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'People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.' - R.V.
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'[S]enior officials at the agency warned Rubio of the devastating impact that would be caused by the cuts, including 1 million children untreated for malnutrition, up to 160,000 deaths from malaria and 200,000 more children paralyzed from polio...' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The people who’ve been screaming ‘the country is full’ for decades now think we’re not having enough kids. Something doesn’t add up. Unless….. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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The waiting list for social housing in some local authorities has hit 105 years. In other words, you can't expect to get it in a human lifetime.

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Of all the accusations against the Madleen, the strangest has to be that it is "performative" and "symbolic". Yes, I doubt Greta Thunberg is claiming to be the world's most competent aid worker. See also: Gandhi was not the world's best hiker or salt refiner. Symbolism matters.

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Trump, who recently paid Ashli Babbitt's family $5 million and has floated the idea of reparations for January 6 rioters, calls protesters in Los Angeles "paid insurrectionists."

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President Trump, "What you're witnessing in California is a full blown assault on public order, sovereignty, by rioters. A foreign invasion of our country"

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'After the minister repeated the Government’s stance, Mr MacDonald said: “You’re basically condemning thousands of people to death, in my opinion.”' www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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It is a law as old as the hills: Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.

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Trump appears to be engineering a situation in which he could invoke the Insurrection Act. Democracy (feeble and partial as it is) offends his every instinct, and he will do whatever he can to snuff it out.

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Please remind the Massive Strategic Brains that the extension of winter fuel payments leaves us in roughly the same place we were in under the Tories. You don't get to hit millions of people in the face, stop doing it, and then demand a medal.

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Republicans want to cut Medicaid, nutrition & education to give a TRILLION dollars in tax breaks to the 1% & large corporations. Now they’re going after Medicare, which would make our broken health care system even worse. Thousands will die unnecessarily. We must stop them.

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'McGraw’s presence on the ground in L.A. reinforces the made-for-TV nature of Trump’s immigration crackdown.' edition.cnn.com/2025/06/09/m...

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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

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'California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and other Democratic governors have sharply criticized the move, describing it as an “alarming abuse of power”. Newsom has called on the administration to rescind the “unlawful” deployment.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“If Trump can incite disturbances in blue states before the midterm elections, he can assert emergency powers to impose federal control over the voting process, which is to say his control.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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'The LU leadership has no intention of leading a pay and jobs fight and is already preparing its cover. This is the same leadership that disgracefully quashed debate at conference around trans rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent regressive decision.' workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

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'The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Stalinoid party long strong in the fight for Kurdish rights in Turkey and in Syria) has announced its intention to dissolve itself and lay down arms, following a decision at its 12th Congress on 5-7 May.' workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

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'Without significant changes in Labour policy, or industrial wins, it is almost certain a disaffiliation motion will return next year with a real chance of passing.' workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

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Well, if he's good enough for Labour... '“We should ultimately be trying to convince him that the Democratic Party has more of the values that he agrees with,” Khanna said.' www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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"It's got this fascinating iconography of a little figure with a long cross - explicitly Christian - over the valknut design, which has pagan roots." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Gathering of fascists in Moscow, Elon Musk's father in attendance

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#bbclaurak says taxation is at sky high historic levels. For who? The recent history of Corporation Tax (main rate): 1982 52% 1983 50% 1984 45% 1985 40% 1990 35% 1997 33% 1998 31% 2007 30% 2010 28% 2011 26% 2012 24% 2013 23% 2014 21% 2016 20% 2017 19% 2023 25%

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"Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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"The UK’s strategic defence review risks normalising nuclear warfare. Don’t believe the PR hype: these weapons are immoral, irrational and catastrophic." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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'Germany is drawing up plans to rapidly expand its network of bomb-proof bunkers and shelters, the government’s most senior civilian protection official has said, warning the state needs to be prepared for an attack from Russia within the next four years.' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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'In a letter to Sir Mark Rowley, the Met commisioner, on behalf of Coskun, Lord Young of Acton, General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, wrote: “We consider that the risk to Mr Coskun’s life was caused, in part, by the actions of your officers and the CPS.' www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

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'While Democrats oppose the “BBB” because [of] its cuts to Medicaid... these traditional Republicans are queasy about the Liz Truss-style risks of a massive unfunded tax giveaway. Overnight, Musk has become their champion.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Labour returned Royal Bank of Scotland to full private ownership last weekend, leaving taxpayers £10.5bn out of pocket. The free market hates nationalisation unless bankers need it.

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Over and over again Trump tells us that he thinks the Nazis were the good guys in the story.

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US “democracy”, where billionaires openly brag about buying elections and demand obeisance from political leaders.

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Seriously? Are we really going to have a military parade? At the cost of millions of dollars? While cutting aid the nation's poor? My latest from The Baltimore Sun #Trump #TrumpParade #cartoon #satire

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'“As ICC judges, these four individuals have actively engaged in the ICC’s illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America or our close ally, Israel,” Rubio said.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk said in a post on X. He added: “Such ingratitude.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Give the Elgin marbles back to Greece and before you know it, we'll be giving the royal family back to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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'Tunstall said there was very likely to be a link between the rise in multiple insecurities and the increase in voter dissatisfaction with mainstream politicians and support for populist parties such as Reform.' www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬 That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car. Why? 🧵1/8

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A billionaire who profits off the presidency is feuding with another billionaire who bought access to the government to line his own pockets. Neither should have ever been able to amass so much power. What we're witnessing is a failed experiment in billionaire governance.

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