Ben Smith

[Ben Smith @barn666]

@JImblee1 @Tim_Vickery Jim, Tim is a legend and you're coming across as a bellend

[The Coral @thecoralband]

We’re delighted that our brand new album ‘388’ is OUT NOW, recorded live in the studio to a Tascam 388 tape machine.

Go to https://t.co/GapfexdM0D to hear it, purchase vinyl, CD and tape cassette editions, and watch the video to first track ‘Let The Music Play’ #388

[Oliver Holt @OllieHolt22]

County at Wembley

[Reece Dinsdale @reece_dinsdale]

If you allow Reform to take over… then take heed. 👇

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏😀
To make it worth sharing, here's a tiny Goldcrest saying 'Hi' 😁😍
Thank you very much! ♥️

[Ben Smith @barn666]

@AwayDaysFB This is fake and your account is becoming a joke

[Cotton Tail @Cottontail_gift]

Peacock notebook 🦚

https://t.co/a7mUm2cWrZ

#giftideas #notebook #FridayVibes #shopsmall #shopindie #etsygifts

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

A very happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough.

The whole world owes an enormous debt to David Attenborough for passionately defending the natural world and how we relate to it.

Let us heed his lesson of living with nature, not on top of nature.

[Ben Smith @barn666]

@legsidelizzy Yeah, do it. We all make mistakes!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Mick Lynch "Zack Polanski isn't inciting hatred for Jews he believes he is an agent of peace and that Israel is carrying out Mass Murder in Gaza and the West Bank, and I believe that too."

When Mick Lynch speaks sense, he speaks sense.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

How the world works in a nutshell: giant corporations profit from an illegal war whilst the governments who wage them tell the rest of us to tighten our belts.

[Cotton Tail @Cottontail_gift]

Wooden Garden Plaque 🌞

https://t.co/WzALfK1Ywu

#Fridayfeeling #etsygifts #shopsmall #shopindie #giftideas #gardendecoration

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: CNN boldly stands up to Trump and REFUSES to back down after he attacked their Iran ceasefire reporting as "FRAUD," demanded a retraction, and threatened an investigation.

This is journalistic integrity at its finest...

“The statement in question was obtained by CNN from Iranian officials and reported on multiple Iranian state media outlets. We received the statement from specific official Iranian spokespeople who are known to us," CNN posted on X in response to a post from corrupt FCC Chair Brendan Carr whining about their "fake news" reportng.

The reporting in question quoted Iranian officials as having described the ceasefire as a "great victory" for their nation and a "crushing defeat" for Trump that he agreed to in order to reopen the Straight of Hormuz. The Iranians also (correctly) described the war as "unfair, unlawful, and criminal."

Trump saw the coverage and promptly had a Truth Social meltdown—

"The alleged Statement put out by CNN World News is a FRAUD, as CNN well knows," he wrote. "The false Statement was linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared out as a 'legitimate' headline. The Official Statement by Iran was just released, and posted on TRUTH, below."

"Authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed on the issuance of the Fake CNN World Statement, or was it a sick rogue player?" he continued. "CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible 'reporting.' Results of the investigation will be announced in the near future."

"No one can believe that Fake News CNN put out a knowingly false and dangerous statement pretending it came from the upper levels of the Iranian Government. It didn’t!" he wrote in a followup post. "It was totally made up and posted, as a headline, for purpose of, perhaps, inflaming a very delicate situation. It was a new, trouble making site from Nigeria, and CNN just got caught cheating - A very dangerous thing to do!"

Unlike Trump, CNN is actually interested in the truth. They don't run reports on random, half-researched Nigerian clickbait articles. They have a robust verification process and network of sources that they use to assure their reporting is accurate.

The likeliest explanation here is that CNN struck a nerve while Trump was still trying to paint his ceasefire as some kind of win, when all he actually accomplished was opening a strait that was already open before he launched his war. It's also entirely possible that he's so lazy, so checked out of the negotiations, and so gripped by dementia that he didn't even realize what he'd agreed to.

In any case, we commend CNN for standing strong. Never cave to the fascist bully!

Please ❤️ and share to thank CNN!

[Ben Smith @barn666]

@SkySportsPL Alisson

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

You won't hear a better 55-second description of MAGA and Trump than this: in terms of the perspective of any minimally honest MAGA supporter:

[Ben Smith @barn666]

@SuellaBraverman Are you this thick or just doing it to appeal to your base?

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Fuck Keir Starmer

- A man who couldn't get us cancelled from Glasto

- A man who couldn't beat us in court

- A man who has destroyed the Labour Party

- A man whose government supports war criminals in Israel with weapons and intelligence

[Adam @AdamJoseph]

People are often afraid to speak up about Fabrizio Romano. This is the best exposé written about him yet.

What happened with his 'reporting' around Christian Atsu was harrowing at the time in 2023, knowing now it gave the family hope makes it more despicable.

Know exactly what he is. A thief of stories without credit, a lackey who works at the behest of agents & clubs for personal profit.

He is a virus with a horde of followers who blindly defend him no matter what he has done. Don't support him, support journalism like this.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Rather than fight the far right, Starmer copied its politics. He bet the house on Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel. He hollowed out the Labour Party and destroyed its soul. I write for Middle East Eye on what the Gorton by-election means for Labour:

https://t.co/vzAOtbDAMY

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Caerphilly, now Gorton and Denton. Spot the trend.

Despite the BBCs best efforts. The people want hope, not racism.