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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Left: Yvette Cooper calls for the release of political prisoners

Right: But is silent over the 8 political prisoners in the UK
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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The government is letting the hunger strikers die.

This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
Government risks letting protesters on hunger strike die, Corbyn warns
JEREMY CORBYN warned today that the government risks letting jailed Palestine protesters on hunger strike die in prison.The former Labour leader and Your Party MP said that he had visited one of the h...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.

And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.

The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The Justice Secretary is refusing to meet me to discuss the well-being of my constituent, Amu, who is 40 days into their hunger strike.

I have written to express my dismay over the government's lack of urgency, care and humanity toward people at risk of death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Israel is not allowing antibiotics, IV solutions or surgical material to enter besieged Gaza despite 2-month ceasefire.
No essential supplies in truce: Gaza’s healthcare system broken by Israel
Israel is not allowing antibiotics, IV solutions or surgical material to enter besieged Gaza despite 2-month ceasefire.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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this story isn’t going away

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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The year StopAntisemitism's Antisemite of the Year Award has nominated Ms Rachel for treating Palestinian kids like human beings...but hasn't nominated Nick Fuentes, a literal Nazi with a massive platform PS StopAntisemitism isn't even a group, it's one person.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland

When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Israel has allowed tents into Gaza that will house 12,000 people.

There are 1,900,000 displaced people in Gaza because Israel has destroyed 92% of all homes and currently occupies over 50% of the strip.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France…”
I kid you not.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Members of Gaza’s Civil Defense force describe pulling decomposing bodies from collapsed buildings, and digging in hopes that someone remains alive.
Gaza’s Civil Defense Forces Keep Digging for 10,000 Missing Bodies
Gazan civil workers describe pulling decomposing bodies from collapsed buildings, and digging in hopes that someone remains alive.
interc.pt
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"This is a field execution.. this is a war on occupied people, a war on civilians"

Mustafa Barghouti on the footage that shows Israeli forces executing two unarmed Palestinian men who've just surrendered
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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"Israel passed 30 laws 'deepening apartheid’ since 7 October, legal centre says"
'Adalah says counterterror laws, emergency measures and Jewish-only benefits drive surge in discriminatory legislation'
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel passed 30 laws 'deepening apartheid’ since 7 October, legal centre says
Adalah says counterterror laws, emergency measures and Jewish-only benefits drive surge in discriminatory legislation
www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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'On Thursday, Jon Cink became the fourth Palestine Action-linked prisoner to refuse food, joining prisoners Qesser Zurah, Amu Gibb and Heba Muraisi in an open-ended hunger strike over what they describe as “systematic abuse” by the prison authorities.'
via @bheardmedia.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The UK has become a genuine multi-party country – but our voting system hasn’t caught up. The Dutch elections this week show how proportional representation can give everyone a voice, while keeping extremists out of power.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
How to tame the populists: lessons from the Netherlands
Recent elections in the Netherlands show how a proportional voting system can prevent extremists from taking power. Lessons for the UK?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The Hind Rajab Foundation have identified the IDF soldiers who murdered 6 year old Hind and her family, & their names have been submitted to the ICC.

Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.
October 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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#GazaGenocide, 22 Oct 2025
Major Sean Glass a US Navy Seal who joined the IDF has been named as the man who ordered the murder of Hind Rajab and caused 355 bullets to be put into her. This is him:
#NetanyahuWarCriminal #TrumpWarCriminal
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Today, England's water companies received their worst pollution ratings since records began.

Rising bills. Soaring profits. Sewage in our rivers and seas.

Enough is enough. Bring water back into public ownership, now.
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Nigel Farage promised that Reform councils would cut local government "waste" in order to slash taxes.

Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised
Reform Council Asks Opposition for Help Making Cuts After ‘Desperate’ Search for Savings Falls Short
Exclusive: Nigel Farage's struggling flagship Kent administration is now reaching out to other parties, after failing to identify the millions of pounds in savings they promised
bylinetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM