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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2h

First Amendment:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 7h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Exposing the Labour Right 🥀✊🇵🇸 @labourrightwatch.bsky.social · 5h

Alice Perry has been a long-serving bureaucrat at the top of the Labour party, a lobbyist at the firm representing Blackrock and Barclays, and now she’s paid by a private health insurance firm to ‘advocate’ for them in parliament.
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...

Alice Perry: Labour bureaucrat, former lobbyist for Cicero and now for the UK’s third largest private health insurer, Aviva

Alice Perry has been a long-serving bureaucrat at the top of the Labour party, a lobbyist at the firm representing Blackrock and Barclays, and now she’s paid by a private health insurance fir…

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 7h

"Everything they do is extremely violent."

Greta Thunberg on Israel:

Excerpt of greta thunberg article in link below

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 5h

Israel hands back bodies with code numbers, not names as promised.

“However, Dr Zaqout said health officials had so far received no information to assist them, such as names or the circumstances of death.
"What we received are bodies with codes and numbers”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gaza experts work to identify bodies of 90 Palestinians returned by Israel

Under the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has agreed to hand over the bodies of 15 Palestinians in return for every dead Israeli hostage.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · Mar 6

"Historical evidence should warn us against the idea that strong men get things done, which is almost always wrong. The concentration of power promotes loyalty at the expense of wisdom, flattery at the expense of objective advice, self-interest at the expense of public interest."
- FT (1 March 2025)

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Trump bailed out Argentina, who then undercut US farmers by selling their soybeans to China, who used be our biggest customer for soybeans before Trump drove them away with his tariffs.

This is Trump 3D chess in action.

Arrogance, Ignorance and Idiocy.

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 16h

Absolutely no surprises there.

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 16h

Seriously, please can we have some examples of the radical ie far right being articulate?

Farage and co rely on sound bites and fear-mongering. On the very rare occasions when Farage is challenged, he walks away.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 17h

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

The anti-Palestinian bias is in plain sight.
Where are the headlines about Palestinian families unable to bury their dead, because their loved ones are under acres of rubble?

Zeteo @zeteo.com · 1d

“When it comes to the almost 2,000 Palestinians who were released by Israel as part of the deal… there has been silence from much of our mainstream media.”

Read five stories about Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention following the Gaza ceasefire agreement: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @johnbuss.bsky.social.

The TIME Magazine cover Trump hates.

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

I’d love to go forward in time to see what historians make of this President who rants and raves in public.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

from the Conscience vessel of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, gave her testimony after being released from Israeli detention.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

"I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten on my stomach, back, face, ear, and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways."

Noa Avishag Schnall, a Jewish photojournalist who reported from

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🚨 Tracking The Settlers @settlertrack.bsky.social · 1d

#REPORT | Israeli occupation forces raid the house of a released Palestinian prisoner, who was exiled out of Palestine, in Yatta, the West Bank.

(the.andrey.x & 14/10/25)

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Join us in being cheerful!

Let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

"You need to be unapologetic, someone who gets the modern media environment and social media, and is a competent speaker - all of which Polanski is."

Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now

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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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

Keir, I hope you’re including Netanyahu and his cabinet among those who must be held accountable for atrocities?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

I think that’s his one and only skill actually.

Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

Completely spineless.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

Doesn’t this clip just sum him up? Hideous man.

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my. A President who only ever acts out of self interest, who has made USA a fascist state, who uses troops against peaceful Americans, who has funded genocide in Gaza since he took office. That President deserves the Peace Prize? Pull the other one.

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 1d

I struggle with giving any credit to Trump though. He acted through self interest after Israel bombed Qatar, threatening his new lucrative friendship.
Israel depends heavily on USA support so yes, POTUS is the one who has all the leverage. Trump could have stopped this much earlier.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

⚖️ Legal bodies representing over 250,000 lawyers have hit back against Robert Jenrick's “politically motivated attacks” on the legal sector as “irresponsible and dangerous”.

https://www.cityam.com/legal-profession-hits-back-at-robert-jenrick-threat-against-activist-judges/

Legal profession hits back at Robert Jenrick threat against 'activist' judges

Legal bodies have pushed back against recent "politically motivated attacks" on the legal profession, following Robert Jenrick's critcisms.

www.cityam.com

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