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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 8h

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 1d

The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 12h

Weak against the strong.
Strong against the weak.
The definition of bullies and cowards through the ages.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour’s softening stance towards China reinforced by dropped spy case

In an attempt to reset the relationship the government is refusing to describe China as a national security threat despite evidence to the contrary

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 1d

The Onion and Private Eye are now our only reliable news media.

Alex Richards @alxrchrds.bsky.social · 1d

The brilliant @privateeyenews.bsky.social captures British journalists and political commentators in a nutshell over their Nigel Farage and Reform Party UK Ltd obsession.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE ‘WILL BE PM TOMORROW’

IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 1d

Every projection is a confession

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not an expert on voting systems but this acquisition looks quite bad news unless you are Donald Trump.

Lola Gold @lola-et-moi.blacksky.app · 1d

Liberty Vote (run by former GOP election official Scott Leiendecker) acquired Dominion today. They plan to “rebuild or retire” equipment in 40 states BEFORE the 2026 midterms.
Dominion also dropped all lawsuits against Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, OANN before the sale.

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 1d

First they came for James Comey now they are going after Letitia James. As sure as night follows day Alvin Bragg and Jack Smith will be next. Donald Trump has turned the DoJ into a mafia hit squad and one by one his enemies are being rounded up. Hard to see how US democracy can survive this.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by the US Department of Justice.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

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

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 2d

Question Time is going to be worth a watch later this evening as Polanski is the only progressive voice on the panel.

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

Woahhhhhh.

A poll that shows the Greens surging to 15% - and just 2 points behind the Labour party.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

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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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 2d

And then I woke up...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 2d

I feel I need to personally apologise to other life forms in the universe who may eventually witness this light years from now.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Omar M. Yaghi, born in 1965 to Palestinian refugee parents in Amman, Jordan, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Keir Starmer is really determined to lose the next general election isn't he?

Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 3d

“From 10th October 2025,the eligibility criteria for a free bus pass will be tied more closely to the State Pension age rather than the general age of 60…As the pension age gradually increases, this change will automatically delay when you can apply for a bus pass.”

stcnorthgolf.com/uk-bus-pass-...

UK Bus Pass Rules 2025: Major Changes from 10th October That Could End Your Free Travel - stcnorthgolf.com

UK Bus Pass Rules 2025: Major Changes from 10th October That Could End Your Free Travel UK Bus Pass Rules 2025

stcnorthgolf.com

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Tbf though she was only parroting her master's voice

Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Before Johnson goes on a long winded rant about how great it is that armed troops are on the streets of the national capital - doing what exactly? - a simple "no" would have sufficed to that egregious question from one of the MAGA propaganda claque.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Behold these evil Antifa street terrorists! Thank goodness the people of Portland have the National Guard to protect them from these violent criminals.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

And seeing ignorance is the curse of God,
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

King Henry VI Part 2
Act 4, Scene 7

by William Shakespeare

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

Studying the language and literature that has helped to define our nation at home and around the world for centuries is a "rip-off" apparently

Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Utter insanity

goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 3d

In London yesterday a man was arrested for holding up a magazine called 'The New World', which is freely available to buy in our shops.
The UK government is sliding away from the concept of free speech at an alarming speed.

#freedomofspeech #palestine

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Badenoch's cuts to arts degrees would also almost certainly bankrupt her alma matres Birkbeck & Sussex along with most of the HE sector as Humanities & Social Science students massively cross subsidise STEM departments. Economically illiterate doesn't begin to describe this folly.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch wants to decide what your child is allowed to study at university & where. This is far more draconian than even the Trump higher education 'compact' but interfering in the academic curriculum to purge 'woke degrees' is a far right priority

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenoc...

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 3d

The future of the UK if Farage and Badenoch get their way.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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