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Andy Birss @andybirss.bsky.social · 7h

The presenters of #r4today are totally clued-up about films, books and stage shows plus all the right-wing talking points that their right-wing friends in the overwhelmingly right-wing press have read out each day on the show. However when it comes to the science of climate change they are useless.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 7h

I do understand why some feel the need to stay on X but it’s very easy to crosspost, I did it myself before I deleted my Twitter account. As James O’Brien says, there’s little point to Twitter posts if you have to sift through dozens of abusive/bot comments to find any intelligent replies. #r4today

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 8h

The BBC *still* has no presence on this website. It’s been 9 months since the owner of X performed a Nazi salute at the inauguration, he’s now calling for the overthrow of the British government. And the BBC ignore it, continuing to endorse him by using his platform. #r4today

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

"Elon Musk, X owner and advocate of civil war" would be a useful shorthand to adopt, until he retracts his call for pre-emptive political violence in our country as an existential necessity

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 8h

The withholding of food as a weapon of war is still a war crime. Israel are using collective punishment on the already starving Gazans, even though they know that the retrieval of the bodies is not within their control. #r4today #Gaza

Israel limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test

Hamas accused of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of hostages but Palestinian militants say they face obstacles in retrieving them

www.theguardian.com

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 9h

It’s like screaming into the void, the BBC are refusing to acknowledge this case. If it’s a television show about Traitors, fine - but real life treachery? Not happening. #r4today #NathanGill

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 20h

They’re doing what they’ve been doing for years - preventing any peace deal by supplying arms to one set of Palestinians in order to divide. Netanyahu was supplying money to Hamas until October 7, which is why Mossad were so pissed at him when the attack happened. #c4news

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL headline:
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 20h

For the first time he appears to be looking like a really elderly man.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT. A. SOCIOPATH. I have NEVER heard the wholesale destruction of #Gaza along with the killing of tens of thousands of men, women and children described as “a little bit of an unfortunate situation there..” #EthnicCleansing is STILL a war crime. #JaredKushner @meidastouch.com #wato #c4news #bbcpm

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. #MarwanBarghouti

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 1d

Barghouti is still massively popular amongst Palestinians and a well-known supporter of a 2-state solution — this is exactly why he will not be released by Netanyahu.

European govs were serious about a 2-state solution they would put pressure on Israel and Trump for his release.

#r4today

LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

If Israel genuinely wanted peace they’d have allowed Barghouti to go free. The only challenge to the power base of Hamas remains locked up. #r4today #Gaza #Ceasefire #Hostages #MarwanBarghouti

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

If Israel genuinely wanted peace they’d have allowed Barghouti to go free. The only challenge to the power base of Hamas remains locked up. #r4today #Gaza #Ceasefire #Hostages #MarwanBarghouti

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu refuses to release Marwan Barghouti, the most popular Palestinian leader—and the one most likely to bring about a two-state solution. Hamas refuses to disarm. The two enemies are united in opposition to a two-state solution. That makes lasting peace unlikely. wapo.st/3W5yhAx

Opinion | Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace

“A new Middle East” will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.

wapo.st

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

“Javier Milei is the template,” — Kemi Badenoch, 2025.
Milei is due to visit the White House today trying to shore up the Argentine economy he took a chainsaw to, only last year. #Argentina #Bailout #r4today #bbcpm

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

“America First.”

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

“Not allowed to say it”, and then he says it. He can’t help himself, can he. I hope nobody labels that nuclear button “Do not press”. #r4today

a do not press sign next to a yellow button

ALT: a do not press sign next to a yellow button

media.tenor.com

LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

When a protest photo becomes a work of art. #PortlandFrog #ICE #RageAgainstTheMachine #r4today #NoKings

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

Nice Biblical reference applied to Christian Nationalists currently running the show in Portland. #PortlandFrog #r4today

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; the [Willamette River] shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house...

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

His crassness has pretty much lost its power to appall me but I admit I did wince at this. Giorgia #Meloni meanwhile managed to keep a poker face throughout. #r4today

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

Hostages’ families celebrate their release, but Israeli authorities deny that luxury to others. “We’ve been waiting here for his release for two days…the Israelis stormed our house and told us we were forbidden from doing any kind of celebration – so he should be released,” said Umm Abed. #Gaza

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

Gosh if the team at #r4today or any other BBC News programme could possibly squeeze this into the schedule in place of The Traitors updates we seem to get three times a week, that would be great. #Farage #Russia #NathanGill #wato #bbcpm

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 3d

Byline has become one of the most important sources of news in the country! Amazing what a difference it makes when you're not owned/controlled by a foreign billionaire x

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

He’s about to invoke the #Insurrection Act to suppress a group of inflatable dancing characters. Who’s looking more ridiculous, him or them? Great song selection, btw. #RappersDelight #Trump #fascism #Portland #ICE @cnn.com @msnbc.com

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

I’m bemused by the way media say that “ #Hamas will release 20 Israeli hostages, Israel will release 2,000 Palestinians detained without charge.” Just skating over the DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE bit. Doesn’t that sound a little hostage-y? In what we like to say is the only democracy in the ME. #r4today

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

You know how disingenuous the Israeli government is over any form of long term peace by their refusal to release #MarwanBarghouti, acknowledged as the one Palestinian who could unite both West Bank and Gaza. We’ll be back to “mowing the grass” before you know it. #DivideAndConquer #r4today

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

Israelis are showing their appreciation to Trump for getting them to this day, with the return of the #hostages, because their own Prime Minister tried to stop it happening. What a sorry state of affairs that is. #r4today #Gaza

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

And to his eternal shame, the same could be said of Biden. Biden and his Administration did lots of pleading with Netanyahu to stop the bombing and applied absolutely no pressure if he didn’t. They just kept passing the armaments over to Israel unconditionally. #r4today #Gaza

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2d

#r4today

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 2d

Correct - it is the representatives of the warring parties that are awarded the Nobel peace prize, for what should be obvious reasons.

The main difference in this case, is that the warring opponents don't really want peace, & the enabler has declared he desperately wants the prize.

#r4today

Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Ditto Good Friday Agreement.
The prize going to Hume & Trimble,

Not Blair, or Clinton, who played a big part in convincing republicans Blair could be trusted. #r4today

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