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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 6h

You wouldn’t know her, she belongs to a different branch of Antifa

Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 6h

a cartoon of two men with the caption that 's it big smile everybody 's happy ..

ALT: a cartoon of two men with the caption that 's it big smile everybody 's happy ..

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10h

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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Ealing Green Party @ealing.greenparty.org.uk · 8h

Tune in tomorrow to see our own @zackpolanski.bsky.social up against James Murray, Ealing North MP, on BBC Question Time!

Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 9h

The first time I’ve been looking forward to watch Question Time in quite a while!

Go on @zackpolanski.bsky.social!

#bbcqt

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 7h

"it was as laughable as Dave Chappelle, with an estimated worth of $70m, doing his show in Riyadh for the money."

Yes lad. The ultra-rich are famously disinterested in accumulating more wealth. Once they hit a certain threshold they like to donate their services to oppressive regimes for free.

Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 12h

ha ha ha

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3d

The Israeli government's planned hosting of Tommy Robinson is a reprehensible betrayal of Jewish values and history.

Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews.

We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims.

Good to discuss on i24News.

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 10h

Subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz349bs

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

There are almost no [consistent] free speech libertarians, among elected politicians, in America or Britain

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 9h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 8h

Paul Heaton

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 11h

@stephenkb.bsky.social calling out yet more racist garbage that fills the pages of our right-wing press these days.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17h

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 18h

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · 9h

Love the little dance he does at the end.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 8h

#DYK The initial investigation into hacking at News of the World - which failed to get to the bottom of the scandal - was carried out by a police officer who subsequently left the force. And then got a job with News UK. #TheHack

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

It's a whole block party vibe over here.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 8h

Love day drinking, I get shit faced at half the price.

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 11h

Come and get me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."