Nicholas Whithorn
@NickWhithorn
University Lecturer and Legal Translator.
ICE are behaving just like "unofficial" police forces that operated in many cities during Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. Basically, just violent gangs of fascist loyalists given a free hand to arrest, torture & execute anyone suspected of anti-fascist activities.
🚨 BREAKING: new video shows ICE is operating a detention facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people are being held for days or weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact
The British have found a way to sell their food to the only country in the world that has worse food than they do.
As recently as 2018, a writer in the New York Times felt able to make a joke about British food being largely “porridge and boiled mutton”. Yet opinions have shifted so much that Americans are now seeking out British food economist.com/united-states/…
Very effective video and so refreshing to see someone calling bullshit on the "stop the boats" narrative.
⏳ Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
Today Sergio Mattarella celebrates his 84th birthday. He has spent the last ten and a half years as President of the Italian Republic. repubblica.it/politica/2025/…
Matteo Salvini has been presented with the "Italy-Israel Award" 2025 for taking "courageous positions". dire.it/22-07-2025/116…
Four Guardia di Finanza & two Coast Guard officers have been indicted in Crotone in relation to the deaths of 94 migrants in a shipwreck at Cutro on the coast of Calabria in February 2023. They are accused of failing to activate search & rescue operations. corrieredellacalabria.it/2025/07/21/nau…
Temperatures for tonight in Messina. Air conditioning essential.
21 July 1979, Boris Giuliano is killed by Leoluca Bagarella, shot in the back 7 times in the caffetteria Lux in Palermo. Head of the Flying Squad, he is noted for his innovative investigation methods & successful cooperation with US authorities in fighting the mafia [Thread]>> 1
Former Governor of Sicily, Totò Cuffaro, who served 7 years for aiding & abetting mafiosi, held a huge wedding reception for his son yesterday, with over 2,000 guests, on the anniversary of Paolo Borsellino's assassination. Shameless. lasicilia.it/politica/alla-…
The highest temperature ever recorded in Europe was 48.8°C, at Floridia (Sicily) on 11th August 2021. There is a good chance that this record will be broken over the next few days, in the same area. siciliaweb.it/2025/07/arriva…
19th July 1992, in via D'Amelio Palermo, fires are still burning & bodies lying on the ground after the explosion as Paolo Borsellino's bag, containing his red diary, is carried away from the scene. The diary disappears with all its secrets & has never been recovered. Bastards.
"They will kill me but it won't be a mafia vendetta... Perhaps those that materially kill me will be mafiosi, but those that wanted me dead will be others." Paolo Borsellino, mudered 19th July 1992. We are still waiting to discover who wanted him dead.
Public Prosecutors in Palermo are appealing against Matteo Salvini's acquittal for abduction (in Italy both prosecution & defence have automatic right to appeal). They are appealing directly to the Supreme Court of Cassation on questions of law, not facts. ansa.it/sito/notizie/c…
Another day, another Mayor in southern Italy has their car torched. Business as usual. cosenza.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/crona…
This corruption scandal in Sicily involving Fratelli d'Italia has a bit of everything: Cannes Film Festival, Prada bags, Inter football club, hashish, the Vatican, Vogue magazine, golf courses, valuable paintings, kebab and chips, Winter Olympics 2026... editorialedomani.it/fatti/appalti-…