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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

It seems pretty clear to me now: Keir Starmer would rather lose to Reform than to the Labour left, which is his real enemy. Any policy that might recover lost ground with voters has to be struck down, as it looks like a concession to the Labour left. And he and his team cannot contemplate that.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag! | Aditya Chakrabortty

The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 9h

"Girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa."

Omfg. They are so embarrassingly insultingly bad at everything.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15h

He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC
#ProtectingHerPedophilePrez

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 16h

Opinion | Starmer has not prioritised growth, not really. He has done what British governments have been doing for over a decade: prioritising anti-immigration policy and focusing on growth only where it does not interfere with it

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Read more: trib.al/HHn51XN

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Julie McGalliard @mcjulie.bsky.social · 20h

It’s horrifying and fascist that a literal federal agency is posting this kind of shit but it’s also inexplicable

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 22h

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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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 20h

Is this what they mean by a Brexit benefit? “Unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism.”

In 2023, EU agreed to ban exports of waste to poorer nations outside a group of mainly rich countries within the OECD for an initial 2.5 years - the UK has no such ambitions in place

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

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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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Trump is now calling for the arrests of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Just hours after deploying the Texas National Guard into their state without consent.

This isn’t law enforcement. It’s political warfare. Wake up.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 1d

Every Labour intervention on migration has 'trade - good, brown people coming here - bad' lurking in the background.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

Wilful ignorance of how trade and migration actually work in a globalised economy.

The idea that the (short and long-term) movement of people -especially between India and the UK - has nothing to do with trade and investment is (obviously) wrong.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 1d

While at the same time Brexit’s most ferocious opponent is … not as young as he used to be.

Good on him!

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 1d

The tide is turning. Just 13 per cent of young people think Brexit was right - and fewer than one in five under 50 agree. A clear majority of Britons now believe leaving the EU was a mistake.

Attacks on migrants will not return Tories to power, Lord Heseltine warns Badenoch

Lord Heseltine warning comes as Robert Jenrick is caught up in a racism row

www.independent.co.uk

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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 1d

They’re just taking your children away, full stop.

Obviously preferable.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Climate science is clear: emissions rates must peak in 2025 and go no higher.

But misinformation and wishful thinking push politicians – and crucial policy – off course.

MPs and public underestimate urgency of climate action, new UEA study reveals

Fewer than 15% of UK MPs knew emissions must peak by 2025, raising questions about climate communication

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