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Dan (frightening) @danzx00.bsky.social · 14h

They are nothing if not utterly predictable

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 15h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 2h

that didn't take long

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 2h

"lingering impact" = c.£40bn in lost direct tax revenue EVERY SINGLE YEAR plus incalculable non-£ losses.

#BrexitReality #r4today

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 2h

🚨🚨Chancellor Rachel Reeves acknowledges she is looking at potential tax rises and spending cuts to fill a black hole in her Budget which she said was partly due to the lingering impact of #Brexit. 🧵
www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel...

Reeves eyes tax hikes as economy suffers ‘severe and long-lasting’ Brexit impact

Rachel Reeves said ‘austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss’s mini-budget’ had weighed heavily on the UK economy.

www.independent.co.uk

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 10h

her being all surly and pissed off in that interview is her own fault

if you accept work in harry potter of course interviewers are constantly gonna ask you about your views on trans ppl

that’s not our fault. jk rowling has made persecuting us her entire personality. so ofc you’re gonna be asked

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 11h

i don’t care about keira knightley bcos i only ever saw her in the pirates movies.

it’s like asking me to care about olivia wilde.

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 3h

Polanski appears to be doing an incredible and impressive job, but it is madness that this Labour govt has not only been unable to articulate "a different view" to the far right (call a spade a spade @newsagents.bsky.social), they've spent much of their time agreeing with them.

#r4today

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 4h

"Whether you agree with Zack Polanski or not it is important to have a different view articulated as effectively as some of the radical right have been doing.

"Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...

Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents

In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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joecorey3rd.bsky.social @joecorey3rd.bsky.social · 12h

The irony that Charlie didn't have a turning point

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Emrysmyrddin they/them @emrysmyrddin.bsky.social · 14h

ah jeez staggered starts. fair. I was distracted by the waves of nausea 🤢

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm.

DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.

Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.

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Emrysmyrddin they/them @emrysmyrddin.bsky.social · 14h

Ik like verging on eating disorder, yaddy-yah, but Bake Off this week is both meringue AND soufflé and I may have to turn off 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

and did the TV feed just repeat the start of the challenge twice? 🤔 #GBBO

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 14h

CORRECTION:

Trump murders another six people in non-US waters, and correctly judges that within 48 hours no one with any influence will bother to even question him about it, let alone try to bring him to justice.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 14h

US strikes another vessel off Venezuela coast, killing six

President Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics." US officials have not provided evidence to this claim.

www.bbc.com

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 14h

They should invoice the Israeli govt.

I'm serious.

Fkn war criminals.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h

UN Says Gaza Reconstruction Will Cost $70 Billion, With 50 Million Tonnes of Rubble to Clear — Rebuilding Could Take Decades

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GOOD! Alex Jones, loser extraordinaire, loses again.

Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

Lawyers for conspiracy theorist loser warned his website and assets will end up in the hands of his ‘nemesis’ and be ‘destroyed’ unless the justices get involved

go.stonking.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s genuinely alarming that the official DHS account is talking like this. This isn’t a parody account, it’s a federal agency using the tone of an online teenage bully to respond to fair public criticism.

DHS Twitter account responding to Maria Cardona

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nohostages.bsky.social @nohostages.bsky.social · 1d

It was straightforward @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Netenyahu and his allies are ethno-religious-nationalists.

The entire ceremony was propaganda aimed at their base and at Donald Trump.

@lbc.co.uk #lbc

nohostages.bsky.social @nohostages.bsky.social · 1d

All I can say about that ceremony, @mrjamesob.bsky.social, is that it will do nothing to dispel the growing sense that Israel is sliding into fascism.

It would not have been out of place in an authoritarian dictatorship.

@lbc.co.uk #lbc

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
This is great news. We've hired the classicist Spencer Klavan to teach at New College of Florida. Goodbye gender studies; hello, Greek literature.
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Truly excited to be teaching an online survey course in Greek literature this fall semester @NewCollegeofFL. Even more excited that it's open to the public. Please join in here! We'll be reading Homer, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and lots more.

https://ncf.edu/youngheretics/
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so fucking exhausted

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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Auntie Collins @queerauntie.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t like to fantasy book AEW but Willow should take all the men’s titles away and make hangman kiss everyone.

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Kristi @booksandbodyslams.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being this proud of stupidity and voting for someone who is actively trying to destroy your child.

Get fucked Dustin.

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Emrysmyrddin they/them @emrysmyrddin.bsky.social · 1d

thank you, I needed this today

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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