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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 14h

Georgians relentlessly fighting for their democracy. We need to display the same determination here in America. There’s no white knight coming to save America from itself. It’s up to every one of us to stand up for our rights, our principles and our constitution. Join #NoKings on 18 October.

Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 17h

“Georgia cannot be captured!”

Protesters march towards Rustaveli Avenue, blocked for the 319th consecutive day. #GeorgiaProtests

🎥 Protest 24

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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 14h

Clarkson on Farage:

“Nigel Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up. He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150bn. Huh? But before anyone can question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.”

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 13h

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 13h

Letter sent to Nigel Farage by Patrick Sargent
Former Reform UK regional Chairman

He is surprised to find out that the limited company he joined:

• Has no democratic structure
• Is not a meritocracy
• Is a Farage vanity project
• Has no policies
• Is not a professional outfit

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4h

Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3h

Gambling industry holding UK govt to ransom.

William Hill joins Ladbrokes and Coral to warn Chancellor - increase tax and we will shut shops.

Happy to dodge taxes; not bear cost of harms inflicted on gambling addicts and their families.

Who governs - govts or corporations?

William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes

Evoke considering the plans before expected tax increases in budget, with up to 1,500 jobs potentially affected

www.theguardian.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2h

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now a conduit between MAGA Republicans and Reform UK

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "This will be my 8th war I've solved. And I hear there's a war now going between Pakistan & Afghanistan. I said, 'I'll have to wait until I get back. I'm doing another one.' In fairness to the Nobel committee, this was picked for 2024. But there are those who say you could make an exception"

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 19h

Are Labour really going to try and tie current economic damage (and hence the need for further tax rises) to Farage and to Brexit, whilst at the same time insisting that persevering with Brexit is the right thing to do?

That feels like gaslighting of the very highest order.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18h

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin.

4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short
4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China
5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market
The whale’s profit: $192 million

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nice recap

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

How about ‘cut him off forever and turn all the evidence over to the police’?

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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 1d

Great. Fuck him off . And by the way every UK business should never use Revolut on that basis

Same as that cunt Dyson , all these twats that profess to love the country and then do everything they can to betray that

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 2d

How about some fitness for office standards?!

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 4d

It’s being called “Trump’s peace plan” but I can’t be the only one who thinks he had fuck all to do with it. I’m convinced he just blackmailed people - “call it Trump’s or I won’t support it”

He’s a petulant, pathetic parasite on the world, incapable of altruistic, detailed thinking about anything.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 5d

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 4d

No, it’s not. It works more like income tax now, ie you only pay higher rates on the amount of the house value that’s above that threshold. It’s much fairer now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 4d

Tories will abolish stamp duty to “revive the housing market”

First time buyers don’t pay it anyway (up to £300k) & the fact the average UK house price is 10x the average salary is the problem, not £5k stamp duty on a £300k house! And then there’s the £24bn lost tax revenue…

Totally deluded 🤦‍♀️

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d

Badenoch: "While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China built five nuclear reactors."

A perfect summary of conservative idiocy. Glorifying authoritarian post-communism for its efficiency while vilifying democracy for seeking nuance and respect.

It is the Right who hate their own countries.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 5d

Badenoch says she’s “in a good position to know what black people think” Yet she doesn’t care that Jenrick said he’s not seeing enough white faces (in fact when asked about that - not in this interview, in another one - said she gave him a hug! So presumably she thinks black people are fine racism?

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5d

Among the worse interviews I've seen a politician give. There is no way Badenoch can (or should) survive until May.

- Do you admire Nigel Farage?
- On what basis?
- Do you admire him?
- I don't understand your question.
- What do you think of him?
- Why don't you ask me about Ed Davey?" 😱 ~AA

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