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Standing up to the media empires. And more besides. Aka Jacquie.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Trump’s income in 2025 topped $2 billion — a 233% increase from 2024.

It's not just stock trades.

Over half of his gains came from his crypto business, which foreign countries have funneled money into to curry favor as he deregulates the industry.

We must not become numb to this corruption.

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

Ofcom is investigating GB News for its outrageous Trump interview. Ofcom must enforce its own rules and hold them to account! Add your name to the open letter now. https://t.co/LBxMa4LjUq

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

@paulmasonnews @Glinner Loved Father Ted too. But I always have and always will love you, Paul. Thanks for all you do.

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

Starve a desperate population, then bomb to death while they try to scratch a morsel? Fellow Jews everywhere, PLEASE condemn Netanyahu, his government & all nations continuing to fund this unspeakably cruel retaliation. #JewsAgainstGazaGenocide

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

👀 on Rupert Murdoch hanging with Trump today. (Murdoch has the broadcast rights for next year's FIFA World Cup)

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

One of those moments when I hope (even) Rupert Murdoch is fit and strong enough to tell Vance and his vile boss where to go ….. https://t.co/JdldBLjLKc

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Might be a good idea to shut up now Don

[Dominic Grieve @dominicgrieve_]

The events this week confirm for me the opinion I expressed in my last post.
Pleased as I am that our PMs visit to Washington seemed to be reasonably successful, it is hard not to see the entire week as a performative pantomime orchestrated by Trump. He placated France and the U.K., whilst preparing for a deliberate and choreographed attack on President Zelensky, a visiting head of state, that guaranteed the failure of his visit. The behaviour of Trump and vice President Vance was outrageous-as a piece of theatre it was straight from the playbook of Hitler's summons of President Hacha of Czechoslovakia to Berlin in 1939 to sign away its independence. Zelensky was entitled to say what he did. There was nothing remotely disrespectful about it. He stood up to the crude bullying that now seems the hallmark of the Trump administration.
Even more chilling is the sense that we are seeing much more clearly Trump's motives. It is not about "peace" but doing a deal with Putin's Russia-Ukrainian land and people to be traded for the benefit of Russian raw materials. Just like the Hitler-Stalin Pact and we know how that ended.

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

A bit late …. https://t.co/sVL9BMs6Iq

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By all means, Israel must defend itself. But to destroy a nation, then force its inhabitants to take refuge elsewhere, is NOT Jewish. It's akin to Nazism. Shame on you, Netanyahu and Trump. #NotInMyJewishName

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

Me, in the in the 1960"s, "What are 'Fatshits', Dad?”
Dad: "They want to rule the world".
Grandchild today: "Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk 'Fatshits', Grandma?" ……..

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

@owenjonesjourno @DPJHodges Am a 3rd generation British Jew of Ashkenazi & Sephardi origin. HORRIFIED by the unspeakably cruel, deliberately inflammatory, 2023 Hamas attack on Israelis, But NONE of my family support Netanyahu's even crueller, opportunistic massacre in Gaza. All Jewry must speak out.

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

Even Rupert Murdoch was saintly by comparison …..From 2023, but specially worth a read today. https://t.co/of2HZVfrft

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

I miss Rupert, a decent liberal by comparison….. https://t.co/nGMwCeiUI8

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Confirmed. Elon Musk, probably the most influential person on our planet, is the ally of Fascists. Be worried, folks. Very worried….. https://t.co/dF47rnltIh

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

Hi old friends and Happy New Year. Just to let you know I’ve now opened a related account called Democracy Fail Again on BlueSky. (Staying here too.). My BlueSky name is @democracyfailagain.bsky.social. Profile picture there is of someone a lot scarier than Rupert Murdoch! 😬

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

Ten years old this Christmas….. It was a Dystopian fantasy then. #Farage #Reform 🫣 https://t.co/jufpwACpqT

[DemocracyFail @DemocracyFail]

@arusbridger On that basis, even Greg Wallace deserves a peerage! 😉 Well, cookery is at least nutritious!

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

⁦@nytimes⁩ detail on Murdochs reveals the extraordinary suggestion Pru and Liz held a coup meeting at Claridge's in 2023 PS Nothing on @FT yet - are they asleep?

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

https://t.co/7ksY0lOL4x