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Left: Liz Kendall, "We have listened to people, engaged with them, we are in a good place" Right: Nadia Whittome calls out the updated two tier disability benefits system

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This is how you fight! Newsom slapped Fox News with a $787M defamation suit...designed to stop their propaganda and hold them accountable for distorting his call with Trump. He’s demanding a retraction...apology...and justice. Truth is the weapon. Forget about whether he wins: Fight back counts BIG

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Michael Gove on who he admires in Labour: Mahmood, McSweeney, Streeting.

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If govts want to cut welfare spending they need to tackle Poverty Low wages Inequitable distribution of income/wealth Poor healthcare Corporate profiteering High rents and cost of living Regressive taxation They rarely do. Instead they scapegoat and punish the poor, old, sick, disabled,

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The Occam/Chekhov/Chesterton Razor/Gun/Fence matrix. Summer’s off to a productive start.

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There's a week to go until submissions open for our first anthology. We're excited to get reading! There's a bit more info up now about what we're looking for and our offer to writers at carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/. If you've got any questions, feel free to drop us a comment or a message.

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Under anything resembling normal times, this level of political self harm would be unimaginable, especially over a policy which does not have public support, is counter to expert opinion, will cause immeasurable harm to individuals, and will undermine the economy. These aren't normal times though.

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I interviewed Kate Shemirani during covid. I felt so disturbed by it, it stayed with me for weeks afterwards This is beyond sad. And shows reality ultimately trumps conspiracy/'my truth' Paloma, a Cambridge graduate, "one of the smartest people" her ex-BF met, died after refusing cancer treatment

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

Perfectly expressed.

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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Zarah Sultana, "What we're seeing a re-rerun of the 2003 Iraq playbook" "The same institutions that told us it was right to go into Iraq are doing the same thing again" "This is wrong" "The UK should not be America's poodle in it's imperialist foreign policy"

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Is your child texting about Arthurian legend? LOL: Lies of Lancelot WTF: Way to Feud BRB: Bors Refused Brandegorre TTYL: The Tintagel Yule Log TBH: That's Bertilak's Head IKR: I'm King Rience

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Beware the man who has total belief in himself and promises you everything. 1) he is a fallible human being like everyone else, & 2) as a narcissist, he cares only for his own ambition not for you. Think Hitler. Think Trump. Think Farage… You'd think by now we wouldn't be taken in by such people.

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The UK's 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports were embedded with secondary legislation and arbitration mechanisms that allow corporations to sue the UK Govt for billions of pounds should a corporation believe its rights have been infringed upon. Please subscribe to my Substack open.substack.com/pub/european...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

The MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr has doubled down on his commitment to vote against controversial welfare reforms.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Nothing shocks me less.

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'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

submitted 9 days ago • 75 comments

Thames Water’s creditors want to be exempt from key environmental laws. Exempt from dumping sewage, causing disease, destroying marine life, biodiversity. Lawlessness to boost profits. Must prosecute companies/directors. End profit motive. Nationalise water, curb corporate power archive.ph/WaCN1

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

Seriously, how the fuck is Uber still a thing?

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The government needs to publish any legal advice received around involvement in the conflict with Iran. The last thing we need is for the UK to be dragged into another illegal war in the Middle East by the US.

submitted 9 days ago • 35 comments

For the nth time, Palantir are the enemy. Stop giving them money, data, contracts or anything, actually.

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Let’s be clear- this Labour government isn’t just using existing capacity in the private sector to bring down NHS waiting lists - they’re building that capacity🚨. They’re funnelling billions into private companies when they could be investing in publicly-owned NHS services.

submitted 11 days ago • 28 comments

Yes Breizh, a new non-political campaign group, has launched in Brittany, advocating for more control over the Celtic nation's destiny with a new, 'modern vision' and full self-government

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Is it possible that for all this time he's had tariffs and sanctions confused? 🤔

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In May last year, the city of Helsinki disclosed a data breach. The IR post-mortem report is now live: www.turvallisuustutkinta.fi/en/index/tut... -entry via unpatched Cisco ASA -attackers stole 2TB of data -breach costs went over €1mil -attacker stole data on 150,000 students and 38,000 employees

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Fuuuuck

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Looks like this military parade could have been an email.

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

Shrink from it? He can hardly wait to deliver for his investors.

submitted 13 days ago • 98 comments

There is a prevailing mindset that NHS is already doing its best, more money is needed, and private sector is the solution. We must strongly challenge this narrative✍️ Rajan Madhok

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Judge rules that Trump has to return control of National Guard back to Governor of California. #politics

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So Kristi Noem goes on Fox and lies that Sen Padilla didn’t ID himself, even though the video is there for all to see. But get what she’s saying: Assaulting and handcuffing someone for trying to ask a question is OK in any case? This is a criminal regime.

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<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

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Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words

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RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

submitted 15 days ago • 35 comments

Not so much a joke, but a song about a love goddess. It's an Aphroditty

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Fiona Bruce, "We have a lot of Reform voters in the audience, I want to hear from some of them at least" If the #BBCQT audience is based on voter share at the election, how can there be so many Reform voters in the audience if Reform only got 14% of the vote share in the 2024 general election?

submitted 15 days ago • 73 comments

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

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