Robbins
@robbinova.bsky.social
Gardener , love swimming, walking ,politics . Deeply anti unionist and fighting for Scottish independence
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Kristi Noem claims Trump is enforcing the law equally. That’s obviously false.
Kristi Noem claims Trump is enforcing the law equally. That’s obviously false.
The administration supports federal law enforcement only when it's convenient for the president.
www.motherjones.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Kristi Noem claims Trump is enforcing the law equally. That’s obviously false.
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Britain, France and Germany are backing a joint Nato “Arctic Sentry” mission involving US forces, to assure President Trump that the alliance is actively protecting security interests in Greenland and the wider region
Nato plans ‘Arctic Sentry’ mission to bring Trump on side over Greenland
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Britain, France and Germany are backing a joint Nato “Arctic Sentry” mission involving US forces, to assure President Trump that the alliance is actively protecting security interests in Greenland and the wider region
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And I’m gonna "like" this post every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
And I’m gonna "like" this post every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
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But also very happy! Hello new people 👋
January 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
But also very happy! Hello new people 👋
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All students are stuck with crippling debt, but one group is suffering more than others, reveals Mary Downer
‘I’ll end up owing £200k’ — a graduate generation trapped and betrayed
All students are stuck with crippling debt, but one group is suffering more than others, reveals Mary Downer
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
All students are stuck with crippling debt, but one group is suffering more than others, reveals Mary Downer
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Ahmed Bin Hassan, a Somali American, was defiant as more than a dozen masked federal agents harangued him about his accent.
“They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out on Why Border Patrol Accosted Him
Ahmed Bin Hassan, a Somali American Uber driver in Minneapolis, was defiant as masked Border Patrol agents harangued him about his accent.
interc.pt
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Ahmed Bin Hassan, a Somali American, was defiant as more than a dozen masked federal agents harangued him about his accent.
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Tom Homan pleads with Minnesota leaders to tamp down ICE rhetoric
Tom Homan pleads with Minnesota leaders to tamp down ICE rhetoric
The White House border czar warned: “There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric.”
dlvr.it
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Tom Homan pleads with Minnesota leaders to tamp down ICE rhetoric
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In an email to employees, CEO Andrew Levy said that Avelo’s arrangement with the government had only offered “short-term benefits” at a cost to the company’s long-term reputation. trib.al/MzaVf8D
Airline Cuts Ties to ICE Because Deportation Flights Are Bad Business
Avelo Airlines will no longer be carrying out deportation flights.
trib.al
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In an email to employees, CEO Andrew Levy said that Avelo’s arrangement with the government had only offered “short-term benefits” at a cost to the company’s long-term reputation. trib.al/MzaVf8D
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More protests are planned for Sunday as people nationwide demonstrate against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics with the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Nationwide anti-ICE protests call for accountability after Renee Good's death
More protests are planned for Sunday as people nationwide demonstrate against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics with the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
n.pr
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
More protests are planned for Sunday as people nationwide demonstrate against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics with the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
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"It may be secondary to the loss of life, which is tragic, obviously. but it's really troubling to see, the people who you entrust as authority figures act in this manner. And I think that's for me why this is such an important moment and such a clarifying one too." - @samsteindc.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"It may be secondary to the loss of life, which is tragic, obviously. but it's really troubling to see, the people who you entrust as authority figures act in this manner. And I think that's for me why this is such an important moment and such a clarifying one too." - @samsteindc.bsky.social
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Israel is forcing Doctors Without Borders & dozens of other humanitarian groups to end their work in Gaza. Countless innocent people rely on these services amid the ongoing crisis there.
This is yet another cruel, inhumane step from the extremist Israeli government.
This is yet another cruel, inhumane step from the extremist Israeli government.
Israel Tells Doctors Without Borders to End Its Work in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Israel is forcing Doctors Without Borders & dozens of other humanitarian groups to end their work in Gaza. Countless innocent people rely on these services amid the ongoing crisis there.
This is yet another cruel, inhumane step from the extremist Israeli government.
This is yet another cruel, inhumane step from the extremist Israeli government.
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What I take as key from both Stephens' & Sandbu's discussions is that this isn't about rhetoric ('calling Trump out'), it's about making realistic strategic choices backed up by real & rapid capacity-building and deep cooperation. 2/2
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
What I take as key from both Stephens' & Sandbu's discussions is that this isn't about rhetoric ('calling Trump out'), it's about making realistic strategic choices backed up by real & rapid capacity-building and deep cooperation. 2/2
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Serious and compelling analysis from @philipstephens.bsky.social, which is consonant with @martinsandbu.ft.com's piece today: www.ft.com/content/1da0... (and FWVLIW with my latest blogpost). We Europeans (whether EU MS or not) are going to have to face up to this, and the sooner the better. 1/2
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Serious and compelling analysis from @philipstephens.bsky.social, which is consonant with @martinsandbu.ft.com's piece today: www.ft.com/content/1da0... (and FWVLIW with my latest blogpost). We Europeans (whether EU MS or not) are going to have to face up to this, and the sooner the better. 1/2
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Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations
Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations
Campaign groups argue online transactions ‘present real risks to our democracy’ as it is hard to trace their true source
Downing Street has been urged to ban political donations in cryptocurrency by seven senior Labour MPs who chair parliamentary committees.
The committee chairs – Liam Byrne, Emily Thornberry, Tan Dhesi, Florence Eshalomi, Andy Slaughter, Chi Onwurah and Matt Western – called on the government to introduce a full ban in the forthcoming elections bill amid concern that cryptocurrency could be used by foreign states to influence politics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations
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Lord Mandelson has said he was shielded from the sexual side of Jeffrey Epstein’s life because he is a gay man, as he declined to apologise to the paedophile’s victims for maintaining the friendship after the paedophile financier was convicted
Peter Mandelson: I didn’t see the worst of Epstein because I’m gay
www.thetimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Lord Mandelson has said he was shielded from the sexual side of Jeffrey Epstein’s life because he is a gay man, as he declined to apologise to the paedophile’s victims for maintaining the friendship after the paedophile financier was convicted
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Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R
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This is how it’s done.
Chris Murphy: "Let's talk about what's at stake here. The president is spending every single day thinking about invading Greenland, managing the Venezuelan economy, building a ballroom. He's not thinking about the American people at all."
January 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This is how it’s done.
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Frankly they are racist as it assumes none on this planet was able to work out how to construct these mega structures
January 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Frankly they are racist as it assumes none on this planet was able to work out how to construct these mega structures
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Erich von Däniken war einer der prominentesten Vertreter der sogenannten Paläoastronautik. Seine Thesen von Alienbesuchen in antiker Zeit stießen in der Wissenschaft auf Kopfschütteln. Doch das störte ihn nie.
Erich von Däniken ist tot: Prophet der Alien-Götter - Nachruf
Erich von Däniken war einer der prominentesten Vertreter der sogenannten Paläoastronautik. Seine Thesen von Alienbesuchen in antiker Zeit stießen in der Wissenschaft auf Kopfschütteln. Doch das störte ihn nie.
www.spiegel.de
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Erich von Däniken war einer der prominentesten Vertreter der sogenannten Paläoastronautik. Seine Thesen von Alienbesuchen in antiker Zeit stießen in der Wissenschaft auf Kopfschütteln. Doch das störte ihn nie.
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EU and UK about to start talks on SPS agriculture deal. Includes “Farage clause” (🎩 @pmdfoster.bsky.social )
Labour source says “exit provisions are staple of any international trade agreement” . “Exhausting” to infer political motive …
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Labour source says “exit provisions are staple of any international trade agreement” . “Exhausting” to infer political motive …
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
EU wants ‘Farage clause’ in Brexit ‘reset’ talks with UK
Move would mean Brussels would receive compensation if future government reneged on deal Starmer is negotiating
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
EU and UK about to start talks on SPS agriculture deal. Includes “Farage clause” (🎩 @pmdfoster.bsky.social )
Labour source says “exit provisions are staple of any international trade agreement” . “Exhausting” to infer political motive …
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Labour source says “exit provisions are staple of any international trade agreement” . “Exhausting” to infer political motive …
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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The i’s @richardholmes.bsky.social is a good reporter getting some really important defence & security exclusives
inews.co.uk/news/nato-wa...
inews.co.uk/news/nato-wa...
Russian spies target £70-a-night hotel near Nato HQ
British staff working for Nato have been warned of increased attempts by suspected Russian spies to monitor the alliance's support for Ukraine in strategic locations
inews.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The i’s @richardholmes.bsky.social is a good reporter getting some really important defence & security exclusives
inews.co.uk/news/nato-wa...
inews.co.uk/news/nato-wa...
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Tensions between Iran and the US are heightening as activists say the death toll from nationwide protests has reached more than 200 people
Iran-US tensions heighten as activists say protest death toll reaches 203
www.thenational.scot
January 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Tensions between Iran and the US are heightening as activists say the death toll from nationwide protests has reached more than 200 people
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Thousands march against Renee Good's killing as hundreds of protests planned across US
news.sky.com/story/thousa...
news.sky.com/story/thousa...
Thousands march against Renee Good's killing in Minneapolis as hundreds of protests planned across US
The demonstration in Minneapolis was one of hundreds of protests planned in towns and cities across the US over the weekend, demanding an end to large-scale deployments of ICE agents.
news.sky.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Thousands march against Renee Good's killing as hundreds of protests planned across US
news.sky.com/story/thousa...
news.sky.com/story/thousa...