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[Æ @graceollerhead]

How Keir Starmer conned the British electorate https://t.co/nOyWpT6r8o @

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

Things are getting seriously fueled up in Russia right now—and not in a good way for the Kremlin. 📉⛽️

Igor Sechin, the head of oil giant Rosneft and Putin's long-time buddy, just sent a desperate letter to the dictator. Reported by Russian media Kommersant, Sechin openly admits that Russian refineries have suffered "unprecedented damage." Gee, I wonder why? Could it have something to do with those daily Ukrainian drone visits to their energy infrastructure? 🤫🇺🇦

Now, Rosneft is begging for emergency measures to stabilize the domestic fuel market. The genius plan? Lowering fuel standards so they can force lower-quality "Euro 3" fuel onto the market, blocking brokers from making a profit, and forcing oil companies to keep at least 30% of their crude oil at home instead of exporting it for real cash.

Putin ordered his deputy PM to evaluate the proposals, but experts think it’s a logistical nightmare. Basically, they are trying to fix a sinking ship with duct tape. 🚢🩹

"Everything is going according to plan," right? Grab the popcorn. 🍿😂

Source: Kommersant / Meduza (2026)

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

Love him or hate him, you gotta admit that Zelensky is basically holding the future of the Western world in his hands right now. Talk about a high-stakes job. 🌍💥

Financial Times columnist Edward Luce just pointed out how crazy his position is. He’s standing up to Putin on one side, facing intense pressure from Trump on the other, and yet he remains one of the most influential leaders on the planet.

While Western politicians are busy flipping and flopping depending on the latest polls and election cycles, Zelensky has spent the last four years actually defending the values that the West always claims to stand for. 🏛️

Plus, let's look at the facts: Ukraine now has the largest and most battle-hardened army in all of Europe. So when people discuss the future of NATO and EU security, Kyiv is the one holding the heavy cards. 🃏🇺🇦

It’s pretty wild how the global balance of power has shifted, isn’t it?

Source: Financial Times (Edward Luce, June 2026)

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

One billionaire family controls the bridge that carries 25% of all U.S.–Canada trade.

The good news? There's a brand new public bridge right next door (and Canada paid for the whole thing).

The bad news? Donald Trump won't let it open.

Here's the story:

For more than a decade, Michigan and Canada worked together to build a new public crossing right next to it — six lanes over the Detroit River, named for a Canadian-born Red Wings legend, built by thousands of union workers. Canada paid the entire bill. Michigan co-owns it. It's finished. It’s a shining example of international cooperation and collaboration, with a tremendous return for both sides: more jobs, faster trade, and lower costs.

So why isn't it open?

Because the Moroun family, who own the rival Ambassador Bridge just up the river, doesn’t want the competition. They spent years and tens of millions of dollars trying to stop any competing international crossing from being built or opening. They lost. So they went to the White House instead.

In January, Matthew Moroun gave $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC. Then the billionaire called Trump's Commerce Secretary and, just hours later, Trump suddenly attacked the same publicly owned bridge he praised in his own first term and threatened to block it.
Then, the day before the June 12th ribbon-cutting, the opening was called off indefinitely.

It's corruption so flagrant it would be laughable if it weren't so damaging.

Trump is screwing over Michiganders for the interests of billionaires — holding a finished, publicly owned project hostage to protect one donor's toll booth.

So a finished bridge sits closed, Michiganders keep paying the higher tolls, cars and trucks cost more, and a billionaire family keeps its monopoly.

Mr. President: stop playing games. Open the damn bridge.

[The National @ScotNational]

History will remember him as the unremarkable former human rights lawyer who offered carte blanche to the gravest crimes of our age – and did so against the expressed wishes of the British people. Good riddance, Sir Keir, writes Coll McCail ✍️

[James Neill  ≠ 𝕏 @jneill]

IN. PLAIN. SIGHT.
It was today I belatedly learned the
Blackshirt wearing CEO of Palantir, Louis Mosley, is the grandson of fascist Oswald Mosley and Hitler fangirl Diana Mitford.
His paternal grandparents married in secret at Goebbels's house with Hitler as guest of honour.

[Æ @graceollerhead]

It is more important to cut ties with apartheid, genocidal states. Who are you kidding. The next in line leader is already way of course with his choice of Chief of Staff and donations. NY turned their backs on AIPAC last night. Try to catch up.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Labour must drop their EU red lines and back our bold plan for a new growth and defence partnership, getting Britain into the single market.

It’s vital we rebuild Britain's relationship with our European friends and allies.

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Dear @netflix:
I have been a customer since you sent CDs.

If you stream this orc trash into my house I will cancel you instantly—and forever—and I will use my voice to get as many others to join me as possible.

You have been warned.

[Roger Gall @Shambles151]

The UN has found that Israel deliberately targeted maternity wards and neonatal units as a direct strategy.

Please RT this until the UK Govt stops supporting the GENOCIDAL state of Israel & doing it in our name.

Thank you.

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Alan Dershowitz gets absolutely destroyed by a crowd that called him a pedophile and asked him what he did on Epstein’s island.

DERSHOWITZ: “Let me get a picture of you so I can sue you.”

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Dawn Clancy @dawnmclancy]

"I have three questions today for Israeli people through this press conference. I want to speak to them directly," said Sidoti.

🔴What kind of people are your soldiers who would allow a 14 year old child to bleed to death over a 45 minute period?

🔴What kind of people are your military leaders that would inculcate a culture that soldiers feel free to do this, acting with total impunity?

🔴What kind of people are your leaders? When they give orders, they make statements that encourage this kind of conduct, not merely permit it, but encourage it?

[Jody McIntyre @jodymcintyre_]

🚨We now have further information on Burnham’s incoming team.

His chief of staff will be James Purnell, ex-chair of Labour Friends of Israel.

In 2002, Purnell was hosted by the Israeli state in Tel Aviv. Now, he will be the most senior adviser in the British government.

[Æ @graceollerhead]

@CraigMurrayOrg Disgusting.

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

Andy Burnham's Chief of Staff will be James Purnell.

Ex Chair of Labour Friends of Israel.

All you need to know.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Zelensky increasingly looks like the man holding the West’s future in his hands

Financial Times columnist Edward Luce argues that Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself in a unique position: simultaneously confronting Putin, facing pressure from Trump, and yet remaining one of the most recognizable and influential political figures in the world.

According to the author, Ukraine is playing an increasingly important role in shaping debates about the future of the EU, NATO, and European security. And with Europe’s largest and most battle-tested army, Kyiv now carries significant weight in those discussions.

While many Western politicians shift their positions according to polls and election cycles, Zelensky has spent the last four years defending the very values the West often claims to stand for.

[Whale Scan @WhaleScan]

ALBANIAN PROTESTERS JUST PUBLISHED EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT STOPPED BEFORE IT DESTROYS THEIR COASTLINE FOREVER

Not vague threats. Not "we oppose occupation." NAMED PROJECTS. SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. Site by site.

🇦🇱 Sazan Island — former Albanian military base → $4,000,000,000 Kushner-linked luxury resort approved on protected land
🇦🇱 Pishë Poro-Narta wetlands — protected coastal zone → flamingo habitats, sea turtle nesting, migratory bird corridors slated for development
🇦🇱 Southern Albanian coastline — UNESCO-adjacent protected areas → "strategic investor" framework overrides environmental law
🇦🇱 Prime Minister Edi Rama — 13 years in power → approved resort plans despite active legal challenges from environmental groups
🇦🇱 Albanian parliament — passed laws weakening protected-area status → cleared the path for foreign investor projects
🇦🇱 Kushner/Ivanka Trump development group — linked to the resort project → Guardian, CBS, Reuters all confirmed June 2026
🇦🇱 Albanian hospital system — suffering blackouts → protesters cite domestic neglect while billions flow to foreign resort deals
🇦🇱 Foreign worker contracts — government accused of hiring abroad → while Albanian workers are unemployed
🇦🇱 Bosnian football fan footage — circulating as Albanian protest clips → misidentified video spreading the "occupation" narrative
🇦🇱 Celebrity amplification campaign — protesters asking global voices to speak out → about the resort and corruption, not military occupation

💀 20+ consecutive days of protests
💀 Protests expanded from one resort to full anti-corruption movement
💀 ZERO evidence of US or Israeli military occupation of Albanian territory
💀 100% domestic political crisis — a government, a billionaire project, and protected land

Every target on this list keeps something alive. Not soldiers. FLAMINGOS. SEA TURTLES. WETLANDS. And a democracy trying not to be sold to the highest bidder.

Albania has been in the streets for 20+ days. The resort approvals are still standing. These are the targets the protesters are fighting to protect RIGHT NOW.

I'll keep you updated. Turn on notifications. 🚨

[Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,Ph.D.,DPT. @drhossamsamy65]

“Albanian people are calling on all celebrities to speak out publicly about them. Amplify our voice to the world. We will not accept the occupation of our land by the United States and Israel."✊🏼

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

The Age of Trump is winding down.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

No, Keir Starmer is not a decent man who fell victim to events.

He is an unprincipled politician who abandoned promises with as much enthusiasm as he trousered freebies from rich donors.

New column 👇

https://t.co/cikvqJlmVF

[The Fraud @StarmertheFraud]

There are many reasons why Starmer failed (and why he deserved to), but this is one: his leadership was born from a project run, endorsed and shaped by the most scandalous and despicable Labour figures in a generation.

Full story 👇

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

There’s extraordinary stuff going on in Albania at the moment. Corporate media barely covering this. Funny that.
Check it out.