When people in Washington lower their voices and say, “Please don’t use my name. I’m afraid he’ll come after my family’s livelihood,” it means something has broken. People no longer trust the law to protect them.

It means you live in an aurhoritarian political climate with a mob boss style leader.

🚨 BREAKING: Russian strike hits the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a world-famous Orthodox monastery and UNESCO site, igniting fire on the roof of the Dormition Cathedral.

I cannot believe what I’m witnessing in Kyiv tonight. Priests at the Kyiv Lavra one of the holiest Christian sites in Europe are rushing to save crucifixes, icons and sacred artefacts while Russia attacks the city. This is what Moscow’s “Christian values” look like.

The next time Putin claims he’s defending Christian values and only attacking military targets, recall the attack tonight on one of the holiest religious sites of historic Kyivan Rus.

By striking the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of the greatest holy sites of Christianity, Putin has forever put his name on the list of history’s worst barbarians. He should be damned for centuries. And he will lose this war. From the Horde in the 13th century to the Nazis and Bolsheviks in the 20th century, Kyiv’s sacred monasteries have suffered numerous barbarically attacks. Now we are dealing with Russian terrorists who have already outmatched ISIS in their crimes against cultural heritage. Only Russian scum who have nothing sacred can deliberately damage the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a unique UNESCO heritage site under special protection. We will be urgently initiating all relevant procedures within UNESCO and all other international mechanisms, demanding immediate and adequate responses to this state barbarism. We expect strong reactions by international institutions and capitals. No vague words, silence, or weak steps. We need action now to stop Russian barbarism.

Listen to this absolutely haunting sound. Putin’s attack on the Lavra must be condemned by leaders around the world. It’s also a wake-up call, Ukraine *is* the Lavra, it’s survived but only by facing off the utter barbarity of Putin’s regime

🚨 This was the moment Jeremy Hunt had no answer. @mehdirhasan “The two biggest hits to UK growth in the last 10–15 years were brought about by Tory governments: austerity and Brexit.” @Jeremy_Hunt “Covid, the global financial crisis, Ukraine?” Mehdi: “They were global issues. I’m talking about ones we did to ourselves.” That’s the point. Britain cannot keep blaming the world for wounds it inflicted on itself. #Newsnight #Brexit

Left: Theresa May, "Brexit Means Brexit" Right: Sunday Times, "Suspend border checks for Britons this summer, airline tells EU" Your reminder that on On Nov 30th 2017, when the UK was still in the EU, the UK government (as part of the EU Council, where it still had a seat and vote on legislation) voted to adopt Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, which established the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) This is a biometric border system requiring the collection of fingerprints and facial images from non-EU (“third-country”) nationals entering the Schengen Area Such is the love of queues for Brits, that before we left the EU we voted to make queues for Brits wanting to visit the EU 🤷‍♂️

🚨 DISGUSTING: Epstein survivor Liz Stein exposes the DOJ's massive coverup. She confirms the files are full of names and financial records, yet the Trump administration is blatantly lying, claiming there are no leads. She reveals the DOJ is actively protecting the elite!

'Donald Trump has broken everything.' The analysis, the norms, and politics itself. James O'Brien asks: Is there any way to fix it?

These days I’m at a loss for words. The new corruption scandal is just bananas. Trump has been using inside information to trade stocks and make millions. And the scale of the trading is just mind blowing. Here’s what we know.

Yesterday Israel ordered the inhabitants of Nabiteh to leave (population of 100,000) They then ordered the inhabitants of Tyre to leave (pop of 200,000). Now they've ordered the entire south to leave - up to 300 towns & villages. @AlexCrawfordSky reporting from Lebanon today

How many ordinary Americans even know this is happening, let alone support sending their tax dollars to fund it? If only Americans knew…

This is what an Emmy awards acceptance speech looks like. Kudos

‘My phone was hacked by the Kremlin who exposed the £5m bung no-one is supposed to know about’ is certainly an interesting new angle.. I wonder if the journalist involved has broken any other major scandals? 🤔 Oh!

And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Lets make this viral again 👇

@supertanskiii found the clip of Farage explaining how politicians exploit the system by hiring their wives… So here’s the follow-up. 👇 Years later, Farage is confronted over doing exactly that himself hiring his own European wife as secretary. His excuse? “No British person would do the job.” While spending years attacking European workers. This interview is an absolute car crash.

Farage, with a very different accent, explaining how to exploit and profit from the very same system that he claimed to rail against. Including using one’s wife to account for financial irregularities. Well, it apparently works when trying to explain away house purchases, eh?

Britain suffers from multiple, overlaid, menacing inequalities that are soluble given the will, as an exhaustive 6 year review argues. It has received too little political or media attention. We’re now seeing the dark political dimensions of Britain... observer.co.uk/news/columnis…