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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 22h

Even after we deal with Trump, we'll be cleaning up the mess he created for decades. Once you mainstream bigotry, it takes a long time and a lot of work to make it shameful again.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple 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.

www.politico.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22h

Some politicians and commentators continue to denigrate London and talk our great city down, but the facts show a very different picture.

The number of homicides in London in the first nine months of 2025 was lower than in any year since monthly records began 22 years ago.

A graphic reporting: fewest homicides in London since monthly records began. The number of homicides in London between January to September 2025 is the lowest in the first 9 months of any year since monthly records began in 2003.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 3h

Its awful that we need to protect ourselves from our own government , but here we are
Check this guide- stuff to bring, stuff to not bring, how to respond if taken - be prepared. ❤️🇺🇸❤️
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This One Matters: A "No Kings" Protest Guide

For Oct 18 and beyond ...

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 2d

What you won’t see on the BBC:

Scotland:

Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%

England:

Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%

(@pjwoodside)

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Fascism.link @fascism.link · 1d

ICE thugs beating and kidnapping peacefully kneeling protesters

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 5h

#BREAKING | Colombian President Gustavo Petro:

“We have decided to send all the gold confiscated from drug traffickers to provide medical care for injured children in Gaza.”

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Andy Hearn 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈⚽️🎶🌈 @andyhearn24.bsky.social · 10h

I could use a hand with this. 🙋‍♀️

Andy Hearn 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈⚽️🎶🌈 @andyhearn24.bsky.social · 1d

Vote Green.

Pass it on.

#VoteGreen

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@gfelljones.bsky.social @20244202.bsky.social · 16h

Israelis don't do justice and America and UK support the ghastly INHUMANITY of their occupation of the beautiful ancient land of Palestine

Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 17h

Yes. Including our own "leaders."

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inblacknwhite @imagetree.bsky.social · 5h

What ceasefire?: Spains unions demand that control of Gaza by the Palestinian State be established within a specific time frame and that Israeli troops will be immediately withdrawn from all Palestinian territories, including illegal settlements. wrp.org.uk/news/general...

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Johnny @johnnyhatesjazz.bsky.social · 7h

Carol Malone has met her match with Zack Polanski on Jeremy Vine😬✌️

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 22h

Poor Tommy Robinson. What possible reason could the border police have had for stopping a known criminal who is being investigated by HMRC from taking £13,000 in cash abroad while driving a Bentley that wasn’t his and refusing to answer their questions? It’s an outrage!

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Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 6h

What is the peace process for the #WestBank ?

I guess there isn't one. There never has been, not for Gaza and not for the West Bank. Netanyahu has made it clear there will be no Palestinian state.

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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 5h

Starmer's party is Labour in name only. Selling state-wide surveillance as a safety measure. Trading privacy for a pat on the head from Tony Blair. If it was the Tories, we'd riot; now it's just another Tuesday.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5h

Has Israel stopped starving & murdering Palestinians? Have all the Palestinian hostages been released? Are the settlements being dismantled? Is the occupation over? Do Palestinians have the right to return to their homes? Do we have accountability &justice for Israels war crimes?

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abdohassan.bsky.social @abdohassan.bsky.social · 1d

Disney isn’t innocent.

While Gaza burned, Disney’s CEO donated $2 million to Israel — and Marvel prepared to release an Israeli Mossad “superhero.”

Actors who say “Free Palestine” are silenced. IDF soldiers become Disney stars.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Starving two million people in Gaza — including a million children — is a war crime.

We’ve witnessed hundreds starve to death from Israel’s manmade famine; countless more will die unless Gaza is flooded with aid.

Keir Starmer must demand Israel’s lifts its illegal siege NOW.

Screenshot of Reuters headline:

Gaza's Rafah border crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, Israel says
By Reuters
October 14, 2025 2:55 PM GMT+1 • Updated 52 mins ago

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

“Make Brexit work” by raising taxes to stem the ongoing losses.
Slavish devotion to failed ideology has a very high price.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

"Are we going to abandon people whenever the rightwing press demands it?"

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 10h

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
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European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, but if he didn't have the courage to speak what he knew to be the truth about Brexit to the people who elected him, then he's been putting his career above the country all along. How are we supposed to trust him on the NHS or any other issue now? He lost all credibility.
#BlueLabour

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 7h

SNP have been voted in by the Scottish people despite the UK gov using all the levers they can to try and stop any indy party being able to have a majority. As soon as any UK party get a hold of Holywood it will be dismantled mark my words fellow Scots. Dinnae be daft vote SNP

Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 14h

The current rhetoric from Labour is that they see themselves best placed to stop another SNP term of office as 19years of SNP governance has been enough.

Contrast that argument that since 1708 we have been dominated by unionist rule from Westminster that currently has NO majority within Holyrood.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 22h

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Free Speech For Peace @freespeechforpeace.bsky.social · 7h

We need genuine peace, not Trump's fake version.

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1d

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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