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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

Do you know what you are doing on Saturday, October 18?

If the answer is no, you are deserving of nonlethal, but firm slap. #NoKings

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 4h

At long last. A look at the details of Farage's fantasy economics.
An economically illiterate attempt to con the voters.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3h

Robert Parsonage steps down as Cornwall Council leader of Reform UK. days after deputy leader quit the party to sit as an independent.

And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust, yeah. ~AA

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

Cornwall Council Reform UK group leader stands down from role

Rob Parsonage has stepped down from his role in charge of the Reform UK group on the authority.

www.bbc.co.uk

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 7h

In other news we are wrecking the joint and those who are making money out of it are happy to carry on as if everything was normal.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

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

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 12h

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 7h

Wild bees are dying out never to be replaced. The wildlife emergency continues to worsen as humans seeking a bit more profit wipe out species as effectively as an asteroid

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8h

'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 11h

The level of kleptocratic corruption in this regime is breathtaking, e.g.:

—Selling off Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to big banks

—Bribes from ABC & CBS

—TikTok sale to Ellison

—Everything Qatar: the plane gift, the Idaho military base

—Whoever has bribed him by buying his scam meme coins

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 20h

A BBC reporter ends his piece about the China spy trial collapse with the words "this story won't go away"
In contrast, the BBC newshounds have lost their sense of smell about Nathan Gill accepting Russian bribes.

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 19h

⏪UK Politics Rewind -
Farage is campaigning to abolish the Welsh Assembly, now called the Senedd.
People in Wales planning to vote for the Refuk candidate in the Caerphilly by-election are thick as mince, innit. #ukpolitics

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 8h

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#MEsen

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

He speaks like a poet.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES FROM ANTIFA, GOVERNOR

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18h

It is interesting that Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP for 42 years and led the opposition for 5 years.

He's been on Question Time once.

Nigel Farage, 44 times.

Our Media is corrupt, corrupt to the core.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

True bravery!

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