Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAskme @askme99.bsky.social · 18hYou have to appreciate the fact that these idiots always make these comments and never realize the context and facts. 1103343916
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026They should all be doing this because they know that he's a prolific liar and a con man with absolute bad intentions toward this country. If they don't, then they're complicit. 48790372443
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now. 11695230813611
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Triple Locke From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1627, July 2024. 236566
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people… 1611377443
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday. 15171973023
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ed Miliband, 'Every experience I've had in the two months that I've been Foreign Secretary tells me: our future lies in a deeper, stronger partnership with the EU." So much more refreshing and honest than Keir Starmer's disastrous make Brexit work nonsense. 32895173
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026Our polling with YouGov shows that 99% of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. And Labour promising to rejoin the EU could stop a Reform UK government. Now is the time to talk about EU membership. www.ft.com/content/a1614884-7c8c-43… 28573185
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion. 361037281
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AB: "I don't think you get the welfare bill down with crude cuts. It plunges people into crisis and they show up in other parts of the system which end up costing more." LK: "Yeah, you've said this before, but I'm looking for a specific commitment you will cut the bill by the next election." WOW 112452108
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialDaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)??? 501121124548
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialZeteo @zeteo.com · 25/09/2026“The occupation is responsible for what happened to us. If they hadn’t bombed the building at the start of the war, it wouldn’t have collapsed.” Journalist Mohammed Al-Astal reports from Gaza City where buildings continue to collapse and kill Palestinians. Read more: zeteo.com/p/in-gaza-wh... 18439
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime. 581611423
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor. 13638331786
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Proscribe the extreme far right groups before it's too late" via The UK Against Hate 611928648
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com 743276658827
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026WAPO is reporting that at least four more service members have died in the war in Iran than DOD is publicly acknowledging. CNN is reporting that the US almost seized a Chinese vessel because AI incorrectly identified it as containing Iranian nuclear material. Clown show. 23464222108
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.social1gypsy (🎵I/me/me/mine🎵) 🦋 @theonegypsy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That's pretty funny. 40685792360
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...app.prospectmagazine.co.ukFarage and the £130m even his detractors have missedGB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing 351311649
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving? 5253371722
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I usually attribute Trump's bizarre ramblings to either his psychopathic lying or his psychotic delusions, or some combination of the two. But this is just him being an economically illiterate moron. 4533950847
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Absolutely unhinged response from the Israeli government, trying to revoke the citizenship of people who make critical films about the armed forces. Symptomatic of a national descent into far-right authoritarianism www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comNetanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensifyIsraeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists 26707244
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way... 791708565
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is all probably impossible - Ceta ratification alone seems challenging ahead of European elections - but the imagery is very welcome. Carney has the best vision of a post-US world order and the EU is the best vehicle to make it happen. 1743675
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much. 7684721565
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/09/2026Katie Phang on a Russian oligarch bankrolling Don Jr.’s wedding: “They’re so dumb, we see it happening in real time. But because there’s no consequence or accountability, they just do it in the wide open.” 613173575394
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The video of this is genuinely unsettling. He literally appears to have no idea what the journalist is talking about when she mentions January 6—even when she clarifies that she is talking about 2021 and about the rioters at the Capitol that day. He looks at her blankly. Scary. 45452651901
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It would be more helpful for him to acknowledge and explain the role that his austerity policies played in encouraging people to vote for what he correctly critiques here. 932082447
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026As @sundersays.bsky.social just pointed out, these “costumes” are really uniforms, banned under the Public Order Act 1936 18408142
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is what people voted for. Then they complain endlessly . . . and vote for it again. Geez people, look at what is actually happening, not what you're being told, and recalibrate. 536128915185
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialTheresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 31/08/2026So much truth here! 😢 972188335846
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comDry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutinyExclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 9824421018
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialChris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 30/08/2026What the lying Liar said just after the referendum... 901158466
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 31/08/2026'Farage in 2016: “The worst case scenario, economically, is better than where we are today.” 10 years after 'today'' "98.2% of UK businesses want to rejoin the EU single market" meme via Mina Rodgers 611617686
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Yes, Iceland are an independent sovereign state. Who also happen to be in the Single Market, the EEA and the Schengen zone, with freedom of movement for people, goods and services. But if the UK did that I'd be screaming about Brexit betrayal and being an EU puppet. 361752484
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialZeteo @zeteo.com · 28/08/2026"Can you show me the verse in Deuteronomy?" @mehdirhasan.bsky.social presses Doug Wilson on his claim that the US Constitution is rooted in scripture, arguing its ideas came from Enlightenment thinkers like Montesquieu and Locke, not the Bible. Watch: zeteo.com/p/christian-... 1113929
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels is down by 50%. And the backlog of people who have claimed asylum is down from 175,000 to 40,000, the lowest since 2019. But we mustn’t let facts get in the way of spreading fear and hatred and coming up with crackpot policies. 25830308
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialZeteo @zeteo.com · 28/08/2026Israel is now stopping children in Gaza from even flying kites. Israel announced it would strike areas where kites are flown and force residents from their homes. @premthakker.bsky.social breaks down the psychological war being waged against Gaza’s children. Subscribe to zeteo.com 14363173
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Fucking curtain twitchers. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukCouples with children should be married, Reform UK’s deputy leader saysRichard Tice also said ‘British-born children’ are a ‘good thing’ and should be encouraged 10774990
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That sobbing you can hear outside is Lord Hannan of CANZUK beating his tiny little fists against an invisible Brexit unicorn 581416314
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 24/08/2026Says Richard Tice, a divorced man in a relationship with Isabel Oakeshott, also a divorcee, speaking for a party led by a twice-divorced man, as he tells us unmarried people should be deprioritised for social housing. One rule for me. Another for thee. 1171896712
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/08/2026Broken equipment and broken promises. New Yorkers deserve better from their government. Meet Renew Crew: NYC’s first-ever team dedicated to fixing playgrounds, sports courts, and rec centers in every borough. See something broken at your park? Report it to 311. Renew Crew will be on the way. 19389301887
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let’s talk about Medicare for All. What would it mean for the individual American? ⬇ The day you’re born you get a card that gives you health insurance with no premium, co-pay, or deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26 or 65, get married or divorced — it's there for you. 1001174904399
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialLana 🌺 ❤️💛💚💙💜 @mahalomalama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026No caption required… 17280802770
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Starting a pointless trade war with our most reliable partner as a distraction from your failed war in Iran (that you launched as a distraction from your administration covering up the Epstein files) isn’t going to win you any votes. 475149923840
Reposted by @benbudd.bsky.socialSukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 24/08/2026You’ll get no argument from me.🤷♀️ 110145553582
