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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently useful for all sorts of things
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Bafflement over Tory MP's admission she hacked Harriet Harman's website

Former hacktivists say action by Kemi Badenoch breaches Computer Misuse Act and question potential for prosecution or reform

www.theguardian.com

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 17h

You WANT to believe the likes of GBNews instead of believing YOUR OWN EARS. I gave you the video to hear it for yourself.
You use quotation marks inaccurately.
At least you now don't say Neville said that the murders caused middle-aged men to put up flags.
Delusional, dishonest AND embarrassing! 🤦🏼‍♀️

BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 18h

Yes £23B taken from people who already can't afford to eat & heat. In her usual derisory manner, she downplayed anxiety, "mild depression" & ADHD, as if Consultants lie or benefits are given for mild versions of a diagnosis. Sadly, Labour, Reform & the Lib Dems use similar ableist rhetoric.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 1d

My thoughts exactly! He's clearly RW and malicious enough for Reform but wants power above all. I think Badenoch knows full well he's biding his time for the next Conservative leadership battle, so she won't rock the boat no matter what he does.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

Notice her non-answer.

This is explosive. Should be explosive. The US AG who said she had the Epstein files on her desk cannot say whether or not the FBI has pix of Trump with half-naked women, which one witness who knew Epstein has said he has seen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 2d

Pro-tip: the people zip-tying kids or shoving the elderly down stairs are never the good guys.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2d

Badenoch on #r4today saying they will "have returns agreements", yet we already know that many countries won't implement them. Now spreading it to "third party countries", such as Rwanda. The Rwanda plan was not stopped "because of the ECHR". The lack of honesty about what the ECHR does is massive.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2d

🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference

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BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick's chequered past, from www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/all...

Former Tory donor’s housing project
In July 2020 Jenrick admitted, yes admitted, that he deliberately helped a Tory donor avoid paying a new tax on his housing development.

The housing secretary was criticised for approving Richard Desmond’s luxury housing scheme a day before a community infrastructure levy came in to force, potentially saving the magnate £45 million.
It came after Jenrick sat next to Desmond at a Tory fundraising event in November 2019 and exchanged text messages with the property tycoon.

But he later said he had no knowledge of the businessman’s donation and had acted on the “merits” of the case throughout.

£100k expenses for country manor
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic Jenrick faced criticism for moving his family to a £1.1 million country manor, despite government advice urging people not to escape to second homes.

The cabinet minister has charged taxpayers more than £100,000 for the home that he appears to use only rarely.

He left his £2.5 million London house to move to a 17th-century grade I listed country house in Herefordshire.
According to reports in The Times, neighbours say he is rarely at the Herefordshire property and builders are a “regular fixture” there.

One described the claim that it was his family home as “codswallop”.

Double expenses claim

Despite being a man of financial means Jenrick was forced to pay back expenses earlier this year after it was found he claimed for both petrol costs and rail tickets for a return trip to his constituency in Newark.

The communities secretary was caught red handed by one of his constituents after they brought it to the attention of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

The trip in question was made on September 6th 2019 when Jenrick headed north to announce the government’s £3.6 billion towns fund.

He claimed £61.20 mileage for each of two car journeys of 136 miles, and a £159 return rail fare for the visit.

The so-called “levelling up” scheme came into question shortly after the trip after it was found that Jenrick had handed £25 million to his own constituency – despite official figures showing it is far less deprived than neighbouring areas that have been overlooked.

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 1d

Puerile, petty and pathetic.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

He does not at any point blame the attack at the synagogue on white men putting up flags. Maybe you've seen inaccurate headlines or listened to (mostly) *angry middle-aged white male commentators, journalists & politicians LYING to CREATE DIVISION?
Just as Neville said.

*eg Farage, Ferrari, Jenrick

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

No. Watch from 6 mins.
Talks about the attack
Then about seeing flags on way home
Says we are being divided and the division is mainly being created by angry middle-aged white men. Says stop promoting people who abuse & spread hate speech & be a team again.

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'It says - you are not welcome here': James O'Brien on the flag debate Video | Global Player

James O’Brien responds to Gary Neville’s controversial video monologue which he posted to social media over the weekend.

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible courage and morality on show from Greta and her fellow travellers. This should shame our 'leaders' but they won't watch it.
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Greta Thunberg: ‘We Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimum’

YouTube video by Novara Media

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

Always interesting when someone with a weak argument or disposition reacts to a disagreement - first with aggression, then, further embarrassed by their inability to use logic, with blocking.
Oh, but they *still* reply to the post.
From aggressive to passive aggressive. 🤨

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

That is certainly not the reasoning you were displaying in that post.
Maybe you should take some comprehension classes, right after you finish your anger-management course.
Jumping to aggression, because someone has the temerity to question you, should give you pause for thought. Should.

He wrote "reform voters too thick to realise this, and in any event most are on benefits so glad to see working stiffs get fucked"

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

Why didn't you show the direct quote where he says that?
Because he doesn't.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

Not content with ruining trans people’s lives, Wes Streeting has turned his attention to disabled people, too. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has ordered a review into the increase in mental health and neurodivergent conditions, to decide whether they are over-diagnosed.

Labour is trying to prove mental health is over-diagnosed so it can cut DWP benefits further

Wes Streeting's new review into mental health and neurodivergency will be vice chaired by “the most hated doctor in Britain”, Simon Wessely

www.thecanary.co

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent piece about Wessely's history of working with DWP, Insurance Cos & other orgs for 9/11 illness, Gulf War Syndrome, water & gas poisoning, ME, ADHD with outcomes that, lo & behold, save them £££ but dismiss patients' genuine needs! Next- trans health 2/2
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As regards benefits:- it is important to avoid anything that suggests that disability is permanent, progressive or unchanging. Benefits can often make patients worse.- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Summary of the talk given by Professor PK Thomas and Dr S Wessely on 2.11.93 available in National Archives

BN141/1, pages 6-10

Conditions that Simon Wessely has attributed to psychosomatic causes include illness following water
poisoning accidents, respiratory disease that led to cancer post 9/11, Myalgic Encephomylitus (ME) and Gulf
War Syndrome. Wessely also has concerning opinions on PTSD and neurodivergence and has claimed both have elements of social contagion
fueled by the media.

Institutional harms

Simon Wessely advised the
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to restrict ME patients' access to welfare benefits and has misrepresented his role in doing so.

BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

Then you need to reply to his post.

BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

What you have posted doesn't tell us that most Reform voters are on benefits.
I just don't like to see people use being on benefits as some kind of insult.

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BashfulBlueBear @bashfulblue.bsky.social · 2d

😐No, it doesn't help. It has nothing to do with my (genuinely helpful) reply to a completely different poster. I have no idea what it has to do with you, or what it has to do with my factual, judgement-free reply to a question.🤔

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