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Quite something for Truss to call Carney "unelected PM of Canada" Truss used to talk of 'her mandate' from a party leadership vote. Mark Carney also won party leader vote but then General Election called 9 days after he became PM. 28/4 election will take place when he has been PM 45 days!

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Broadcasters falsely blamed UK's push for net zero for Scunthorpe's problems But @ukerc.bsky.social say "high energy prices are absolutely not created by net zero policies... Britain’s amazing wind resources offer potential for cheap, stable energy prices" www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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These mega corps are the reason America is struggling. $278,000,000,000 in avoided tax. Not the poor. Not immigrants. Not workers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.” This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent. He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1054 comments

We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1641 comments

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, in fact, a criminal

submitted 9 hours ago • 528 comments

AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror

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Jeez. Did Trump really just say President Zelensky started the war with Russia? Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous dictator called Vladimir Putin FACTS MATTER

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🚨 Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia, was abducted from his final citizenship interview by ICE. My Israeli friends who had family murdered by Hamas on 10-7 are vouching for Mohsen as an ally in fighting antisemitism & peace activism. That’s the opposite of supporting Hamas terror!

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'Don't let us down' - why a Hillsborough Law is needed in full www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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Trump has failed, but the world needs to carry on presuming that Trump is the biggest threat it has faced in generations, because a man who's failed in the way he has might turn to violence, and violence will not resolve anything. youtu.be/cyhBlZXRaqU?...

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Following last year's riots we held meetings with our members, and saw this impact first hand. People who came here seeking safety have been left in fear for their lives all over again. It is essential that the authorities take better measures to protect them. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

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There is one message for the government on this anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster No watering down, no ifs or buts, no more delays. It is time to deliver a Hillsborough Law in full in the name of 97 football fans who were unlawfully killed

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A MORAL CRISIS “The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored. If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.” Take 3 minutes. This is important.

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Are we great yet?

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One of the most powerful forces in politics is the urge to destroy that from which you are excluded. This is why, in the highly unequal US, support for Trump holds up even as he trashes everything that makes a good society. Equality is key to preventing fascism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Switzerland is one of the few countries to have introduced "tertiary" cleaning of sewage. Cleaning the sewage 3 times, removes not only bacteria & viruses but also chemicals & medicines - reducing risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria developing. www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

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Fascism is happening in front of your eyes. You can call it that or not - I don't give a fuck - but that is what it is.

submitted 15 hours ago • 36 comments

They keep filing these ten or fifteen minutes late every day not because they're rushing to finish their totally non-responsive declarations but to deliberately flaunt their disrespect.

submitted 11 hours ago • 23 comments

Anglican Water who increased their customers bills an average of 19% in April have said they are unlikely to be able to put in any more money for investment. Nationalise them now, it is the only way to stop the theft.

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The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.

submitted 11 hours ago • 489 comments

Well thankfully we have a constitution and first amendment that will endure long past you fat self

submitted 19 hours ago • 1631 comments

Numerous Tories charged with betting offences connected with insider knowledge of the 2024 election. Now do the "VIP lane" pandemic contracts. And the selling of honours for donations. And the routine granting of political favours to generous cronies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

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One of the most predictable patterns when it comes to extremism and corruption is a simultaneous effort to seal things off from the voters, the public eye and any threat of accountability. Today’s post on education and accountability: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...

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"He should be returned to the U.S. immediately," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

submitted 11 hours ago • 67 comments

It’s a COUP We have lost Due Process Once legal immigrants are being declared “Dead” ICE with faces covered are stalking Schools and Churches WAKE UP Keep Reposting

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HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS. This is it. This is where America ends.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1443 comments

Wow. But also, good!

submitted 20 hours ago • 46 comments

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

submitted 12 hours ago • 2244 comments

anyone who is acting like the US and el salvadore simply accidently deported the wrong people and can’t find them is lying because they don’t want to admit they rather like that fascistic deporting of political enemies into death camps is essentially legal now

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🚨🚨 #Trump's disgusting betrayal of #Ukraine and #Zelenskyy is perhaps the starkest example of the US completely abandoning leadership for security on the European continent. But his betrayal goes clearly deeper than this. /1

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- @chrischirp.bsky.social's mapping of the ways in which the Trump admin is undermining democracy is going to be very useful for people in other countries too. Contemporary fascism is highly internationalized. christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...

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🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from experienced presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future. Here's what he got wrong... 🧵

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🧵 #FarageVsReality 2016: “Brexit will SAVE 🇬🇧 steel.” 🚨2024: British Steel collapsing🚨 📉 Tariffs rising 🛑 No EU to blame Farage didn’t save steel. He helped burn it to the ground. #BrexitRebels #RejoinEU #ExitBrexit

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The most horrendous example of this so far. It's never Putin's fault if you're Donald Trump.

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To save democracy, tax the rich: "The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality... However frantically centrist parties avoid the issue, there is no other way." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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If Jeff Bezos can send Katy Perry into space, he can pay a wealth tax so every American has debt-free healthcare.

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ZERO posts from the President of the United States about the arson and possible attempted assassination of Governor Ben Shapiro and his family.

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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

submitted 20 hours ago • 816 comments

The TUC calls for a closer trading relationship with the EU in an increasingly unpredictable and volatile global economy. Sounds like a plan www.tuc.org.uk/news/major-s...

submitted 18 hours ago • 15 comments

Of course there wasn’t. It’s far right BS! There’s plenty evidence however that minorities fare far worse in the justice system No evidence of ‘two tier’ policing at Southport riots officers' handling of the violence was "entirely appropriate given the levels of violence & criminality on display"

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A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS. It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate. That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.

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Egg prices have never been higher, the Russians continue their war against Ukraine, the war in Gaza still rages, the markets are in free fall, a recession looms, the rule of law withers, the Constitution is trampled. That’s what’s happened since Trump’s Day One.

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