As the New York Times has noted: Trump administration lawyers have determined that an 18th-century wartime law the president has invoked to deport suspected members
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Torsten Bell displaying his true neoliberal colours
This comes from Newsnight on Tuesday night. Victoria Derbyshire, who is one of the best interviewers the BBC now has, was interviewing Torsten Bell, the
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With so much going wrong in our world, being angry is the thing to be.
Anger has a bad name. Too often, we’re now told being angry is unacceptable. That, though, is just the forces of power trying to impose
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There is no evidence to support today’s benefits cuts
As The Guardian notes in an email news alert this morning: Keir Starmer will unveil drastic cuts to disability benefits on Tuesday, despite deep opposition from
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Trump hates free speech
Trump, Vance and Musk say they’re free speech extremists – and they are. They’ve set out to remove the right to free speech from everyone
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Only in Vulgaria and the USA
As mentioned by commentator MarP on this site, this Bill has been introduced into Congress in the USA: The text is small, so let’s be
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With power comes the opportunity to be abusive, and that is the option Starmer has chosen
The Guardian reports this morning that Starmer is determined to keep up his assault on people with disabilities in the UK. Like Wes Streeting, who
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Callousness, and an age of indifference, is rampant and we will pay a high price for it
According to Politico this morning: Donald Trump said he plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “A lot of work’s been done
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First they came for the Venezuelans
As the New York Times has reported, on Saturday, a Federal judge ordered that Trump should not expel Venezuelans from the USA using an 18th-century
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