The Book Rest

aka Carole-Ann: 💙 runs & owns a second-hand bookshop; tweets on Books; History; Space, & Oddities. RL pic but more grey hair.

[GWR @GWRHelp]

✅ Travel Update - 23/10 ✅

Following a tree blocking the railway earlier today between Weymouth and Castle Cary the line is now open.

Train services running to and from these stations are returning to normal but some services have been delayed.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day

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[Starmerites UK @AlterEgo2053]

Confirming that Ukraine was denied critical information that led to the deaths of Ukrainian citizens. Trump & Musk have the blood of men, women AND children on their hands
Trillionaire and billionaires who place their own greed above innocent human life https://t.co/M4WMbZZk3v

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

"BREAKING: DONALD TRUMP JUST GOT DRAGGED INTO HIS OWN TRAP.
Trump sued the BBC for $10 BILLION — a shakedown lawsuit meant to bully the press over a documentary about his January 6 speech. Then came the part he never planned for: HIS turn to answer questions. Under oath. He canceled his October 16 deposition, hid behind 'presidential duties,' and offered to maybe show up in January.

Yesterday a federal judge in Miami said NO. Judge Enjoliqué Lett ordered Trump to sit for a SEVEN-HOUR deposition, on VIDEO, by December 11 — and warned him that if he keeps stalling, she can throw his own $10 billion lawsuit in the trash. She said his document production 'strains credulity' — his team has handed over essentially NOTHING. And she cleared the BBC to subpoena his Mar-a-Lago membership records.

Her words should be carved in marble: 'Engaging in discovery is burdensome, but is a burden we undertake — especially if we file a lawsuit.'
That's the whole scam in one story. Trump loves lawsuits as a WEAPON — sue the press, sue his critics, sue anybody who reports the truth — right up until the moment the rules apply to HIM. Under oath means the one thing he can't survive: questions he doesn't control, with perjury attached.

And understand what this really is: Trump and Musk's corruption is the biggest PONZI SCAM this world has ever seen — a two-man operation where the richest man on Earth bankrolls the president, the president hands him the government, and the American taxpayer funds both ends of the deal. They wrap it in a flag, but men who loved America wouldn't sell it off piece by piece and sue anyone who says so out loud. They don't hate the flag. They hate the country that comes with it — the courts, the press, the voters, the rules. America keeps getting in their way.

December 11. Seven hours. On camera. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT."

[GWR @GWRHelp]

⚠ Travel Update - 23/10 ⚠

Due to a tree blocking the railway between Weymouth and Castle Cary the line is closed.

Train services running to and from these stations have been suspended.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day

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[Scott Dworkin @funder]

Tarrant County, Texas just closed 92 Election Day polling places.

Before 2013, Texas needed federal sign-off to change how its people vote. John Roberts wrote the ruling that ended that.

That’s his fingerprint on every closed door.

[Dittie @DittiePE]

Two bins, 92 election ballots total, were found in a dumpster at Seattle’s Golden Gardens.

King County Elections confirmed the ballots were recovered and replacements issued to the affected voters. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says it is investigating.

But this isn’t happening in isolation. In Utah, a former USPS carrier was indicted for allegedly dumping about 300 mail-in ballots. In California, officials are investigating mail theft that may have included ballots.

ProPublica just reported that USPS service cuts caused late-ballot rejection rates to double or triple in affected rural counties. The paper trail is getting harder to ignore.

If you sent in a mail-in ballot, make sure it’s been received. We need answers. Every ballot matters.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

This is why the Government advice is important

Imagine everything went down and 83% had no access to money

Should you have a cash reserve at home? Just 17% of us do https://t.co/2DVGDI1qHd via @ThisIsMoney

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

It is already a federal crime to send troops to a polling place.

Trump knows that. Ten states are preparing for him to try it anyway.

Make every member of Congress say it out loud before Nov. 3.

[GWR @GWRHelp]

✅ Travel Update - 23/10 ✅

Due to severe weather between Penzance and Taunton trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines.

Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed by up to 20 minutes.

Disruption is expected until the end of the day

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[GWR @GWRHelp]

✅ Travel Update - 23/10 ✅

Following a tree blocking the railway between Castle Cary and Westbury the line towards Westbury is now open.

Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or diverted.

Disruption is expected until 17:15

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[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

This is the President of the United States

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Brexit voter in Makerfield tells Beth Rigby,

"Everything seemed better when we were in the European Union. Boris Johnson just convinced everyone that we would be so much better off, didn't he"

Another says he didn't make the right choice to vote for Brexit because Brexit ended,

"The freedom of movement, the freedom of travel"

My view:

Johnson helped sell Brexit as a painless route to prosperity, then chose a version that put new barriers between British firms and their biggest nearby market. When the trade-offs became unavoidable, he blamed others rather than own the consequences.

Farage helped turn grievance into a political movement, but campaigning for a rupture is easier than taking responsibility for its aftermath. He could claim victory, leave others to manage the fallout and return whenever there was another grievance to exploit.

That is the populist trick: make a complicated choice sound effortless, dismiss anyone describing the costs as an enemy, then blame someone else when those costs arrive.

The people who believed the promises deserve honesty now. The politicians who made them owe the country an accounting.

And if Brexit voters in Makerfield have changed their minds, they are far from alone.

YouGov’s latest polling found 59% support for rejoining the EU, against 32% opposed.

With Britain needing stronger growth and more opportunities, the case for restoring closer ties—and the freedom to live, work and study across Europe—is stronger than ever.

#RejoinEU

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Can we get this shared 10,000 times?

"War crimes don't hide sex crimes!"

[Dr. Cole @1drcole]

Election-law experts call the DOJ’s theory “strange and unusual.” It rests on a voter-registration statute's preface, not a clear prohibition. Courts rarely block certification after the fact on potential confusion—especially after the Alaska Supreme Court already ordered the other Sullivan on the ballot, and officials distinguished the two by middle initial, “incumbent,” and party label. Ranked-choice voting further undercuts the claim that stray votes automatically flip the race. High bar; low odds.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

I thought he was going to drain the swamp?

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Wow. Vivek Ramaswamy believes Amy Acton is “flawed” because she was sexually assaulted by her stepfather. Ohio, please send this loser packing. He’s a disgrace.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson today, “Should we bother asking you a question about Jared Kushner treasonously manipulating US foreign policy behind Marco Rubio’s back with billions in laundered bribes sitting in secret bank accounts, or have you not heard about it yet?"

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month. https://t.co/2lu3CsGgaE

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Breaking, via the HuffPost: The Trump administration has sued to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republicans lose.
The trump regime’s cheating is out there in the open for everyone to see.