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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

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Well this is grim

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Study for a Portrait, by Francis Bacon, 1952, 📸 via @MenInBlazers

Same energy

The vengeance of the British people on Emma Radacanu will be terrible to behold. You saw what happened to Liz Truss and all she did was to kill the Queen. www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...

Andy Murray's Wimbledon career over after Emma Raducanu pulls out of mixed doubleswww.bbc.com Andy Murray's Wimbledon career is over after Emma Raducanu pulls out of their planned appearance in the mixed doubles.

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Listen, if the Biden campaign wanted to quell concerns about his age, they would have put him out there, like in the post-debate pressroom, a rally, an event at the Stonewall monument, a national address, a medal of honor ceremony, a meeting with governors, another rally, and televised interview.

"Nuke Islington North" www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

‘Letters of last resort’: deciding response to a nuclear attack among first of Starmer’s taskswww.theguardian.com The handwritten instructions new PMs write for Trident submarine commanders contain instructions for what to do if Britain’s leaders are killed

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Quite pleased with the idea that there’s the Cabinet, The Shadow Cabinet, and the Trophy Cabinet, which now contains Schapps, Mordaunt, Rees-Mogg, and Truss.

Another one for the Trophy Cabinet. The head of Rees-Mogg.

Very excited to be younger than the Prime Minister again

Clive Myrie and Laura Kuensberg still going 👏👏👏

Truss

Galloway out Rees-Mogg out FPTP is Good, Actually

Decent, gracious speeches from Sunak and Hunt. That's how you behave when you lose an election, America.

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The best thing about British democracy is when the actual head of government has to stand in a leisure centre at 5 am beside a guy with a bin on his head to find out if he still has a job.

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this week on the Guardian’s always riveting Dining Across the Divide feature, a stark clash of political philosophies

Extraordinary article. Apparently Chinese students in the US are paying fees of tens of $k in cash, via laundering of Fentanyl proceeds. Why the hell are universities not subject to AML rules ?! www.ft.com/content/419d...

A Beautiful Chinese Launderettewww.ft.com Plotting the Fentanyl money flows

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"I know it's booked for tomorrow, but we had today free and thought you might want to make a start"

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Less than 5 years ago

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Happy Independence Day to my US friends everywhere. Congratulations on escaping the tyranny of a ruler with untrammelled powers and immunity from the law.

Vote early, vote often, as they say in Tower Hamlets

Fantastic #Paris2024 trailer from the BBC youtu.be/xTNLRgU1y6E?...

Paris 2024 Olympic Games | Official Trailer - BBCyoutu.be Paris has never seen a love like this. The Olympic Games, across the BBC from 26th July. Watch the Summer of Sport and Music on #iPlayer #Paris2024 #Olympics Subscribe and 🔔 to the BBC 👉 https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSub Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Higher. Faster. Stronger. Together. The city of love welcomes the Paris 2024 Games. While you wait, enjoy some classic Olympic moments. Prepare to be swept off your feet this summer with live coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games across the BBC, as the world’s biggest sporting event takes centre stage in the city of love. From 26 July – 11 August the BBC is bringing people together so they can fall head over heels watching, listening to and reading about the biggest moments at Paris 2024 as they happen, across comprehensive, free-to-air, multiplatform coverage. All our TV channels and S4C are available to watch live through BBC iPlayer, although some programmes may not be available to stream online due to rights. If you would like to read more on what types of programmes are available to watch live, check the 'Are all programmes that are broadcast available on BBC iPlayer?' FAQ 👉 https://bbc.in/2m8ks6v.

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🔔🔔🔔 the "chief strategist fired for being too bearish" stage of the cycle 🔔🔔🔔

* BIDEN TOLD ALLY HE IS WEIGHING WHETHER TO CONTINUE RUNNING: NYT

Definitely some voters switching back from Reform to Conservative since Farage publicly shat himself