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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 3h

Trump wants to be accepted as having "The Divine Right of Kings": the religious political doctrine that asserts a monarch's authority comes directly from God, making them answerable only to God and not to earthly authorities like the Senate, the Constitution, parliament or the law.
#USA #NoKings

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 1d

We are watching Trump vandalising & likely irrevocably damaging the #USA. If people want democracy, if people want laws that are just, if people want freedom from tyranny, Trump must not be allowed to take America, as Putin must not be allowed to take Ukraine.
#America #democracy #freedom #justice

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 7d

To the Statue of Liberty & the American people Trump say's "I'm screwing you & your children & there's nothing you can do about it!". The swamp drained is now filled with raw sewage. "The law protects the rich but does not bind them. The law binds the poor but does not protect them". #NoKings!

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 13d

Labi talked with @Sodajerker about his songwriting process and career in music! You can listen here: sodajerker.com/episode-299-..., and find it on your favourite platform here: linktr.ee/sodajerker.
#Music #LabiSiffre #SongWriting #Songwriter @labisiffre.bsky.social

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 16d

Funniest jokes of the 21st Century
#1
"No one is above the law".
#Trump #Constitution #usa #america #GOP #Senate #MAGA #ProudBoys

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 17d

Responding to questions is not the same as answering questions.
#USA #America #Republicans #Bondi #Senate #GOP

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 19d

DEI - Diversity (different talents) - Equity (fairness) - Inclusion (better together).
UIE - Uniformity (everyone the same) - Inequity (unfairness) - Exclusion (loyalty only to Trump).
Current policy:
RFI - Repression, Fear and Intimidation.
#DEI #Trump #MAGA #UK #USA

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 21d

Hubris led to complacency. Complacency led to Trump. Now we'll see if the courage of the people will wake in time and be tough enough.
#Trump #usa #america #MAGA #Project2025 #SCOTUS #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 24d

One thing to be said about Donald Trump: He makes Boris Johnson and Liz Truss look like great leaders. On the other hand he makes Mr Bean look like a great leader.
#USA #UK #America #GB #MrBean #Trump

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 26d

My phone is playing its tone.
I'm thinking of the possibility of peace on earth.
It could be an important call.

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 28d

Languages spoken:
Zelenskyy (Ukraine) 3
Macron (France) 3
Mark Carney (Canada) 2
Friedrich Merz (Germany) 3
Giorgia Meloni (Italy) 4
Ulf Kristersson (Sweden) At least 2
Jonas Gahr Støre (Norway) At least 2
Pedro Sanchez (Spain) 4
Donald Trump : Threats, lies and boasting (in Gibberish).

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · 29d

From Charlottesville Va to London UK
it is declared, by those who even while marching are just taking up space, that wilful ignorance married to a desire to hurt people is The Right way to go. It isn't. Your leaders are lying to you and making millions of dollars out of you".
#USA #UK #Trump #MAGA

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Sep 22

Martin Luther King
John F. Kennedy
Harvey Milk
George Floyd
Matthew Shepard
Malcom X
Robert F. Kennedy
Melissa & Mark Hortman
bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
#assassination #MAGA #hatecrime #usa #america #Trump #lgbtqia #Democrats

Matthew Shepard: The murder that changed America

The death of a gay student, tortured and tied to a prairie fence two decades ago, shocked the world.

bbc.co.uk

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Sep 16

Cancel Culture:
Trump's Re-Whiting of US History continues:
nytimes.com/2025/09/16/c...
#Trump #USA #America #CancelCulture #Slavery #History

Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes

nytimes.com

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Sep 14

Humanity?
Hands over ears
Eyes tight shut.
Clearly the dead are not screaming loudly enough.

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Sep 10

Putin sends a message to Poland, The West, NATO and the EU.
reuters.com/business/aer...
#Poland #Russia #Putin #NATO #threats #war

NATO member Poland shoots down drones in its airspace during Russia’s Ukraine attack

Poland's airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones, and those that posed a direct threat were shot down, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

reuters.com

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Empty space is never just background. It is part of the design itself". And so it is with politics. As the laws of physics are central to your existence, politics is central to the quality of your existence.
#politics

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Sep 1

Trump, within a minute, will do three things. He will threaten, he will lie and he will boast. Who would have thought, except he, that that would be a winning combination?
#Trump #America #USA #MAGA #Project2025 #GOP

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Aug 31

Good heavens! What a surprise!
US Government job cuts have disproportionate effect on Black federal workers.
marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
#Trump #Black #America #USA #MAGA #Republicans #DOGE #Musk #surprise #TargetedIndividuals

Government job cuts have disproportionate effect on Black federal workers

More than 18% of the federal workforce is Black versus about 12% of the civilian workforce overall.

marketplace.org

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Aug 30

When I die, don't insult my life and me by saying or writing that I had "passed away" or "passed over" or "passed on" or "passed". Allow me at least the dignity of having died. Anything else would be to insult me.
#Death #respect #insult #zeitgeist #belief

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Aug 26

Well, it worked. No one's talking about Jeffrey Epstein.
theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Trump #Epstein #USA #NationalGuard #Distraction

National guard start carrying firearms in DC as Trump says Chicago may be next

Arming of some troops in US capital is latest escalation as president vows to target other cities led by Black Democrats

theguardian.com

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Aug 21

Why say what's been said a hundred billion times before?

Perhaps someone will listen.

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Aug 11

So many people with strong to fanatical opinions, having done no research with an enthusiastic lack of fact checking. And so, The Age of Stupid continues. If social media is the new journalism our children are indeed doomed.
#TheAgeOfStupid

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Aug 2

Democracy is? Government, "of the people, by the people, for the people". So not one person blackmailing and threatening people and trying to break anyone or any organisation or institution or nation that doesn't give him whatever he wants?
#Democracy

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Labi Siffre @labisiffre.bsky.social · Jul 31

Mexico didn't "pay for the wall" but American consumers are paying for the tariffs.
#USA #America #Trump #SCOTUS #POTUS #Tariffs #Congress

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