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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 1d

Morgan instinctively detests any demand for rights from the oppressed. Women, people of colour, LGB people have heard that derisive laugh from privileged white men millions of times over decades. Now it’s used to shut down trans rights. Huge credit to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being so strong.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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dabxdee.bsky.social @dabxdee.bsky.social · 1d

youtube.com/shorts/lqsGp...

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” #uk #immigration #shorts

YouTube video by Wear The Peace

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 1d

In case this isn’t clear

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 1d

As capitalism struggles to give people decent lives, it becomes harder to govern by consent. That is why the wealthy back fascists. When the next crash comes, expect a ramping up of authoritarianism as life gets harder. The left must be ready for the fight of its life. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣 I wonder at what point centrists will realise that boom and bust is a feature not a bug of capitalism. The rich get richer during the boom then make sure working people take the hit during the bust. Only a fundamental reset of power relations will change this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial

Editorial: Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too late

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Williams @chrisw100.bsky.social · 2d

I joined Zack Polanski in Handsworth today 👏

Guess what...he met an incredible and integrated community 🙏

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 1d

The 2008 Crash was caused by banks. But working people suffered as wages, welfare, public services were cut. Those who caused the Crash just got richer. When the next crash comes (maybe v soon), the left will have to fight much harder to have the powerful carry the can. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 2d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

Under feudalism, many assumed noble birth conferred wisdom. It didn’t. Under capitalism, many assume great wealth confers wisdom. It doesn’t. If we created a society where large feet gave you power, many would assume large feet conferred wisdom. It’s always a con. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

6. I should point out I am no migration specialist. I can just read reports from objective bodies like the Migration Observatory rather than take whatever Zia Yusuf or Nigel Farage say at face value.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...

Net migration to the UK - Migration Observatory

An overview of net migration in the UK – defined as the difference between immigration and emigration of people moving for at least a year.

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

5. Despite years of net positive migration, the foreign-born population in the UK is only around 15% and not particularly high compared to other nations. In fact, the UK is pretty much slap bang in the middle of OECD nations.

Bar chart showing foreign-born population across OECD countries.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

4. The latest data suggests that that period of high migration has ended and far fewer people came to the UK in 2024. A trend that seems likely to continue in 2025.

Graph showing net migration to UK since 1991

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

3. This leap was caused by a number of factors: refugees from Ukraine and Hong Kong, universities recruiting more international students to make up for spending cuts, efforts by the Government to plug a huge shortfall in careworkers, and people migrating who were unable to during Covid.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

2. For much of those 14 years, net migration was pretty steady at between 200,000 and 300,000 a year except for during Covid when the figure dropped sharply for obvious reasons. The big leap in net migration happened only in the last four years.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

1. We don't actually know net migration stats accurately for the last 14 years. We can see trends but any claims to certain figures need to be treated with scepticism. The Migration Observatory at Oxford Uni describes any estimates since 2020 as 'experimental'. Yusuf's claim is at the very high end.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

Zia Yusuf, Chair of Reform, said on Question Time last night that 6.5 million people have come to the UK over the last fourteen years. Ironically, he said this during a row with @zackpolanski.bsky.social about misinformation. Here's what Yusuf's bald statement hides. 1/7

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End Of The World News ✊ 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @you-are-product.bsky.social · 2d

I'm watching it now & I have to say the Shrewsbury audience did a brilliant job of demonstrating that most British people are not the racist shits that Reform, Conservatives & even labour think we are. This ridiculous obsession with immigration has to fucking stop.
#bbcqt

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Patriots don't peddle for Putin.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

www.mirror.co.uk

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a measure of how right wing Westminster has become that the other guests went for @zackpolanski.bsky.social for proposing very moderate policies: a small wealth tax, funding public services, anti-racism. It’s why this country is such a mess and people are flocking to @greenparty.org.uk .

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 2d

They didn’t mess around with milkshakes back then!

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 2d

🗣️📣 If you’re not speaking out about Letitia James’ indictment with the same fire you showed before about Jimmy Kimmel,what do your words really mean? She had the courage to take on Donald Trump—now let’s have the courage to stand with her. Speak up. Be loud. Justice needs defenders, not bystanders.

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

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