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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 7h

Etoile. And thanks!

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 7h

And not giving Jolene any room for manoeuvre.

Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 8h

Best news of the week.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 9h

Dolly Parton:

“There’s just a lot of rumors flying around, but I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me and I ain’t done working. So I love you for caring, and keep praying for me.”
#DollyCon4

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks for listening!

Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 9h

Biden, of course, can also be fairly accused in this regard?

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 10h

And mine for @theipaper.com

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Kushner leading the Gaza talks shows there is more than peace at stake for Trump

The President is turning to his son-in-law to get the peace deal over the line

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 10h

Just remembered that it's LBC's 52nd birthday today. So I'm even more chuffed than usual to have been on with @mrjamesob.bsky.social this morning @lbc.co.uk, albeit talking about the evisceration of US democracy.

🎧: audioboom.com/posts/878880...

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 20h

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Chicago journalists, protesters sue Trump administration, alleging ‘extreme brutality’

The organizations are urging the court to protect the First Amendment rights of protesters to peacefully protest and journalists to “observe, record, and report on the federal agents’ activities and t...

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 1d

“Siri, show me a system of governance that is no longer fit for purpose”.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 1d

Mine for @theipaper.com

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Clashes between Trump's enforcers and local police could lead to a US civil war

There are signs of growing antagonism between ICE agents and local law enforcement in cities like Chicago and Portland

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 1d

Caught me.

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 1d

Sunrise over Montmartre.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Chicago: "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you could go to a lot of different places."

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 2d

The beginning of the end for CBS. There is no coming back from this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

How Bari Weiss Won

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 2d

A good day to re-post this one.

Eddie Mair @eddiemair.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 2d

Yes…will get to that. Have been a bit derailed covering a story in Paris (not US-related). But will bring my dulcets to it.

Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for everything you send along. Always appreciated.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Judge issues 2nd order blocking National Guard deployment to aid ICE in Portland, OR, after Trump sends CA Guard in & moves to send TX Guard, too. Judge Karin Immergut cites actions 'in direct contravention' of earlier ruling. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for second time

The ruling came in an emergency hearing Sunday night.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

I see napalm is woke now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 2d

Rory, lacking all humility I might point you to this….

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Trump is turning Democrat cities into warzones – and we should all be scared

The US is on the brink of major unrest in cities like Chicago and Portland, as Trump steamrolls all opposition

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 3d

The silence of European governments about ICE's thuggish activities this weekend in Chicago and Portland is not going to be sustainable for very much longer. If you call it out when you see it in Belarus, you need to call it out when you see it in Illinois.

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 3d

Mine for @theipaper.com

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Trump is turning Democrat cities into warzones – and we should all be scared

The US is on the brink of major unrest in cities like Chicago and Portland, as Trump steamrolls all opposition

inews.co.uk

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 3d

Two of ‘em. One at either end.

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 3d

Hyatt Regency.

Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing!!