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M. Ella @incredimella.bsky.social · 2d

6 women and 3 men? It's remarkable how that's so unremarkable.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

History repeats.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17d

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 24d

Glad the vice president of the United States, whose salary my taxes fund, is using his position to *checks notes* attack me on the Charlie Kirk show.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22d

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21d

I wish people understood the theatrical principles of emotional preparation, foreshadowing, and dramatic anticipation. If this is you, four years from a GE, what pitch and volume do you hope to reach in 2029 when you finally announce, to absolutely nobody's surprise, you are endorsing another party?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 21d

it's also really important to spread the "this is illegal" message as far as you can because the majority of people are not exposed to it! most people do not even know the government is doing the illegal thing it's doing, let alone that it's illegal. when they learn about it they get mad!

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21d

I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action

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Jaysun Silver @jaysunsilver.bsky.social · 21d

I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21d

They’re going to fire a US attorney because they couldn’t find evidence for a crime that was manufactured by the administration?

Banana republic shit

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21d

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.

When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.

I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 21d

weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 29d

No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.

wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah took down X posts Tuesday making an apparent connection between Gov. Tim Walz and the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, and blaming “Marxists” for the murders. The change comes after blowback from Sen. Tina Smith and her staffers as well as Minnesota Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

One X post said “Nightmare on Waltz Street,” with pictures of Boelter, who is accused of killing Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and shooting Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in the early morning hours of June 14. Boelter also went to the homes of two other state lawmakers that night; one house was empty, and at the other, a police officer pulled up to the house shortly after Boelter arrived, so Boelter left.

Another Lee post read, “This is what happens When Marxists don’t get their way,” with a picture of Boelter.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 5

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.

If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.

If you're under 28, the number is 100%.

Happy Labor Day.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.

Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide

Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.

www.nbcnews.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 14

An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!

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#ResistOfficial @resistofficial.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is illegal and violating so many civil rights it isn't even funny.

Court orders don't help when they aren't obeyed or ENFORCED.

Laws don't work when they are disregard and BROKEN.

This has to stop. People are going to die.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 13

UPDATE: Three days on, disabled veteran and US citizen George Retes is still missing after being kidnapped by ICE.

His wife has phoned every law enforcement agency in the area, they all say they don’t know where he is.

It was his daughter’s third birthday yesterday.

This is America now.

George Retes pictured smiling in his US Army uniform with his arm around his wife, Guadalupe, who is also in Army uniform

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Jul 13

incredible that mainstream media keeps announcing that the story they "missed" during the election was biden's age, even though it got constant coverage for years, and not "donald trump was close friends with notorious pedophile jeffrey epstein"

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · Jul 13

We are seeing an increasing number of satellite launches where the owner, and even the owner's country, is not announced, contrary to the spirit (and arguably letter) of UN Res 1721B.

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · Jul 13

LAUNCH of secret commercial satellite by Falcon 9 from Canaveral at 0504 UTC Jul 13. Suspected to be IAI (Israel)'s Dror-1 communication satellite.

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A.J. Lagoe @ajlagoe.bsky.social · Jul 8

w here’s a picture MN can celebrate. State Senator John Hoffman discharged from ICU today after being shot numerous times during assassination attempt. His family tells me he’s moving to a rehab facility and still has a long road ahead.

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samus aran enjoyer @riotlinguist.bsky.social · Jul 7

i regret to inform you that you will simply never be able to craft a coherent vision of queer liberation without feminism, no matter how much you want to leave women out of your visions of a sexually free world

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · Jul 7

Things are looking up...for measles.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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