Nothing more 2020 than regular updates about what odds the bookies are giving on fascism

I’m no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & I’ve also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & l’ll say this: I do not think Trump is trying to ‘make his base happy’ or ‘laying the groundwork for his own network’...

Today's UK regional front pages, free of Brexit dogma, make for sober reading.

"Is it not violent for a child to go to bed hungry in the richest country in the world? I think that is violent. But that type of violence is so institutionalized that it becomes a part of our way of life. Not only do we accept poverty, we even find it normal..." - Kwame Ture

This shouldn’t have made me laugh this much

I live less than five minutes from where Sarah Everard went missing. Everyone is on high alert. Aside from giving as much space as possible on quieter streets and keeping face visible, is there anything else men can reasonably do to reduce the anxiety/spook factor?

Please sign - Jimi's friends and family deserve for his incredible sacrifice to be recognised. #JimiTheHero chng.it/n4Dv9Z2qNX / youtube.com/watch?v=FcNolT…

Quite the picture. Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defence system intercepting rockets from Gaza Amir Cohen/Reuters

Marcus Rashford’s Shadow Cabinet is on fire.

It says a lot about the political culture in the UK that the only person to suffer any consequences for the prime minister repeatedly lying to the House of Commons, is an opposition politician who points it out.

This morning our family received its copy of the 437-page report into my mother's assassination. It concludes that the Maltese State bears responsibility for her death. 1/

Japan: Population 126m Covid deaths 16,184. UK: Population 67m Covid deaths 133,000. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Slipped out under the cover of a busy news week... another massive effective tax rise for young people already screwed by broken university system and scandalous interest rates... on top of NI rise to subsidise social care...

In case you’ve missed all the twists and turns that led up to a government u-turn and to Owen Paterson’s resignation as an MP, here’s 6 minutes on a busy 24 hours. Produced by Harriet Ridley and Jack Kilbride. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

The richest 5% of households will receive 50% of the overall benefit of the government's tax cuts

The Tory record on destitution

NEW 🧵: how Britain became gripped by the worst homelessness crisis in the developed world

🧵🚨1/ It's insane that @Elonmusk replied to @europeinvasionn's tweet about UK riots. The account EuropeInvasionn, as I have stated many times now, is an influence operation. It's a hijacked X account that exclusively deals in anti-migrant & anti-Muslim great replacement disinfo