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BobOne @bjayzusbob.bsky.social · 9h

Ceasefire, Israeli style.
They were NEVER going to stop killing Palestinians were they?
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‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

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drbarbarajane.bsky.social @drbarbarajane.bsky.social · 7h

I’m sitting with my iPad in the dark but for scented candles-somethings tripping the downstairs light circuit (upstairs is fine) but I can’t be arsed to work through the switches-I’ll do it in the daylight tomorrow!

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13h

This is the face of the health care crisis in America.

It’s what I’m fighting to change.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 9h

And another one gone!

Reform suspends a council in Kent following unofficial complaints from several female members of staff.

How many more of the May intake of Reform councillors will be gone by the end of the year?

Reform UK suspend Kent county councillor after complaint - BBC News

An investigation is pending into a complaint made by some women into the behaviour of Robert Ford.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 15h

Reform’s former Welsh leader, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Russia.

The people of Wales deserve full transparency about foreign interference in politics.

Those interviewed by counter-terrorism police in connection with the case should be publicly named.

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skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 8h

Another cruel move by war criminal Netanyahu....

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Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire

Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump says wants back dead hostages held in Gaza. The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilatio...

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drbarbarajane.bsky.social @drbarbarajane.bsky.social · 7h

I read/record for a talking newspaper that is delivered free via Royal Mail to subscribers on a usb 👍🏻☺️

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings means no paychecks?” Scott, that’s not how government works; that’s how feudalism works. You’re literally arguing for the system we escaped in 1776.
No kings means exactly what America stands for— we don’t serve monarchs or dictators. The people are the power, not one man or family.

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skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 8h

Only one organization agreed to the rules, One America News, a far right propaganda outlet....

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News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

Let’s make a deal with the most corrupt president in U.S. history— Donald Trump.

🔥 HOT MIC: Indonesia’s president straight up asks if he can meet with Eric and Don Jr. You can’t make this up.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 13h

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 9h

Four chords and the point blank truth 🤠

#WomensRightsAreHumanRights

🗣️ gwenleveymusic

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 13h

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 9h

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Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 13h

Shit. That's the second time in a week she's made sense.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

“I don’t think those people are being served”

ICYMI — Marge says Trump is only serving his rich donors not regular folks, and his trade war is hurting American businesses.

(Spoiler: she is right)

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 8h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 17h

Genocide is an internationally recognized crime defined as the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. 👇

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 6d

🔴 ‘America Must Save Britain’: MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News’ New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump. ✍️ @bylinetimes.bsky.social

'America Must Save Britain': MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News' New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK need...

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drbarbarajane.bsky.social @drbarbarajane.bsky.social · 17h

They’ve done some good & sensible stuff but their comms are still not shouting it out! 🤷‍♀️Latching on to the anti immigration rhetoric is not going to help 🤦‍♀️

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 19h

U.S. spirit sales to Canada plunged 85% in Q2 amid tariff tensions. American single malt whiskey was hit hardest. Distillers like Virginia’s Gareth Moore and Iowa’s Jeff Quint say sales collapsed to zero, forcing them to abandon Canada and European markets
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Sales for American staple 'collapse to zero' due to Trump's policies: report

President Donald Trump's signature tariff policy appears to have caused sales of a staple American spirit to collapse as trade relations between the U.S. and other countries deteriorate, according to ...

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 20h

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 20h

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

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Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 19h

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Reform councillor suspended amid investigation into ‘lewd remarks’

A Reform UK councillor has been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct following a complaint by “several women”.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 21h

When you finally run out of fucks to give.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

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