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meadia.bsky.social @meadia.bsky.social · 1h

Dang they really don’t want those Epstein files out

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

The very last chart remains Reform’s Achilles heel, and it’s the one that may scupper them when it comes time to vote. Other parties should drive this home.

Party image
Do you think each of the following statements does or does not apply to...?% does apply
Labour
Conservative
Reform
Keeps its promises
14%
11%
17%
62%
Divided
58%
32%
Concerned about people in real need in Britain
36%
27%
16%
Base: 1,157 British adults 18+, 11 - 17 September 2025
Understands the problems facing
Britain
25%
42%
29%
Extreme
62%
25%
28%
Different to other parties
66%
27%
23%
Has a good team of leaders
19%
26%
14%
Looks after the interests of people like me
30%
20%
19%
Out of date
63%
53%
36%
Will promise anything to win votes
63%
66%
61%
Fit to govern
27%
18%
25%
© Ipsos| Political Monitor Release 2| September 2025| Public
Ipsos

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josephstrummered.bsky.social @josephstrummered.bsky.social · 3h

I can't wait for the day Farage finally fucks off.

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Joanna Pegum @londoner007.bsky.social · 4h

Omg.. be proud!

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 6h

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

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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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 6h

Former British Journalism Awards political journalist winner David Hencke was reportedly blocked from attended the Conservative party conference, despite attending most years since 1987. He was the second journalist linked to Byline Times who was rejected bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com

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Diplocat @diplocat.bsky.social · 6h

Just 10 months ago, the USA, brought moral leadership the world in many respects. Now, #Republicans have destroyed our global reputation by literally killing the most vulnerable people on earth by withholding food aid. Pure evil.

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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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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NotQuietMode_M.D. @notquietmodemd.bsky.social · 7h

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 7h

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 8h

Excuses excuses.
The ‘art’ belongs to the artist and AI must be made to pay for its use. If it cannot then by all means let the AI industry die.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 7h

At a time when we should be guaranteeing health care to all Americans as a human right, President Trump and his Republican colleagues are threatening to make our broken system even worse by doubling premiums for more than 20 million Americans.

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Joanna Pegum @londoner007.bsky.social · 6h

Think they’ve got that the wrong way round

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Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 6h

Blimey. It's getting exponentially more worrying by the day.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social · 6h

Law, along with engineering, appears to be among the "rip-off" degrees that will be shut down.

www.conservatives.com/news/kemi-ba...

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 8h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h

The Conservative party's treatment of David, who exposed the cash for questions scandal, is a former political journalist of the year, and has been covering party conferences for almost 40 years, is a disgrace
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8h

Most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy:

"Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Poll suggests most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy

Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts, according to investment body.

www.independent.co.uk

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Tanks on lawn metaphor: the Lib Dems have parked a truck with a video screen outside the Conservative Party conference, with LD leader Ed Davey urging those members who reject the divisive politics of Badenoch and Farage to defect.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 9h

Why is the Royal Society — a world-leading academy dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity — running so scared of Elon Musk, who it foolishly made a fellow in 2018?

[the comments underneath @anjahuja.bsky.social's article are extraordinary. Are they astroturfed?]

The Royal Society should be protecting science, not Musk

The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack

www.ft.com

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Joanna Pegum @londoner007.bsky.social · 9h

They just don’t get it. None of it

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h

Kemi Badenoch, who was part of a Government that delivered 14 years of economic stagnation and record increases in immigration, says the Conservatives are "the only party that can deliver a stronger economy and stronger borders"

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