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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23h

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 23h

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 1d

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
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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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

Radio 4 (yes, radio) giving extensive live coverage of people waiting for Trump to get off his plane. The sort of vapid gushing the BBC usually reserves for royal weddings

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 1d

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 1d

Pro tip: it conventionally requires the warring parties to make this statement for it to be credible.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Speaking aboard Air Force One en-route to Israel, US President Donald Trump said “the war is over,” crediting Qatar for its “tremendous help” in brokering the deal.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

"Those who regularly posted between 11pm and 5am showed meaningfully worse mental wellbeing than daytime users."

It’s not screen time that matters, it’s what you do and when you do it – new study

New research reveals that when you post on social media may matter more for your mental health than how much you use it.

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

The central question for Donald Trump’s visit is whether a way to disarm Hamas can be found, and the nature of the governing authority and international security force that are due to take over from them

Donald Trump scrambles to seal the deal in Gaza

As he jets to the region Hamas gunmen try to retake control

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Taylor Swift’s new chart topper is an achievement of e-commerce, not music, argues @skornhaber.bsky.social:
https://theatln.tc/1gJAapwH

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

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 1d

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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

Goes back to the argument I made in the Guardian earlier this year that the world is in danger because the techbros have completely misunderstood a bunch of sci-fi and fantasy...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 7d

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d

Hamas refuses disarmament. Israel says it will go after Hamas tunnels - with US approval - once hostages released. Doesn't exactly sound like peace for the ages or whatever it was Trump called it.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

⚡️US helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports.

Sources told the Financial Times that the U.S. is involved at every stage of operational planning, although Kyiv retains control over target selection, with Washington advising on target vulnerabilities.

US helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports

Sources told FT that the U.S. is involved at every stage of operational planning, although Kyiv retains control over target selection, with Washington advising on target vulnerabilities.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

It's almost exactly four years since Tim Shipman's notorious "Boris Johnson squats like a giant toad" tweet.

Seems like important context given how we often talk as though the next election – four years away – is a done deal.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d

You know there is a simple question staff and principals can ask that can avoid all this: who is this guy; why are we meeting him? It never, ever fucking occurs to these people when it is some wealthy creep

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d

Of course Peter Mandelson introduced Epstein to Blair ... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal

National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Marc Thiessen said the quiet part out loud this week, proclaiming that the Washington Post is "now a conservative opinion page."

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Washington Post columnist proudly boasts ‘we’re now a conservative opinion page’

Marc Thiessen declared on social media that he’s no longer an ‘outlier’ at the Washington Post, as the paper’s opinion section is wholly ‘conservative’ now

www.independent.co.uk

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 3d

These people are all complete fucking loons

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

“The defense secretary underwent a round of cosmetic injections last month.” One insider: “He’s always been full of himself, but lately his ego has been off the charts.”

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 4d

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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