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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5h

President Trump, "Nobody in history has stopped 8 wars in 9 months. I've stopped 8 wars. That's never happened before"

𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 5h

The fleeing didn't go as planned. Has rebooked for Thursday evening as planned tickets were mysteriously cancelled after checking in.

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 6h

Arild Hermstad, the leader of the Green party of Norway, said the Nobel committee’s independence is what gives the prize its credibility.
“Peace prizes are earned through sustained commitment, not through social media tantrums and not from intimidation,” he said.

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize — The Guardian

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 11h

Normal for Kings Lynn.

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 11h

Update: plane tickets for him and his family cancelled after checking in.

𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 11h

Trump's MAGA Coloring book just missed out there, apparently.

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 12h

…then they came for university professors…
Rutgers University anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport - The Guardian

Rutgers University anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport — The Guardian

Professor Mark Bray was trying to leave US day after White House ‘antifa’ roundtable having receiving death threats

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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of wulferhampton 📎 @ashashman1.bsky.social · 19h

This 👇

🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 21h

Kristi Noem compared antifa to MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah & the Islamic State, calling the loosely affiliated network of antifascist street activists “just as dangerous” as designated terrorist organizations.

WTF? This is making me lose my cool...

Kristi Noem compares antifa to MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic State

Homeland security secretary calls loosely affiliated network of anti-fascist street activists ‘just as dangerous’

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 1d

I was quite surprised, given the amount of negative press that would have you believe that this government is the worst we’ve had yet.

I’ll put the link in the next post but given we had a complete shit show with the Tories, this is astonishing. Do reshare or bookmark the link, it’s handy.

Under the last Tory Govt, elected in 2019, of 42 Manifesto Pledges, only
2 were delivered in 5 years.
Under the current Labour Govt, elected in 2024, of 83 Manifesto Pledges, 57 are delivered (18), on track (19), or in process (20).
In 1 year.
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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 16h

In his later years, MacMillan criticised Thatcher's privatisation plans, saying they were like "selling the family silver".

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valerie.bsky.social @valeriea.bsky.social · 2d

Went to see GP this morning feeling slightly foolish, because it's just about a tiny spot on the tip of my nose. Turns out it's not foolish - it's a basal cell carcinoma, which is treatable and not life threatening - but shows how important it is to get skin lesions investigated!

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 16h

It does look a bit effeminate. Which could mean…

𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 16h

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mabelsblanket.bsky.social @mabelsblanket.bsky.social · 17h

What absolute chaos the Tories caused. There isn't an eye role big enough for their tin eared idiocy.

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 21h

I worked as an Estate Agent during the COVID years. When Sunak gave a Stamp Duty break. Result was buyers put up their asking prices. When it ended in a mad dash for completions, those prices dropped back.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17h

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

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Lee-in-Iowa 💙 @lee-in-iowa.bsky.social · 17h

So if Trump announces this “deal” first …he can pretend he had something to do with it.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19h

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 17h

Brits released from flotilla claim they were held in 'torture position' in Israeli custody - Metro

Brits released from flotilla claim they were held in 'torture position' in Israeli custody — Metro

'All my human rights were violated, but it's nowhere near as bad as what Palestinians still experience.'

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 17h

The prize is supposed to be a recognition of your pursuit of peace in the sense of benefiting humanity, not benefiting yourself."

Inside the room where Nobel Peace Prize is decided – but will Trump get his wish? - BBC News

Inside the room where Nobel Peace Prize is decided – but will Trump get his wish? — BBC News

For the first time in its 125-year history, the committee allows an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse.

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 17h

Professor and author of Antifa book flees US over safety fears - ITV News

Professor and author of Antifa book flees US over safety fears — ITV News

University Professor Mark Bray tells ITV News' Dan Rivers how a Turning Point USA petition led to him choosing to leave the United States

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dear. 🎻⁻⁴

Debt collection giant Lowell calls in restructuring experts - Sky News

Debt collection giant Lowell calls in restructuring experts — Sky News

Lowell Group, which is backed by Permira and a giant Canadian pension fund, has hired Teneo just four months after completing a £1.6bn debt refinancing, Sky News understands.

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𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂𝓟 @vandyke4ad.bsky.social · 1d

A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter* - The Guardian

* neither was the show, seemingly.

A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter — The Guardian

Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a rightwing Stephen Colbert-style talkshow

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