”The United States is spending billions of dollars to lose a war in Iran that is enriching its oligarchs, impoverishing its citizens, sabotaging its alliances and strengthening its enemies. The war is exposing a guiding principle of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy: superpower suicide.”

Timothy Snyder on The Nerve.

#thenerve #superpowersuicide #timothysnyder

https://www.thenerve.news/p/timothy-snyder-column-america-trump-superpower-suicide

Timothy Snyder: We are watching the US attempt a superpower suicide

From the abandonment of its alliances to the dismantling of its education system, Trump’s administration is tearing down the institutions that really made America great, writes the historian

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Inside the broligarchy: Is big tech running US politics? Carole Cadwalladr talks to DW News

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Sophie Green is brilliant. I love that The Nerve covers cultural stuff as well as their political investigatory reports

https://www.thenerve.news/p/sophie-green-tangerine-dreams-photographs-gallery-martin-parr-foundation?_bhlid=5601fcbb8836b95a2b0fe9600b6d3bd1dc571d11

#thenerve #photography

Banger racing, big hats and the beach: photographer Sophie Green celebrates British subcultures and social rituals

Ahead of a new exhibition, the acclaimed documentary photographer shares the stories behind her vibrant images of gatherings, traditions and “the eccentric lengths to which the British will go” when having fun

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The crypto investor’s £5m gift to Reform’s leader coincided with the party’s new-found advocacy for digital assets – part of a pattern of significant political donations that also included £1m to the former Tory PM
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https://www.thenerve.news/p/investigation-billionaire-christopher-harborne-30m-farage-boris-johnson-reform-brexit-pro-crypto
Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated millions to Farage and Johnson. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. Is there a connection?

The crypto investor’s £5m gift to Reform’s leader coincided with the party’s new-found advocacy for digital assets – part of a pattern of significant political donations that also included £1m to the former Tory prime minister. Report by Charlie Young and Lucia Osborne-Crowley

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The crypto investor’s £5m gift to Reform’s leader coincided with the party’s new-found advocacy for digital assets – part of a pattern of significant political donations that also included £1m to the former Tory PM
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https://www.thenerve.news/p/investigation-billionaire-christopher-harborne-30m-farage-boris-johnson-reform-brexit-pro-crypto
Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated millions to Farage and Johnson. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. Is there a connection?

The crypto investor’s £5m gift to Reform’s leader coincided with the party’s new-found advocacy for digital assets – part of a pattern of significant political donations that also included £1m to the former Tory prime minister. Report by Charlie Young and Lucia Osborne-Crowley

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How to never give up: Investigating (and sur-
viving) techno-authoriarianism. A conversation with Carole Cadwalladr. #rp26 #thenerve

Brilliant work by #TheNerve on Michael Wolff and #EpsteinFiles

Confession: I bought Wolff's first book on Trump. Came away feeling covered in slime, not just because of Trump's actions - but also Wolff's obvious complicity in allowing Trump and Bannon to shape the narrative.

Never bought or read anything else by Wolff. The Nerve makes the case I only glimpsed.

Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.thenerve.news/p/jeffrey-epstein-michael-wolff-emails-files-new-york-relationship-filthy-rich

Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein

The New York media insider has 100 hours of interviews with the dead sex offender. But the Epstein files also reveal an intimate 20-year history of emails between the two men that seems far more than journalistic, writes Ellie Leonard

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The Met Gala’s fake feminism worships male wealth. But women can see through it now

Jeff Bezos’s idea of ‘female empowerment’ just divides and weakens us. It’s solidarity that brings strength, writes Natasha Walter.

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Stewart Lee: Did you see that story about the crypto tycoon and Farage? It bears repeating

Just in case you hadn’t come across it – and it wouldn’t be surprising if you hadn’t – here are the salient details

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Just brilliant from #stewartlee and ##thenerve

Nigel Farage received £5m from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before the 2024 general election. He then decided to stand in the 2024 general election. Since then he has lobbied for more deregulation of restrictions concerning cryptocurrency. Mainstream news outlets have ignored this story.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-lee-column-nigel-farage-cryptocurrency-donation-christopher-harborne-starmer?utm_source=www.thenerve.news&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stewart-lee-on-farage-the-met-gala-s-dark-side-rosie-jones&_bhlid=d35b4271eadff6de4905c2f73d9213cf9595b202

Stewart Lee: Did you see that story about the crypto tycoon and Farage? It bears repeating

Just in case you hadn’t come across it – and it wouldn’t be surprising if you hadn’t – here are the salient details

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