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Good stuff from @askpaddypower.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Good stuff from @askpaddypower.bsky.social
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Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Opinion | Renee Good wasn’t the first person shot in her car by ICE. The justification followed a familiar script.
Mike Fox: The officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
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A headline to sum up our times:
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
A headline to sum up our times:
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"I will not be f*cking gaslit by these people. I will not calm down the rhetoric and tone it down....Jonathan Ross murdered her."
@timmiller.bsky.social on the new footage of the Renee Good shooting:
@timmiller.bsky.social on the new footage of the Renee Good shooting:
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"I will not be f*cking gaslit by these people. I will not calm down the rhetoric and tone it down....Jonathan Ross murdered her."
@timmiller.bsky.social on the new footage of the Renee Good shooting:
@timmiller.bsky.social on the new footage of the Renee Good shooting:
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Russian soldiers are now strapping land mines to African mercenaries and forcing them at gunpoint to advance on Ukrainian lines.
January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Russian soldiers are now strapping land mines to African mercenaries and forcing them at gunpoint to advance on Ukrainian lines.
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This cannot be stressed enough, from the 404 piece yesterday: ICE is working from a legal rationale which states that if a device is collecting adtech or location data, which is then sold to ICE, b/c the owner didn't change the privacy settings, the owner relinquished their Fourth Amendment rights.
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM
This cannot be stressed enough, from the 404 piece yesterday: ICE is working from a legal rationale which states that if a device is collecting adtech or location data, which is then sold to ICE, b/c the owner didn't change the privacy settings, the owner relinquished their Fourth Amendment rights.
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45 seconds after the shooting, in the same video, the camera app appears to be visible on the agent’s phone as he walks away from Good’s vehicle.
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
45 seconds after the shooting, in the same video, the camera app appears to be visible on the agent’s phone as he walks away from Good’s vehicle.
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In #Iran, revolutionary youth identify and burn the shops or motorbikes of plainclothes forces who betray the people. Criminals cannot escape justice. In this Video young people set fire to the office of Khamenei’s Friday Prayer Imam
Sureshjan, Chaharmahal &Bakhtiari Province @chadbourn.bsky.social
Sureshjan, Chaharmahal &Bakhtiari Province @chadbourn.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
In #Iran, revolutionary youth identify and burn the shops or motorbikes of plainclothes forces who betray the people. Criminals cannot escape justice. In this Video young people set fire to the office of Khamenei’s Friday Prayer Imam
Sureshjan, Chaharmahal &Bakhtiari Province @chadbourn.bsky.social
Sureshjan, Chaharmahal &Bakhtiari Province @chadbourn.bsky.social
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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🔴Inside the Dystopian Silicon Valley Plot to Annex Venezuela for Oil That America Can’t Afford
Trump’s Venezuelan assault opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters’ dreams of creating an anti-democratic ‘Network State’ in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/i...
Trump’s Venezuelan assault opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters’ dreams of creating an anti-democratic ‘Network State’ in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/i...
Inside the Dystopian Silicon Valley Plot to Annex Venezuela for Oil That America Can’t Afford
Donald Trump's decapitation of the Venezuelan Government opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters' dreams of creating an anti-democratic 'Network State' in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
🔴Inside the Dystopian Silicon Valley Plot to Annex Venezuela for Oil That America Can’t Afford
Trump’s Venezuelan assault opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters’ dreams of creating an anti-democratic ‘Network State’ in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/i...
Trump’s Venezuelan assault opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters’ dreams of creating an anti-democratic ‘Network State’ in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/i...
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Related to this I lost a lot of work in December because I was ill, and my diary is currently very empty.
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
I'm immunosuppressed.
I got my flu jab this year and STILL got flu before Christmas and was really, really ill.
This sort of bullshit needs to be nipped in the bud because it's terrifying.
It's not a matter of opinion. There's no "two sides".
I got my flu jab this year and STILL got flu before Christmas and was really, really ill.
This sort of bullshit needs to be nipped in the bud because it's terrifying.
It's not a matter of opinion. There's no "two sides".
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Related to this I lost a lot of work in December because I was ill, and my diary is currently very empty.
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
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"I care nothing about public sentiment. Public sentiment hanged John Brown. I haven't forgotten that public sentiment supported slavery for years. If organized labor has a mission it is to make war on the public sentiment that makes these conditions possible”
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"I care nothing about public sentiment. Public sentiment hanged John Brown. I haven't forgotten that public sentiment supported slavery for years. If organized labor has a mission it is to make war on the public sentiment that makes these conditions possible”
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It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
Happy Tuesday
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Happy Tuesday
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Palantir, an American technology company with close ties to the Trump administration, has cemented its role analyzing data for the U.K.’s military — despite an ongoing standoff between the two governments over trade and digital regulations.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Palantir, an American technology company with close ties to the Trump administration, has cemented its role analyzing data for the U.K.’s military — despite an ongoing standoff between the two governments over trade and digital regulations.
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Reform UK's director for Wales has been removed from Cwmbran Community Council for failing to attend meetings.
David Thomas is also goes by the names "DJ Dowster" and "Dr Squeegees" (I am not joking).
Find out more about Dr Squeegees here:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
David Thomas is also goes by the names "DJ Dowster" and "Dr Squeegees" (I am not joking).
Find out more about Dr Squeegees here:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Reform UK's director for Wales has been removed from Cwmbran Community Council for failing to attend meetings.
David Thomas is also goes by the names "DJ Dowster" and "Dr Squeegees" (I am not joking).
Find out more about Dr Squeegees here:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
David Thomas is also goes by the names "DJ Dowster" and "Dr Squeegees" (I am not joking).
Find out more about Dr Squeegees here:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Polish PM Tusk: No-one will take seriously a weak and divided Europe: neither enemy nor ally. It is already clear now. We must finally believe in our own strength, we must continue to arm ourselves, we must stay united like never before. One for all, and all for one. Otherwise, we are finished.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Polish PM Tusk: No-one will take seriously a weak and divided Europe: neither enemy nor ally. It is already clear now. We must finally believe in our own strength, we must continue to arm ourselves, we must stay united like never before. One for all, and all for one. Otherwise, we are finished.
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If Russia invades Germany and kidnaps Chancellor Merz, I guess the EU response will be:
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
January 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
If Russia invades Germany and kidnaps Chancellor Merz, I guess the EU response will be:
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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What just happened ...
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
What just happened ...
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
Comedy: Jamie Kaler