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The chilly November theme continues for the UK & to some extent Ireland this week. In some areas the first half of the month will come in as markedly below average.
Signs of a substantial shift milder (but also wetter & windier) next week but it's unclear how far that goes.
Signs of a substantial shift milder (but also wetter & windier) next week but it's unclear how far that goes.
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Absolutely moronic and sociopathic. Idiotic. Pitiful. Irresponsible. Disrespectful .
I had a debate with her at a friendās party a couple of years ago where I told her about my friendās firsthand experience with Russell. And she dismissed it and said thereās no evidence - that heās not being convicted of anything and itās a witch hunt. And now he has been convicted, apparently itās still a witch hunt.
I had a debate with her at a friendās party a couple of years ago where I told her about my friendās firsthand experience with Russell. And she dismissed it and said thereās no evidence - that heās not being convicted of anything and itās a witch hunt. And now he has been convicted, apparently itās still a witch hunt.
If you are genuinely curious and want to think beyond the click-bait headlines ( I realise that will be a stretch for some of you) feel free to read what I wrote 3 years ago.
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Warning: it will require more than 5 seconds of your attention.
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It's official
Climate breakdown made the 2026 UK harvest the worst on record
The 4 worst UK harvests ever have happened since 2020, leading to the loss of grain equivalent to more than a year's worth of bread supply
And it won't stop there
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Climate breakdown made the 2026 UK harvest the worst on record
The 4 worst UK harvests ever have happened since 2020, leading to the loss of grain equivalent to more than a year's worth of bread supply
And it won't stop there
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Simon C retweeted
Stephen Miller makes his maiden speech as Trump Minister of Propaganda.
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1/ I'll explain exactly how this happened because I'm the person at Forbes who calculates these numbers.
This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.
This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.
Ross Douthat asks the President how his net worth rose by nearly $3 billion, according to a Forbes estimate, since he returned to office.
Watch the interview Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on 60 Minutes.
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I have a history PhD from Oxford and try to support all of my historical claims with strong evidence, particularly when regarding the president of the United States.
But based on a comprehensive review of 250 years of American history, it is simply irrefutable that Donald Trump is by far the most corrupt president in U.S. history when it comes to using the office to enrich himself and his family.
Here are the facts, and why there isnāt even a close second.
Trumpās own federal financial disclosure reported more than $1.4 billion in 2025 income from family crypto ventures, including about $635 million from his meme coin and nearly $800 million from World Liberty Financial. Reuters separately estimated that the family added at least $2.3 billion to its fortune from crypto ventures after Trump returned to the White House.
The clearest example of how Trump used the office came in May 2025. The 220 biggest holders of his meme coin were invited to dine with the sitting president at his private golf club. The coin jumped more than 60 percent when the dinner was announced. To get a seat at the table, you had to buy and hold a product that made the president money. Trump turned access to the presidency into a sales pitch.
The foreign dealings raise an even more serious question. Four days before Trump took office, an investment vehicle backed by a UAE national security official agreed to pay $500 million for nearly half of World Liberty Financial. The Wall Street Journal reported that $187 million of the initial payment was directed to Trump family entities.
Trump is clearly not the first United States president to be guilty of corruption, but the size and scale of his malfeasance put him in a league of his own.
Under Ulysses S. Grant, whiskey distillers and federal officials pocketed money by cheating the government out of liquor taxes. Under Warren Harding, Interior Secretary Albert Fall took bribes in exchange for leasing federal oil reserves. Richard Nixon had a personal tax scandal, but his defining abuse of presidential power was the Watergate cover-up, an effort to protect his hold on office. LBJās political connections helped turn a small Texas radio station into a family broadcasting empire.
By September 2025, less than eight months into Donald Trumpās second term, he and his family were roughly $5 billion richer than they had been around the 2024 election, according to Forbes. In comparison, a reasonable estimate is that all 44 other U.S. presidents combined added about $250 million to their wealth while in office, adjusted to todayās dollars. That puts the Trump familyās gain at about 20 times the estimated combined total for all other presidents over the course of two and half centuries.
The election results were, at least in part, a clear repudiation of this staggering and historically unprecedented corruption. Congress now has a mandate to investigate, follow the money, pursue the recovery of all ill-gotten gains, and enact enforceable safeguards so that no president can ever again use the White House as a vehicle for personal enrichment.
But based on a comprehensive review of 250 years of American history, it is simply irrefutable that Donald Trump is by far the most corrupt president in U.S. history when it comes to using the office to enrich himself and his family.
Here are the facts, and why there isnāt even a close second.
Trumpās own federal financial disclosure reported more than $1.4 billion in 2025 income from family crypto ventures, including about $635 million from his meme coin and nearly $800 million from World Liberty Financial. Reuters separately estimated that the family added at least $2.3 billion to its fortune from crypto ventures after Trump returned to the White House.
The clearest example of how Trump used the office came in May 2025. The 220 biggest holders of his meme coin were invited to dine with the sitting president at his private golf club. The coin jumped more than 60 percent when the dinner was announced. To get a seat at the table, you had to buy and hold a product that made the president money. Trump turned access to the presidency into a sales pitch.
The foreign dealings raise an even more serious question. Four days before Trump took office, an investment vehicle backed by a UAE national security official agreed to pay $500 million for nearly half of World Liberty Financial. The Wall Street Journal reported that $187 million of the initial payment was directed to Trump family entities.
Trump is clearly not the first United States president to be guilty of corruption, but the size and scale of his malfeasance put him in a league of his own.
Under Ulysses S. Grant, whiskey distillers and federal officials pocketed money by cheating the government out of liquor taxes. Under Warren Harding, Interior Secretary Albert Fall took bribes in exchange for leasing federal oil reserves. Richard Nixon had a personal tax scandal, but his defining abuse of presidential power was the Watergate cover-up, an effort to protect his hold on office. LBJās political connections helped turn a small Texas radio station into a family broadcasting empire.
By September 2025, less than eight months into Donald Trumpās second term, he and his family were roughly $5 billion richer than they had been around the 2024 election, according to Forbes. In comparison, a reasonable estimate is that all 44 other U.S. presidents combined added about $250 million to their wealth while in office, adjusted to todayās dollars. That puts the Trump familyās gain at about 20 times the estimated combined total for all other presidents over the course of two and half centuries.
The election results were, at least in part, a clear repudiation of this staggering and historically unprecedented corruption. Congress now has a mandate to investigate, follow the money, pursue the recovery of all ill-gotten gains, and enact enforceable safeguards so that no president can ever again use the White House as a vehicle for personal enrichment.
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Never been in fog this thick in my entire life, working until midnight at Heathrow, but had to abandon driving home to Caterham, as it felt dangerous even just driving down the quiet drive to main road, this was walking to the hotel we booked next to our offices, my colleague og asking āare you still there?ā š
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Applebaum: Europeans are cautious. Trump still holds the levers of foreign policy, the army and intelligence, so nobody expects change overnight.
But the MAGA movement, with deep ties to the European far right and the Russians, has been shown it can be defeated. It can lose. 5/
But the MAGA movement, with deep ties to the European far right and the Russians, has been shown it can be defeated. It can lose. 5/
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One crucial thing to watch is how many US and Ukrainian assets Trump tries to give to Russia in the next three months. Probably deserving of a real-time investigation of its own.
Here's the full 2 minute clip where Trump says he met today with a top Putin crony, adds that a Russia-Ukraine deal will involve "all of Europe," admits he didn't meet with the Ukrainian delegation, then downplays Russia's ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, claiming "Russia is losing civilians also"
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President @ZelenskyyUa says Russia attacked the site again today as rescue crews were still at work - a deliberate attack on civilians once again.
Vladislav Markowski was one of the first to arrive at the humanitarian aid center bombed by Russia, killing dozens. He notes: location was public, Russia fired multiple munitions, and targets incl. a school bomb shelter. #Ukraine
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There is no excuse for bombing a school. None. It is a war crime, plain and simple.
I am 100% confident that Ukraine's military intelligence will be as diligent and thorough in hunting down these war criminals as Mossad has been in locating and eradicating terrorists.
However long it takes, wherever these cockroaches try to hide, it won't matter.
I am 100% confident that Ukraine's military intelligence will be as diligent and thorough in hunting down these war criminals as Mossad has been in locating and eradicating terrorists.
However long it takes, wherever these cockroaches try to hide, it won't matter.
āļøThe GUR (Ukrainian Military Intelligence) already knows the names of the Russian killers involved in the airstrike on the school in Komsomolske.
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At least 53 people were killed, and over fifty are still missing.
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According to military intelligence, the strike on Komsomolske Fyodor Vladimirovich Zubakov, the head of the fire support group of the staff of the "Dnepr" grouping of the Russian army.
Four Su-34 aircraft were used to carry out the war crime.
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The tactical aviation group No. 5, formed on the basis of the 11th and 559th aviation regiments, was involved in the bombing.
Ā The crews are:
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* Captain Yeliseyev, Serhiy Oleksandrovych;
* Captain Zverev, Dmytro Andriyovych;
* Senior Lieutenant Plotnikov, Rodion Serhiyovych;
* Senior Lieutenant Ignatiev, Mykyta Viktorovych;
* Senior Lieutenant Sokolenko, Maksym Viktorovych;
* Lieutenant Perekhrest, Vadym Olehovych.
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The crew of another Russian aircraft is being identified.
They will be punished
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High confidence of our first ācold snapā approaching next weekend.
Not overly cold but highs will be nearer to January values and widespread subfreezing overnight temps are likely. As weak high pressure drifts in from the west with colder air in situ. #ukweather
Not overly cold but highs will be nearer to January values and widespread subfreezing overnight temps are likely. As weak high pressure drifts in from the west with colder air in situ. #ukweather
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āTo hell with a world that talks endlessly about human rights while leaving children to drown inside their tents. To hell with everyone who has witnessed this suffering and chosen silenceā¦ā
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
I admit that I completely broke down today. I cried uncontrollably. I couldnāt hold myself together after witnessing what I saw with my own eyes.
Today, we went to film a journalistic report inside the displacement tents along the seashore. I swear, what we witnessed was beyond what any human being should have to endure.
I saw men crying bitterly. Men I had never seen cry when they lost their children or when their homes were destroyed. Today, I saw them crying because they were powerless to do the simplest thing: protect their children from the water and the cold.
We spoke to families who told us they had spent the entire night carrying their children in their arms after floodwater covered the floors of their tents and soaked their mattresses. They couldnāt find a single dry place to put their children. They couldnāt even give them a few hours of sleep.
I saw children no older than five, without proper clothes to protect them from the cold, without heating, and without a dry place to sleep. Children shivering inside tents that cannot keep out the rain, protect them from the wind, or provide even the most basic sense of safety.
What more must happen for this world to act? How much more suffering must people endure before someone remembers that they are human beings?
I am sick of this world. I am sick of its hypocrisy and empty slogans. To hell with a world that talks endlessly about human rights while leaving children to drown inside their tents. To hell with everyone who has witnessed this suffering and chosen silence, and to hell with the governments and institutions that have the power to act but continue to turn their backs on us.
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I admit that I completely broke down today. I cried uncontrollably. I couldnāt hold myself together after witnessing what I saw with my own eyes.
Today, we went to film a journalistic report inside the displacement tents along the seashore. I swear, what we witnessed was beyond what any human being should have to endure.
I saw men crying bitterly. Men I had never seen cry when they lost their children or when their homes were destroyed. Today, I saw them crying because they were powerless to do the simplest thing: protect their children from the water and the cold.
We spoke to families who told us they had spent the entire night carrying their children in their arms after floodwater covered the floors of their tents and soaked their mattresses. They couldnāt find a single dry place to put their children. They couldnāt even give them a few hours of sleep.
I saw children no older than five, without proper clothes to protect them from the cold, without heating, and without a dry place to sleep. Children shivering inside tents that cannot keep out the rain, protect them from the wind, or provide even the most basic sense of safety.
What more must happen for this world to act? How much more suffering must people endure before someone remembers that they are human beings?
I am sick of this world. I am sick of its hypocrisy and empty slogans. To hell with a world that talks endlessly about human rights while leaving children to drown inside their tents. To hell with everyone who has witnessed this suffering and chosen silence, and to hell with the governments and institutions that have the power to act but continue to turn their backs on us.
Today, we went to film a journalistic report inside the displacement tents along the seashore. I swear, what we witnessed was beyond what any human being should have to endure.
I saw men crying bitterly. Men I had never seen cry when they lost their children or when their homes were destroyed. Today, I saw them crying because they were powerless to do the simplest thing: protect their children from the water and the cold.
We spoke to families who told us they had spent the entire night carrying their children in their arms after floodwater covered the floors of their tents and soaked their mattresses. They couldnāt find a single dry place to put their children. They couldnāt even give them a few hours of sleep.
I saw children no older than five, without proper clothes to protect them from the cold, without heating, and without a dry place to sleep. Children shivering inside tents that cannot keep out the rain, protect them from the wind, or provide even the most basic sense of safety.
What more must happen for this world to act? How much more suffering must people endure before someone remembers that they are human beings?
I am sick of this world. I am sick of its hypocrisy and empty slogans. To hell with a world that talks endlessly about human rights while leaving children to drown inside their tents. To hell with everyone who has witnessed this suffering and chosen silence, and to hell with the governments and institutions that have the power to act but continue to turn their backs on us.
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Wow!
And that's perfectly put.
When you're dealing with a guy like Miller, understatement is complicity, and restraint is surrender.
Miller is a major danger to the American peopleāand not just them (see previous post).
And that's perfectly put.
When you're dealing with a guy like Miller, understatement is complicity, and restraint is surrender.
Miller is a major danger to the American peopleāand not just them (see previous post).
Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands.
His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
Fire him today.
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Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands.
His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
Fire him today.
His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
Fire him today.
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Models have trended more unsettled next week and beyond over the last 48 hours, spells of rain and milder for all Tues-Thurs next week, perhaps a brief transitory ridge brings drier, colder more settled wx Fri 13th - Sun 15th, before a more unsettled, perhaps stormier pattern 2nd half of Nov, which has been forecast by sub-seasonal output for a while
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Risk of fog, dense in places, again the next few nights across southern areas of the UK and Ireland. Could be widespread across E Wales, central and eastern England for the Monday morning commute, so something to bear in mind to give extra time. Smoke from bonfires/fireworks this cerbate the poor visibility.
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Jared Kushner seems to be saying here that the United States is prepared to put NATO's military presence in Eastern Europe on the negotiating table as part of a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
It means that that Putin's long-standing demands to demilitarise NATO's eastern flank could become part of the bargaining.
This has been coming for some time. Russia has demanded restrictions on NATO's military presence in Central and Eastern Europe for years.
And when Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg last month, he said, according to Putin, that discussions about a new European security architecture should be part of the agenda.
This is alarming for Poland and eastern flank countries.
They will be asking what Washington might actually be prepared to concede in negotiations with Moscow.
Poland is currently negotiating with Washington over a permanent American military base on its territory.
It means that that Putin's long-standing demands to demilitarise NATO's eastern flank could become part of the bargaining.
This has been coming for some time. Russia has demanded restrictions on NATO's military presence in Central and Eastern Europe for years.
And when Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg last month, he said, according to Putin, that discussions about a new European security architecture should be part of the agenda.
This is alarming for Poland and eastern flank countries.
They will be asking what Washington might actually be prepared to concede in negotiations with Moscow.
Poland is currently negotiating with Washington over a permanent American military base on its territory.
President Trump today advanced an important discussion with several European leaders about the need for a broader European security architecture that can help establish the conditions for lasting peace.
Building on his leadership and the substantive work undertaken this week in Brussels with Ukraine, NATO, and our European partners, @SEPeaceMissions and I wanted to share some of the objectives guiding our ongoing discussions.
For more than 30 years, Europe and Russia have struggled to establish a sustainable security framework. Decades of mistrust, competing security concerns, and the devastating consequences of this war make this an extraordinarily difficult challenge, but one that is essential to lasting peace.
Our objective is to develop practical arrangements that address the security concerns of all sides, reduce the risk of future conflict, and create a more stable and predictable security environment.
We are exploring five principal goals: permanent security consultations, reliable crisis communications, greater military transparency, reciprocal measures to reduce escalation risks, and an enduring framework for long-term European security and stability.
Any arrangements must fully respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independent decision-making of every nation. Each country will retain authority over its own security and alliances, and no country would have a veto over anotherās sovereign choices. NATO will remain central to European collective defense, and this initiative would build upon existing institutions and commitments.
We will continue consultations through the Shell Bay format with Ukraine, NATO, the EU, and our European partners, expanding engagement to ensure that all relevant perspectives and ideas are considered. We will also engage Russia as part of the peace negotiations.
Next week in Abu Dhabi, the United States will convene the first trilateral peace discussions with Ukraine and Russia since February. All parties remain intensely engaged in preparing for substantive and productive negotiations. We will consult closely with our European partners on the sidelines and, if progress is made, aim to move toward a broader multilateral format with their direct participation.
These ideas continue to evolve, and we welcome thoughtful input. Creating the right structure will be critical to ending this war and transitioning from conflict toward conditions that make possible a durable peace.
This is difficult, detailed work. There are no easy solutions. But the opportunity to help end this devastating war and build a foundation for a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous Europe for generations to come makes it a challenge well worth undertaking.
We will see how these discussions develop and continue working intensively with all parties toward President Trumpās objective of a comprehensive and lasting peace.
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