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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence

@elle49.bsky.social

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The rose of all the world is not for me. I want for my part only the little white rose of Scotland that smells sharp and sweet and breaks the heart. MacDiarmid Retired teacher here to escape MAGA madness & Right Wing toxicity on X 🚫DMs🚫

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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · Mar 14

a woman leaning against a wall with a caption that says " if i make my little corner of the world sane then "

ALT: a woman leaning against a wall with a caption that says " if i make my little corner of the world sane then "

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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This will melt your heart 🥺💗| #helpingothers #kindness #helperclips #love

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 1d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · 1d

A theme in the 2nd Trump presidency is that he doesn’t know what’s going on within his own administration
"It’s been increasingly clear Trump's own people seem to leave him in the dark on the goings-on & key decisions really being made in his own administration"Jen Psaki
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Psaki: Trump doesn't seem to know what's going on in his own administration

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tbeaumont.bsky.social @tbeaumont.bsky.social · 1d

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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · 1d

‼️This is what Trump doesn’t want you to know about his rotten deal with El Salvador.
In exchange for Bukele imprisoning people abducted from the US, like Abrego Garcia, Trump stopped investigations into MS-13 suspects who could testify about Bukele’s collusion with MS-13‼️ youtube.com/shorts/E9iN_...

WATCH: This is what Trump doesn’t want you to know about his rotten deal with El Salvador

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Danny Mitchell @danm-indy.bsky.social · 2d

I've lifted this is from a Dial M for Mad-eye post.

It's so good I thought it deserved it's own slot.

I'd bet there are plaques adorned with this quote in every bloody room inside this giant glass trojan horse.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Stephen Miller—both Trump Administration capo and de facto head of DHS, ICE, and DOJ, has just declared that peaceful protesters are "street terrorists." Under an executive order signed by Trump just days ago, that means he is saying that all protesters in America can be arrested on sight.

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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · 2d

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Greta Thunberg: ‘We Are Not Heroes. We Are Doing The Bare Minimum’

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7d

It says something when 467 citizens from 46 countries can be illegally taken into custody from International Waters and the worldwide media say nothing, absolutely nothing at all.

Radio silence.

And we all know why.

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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · 2d

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“TONY BLAIR is the man who invaded Iraq… TRUMP is the one who enabled Israel… These people talking about peace plan is just ridiculous…”
Mehdi Hasan sits down with co-founder of ‘We Are Not Numbers’ Ahmed Alnaouq to discuss Trump’s Gaza plan and Palestinian resistance. youtube.com/shorts/83FXR...

‘[Trump’s] Peace Plan Is Just Ridiculous and Silly'

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 3d

Late tonight, a federal judge issued a sweeping new order prohibiting the president from deploying any National Guard forces—from any state or DC—to Oregon.

The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states’ Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE is] just picking up people who are brown and black and then checking their credentials. I don't know about you, but I don't carry around papers that say I'm a U.S. citizen. So U.S. citizens are getting detained and arrested."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized.

We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon.

She issued that order

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Palestine in 2040 …

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨✊🏼ICE agents OUTNUMBERED by PEOPLE, forced to retreat! Share this! If Chicago can do this, we can ALL do this. 🚨1/2

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

Left: Kemi Badenoch says the anti genocide marches in London are "protests which are in fact carnivals of hatred directed at the Jewish homeland"

Right: A British Jewish protestor on one of these 'carnivals of hatred' marches in London, to end the genocide imposed by Israel on Gaza

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13d

Fiona Bruce, "I must point out there are plenty of Reform UK supporters in the audience as well"

Why? They have 4 MPs, no 5 MPs, no 4 MPs, no 5 MPs... #BBCQT

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · 3d

I know exactly how the state of Israel came about. I had the privilege of being educated, and have honed my knowledge further, within the Scottish education system. However, there are people who don’t know this and therefore perpetuate the lies about Palestine and the Palestinian people.

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Ruth Wishart @ruthwishart.bsky.social · 4d

The Tories say they will model their removal force on the USA's ICE squad. Have they seen how these masked thugs operate?

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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · 4d

“Every hour wasted is risking another child’s life” @humzayousaf.bsky.social

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