Amyn Merchant
@amynmerchant.bsky.social
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Musician, Bookworm, Europhile, Family Man & #AutismParent. All views are personal.
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The attempt from so many in the political and media spheres to make racism acceptable is utterly despicable. They’re trying to tell us that these are the views of the ‘median voter’ and the ‘silent majority’.

Fuck off.

This is Fascism, peddled by Fascists.

And we must call it out and defeat it.
amynmerchant.bsky.social
Agreed, my avatar brother.
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michaelehayden.bsky.social
“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”
Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago
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atrupar.com
Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."
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joshuaeakle.com
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
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markjacob.bsky.social
The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.
amynmerchant.bsky.social
I get it now - Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize, not to compete with Obama, but to be able to show it to St. Peter, for entry.
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
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billybragg.bsky.social
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧
amynmerchant.bsky.social
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

In case you haven’t been following the issue of Nathan Gill, and his connections to Putin and Farage.
carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
amynmerchant.bsky.social
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Orwell, 1984
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cwebbonline.com
It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
In the UK we have Keir -island of strangers- Starmer, whose government is driving right wing anti immigrant and asylum seeker policies

In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is not only celebrating diversity, they're embracing and speaking positively about immigrants
amynmerchant.bsky.social
@quietriotpod.bsky.social is ALWAYS worth your time.

Do listen, especially if you haven’t discovered it yet.
quietriotpod.bsky.social
SUNDAY SCHOOL DROP

☮️🏆 Who is María Corina Machado & how bruised is Trump?

💸 Reform struggles to find DOLGE cuts

📚RIP Jilly Cooper & all hail the trashy novel

open.spotify.com/episode/2jKt...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: The Big Blag Theory
open.spotify.com
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danielsohege.bsky.social
In every possible way Labour's changes to immigration rules are profoundly stupid and damaging.
Not only will they ruin lives of migrants, they will cripple the economy, cost jobs, undermine crucial infrastructure etc etc. Everyone suffers with anti-immigration policies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Visa changes will make it worse for my business'
Aneesa Khan says she hires chefs from South Asia to meet her restaurant's need for skilled workers.
www.bbc.com
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
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?
Nigel Farage on Russia Today.
amynmerchant.bsky.social
Dear @lewisgoodall.com,

I suspect you already know this, but you should write Neil Kinnock’s biography one day.

I look forward to reading it when you do.

Lovely man, and a great interview on @newsagents.bsky.social.
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chrischirp.bsky.social
🧵🚨

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
This is a timely, excellent and important report on how "arms length" bodies in UK are vulnerable to political manipulation.

Kudos @chrischirp.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social for putting this together.
chrischirp.bsky.social
🧵🚨

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk