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Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 49m

Depraved is EXACTLY what it is.
Beyond sickening.

#FascismintheUSA

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 16h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 56m

Some families in America are on track to pay over $22,000 more per YEAR for their health insurance.

Where are their Republican senators?

Three panels of Senator Elizabeth Warren saying:

Thanks to Republicans in Congress, a 60-year-old couple making $85k/year will have to pay over $22,000 more EVERY YEAR to keep their coverage.

TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

For families already hanging on by their fingernails, that could be a matter of life and death.

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Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 56m

My pleasure bud!
J.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

It'll soon be 10 years since the Brexit ref. So much has changed since then. If Brexit is the cause of our economic problems, as the government now admits, then surely we need to ask ourselves whether we want to carry on down the Brexit road or turn around and head back to the Single Market and EU.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

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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Flow123 @flow123.bsky.social · 9h

The only utter #ollocks is Farage himself.

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 11h

Say what you like about Farage, but he always gives an excellent quote.

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 1d

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John BH @johnbriggsh.bsky.social · 10h

The call from UK government that Hamas must disarm is, of course, disingenuous. Hamas has no F35s. It has no air force. It has no tanks. Its armaments are repurposed / unexploded Israeli ordnance.

Israel by contrast is a massively armed nuclear state with unlimited (US, German, UK ) armaments.

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Gadi or Gad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 @gadi2346.bsky.social · 10h

The warning signs have been visible for an age, both the Tories & Reform have stated they will reduce LGBTQ+ rights.

Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 10h

Tories will refuse LGBT+ asylum claimsKemi Badenoch declares war on LGBT+ refugees

People who flee persecution on the grounds of sexuality will no longer qualify for UK asylum

Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration

www.theguardian.com

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Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 9h

Farage is going to devastate this country if we let him.
#FascismintheUK

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Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 10h

My all-time favourite quote.

#FascismintheUK
#FascismintheUSA

Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 10h

Yep.

#ForeheadsintheUK

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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 11h

Anyway, Monday again...

Peter Cushing, screaming in absolute terror, from an episode of Hammer House of Horror.

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

EPSTEIN FILES

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Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 10h

Obscene.

#FreePalestine
#Genocide

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 11h

Israeli occupation authorities have warned families of the Palestinian detainees to be released today against celebrating their children's return, threatening them with severe consequences if they do.

A close-up photo of a hand holding a printed Arabic leaflet with a red border. The text warns against organizing demonstrations supporting what it calls “terrorist organizations,” stating that Israeli security forces will not permit such activities. It adds that participants will face prosecution, punishment, and arrest, ending with a statement saying, “You have been warned; we are monitoring you closely.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 11h

”Yousef, 7 years old, with curly, fair, and sweet hair.”

Yousef's father, Dr. Mohammad Hameed Abu Moussa, is set to be released today as part of the exchange deal between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation.

Yousef was killed in the first week of the Israeli genocide.

A warm indoor photo of a man and a young boy sitting close together. The man, who has short hair, a beard, and is wearing a dark collared shirt with white trim, smiles slightly at the camera. The boy, with curly light brown hair and a blue shirt, leans affectionately against the man’s chest, smiling shyly. The background is softly lit with beige walls and a wooden door.

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🐿️Square Squirrel🐿️🌏🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇲🇺🇦🇲🇽🇨🇦🌈🦔🐈🐾 @squaresquirrel.bsky.social · 11h

Headline in The Guardian
European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists. Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries. Jennifer Rankin Brussels

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Jeff Sawyer @jeffstuff.bsky.social · 10h

'Door', 'arse', and 'on the way out' springs to mind Tommy.
'Bye.

#StephanieYucky-Lemon
#FascismintheUK
#TommyRobinson

KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 11h

Good bye

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 10h

Mark Cockerton

“Vote for me and I’ll get Gary Neville sacked from Sky, stop immigrants from eating our swans and make the National Trust take the tampon machine out of one of their male toilets. No need to worry about anything else.”

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 13h

Wider than she is tall, Priti Patel works for Israel. Theresa May sacked her for undermining British interests.

JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 13h

The absolute gall of Priti Patel

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 13h

"Farage is as guilty as fellow Leaver Boris Johnson for the latest travel red tape and all the other costs, burdens and inconveniences of quitting the European Union that have been put upon us, without meaningful gains."

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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Jon Dennis @jondennis.bsky.social · 12h

Nigel Farage is planning to take away British women’s rights to abortion. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Raj LB @rajlb.bsky.social · 12h

Achieving the same level of success as the Lib Dems under Jo Swinson

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12h

🎉 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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Stewart Lochhead @dj-womble.bsky.social · 12h

..from the brilliant Carole Cadwalladr
"We need to talk about Russia
So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage"
broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

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