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heim2yankel.bsky.social @heim2yankel.bsky.social · 1h

Steadfast here means criminally negligent.
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GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, the horror.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

Portland 🔥

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 2h

As relevant today as it was when Carole Cadwalladr first wrote it. Britain has a Russia problem. And his name is Nigel Farage. She says: “Where is the BBC in all of this, that’s another thread.”

x.com/carolecadwal...

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 7d

ICE is too dangerous to be left unaccountable.
Violence & abuse against Americans is wrong.

If you see an incident occurring, get out your cellphone. Document it. Send it to your Congressperson and the press. Do it anonymously if you need to. #BeTheChange

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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 2h

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 8h

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2h

Taiwan says doesn't need China for most of its rare earths needs reut.rs/4okOH4e

Taiwan says doesn't need China for most of its rare earths needs

Most rare earth materials used in Taiwan are supplied by Europe, the United States and Japan, but the impact of China's new curbs on the semiconductor industry still needs to be assessed, the island's economy ministry said on Sunday.

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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 8h

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/austral...

Australian Politicians Ignore Israel’s Brutality Against Our Citizens

Australian politicians are more than happy to give the Israeli state a free pass when it comes to illegally detaining and brutalising our citizens.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · Mar 30

This is something I didn't read about in the main stream media or see on the news. Thank you Sydney Criminal Lawyers. No thanks to the duopoly.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/politic...

Political Block on Atrocity Prosecutions Remains, As Major Parties Reject Genocide Reforms

The major parties have voted down a bill that would have allowed prosecutions for genocide to take place without the Attorney-General’s approval.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2h

Madagascar presidency warns of attempted coup, without offering evidence reut.rs/46NS5P6

Madagascar presidency warns of attempted coup, without offering evidence

Madagascar's presidency said in a statement on Sunday that "an attempted illegal and forcible seizure of power" was underway in the African nation, without offering any evidence, a day after some soldiers joined a protest movement that started last month.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h

Fridays firings www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

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heim2yankel.bsky.social @heim2yankel.bsky.social · 2h

Dalio blames both sides. Probably good "Fortune"?
fortune.com/2025/10/10/r...

Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio says U.S. divisions, debt, and “wars of all kinds” are testing America’s stability—warning history shows every world order eventually resets | Fortune

Dalio said there are two outcomes for America: Either the nation pulls together and rises above, or conflicting sides exert as much pain on the other as they can.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 4h

This Halloween I’m going as the scariest thing of all, emotional intimacy!!! ha ha just kidding I’m prion disease

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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wolfeden.bsky.social @wolfeden.bsky.social · 2h

Farage is a Russian asset.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23h

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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heim2yankel.bsky.social @heim2yankel.bsky.social · 2h

My favorite was AARP urging voters to rally against SSI and Medicare in 2016.
www.axios.com/2025/10/10/u...

UnitedHealth paid AARP $9 billion to sell branded health coverage

The disclosure sheds more light on a partnership dating to the 1990s.

www.axios.com

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 2h

Portland stands in solidarity with you, Chicago!!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

Currently in Chicago...

This looks peaceful to me...

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heim2yankel.bsky.social @heim2yankel.bsky.social · 2h

Private Equity represents evil.
www.ft.com/content/2e36...

Private equity overcomes California hurdle to expansion in US legal market

Lobbyists watered down legislation that would have frozen investor-owned firms out of largest state

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5h

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 2h

The real questions about "Question Time" are how and why has the BBC transformed a once proud programme into a propaganda outlet for the right in general and Reform & Farage in particular? I resent paying my licence fee whilst this apology for a political programme is still on air.

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Thomas (TJ) Lawrence @bidder13.bsky.social · 2h

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heim2yankel.bsky.social @heim2yankel.bsky.social · 2h

Private equity is evil. 4.5
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Senator warns Big Ten of private equity risks

Senator Maria Cantwell sent a letter on Friday warning Big Ten presidents that a move into private equity could have negative consequences, including impacting the schools' tax-exempt status.

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