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This is an absolutely brilliant column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social . Every Word of this. I would only add that I personally think that this started even earlier than Truss. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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What do we think?🤔 Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious. Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story! So, what’s going on here? Let’s take a look!👀 🧵 1/13

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Trump: “Offer up your trans Keir - then we can do business.” Starmer: “Yes Mr Donald. Did you see Friday, Mr Donald? Did we do good?” Labour will absolutely do this. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Reading Anne McElvoy on how convenient the Supreme Court decision is for the Starmer government and the rest of the Establishment reminds me that human rights are, for the boss class. An area where there is minimum actual commitment and a lot of lip service.

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“Sickening and heartbreaking” Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽

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White House removes wire services from press pool rather than restore AP’s access

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I’M GOING TO KEEP POSTING THIS STORY UNTIL ANDRY IS FREED: Gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report Andry Hernandez Romero sought shelter in the U.S. because he was persecuted as a gay man, one of the "particular social groups" allowed to claim asylum.

submitted 70 days ago • 567 comments

This is it. We’ve abandoned Europe and our allies for a Third World tinpot dictator.

submitted 71 days ago • 327 comments

Louisiana baptist pastor, Shane Wiggins, has been arrested for the rape of a child. www.baptistmessage.com/63415-2/

submitted 72 days ago • 365 comments

And guess what?

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ANOTHER ONE! Donald Trump didn’t just deport Albrego Garcia to a foreign torture prison—he deported a Venezuelan teenager who wasn’t even the intended target. His name is Merwil Gutiérrez. He wasn’t in a gang. He wasn’t a threat. And even Trump’s own administration admitted he wasn't the target.

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Leavitt: "Abrego Garcia was a foreign terrorist. He is an MS-13 gang member. He was engaged in human trafficking." (The White House hasn't provided evidence for any of these claims ... )

submitted 71 days ago • 2630 comments

Odd new power dynamic.

submitted 71 days ago • 49 comments

The forgotten war in Sudan. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Nadav Shtrauchler, a former adviser to Mr. Netanyahu, said that the prime minister had experienced “a complete reversal” under the Trump administration that allowed him “much more room to operate.”

submitted 72 days ago • 81 comments

Hungary has just passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

submitted 72 days ago • 50 comments

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸

submitted 72 days ago • 2817 comments

And this is endorsable? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference. The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.

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"Almost all the UK attacks reported in my study centred on LGBTQ+ materials." Meanwhile editors commission dozens more articles about the silencing of, perhaps, Britain's most published academic, Kathleen Stock. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

submitted 72 days ago • 16 comments

We are seeing more and more lies being told about disabled people. There is hardly any fraud in the benefits paid to disabled people. We need to challenge the scapegoating of disabled people - and fight for a wealth tax instead. Sign my petition today. www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...

submitted 73 days ago • 8 comments

Excellent thread.

submitted 72 days ago • 21 comments

I found this thread by George Monbiot, as well as his article quoted, well worth a read. It gets to the heart of the problem of politics in the U.K. at the moment, and some pretty straightforward solutions staring our leaders in the face.

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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

submitted 74 days ago • 464 comments

Singin’ in the Rain was released in theaters on this day in 1952 ☔️

submitted 75 days ago • 6 comments

Just a reminder for michiganders Tom Barrett is not your friend, he promised to protect vets benefits and even helped to sponsor two bills to turn around and voted to cut their benefits, and voted today for the bill that going to cut Medicaid and Medicare , his next election vote him out. #HadEnough

submitted 76 days ago • 16 comments

This is all horrifying. Our system is not supposed to work like this.

submitted 75 days ago • 293 comments

Sharing this again, because it's worth it. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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Well worth a read.

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Keir Starmer arrives in the Antarctic to discuss tariffs – with penguins: the Stephen Collins cartoon

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10 April 1902 | A Polish Jew, Markus Gross, was born in Krakow. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942. No. 35704 He perished in the camp on 8 July 1942.

submitted 76 days ago • 9 comments

Today is the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. One of the great political achievements post WW2. For those of us growing up in the 1970s peace, albeit an uneasy one at times, was unimaginable.

submitted 76 days ago • 11 comments

HT @emilydumortier.bsky.social

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