Jonathan Schofield
@urlyman@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Today, #r4Today platformed the detestable Robert Jenrick in whipping up hatred based on spurious stats which weren’t challenged.

As he is obsessed with the incidence of sexual offences he might like to look at Westminster, where it’s highest per 1,000 London people

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/metropolitan.police.service/viz/MonthlyCrimeDataNewCats/Coversheet

A Metropolitan Police map of London boroughs, each with hues of blue that represent the extent of sexual offences per 1,000 people. The darker the blue, the higher the incidence of offence. The borough of Westminster stands out as significantly darker blue than the light turquoise green-blues around it. An overlay for Westminster cites 5,927 offences, which equates to 22.8 offences per 1,000 people. On the right are various categories of offences with ‘Sexual offences’ selected as the focus given to the map.
A Metropolitan Police map of London boroughs, each with hues of blue that represent the extent of sexual offences per 1,000 people. The darker the blue, the higher the incidence of offence. The borough of Westminster stands out as significantly darker blue than the light turquoise green-blues around it. An overlay for Westminster cites 5,927 offences, which equates to 22.8 offences per 1,000 people. On the right are various categories of offences with ‘Sexual offences’ selected as the focus given to the map.
A Metropolitan Police map of London boroughs, each with hues of blue that represent the extent of sexual offences per 1,000 people. The darker the blue, the higher the incidence of offence. The borough of Westminster stands out as significantly darker blue than the light turquoise green-blues around it. An overlay for Westminster cites 5,927 offences, which equates to 22.8 offences per 1,000 people. On the right are various categories of offences with ‘Sexual offences’ selected as the focus given to the map.
Geriatric Gardener
@GeriatricGardener@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago
@urlyman

Seriously, what’s the point of #Radio4Today They are #Quisling ‘client journalist’ purveyors of lies, half-truths, disinformation, misinformation & #CorporateState propaganda! I’ve tuned them out, switched them off! I’m done with their smug, entitled #WhitePrivilege #Zionist-aligned #EchoChamber!

@BBCRadio4

#UK #BBC#StateBroadcaster #Propaganda #Israel#Gaza#Lies
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"The White House doesn’t belong to Trump. It belongs to the people of the United States. Under the law, major renovations of the White House require congressional approval."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #lies #numbers #dementia #confabulation#WhiteHouse
/16

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/should-we-sue-trump-together-for
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"Saying ‘both sides are the same,’ when one side is a lie and the other the truth, always promotes the lie and degrades the truth. Thus, attempts to create contexts in which both sides are essentially just opposite views of entirely equal value should always be understood as attempts to disguise a lie."

#Trump #lies #numbers#BothSides #trans#LGBTQ #healthcare#Muslims #racism #women #slavery #genocide #starvation
/14
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"How many false idols—gold, monuments and Trump himself—do Americans want to worship?"

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #lies #numbers #dementia #confabulation#WhiteHouse
/15

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/how-many-golden-calves-will-we-the
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"Saying ‘both sides are the same,’ when one side is a lie and the other the truth, always promotes the lie and degrades the truth. Thus, attempts to create contexts in which both sides are essentially just opposite views of entirely equal value should always be understood as attempts to disguise a lie."

#Trump #lies #numbers#BothSides #trans#LGBTQ #healthcare#Muslims #racism #women #slavery #genocide #starvation
/14
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"or if hungry people should have food, or if thirsty people should have water, or if disabled people should have access to buildings, we have already lost.

Those things don’t go on the table. Because once they are on they are on the table, they have entered the realm of the things we consider."

#Trump #lies #numbers#BothSides #trans#LGBTQ #healthcare#Muslims #racism #women #slavery #genocide #starvation
/13
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

"If we are debating whether there should be a Muslim ban, or whether or not health care should be kept from the poor, or whether gay people should be banned from marriage, or black people killed by cops, or if women should be paid the same or not, or if Native Americans and descendants of slaves deserve reparation for systemic and ongoing theft,"

#Trump #lies #numbers#BothSides #trans#LGBTQ #healthcare#Muslims #racism #women #slavery
/12
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Eventually, they'll know that Trump, Johnson... just lied continually about the #Medicaid cuts...” They’ll watch as red states build more versions of FL’s #AlligatorAlcatraz with the $Bs in this bill for the IMM #detention system *most already disapprove of. They’ll see vets lose their food stamp benefits, %rates go⬆️bc of the $Ts the bill adds to the debt.

What kind of ppl want to close rural hospitals, vets..?
Voters will feel the #austerity, soon.
#Trumpcession#USPolhttps://newrepublic.com/article/197576/trump-republicans-pass-budget-bill-sick
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

I heard Johnson say: the average American will be better off by $10,000❗

Jun 24: the WH wrote that if the #BBB passes, "hardworking Americans & families will see an average increase in take-home pay of >$10,000/yr."

Mostly False: during the 1st 4 yrs after the bill’s passage, take-home pay for a fam of 4 would rise by a minimal of $7,600 to a max of $10,900/yr...
🚨In the 10th year after the bill’s passage -projected incomes would rise by $5,503 to $9,070.
#Lies#USPol
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/30/fact-check-would-families-save-10k-under-trump-s-big-beautiful-bill/84413013007/
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

“'They said, "We’re going to shoot them. Is one o’clock OK?" I said it’s fine,' Trump said. 'And everybody was emptied off the base so they couldn’t get hurt, except for the gunners.'”

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation
/2

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-says-he-gave-iran-permission
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

A new NBC poll finds that only 38% of Americans support Trump's bombing of Iran.

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation #polls
/3

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-americans-oppose-us-strikes-iran-maga-supporters-line-trump-rcna214993
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

"When political scientist Seth Masket shared this story on Bluesky yesterday, I couldn’t believe it was real. The right-wing Washington Times reported that at a press conference at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, Trump revealed that he had given Iran permission to bomb the U.S.’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in retaliation for the American bombing of their nuclear sites."

~ Sarah Posner

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation
/1

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-says-he-gave-iran-permission
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

"Yes, I wish this had been the case in 2002, and in 1964, for all that, but, finally, thank God, a president has launched a unilateral war of choice and his popularity has not risen. In fact, it’s tanking as thoroughly as the rest of his numbers have."

~ Charles Pierce

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/8

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65177514/trump-polling-numbers-iran-israel-war/
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

Noting that Trump's bombing spectacle was a spectacular failure and his approval rating is tanking, Paul Krugman says,

"In 2002 and 2003 I was one of the few people writing for a major media organization willing to say that we were being lied into war in Iraq, which was obvious to anyone willing to face the facts. Management was not happy, but to their credit allowed me to keep writing."

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/13

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-dog-wont-wag
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

As the latest Gallup polling data show, Trump's approval rating is right now at its lowest ever during his second term: 40% approval to 57% disapproval.

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/11

https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

"Maybe the only good thing to come out of this was that the American people, by a large majority, saw these strikes for the self glorifying gestures that they were, and disapprove."

~ Phillips P. O'Brien quoted by Greg Dworkin

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/10

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/25/2329856/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-A-mayoral-race-like-no-other
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

"Yes, I wish this had been the case in 2002, and in 1964, for all that, but, finally, thank God, a president has launched a unilateral war of choice and his popularity has not risen. In fact, it’s tanking as thoroughly as the rest of his numbers have."

~ Charles Pierce

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/8

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65177514/trump-polling-numbers-iran-israel-war/
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

"If this is the end of presidents making war in places because their policies are unpopular at home, if this emboldens a timid Congress to take back at least some of its war powers back, then it may be best development of all to come out of this Iran mess."

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
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