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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 57m

It is certainly an arguable point for the law. Though the legal principles ought to be identical, I am certain the Shadow Justice Secretary would surely not attend court to show solidarity for somebody who burned a Bible, the Talmud, a novel, a Remembrance poppy, Union Jack - but will for the Quran

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 56m

Social media posts claiming UK banks have introduced restrictions on cash withdrawals for people aged over 65 are not true.

No such policy has been implemented or announced.

False claims about cash withdrawal limits for pensioners circulate online – Full Fact

Social media posts claiming UK banks have introduced restrictions on daily cash withdrawals for people over 65 are not true.

fullfact.org

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 54m

Just realised, listening to @thetwomatts.bsky.social pod this week, that I forgot to recommend this fab piece on Bobby J by @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, written before his 'another white face' schtick but very telling anyway.

Robert Jenrick, the hollow man

He heads into the Conservative conference as the stricken party’s likely next leader. But this opportunistic ‘saviour’ could kill off the Tories completely

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 6h

He thought he was sending a direct message to Bondi. This was posted accidentally.

There's a lot to be said about this, far more than social media can handle. But it should destroy the Comey/James cases.

Trump's reckless social media habits could quite easily get us into big wars as well.

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Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely. Rogan is a political ignoramus, whereas Montie is meant to be an expert & his support for authoritarian populists is of long-standing. He is a nasty piece of work.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h

“With her baby in her placenta.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15h

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Martin McDonald @martymcd.bsky.social · 15h

Policy based evidence making:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Kayt Sukel @kaytsukel.bsky.social · 15h

To “make” the proof. Jesus.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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

"Garbage" is far too kind a description of what the Washington Post's ed page has become.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 1d

Worth noting at the same time during the Canadian election cycle a few years ago the overwhelming consensus was that Justin Trudeau would go down to brutal defeat at the hands of Pierre Poilievre in the summer of 2025

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s far too soon to predict how the next election will shape up. We are roughly the same distance from Labour having to call a General Election, as we are from the last pandemic lockdown. Try to conceive of that amount of stuff still to happen.”

Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 1d

🆕 Anti-Woke Wake: It the Tory Party dead or just resting? ☠️

💥 Tory Conference debrief
💥 France latest political soap
💥 A deal on Gaza - but antisemitism on the rise

An amazing episode with special guest @samfr.bsky.social.

🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5JQF...

🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

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Joel Clark @mrjoelclark.bsky.social · 1d

It is at least a change from him sucking up to very rich men.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d

The Emperor's new war. A complete fantasy presented in a room full of nodding sycophants who don't question a thing he says.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Joel Clark @mrjoelclark.bsky.social · 1d

Justin Webb will describe this as ‘unconventional’.

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Joel Clark @mrjoelclark.bsky.social · 1d

At what stage, if ever, will our national media start describing what is happening in America as what it is, an authoritarian takeover?

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Mark @deirbhilesdaddy.bsky.social · 1d

He also backed her leadership campaign and of course failed to be a Tory candidate after insulting the town he lives in.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

You also gotta love how the 'properly costed' runs through 'we will reduce the civil service to pre-Brexit levels. No, we don't really know how we will do this'.

Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

Just imagine how great they'll be when they get down to 10%!

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Joel Clark @mrjoelclark.bsky.social · 1d

Dale is a partisan hack who will support the Tories no matter what.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn’t take much to renew one's faith.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Joel Clark @mrjoelclark.bsky.social · 1d

When/if Jenrick becomes Tory leader, he may not wish to be reminded of his racist statements. He should never stop being reminded of them.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

'Don't call me racist', says racist.

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 2d

"He invokes white faces. He is the one who chooses this as his metric."

Robert Jenrick defended his comment about not seeing "another white face" in a Birmingham area, saying he was only criticising the lack of integration, not focusing on skin colour

'Jenrick's 'white faces' comment would have once been enough to get an MP sacked' | The News Agents

Robert Jenrick has defended comments made in March 2025 about the lack of white people in an area of Birmingham he visited – and Tory colleagues have rallied to back him. But do his comments make…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Pointing this out is now a deportable offense though.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @dieworkwear
, derek guy, posted 9 hours ago, stating, "this is the jacket's breast pocket's lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square," accompanied by two images. The left image shows a man in a suit, identified as Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, speaking on a Fox News segment titled "On Violence Against ICE Agents" with locations Phoenix and San Diego listed. The right image is a close-up of the man's jacket breast pocket, revealing the lining pulled up to resemble a pocket square.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, I am asking where on earth the Short money *goes* and what they are spending it on. They are not doing meaningful parliamentary scrutiny. They are somehow less credible, spending-wise, than Reform, who are are a shoestring operation!

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see the Conservative Party committed to keeping the deficit down by *checks notes* spending £2 billion giving tax breaks for private education, creating a massive new deportation force and pledging to maintain pensioner benefits.

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