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Virginia Giuffre’s story of abuse exposes impunity of powerful men, UK experts say

“And many of those men are still going about their daily lives, enjoying the benefits of their power”

Eg: #PrinceAndrew
Release the #EpsteinFiles

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Virginia Giuffre’s story of abuse exposes impunity of powerful men, UK experts say
Women’s campaigners say book excerpts reveal ‘network of privilege’ that protected Jeffrey Epstein amid wider misogynistic culture
www.theguardian.com
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NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
www.motherjones.com
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Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."

This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."

RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack
A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.
share.google
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NEW: Labour and Greens have TIED in the latest Westminster poll, as Keir Starmer's party plummets to a historic low
Labour and Greens TIED new poll finds, as Starmer's party plummets to historic low
www.thenational.scot
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UBI is a universal floor. A starting amount. Everyone gets it. Everyone pays taxes on all other income. Depending on details, the bottom 50%-90% of households can expect a boost after taxes.
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World’s laziest man enjoys laziness machine.
In today's least surprising news
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Say it!
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.
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Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."
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“England Wants Reform”

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 INDEPENDENCE
or
🇬🇧 FASCISM

That’s the stark choice at Holyrood 2026
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I’m in Zambia, where I’m seeing first hand the impact of 20 years of partnership and friendship between our countries.

Scotland is proud to play our part in the world and support many life-saving development projects - showing the kind of country we can be on the world stage.
Addiction should be treated in the medical system, not the criminal one

AND
I should be able to pop in to my local cannabis pharmacy to get the strain that helps me sleep or eases my pain etc…

AND/OR
helps me to relax and chill like your glass of wine does

Ring-fence the tax revenue for the NHS
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social is the first politician I've heard say something sensible about drugs in my life. Clearly the war on drugs has failed, it's wreaked lives and made criminals very rich, and we need to manage drugs in a far more positive way.
"Polanski slammed” reports the Daily Express. The person doing that “slamming” is, err, Daily Express journalist Carole Malone.

And the reason? Because I want us to follow a science led public health approach to regulate drug use.
Polanski slammed over bid to legalise drugs
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"Polanski slammed” reports the Daily Express. The person doing that “slamming” is, err, Daily Express journalist Carole Malone.

And the reason? Because I want us to follow a science led public health approach to regulate drug use.
Polanski slammed over bid to legalise drugs
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Caroline Lucas is wondering why Michelle Mone is still a member of the House of Lords

And most of us are wondering the same as well!

But if Mone is going to be removed from the Lords, there are others too who fail to meet the standard and should be removed as well
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What’s the harm of trying? youtu.be/aCpbDQ-hIpw?...

In this off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment video, I ask a simple question: What’s the harm of trying something different? Why not invest? Why not tax wealth? Why not admit that government spending creates money?
What’s the harm of trying? When everything’s failing, why not change course?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
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Can we never hear the likes of Vance lecture Europeans about free speech ever again, please?
“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA