Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 5hwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Undistilled cheating’: Missouri voters furious in aftermath of Trump bid to rig electoral mapsState residents express anger at Republicans who allowed chaotic voting maps saga to unfold ahead of the midterms 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 5hwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary AmericansAmid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – again 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 5hwww.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump’s latest attacks on the press exude desperation | Margaret SullivanTrump seems to invent ugly new variations on his press-bashing theme almost every day 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 5hwww.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comExecution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul DaleyA proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 5hwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump says he picked ‘devoted fan’ Katie Zacharia to be next press secretaryZacharia will replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the role at the end of August after giving birth to her second child 000
Reposted by SiodebJurgen Klopp’s teeth @humzas-brain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just need Mone to pay the price now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFraudster jailed over multi-million pound PPE scamCraig Morris was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Northampton Crown Court. 001
Reposted by SiodebLate Night with Seth Meyers @latenightseth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Republicans are plotting ways to undermine the midterms, while Trump suggests Iran "takes out" Los Angeles and San Diego. Seth takes #ACloserLook youtu.be/WHHhfBT_yB0?...youtu.beTrump Rambles About Iran Nuking LA & San Diego, Allies Plot Martial Law for Midterms: A Closer LookYouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers 39828
Reposted by SiodebSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I thought Throuple was a quaint village in Suffolk Bunty and I visited on a weekend break back in 2021. This Great British Bake Off programme has become a viper’s nest of filth and pornography.😡 3516626
Reposted by SiodebAlastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social Q and A - Michael Gove and I cross swords on Brexit, Israel Gaza, Jason Arday and Enoch Powell. Plus Man City scandal and a bit of praise for Jacob Rees-Mogg for showing up Tucker Carlson for the lightweight charlatan he is. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comAlastair and Michael Gove Disagree Agreeably on Brexit and IsraelPodcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 7 October · 53min 18303
Reposted by SiodebJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Rachel is absolutely brilliant. But don’t take my word for it, buy a ticket & find out for yourself! 10323106
Reposted by SiodebThe News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 07/10/2026"There is no political figure in Britain that gets a better press than Kemi Badenoch right now. "The Tory press are manifesting a Tory recovery. They're desperate for it to happen," says @lewisgoodall.com. Is a Badenoch bounce real, or has the right wing media made it all up? 199317
Reposted by SiodebJohn Zerafa @johnzerafa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 @lewisgoodall.com on super form in this 👏 youtu.be/-g5ZwVGMxl8?...youtu.beLewis Goodall: How the Tories became a pathetic parliamentary forceYouTube video by LBC 2235
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026State sanctioned barbarity. Live Updates: Christa Pike’s Lawyers Say She Is Angry and Confused After Failed Execution www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...nytimes.comChrista Pike Live Updates: Her Lawyers Say She Is Angry and Confused After Failed ExecutionA Tennessee judge said the state must preserve syringes and other material from the execution chamber a week after Ms. Pike survived two doses of a drug meant to kill her. 2549
Reposted by SiodebIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film. 4643105836
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Meanwhile, the White House is convulsed by the revelation that two Trump political advisors, supposedly overseeing the Republican midterm campaign, were instead moonlighting to help pro-Russian politicians in the Balkans. In both cases, the taint is indelible. www.politico.com/newsletters/...politico.comKnives out for Blair and LaCivita 55718
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Two extraordinary stories today alleging fresh corruption in Trump's ranks. On the very day Rubio, at the Acropolis, sought to kick-start his presidential campaign, the US Ambassador to Greece is in deep manure.... 1/2 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex AccountText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 49439
Reposted by SiodebThe Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Government didn’t get in the way of growth, it got in the way of greed.” Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, host of the Optimist Economy, on labor market policy and corporate complacence. New episode out now! @kedseconomist.com 914445
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comBritish billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuserSir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, add to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI’m the attorney general of Washington state. Here’s how we’re protecting the midterm elections | Nick BrownA coalition of Democratic attorneys general is working to make sure voters across the spectrum have their voices heard 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comDonald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protestsTrump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stage 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaignChildren are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find them 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026substack.com/@chadbourn/n...substack.comMark Chadbourn (@chadbourn)For those still learning about Germany’s neo-Nazi AfD, here are the salient facts: 100
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026substack.com/@ifloz/note/...substack.comI Fucking Love Australia (@ifloz)It checks out. 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026substack.com/@politicsint...substack.comUK Politics (@politicsintheuk)Farage deleted this post, so it would be a shame not to share it. 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026substack.com/@harryeccles...substack.comHarry’s Take! (@harryeccles94)This is Lord Rothermere. He is a billionaire who owns the Daily mail. He lives and works in Britain, but opts out of paying tax in Britain. He is so patriotic he has avoided paying millions and mil... 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026substack.com/@martymcswee...substack.comTruth Matters (@martymcsweeney)When a picture speaks a thousand words 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026substack.com/@harryeccles...substack.comHarry’s Take! (@harryeccles94)Right wing on X: “Well Labour is funded by the unions so they are as bad as reform” Let’s clear this up. A union is a collection of workers banding together. The union movement is millions of worki... 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026substack.com/@sergeicrist...substack.comSergei Cristo (@sergeicristo336888)British nationalists bankrolled by foreign crooks. 010
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026substack.com/@fascismlink...substack.comICE thug kidnaps US citizen on a plane for being LatinoThis is the kind of stuff that happens in third world dictatorships. 000
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026substack.com/@warehamphot...substack.comIan Clark (@warehamphotographer)📸 000
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“This is the first time the United States has declined to invite in OSCE monitors since they began observing US elections. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly president…said that the Trump administration’s decision ‘represents a significant departure from an established democratic practice.’” 1815878
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The types of failures that went into this botch happen all the time,” said Robert Dunham, director of the Death Penalty Policy Project. “There is nothing in the execution process that states are incapable of getting wrong.” www.propublica.org/article/chri...propublica.orgWhy Tennessee’s Botched Death Row Execution Could Happen AnywhereThe complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida. 4258
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We're at the point in the midterm campaign where a Republican Senator, Susan Collins of Maine, is so desperate to save her political skin that she assures voters in a debate that she is not Trump's "favourite Senator". Also that he won't be setting foot in the state. 1679
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Staggering numbers. Trump's legacy. The country will be dealing with this for years. 6477
Reposted by SiodebSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Do listen to Brexit Brian (below). He is the first line of defence in our ‘Britannia Shield.’ We Conservatives our confident that our iron dome will protect this great nation! 🇬🇧 2110722
Reposted by SiodebSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ha ha you oiks! We Conservatives are BACK! Well done Tory Chairman Kevin Hollinrake. He should have brought on an Eton tie, a dead pheasant, a wax jacket, a book by Jeffery Archer & a photo of Maggie. We are so kicking arse. Suck it up (As Dean my paperboy says)! 🤪🇬🇧 4822150
Reposted by SiodebAlastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026With @rory-stewart.bsky.social otherwise engaged Michael Gove joins me on @therestpolitics.bsky.social - we discuss both main party conferences, French school violence, elections Spain Brazil and Bosnia. And how Burnham hated shadowing MG at education!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comIs Badenoch Finally Stopping Farage and Why Are French Schools on Fire?Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 6 October · 55min 50295
Siodeb @siodeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comSkepticism mires Trump’s Iowa steel plant project: ‘Promises are not the same as jobs’The project has sparked doubts over whether the plant will be built and delivered as promised, given Trump’s record 010
Reposted by SiodebLate Night with Seth Meyers @latenightseth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Seth takes #ACloserLook at Trump facing backlash from Republicans for using taxpayer dollars to air campaign ads youtu.be/0hIiIle1l2A?...youtu.beTrump Slammed for Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ads, Ken Paxton Disses Trump as GOP Panics: A Closer LookYouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers 611332
Reposted by SiodebLate Night with Seth Meyers @latenightseth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Seth takes #ACloserLook at Trump hitting the campaign trail for Republicans, who are panicking about the midterms youtu.be/94Ztwb9iMJc?...youtu.beTrump-GOP Infighting Erupts, Kennedy Calls Trump an "A-hole," Trump Doxes Tom Cotton: A Closer LookYouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers 911426
Reposted by SiodebSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How lovely to see AJ Pritchard the ex Strictly dancer in his new role as a political commentator on GB News: 2117535
Reposted by SiodebJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 771395441
Reposted by SiodebJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Zionism, racism & the Greens. Shabana Mahmood & the myth of the unemployed welders. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Green Party vote that has alarmed Jewish membersPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 5 October · 1hr 1812824
Reposted by SiodebAlastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with @shabanamahmood.bsky.social - fascinating on so many levels - faith; Palestine, immigration, why Starmer had to go and so much more. We were both impressed. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comShabana Mahmood: Palestine Action, Faith and What I Told StarmerPodcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 4 October · 1hr 15min 17585
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mine with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the clash between Jacob Rees Mogg and Tucker Carlson, which neither man may have anticipated. 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAAE...youtube.comSimon Marks reacts to Tucker Carlson vs Jacob Rees-MoggYouTube video by LBC 1411121
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Staggering, this. Even by local standards so low they'd win every limbo contest going. 117624
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, disgraced after he left office, dies aged 84.nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, DiesThe longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 2132
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 📺: youtu.be/7eltBhn7WV4?...youtu.beTrump suggests he'd let Iran 'take out' Los Angeles or San DiegoYouTube video by LBC 2016239
Reposted by SiodebSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fair play to JRM here, who may have thought or hoped that he was sitting down with a fellow traveler, but rapidly realized he was talking to an Ameican moron. 248813
