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Frank

@frank76.bsky.social

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Retired; Dad; Political Inactivist; Unsociable Socialist; Anti-Monarchist; Free Palestine; Vegan (for the animals, the environment and my health) and genuine animal lover; Atheist; Autistic Aspie; Bibliophile (4,000+ books); two dogs & 1 cat

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Amber @ambertorija.bsky.social · 15h

#ResistanceUnited
Trump’s corruption & retribution campaign is about 1 thing
Installing fear in the masses to keep them quiet & from rising up against his tyranny
It’s more than just his lust for power
It’s about complete domination of the 🇺🇸people

Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 15h

Declassified: MI6 Support For Nazi 'Forest Brothers'
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Declassified: MI6 Support For Nazi 'Forest Brothers'

All my investigations are free to read, thanks to the enormous generosity of my readers.

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 19h

Interview: Israel Gets What It Wants and Then Ignores the Agreement
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Interview: Israel Gets What It Wants and Then Ignores the Agreement

I recently joined George Galloway on MOATS to discuss the Gaza peace plan which violates one international law after another

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 19h

Have you seen what the Labour Party is planning now? It's incredibly disturbing...
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Have you seen what the Labour Party is planning now? It's incredibly disturbing...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 20h

The Digital Coup: How Silicon Valley Billionaires and Tech Giants Are Capturing Britain’s Future
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The Digital Coup: How Silicon Valley Billionaires and Tech Giants Are Capturing Britain’s Future

An investigation into the web of influence connecting Larry Ellison, Tony Blair, Keir Starmer, and the corporations positioning themselves to control Britain’s digital infrastructure

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 20h

Songbirds are slaughtered in Cyprus and Britain has blood on its hands
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Songbirds are slaughtered in Cyprus and Britain has blood on its hands

Every night, nets rise, wings break, and silence spreads across the British bases of Cyprus. This is our responsibility to end the songbird slaughter.

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Caitlin Johnstone: On the ‘Ceasefire’ consortiumnews.com/2025/10/10/c...

Caitlin Johnstone: On the 'Ceasefire'

There’s not a lot to feel optimistic about here. If the killing does stop on a lasting basis, it will be a pleasant surprise. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin’s Newsletter Listen to Tim Foley reading ...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Hedges Report: Inside America’s Academic Gulags consortiumnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

Hedges Report: Inside America's Academic Gulags

It is now impossible, says historian Rashid Khalidi, to teach about Israel, Palestine and the ongoing genocide in elite American education institutions. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report Thi...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Without UN Action consortiumnews.com/2025/10/11/b...

Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Without UN Action

Governments of the world have the collective power to end this genocide and the brutal, illegal occupation of Palestine, writes Nicolas J. S. Davies. By Nicolas J. S. Davies Common Dreams As Presi...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Patrick Lawrence: Keep the Champagne Corked consortiumnews.com/2025/10/10/p...

Patrick Lawrence: Keep the Champagne Corked

We must allow for the possibility of success of Trump's 20-point peace plan in Gaza, of course. But at writing I simply cannot see it. By Patrick Lawrence The Floutist As I read of the ceasefire...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Caitlin Johnstone: On the ‘Ceasefire’ consortiumnews.com/2025/10/10/c...

Caitlin Johnstone: On the 'Ceasefire'

There’s not a lot to feel optimistic about here. If the killing does stop on a lasting basis, it will be a pleasant surprise. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin’s Newsletter Listen to Tim Foley reading ...

consortiumnews.com

Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Hedges Report: Inside America’s Academic Gulags consortiumnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

Hedges Report: Inside America's Academic Gulags

It is now impossible, says historian Rashid Khalidi, to teach about Israel, Palestine and the ongoing genocide in elite American education institutions. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report Thi...

consortiumnews.com

Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

The inequality lie www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

The inequality lie

Right-wing commentators claim inequality in Britain is falling. It isn’t. The Office for National Statistics says the Gini coefficient has improved — but the truth is that it ignores capital gains, we...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the UK system now? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the UK system now?

This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This one follows from yesterday's essay, which asked the s...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Who will pay to rebuild Gaza? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Who will pay to rebuild Gaza?

It seems to me that the time has arrived to ask the question that I am not seeing asked almost anywhere, which is, who will pay to rebuild Gaza, and under what terms will that money be spent? Gaza is ...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Thiel and the Antichrist www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Thiel and the Antichrist

As The Guardian has reported, Peter Thiel has been lecturing in San Francisco about the Antichrist, Armageddon and a one-world order. What his Antichrist fixation tells us is a great deal about his vi...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Talking the language of courage www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Talking the language of courage

In 2011, I wrote The Courageous State, which was a call for governments that act with purpose and confidence, not cowardice. Fourteen years later, we still live with austerity, outsourcing and fear. I...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness

According to The Guardian, Nigel Farage, speaking at an event at a private Christian college in Michigan, USA, has accused teachers in the UK of “poisoning our kids” and predicted that they would go o...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

If Rachel Reeves must raise taxes, the basic rate of income tax is the worst place to start www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

If Rachel Reeves must raise taxes, the basic rate of income tax is the worst place to start

The Telegraph reported this morning that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has told Rachel Reeves that raising income tax would be the least damaging way to fill what it d...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Do ICE have MRE provisions? Oh, no. That’s a damn shame. All that income and no place to buy a meal. Hey, I know what they can eat… 1/2

Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the US system now? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the US system now?

This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This Quantum Essay reflects our further discussions on ent...

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

The Corporate Coup Eroding UK Sovereignty Through Freeports, SEZs and AI Growth Zones
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The Corporate Coup Eroding UK Sovereignty Through Freeports, SEZs and AI Growth Zones

Welcome to "Zone Fever": the bipartisan Ponzi scheme turning Britain's ports, factories, and public services into corporate feeding grounds.

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuelan woman who begged Trump to bomb her country wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Venezuelan woman who begged Trump to bomb her country wins Nobel Peace Prize

María Corina Machado has become the first person since Barack Obama to win the Nobel Peace Prize for doing absolutely nothing.

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Breast cancer viva.org.uk/health/healt...

Viva! - Breast cancer

Nothing can shield you from breast cancer 100 per cent but there’s a lot you can do to minimise your risk.

Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d

Why Animal Products Harm - Dairy viva.org.uk/health/why-a...

Viva! - Why Animal Products Harm - Dairy

Cow’s milk and dairy products are not natural foods for us – we are best suited to drinking breastmilk as babies only. Consuming dairy products made from the milk of a different species is not just un...