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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 10h

Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.

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Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 30m

Does Tice strike you as a person with a soul?

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 1h

Shocking. Hard to imagine this Administration making shit up 😏

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

www.nytimes.com

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 2h

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

If only there were a Nobel prize for narcissism ….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1h

Blaise Ingoglia, DeSantis’ handpicked CFO, was asked about the postcard and if his DFS officers should have treated it as a threat. He said he never saw it but then said “I’m sure that’s not the only thing” when a reporter told him what it said.

Ingoglia also has ties to Susie Wiles.

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Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 38m

@nytimes.com says "it depends on the narrative". But whose narrative do they choose to illustrate?

Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 42m

The Brexit faithful protecting and promoting Farage's latest scams. It is the. GB "news" auxiliary

Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 6h

"well I've been around this big old world and the thing that I most fear/
Is a white man in a golf shirt with a cellphone in his ear"-Tom Russell

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 6h

He wrote it, didn't he?

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 6h

Pretty sure Fraser Nelson is just making this up?

I'm sure that some people on UC (health) have serious alcohol/drug problems, but don't think "alcoholism is an accepted reason" to pass the WCA

archive.ph/pHOzq

. Alcoholism is one of the accepted reasons: money is issued with no help offered. Unsurprisingly, alcohol-related deaths have surged to an all-time high of 10,500 a year. My friend, now, amongst them. Signing alcoholics on to welfare without help is a crisis which, last week, felt all the more vivid.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 6h

Hang on, do you mean Farage or Johnson? Though the charlatan list is long, yet filled with empty

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 8h

I still find it hard to believe that a party which has dominated British politics for centuries is dying. And the most extraordinary thing is that one charlatan, who has never held significant power nor any kind of vision, is destroying it.

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Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 6h

She hasn't a Carrie in the world

TensegrityFan🍋🐝🍯 @tensegrityfan.bsky.social · 10h

Diva Brawn

Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 17h

Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 6h

Boris will face stiff punishment

Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 17h

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

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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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 6h

I’m afraid that if you emigrate to Dubai for the tax breaks and 24-hour security, you really should give up your citizenship here for someone who wants it.

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Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 6h

The real question is how many more breakages of the cease fire will it take before Israel pull out? Days, not weeks. This is performative and only in English

Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 8h

On the Gaza deal, crediting Trump - and the painful cost of his failure to act so much earlier. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump wants a prize for the Gaza deal. But the real question is, why didn't he do it earlier? | Jonathan Freedland

The ceasefire in Gaza happened when the US president lost patience, but how much horror occurred, how many people were killed because he delayed, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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Iaia @keepingfaithnow.bsky.social · 12h

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Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 8h

Can you identify the specific bases built in the US for "training & maintenance" for each foreign nation? My understanding is that allies may be serviced at US bases but not given their own in the US

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18h

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21h

Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.

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Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 1d

How do you know her personality is toxic and no one else's is. She's a left wingish woman. Maybe she's a DEI politician and nasty too.

Michael Carlson @micarlson.bsky.social · 1d

At least the SA wore uniforms

NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom: “Masked men. Jumping out of unmarked vehicles. People disappearing. No due process. No oversight. No accountability. People say I’m being hyperbolic. Bullshit. This is happening in America today.”

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Pubs could stay open longer under Starmer plan to revive British night out

Who will provide extra police, staff, public services?

Nights out restricted due to cost of living crisis

Govt can help hospitality industry by cutting energy/water bills, rents, improving public transport.

Pubs could stay open longer under Starmer plan to revive British night out

PM’s initiative, which could lead to ‘bonfire’ of old licensing rules, aims to ‘bring the buzz back’ to high streets

www.independent.co.uk

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