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David Traynier Ⓥ

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'As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly.' He/him 🍉

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is a thread of the credible and authoritative warnings and findings of #Israel perpetrating #genocide in #Gaza. I'm collecting this here to rebut deniers and to illustrate the miserable capitulation of US and UK news media to Israeli propaganda. These sources should have been headline news.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 1h

Donald Trump effortlessly makes every other US President look like Jean-Luc Picard.

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 1h

Alternatively, to this utterly +loopy+ BBC headline:

'Israel +breaches ceasefire+ as IDF and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire.'

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 4h

The more the govt conflates stopping Israeli fans from attending a football match with stopping Jewish people, the more it blurs the line between Israel and Jews, endangering British Jews for the sake of the Israeli state.

I'm sure Netanyahu will approve.

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 9h

Finally, an attack on Gazan civilians the US won't support.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza ceasefire: US says Hamas is planning 'imminent' attack on civilians

The US state department says the move would be a violation of the ceasefire deal, but did not give further details.

www.bbc.com

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 9h

Ben Jamal on fine form here.

youtube.com/shorts/VApNt...

Ben Jamal predicts Keir Starmer will reverse ban on Maccabi football fans from upcoming UK match

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 20h

I'm pretty sure that taking someone's prestigious titles away doesn't retroactively undo any abuse they inflicted on children, but then I freely admit I'm no legal expert.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 2d

This is excellent news.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Government loses bid to block appeal against Palestine Action ban

Palestine Action's co-founder said the government's attempt to avoid judicial scrutiny had 'backfired spectacularly'.

www.bbc.com

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 2d

In a society with a healthy respect for ethics and the rule of law, the scandal would not be that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are barred from their Aston Villa match, but that the UK hasn't cut all sporting ties with a genocidal apartheid state.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Sky News continuing to present an entirely misleading picture about what happened in Amsterdam

A reminder that last year a Sky report correctly identified Maccabi 'fans' attacking locals before it was withdrawn & re-released with the violence now ascribed to "hooded men" instead

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Israel is refusing to allow a Turkish team with heavy equipment into Gaza to help recover the bodies of Israeli hostages.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Yolande Knell is asked about Hamas reports that Israel is killing Palestinians in Gaza despite the ceasefire & also about Trump talking about Hamas violence

What does Knell do?

She talks about Trumps comments on Hamas violence & doesnt mention Israel killing Palestinians at all

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Heres Damian Grammaticas being vague about what Maccabi fans did in Amsterdam (disgusting racist abuse is "slogans", apparently). He also doesn't mention them attacking locals in the street.

But when it comes to what was done to Maccabi fans in retaliation, he's very specific. Funny, that

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 2d

Can't help thinking British political underwear would be a lot drier this morning had it been Russian football fans banned from Birmingham.

#r4today

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 3d

It's terrorism when they do it, but 'covert operations' when we do it.

BBC News - Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'

Trump would not be drawn on whether the CIA was seeking to topple Maduro.

www.bbc.com

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 3d

The road to tyranny is paved with articles like this one from Sky News, who apparently think the CIA can be given 'authority' to 'execute' Nicholas Maduro.

news.sky.com/story/trump-...

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 4d

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen casually mentions that the previous US President worked for Israel more than the US.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump spent 232 days knowingly arming and facilitating genocide. Shut up.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 5d

The way the media keep headlining the Trump 'peace' deal while explaining in the text how it's not actually a peace plan.

news.sky.com/story/trumps...

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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 5d

Pretty pleased with my first day as head of IT at Vodafone.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 6d

No, we should be intensifying sanctions until Israel removes the 700,000 illegal immigrants living in the West Bank and returns to its legal borders.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

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Philip Challinor @pchallinor.bsky.social · 6d

A corpse and a robber baron fighting over a wasteland

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