Leish
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This is my personal account so please don't be surprised by cat videos, rants about politics, music stuff and memes 🙌
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With the unemployment rate at the highest in four years, laid-off workers describe their job search as “disheartening.”
The US Jobs Market Is Stuck in the Waiting Place
Laid-off workers describe their employment search as “disheartening.” Plus: 50 Companies to Watch in 2026.
bloom.bg
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
With the unemployment rate at the highest in four years, laid-off workers describe their job search as “disheartening.”
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BREAKING: The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans in 2026.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BREAKING: The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans in 2026.
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my five year old had RSV when he was six months old and when we brought him to the pediatrician they were like yeah go directly to the hospital we’re calling ahead
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants reut.rs/48JXrL2
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would be subject to fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
my five year old had RSV when he was six months old and when we brought him to the pediatrician they were like yeah go directly to the hospital we’re calling ahead
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
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🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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So it appears that the donor of £9m to Reform UK also owns 10% of a crypto-currency company Russia has been using to avoid sanctions!?!
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So it appears that the donor of £9m to Reform UK also owns 10% of a crypto-currency company Russia has been using to avoid sanctions!?!
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Nigel Farage appears to equate Alf Garnett - a satirical 70s character intended to lampoon racists - with hissing "Hitler was right" to boys at school. I wonder if he's missing the point www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nigel Farage appears to equate Alf Garnett - a satirical 70s character intended to lampoon racists - with hissing "Hitler was right" to boys at school. I wonder if he's missing the point www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
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Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
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Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him | Dana Frank
Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him | Dana Frank
Obama, Trump, and Biden stood by their man in Tegucigalpa for the eight vicious, destructive years he was in power
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him | Dana Frank
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Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
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How Sovereign Wealth Funds Grease Trump’s Kleptocracy
It’s no wonder Trump wants one of his own.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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This alleges he “acted as a front for a major gambling syndicate that was “given control” of his betting accounts,” a high court document alleges.
Cottrell acted as a stalking horse for a syndicate involving one of the world’s most successful gamblers, Tony Bloom, according to the high court docs
Cottrell acted as a stalking horse for a syndicate involving one of the world’s most successful gamblers, Tony Bloom, according to the high court docs
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This alleges he “acted as a front for a major gambling syndicate that was “given control” of his betting accounts,” a high court document alleges.
Cottrell acted as a stalking horse for a syndicate involving one of the world’s most successful gamblers, Tony Bloom, according to the high court docs
Cottrell acted as a stalking horse for a syndicate involving one of the world’s most successful gamblers, Tony Bloom, according to the high court docs
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It seems that Farage’s key aide and “like a son to me” George Cottrell has been frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims. He‘s also been in the inner circle of the Brexit Party and ReFuk despite his 🇺🇸 conviction for wire fraud
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It seems that Farage’s key aide and “like a son to me” George Cottrell has been frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims. He‘s also been in the inner circle of the Brexit Party and ReFuk despite his 🇺🇸 conviction for wire fraud
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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That "Premier League billionaire" is Tony Bloom of Brighton and Hove Albion, if you hadn't guessed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That "Premier League billionaire" is Tony Bloom of Brighton and Hove Albion, if you hadn't guessed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
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Leavitt tries to explain why President Trump commuted the sentence of former GPB Capital Holdings CEO David Gentile, who was convicted of fraud last year
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Leavitt tries to explain why President Trump commuted the sentence of former GPB Capital Holdings CEO David Gentile, who was convicted of fraud last year
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Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
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Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
How President Trump Can Crush Socialism and Save a Freedom City in Honduras
In the impoverished nation of Honduras, there are geopolitical developments afoot that have major implications for U.S. policy and the future of freedom throughout the world.
www.stonecoldtruth.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
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Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Prospera: Honduras' Bitcoin City Project
Prospera is Honduras' Bitcoin City project. Located on the island of Roatan in the Caribbean Sea, it faces several challenges.
colombiaone.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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Research Fellow Vacancy in brain imaging at UCL London supporting MXI Lab to develop AI tools for multiscale brain scans and coordinate imaging experiments. Closing date: 4th January
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Fellow: Mapping of the Human Brain
Research Fellow in brain imaging at UCL London supporting MXI Lab to develop AI tools for multiscale brain scans and coordinate imaging experiments.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Research Fellow Vacancy in brain imaging at UCL London supporting MXI Lab to develop AI tools for multiscale brain scans and coordinate imaging experiments. Closing date: 4th January
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Genuinely really curious about the cognitive dissonance of #MAGA on this one.
Trump to pardon ex-Honduran president serving 45 years for drug trafficking on.ft.com/4iBRcNJ
Trump to pardon ex-Honduran president serving 45 years for drug trafficking
Clemency for Juan Orlando Hernández comes ahead of fraught elections in Central American country on Sunday
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Genuinely really curious about the cognitive dissonance of #MAGA on this one.
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Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.