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CEO compensation has grown 940% since 1978: Typical worker compensation has risen only 12% during that time The class division in this country is staggering, unforgivable, and untenable. epi.org/171191

@Heccles94 Of course, so many other outstanding actors ....

@Heccles94 Never ever, ever miss "Un Village Francais" ("A French Village") with the incomparable Nicolas Gob, Robin Renucci, Audrey Fleurot, Thierry Goddard .... as characters portrayed in the German occupation of France. Buckle up. Fasten your seat belts. Hang on for your life.

Best BBC drama ever made?

@NickTayNorfolk Since when is raising council taxes by 9% "a huge council success" when Reform - promised - to lower council taxes while campaigning? Belive it's called what it is --- lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Reform - like MAGA and Trump (which they're trying to 'bed') is full of lies.

"huge council successes"? Propaganda.

@StuartP97208909 @Nasustir @DamianLow3 @annemflfc Not my values, Mr. Palmer. Old enough to remember claims of the "Moral Majority" (Christian political org. in the States in the 70s/80s [I'm that old🥴]) claiming they were the pillars of 'morality & decency'. Sloganeering. Ditto those on the right vulgarly hugging the flag.

@TashaMahal @Nasustir @DamianLow3 @annemflfc On which framework of values do you judge ‘morality’ and ‘decency’?

Something new and uncomfortable is happening on parts of the British right. Religion is being rediscovered. Not as faith. As a political weapon. 1. Figures like Nigel Farage, Robert Jenrick and Tommy Robinson are increasingly framing politics in civilisational terms. Christianity vs. something else, Britain as a religious identity under threat. 2. But this isn’t a revival of faith. It’s a repurposing of it. Christianity is being used less as a belief system and more as a cultural marker. A way of drawing lines around identity. 3. That matters because it is, at its core, selective. The language of “Christian values” appears most often in opposition to immigration, to Islam, to social change. It is rarely accompanied by any serious engagement with the actual religion itself. 4. Genuine faith is inconvenient. It asks for consistency, humility, moral discipline. Political rhetoric is not. It is flexible, opportunistic and used when useful. 5. Which is why the current trend feels less like Reform have found God and more like hypocrisy. Religion is being used as shorthand for belonging, not as a guide to conduct. 6. There is also a clear political incentive. Framing issues in civilisational or religious terms raises the stakes instantly. It turns policy debates into existential struggles, where compromise looks like surrender. The irony is obvious. Many of the loudest voices invoking Christianity are not known for deep religious observance. The appeal isn’t theological. It’s tribal. 7. And that has consequences. Once politics is framed in these terms, it becomes harder to have serious discussions about policy such as migration, integration and housing because everything is recast as identity conflict. It also risks degrading religion itself. When faith becomes a political prop, it loses credibility as a moral force. Religion has always had a place in British public life. But there is a difference between faith shaping politics and politics exploiting faith. What we are seeing now looks much more like the latter.

Bloomberg: Epstein didn't just court Leon Black at Apollo. He courted all three billionaire founders. The DOJ files show his penetration of the firm went to the very top. Apollo has lost $12 billion in market cap.

@theliamnissan Somehow the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter "takes on a new meaning now.

You'll wanna be in the white zones folks

This is not going to end well.

@realKyleKeegan Oh Mr. Keegan, your post should have come with a warning label about heartbreak (and truth). Superb comment, terrifying though it may be.

The worst part of a three week war is the first ten years.

@NotTony @HeatherThomasAF Methinks checkers, Tony .... checkers.

@HeatherThomasAF 5 dementia chess ?

So Trump waged this war to...(checks notes)...ease sanctions on Iran and Russia, kill little girls, destroy American bases across the Middle East, cause a worldwide oil crisis, destroy the last remaining shreds of goodwill towards America from former allies, bankrupt the country, inspire vengeful terrorists to harm Americans, hand the formerly free SOH to Iran, and feed his sons billions in defense contracts. And we still aren't distracted from Epstein.

@TheMaineWonk @RepMikeRogersAL @newrepublic Unlike too many others, Mike Rogers probably never actually 'raised' his own kids so he has no idea how to deal with tantrumy, spoiled rotten, bratty child Trump to tell him the party's over now, and has to let go of the cookie jar. Moms like Mrs. Rogers would know how, though.

This is @RepMikeRogersAL (R-AL) the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee sounding off about the lack of information being shared with Congress pertaining to Trump’s War in Iran. Source @newrepublic

@NevadaGlobe @WinningForWomen @CarrieBuckforNV @dinatitus "Skyrocketing costs, gas prices, and crime" in a state where the Governor is a Republican and the House, Senate, and White House are all controlled by Republicans. Own it, guys. Republicans have caused all the damage and our ongoing nightmare.

🚨National group @WinningForWomen just named #NV01 as one of their TOP flip targets and endorsed proven fighter @CarrieBuckforNV. Nevadans are DONE with @DinaTitus' failures - nothing but skyrocketing costs, gas prices, and crime. Time to flip this seat RED! 🐘 🇺🇸

@RKClassic03 @BetsyGain "States rights" is one of the strongest and oldest policies of the Republican Party. They've been advocating it forever.

@BetsyGain Another governor who thinks they can rule over federal law enforcement agencies and their rules of engagement?? 😳😳😳 Seems like there are a lot of 🤡🤡🤡 with visions of grandeur running some states 🤨🤨🤨🤨

🚨 BREAKING: New Jersey Governor just signed a law BANNING ICE agents from wearing face coverings during operations. Agents must now: ✔️ Show their faces ✔️ Provide identification before detaining anyone Do you support this decision? 🤔 A. YES — Transparency is needed B. NO — It risks officer safety 👇 Vote & explain your reason 👍 Drop a THUMBS-UP if you support law enforcement

@mikefreemanNFL Near Millywilly by chance?

Guardian: 100 extremely wealthy families invested $2.6bn during the election cycle that put Trump back in the White House

What do you think these Billionaire Oligarchs are buying for $433,000,000? I’m sure it’s influencing policy to help working class Americans. It’s an oligarchy.

@BernieSanders Since they've got all that extra cash, make them pay more taxes (or even just some). #PayTheirFairShare #EndCitizensUnited

This is what oligarchy looks like. 50 billionaires have spent $433 million to buy the elections in November. 80% is going to candidates who supported a $1 trillion tax break for the top 1% & a $1 trillion cut to Medicaid & the Affordable Care Act. We must end Citizens United.

@Nasustir @DamianLow3 @annemflfc Exactly. They are literally hanging on for dear life to the past. Nonsensical claims that "Christianity" equals morality or decency and that "the flag" equals patriotism. It's just meaningless symbols of a world that never changed.

@DamianLow3 @annemflfc Absolutely spot on. They are appropriating Christianity in exactly the same way as they appropriated the English flag.

@DamianLow3 For anyone in the UK who wants to know exactly what the evil religious politics actually looks and sounds like, here's America's "Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth speaking at a 'church service' in our Pentagon. x.com/mtracey/status…