #104 in Trump v. British Broadcasting Corporation (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-25894) – CourtListener.com

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 103 Motion to Compel Production of Documents to Non-Party, The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Signed by Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett on 7/27/2026. Se...

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Belatedly, a major crisis is developing over the leadership of the Democratic National Committee, now facing a major cash flow crisis 100 days before the midterms. It's like realising your presidential candidate has to go, way-too-late in the 2024 race. rufusgifford1.substack.com/p/the-democr...

The Democratic National Committee is Worth Saving

For the last year I have been banging my head against the wall.

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ICYMI, “Paris prosecutors opened an investigation [of Elon Musk’s X] on Jan 12, 2025 after receiving two complaints…over allegedly biased algorithms.” Investigators have ⁠”expanded the probe to include charges of complicity in possession & distribution of child-pornography images..” 4/20/26 … 1/

Why are French prosecutors investigating Elon Musk's X?

Elon Musk's summons for questioning by prosecutors in Paris is linked to a widened investigation into alleged offences linked to X's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, abuse of algorithms and fraud...

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My dispatch for @theipaper.com on Boeing's efforts to make a comeback in commercial aviation. 📰: inews.co.uk/news/world/b...

Boeing's new mess of 'baked bean can' planes won't help its recovery

The CEO of Emirates, one of the world’s biggest airlines, says he won't take delivery of ten Boeing planes

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I’m a huge fan of Nathan, who has already fulfilled a key plank of the @countbinface.bsky.social manifesto. nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...

Nathan Dane@nmsni.co.uk · 2w ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDL1...

1000% correct. Compromising themselves every year, every President.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Every “journalist” at this dinner should hang their heads in shame.

My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's Friday drivetime programme on @lbc.co.uk This week: -Trump launches new tariffs to replace tariffs SCOTUS outlawed - Trump flirts with possible war crimes in Iran - $13 bn of US oil revenues from Venezuela disappear audioboom.com/posts/893224...

July 24, 2026 - "American Week": Trump welcomes Burnham to No. 10 with new tariffs

Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday night drivetime programme on LBC.  This week:

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Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...

Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum

President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”

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What a time to be alive.

When a president’s thoughts are for sale Trump is openly monetising privileged access to his musings "Whenever the dust settles on Donald Trump’s era, my hunch is we will discover that he made a lot more money than is now supposed."

When a president’s thoughts are for sale

Trump is openly monetising privileged access to his musings

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Should you be heading to Edinburgh for the fringe…grab whatever tickets are left. Saw it previewed tonight in London. Adam Riches, as always at his best. www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Wheelchair Access, Wheelchair Accessible Toilets

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'Whenever the dust settles on Donald Trump’s era, my hunch is we will discover that he made a lot more money than is now supposed,' The FT's Edward Luce writes. ft.trib.al/MnmZmpS