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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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alvisinger.bsky.social @alvisinger.bsky.social · 6h

" Sir...Three more frogs ".

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 5h

Omg Portland REALLY understands the mission.

Pass this on. We need this movement nationwide 🔥🔥

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 5h

Lessons from Portland. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump

The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 11h

“It was the 89th anniversary of the arrest of my father for being one of the organisers of the 1936 Cable Street resistance to the rise of fascism in Britain.

I was arrested on Saturday with hundreds of others at the Defend Our Juries action…”

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Anti-protest proposals put free speech at risk | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the proposal to give police further powers to curb ‘cumulative’ protests, in response to actions by the proscribed group Palestine Action

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 5h

'Pam Bondi is so transparent you can see right through her'

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Pam Bondi is so transparent, you can see right through her #dailyshow #pambondi

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 11h

The Zionist propaganda machinery really shot itself in the foot by persuading UK Gov to push this absurd ban.
Everyday it continues to bring in to the headlines the war crimes & genocide of the Israeli regime as people push back on government over reach.

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Former British diplomat challenges Palestine Action ban in Scotland

Craig Murray argues proscription order contravenes rights to freedom of speech under European convention of human rights

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Lady P of Soggy Bottom @pshoot.bsky.social · 12h

Oh this statement from the Nobel Committee is brutal 🤣

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 12h

We now have Farage as MP for Mar a Lago, and Sunak MP for Silicon Valley.
They have no interest whatsoever in representing their constituents at home.

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 12h

Democracy wins the Nobel Peace Prize!

Norway & Nobel committee refuse to bend the knee & stands up for Democracy!
The committee commends Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness'

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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump

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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 12h

MP defends government plans to restrict repeated protests.

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Here you go. I made it easier to understand what’s happening.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 1d

Greta for the Nobel Peace Prize!
The Flotilla forced Israel & the genocidal enablers to finally get serious. It demonstrated world opinion was against them.
Italian dock workers threatened a blockade on Israel.
For the 2nd time Greta risked life & limb to stop the genocide
& Felon47 wld go crazy!

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 3d

We all need to start listening.

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Spirit Bird

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
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Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 4d

Greta and fellow Sumud flotilla humanitarians speak after their release from Israeli detention.
This is the sort of leadership the world desperately needs right now.

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“No One Can Say We Didn’t Know”: Greta Thunberg, Others Speak After Israeli Detention | AC1G

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 4d

💕 I am blown away by Greta Thunberg’s courage. They covered up her arm to hide her injuries, she refused to make it about her after 72 hours of Israeli torture and determined, delivered another plea for world leaders and media to grow a conscience. This is what world leadership looks like:

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4d

Green members at their conference this weekend were exuberant. But can @zackpolanski.bsky.social and team meet soaring expectations? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - me for @theguardian.com

Good and bad news for Zack Polanski: the Green conference was a joy, but now hopes are stratospheric | Adam Ramsay

Members loved hearing from a leader who boldly reflects their views and isn’t afraid of the rightwing press. How far can he take the party?, says journalist and Green party member Adam Ramsay

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AnEasierAffair @aneasieraffair.bsky.social · 4d

Long read but explains one helluva lot about Farage and his links to the Kremlin.
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being a distant colleague, insiders told Byline Times that Reform's former Welsh leader, convicted of bribery, was a close Farage aide and worked on the Kremlin's plan to crush Ukraine

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Tristan Strange @tristanstrange.bsky.social · 4d

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Mass arrests at Palestine Action protest: ‘I’m 73 and never hurt a fly' | The View From ...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

Italian journalist Lorenzo D’Agostino describes Greta Thunberg wrapped in an Israeli flag “like a war trophy,” mocked, beaten & humiliated. Ben Gvir oversaw detainees treated “as terrorists.” Read his account of what happened after activists were illegally detained on the Global Sumud Flotilla ⬇️

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 6d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 5d

The two faces of home secretary Shabana Mahmood

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'The law must be obeyed': Home Secretary backs Palestine Action arrests as she unveils new powers to police protests

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Heartening to see so many people here at the demo #Gaza

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