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deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 43m

From FB: ‘The Tories are selling “fairness” while scrapping the Sentencing Council — the body that tried to end racial bias in the courts.

They’re not reforming justice. They’re rewriting it for politics.’

#Tories #Racism #Justice #SentencingCouncil

voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/10/07/i...

Tory plan to scrap Sentencing Council exposes racism

The Conservatives plan to scrap the Sentencing Council after it tackled racism in courts — a move exposing their true priorities?

voxpoliticalonline.com

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 16h

slowly coming around to "it's probably fair to describe my political positions as both radical and leftist, I'm just not someone who's stupid and therefore all of the people who I am willing to work with politically are either liberals or people about whom this statement is also true"

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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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deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 15h

Thus is not my country any more. Farage is the despicable frog of dissent, disaster, destruction, degeneracy and ultimately doom for the UK.

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

This is the result of Farage and Jenrick’s far-right, divisive rhetoric. Hard working, responsible people feeling afraid for their future.
Disgraceful.

Doncaster chippy owner 'scared for his children' after vandalism - BBC News

Poseidon's Fish Bar had the word "England" painted on its front, says Iraqi-born owner Darin Ahmed.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 16h

If you are someone that opposes renewables because you disagree with climate change, you’ve missed the main point:

Renewables are stand-alone better, cleaner or more sustainable way to power our homes, vehicles, businesses, supply chains.

It’s not political to not want cancer & premature deaths.

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deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 15h

Too funny!!

Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 1d

Those dangerous antifa terrorists armed with *checks notes* pajamas and doughnuts.

www.oregonlive.com/galleries/GW...

About two dozen people in pajamas gathered with coffee and pastries outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland on Sunday morning, Oct. 5, 2025, for the Portl...

www.oregonlive.com

deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 15h

Criminal???

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20h

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17h

Canada vs. America

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15h

A 500-year-old oak was felled for convenience.
In Suffolk, a retired classics teacher decided that wouldn’t happen again. He tells Aidan Baker his story.
Read the lesson of the lost oak. 🌳

The lesson of the lost oak: why one Suffolk man’s mission matters

Suffolk tree-lover David Hopkins talks about the work of adding to the Woodland Trust's 'Ancient Tree Inventory'

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 1d

Scientists Find Evidence That a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking | Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water, reports @insideclimatenews.org.

Scientists Find Evidence That a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking - Bucks County Beacon

Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.

buckscountybeacon.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.

The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 1d

In 2021, I was a guest on Jane Goodall’s podcast. Today, I’m re-airing that conversation to share her voice, her wisdom, her abundant soft power, with you.

🐒 🌿🕊️ Listen here (wherever you get your pods): www.getitright.earth/podcast

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Canuck 🇨🇦🏌️‍♀️ @annthegolfnut.bsky.social · 1d

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word “trumpery” first appeared in English in the mid-15th century with the meaning “worthless nonsense.”.

🤣

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder! If you're buying books in support of #BannedBooksWeek buying from Amazon undercuts the broader project of social justice supporting the right to read is a part of. Get your banned books absolutely anywhere else!

Amazon is the invisible backbone of ICE’s immigration crackdown

Lobbying dollars and a cozy relationship with the government have given the tech giant an outsize influence in the Department of Homeland Security.

www.technologyreview.com

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deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 15h

And did they vote in droves for the orange felon??🤔

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15h

I’ve lived in rural America long enough to know that the entire point was to bankrupt farmers…

We are all about to find out.

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deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 15h

If so, then arrest them?&

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Broadview police are investigating.

The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 1d

CBS reports ICE agents have repeatedly made fake 911 calls. Each time, police found no threat. In Illinois, that’s a felony.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 1d

The drain this hostile political propaganda is putting on our mental health must not be underestimated. We're constantly bombarded with division & hatred headlines. We're supposed to keep calm & carry on but we're only human & it's so hurtful. We've got to up the kindness & solidarity. No other way.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 16h

And then there’s Farage!!

Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 1d

HMRC is examining finances of George Cottrell, advisor to Farage, who he says is like a son

Cottrell was charged in US for
money laundering, wire fraud, blackmail & extortion. He conspired to launder millions of $’s of drug money using offshore bank accounts

No wonder he’s in bed with Reform 🤷🏼‍♂️