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Thu, 09/10/2025 - 02:38
Valåret skulle inledas och Magdalena Andersson och Ulf Kristersson stod på varsin pall i SVT-studion för att duellera. ”Den som i dag har fem barn och två personer som lever på bidrag får 46 500 kronor skattefritt varje månad”, deklarerade statsministern. Regeringens bidragstak är ett svar på detta, förklarade han. Det är ett starkt budskap till […]
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Wed, 08/10/2025 - 23:00

Foot tapping (beats 2 and 4!).

Head shaking (all beats, heavier on beats 2 and 4).

Hand drumming on every surface—steering wheel, tables, grocery cart.

Get excited when, in the noise of the mall, you hear the perfect high-hat rhythm. Only to find that it’s coming from a coffee machine.

Run from the Smokin’ Hickory BBQ stall, hands over your ears, muttering loudly to drown out the root-fifth bass line and boom-chick boom-chick drums of country music.

Do the same when they pipe Kenny G into your dentist’s waiting room. Hey, Chet Baker managed without teeth.

Feel surprised when you see a photograph of musicians that’s in color.

Start using phrases like “Dig it!” or “Solid, man!”

Use “man” at the end of every sentence, man.

Your T-shirts feature iconic jazz photographs and sayings. Your long-sleeved shirts are black turtlenecks.

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Wed, 08/10/2025 - 22:00
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Wed, 08/10/2025 - 20:05

On Sunday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced plans for sweeping new powers to allow the banning and restriction of protests. Her move came after the refusal of the Defend Our Juries campaign group to cancel Saturday’s demonstrations against the proscription of Palestine Action, which are increasingly becoming a mainstay on Parliament Square. The prime minister […]

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Wed, 08/10/2025 - 18:00
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Wed, 08/10/2025 - 10:30

By now, you’ve noticed our brave patriots—ICE, the National Guard, police officers, select local mall cops, rando bodyguards, weird little incels, Klan members, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, some dudes we don’t know cosplaying as Walker, Texas Ranger—patrolling your city. Maybe even arriving via Blackhawk helicopter.

What do we do out on patrol? We catch bad guys. Also, female grad students who may have written an article that was critical of Israel.

We separate people from their kids. Tackle as many of them as possible. Zip-tie their toddlers and grandparents. And stand around looking tough. We look so tough.

Increasingly, we also really need to take dumps.

Look, there’s no time to dress it up with flowery language.

These are sixteen-, eighteen-, and twenty-hour days spent out in public, on sidewalks, in parking lots, courthouse lobbies, napping in old Mazda 626s, you name it.

It’s a lot of surveillance. A lot of wrestling. A lot of Zyns. A lot of energy drinks. And a lot of Panera and Taco Bell.