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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

"Roughly three out of every four high-value, “emergency procurement” contracts the governor’s office has awarded are missing the legally required public documentation,"

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 15h

“More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation”

Daniel Ducassi for Florida Bulldog

More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts missing legally required public documentation.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 4h

They are SO scared of the mass display of opposition that they’ll see on Saturday that they’re claiming the protesters will all be paid.

Flop sweat, folks.

If they were a truly strong majority, they wouldn’t care.

They’re not.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 9h

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4h

🔴‘The Conservative Party Must Log Off Social Media and Start Engaging Again With the Real World’

Conservative Party member and whistleblower Sergei Cristo, reports from the empty halls of its conference in Manchester and finds a movement that is fast running out of supporters and ideas

'The Conservative Party Must Log Off Social Media and Start Engaging Again With the Real World'

Conservative Party member and whistleblower Sergei Cristo, reports from the empty halls of its conference in Manchester and finds a movement that is fast running out of supporters and ideas

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Gary Spence @limerenceguy.bsky.social · 5h

I bought the October edition of the @bylinetimes.bsky.social today to read. It is definitely a great publication that is well worth reading.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h

Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h

This goes even higher up. Forget Medvedchuk. Forget Medvedev

According to former Brexit Party MEP and defected Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the individuals at Gill's meetings claimed to be "close to Putin"

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Jenny Lecoat @jennylecoat.bsky.social · 1d

THIS! Check out Byline Times for proper investigative reporting needed now more than ever. Keeps you ahead of mainstream news outlets for a couple of quid a month. And no, they're not paying me!

Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 1d

Byline has become one of the most important sources of news in the country! Amazing what a difference it makes when you're not owned/controlled by a foreign billionaire x

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 5d

Unbelievable that TikTok & Insta are amplifying 1970s ‘jokes’ about N*****s & P***s to a whole new generation.

Bernard Manning, of all people, is back in fashion…

THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 5d

Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms

@stokel.bsky.social reports

www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...

Composite of Bernard Manning clips on social media with the title: Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

The least surprising news ever. But also thank you to @robevansgdn.bsky.social & @direthoughts.com for shining a light on how two Silicon Valley lobbyists have joined forces to advance their billionaire-funded techno-accelerationist agenda into the heart of UK govt.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social · 22h

Between them, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social at @thenerve.news and @peterjukes.bsky.social at @bylinetimes.bsky.social have blown the Farageov treachery wide open.

The big UK media players are *u**ing cowards, and reveal themselves to be a stinking, corrupt part of the plot to destroy Britain.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Snowden Bishop @snowdenbishop.bsky.social · 20h

“This isn’t some tinpot scandal of bent (politics or dodgy dealing). It’s a portal into a network… seeking to destabilise (Ukraine & US elections). …That UK’s oblivious to (its import & why it matters) fills me with a new wave of alarm.” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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We need to talk about Russia

So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 9h

This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?

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

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 8h

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17d

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 17d

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 13h

Jim Chalmers has watered down from Labor’s changes to superannuation, and fully dumped the plan to tax unrealised capital gains

Jim Chalmers unveils major retreat on controversial superannuation changes

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 15h

He cited Hannah Arendt's warning that "the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction & the distinction between true & false no longer exist."
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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 14h

Charlie Kirk’s assassination has led to more attention on the relationship between political rhetoric and political violence.

A constitutional law professor explains how gun proliferation complicates the problem by making political violence much easier to carry out.

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Political violence: What can happen when First Amendment free speech meets Second Amendment gun rights

Political violence, made easier to carry out by the proliferation of guns, harms democracy by shifting the field of political disagreement from debate to aggression.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 15h

They call DEI “discrimination” while pushing policies that eliminate inclusion. It’s nothing other than AUTHORITARIAN GASLIGHTING. They are hijacking the language of equality to wage war against equality, turning civil rights into a weapon for power.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h

Interesting point here from @lutzfernandez.bsky.social: MAGA hates their designated enemies of the moment (blue America, migrants, etc) so much that they're enthusiastically taking their rage out on their children, too:
annelutzfernandez.substack.com/p/americas-a...

America’s Assault on Children

Using kids to consolidate authoritarianism

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20h

Older adults with dementia often don’t realize their financial skills are slipping — putting them at greater risk for scams.

A new study calls this “financial anosognosia.”

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Older adults with dementia misjudge their financial skills – which may make them more vulnerable to fraud, new research finds

Older adults are generally good at judging their capacity for handling their finances, but cognitive impairment degrades that skill. Proactive planning can help protect them from fraud.

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