julianrgsmith.bsky.social @julianrgsmith.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Mars Attacks for Tax Purposes! 010 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026El-Sayed: JD Vance called me a little weasel today. No, what you’re talking about is a fucking wolverine. 509158633216 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialJames Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Note to BBC news: this is how to report on Reform's endless bollix. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comIf Russia had interfered with the Brexit vote, Nige would have been the first to know | John CraceBurnham was lying, Farage told a press conference on Monday. This was clearly just another plot to undermine him 27543164 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialGrumpy-ish Brian🏴🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 12/10/2026 179119143024 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialDan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026We need more men like Dan Levy and fewer men like Shane Gillis. Stop being complacent. Stand up and call this shit out when it happens. www.instagram.com/p/DeYSYNXMcbH/ 512210645 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This 👇 1193281227640 1
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Public executions were not abolished out of tenderness towards the criminal. They were abolished because of the effect on the people watching, and the dangers of making human death a source of commercial entertainment. Here's Charles Dickens in The Times, after witnessing an execution in 1849. 131253443 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center? 675260725529 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Cartoon by Bill Bramhall 6532901278 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 17884343185 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Melanie is Right, don’t bother with Bezos…. 29368321872 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle." 427181284782 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.” 4135769 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026By Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Two Angels, 1465. Everything about this picture is stunning but I really love the angel smiling at us! 627949 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 311480461 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Econ 101 2061301179 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism. 29595003263 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026ONE MONTH FROM TODAY: 955183154657 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why? 638108934893 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialZeteo @zeteo.com · 04/10/2026"He's an investor, not an inventor." Filmmaker @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Musk, like Trump, built his name on work he didn't do. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/this-filmm... 16579158 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialDavid Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Letter printed in The Times today 8595241 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌 1501231336527 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Love this 👇 214152144357 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's time for the media to stop referring to these positions as "radical leftist." 882273737 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America. 30754661897 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRichard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising. 31588451617 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571832058 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity. 322172114879 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692279729554 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office? 30064311723 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23032751210 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump. 17057332130 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter. 1964268855 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So Trump has decided he can label everything he wants as a national security necessity: his ballroom, his arch, his banning of journalists and a free press. Don't doubt that he will try to undermine or even stop midterm voting as a national security risk. Note: It's all a lie. 22241211266 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Learning about pensions is a bit like going to the gym: you know you should do it, you feel guilty for not doing it, but you're just not sure where to begin. Here are two big facts about the UK system that everyone needs to know. torstenbell.substack.com/p/two-things...torstenbell.substack.comTwo Things Everyone Should Know About PensionsLearning about pensions is a bit like going to the gym: you know you should do it but you're just not sure where to begin. Here are two facts everyone should know. 65811 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks 671280509 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.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 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026“WE HAVE TO SHOVE ACCOUNTABILITY DOWN THEIR F***ING THROATS.” 🔥🔥 Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.” 302141363917 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United. 494221205804 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/09/2026We’re on a path to lose the Senate but win the House. Let’s make sure we win both. We can’t move forward with the plan to expand the supreme court if we don’t win the senate. 607123313465 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy. 601452378 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power 431410562 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social debunks their lies. Watch.youtu.beHow Would a Wealth Tax Work? (ft. Gabriel Zucman)Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist 811705597 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialEleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now. 709170614810 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I plead with people not to propagate their "it won't make a difference; his supporters love him" gloom. Actually, Farage is on the ropes and he didn't get there by himself. He's there because people continue to believe resistance does make a difference. It's also wrong on the facts. 1/3 521160316 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialCrimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Introducing the BEEP BEEP Choir from Coyote vs ACME!! 211087360 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialNate 'The Belated' Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 31/08/2026When they nuke Iran and Jesus don't come back And your son's still gay and there's no cheap gas When the vengeance of nations finally comes to port Will you be bitchin' 'bout men playin' women's sports I get weary I get nervous They hired a clown we got the whole damn circusyoutu.beThe Nerd ReichYouTube video by Jesse Welles 14471612144 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026WATCH: “I’m a Dem because the other party doesn’t believe people like me deserve anything, but I want my party to be better… we lost the thread on working people’s issues.” 15474072054 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it. 754222295930 0
Reposted by @julianrgsmith.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026NEW: Hakeem Jeffries met with Kushner recently to discuss how democrats could work with the administration when we take the house back. We shouldn’t work with fascists, and I’d appreciate a leader who felt the same. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 109660341495 0
