Oliver Brown talks to Sharron Davies:

For a decade, Davies has been preoccupied with the pursuit of fairness on a different front, becoming a relentless advocate for women’s right to their own category in sport. Where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was seduced by the activist fallacy of “trans women are women”, Davies had no qualms about pointing out that they were, in fact, men, using the immutable advantages of male physiology to deprive female athletes of records and titles. It has often felt a lonely fight, with many governing bodies more inclined to appease militant trans lobbyists than to protect half the population.

And, to expand on the point, with many governing bodies more inclined to bully … Read the rest

Trump angrily rebukes journalist for being mean to the nice murdering Saudi bigwig sitting next to him.

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to… pic.twitter.com/uhh8VjFy20

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 18, 2025

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Occupy Democrats reports:

NPR scores massive victory against Trump — CPB FORCED to restore $36 million deal after judge shreds their excuse.

Donald Trump’s crusade to kneecap public media just suffered a massive legal humiliation — and it’s one that exposes the breathtaking corruption behind his attempts to silence reporters who refuse to bow to him.

On Monday, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting quietly crawled back to court and agreed to revive a $36 million contract with NPR — the very contract it killed after intense pressure from the Trump White House.

This reversal didn’t happen because CPB suddenly rediscovered its mission. It happened because a federal judge all but laughed CPB’s defense out of the courtroom.

Judge Randolph

BBC still banging the same stupid drum. Bang stupid drum, win stupid prizes.

A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women.

Oh yay, good for her, how very plucky and brave and stand your ground-y. Women are such greedy sluts; of course they shouldn’t have prizes just for them.

Cycling UK, a charity promoting the sport, has compiled its 100 Women in Cycling list for the last nine years, but this year decided only to include biological women following the recent unanimous UK Supreme Court ruling defining a “woman” and “sex” in law.

Claire Sharpe, a cycling guide and coach

Larry “women are stupid” Summers is back in the news.

When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he sought guidance from a longtime associate: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.

In a sequence of texts and emails between November 2018 and July 5, 2019, Summers turned to Epstein for advice on his pursuit of the woman. Epstein was quick to chime in with assurance and suggestions, describing himself in one November 2018 message as Summers’ “wing man.”

How cute and amusing.

Wednesday’s documents also revealed messages where Summers, whose speculation that innate differences between men and women could drive women’s underrepresentation in science contributed to the

Trump is making an extra special big splash fuss over Mr Saudi Arabia. Bros before hos.

Trump rolled out an elaborate welcome at the White House for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who is seeking stealth fighter jets, security assurances and economic promises from the United States.

The arrival ceremony exceeded the typical pomp for a visiting foreign leader: A Marine band played as officers on horseback carried the Saudi and American flags, and advanced fighter jets flew over the White House in a V formation. Mr. Trump greeted Prince Mohammed with a handshake and gave him a pat on the back before they headed inside.

They’re very compatible.

Who wants a great big hug?

Dirty dirty dirty.

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Washington on Tuesday, President Donald Trump will yet again find himself face-to-face with the ruler of a country where he and his family have immense personal business at stake.

The Trump Organization has multiple active projects in Saudi Arabia, including Trump Towers in both Jeddah and Riyadh. And on the eve of bin Salman’s visit, the Trump Organization announced plans a new project with their Saudi-linked development partners, Dar Global, in the Maldives set to open in 2028.

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Last month, the Trump Organization also announced plans for a Trump Plaza to be built in Saudi Arabia, complete with “a vibrant green spine inspired by Central Park that

The NY Times has a great big long piece on the demolition of the Justice Department. Depressing and enraging but crucial reading.

President Trump’s second term has brought a period of turmoil and controversy unlike any in the history of the Justice Department. Trump and his appointees have blasted through the walls designed to protect the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency from political influence; they have directed the course of criminal investigations, openly flouted ethics rules and caused a breakdown of institutional culture. To date, more than 200 career attorneys have been fired, and thousands more have resigned. (The Justice Department says many of them have been replaced.)

But guess what: the ones who have been fired or … Read the rest

Good old trans epistemology.

The majority of trans people in the UK think the BBC is “hostile” towards them in its news coverage, a survey has found, countering claims by rightwing figures that the corporation has a pro-trans bias.

The YouGov poll, commissioned by the Good Law Project and based on a… pic.twitter.com/1gA9D44gma

— Novara Media (@novaramedia) November 14, 2025

Poor pathetic dopes. Right there in the first paragraph they confuse some people thinking something with established fact. Yes of course “the majority of trans people” think [insert noun here] is hostile to them because that’s the sum total of trans thinking – everybody is hostile to them and they are the most persecuted ever. That’s all they have. It’s … Read the rest

In Comey news:

A federal magistrate judge on Monday raised the possibility that the criminal indictment against former FBI director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress — which was obtained at the behest of President Donald Trump — could soon be dismissed.

The suggestion by Judge William Fitzpatrick came as he ordered the Department of Justice to release all grand jury material related to Comey’s case to him by the end of the day.

Comey’s defense lawyers had requested that material in order to request the indictment be tossed based on alleged irregularities by interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan when she presented the case to the grand jury and asked it to charge him.

Fitzpatrick said Halligan

She did this months ago but I somehow missed it. Godalmighty.

Dr Helen Webberley, the ghoul of Gender GP, is currently doing the media rounds.

This is the woman who, alongside sterilising children, posed in front of an image of a Nazi death camp, arguing that sex testing for athletics is equivalent to the Holocaust.

She belongs in prison. pic.twitter.com/CKOM0e3U3W

— James Esses (@JamesEsses) November 17, 2025

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Classic Trump.

Trump on Sunday brushed aside concerns about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson‘s recent interview with a far-right activist known for his antisemitic views, which has caused a schism within the Republican party. Trump defended Carlson, saying the former Fox News host has “said good things about me over the years.”

Bahahahahaha that’s all it takes. Tucker Carlson has said good things about Trump ergo Tucker Carlson is a Perfect Human.… Read the rest

If “progressives” would look up from their sobbing over Our Trans Siblings for one minute maybe they would manage to notice this kind of casual contempt for women.

"Just look at the degree on that chick"
~ No man ever pic.twitter.com/ZFAJ0GelxX

— Richard Cooper (@Rich_Cooper) November 15, 2025

Clear enough? “Look at this dumb bitch telling us about her PhD when the whole point of her is that she’s HOT.” … Read the rest

NHS wants to yammer about trans people to the exclusion of everything else, ok?

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has applied to alternately fly a Progress Pride flag and Transgender Pride flag from the roof of its building on the banks of the Thames.

In an “advertisement consent application” submitted to Lambeth council, the trust proposes hanging the flags from the sole flagpole on the North Wing, which looks out on Parliament.

Looks out on Parliament from directly across the river. It’s not a massively wide river.

But that’s a relatively trivial point. What I want to know is why so many people are so obsessed with “Pride” and especially its rude demanding selfish offspring Trans Everything. Why … Read the rest

Sigh. Alan Cumming interview.

I mention how Twitter/X amplifies hate speech. Cumming, who once told Harry Potter producers to “f*** off” during negotiations for the role of Prof Gilderoy Lockhart (eventually played by Kenneth Branagh), has opinions on the views pushed by JK Rowling about trans people. “I thought feminism was about equality,” he says. “Women being equal with everyone else in society. And yet it appears…”

He focuses his thoughts. “I’ve kind of moved away from being obsessed with the horror of things that have come out of that quarter, of trans rights being perceived as anti-women’s rights. But there’s several things that stick out to me – and I don’t want to get into a battle at

I can’t find any news coverage on this so it will have to be a twitter summary.

On November 15, 2025, Governor Maura Healey appointed Giselle Byrd, a Black transgender woman and executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, alongside 14 other new commissioners. The commission, established in 1965, advises on gender equity policies to combat discrimination and expand opportunities for women and girls in the state. Byrd’s expertise in transgender rights and HIV prevention for marginalized communities supports the state’s inclusive approach, though the appointment has sparked online backlash from conservatives and support from LGBTQ+ advocates.

Oh shut up, twitter. It is NOT only conservatives who object to … Read the rest

The end of a beautiful friendship.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by private security firms “with warnings for my safety” after Trump announced on Friday he was withdrawing his support for and endorsement of the Georgia representative.

In a post on X, Greene said that “a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”, without referring to Trump by name, adding it was “the man I supported and helped get elected”.

Yes you did. Do we now get to watch you and Trump destroy each other? That would … Read the rest

The BBC is getting mauled these days.

That the BBC had been “captured” by activists promoting a “pro-trans” agenda to the detriment of women’s rights is one of the criticisms in the memo that helped precipitate the resignations of [Tim] Davie and his chief executive of news, Deborah Turness.

In this document, sent to the BBC board last month, Michael Prescott, a former journalist, claimed that the specialist “LGBT and identity” desk had effectively censored stories that “raised difficult questions about the trans debate”. He accused the desk of “a constant drip feed of one-sided stories … celebrating the trans experience without adequate balance or objectivity”.

Or without any balance or objectivity.

I don’t subscribe to the view that journalism … Read the rest

Ew. Jolyon Maugham openly seeking wrongthink gossip about a woman he disagrees with.

Who put him in charge of what we’re allowed to think?… Read the rest

The BBC always gave the trans person the last word. Not by accident, but very deliberately indeed. The BBC literally refused to let gender atheists speak last. It was systematic.

I’m so naive, or clueless, that I still after all this time find that surprising. Where were all the grownups?

The BBC has been captured by activists who peddle trans “propaganda”, the woman who blew the whistle on the Tavistock clinic has claimed.

Sue Evans helped expose the medical centre’s use of puberty blockers on child patients, which eventually led to its being shut down.

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She alleges that a flagship Radio 2 show refused to let her have the final say during debates on gender