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ChristianG

@mryeswecan.bsky.social

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Oxford dweller. European dreamer. Too late to die young, too early to take it easy. Managing expectations daily.

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ChristianG @mryeswecan.bsky.social · 9d

Love James Bond movies? I promise, you'll never listen to the theme tune the same way again. And yes, this is the true origin of the Bond theme song!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNHb...

Bad Sign, Good Sign

YouTube video by Monty Norman - Topic

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Christine N HfE (no DMs) @christinevn-hfe.bsky.social · 4h

Confirms what the majority of the public have thought all along! Hence the huge number of people being arrested for supporting them in subsequent demos! The PA group are not terrorists!

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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A Scottish counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Action's activities weren't close to the threshold to be considered terrorism .... before the group was banned by the Labour Government

www.thenational.scot/news/2554306...

Palestine Action 'not close' to being terror group, files show Scottish board found

A SCOTTISH counter-terrorism board found that Palestine Action’s activities fell below the threshold to be considered terrorism before the group…

www.thenational.scot

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!

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Jada Jones @jadajones57.bsky.social · 5h

George Carlin understood that the system doesn't fear anger- it fears comprehension

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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ChristianG @mryeswecan.bsky.social · 2h

Cheap money flooding the stock market.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 7h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

Color me shocked.

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ChristianG @mryeswecan.bsky.social · 2h

But they enabled all this.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 5h

I am a real human person who writes books and articles. But it seems that I—and others like me—are in need of being a protected species. Support authors.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2h

⚡️Drop Site Daily | October 15, 2025

Palestinian bodies bear signs of field executions; Trump conditions $20 billion Argentina bailout on Milei’s reelection; 45,000 health care workers go on strike in U.S.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...

Palestinian bodies bear signs of field executions;Trump conditions $20 billion Argentina bailout on Milei’s reelection; 45,000 health care workers go on strike in U.S.

Drop Site Daily: October 15, 2025

www.dropsitenews.com

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ChristianG @mryeswecan.bsky.social · 3h

Vote for face-eating leopard, get face eaten...

Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 3d

Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

www.nytimes.com

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 1d

New - Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden
By Aaron Blake @cnn.com

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics

If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.

www.cnn.com

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · Aug 26

Something made me think of this … #RightToJail

youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw

Parks and Rec - funny jail scene

YouTube video by eldochem

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Anthony Scaramucci @scaramucci.bsky.social · Jun 19

The end of the beginning.

Tulsi Gabbard AND Pete Hegseth Are Both Being Cut Out of Key Decisions by Trump: Reports
Source: Mediaite share.newsbreak.com/dnc3jq8p?s=i2

Tulsi Gabbard AND Pete Hegseth Are Both Being Cut Out of Key Decisions by Trump: Reports - NewsBreak

A new report revealed that not only has DNI Tulsi Gabbard been iced out of top-level discussions on Iran, but so has Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Th

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ChristianG @mryeswecan.bsky.social · 7h

Greens it is.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

How the Labour government would have banned the Labour movement.
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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ChristianG @mryeswecan.bsky.social · 7h

Time to join the Greens.

Labour will hate it.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Hap Hapner - political dissident on a watchlist somewhere @hap.bsky.social · 7h

there will be two No Kings demonstrations in Greensboro NC this Saturday.
Join one of them to stand against tyranny & treason.
1) Guildford County Courthouse - downtown
2) Wendover Avenue
Thousands are signed up already.
I've spoken with the Sheriff & GSO PD they will be out to ensure the peace.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 17h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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