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David Hamid

@eurobishop.bsky.social

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Lover of planet Earth. Roots in Burma, Scotland & Canada; heart in Latin America; home in England but if not there check Italy! Human rights advocate. Anglican bishop. Ecumenist. Sci-fi fan. Enjoys a dry martini.🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇲🇲🇵🇦🇬🇱 DMs not answered unless I know you.

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 16h

Horrendous and alarming

Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · 17h

My colleagues in POLITICO's New York bureau worked hard to put together this important piece of accountability reporting — please make some time to read it.

David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 17h

Oct 14 2025 extra 10% “national security” tariff on softwood from Canada on top of previous Trump tariffs so US importers of lumber from Canada face nearly 40% composite tariff rates. Trump tariffs on Russian softwood lumber under Section 232 from Oct 14 2025: 10%. With friends like this…! #cdnpoli

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 19h

So all political then, not about peace making, pursuit of justice or humanitarian concerns. Why are we not surprised. #peace

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 23h

The process begun towards lasting #peace in the Middle East is amazing but the media seems to have forgotten these figures:
Under Biden: 108 hostages released.
Under Trump: 33 alive (includes the recent 20) + 4 bodies = 37 total returns.
Trump basks in glory and proclaims that Biden hates Israel.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

That @JoeBiden put out this magnanimous & gracious statement AFTER all the horrible, dishonest things Trump said about Biden today, says so much about who Joe Biden is as a person. And reminds us all once again of what an utterly horrible, small, bad, & insecure person Trump is.

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 1d

Well done!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 5d

And your children’s children too!

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 5d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 5d

No surprises here!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 9d

This opinion piece from the UK Guardian newspaper sums up what most of the world feels about the Trump / Hegseth address to the US military top brass. The generals and admirals: a bastion of wisdom and sanity amidst an increasingly insane administration.

Why Trump’s speech to US military top brass was such a disaster | Sidney Blumenthal

The president of the United States seemingly does not understand what the military is for

www.theguardian.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 19d

Government of Canada makes it clear:
🇨🇦 #cdnpoli

David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 20d

Something’s not adding up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

This is the fishiest shit I've ever seen. We're supposed to believe the shooter wrote "Anti-ICE" in pen on a bullet and then shot detainees but not ICE officers?

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 20d

Honest question - does Kash Patel know about court?

David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 21d

US H-1B visas will now cost $100,000.
What a gift to Canada as global talent will now look to being welcomed in the beautiful country north of Trumpland. Thank you Donny! 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21d

Some of us do.

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David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 22d

So will Trump now seek to prosecute physicians and medical experts who voice dissent and disagree with his pseudo-science medical decrees?

David Hamid @eurobishop.bsky.social · 22d

Are these words at all appropriate for a Christian funeral/memorial?? Kyrie eleison. ⚓️

Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 23d

“What do YOU HAVE? You have NOTHING, you are nothing. You are wickedness, you are jealousy, you are hatred, YOU ARE NOTHING. You can build nothing, produce nothing, create nothing."