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Julia Leggs📎I'm🏳️‍⚧️&🇬🇧.I support🇺🇦NATO🇺🇳💙 I'm in the UK🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.🇬🇧Veteran @julialeggs.bsky.social · 1h

BBC News - EU sets 2027 target for anti-drone system to defend against Russia
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EU sets 2027 target for anti-drone system to defend against Russia

It is part of a new drive for the 27-member European Union to be ready for conflict by 2030.

www.bbc.com

Julia Leggs📎I'm🏳️‍⚧️&🇬🇧.I support🇺🇦NATO🇺🇳💙 I'm in the UK🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.🇬🇧Veteran @julialeggs.bsky.social · 1h

BBC News - Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'
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Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'

Trump would not be drawn on whether the CIA was seeking to topple Maduro.

www.bbc.com

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Julia Leggs📎I'm🏳️‍⚧️&🇬🇧.I support🇺🇦NATO🇺🇳💙 I'm in the UK🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.🇬🇧Veteran @julialeggs.bsky.social · 1h

BBC News - Decision on China mega embassy site delayed again
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Decision on China mega embassy site in London delayed again

The proposed complex would be the biggest embassy in Europe if it goes ahead - but it has generated controversy.

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Julia Leggs📎I'm🏳️‍⚧️&🇬🇧.I support🇺🇦NATO🇺🇳💙 I'm in the UK🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.🇬🇧Veteran @julialeggs.bsky.social · 1h

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BBC Verify Live: Tracking data shows Iran tankers hiding locations again - and how much Russian oil goes to India? - BBC News

BBC Verify Live: Tracking data shows Iran tankers hiding locations again - and how much Russian oil goes to India?

Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Julia Leggs📎I'm🏳️‍⚧️&🇬🇧.I support🇺🇦NATO🇺🇳💙 I'm in the UK🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.🇬🇧Veteran @julialeggs.bsky.social · 1h

BBC News - MI5 chief 'frustrated' over collapse of China spy case - BBC News
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MI5 chief 'frustrated' over collapse of China spy case

Sir Ken McCallum says MI5 has acted against Chinese activity in the last week as parliamentary inquiry launched into spy case.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2h

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 8h

Name and ages of the "kids" in the young republican group chat
- Peter Giunta, 31
- Joe Maligno, 35
- Annie Kaykaty, 28
- Alex Dwyer, 29
- William Hendrix, 24
- Luke Mosiman, 24
- Samuel Douglass, 27
- Rachel Hope, 27
www.rawstory.com/vance-young-...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 9h

America is now the world’s longest-running episode of “Jackass: Oval Office Edition.”

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1h

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Pritzker holds a presser with former generals on the militarization of U.S. cities

www.youtube.com/live/-aRKOlv...

LIVE: Gov. Pritzker holds presser with fmr. generals on militarization of U.S. cities

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

No surprise

Reform has become first UK political party to accept cryptocurrency donations. Ireland has banned such contributions precisely because they are untraceable. UK, as usual, has opened the door, & Farage is walking right through it, undermining democracy as he does @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

“Arizona is considering suing for taxation without representation if you don’t seat Adelita Grijalva.”

Speaker Johnson: *continues to cover for Pesophiles*

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Suella De-Vil First Female Britain First MP (maybe) -parody @suellade.bsky.social · 5h

But…but….
Isn’t it a war zone down there

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 14h

Who knew my degree in European history and the rise of the Third Reich would double as a survival guide?

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 13h

⚡️Russian electrical substation ablaze in Volgograd Oblast after drone strike, governor says.

The fire broke out during a 'massive drone attack' targeting the region's energy infrastructure overnight, Governor Andrey Bocharov claimed.

Russian electrical substation ablaze in Volgograd Oblast after drone strike, governor says

The fire broke out during a 'massive drone attack' targeting the region's energy infrastructure overnight, Governor Andrey Bocharov claimed.

kyivindependent.com

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Ukraine Support 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @blue24world.bsky.social · 12h

The 🇺🇸 US will soon provide photos provided by the 🇺🇦 Ukrainian government showing that 🇨🇳 parts were used in Russian UAVs, — Bessent

"It is China's purchase of 🇷🇺 oil that fuels the Russian military machine. China buys 60% of Russian energy resources."
🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
China is complicit in the massacre🇺🇦

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 12h

China conducted ‘large scale espionage operations’ against UK, top official warned in collapsed spy case
Deputy national security adviser also emphasized Britain’s pursuit of “positive” ties with Beijing, according to evidence released

www.politico.eu/article/chin...

China conducted ‘large scale espionage operations’ against UK, top official warned in collapsed spy case

Deputy national security adviser also emphasized Britain’s pursuit of “positive” ties with Beijing, according to evidence released in response to an escalating political row in We…

www.politico.eu

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Ukraine Support 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @blue24world.bsky.social · 12h

🇨🇵 highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by far-right leader Marine Le Pen, dealing a major setback to her efforts to overturn a sentence that could bar her from running in the 2027 presidential election
#Franxe #Lepen
www.france24.com/en/france/20...

Top French court upholds ban threatening Marine Le Pen’s 2027 candidacy

France’s highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by far-right leader Marine Le Pen, dealing a major setback to her efforts to overturn a sentence that could bar her from running in the 2027 pres...

www.france24.com

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 21h

Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

The Real Portland War-zone 😱

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 7h

Racism is the reason the Voting Rights Act was made into law in the first place!

When were White people ever denied voting rights in America prior to VRA or discriminated against at all?🤔

I'll wait. 🔥☕️

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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The Voting Rights Act Is a Lesson in Overcoming Setbacks

While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.

time.com

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 10h

JB Pritzker blasts ICE and CBP in Chicago, Illinois: "Tables will turn someday"

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23h

🔥Everything is good in Feodosiya

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