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Geopolitics. Bookworm. Cinephile. NBA. Futbol. Egg Chasing. Cheesecake Enthusiast. Progressive. Free Palestine. #BVB #MCFC 93:20 Former Twitter: Paul__Dawkins

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · Jul 21

If Canadians have been complicit in or perpetrated war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza on behalf of the IDF, then they should be very afraid.

Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Jul 21

Didn't anyone tell the soldiers in the IDF that if they are complicit in war crimes they can be charged?
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.

www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...

‘I’m afraid to go home’: Canadian IDF soldiers fear fallout from war crimes probe

Canada’s probe into the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t explicitly target Israelis, but its unclear scope has alarmed Jews amid rising international lawfare against soldiers

www.timesofisrael.com

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1h

People that have never been laid off, furloughed, or served an unexpected pink slip have no idea how terrifying it is. It literally paralyzes you.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Imagine that

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Bryan Graham @bryanagraham.bsky.social · 13h

Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 16h

The level of fame and scrutiny that Malala was (and still is) subjected to would crush a normal person. It's not just the Taliban that want her dead.

And I'm glad that she's flaming Biden, Trudeau, Boris Johnson, and Macron for not taking her calls. Thankfully, 3 out of the 4 are out of office now.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19h

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen with her

www.theguardian.com

Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking hell, man.

I don't use the world evil lightly, but I can't think of another adjective that would describe this. ICE are hunting people and dehumanizing them for sport.

Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted after this. No deals, no leniency, nothing.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

Finding out in real-time who has neighbors that would hide or shelter them from ICE should be the final wake-up call to anyone who thinks this fascist hell will eventually burn itself out.

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

That they showed up with no security detail tells me this was all performative, and that they never intended to try and gain access.

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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 1d

If you all would have included truthful Black History as part of American History, you wouldn't be so "shocked" by what is happening right now. In fact, what is happening now likely wouldn't be happening because you would have been able to see it coming with knowledge of history.

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA caving on anything that advantages Qatar or Muslims feels like a pipe dream.

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

We don't get this without years of right-wing news networks and social media platforms being untethered from reality. I genuinely don't know how Americans dig themselves out of this.

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

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu needs to continue his genocidal slaughter of Palestinians because it delays his own political mortality. Even if Likud maintain power in Knesset, Bibi's days are numbered.

He has repeatedly sabotaged the peace process every step of the way. I expect him to do so again while blaming Hamas.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

🚨 READ: Israeli media is reporting a "secret clause" in the Gaza ceasefire that would allow Israel to restart the war if Hamas can't locate all captives within 72 hours. This could be Netanyahu's exit strategy to sabotage peace. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/the-...

The Israeli media is reporting on a ‘secret clause’ in the Gaza ceasefire deal that no one is talking about

Hebrew-language Israeli media reports say there is a “secret clause” buried in the Gaza ceasefire agreement that would allow Israel to resume the war. Palestinians worry this is the pretext Netanyahu ...

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, because nothing says violent Antifa extremism like protestors dressed in animal costumes doing spontaneous dance routines while ICE shoot pepper balls at them.

This is pathetically shameless, even for Andy Ngo.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

ICE, CBP, and DHS are aggressively conditioning the public to accept that journalists and members of the press are "the enemy".

The only thing Debbie Brockman had on her was a camera, but being documented and exposed in real-time terrifies them.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 1d

I think a Victorian orphan would survive drinking a McDonalds Sprite, but I think the sentence "in the future, Donald Trump opens a Qatari military base in Idaho" would have roughly a 38% mortality rate in the year 2002

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 1d

I'd missed Dolan's interview with @sidlowe.bsky.social when it was published. So happy to have read it now. What a beautiful young man Ty is.

Sid Lowe @sidlowe.bsky.social · 21d

Good morning. On love, life and loss. Frienship and football. Ty is so impressive, an honor to speak to him www.theguardian.com/football/202...

‘Maybe I’m the way I am because I lost Jeremy’: Espanyol’s unexpected Englishman Tyrhys Dolan

As he prepares to take on Real Madrid, the former Blackburn forward talks emotionally to Sid Lowe about the pain of his close friend’s death and why football has to change

www.theguardian.com

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 1d

I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣

#ProudBlue

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 1d

If only we had news media relentlessly devoted to aggressive nonstop coverage of supposed Presidential cognitive decline.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

The genuine fear from the major networks and newspapers over Zack Polanski and the Greens ascent is palpable.

It's increasingly possible that all the energy they've expended conditioning the public to accept Farage, Reform, and the fascist hellscape they're promising might not pay off.

elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely believe that if the Greens remain consistent with their messaging and politics, a sizeable percentage of people who are disillusioned with Labour or who vote Reform as a protest vote or who simply don't think voting is worth it (etc) would be persuaded to join the Greens.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

As a lifelong hate-watcher of #BBCQT it's been incredible to see the tone shift in last night's prog with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on. It should have never been that hard to call for common sense - and actually popular - policies. Someone is actually doing it.

Quick 🧵

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 1d

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Dawkins 🍉 @pdawkins.bsky.social · 1d

Nope, not a chance in hell would I ever buy his pigswill wine. Gretzky cast his lot in with the fascist rapist, and couldn't summon the strength to stand up for Canada.

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