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Cavan man long time exiled in Brussels
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The Trump circus dominates the news. But there’s other events happening too - in countries where people are rising up against governments, fighting for democracy & accountability. These photos are from Serbia & Georgia today. Capital cities brought to a standstill 🇷🇸🇬🇪 (Pls see ALT for more detail)

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Remember the insurrectionist guy who broke into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol? His name is Richard Barnett. Barnett goes by the nickname “Bigo.” There was a J6 photo of Bigo that went viral. Bigo the insurrectionist was pictured with his boot…

Hood getting festive but in typical Brussels style, still with roadworks.

1. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?🧵

I see what he did there.