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When your "strongest ground" turns into quicksand.

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#NoKings Philadelphia

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Yesterday’s demonstrations across the nation in favor of democracy and against Trump’s dictatorship revealed the power of the people. Millions reasserted the “We” in “We the people.” Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-5b2

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In honour of Joy Division's iconic album Unknown Pleasures being released on this day in 1979, I'm again sharing one of my favourite ever video clips (Peanuts vs Joy Division dance party)...

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The Liberal Democrats’ foreign affairs team have written to the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, urging them to take the vital step of formally recognising a state of Palestine.

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#Nokings San Diego

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That army parade was straight outta Spinal Tap.

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“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

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Yesterday, millions of us reasserted the “We” in "We the people." We gained strength from our solidarity. We celebrated our numbers and our power. We will be steadfast. We will not cower to a dictator. We will win.

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If they can do that to a United States senator... think about how little they care about what they do to us.

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"History is full of people who want to be right through hindsight. Courage means speaking out in real-time" - @dropsitenews.com

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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

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Support @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social's calls for a public inquiry into British involvement in the Gaza genocide 🇵🇸 ✍Write to your MP and ask them to support accountability for the crimes against humanity inflicted on the Palestinian people: thecorbynproject.com/gazainquiry

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June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride: action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

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Wildfires in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which shares a border with the United States, have prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency and order tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.

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Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.

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Growing anger as 134 MPs break their promises over the WASPI scandal Not only has the DWP and government failed them, but now over 100 Labour MPs have lost their back bone in supporting the WASPI women www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride: action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

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Deranged Zionists have accused kids entertainer Ms Rachel of being Hamas Zionist lobbyists are so fucked up that when Ms Rachel says Palestinian kids shouldn't be murdered they accuse her of being paid by Hamas www.thecanary.co/global/world...

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Way to go Greenland 👏 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/greenla...

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The amendment to the bill to ask every developer to provide a £35 hollow brick for swifts, house martins, sparrows and starlings, which was tabled by Labour MP Barry Gardiner, has been rejected by the Labour-dominated committee. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“Child poverty is the biggest cause of social division in Britain today, a scar on our national conscience, and a stain on the soul of the country” Gordon Brown www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

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The DWP is refusing to release a report into deaths of disabled people Buried for four years, we only know about the report thanks to the persistence of Disability News Service - but even now, the DWP is refusing to release it. What is in it that is so damning? www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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Wow, and I thought the parades in Boston had a good turnout

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Austerity Britain continues. Foodbank use is up 5,000% - yet where are Labour? 200,000 children used foodbanks for the first time last year - yet now Labour will plunge 670,000 people into deeper poverty? www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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Farage has never stood with the working class—only on them, to get a better view.

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A new analysis finds that projected growth from the GOP budget's tax cuts would only cover 2.7% of their $3.8T cost. That's nowhere close to the cuts "paying for themselves." Notice how nobody ever asks, "but how will we pay for it" when it comes to trickle-down economics?

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Palestine Action just grounded a US military plane supplying arms to Israel Three Palestine Action activists breached the runway at Ireland's Shannon Airport, and sprayed a US military aircraft with red paint www.thecanary.co/global/world...

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Microsoft is fueling genocide in Gaza. End the military contracts now. #NoAzureForApartheid #MSBuild www.instagram.com/reel/DJ18fe2...

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NEW 👀 The Treasury won’t tell us what it discussed with Shein before the controversial fast-fashion giant got regulatory approval to list on the London Stock Exchange, despite allegations of slave labour in its supply chain 🤐 goodlaw.social/2un2

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Tell MBS and all Arab leaders: resist Trump, no normalization with Israel action.eko.org/a/arab-leade...

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BREAKING: Starmer facing a formal rebellion over proposed DWP cuts More than 40 Labour MPs have called Starmer's proposed DWP benefit cuts "impossible to support" unless he changes course www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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Disabled people are already far more likely to need to use a food bank. And 3 in 4 households accessing food banks have a family member who is disabled. That's why cuts to disability support would be so brutal.

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C'mon , let's get fossil fuel ads banned . . . first step , a debate in Parliament . Will you be the 100,000th signature on my petition ? Sign at govpetition.uk/700024 – almost there !

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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive. In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him. Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

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I asked if I could take his picture. Yes. I stepped across a band of shit. The pigeons began to frighten. Too close. A cloud of gray & blue & pink rushed at me. He looked up. Bare of birds. He said nothing. I stepped back. The birds returned. Together they ate. He said “Now,” & I took my picture.

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"Gaza’s children are being starved by design. Israeli "soldiers" film themselves humiliating prisoners. They bulldoze tent camps. They shoot people collecting flour. This isn’t a breakdown of military discipline—it is military doctrine. Genocide, televised." substack.com/@thisisrobin...

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❓How do you get Steve Reed the Environment Secretary to listen to your concerns about the private water industry? ❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗ Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she? #Loisatthepalace

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One thing about the English local elections today - we’ll have a pretty robust map of racist 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 by the end of tomorrow.

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Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study. Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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@novaramedia.com Misinformation on AI energy use again from Helena 2nite. A chat with ChatGPT? ≈ 2 mins running a microwave. A 4-hour Twitch stream with 100 viewers? ≈ 7 DAYS of a microwave running, non-stop. And yet… the hand-wringing falls on AI. AI is a democratising force we should encourage.

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Happy World Penguin Day to all penguins, but especially Nils, who didn’t let living in Edinburgh (or being a penguin) stop him from becoming The Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard. He’s also been knighted. His official title is Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III and here he is looking regal af

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Human subject has head cut open and is force-fed drugs outside UK parliament The PETA stunt took place in front of a banner with a message reading “Call it science, and you can get away with murder!” - as Labour fails to take action over animal experiments www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

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