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AOC: Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of our great city. He will be our first immigrant mayor in over a century. He will be the youngest mayor of New York City in generations. Most importantly, Zohran will be a mayor for all of us .
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
AOC: Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of our great city. He will be our first immigrant mayor in over a century. He will be the youngest mayor of New York City in generations. Most importantly, Zohran will be a mayor for all of us .
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Ukraine’s GUR staged the death of Russian Volunteer Corps commander Denis Kapustin, duping Russian intelligence into paying $500,000 for his “elimination.” The money will now fund Ukrainian special forces. The month-long operation identified both the Russian planners and hired executors.
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Ukraine’s GUR staged the death of Russian Volunteer Corps commander Denis Kapustin, duping Russian intelligence into paying $500,000 for his “elimination.” The money will now fund Ukrainian special forces. The month-long operation identified both the Russian planners and hired executors.
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I wrote this yesterday. It’s my message in a bottle from 2025. May it find you where you are xx
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On Power
Liminal thoughts from a liminal space, "The Perineum" between Christmas and New Year
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January 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I wrote this yesterday. It’s my message in a bottle from 2025. May it find you where you are xx
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Imagine trying to catch the US Defence Sec, during the short window after "tetchy", because he hasn't drunk enough yet, but before "maudlin", after he's had too much - so that he might read a status report from the battle front of a fkn war.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 1, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Imagine trying to catch the US Defence Sec, during the short window after "tetchy", because he hasn't drunk enough yet, but before "maudlin", after he's had too much - so that he might read a status report from the battle front of a fkn war.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Happy new year comrades!
December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy new year comrades!
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I will never regret being part of the movement to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, or writing the foreword to his extraordinary book, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated.
Read his honest and heartfelt response to those playing politics with his hard-won freedom.
#FreeAlaa Always.
freealaa.net/alaa-response
Read his honest and heartfelt response to those playing politics with his hard-won freedom.
#FreeAlaa Always.
freealaa.net/alaa-response
Statement in response to historic tweets
I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and valu...
freealaa.net
December 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I will never regret being part of the movement to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, or writing the foreword to his extraordinary book, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated.
Read his honest and heartfelt response to those playing politics with his hard-won freedom.
#FreeAlaa Always.
freealaa.net/alaa-response
Read his honest and heartfelt response to those playing politics with his hard-won freedom.
#FreeAlaa Always.
freealaa.net/alaa-response
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No one knows exactly what 2026 is going to look like but it's obviously not going to be an easy year.Still, it's not going to break us - Ukrainians and Ukraine.We'll work it out.
We need to work towards peace every single day.There will come a time when I can share other aspects of my work with you
We need to work towards peace every single day.There will come a time when I can share other aspects of my work with you
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
No one knows exactly what 2026 is going to look like but it's obviously not going to be an easy year.Still, it's not going to break us - Ukrainians and Ukraine.We'll work it out.
We need to work towards peace every single day.There will come a time when I can share other aspects of my work with you
We need to work towards peace every single day.There will come a time when I can share other aspects of my work with you
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It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Sending prayers to her family. She was an extraordinary young woman.
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sending prayers to her family. She was an extraordinary young woman.
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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2025 was a year filled with Bad News.
Well, our hosts take a look back on the last 12 months and find stories that enspire hope and hopefully make us think, maybe it's not all doom and gloom.
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Well, our hosts take a look back on the last 12 months and find stories that enspire hope and hopefully make us think, maybe it's not all doom and gloom.
shorturl.at/Uyw4j
S4 EP28 Good News from 2025 You Might Have Missed
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 12/30/2025 · 33m
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December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
2025 was a year filled with Bad News.
Well, our hosts take a look back on the last 12 months and find stories that enspire hope and hopefully make us think, maybe it's not all doom and gloom.
shorturl.at/Uyw4j
Well, our hosts take a look back on the last 12 months and find stories that enspire hope and hopefully make us think, maybe it's not all doom and gloom.
shorturl.at/Uyw4j
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In another blow to Starmer & Mahmood’s cruel immigration policy
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In another blow to Starmer & Mahmood’s cruel immigration policy
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
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The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
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Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
Hell, I'm not convinced we should revoke citizenship at all.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
But certainly not for being a twat online.
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
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Setting aside the obvious here, the reason Russia supplies low cost energy to neighbours is to prevent the emergence of alternatives and to create dependencies they can later exploit.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Setting aside the obvious here, the reason Russia supplies low cost energy to neighbours is to prevent the emergence of alternatives and to create dependencies they can later exploit.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
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“Putin was very generous”
Notice how Trump can’t stop praising Putin, even while Russia is bombing Ukraine. Authoritarians recognize each other.
Notice how Trump can’t stop praising Putin, even while Russia is bombing Ukraine. Authoritarians recognize each other.
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“Putin was very generous”
Notice how Trump can’t stop praising Putin, even while Russia is bombing Ukraine. Authoritarians recognize each other.
Notice how Trump can’t stop praising Putin, even while Russia is bombing Ukraine. Authoritarians recognize each other.
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Americans lined the bridge to Mar-a-Lago waving Ukrainian flags in a show of support for Ukraine and President Zelensky, who is heading there for talks with Trump.
December 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Americans lined the bridge to Mar-a-Lago waving Ukrainian flags in a show of support for Ukraine and President Zelensky, who is heading there for talks with Trump.
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Speaking with aggressor ahead of the meeting with your ally...
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Speaking with aggressor ahead of the meeting with your ally...
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This era will be remembered as the era of the dumbest people alive who allowed fascism to thrive. This is not limited to just the actual fascists, but the virtue signalers who believe themselves above voting for anyone less than perfect, the enablers in the "moderate/centrist" lanes, etc...
December 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This era will be remembered as the era of the dumbest people alive who allowed fascism to thrive. This is not limited to just the actual fascists, but the virtue signalers who believe themselves above voting for anyone less than perfect, the enablers in the "moderate/centrist" lanes, etc...
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Russia is turning another Ukrainian city into ruins.
December 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Russia is turning another Ukrainian city into ruins.
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The health service is being put at risk because overseas health professionals increasingly see the UK as an “unwelcoming, racist” country, in part because of the government’s tough approach to immigration
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The health service is being put at risk because overseas health professionals increasingly see the UK as an “unwelcoming, racist” country, in part because of the government’s tough approach to immigration
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
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#StrongMessageHere is now on its 50th ep. @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and I discuss our words and phrases of the year. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - Words of the Year (with Natalie Haynes) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Natalie pick through some of the words of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#StrongMessageHere is now on its 50th ep. @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and I discuss our words and phrases of the year. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Christmas attack on civilians in Kyiv. Sure, the Russians want peace
‼️ Movement of missiles and drones during the massive Russian attack on Ukraine
December 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Christmas attack on civilians in Kyiv. Sure, the Russians want peace