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Nick Cohen retweeted
So @elon has cut off Starlink/Starshield again. It seems like no coincidence that Witkoff and Slenderman are in Moscow, bearing gifts to their Russian master.
January is going to be lit.
January is going to be lit.
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Nick Cohen retweeted
"Huang's Chinese affair could go down as the most expensive shag in history. Nvidia is worth perhaps $500bn less than it was at the end of last week, which ranks this among the most costly corporate crises of all time." economist.com/business/2026/…
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Nick Cohen retweeted
JUST IN: A Trump judicial nominee was asked point blank: is Trump eligible to run for a third term?
Their answer: “I would have to review the actual wording…”
Sen. Chris Coons then asked every nominee in the room to confirm the Constitution bars a third term.
Silence.
Every sed to say it.
Trump is appointing judges who won’t affirm the 22nd Amendment to his face.
Never stop connecting the dots.
Their answer: “I would have to review the actual wording…”
Sen. Chris Coons then asked every nominee in the room to confirm the Constitution bars a third term.
Silence.
Every sed to say it.
Trump is appointing judges who won’t affirm the 22nd Amendment to his face.
Never stop connecting the dots.
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RT @b_judah: The pinched nervousness in his face and obsequiousness in his words is because he is running out of time to cash in as Trump’s…
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Nick Cohen retweeted
Daniel Hannan (2016), "Outside the EU our food bills will be lower, our fuel bills will be cheaper, our taxes will be lower"
He then makes the case for more migrants from outside the European Union including from the Commonwealth.
Of course our food bills, our fuel bills and higher now, the opposite of what was promised.
And Brexiters upset at more migrants from outside the EU when that's what Brexiter politicians promised 🤷♂️
He then makes the case for more migrants from outside the European Union including from the Commonwealth.
Of course our food bills, our fuel bills and higher now, the opposite of what was promised.
And Brexiters upset at more migrants from outside the EU when that's what Brexiter politicians promised 🤷♂️
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Nick Cohen retweeted
Multiple Ukrainian military sources have confirmed to the Kyiv Independent they are experiencing more unexplained "malfunctions" with StarShield.
It appears someone at SpaceX or the Pentagon is again deliberately sabotaging Ukraine's military communications.
It appears someone at SpaceX or the Pentagon is again deliberately sabotaging Ukraine's military communications.
I spoke to a unit on Monday who told me the same thing about the 160 km/h limit for Star Shield, in particular, in occupied areas. This is affecting their middle strike drones, making them easier to intercept.
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Nick Cohen retweeted
The ballroom at Buckingham Palace is 7,500 sq ft. The Kremlin's is 13,000 sq ft. The one at the Palace of Versailles is 13,500 sq ft. The Ottoman sultans' ballroom at the Dolmabahçe Palace is 21,500 sq ft. Trump's ballroom is 22,000 sq ft. So in other words, Trump's is bigger than that of all of Europe's kings, tsars, and sultans.
I hope everyone takes a good hard look at this picture.
Trump’s under-construction ballroom is now bigger than the rest of the White House. Much bigger.
The contrast says everything you need to know about this President and his priorities.
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Nick Cohen retweeted
Seems that the Trump administration is still trying to deprive Ukraine of Starshield at this crucial time. The US is still going all out to help Putin. The new Congress and the investigations into this, cannot come soon enough.
Received briefings from Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi. Unfortunately, our units have been recording significant disruptions to Starshield’s operations over the territory of Ukraine for several days now – along the entire front line and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour). The Ukrainian military have already investigated the circumstances, and these are not random errors but systematic speed restrictions. For us, this primarily means a significant complication in intercepting Russian jet-powered drones. Unfortunately, there have already been strikes that got through because our interception systems cannot reach sufficient speeds and are unable to intercept in time. Unfortunately, this is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side.
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Nick Cohen retweeted
The speed restrictions on Ukrainian satellite connections are back 👇🏻
Received briefings from Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi. Unfortunately, our units have been recording significant disruptions to Starshield’s operations over the territory of Ukraine for several days now – along the entire front line and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour). The Ukrainian military have already investigated the circumstances, and these are not random errors but systematic speed restrictions. For us, this primarily means a significant complication in intercepting Russian jet-powered drones. Unfortunately, there have already been strikes that got through because our interception systems cannot reach sufficient speeds and are unable to intercept in time. Unfortunately, this is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side.
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Nick Cohen retweeted
Anne Applebaum:
„Steve Witkoff nie ma żadnego doświadczenia z Rosją ani dyplomacją. Obawiam się, że wyobraża sobie pakt USA-Rosja, w którym on, jego syn, rodzina Trumpa lub ich krąg odnoszą osobiste korzyści.
To niepokojące, że amerykańska polityka zagraniczna jest prowadzona szników czy pokoju na świecie, lecz dla prywatnych interesów.
Putin wie, że Trump jest podatny na takie umowy... dlatego ciągle je proponuje.
Witkoff i otoczenie Trumpa zachowują się jak Rosjanie: przejmują państwo i wykorzystują je do osobistego wzbogacenia.”...
„Steve Witkoff nie ma żadnego doświadczenia z Rosją ani dyplomacją. Obawiam się, że wyobraża sobie pakt USA-Rosja, w którym on, jego syn, rodzina Trumpa lub ich krąg odnoszą osobiste korzyści.
To niepokojące, że amerykańska polityka zagraniczna jest prowadzona szników czy pokoju na świecie, lecz dla prywatnych interesów.
Putin wie, że Trump jest podatny na takie umowy... dlatego ciągle je proponuje.
Witkoff i otoczenie Trumpa zachowują się jak Rosjanie: przejmują państwo i wykorzystują je do osobistego wzbogacenia.”...
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Nick Cohen retweeted
🔴 Why must Brexit always be treated as something that has to be respected, while the damage it has done is treated as unsayable?
Leave won a narrow majority of votes cast in 2016 after a campaign built on promises that proved false. Millions of EU citizens living here couldn’t vote. British citizens who had lived abroad for more than 15 years couldn’t vote. Since then, millions have died and millions of young people have reached voting age. And polling has repeatedly shown a majority would vote against Brexit.
Yet politicians keep pandering to the 2016 result as if it settled the question for ever. It didn’t.
Britain needs a PM who will tell the truth: are we better off in Europe, or trapped in Brexit isolation?
That’s the question.
Stop harking back to 2016.
Leave won a narrow majority of votes cast in 2016 after a campaign built on promises that proved false. Millions of EU citizens living here couldn’t vote. British citizens who had lived abroad for more than 15 years couldn’t vote. Since then, millions have died and millions of young people have reached voting age. And polling has repeatedly shown a majority would vote against Brexit.
Yet politicians keep pandering to the 2016 result as if it settled the question for ever. It didn’t.
Britain needs a PM who will tell the truth: are we better off in Europe, or trapped in Brexit isolation?
That’s the question.
Stop harking back to 2016.
Burnham’s biggest obstacle to closer ties with Europe? Keir Starmer independent.co.uk/voices/burnham…
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Nick Cohen retweeted
Mississippi is roughly the same % Black as today’s Bed-Stuy, which is represented by an entirely Black slate of local officials, as well a Black member of Congress.
But Mississippi does not have early in-person voting, requires photo ID to vote, and has a felony disenfranchisement law dating to 1890 that today permanently bars nearly 70,000 state residents from voting.
@DemocracyDocket reports that in the last midterm election, that state "ranked dead last in the nation for voter turnout" and that this year voters there had to overcome "a system that perhaps makes it more difficult to vote than anywhere in the country."
Scott Colom's win is a remarkable achievement.
But Mississippi does not have early in-person voting, requires photo ID to vote, and has a felony disenfranchisement law dating to 1890 that today permanently bars nearly 70,000 state residents from voting.
@DemocracyDocket reports that in the last midterm election, that state "ranked dead last in the nation for voter turnout" and that this year voters there had to overcome "a system that perhaps makes it more difficult to vote than anywhere in the country."
Scott Colom's win is a remarkable achievement.
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Nick Cohen retweeted
It's genuinely difficult to imagine how anyone could write this sketch. Utter genius...
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Nick Cohen retweeted
This is obviously dumb and will be regretted by everyone. Stop the BL privatisation. Please sign.
Please support this important campaign: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/stop… via @MegaphoneUK
Please support this important campaign: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/stop… via @MegaphoneUK
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Nick Cohen retweeted
Cindy Hyde-Smith finally concedes to Senator-Elect @scott_colom. This would have been a fine speech… six days ago. Her refusal to concede cost him orientation and time to lobby for slots on the best committees (@chuckschumer @SenSchumer better give him those anyway).
Thank you, Mississippi.
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Nick Cohen retweeted
David Cameron still taking no responsibility for the shit show he created
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