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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h

Could not be more clear the president wishes he had unilateral power to imprison people, like in an absolute monarchy

He doesn’t so instead he’s forcing the govt to bring charges against his enemies because he wants vengeance

Nakedly corrupt, the sort of thing that necessitates removal from office

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

DOJ prosecutors in Virginia under Erik Seibert didn't believe they gathered enough evidence to charge Letitia James.

So Trump pressured Seibert to resign and replaced him with a loyalist (and former personal attorney) who would.

Even Nixon made efforts to hide his corruption.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 3h

🐸“You look at Portland and you see fires all over the place,” Trump said. “You see fights, I mean, just violence. It’s so crazy.…It’s so crazy. It’s like the movies you see for the kids, where you have these bombed-out cities and these bombed-out people.”🐸

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10h

What the hell does Farage thinks he’s doing, going off to America *again* to maliciously slag off British teachers at some private Christian college, while offering to peddle their courses over here?
What a repulsive, grubby little traitor.

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

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 3h

UK politics has been in dire need of someone with his energy and his straightforward communication for so many years now. It is indeed refreshing and reassuring to see.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 11h

This, maybe...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 11h

It would be funny if it weren't so disturbing....

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12h

It’s not racial profiling, it’s reasonable suspicion, we simply think anyone with darker skin tones is suspicious and that this belief is reasonable, so it’s not racial profiling, how dare you.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

An artificial heart for children with congenital heart defects was almost finished. Families had waited for years it.

Then, Trump canceled billions in grants for universities — including the grant for this device.

The cruelty is endless. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

www.npr.org

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13h

He’s a nut job.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 13h

OH they're *all* frying their brains on AI-generated videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 14h

"But...but... don't you know we're BRITISH???"

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 14h

So UK wants to deport illegal immigrants, but Spain and other EU countries are supposed to let British ones stay? 🤔🤷🤦

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16h

Apparently the EU still needs us more than we need them.

Sigh.

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 14h

4,500 years ago 😯😯😯

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 20h

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

The rules apply to any non-EU citizens not covered by free movement law, not just British citizens. All these possible penalties for overstay already exist.

Brexity folks are allowed to worship British border controls; but the EU is not supposed to enforce theirs against Brits.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 2d

People breaking immigration law can be deported. EVEN IF THEY'RE BRITISH.

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David Serrano @ddserrano.bsky.social · 18h

Esta imagen perseguirá a Moreno Bonilla. La sanidad pública es un pilar INTOCABLE. Orgullo de Andalucía #MarcaPP

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 18h

And DON'T give him the Nobel Peace Prize!!!

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 19h

I really thought Israel had promised to cease hostilities against the Palestinians in Gaza. Or is there something wrong with my eyes?

Israel bombards Gaza City and Khan Younis after ceasefire deal announced

Heavy bombing rocks Gaza before truce expected to take effect

www.middleeasteye.net

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 18h

I'm a mother, stepmother, granny, I moved to a different country, have divorced, had breast cancer and am retired. But I'm not an expert on marriage, child welfare, health or retirement! But maybe I would be considered so if I married the heir to a throne? 🤷😏

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 18h

Non-existent 'part-time residents' being denied their non-existent 'rights' is disinformation, as you know but are pretending not to. What's funny is: you accused me of harassing Andrew H but we occasionally engage (with no animosity) and he agrees with the post that bothered you. So, chill, hon! 🤣

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Ray Selby #FBPE #XR #antifascist #NAFO #WeDidWarn #WeStillWarn @tarotray.bsky.social · 19h

Your sight is still fine. It just confirms the pessimistic view that I'm unfortunately taking.

Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 19h

I really thought Israel had promised to cease hostilities against the Palestinians in Gaza. Or is there something wrong with my eyes?

Israel bombards Gaza City and Khan Younis after ceasefire deal announced

Heavy bombing rocks Gaza before truce expected to take effect

www.middleeasteye.net

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

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Debbie Eade @debbieeade.bsky.social · 19h

A bad case of 'Disinformation doesn't bother me if it suits my cause and I'll try to deflect it with ad hominem attacks on those stating the facts'.

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