American credibility has deteriorated to the point where the president can announce a diplomatic agreement and the near-universal reaction is "let's wait for confirmation from Tasnim"
Il patriota era al bar. A Mosca.
Belfast brucia. Un richiedente asilo sudanese accoltella un uomo, la vittima perde un occhio, e nel giro di poche ore la città è a ferro e fuoco. Autobus incendiati, case bruciate, negozi devastati, quasi tutti di gente non bianca. I patrioti difendono il suolo natio, dicono. Difendono le donne e i bambini.
Poi guardi dove sta il capo dei patrioti. Tommy Robinson, all’anagrafe Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, passa la serata al bar dell’Hotel Metropol di Mosca, cinque stelle, a brindare con Errol Musk, il padre dell’uomo più ricco del mondo. Si filma, ride, annuncia che “andremo a causare qualche guaio”. Poche ore dopo Belfast esplode e lui, dal Metropol, chiama i suoi in piazza in tutto il Regno Unito.
Errol Musk arrivava dal forum economico di San Pietroburgo, la Davos di Putin. E mentre Belfast bruciava Robinson rilanciava ai suoi quasi due milioni di follower un movimento neonazista russo legato a Konstantin Malofeev, oligarca sanzionato per spionaggio a favore del Cremlino. Dal bar dell’albergo dichiarava che la Russia non è il nemico della Gran Bretagna, che anzi è una società civilizzata. Trecento sterline a notte di società civilizzata.
Il popolo in strada a bruciare il negozio del vicino sudanese. Il capo al bar di lusso nella capitale di una potenza ostile, accanto al padre del padrone della piattaforma che amplifica tutto. Mosca coltiva da anni questi influencer occidentali, gente che racconti la Russia come alternativa ordinata a un Occidente marcio. Robinson il favore l’ha fatto gratis.
Chi grida prima gli inglesi o prima gli italiani lavora sempre per qualcun altro.
Basta guardare chi paga il conto al Metropol.
The Potemkin Walking Tour
There’s a coordinated production underway, and it’s not subtle. The Kremlin has flown in every grievance merchant the West has to offer for a guided stroll through Russia’s greatest hits, and right on cue, their feeds fill up with sun-drenched footage of St. Petersburg while X drowns in carefully curated clips of migrant violence in Europe. The timing is about as coincidental as a Russian oligarch falling out of a window.
Which brings us to Bryce here, who looked at a 40-second Instagram video of a fountain and concluded that Russia is a crime-free Christian paradise with “no migrants, no Muslims, just Russians.”
Russia has roughly 15 to 20 million Muslims. That’s the largest Muslim population of any country in Europe. Moscow is frequently described as the biggest Muslim city on the continent, with somewhere north of two million. Russia also hosts millions of labour migrants, overwhelmingly from Muslim-majority Central Asia, because it turns out someone has to do the actual work while the locals are being fed into a Ukrainian woodchipper. The “no migrants” fantasy describes a country that does not exist and never has. Chechnya and Dagestan would also like a word, preferably not a polite one.
And the peaceful society bit? Russia’s homicide rate was 7.3 per 100,000 according to the UN, even after a long decline. That’s roughly seven times the Western European average and worse than the United States. Even independent Russian researchers note the official figures dramatically undercount murders, because beating someone to death in a vodka-fuelled rage gets filed under a different paragraph of the criminal code. Very tidy. Very Christian.
So yes, Bryce. A country with more Muslims than any in Europe, millions of migrants, and a murder rate that embarrasses Detroit. You’ve been given a tour of the lobby and mistaken it for the building.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
HISTORY LESSON
The Nazi Party branded itself the 'National Socialist German Workers' Party' to appeal to working-class men. After staging massive 'pro-worker' May Day rallies on May 1, 1933, the very next day Hitler banned independent trade unions, seized their assets, and arrested their leaders.
On May 2, 1933, the SA (Storm Troopers), SS, and police occupied trade union offices nationwide in a coordinated action. They seized assets, records, and funds while arresting union leaders and officials. Contemporary U.S. State Department reports and other sources noted around 50 prominent arrests in the initial wave, including key figures like Theodor Leipart (chairman of the General German Trade Union Federation, ADGB), Peter Grassmann, and former Labor Minister Rudolf Wissell.
Many more local and regional leaders faced arrests in the following days and weeks. Large numbers endured beatings, imprisonment, or transfer to early concentration camps such as Dachau (opened in March 1933 primarily for political opponents).
Some officials were maltreated immediately, and the action extended to union banks and press offices.
This crackdown dismantled independent German trade unions (with millions of members, many aligned with Social Democrats or leftists) and replaced them with the Nazi-controlled German Labour Front (DAF). It formed part of the broader Gleichschaltung (coordination) process to eliminate independent organizations.
Over the period 1933–1945, thousands of German trade unionists, including leaders, activists, and officials, were arrested and held in prisons or concentration camps. Many suffered torture, extended detention, or surveillance after release. While outright executions of union leaders were relatively fewer in the early phase compared to other groups, many died later from camp maltreatment, disease, execution, or involvement in resistance.
The overall scale of persecution against labour organisers aligns with the regime's aim to crush independent working-class organising rather than immediately exterminate every individual.
This fits the documented pattern of political repression: by the end of July 1933, nearly 27,000 people (mostly political prisoners including communists, socialists, Social Democrats, trade unionists and left-wing activists and intellectuals) were held in early camps and detention sites.
The Nazis moved swiftly after seizing power to neutralise potential opposition from organised labor through mass arrests, violence, and forced integration into a state-controlled structure.
#JustSayin
Lawyer Peter Stefanovic - whose political films have been watched over a billion times - breaks down Reform's Great Repeal Act line by line: strip day one sick pay, legalise fire and rehire, lift zero-hours protections, repeal the Renters' Rights Act, abolish the Equality Act, and leave the ECHR.
He also notes that almost half of Britons believe net migration has increased when it's fallen 48% to 171,000.
His conclusion: if the media explained Reform's policies, nobody would support them.
Full story at the link below 👇
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: More than 2 million fans have attended the Arsenal parade today!
There isn't even room to walk. Media from all over the world are here. Gabriel is dancing. Arteta has a cigar in hand.
This is LARGEST parade in Football history!
🚨 Mesut Özil Slams Referee After Arsenal's Controversial Champions League Final Defeat
🗣️: "I have watched football for many years, and I understand that referees can make mistakes. Nobody expects perfection. But tonight, it genuinely felt like Arsenal were fighting against more than just PSG.
The incident involving Madueke was a clear penalty for me. In any other game, anywhere else on the pitch, that contact is given as a foul immediately. I struggle to understand how the referee saw it and decided there was nothing there. Even more surprising was the lack of intervention. Moments like that can completely change a final.
What frustrated me most was the consistency. Every important decision seemed to go against Arsenal. Small fouls were given one way but not the other. Challenges that deserved bookings were ignored. Every 50-50 call appeared to favour PSG. As a player, that is incredibly difficult because you begin to feel that no matter what you do, the decisions are not going your way.
A Champions League final should be decided by the players, the coaches and the football itself, not by controversial refereeing decisions. Arsenal may not have played their best game, but they still deserved a fair opportunity to compete. When such a clear penalty is not awarded, people are always going to ask questions.
I feel sorry for the players because they worked all season to reach this stage. You can accept losing when the better team wins fairly, but it is much harder to accept when major decisions leave a cloud over the result. For me, Arsenal deserved that penalty on Madueke, and they deserved much better from the officials tonight."
Perché il governo che si vanta di essere il più stabile della storia repubblicana vuole cambiare la legge elettorale?
E perché la vuole cambiare proprio per migliorare la stabilità?
Le due cose insieme stridono.
O sei il governo più stabile, e allora la legge che abbiamo la stabilità te la garantisce già, oppure la stabilità che hai è casuale, e allora ammetti che non dipende da te.
C’è una terza ipotesi, e ieri l’hanno scritta nero su bianco.
Hanno depositato il loro testo alla Camera. Settanta seggi regalati a chi arriva al 42%. Le preferenze cancellate, i deputati scelti dai capi partito e non più dai cittadini.
Una legge scritta da loro soli, senza una parola con le opposizioni.
Se volessi cambiare la Costituzione in Parlamento senza passare per i referendum, se volessi eleggere il Presidente della Repubblica senza trattare con le minoranze, cosa mi servirebbe?
Una maggioranza schiacciante.
Esattamente quella che un premio così gonfiato ti costruisce.
E le preferenze tolte non sono un dettaglio.
Un deputato che deve la poltrona al capo e non a chi lo ha votato non risponde più a te. Risponde a chi lo ha messo in lista. Vota quello che gli dicono, sempre.
A questo punto mi viene da pensare che questa non sia una legge per la stabilità. Sia un colpo di Stato legale.
Una legge che scrivono per sé stessi e che gli consegna il controllo di tutti i poteri della Repubblica. Senza un carro armato, senza uno sparo, col timbro del Parlamento.
Tommy Robinson is marching through London again today. He presents himself as a patriot, a journalist, and a victim of the establishment.
But in reality he is a serial criminal with a rap sheet two decades long.
Here’s the record he’d rather you didn’t read. 🧵
BREAKING! US court ha suspended the US sanctions against me!
As the judge says: "Protecting the Freedom of speech is always just the public interest".
Thanks to my daughter and my husband for stepping up to defend me, and everyone who has helped so far.
Together we are One.
🚨 'Waste of time': Farage loses it again over over £5m gift from current Reform UK donor.
Nigel Farage told Sky's Beth Rigby that he took a £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in early 2024, before he announced he would stand for parliament, for 'protection'.