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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not - I don't know Kristol (I'm not US) but I'm not into Republicans whether they're Trump critics or not. I found AHH's article interesting & informative nevertheless and find it useful to know what others are thinking, esp when they're trying to make ppl in the UK aware it's all coming here.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 4d

Wibble, as we used to say

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 4d

UK media constantly hides its power. One look at how the entire MSM attacks trans ppl (when quite brief research would reveal well-documented lobby groups, science denial, dark money & far-right power agendas) shows the RW has already bought them.
The MSM will propagandise our rights away.

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 5d

The greatest threat to our democracy, freedom, and human rights is not Farage. It is the overwhelming majority of the British news media.

They promote Farage, and they protect Farage.

If they carry on like this, we will soon have no democracy.

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David, The King of Kemptown @davidbtn2.bsky.social · 5d

Powerful!

Can we have Zack as PM right now please?

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

"Real pride comes when you no longer hide who you are"

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 4d

Republican Trump critic, Bill Kristol:

-"It’s typical for mass movements to lose touch with reality.”

-"We’re beyond the stage of asking if our institutions will hold. They haven’t.”

-“What’s happening in the UK is following our path”

Grim reading, but important

Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 4d

My latest piece for @bylinetimes: America’s authoritarian descent is gaining pace, under the increasingly unhinged and unconstrained mad King Donald. Where America leads, other countries are following suit. open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

The Madness of King Donald

After the recent bewildering slew of Trump administration outrages, Alexandra Hall Hall questions conservative commentator and fierce Trump critic Bill Kristol

open.substack.com

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 5d

I'm about to publish book 7, I hear this so hard

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 6d

Opposing aspiring dictators is good.

Not opposing them is bad.

We all knew this until quite recently.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 6d

Cruz claims Trump planned the shutdown to counter court blocking of his earlier attempts to lay off federal workers. He says the White House has told all cabinet agencies to give permanent layoffs to left-wing bureaucrats.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 6d

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) revealed President Donald Trump's plans for the government shutdown on Wednesday during a new episode of his podcast, "Verdict."

'Brilliant game of chess': Trump's plans for government shutdown revealed by key allies

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) revealed President Donald Trump's plans for the government shutdown on Wednesday during a new episode of his podcast, "Verdict." The federal government shut down on Wednesday after Republicans and Democrats failed to strike a deal on a bill to fund the government through the end...

bit.ly

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 8d

Owen Jones has been banned from 'Labour' Party conference - but Maya Forstater is welcome.

And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 14d

"Trump & other demagogues...throw something patently ridiculous into the conversation - “London is going Sharia” - and count on two things:
-Their supporters to believe it
-Everyone else to roll their eyes & mutter “oh for fuck’s sake” before scrolling on."

Why we shouldn't do the second for them ⬇️

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 14d

Yesterday Trump told the UN that London wants to “go to Sharia Law.”

I’ve lived here for a decade and I’m pretty sure I would have noticed if Tower Hamlets had turned into a caliphate.

FAQ below on why this rant is weapons-grade nonsense - and why debunking it matters.

Sharia in London? An FAQ for the Terminally Gullible

Spoiler: I live here. I’d have noticed if Tower Hamlets had turned into a caliphate.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Julia Gulia 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jrobb773.bsky.social · 14d

Please, please start right now with “bodily autonomy is for all, no matter the group they’re in” because they’re going to keep going down the DSM finding groups few will fight for.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 14d

Our society maintains a cosy illusion of linear progress from 'primitivism' to an 'enlightened now', which auto-casts us as smarter than our silly forebears.
But believing we're too clever to have fallen for the propaganda & misinformation of the past is exactly what makes us vulnerable to it now.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14d

During WW1 there was a rumour that aspirin caused the Spanish Flu. As I was writing about that last year I often shook my head in disbelief at the stupidity of our near ancestors. Seems a lot of people are still dumb enough to believe nonsense.

Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 15d

I wish MPs would wake up.
The 'heat' exists bcos right-wing lobbyists want to gut trans rights to create legal means to gut gay & abortion rights.

They foment heat FOR AN AGENDA!

Calling us "Trans activists" HELPS that agenda. So does both-sidesing.
LibDems can support trans ppl or lose our votes

SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 15d

For 6+years non stop, they have demonised every single one of us as predators, paedophiles and child mutilators. There can be no “conversations” with these ghouls.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 15d

They do - Reeves added that "the numbers that Reform have come out with overnight have already begun to disassemble."
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Meanwhile, the Royal College of Nursing called it "abhorrent beyond words...[showing] neither compassion nor understanding".

...Can I vote for them instead?

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 16d

Labour have branded Nigel Farage’s migration attacks "unfunded, unworkable and falling apart in real time." And the classic: "Unserious".

They seem very reluctant to say "immoral" or "wrong".

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

The truth: we need migration.

The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.

Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.

Reject it. Draw the line.

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Nathan Ormond @nath-ormond.bsky.social · 16d

The UK economy would collapse without immigration. Universities would close, we would stop innovating, tax revenues would massively reduce and we wouldnt be able to pay for the NHS, state pension and schools. We depend on migrants and should welcome them

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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍 @riolindamex.bsky.social · 18d

I Am Antifa
Are You?

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 16d

Yessssss!!!! 😂

Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19d

Dutch late night TV has its take

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 17d

Exactly this - while nearly everyone else is running around scared to rock the boat, he seems almost alone in having worked out that actually a lot of people both want and need the boat rocked!

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 17d

5 men make "Human Gay Male" to exclude trans men (uh, trans men not human??) then call TERF journo so they can "secretly" shout about it & everyone can misgender trans men & say we're threats: "Danny tells me friends of his have felt coerced into accepting trans men as potential partners."
Pathetic

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 18d

"Meet the support group for gender-critical gay men: ‘We gather in secret’

"The Edinburgh chapter of Human Gay Male welcomes those who feel that pressure to accept trans men is a just a modern incarnation of old-school homophobia" [Times]

archive.ph/VF3rK

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 17d

"Having experienced both, I'd rather have my head kicked in than be inclusive" should be a wild thing to admit in a national newspaper...along with everything else they say, tbf.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 17d

This is basically the question everyone should've been asking all along. I remember the Terrorism Act being passed & a bunch of us pointing out it could be used by future governments to ban peaceful protest, and other ppl laughing and saying, "That'll never happen"...

Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 18d

A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 17d

Lol, the Greens have progressive, moderate-left policies. The Telegraph's just shitting itself over the "tax the super rich" part and trying to quash it early by drumming up a new Red Scare.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17d

Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills.

The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."

The real threat to labour isn't bumbling Corbyn - it's the greens.

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 17d

Calls "trans-ideology-inspired violent extremism" 'domestic terrorism'.
Defines "trans-ideology-inspired violent extremism" as:
- Anyone saying trans people exist
- Anyone pointing out trans ppl's sex is biological too
- Saying 'cisgender, 'misgender' or 'trans genocide'

Just Being Human ❄️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @woke66.bsky.social · 18d

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Velvet Glitterman @velvetglitterman.bsky.social · 18d

I wouldn't be surprised. Streeting already called the Bash Back brick thru his constituency office window "An assault on democracy", so I've been waiting to see at what point 'trans activism' will become the next 'Palestine Action'.

Fuck over our healthcare & rights, then ban us from protesting it

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