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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1h

Federal officials telling social media companies to take down posts was supposedly a free speech crisis. It’s not even really hypocrisy, since the right was lying about much of it.
And this isn’t misinformation, foreign influence ops, or public health, just 1A-protected speech the govt doesn’t like.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 38m

Sorry , it has to be said - bastard!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1h

The USA is having its worst Measles outbreak in nearly 35 years.

I guess those vaccines were for something.

Who knew?

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump on his UN speech: “They killed my teleprompter. They did not let the man who operated it in.”

This is a lie.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2h

Pedophiles, that is who uses Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Now you know.

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 1h

It’s permitted if you are on holiday … other than that , Thursday night is the beginning of the weekend at our pad … so Monday- Wednesday is dry !!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2h

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump blows up six more civilians.

Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs — The Wall Street Journal

President says that six are killed in latest military action off the coast of Venezuela

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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 1h

1970's: CEOs earn 20 x more than average worker
2025: CEOs earn 122 x more than average worker
The richest 1% own 50% of entire country's wealth.

Obscene inequality has been normalised.

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 1h

This what you want , those flirting with Farage and Deform ??

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1h

Getting a Saline Drip in the USA cost $800, and your insurance doesn't cover it.

Using an Ambulance costs $1500+$100 every minute, Insurance doesn't cover it.

Do you want Private Healthcare, really?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1h

Getting a Saline Drip in the USA cost $800, and your insurance doesn't cover it.

Using an Ambulance costs $1500+$100 every minute, Insurance doesn't cover it.

Do you want Private Healthcare, really?

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 5h

"And so the idea that it would in any way benefit me or any of the other women is just… is just laughable."

@lindseyboylan.bsky.social tells @deanobeidallah.bsky.social about Andrew Cuomo's claims the sexual harassment investigations were politically motivated

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 3h

Two family visitors this week - 1 week’s board and lodgings !! Fitz and Simmons .. lovely wee cuddly Maltipoos and they are great fun around the house … my two get on great with them. I’ll be sad to see them depart when the holiday makers come back from Vegas..

#dogs #schnauzergang

4 dogs posing above the Coves reservoir with the River Clyde in the background

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 3h

Big leaf fall over the last two nights- autumn has really got going now in Scotland - #autumn #dogs

Dogs walking thru the fallen leaves of autumn in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 3h

Good news from the court at last -
A rare commodity these days.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7h

The UN needs to move troops into Gaza and move Israel out.

Israel ARE the problem.

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 10h

Please sign the petition to free these animals from their captivity and give them a bit of life at last

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Save the penguins! Free them from Sea Life aquarium!

Right now, penguins at Sea Life London are suffering terrible conditions. I’ve just signed the petition demanding they’re moved from their underground basement to a more natural environment NOW. Will ...

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 10h

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Save the penguins! Free them from Sea Life aquarium!

Right now, penguins at Sea Life London are suffering terrible conditions. I’ve just signed the petition demanding they’re moved from their underground basement to a more natural environment NOW. Will ...

act.38degrees.org.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

Temu’s EU operations doubled pre-tax profits to $120m (£90m), employed just 8 people, $18m corporation tax,

It is smoke and mirrors of profit shifting, offshore tax havens.

UK High street can't compete.

Govt must review customs duty exemptions, require multinationals to show where they pay taxes.

China’s Temu more than doubles EU profits to nearly $120m despite having only eight staff

Online marketplace paid just $18m in corporation tax, leading campaigners to call for government action

www.theguardian.com

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 10h

Could ?

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𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕄 @biglarry2k23.bsky.social · 10h

Surely the private sector industries’ landscape needs even less regulation and monitoring ?? Growth is everything? Even if it’s the growth of wealth in bank accounts ( or cash in hand ) of dodgy dealers and scam companies who go bust owing millions after extracting dividends ..

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14h

Another corporate scandal.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing.

98% of the the 23,000 homes fitted with botched external wall insulation need repairs.

Companies have vanished, people left with the problems.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 11h

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As Labour MPs call on Rachel Reeves to scrap council tax in England how the lowest Band D council tax rate in British Labour Wales is higher than the highest in SNP Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today: More than a dozen Labour MPs have written to Rachel Reeves calling on her to scrap council tax, as the chancellor faces mounting pressu…

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