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Alan Fisher @redsox09.bsky.social · 9h

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 9h

GOP Faces Backlash as Health Insurance Premium Notices Spark Concern
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GOP Faces Backlash as Health Insurance Premium Notices Spark Concern - NewsBreak

Republicans face backlash over expiring health tax credits, risking 75% premium hikes for millions.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 9h

The fundamental divide is between…

Those who live off wages

And those who live off wealth

But those who live off wealth will do everything in their power to convince you the divide is between immigrants & non-immigrants, brown and non-brown, trans and non-trans…

… ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REALITY

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 9h

…’our soldiers are based on merit’

Judgemental from a verified 4 times draft-dodger…

…who removes veterans benefits.

…only in America.

Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 9h

Merit > Woke > Bone Spurs

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10h

President Trump, "Our soldiers are based on merit, they're not based on woke"

"Our country was built on merit"

"Countries are destroyed on woke"

"Everything turns to - you know what - when it goes woke"

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 11h

The House among the Roses - 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11304

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 11h

ICYMI: Super Thursday may not have been as big as previous years in terms of the number of titles published, but it has lived up to its reputation by delivering eight new entries into the Top 10, led by Charlie Mackesy’s Always Remember 👇 #BookSky

You must remember this: Charlie Mackesy storms back to number one

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 11h

Best for Britain: Efforts to cut Brexit red tape urgent as IMF increase inflation forecast
www.bestforbritain.org/efforts_to_c...

Efforts to cut Brexit red tape urgent as IMF increase inflation forecast

The urgency of delivering on UK-EU cooperation in areas linked to food and hospitality prices has been highlighted by campaigners, after UK inflation was forecast to surge to the highest in the G7.

www.bestforbritain.org

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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 11h

Thoughts and prayers

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Thomas (TJ) Lawrence @bidder13.bsky.social · 11h

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 11h

What happens when a whole country finds itself internet-less? Superb long-read by @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social, who visited Tonga after a volcanic eruption cut the cable that linked the archipelago to the rest of the world.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 11h

Not a single Palestinian expected there to be a real ceasefire. Zionists always lie

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Sky News @news.sky.com · 11h

Armed forces taking control of Madagascar, military colonel says

A military colonel in Madagascar has announced that the armed forces are taking control of the country.

news.sky.com

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 11h

So many wars ended... www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 11h

Israel is still preventing aid from reaching Palestinians in Gaza

Israel is still collectively punishing the entire civilian population to pressure Hamas

It is still a crime against humanity to withhold aid from civilians

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel limits aid and keeps Rafah crossing closed in dispute over hostage remains

Tensions high as Israel accuses Hamas of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of 24 hostages

www.theguardian.com

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El MoJo (Car Free Routes) @carfreeroutes.bsky.social · 11h

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/jewi...

Jewish Bloc for Palestine Statement on the Crime and Policing Bill

The Jewish Bloc for Palestine have issued this statement outlining our opposition to the Crime and Policing Bill and the…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11h

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h

Remember, as we all learned during the Biden administration because Trump could not stop saying so, any time any element of the Federal Executive Branch is in communication with a private company it's a massive government conspiracy and the most contemptible fascist censorship scheme in U.S. history

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11h

These young Republicans are exactly what you would think young Republicans are like if you believed the absolute worst stereotype of young Republicans and Trump supporters.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 11h

This article about a gleefully bigoted republican group chat is very damning but ummm. I am most fascinated by the pictures of these shit posters. Two of them don’t even seem to be white and all of them are. Well. Let me not go there. I’ll just say, there is some audacity here.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12h

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 11h

Trump: "You wouldn't have a world domination by the dollar if I didn't win this election."

Since Trump returned to office, the share of global foreign exchange reserves held in US dollars has fallen, largely as a result of the dollar's fall in value due to Trump's economic chaos.

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Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 11h

William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans vice chair
Bobby Walker, New York State Young Republicans vice chair
Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization
Joe Maligno, general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans,
Annie Kaykaty, New York’s national committeewoman

Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 11h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.yahoo.com

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 12h

This will not end well.

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 12h

#RachelReeves
Another stunning success from the Complaints Manager.

National Renewal. Growth. Change and all that long forgotten tripe...

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 12h

Before panicking about the content of these tests it is better to look back at similar past efforts by the Home Office to tighten such processes that usually got salami sliced away in the face of labour market demand and applicants working out how to overcome exam patterns

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