Heather Newby
@hedgenewby.bsky.social
Brit/Swede living in Skåne, married, adult kids, interested in birds, wildlife, plants, music, arts, handcrafts, cooking and our dog. I take too many photographs
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Canada: Our Prime Minster studied at Oxford and Harvard, was the Governor of both the Banks of England and Canada, and is recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds around.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Canada: Our Prime Minster studied at Oxford and Harvard, was the Governor of both the Banks of England and Canada, and is recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds around.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
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”Han kom till Sverige på den tid då vi fortfarande höll asylrätten högt – något denna regering gått i bräschen för att avskaffa. Det finns inga skäl att tro att Dawit skulle fått asyl, än mindre svenskt medborgarskap, med dagens regelverk.”
@martinaagaard.bsky.social
@martinaagaard.bsky.social
Tacka woke om Dawit Isaak fortfarande är vid liv
Gammeldags folkpartister och kulturjournalister har lett kampen för den fängslade journalisten.
www.etc.se
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
”Han kom till Sverige på den tid då vi fortfarande höll asylrätten högt – något denna regering gått i bräschen för att avskaffa. Det finns inga skäl att tro att Dawit skulle fått asyl, än mindre svenskt medborgarskap, med dagens regelverk.”
@martinaagaard.bsky.social
@martinaagaard.bsky.social
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Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
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It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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MPs laughed when Jake Richards dismissed Jeremy Corbyn’s request for a meeting on the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
Laughed.
This is who we’re governed by, people entrusted to represent a nation, yet so insulated by power they respond to human suffering with indifference and mockery.
Laughed.
This is who we’re governed by, people entrusted to represent a nation, yet so insulated by power they respond to human suffering with indifference and mockery.
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
MPs laughed when Jake Richards dismissed Jeremy Corbyn’s request for a meeting on the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
Laughed.
This is who we’re governed by, people entrusted to represent a nation, yet so insulated by power they respond to human suffering with indifference and mockery.
Laughed.
This is who we’re governed by, people entrusted to represent a nation, yet so insulated by power they respond to human suffering with indifference and mockery.
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Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe is a continent soaked in economic pessimism. Until we change that, the far right will rise and rise | Owen Jones
Since 2008, struggling communities have been told they are in competition with migrants. Only a model that gives them hope will halt the populists, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jag önskar verkligen att ni alla läser denna granskning. Den visar hur demokratins infrastruktur - i Europa - steg för steg säljs ut till Musk, Thiel och andra tech-oligarker. Och Sverige är på väg att gå samma väg. Det är livsfarligt.
www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/XMw...
www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/XMw...
Så säljer EU demokratin till USA:s tech-oligarker
FRANCESCA BRIA För varje avtal blir fällan djupare
www.aftonbladet.se
December 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Jag önskar verkligen att ni alla läser denna granskning. Den visar hur demokratins infrastruktur - i Europa - steg för steg säljs ut till Musk, Thiel och andra tech-oligarker. Och Sverige är på väg att gå samma väg. Det är livsfarligt.
www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/XMw...
www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/XMw...
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All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
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The UK had approx 45,000 "boat people" last year, which before Brexit was zero. Who caused Brexit to happen? The Tories did, (conservatives) that's who. The same ones who are in charge in the US now. They all lied, to make you blame "illegal" immigrants and not the billionaires.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The UK had approx 45,000 "boat people" last year, which before Brexit was zero. Who caused Brexit to happen? The Tories did, (conservatives) that's who. The same ones who are in charge in the US now. They all lied, to make you blame "illegal" immigrants and not the billionaires.
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When he’s finally gone everything he touched must be undone‼️💯
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
When he’s finally gone everything he touched must be undone‼️💯
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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What the fuck?
They're all batshit crazy.
They're all batshit crazy.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
What the fuck?
They're all batshit crazy.
They're all batshit crazy.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Agree or disagree?
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Agree or disagree?
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...