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Andy McGuffie
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British communicator back in London after 🇽🇰🇧🇦& 🇹🇷 Work @GSK. All usual caveats!
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.

🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
WSJ Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions. Another Trump donor, Stephen P. Lynch, paid $600,000 this year to a lobbyist close to Trump Jr. who is helping him seek a Treasury Department license to buy the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from a Russian state-owned company. One sign that he may be serious is that some of his most-trusted friends, sanctioned billionaires from his St. Petersburg hometown-Gennady Timchenko, Yuri Kovalchuk and the Rotenberg brothers, Boris and Arkady-have sent representatives to quietly meet American companies to explore rare-earth mining and energy deals, according to people familiar with the meetings and European security officials. That includes reviving the giant Nord Stream pipeline, sabotaged by Ukrainian tactical divers, and under European Union sanctions. Earlier this year, Exxon Mobil met with Russia's biggest state energy company, Rosneft, to discuss returning to the massive Sakhalin gas project if Moscow and Washington gave the green light.
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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jkarsh.bsky.social
They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand

(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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🇺🇸 attempts to force 🇺🇦 surrender are currently 0 from 3. Europe is winning, even if it doesn't realise.
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
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America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
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December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.

At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Trump’s approval rating is negative with EVERY pollster for the first time.
Every Pollster in America Agrees America Hates Trump
It marks the first time that Trump’s approval rating has been negative with every pollster.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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theleaduk.bsky.social
Breaking political news from The Lancashire Lead as Reform's Tom Pickup is suspended over leaked WhatsApp messages about the party's stance on immigration
Breaking: Senior Reform UK figure at County Hall suspended by party
Whatsapp leaks lead to suspension of the council's lead member for finance and resources
lancashire.thelead.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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theguardian.com
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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pickardje.bsky.social
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda

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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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theguardian.com
Centrist D66 party set to win most seats in Dutch election, exit poll suggests
Centrist D66 party set to win most seats in Dutch election, exit poll suggests
Result would pave the way for the Netherlands’ first out gay prime minister and end far-right populist Geert Wilders’ time in power The liberal-progressive D66 party was on track to become the largest in the Dutch parliament, according to an exit poll, after a snap general election in which Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party was seen losing a third of its seats. The poll, with a one- to two-seat margin of error, gave the centrist party an estimated 27 MPs in the 150-seat assembly, possibly clearing a path for its 38-year-old leader, Rob Jetten, to become the Netherlands’ youngest and first out gay prime minister. Continue reading...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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spotlightcorruption.org
🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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modinmetro.bsky.social
This week sees the 100th anniversary of the opening of the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris, the exposition that would bring together and display the style that would go on to be known as Art Deco
A colour image of the poster used for the 1925 Paris exposition
April 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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theguardian.com
Amadou Bagayoko of music duo Amadou & Mariam dies aged 70
Amadou Bagayoko of music duo Amadou & Mariam dies aged 70
Malian singer and guitarist, who sold millions of albums with wife, Mariam Doumbia, had been ill for a while, say family The guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 after an illness, his family said, paying tribute to the Grammy-nominated blind musician. Amadou and his wife, Mariam Doumbia, formed a group whose blend of traditional Malian music with rock guitars and western blues sold millions of albums across the world. Continue reading...
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April 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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As a vet, I stand in solidarity with the penguins of Heard Island. My team has reached out to the ambassador and I can confirm we are negotiating a new krill export deal to compensate for the economic impact they're facing from these tariffs.

Noot Noot✊
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Trump and J D Vance in the oval office berating the ambassador (a penguin) of Heard Island.
April 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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garius.bsky.social
Had to pop into town, so quick stop for lunch at one of my favourite sneaky restaurant picks: Sofra Turkish on South Molton Street.

I absolutely encourage you to read the "about us" page on their website.

It actually escalates from here.

www.sofra.co.uk/huseyin-ozer/
I was born in a village. My parents separated. I lived with my grandfather. When I was supposed to go to primary school at the age of seven, my father disowned me. My older brother tried to poison me. My grandfather grew old and I became an unwanted child. I learned how to write by writing on walls and rocks with charcoal. I herded goats. My mother got angry about this. She sent me to Ankara to earn money for a gun so I could shoot my father. I was a homeless child. I twice wrote to our president Demirel to educate me but didn’t get a positive reply. I slept in a public toilet in Sıhhiye, fuelled up lighters in Ulus square
March 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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ariberman.bsky.social
Elon Musk admitted why he’s spending $18 million & paying voters $100 a pop to flip Wisconsin Supreme Court. It’s all about keeping GOP gerrymandering advantage in US House. If Dems retake House they can investigate Musk, DOGE & his $38 billion in govt contracts www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk revealed why he's spending millions to flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court
It's all about preserving gerrymandered districts that lock in Republican power.
www.motherjones.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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nationalnewswatch.com
British parliamentarian calls on the U.K. to rally around Canada, throws poutine party. Leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats positions himself as Canada’s champion www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
British parliamentarian calls on the U.K. to rally around Canada, throws poutine party | CBC News
Ed Davey leads the third party in Britain’s parliament, the Liberal Democrats, and he’s calling on European nations to rally around Canada to help fight off Donald Trump’s tariffs.
www.cbc.ca
March 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/

Slava Ukraini.
Donate to Ukraine’s defenders
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
war.ukraine.ua
February 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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kyivindependent.com
Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war.

We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.
Zelensky thanks America for four minutes straight
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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March 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Clay Bennett nails it.
A tiny trump figure in a chair next to a towering Zelensky captures the puny spirit of Trump's cowardice and Russian capitulation.
February 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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February 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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BREAKING: UK PM Starmer has spoken to Zelenskyy & backed him after the attack from Trump.

“The PM expressed his support for President Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader & said it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during war time as the UK did during World War II."

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A picture of Starmer meeting Zelensky in Ukraine. Both men are smiling at each other. Photo credit to the Ukrainian office of President
February 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The millions in USAID food is STILL sitting at the Port of Houston. Trump fired the watchdogs reporting on this story, he doesn’t want Americans to see this debacle. Wasting millions on food already purchased is the epitome of wealthy entitlement #Voices4Victory

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Almost $500 million in food is at risk of spoilage after USAID pause, report says
A report from the USAID inspector general says that almost $500 million in food assistance is sitting in ports, ships and warehouses.
www.cbsnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Donald Trump is going to HATE the new cover of TIME magazine
February 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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DEI explained
A man and a woman having a race. The man has a relatively clear path with two hurdles and the woman’s path is filled with obstacles and dangers and she is wearing a ball chained to her ankle.
February 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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aveek18.bsky.social
I'm aware of course of the general decline in crime in the 1990s, but just looking at the scale of it is jaw dropping. Our best estimate is that there were 2.4 million burglaries in 1993, which fell to 400,000 in 2023

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February 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM