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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Jan 1

Paddington Bear at London's New Year's Day 2025 fireworks 🎉

"As we enter the new year, I always remember what Mrs Brown says: in London everyone is different, but that means anyone can fit in... Although I don't look like anyone else, I really feel at home. Happy New Year, Love, from Paddington"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4m

President Trump to a British journalist,

"Nice accent"

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7m

Journalist, "Would you ever visit Gaza?"

President Trump, "I'd be proud to. I'd like to put my feet on it at least"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12m

President Trump shuts down Politico's Dasha Burns,

"They've been so wrong about everything, let's get somebody else to ask Qs"

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 14h

In case you missed it ...
Barnier has said many times over the years that the door is always open for us to rejoin the EU. We'd lose the rebate we used to have, of course. But anything would be better than continuing our isolation and decline with Brexit.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17m

President Trump says he settled a war between India and Pakistan by threatening them both with tariffs

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20m

President Trump, "I'm good at solving wars, I'm good at making peace"

- then criticises the Nobel committee

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25m

President Trump, "The Qataris were a tremendous help. It was tough and dangerous for Qatar. Their leader was
brave. Qatar should get credit"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 32m

President Trump praises Netanyahu for putting him up for the Nobel Prize

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 37m

President Trump, "60,000 Palestinians have been lost"

"You have 2 million going back to buildings that have been demolished"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 40m

President Trump says he isn't sure about Tony Blair,

"First I want to find out Tony would be popular, and acceptable choice for everybody"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 46m

President Trump claims this is the first time in centuries the area will be peaceful - this is not true

"While Gaza during the Ottoman period was not devoid of conflict, it experienced a level of stability and peace that was disrupted only later during the British Mandate"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 53m

Journalist, "When will developers go In and make Gaza a riviera?"

Trump, "Gaza is blasted, it's like a demolition site"

"You have to get rid of what you have there. Structures are very dangerous. They're falling down. If they haven't fallen, they're going to fall down"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 59m

Journalist, "Are you confident the ceasefire is going to hold?"

Trump, "People are tired of it, the ceasefire will hold"

"People are going to behave, everybody knows their place. It's going to be great for everybody. Great for the surrounding countries"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1h

Journalist, "Netanyahu has not said the war is over"

Trump, "The war is over. The war is over. Do you understand that?"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1h

Journalist, "What's harder, peace in the Middle East or a gov shut down?"

President Trump, "This, it's been going on for 3,000 years"

Technically not true

They had peace for 400-500 years under the Ottoman Empire

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3h

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning, make your Monday as magical as this tulip ☺️

Have a good start to the week 🙏

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13h

BBC News, "In this world of rubble, they're finding many more dead Palestinians in areas the Israelis left"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15h

JD Vance, "Crime is down in Chicago and Portland because they're so overwhelmed at local level, they're not even keeping the statistics properly"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16h

Left: Pete Hegseth, "We're building a Qatar Air Force facility in Idaho"

Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"

If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷‍♂️

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18h

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia's Saud al-Faisal
🇦🇪The UAE's Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan
🇧🇭Bahrain's Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
🇴🇲Oman's Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla
🇶🇦Qatar's Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmou

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