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Not often you’ll here this from this account, but: listen to President Reagan on how disastrous high tariffs are for this country!

Next week, I'm going to be talking about GHOSTS at 1000 Trades in Birmingham on Tuesday night. Join us for talk about the fear of dark cabals and 'forever wars' – and the true story of a hoax that got wildly out of hand. 1000trades.org.uk/events/100…

What I cannot understand is why the American establishment and its institutions are folding so quickly. What are you people so afraid of? You never even had gulags.

Elon Musk, the richest guy in the world, is going after USAID, which feeds the poorest people in the world. Next, he’ll go after the programs that impact you: Medicaid, Medicare, community health centers, Pell Grants, affordable housing. We can stop him.

RT @anneapplebaum: The world's richest man takes food and medicine from the world's poorest children

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will permanently disconnect from Russia’s power grid tomorrow. Russia can no longer use energy as a tool of blackmail. This is a victory for freedom and European unity.

Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is dismantling USAID, which feeds the poorest children on earth. This is oligarchy at its worst. Musk’s actions are not only immoral and unconstitutional, they are counterproductive to our standing in the world.

The pride of Cumbria. Lovely to meet @Hayden_Thorpe at his merch stand today at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham and to hear him perform 'Ness'. The sound of nature's regenerative power - we need more of that.

Today we say goodbye to a giant of the Labour movement.   Thank you, John.

Today, President Trump will issue a series of Executive Orders that deny the climate emergency facing our country in favor of a phony “energy emergency”. These performative acts show the pervasive influence that the fossil fuel industry will have in the United States over the next four years. But make no mistake, the global Sustainability Revolution is unstoppable. As was the case in 2017, withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement is a shortsighted abdication of leadership that will only serve to put our nation at a disadvantage. Clinging to the industries of the past instead of embracing the industries of the future may boost the short-term profits of fossil fuel companies, but it will come at the expense of the broader American economy - including American workers who risk being left behind. This is the first of what will be many attempts to ignore reality and try to stall the world’s unstoppable and irreversible move to a clean energy economy. But these proclamations are not reflective of our political and economic reality. These efforts to roll back progress – particularly the hugely popular clean energy investments in the Inflation Reduction Act – will be met with opposition from both political parties. That’s why, in the coming weeks, months, and years, climate leaders and activists must not be deterred or distracted. From extreme weather disasters like Hurricane Helene and the still burning Los Angeles wildfires, to the growing number of climate refugees, to competitiveness in the global economy, the climate crisis will have profound consequences for the United States over the next four years. If the new Administration won’t lead on this issue, it is up to all of us. Now is the time for Governors, Mayors, business leaders, investors, and activists to put their heads down and do the work that will advance the climate solutions our nation and the world so urgently need. We were able to keep up the pace of climate action during the first Trump Administration, and it is urgent that we take up the mantle once again.

Reform UK’s @Nigel_Farage to take action on grooming gangs.

Wes Streeting goes furthest yet for a govt minister on Elon Musk’s posts about Keir Starmer & Jess Phillips on grooming gangs. “If he wants to roll his sleeves up and actually do something about tackling violence against women and girls, then online platforms, whether X or others, have got a role to play”. He says PM and Phillips have been on receiving end of “completely ill judged and ill founded criticism” & had done more than most in their professional lives “to lock up pedophiles, rapists, wife beaters and every other kind of scumbag in our society”. @bbclaurak

Jess Philips is a committed and caring minister, and you, sir, are a toxic gonad. The UK is not your plaything, wealth doesn’t exempt you from international law, and owning X doesn’t give you license to poison the discourse of any country whose government you disagree with.

.@1000TradesJQ is joined by @ggatehouse - of the brilliant The Coming Storm podcast and book - on 28 January to discuss the role of conspiracy theories in the US presidential election and what next for America Some thoughts on this: substack.com/home/post/p-154…

Most people haven’t begun to digest the scale of what’s happening. Richest man in the world openly backing neo-Nazism.

Well, there we have it. Today’s ruling by the Office for Environmental Protection confirms the simple fact that much of the sewage going into our rivers would not be happening if government had simply enforced the law. The ruling strongly vindicates what environmental campaigners & volunteer river guardians have been saying for years: the law is clear & unambiguous & is not being enforced. However, given the destruction this has caused to the rivers we love, we aren’t going to enjoy saying ‘we told you so’. We now need urgent action: the government must properly fund the Environment Agency so that they can prosecute every.single.illegal.sewage. spill & direct all the fines back into restoring the rivers that have been so badly damaged by the sewage scandal. If these prosecutions don’t happen, the privatised water companies will simply have no incentive to fix illegal sewage spills. It is also terrible for the rule of law to have flagrant criminal offences occurring in broad daylight that result in zero action or enforcement.

How Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced.

Our event with @PhilipJCollins1 looking back on politics of 2024 is TONIGHT. Last few tickets: 1000trades.org.uk/events/pol…