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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 8h

Unfortunately these dudes make women want to close up shop permanently

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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Alice Woolley @alicewoolley.bsky.social · 8h

Wow 👀. She forgot the frogs 🐸
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h

“We”.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 19h

clicked this to check it was not, in fact, The Onion. It's not.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 19h

Neo-Confederacy planning moves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 15h

Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23h

They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 1d

The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇

🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com

“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Nestor @nes-tor.bsky.social · 2d

New Spanish Royal Decree! Attention!Attention!

"British Citizens residing in Spain are required by His Majesty Felipe VI and the Constitutional Government to pass the DELE C2 Spanish language examination. Non-compliant citizens will face deportation."

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Lynne🗽📎 @hqreality.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/DR79GW6SvxE?...

The State of the United States: A Conversation with Jack Smith

YouTube video by UCL Laws

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Alice Woolley @alicewoolley.bsky.social · 2d

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Nestor @nes-tor.bsky.social · 2d

New Spanish Royal Decree! Attention!Attention!

"British Citizens residing in Spain are required by His Majesty Felipe VI and the Constitutional Government to pass the DELE C2 Spanish language examination. Non-compliant citizens will face deportation."

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

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Alice Woolley @alicewoolley.bsky.social · 2d

He’s hanging on and she’s like Let go of my hand, stronzo!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 2d

This - and Farage working with wealthy US anti-abortion groups on 'freedom of [our] speech' campaigns (per Byline Times and NY Times) - show significant US financial interference in UK politics.

If you want to end up like the US, first thing to do is let money dominate democracy.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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The Atlantic Communications @theatlanticpr.bsky.social · 3d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3d

This is the way.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 3d

Another one falls in Kent.

Reform has suspended county councillor Robert Ford after a complaint was made about him by 'several female members of staff.'

The party said that Cllr Ford refused to engage with the complaints process, so he has had the whip removed pending a disciplinary process.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

Home Sec: "Terrorists seek one thing: to divide us. They hate a society like ours, where different communities live together in harmony, united by a common identity that transcends the colour of our skin or the nature of our faith... We must not let this attack defeat us, nor forget who we are." ~AA

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 3d

As the new Ethics and Integrity Commission launches today, our explainer sets out what the commission looks like and what it will do www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/et...

Ethics and Integrity Commission | Institute for Government

The government has established its new ethics regulator, the Ethics and Integrity Commission.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 3d

I first reported on Farage teaming up with the ADF last November, on the quote he gave them, which is mentioned in this piece, but it has now been revealed that the group also 'brokered a secret meeting between Mr. Farage and top State Department officials in London'
bsky.app/profile/mc00...

Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · Nov 29

🔴 NEW: Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world.
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

bylinetimes.com

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