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Winston Smith

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Immigrant from X. Dual British-French European, Pro EU, living & working in🇫🇷 Focus on disinformation, climate change, donors behind Trump & Farage & 🇷🇺 It’s not immigrants, it’s oligarchs & their insatiable greed. Reform 🇬🇧 is the latest grift ➡️ no DMs #FBPE

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Winston Smith @winstonsmith2019.bsky.social · Mar 8

If you look at the men & the think tanks behind Brexit, it is the exact same men & the exact same think tanks behind Trump, and the exact same media too. Maybe one day people will see this.

A mind map showing the UK Think Tanks behind Brexit, and their links to the UK media, as well as, in many cases, their links to Russia.

Legatum Group, Legatum Plaza, Dubai
Christopher Chandler Founder
Legatum Institute
Pushed for a hard Brexit
Shankar Singham Director
Wrote ultimatum letter to May from Gove & Johnson
Crawford Falconer Trade
Liam Fox
Named as UK Trade Negotiator
With USA
Henry Sands
SABI Strategy Group
Contracted to Vote Leave
Mathew

Boris Johnson
Foreign Secretary
THE LEGATUM INSTITUTE CONNECTION
David Davis
Brexit Secretary
Paul Marshall
Legatum Funder
Allegations Brexit letter was influenced by LI
Hosted Singham at
Chevening
Pro-Brexit hedge fund manager
Michael Gove
Environment Secretary
Liam Fox
International Trade Sec
Christopher
Chandler
Legatum Funder
Tim Montgomerie
Pro-Brexit moutnplece
Legatum fellow and editor of Unheard website
Vote Leave
Matthew Elliot
Legatum Senior Fellow
Held meeting with Singham
Shanker Singham
Legatum trade commisoner
Steve Baker
Conservative MP
Leading Brexit minister
Crawford Falconer
Dubal-based billionaire behind Legatum
Toby Baxendale
Legatum Trustee
Described the Legatum Institute as 'remarkable
Former Legatum employee and trade adviser to Fox
Philip Rycroft
Helped run Leadsom's leadership bid
Andrea Leadsom
Leader of the
House of Commons
Dual US and UK citizen with excellent access to Government ministers and senior civil servants particularly in Brexit departments
Theresa May
Prime Minister
THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL USTICE
DEXEU civil servant has met with Singham
Head of pro-Brexit pressure groups Vote Leave and Taxpayers'
Alliance
TaxPayers' Alliance
Philippa Stroud
Legatum CEO
lan Duncan Smith
Conservative MP
Pro-Brexit Tory leadership hopeful
Spoke at Legatum event as Home Secretary
Co-founder of
Centre for Social Justice
Leading Brexiteer

Legatum Ties
One such major player in GB News is Legatum, an international investment firm based in the Dubai International Financial
Centre, a tax-free zone in the United Arab Emirates. Legatum is currently GB News' co-lead investor, putting a reported £20 million into its initial £6o million fundraising. The firm's founder and chairman is Christopher Chandler, who made his fortune investing in 'emerging markets' in 'times of political and economic uncertainty, including the stripping and privatising of Russia's assets in the 199OS.
The idea that Chandler, a New Zealander working in the Middle East with no known prior involvement in broadcasting, suddenly wants to make patriotic British telly seems fairly unlikely. But he is world’s most successful asset-stripper.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5h

🚨🚨🚨The intensity here is indescribable. The reference post (to follow) indicates the gravity being similar to that of “Bloody Sunday.” A harrowing parallel. 1/2

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Winston Smith @winstonsmith2019.bsky.social · 4h

The man’s certifiable

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 @vero1986.bsky.social · 4h

JD Vance follows Curtis Yarvin. They and powerful techbros want to completely "delete" the government and dismantle universities, businesses and our entire system. Replace it with a dictator to control the country including all businesses and schools. This is what propagandist liar Vance believes.

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Winston Smith @winstonsmith2019.bsky.social · 13h

And their blonde media. Sinclair is a cancer.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 13h

Why doesn't the news media - the public's information sources - "take on the far right?"

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

After 10 long days, the hearing challenging Texas' gerrymandering ended. By the end, all of legacy media had vanished. But Democracy Docket stayed to keep you informed about just how far Republicans went to manipulate the state’s maps.

Support its vital work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social · 13h

In an exercise held in the UK, the Nepali Army won the gold medal. In this exercise, participants from 33 countries had to cover a distance of 60 kilometers within 48 hours while carrying weapons and 32 kg of equipment.

The exercise tested combat intelligence gathering and casualty management, and is considered extremely challenging both mentally and physically.

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Winston Smith @winstonsmith2019.bsky.social · 1d

Mitch the (Russian-owned) bitch

Mitch McConnell
Blavatnik contributed a total of $3.5 million to a PAC associated with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky. Blavatnik contributed $1.5 million to the GOP Senate Leadership Fund PAC in the name of Access Industries and another $1 million in the name of Al-Altep Holdings during the 2015/2016 election season. And as of September 2017, he had contributed another $1 million this year through Al-Altep.

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Mother Hubbard @oldmotherhubbard.bsky.social · 1d

youtube.com/shorts/82632...

Portland cop warns ICE agent: U're Going 2get Arrested"

YouTube video by Tony Dortie

youtube.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Strong 'bald men squabbling over comb' vibes to this attack line. Yes, Nigel Farage drove the economy into a cul de sac with Brexit. But the dude who refused to reverse it out is Keir Starmer.

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 1d

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Winston Smith @winstonsmith2019.bsky.social · 1d

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Air @madmaymermaid.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Echoes of a very dark past.

From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

The Descent of Robert Jenrick

The Shadow Justice Secretary's transformation from a 'Generic' moderate Conservative to the Great Hope of the far-right should alarm us all

open.substack.com

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Winston Smith @winstonsmith2019.bsky.social · 1d

The UK version of Stephen Miller & it won’t end well.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Sara Ellis' opinion in IL v. Trump is an absolute banger:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

The Court therefore must make a credibility assessment as to which version of the facts
should be believed. While the Court does not doubt that there have been acts of vandalism, civil
disobedience, and even assaults on federal agents, the Court cannot conclude that Defendants’
declarations are reliable. Two of Defendants’ declarations refer to arrests made on September 27,
2025 of individuals who were carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents. See Doc. 62-2 at
19; Doc. 62-4 at 5. But neither declaration discloses that federal grand juries have refused to
return an indictment against at least three of those individuals, which equates to a finding of a
lack of probable cause that any crime occurred. See United States v. Ray Collins and Jocelyne
Robledo, 25-cr-608, Doc. 26 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2025); United States v. Paul Ivery, 25-cr-609
(N.D. Ill.). In addition to demonstrating a potential lack of candor by these affiants, it also calls
into question their ability to accurately assess the facts. Similar declarations were provided by
these same individuals in Chicago Headline Club et. al. v. Noem, 25-cv-12173, Doc. 35-1, Doc.
35-9 (N.D. Ill.), a case which challenged the Constitutionality of ICE’s response to protestors at
the Broadview ICE Processing Center. In issuing its TRO against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem,
the court in that case found that the plaintiffs would likely be able to show that ICE’s actions
have violated protestors’ First Amendment right to be free from retaliation while engaged in
newsgathering, religious exercise, and protest, and Fourth Amendment rights to be free from
excessive force. Id. at Doc. 43. Although this Court was not asked to make any such finding, it
does note a troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of
appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning,

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 21d

In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.

Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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UncleRicoReturns @unclericotnt.bsky.social · 1d

Pass it down so everyone can play

theblop.org

The Big List of Protests

The BLOP hosts a large and detailed list of upcoming protest events submitted by users across the United States.

theblop.org

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Eight Reform UK councils have indicated that they will raise council tax next year after struggling to find huge cuts in public spending.

That’s despite Reform UK flyers during the Local Elections criticising councils for doing just that.

Never trust a Reformer.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

You asked. My thoughts on the Qatar expansion of Mountain Home Air Base.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 2d

The billionaires are squirming. 😂🤣👇

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