Paul Oldham

The lack of media scrutiny on this grifter is staggering

$580,000,000 in oil futures moved 16 minutes before Trump announced a pause in Iran strikes. Not after. Before. The BBC just documented five separate instances of massive, suspiciously timed trades preceding Trump’s biggest market-moving announcements — oil futures, the tariff pause, Maduro’s capture, Iran ceasefire bets. The platforms where anonymous accounts cashed in? Polymarket and Kalshi. Donald Trump Jr. sits on Polymarket’s advisory board and is a strategic advisor to Kalshi. There’s even a law against this. The STOCK Act (2012) explicitly covers executive branch officials. Zero prosecutions in 14 years. Oh, and the DOJ unit created after Watergate to prosecute exactly this kind of corruption? Trump cut it from 36 lawyers to 2 and stripped its authority to file new cases.

Nick Cave responding to a grieving mother who worries that she forsaw, or perhaps even willed, the death of her young child is one of the most beautiful things you will read today.

Every single day, Trump does something that would have ended any other presidency. Every. Single. Fucking. Day.

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton: "It is shocking that Trump said no one informed him that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz. I find it unbelievable that one of the fundamental pillars of geopolitical strategy in the Middle East was ignored. That was the first thing we assumed Iran would do. It is their main tool of global leverage. We are now seeing the consequences of a foreign policy driven by impulse rather than strategy.

@brookecombe Brilliant, fantastic in Manchester last week. More tour dates soon I hope. 👌

if the radio had more of this, we’d all be in a better mood I reckon :P #tears #newmusic

For years, Canada sent 70 cents of every defence dollar straight to the United States. Mark Carney just told Parliament that stops now. The room gave him a standing ovation. It is a striking thing to get a standing ovation for announcing that your country will stop subsidising someone else’s arms industry. But that is where Canada is in 2025. Carney’s case is blunt: the United States is “beginning to monetize its hegemony, charging for access to its markets and reducing its relative contributions to collective security.”   And MAGA is celebrating. Winning. Always winning. USA, USA. Somewhere a man in a red hat is pumping his fist. Let me explain what is actually happening, because clearly no one has bothered. In ten months, the United States has torched eighty years of alliance architecture that its own soldiers, diplomats and taxpayers built from the rubble of the Second World War. Eighty years. Gone. Detonated, with a smile, by people who genuinely believe this is genius. Canada is not drifting away. Canada is leaving. Europe is not hedging. Europe is building a defence industry specifically designed to cut Washington out. Allies are not quietly grumbling over dinner. They are signing contracts with other people. And the MAGA faithful are cheering every single step of it, because someone told them this is what dominance looks like. It is not dominance. It is a man burning down his own house and whooping at the flames. The saddest part is not that America is losing its allies. The saddest part is that half the country thinks that is the point.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Stay connected, Follow Gandalv @Microinteracti1

Not sure who needs to hear this, but preemptively announcing that you are going to pardon yourself, your family and your entire staff 1 year into your administration "for any crimes committed" is not the actions of a president not committing any crimes.

I still can’t believe The Premier League CEO said they have “strategic plans” to get different title winners. Absolutely bonkers… 🤯😲

Boss night watching @brookecombe last night for the first time. Catch her while you can at little venues. 🕺 🎵 Definitely destined for bigger things

@ManchesterGigss @thisisgorilla She’s fantastic….every time we see her its better than the last. So, so good.

Lovely gig @thisisgorilla seeing Brooke Combe! She was class as always!

What a voice and what a performer! Fantastic to see @brookecombe at @thisisgorilla in Manchester last night. Brilliant as always! 🔥🔥🔥Going places, for sure!

@BestOfUKComedy It’s perfection…

Brooke Combe just signed to Fontana Records and dropped "Tears Won't Lie," a Northern Soul gut-punch produced by The Coral's James Skelly. Every date on her UK headline run is sold out. Pay attention to this one. zurl.co/8hlnw

BRO I’M FUCKING DEAD

@brookecombe One hit wonder …my arse the girl is sensational and beautiful and keeping the faith ✊🏼

38 days in and the United States Commander in Beef has already pulled off the most complete victory in modern history. Let’s recap the wins. 🏆 • Replaced Khamenei (86) with Khamenei (56) • Reclaimed exactly 0kg of uranium • Reopened a strait that was already open - now with a $2M toll per ship (up from $0) • Proved F-15s and F-35s can in fact be downed by guys who “belong to the Stone Age” • Got US bases destroyed across four or five countries (I've lost count) • Shattered allied trust that the US would actually show up if things got spicy • Put Iranians back in the streets (this time for their government) • Installed Pakistan as the region’s voice of reason. Pakistan. • Openly admitted arming the Kurds to stir trouble in Iran. The Kurds did nothing and kept the weapons. • Bragged about the Crown Prince of the Gulf’s biggest petro-monarchy “kissing his ass” • Raised the cost of living for all Americans even more thanks to skyrocketing gas prices. He really did all that to the Middle Eas for the low, low price of a few thousand civilian lives, tens of billions in equipment, and every ally not named Israel. If that’s not the Art of the Deal, I genuinely don’t know what you people expected. And again, we had money to do all that, but not to provide healthcare to our own citizens. Truly a victory that could only be won by someone capable of bankrupting a casino.

@mickeya100 @brookecombe Brilliant gig again. Superb.

So I've seen the new Queen of soul tonight @brookecombe , absolutely brilliant and professional, what a future she and her band have got to look forward to 🎵🕺💃🎤🎸

@brookecombe Lovely, thanks very much, looking forward to it…4th time seeing you for me and the Mrs…bringing my Mum this time too! 👍

@pjoturtle I’m on at 9 yes mate

Northern Soul is alive and kicking 🤪 ‘Tears Won’t Lie’ - Live from London KOKO last night ! Glad you’re all enjoying the new single. See you at 9pm Manchester 🤎✊🏽 #NorthernSoul #KeepTheFaith