Digital Maverick

Starting #drewreadsin26 1/x with the uniquely brilliant 'street level superstar' by @Willjhodgkinson which documents the life (so far) of Lawrence. A totally wonderful read

For the umpteenth time: Yes, Iranian State Media is more believable/trustworthy than the President of the United States. And yes, that’s an astounding thing to say. But it’s the truth. Because we have a president who lies as he breathes. And that’s a really bad & horrible thing.

We’ve spent billions on the world’s largest navy, yet cheap Iranian drones can shut the Strait of Hormuz, and we have no answer. Ukraine has vast experience countering such drones, but Trump has arrogantly dismissed Zelensky’s offer of help. We need to catch up. Fast.

“How can you send someone else’s kids to war if you won’t send your own? So I’m calling on Barron Trump to enlist in the US military. Do something your father never had the courage to do.” - Former Governor Jesse Ventura (2026)

If Orban tries to steal this — and he almost certainly will — it’ll be Euromaidan on steroids in an EU/NATO country. Watch closely, America….

CNN's Chief National Security Analyst drops a bombshell. The US has moved all the pieces into the region for a massive ground invasion of Iran. They are openly discussing seizing Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz while pretending to negotiate peace. Absolute deception.

Absolute bombshell. General Jim Mattis completely destroys Trump's Iran war strategy on live TV. He says hitting 15,000 targets means nothing without a real plan, and calls the demands for unconditional surrender and regime change absolute "delusional nonsense."

It's not insane that Denmark was prepared for an invasion. It's insane that it had to be prepared.

Donald Trump is sending thousands of troops to the region 25 days after claiming we already won the war. That’s how you play 3-dementia chess.

Absolutely Lawless when it comes to killing and stealing land. Inside and out. “Since 2020 Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed at least 1,100 Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, at least a quarter of whom were children, UN data shows. No one has been charged over any of these deaths.” theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

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.

The Grown Ups are back in the room… good work @EdwardJDavey and @LibDems for picking up on the things you differ on, recognise when you do agree and respectfully focus on issues that are real not just raised to be divisive. How I wish we saw more of this…

Trump is the kiss of death: latest Median poll in Hungary shows the opposition now have a huge 23 point lead on Orban. Looks like they will get a 2/3 majority and Orban is going to jail.

If you don't give the Russians what they can't take, we won't help you. The US is an abettor of Russian aggression. Europe had better start thinking about its own security. reuters.com/business/aeros…

Trump is slowly figuring out what reciprocity actually means. You do not get to strike Iran and dictate how they respond. They are hitting back, and his entire strategy is collapsing because he never factored in the enemy getting a say. Trump is an idiot

Weird how no one is talking about the Epstein files all of a sudden. Almost like this was by design.

“Many of the 13 military bases in the region used by American troops are all but uninhabitable…” A pretty extraordinary admission in the NYT. You know it’s bad when they’re being that candid. A ground invasion certainly makes a lot more sense after reading that.

This is truly insane, and it should be front page news across America.  Denmark secretly deployed soldiers to Greenland prepared to blow up airport runways to stop a U.S. invasion. They brought blood supplies to treat the wounded. France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden quietly coordinated against us. This was not a drill. This was our closest allies preparing to fight Americans. Let that sink in. NATO allies. Countries whose soldiers have fought and died alongside ours for decades. They looked at this president and decided they had to prepare for the worst. Fewer allies does not make America great. It makes us more isolated, more vulnerable, and it hands Russia and China exactly what they have always wanted: an America abandoned by its friends. The American people deserve to know how badly this president has damaged our standing in the world.  bbc.com/news/articles/…

“The president doesn't have a grasp of reality; he's not stable. There's something not right here…He's getting a very filtered view of reality. They're showing him heroic montages every morning. That's bonkers.” - Tom Nichols, Prof Emeritus Naval War Col

Trump casually admitting he's knowingly violating the Constitution.

Americans have never been this embarrassed in their 250 years of existence