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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 8h

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Lib Dem's Daisy Cooper calls for an assessment into the threat Elon Musk poses to UK democracy after Tommy Robinson said Musk is paying for his legal fees

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 1d

Update to Freeport’s - www.gov.uk/government/p...

Maps of UK Freeports

These maps show Freeport locations in the UK, their outer boundaries and the Freeport tax sites within them.

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 2d

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'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over Gaza

Jeremy Bowen said the accord signed by the president was "almost devoid of content".

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 2d

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

EU lawmakers uphold three-hour delay compensation for air passengers

After more than one decade in limbo, the EU is now reviewing a law aimed at protecting airline passengers.

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 2d

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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The Pentagon’s new press policy bars journalists from reporting anything that hasn’t been approved by the Trump regime.

The NYT, Washington Post, Atlantic, and NPR are refusing to sign the agreement.

Kudos to the media outlets standing up to this blatant authoritarianism.

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 2d

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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2d

Some changes to immigration rules today, not just increasing English language requirements, mean migrants looking to live and work in UK will have to meet far far higher standards than British nationals, while paying vast sums to be allowed to do so. That isn't a system based on "fairness". 1/

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

The government’s own data and detentions like the ones we reported on in Chicago raise serious doubt about whether the Trump administration’s mission is to target “the worst of the worst” at all. New reporting from @msnbc.com. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 3d

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin. He had more than £13,000 and 1,900 euros in cash with him, told officers he was driving his silver Bentley to Benidorm for a couple of days when he was stopped. As you do!

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin, court told

Tommy Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is standing trial after being charged under the terrorism act

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

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Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5d

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 6d

It’s that time of year for National Trust members. Voting packs have gone out in time for the AGM. Keep the 'Restore Trust' from their attempts to infiltrate. Vote before the end of October www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

How to vote in the National Trust AGM

Find out how to take part in the National Trust's Annual General Meeting (AGM).

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 8d

🔴America Must Save Britain’: MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News’ New US Show

It features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK needs to be ‘saved’
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'America Must Save Britain': MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News' New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK need...

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 7d

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Frustrated lawmakers say lack of trust is making it harder to end the government shutdown

Lawmakers are openly venting their frustration as they try to gain traction to end the government shutdown.

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 7d

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Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 7d

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Do British people want to leave the ECHR? What a decade of polls reveals

In the most recent YouGov poll on this issue, 54% of Conservative voters and 72% of Reform voters were in favour of leaving.

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 7d

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Hungary found to have sent agents to spy on EU — report – DW – 10/09/2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban secretly sent agents to spy on European Union institutions in Brussels for years, according to a report published by a Belgian newspaper.

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 7d

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Von der Leyen survives far-right and far-left no-confidence motions

The two motions of censure, up for a vote Thursday, shared one key point of criticism: the lopsided terms of the EU-US trade deal. #EuropeNews

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europeanlover.bsky.social @europeanlover.bsky.social · 9d

Tonight on BBC4, 10pm - Storyville: The Librarians. Looking at how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians

Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 9d

The rise of populist right sits on an ecosystem of partisan media, platform algorithms, Kremlin amplification, and billionaire influence that normalizes radical-right ideas and scales their message beyond any electoral strength @peterjukes.bsky.social - @bylinetimes.bsky.social youtu.be/ya41IXdWnO4