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“What is the point of having fuck you money if you never say ‘fuck you?!’”
“If Jeff Bezos - a billionaire - is running scared of Trump, what example does that set for everyone else?”
@Mehdi Hasan on tech titans becoming “Trump sycophants.”
"They may be short of kit at MoD right now, but John Healey's resignation is a laser-guided missile that he has fired straight at Downing Street.
"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵."
What will emerge from the rubble after John Healey’s resignation?
"Right-wing billionaires are controlling much of the mainstream media."
"That is a very scary prospect when President Trump makes it clear that he expects loyalty."
Is @mehdirhasan.bsky.social paranoid to think that Trump could close down his media company?
“The whole timetable for Starmer’s exit has massively expedited now - it’s like watching everything happen on fast-forward.”
Is John Healey’s resignation a fatal blow for Keir Starmer?
“She's completely out of her depth," says broadcaster Mehdi Hasan about Bari Weiss's role as editor-in-chief at CBS, but that doesn't seem to matter.
“She's not there to make CBS win in the ratings. She's there to make CBS a safe place for Trump and MAGA"
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"This day might be the moment it all collapsed on Keir Starmer."
"Government ministers say Starmer just can't take a decision. He reads briefing papers, but doesn't talk to anyone. This is political ineptitude on a grand scale"
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"It'll interesting to see the dynamic between Trump and the national team, because they – and US soccer fans –are left-wing, liberal and anti-Trump people."
In a sport where America is "a bit rubbish", will the World Cup be an embarrassment for the US?
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World Cup tickets remain unsold, hotel rooms unbooked across US host cities, overpriced travel to and from matches – even threats of deportation for some fans.
Emily Maitlis asks: "Is the Donald Trump effect putting people off America?"
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"Keir Starmer should tell people if they're worried about small boats and immigration now, see what Belfast looks like today."
"That's what the entire UK will look like when Nigel Farage is prime minister"
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"This is the kind of thing you hear about in a tin-pot dictatorship."
"You have right-wing billionaires controlling much of the mainstream media people have relied on for years."
How Trump made American media a safe-space for MAGA
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Defence secretary John Healey has resigned. Long seen as one of Keir Starmer’s most loyal members of cabinet, he leaves us, once again, asking how long can the PM stay in the job?
Unsold tickets, deportation threats, inflated prices – America isn’t opening its arms to football fans for this summer’s World Cup. Will it be an embarrassment for the USA, and Trump?
By now, the World Cup host country should be rolling in cash from all the tourists pouring into the country. But in America, tickets remain unsold, and hotel rooms unbooked. Is Trump to blame?
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Broadcaster and journalist Mehdi Hasan tells The News Agents why he believes violence in Belfast is part of a concerted plan by people such as Elon Musk to push the far-right across all of Europe.
Since returning to The White House, Donald Trump has demanded total loyalty from US news outlets – and threatened those who don’t fall in line with serious retributions. His plan has worked, and now…
Since returning to The White House, Donald Trump has demanded total loyalty from US news outlets – and threatened those who don’t fall in line with serious retributions. His plan has worked, and now…
