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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 9h

His father’s reply changed his perspective. “I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h

Israel have been bombing Palestinians today as if there is no ceasefire, and they will continue to do so and everyone will ignore it.

Eventually Hamas will fire back and they will 'break' the Ceasefire.

Donald Trump's Peace is just continued Genocide.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

ICE is probably causing an increase in crime.

I’m not referring to the many crimes committed by ICE officers—though one certainly could—but to how they’ve enabled criminals by giving them opportunities to impersonate masked ICE officers and by pulling cops off of police work to do harassment.

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 8h

USA needs Trump for

- daily entertainment

USA does not need Trump

- for democracy

- for rule of law

- for strong economy

- for affordable healthcare

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski will be on Laura Kuenssberg's this Sunday.

Tune in, make it the most watched episode ever.

Then they will know, change is coming.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 12h

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drnedflanders.bsky.social @drnedflanders.bsky.social · 2d

We know who to blame.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 23h

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 23h

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JB Pritzker Is Looking At Prosecuting ICE Agents

Gov. JB Pritzker had a message for any ICE agents who are abusing their power in Illinois. Someday, the tables will turn, and they will be prosecuted.

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@gloria🕊️🟧 @gloriaprosperi.bsky.social · 23h

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 11h

“At some point there needs to be a reckoning."

The world celebrates as the Gaza peace deal is signed - but when is the time to question 𝘸𝘩𝘺 the war dragged on for so long?

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 10h

China now raising the stakes - back US or China - you choose.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11h

China slaps sanctions on Korean shipbuilder accused of helping US on.ft.com/43cPGej

China slaps sanctions on Korean shipbuilder accused of helping US

Measures extend trade war between Washington and Beijing to third countries

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 11h

Don’t be so patronising. I read your whole piece and did my own research.

My comment stands.

Too many are enablers of billionaires fascist playbook. They attack Starmer for some perceived comms failure even though they agree with the policy.

🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 11h

Digital ID

Greater fairness by showing exactly who has the right to work in the UK.

A deterrent to would-be migrants

Mandatory ID checks provide far more actionable intelligence.

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 11h

Digital ID

Digitally checked credentials are far more secure than physical documents.

Less likely to be lost or stolen, reduced errors and mistakes, and helped combat fraudsters.

More choice over what needs to be shared.

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 11h

Digital ID

Will change the way the state interacts with its citizens.

The digital key will give more joined-up and effective public services.

They will talk to one another and fit around them.

Not just about getting rid of paper.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16h

Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 11h

The arrogant US assumption is that only US has top grade software.

India and China have something to on that

Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 11h

"Two other people familiar with the situation said the US was considering requiring companies exporting any software to China to obtain a license, which could have a dramatic impact on Chinese industries."

www.ft.com/content/fbc5...

Scott Bessent slams China: ‘They want to pull everybody else down with them’

US Treasury secretary tells FT that Beijing’s export controls are ‘a sign of how weak their economy is’

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14h

Nigel Farage wasn’t telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg

Reform claim they were obstructed. There’s only one problem: they never made any inquiries.

Nigel Farage wasn't telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg

Reform want to be obstructed by council workers, but they have to try first

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 17h

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 11h

The government has established its new ethics regulator, the Ethics and Integrity Commission.

So what will the commission do? What are its responsibilities? And what other changes have the government made to the ethics and standards system? www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/et...

Ethics and Integrity Commission | Institute for Government

The government has established its new ethics regulator, the Ethics and Integrity Commission.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 11h

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 21h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 11h

Digital ID will work and make life easier for everyone

It will make it more difficult for Employers and Landlords to excuse their transgressions.

It will make citizen lives better

Just being used to beat Starmer because billionaires want Farage and Trump’s Fascism

Too many are unwitting enablers

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 11h

USA doesn’t have the sharpest minds running Government.

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 12h

I'm not a grand strategist but perhaps the US may regret putting all its economic eggs into a single AI basket it needs Chinese cooperation to weave.