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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3h

Your occasional reminder that Mone can not be stripped of her peerage without an act of parliament.

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

Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m

PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 3h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2h

PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, has not met the deadline to pay back almost £122 million to the UK Government 👇

Firm linked to Michelle Mone fails to pay back £122m by deadline

www.thenational.scot

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

My message to President Trump.

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🧟Louth For Ever @louthforever.bsky.social · 2h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

My message to President Trump.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h

Trump: “Russia has lost a 1.5 million people, soldiers mostly.

“Russia should have won that war in the first week and now they are going into the fourth year.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h

Trump: “I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h

Trump: “I never thought we'd go into every city and make them safe. Now it's like a passion for me and it's a passion for the people behind me.”

He just suggested San Francisco should be next.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2h

Trump to up US Aid to Argentina to a total of $40 billion after Milei chainsaws the country's economy.

So much for DOGE.

So much for America First.

apnews.com/article/trum...

US is working on doubling aid to Argentina to $40 billion by tapping private funding sources

The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina.

apnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I won Georgia three times. But they say twice. I won it big the second time but we had criminals that didn't allow- I hope they're gonna go into that. I hope they go into the votes which are being stored in Fulton County and take a real look at those votes, because I won it the 2nd time too"

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1h

Greta Thunberg details her treatment in Israeli captivity.

Via Aftonbladet:

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

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Michael @mmdc.bsky.social · 1h

Nice one!

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Dublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 1h

Never charge unattended, especially overnight.

Only use genuine chargers.

For more tips visit bit.ly/DFBescooter

#25FSW #STOPFIRE #TogetherAgainstFire

🎥credit @WYFRS

Fire Safety for E-Scooters, E-Bikes and Hoverboards

Dublin Fire Brigade shares its knowledge about the fire safety risks associated with e-scooters, e-bikes and hoverboards. Find out more.

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Dublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 1h

A homeowner in West Yorkshire was woken up by a popping noise created by batteries of an electric motorbike being charged

Where do you plug in?

If your charging an electric bike/scooter the safest place to charge it is outside.

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 2h

Thursday’s press preview #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Now we are up to $40 billion for Argentina. Can anyone stop Bessent from unilaterally sending unlimited amounts of our money to South America? And Republicans won’t even negotiate with the Democrats on health care for Americans. Where is Congress?

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 5h

Lets keep this in mind. It definitely sounds like he's heading back to that heinous vision again

edition.cnn.com/2025/02/26/w...

‘Trump Gaza is finally here!’: US president promotes Gaza plan in AI video | CNN

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted a video on his Truth Social account, which appears to have been created with generative AI, promoting the transformation of Gaza into a Gulf state-like re...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5h

Budget cuts/tax raises expected to be £40bn in November.

Brexit costs £42bn, they even blame it.

Why don't they get rid of it?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h

Even Fox thinks he’s gone too far.

Tweet by Sam Stein: “Looks like Hegseth’s old employer, Fox News, has refused to sign his press requirements.” The image below is a joint statement from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FOX News Media, and NBC News, explaining their refusal to agree to the Pentagon’s new journalist requirements that threaten core journalistic protections.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5h

This Supreme Court will do anything it can to ensure the end of our representative democracy.

This is a naked effort to save a racist, nihilistic, principle-free far-right minoritarian movement from disappearing from American politics by instead giving it hegemony over the United States... forever.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here's how.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Totally unhinged lunatics. Completely divorced from reality. These people lie about everything. bsky.app/profile/meid...

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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Brian Woolfinder @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social · 5h

You're the richest man in the world . You can literally wipe out poverty for millions of families , you could help fund research into childhood disease or dementia .

What do you do?

Fund Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

What a legacy.

Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 6h

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h

Israel sent back Greta Thunberg’s luggage scrawled with “Whore Greta”, an Israeli flag, and a penis.

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