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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 7h

‘“Faragism” is neoliberalism at its most inhumane, more destructive even than [Thatcher’s] monetarism, and vindictive far beyond austerity.’

Good analysis by Gordon Brown - and why progressives should attack Farage on economics above all:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 1d

In 2024 across the whole of the UK just one pedestrian was killed by a cyclist.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 1d

One day - *one day* - a UK newspaper will do a similar count of motor vehicles speeding inside a 20mph zone.

In 60 minutes I saw 172 cyclists run these lights – it’s a matter of time before they kill someone

The offenders included Lime bike riders, school children and a woman in high-heeled boots

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 2d

The party leading in opinion polls and the Opposition say global warming doesn't matter, drill baby drill.

James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 2d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

A five-point-five billion Trump golf course in Qatar, and Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

New Trump Golf Course, $5.5 Billion Beachside Project Announced for Qatar

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 2d

America is in crisis.

So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!

Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...

Something extraordinary just happened

But of course there's a but. Or two.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very much Not Great to have GOP leadership describe a planned non violent march as being in service a the “terrorist wing”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 1d

This seems like just the sort of well adjusted person who should be given access to any amount of highly sensitive government data.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

You can draw a line from Trump's evidence-free claims about the need for troops in Portland to top Republicans insisting today that the upcoming "No Kings" rally is the work of antifa agitators. www.pbump.net/o/the-presid...

The president’s pretend enemy

There is no crisis of unrest in Portland, Oregon. One way I know this to be true is that President Trump — who is insistent that Portland faces just such a crisis — doesn't offer any evidence of it. A...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

“Thank you to President Putin!”

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

"In the U.S. the risks of stepping forward pale compared to those faced by dissidents elsewhere. Surely it’s not too much to hope that some heretofore timid Americans could find inspiration from the example of María Corina Machado and 'refuse to stay silent.'”

www.thebulwark.com/p/insidious-...

The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

www.thebulwark.com

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

Paragon of trade amity, Donald Trump: 'it came out of nowhere'.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

* TRUMP: HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE EXTREMELY ANGRY AT CHINA'S TRADE HOSTILITY, WHICH CAME OUT OF NOWHERE

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just threw the potential for an escalated trade war with China on top of these headlines.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Three @wsj.com headlines from the past three days. 👀

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

'Bad apple' says Rotten Orchard.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

Pure ICE vehicles now below 50%. Getting there.

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 1d

Action on #Dieselgate is taking an “outrageous” amount of time, leaving more than a million dirty diesels still on the road today. This isn't just a corporate scandal, but a #Health scandal as well. It's time the car manufacturers paid. #AirPollution

‘Little lungs are paying’: why the Dieselgate scandal is still running hot

Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment in UK but trial brought by 1.8m motorists is about to begin

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Tommy Robinson has endorsed Robert Jenrick's decision to turn up in person to offer support and solidarity to the asylum seeker Hamit Coskun, who shouted, “Koran is burning”, “Fuck Islam” and “Islam is the religion of terrorism" while burning the Quran.

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 1d

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

It's inviting violence against the protests.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

Calling No Kings a 'hate America rally' when having no kings was a precondition for having a United States of America

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

Demagogues who call themselves 'cultural Christians' are blowing a dog-whistle. It means they want to dress themselves in the worst aspects of two millennia of temporal power without accepting any of the obligations that following the teachings of Jesus places on us.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

Aside from the (largely imported/paid for by US money) Christo-nationalist tendency in Evangelical circles, most practising Christians have perhaps a better understanding of people of active religious observance - even in different faiths. They are also more likely to understand the Golden Rule.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

"People who attend church or identify with a Christian tradition are not systematically more (or less) nativist, authoritarian or populist than their secular counterparts. Conversely, people who hold nativist and authoritarian views are often also Islamophobes, and vice versa." 👏 @kai-arzheimer.com

Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity

Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.

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