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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11d

Don Winslow

Aka: How we got here

17-year-old Stephen Miller: “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity.”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

"Stalinism and Stephen Miller: Cause for concern"
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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · 11d

“People in Britain must know: this has been a disaster from which it will take us years to recover.”

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13d

Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.”

Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.”

Donald Trump: “My favourite president.”

Nigel Farage: "Amazing. Cutting and slashing … doing all the things he’s done … that’s leadership.”

Meanwhile... in Argentina

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · 11d

Newcastle: 300 (maybe) far-right protesters - 3000 gathered to oppose them

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 11d

Geordie Roars:

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate.

northeastbylines.co.uk/region/tynes...

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

northeastbylines.co.uk

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · 13d

it would be funny if it wasn’t so serious.
HCR is a wonderful daily source of information and what’s important in US

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14d

September 30, 2025

Last Thursday, September 25, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly announced he was calling about 800 of the nation’s top military generals and admirals, along with their top enlisted advisors, to m...

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · 13d

Government so childish. Their illegal detentions shocking.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14d

October 1, 2025

Last night, as the government barreled toward a shutdown, President Donald J.

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🇨🇦 andyrogers.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @andyrogers.bsky.social · 22d

A senior foreign diplomat posted at the UN texts me: "This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?"

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22d

Some of us do.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 15

Last April he wrote “It might seem counter-intuitive that the far right would carry out acts of terror under Trump”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Sep 14

If you have 30 minutes, I recommend watching this video. I explain what Trump has in store for 2026 and how we can fight back. If you find it helpful, please share it with others. youtu.be/7PXQfDHr9Aw

URGENT: Trump's Plan To Steal The 2026 Election Revealed

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Sep 13

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things.

I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father.

Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking.

She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking.

I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person.
My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right".

None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing,

enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got.
Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived.

Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 13

“An act of political violence used to be met by a standard, reassuringly predictable response: the president would condemn it, grieve for the dead and their families, plead that there be no rush to judgment, and call for calm and for unity ……”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 12

The US is on the brink of another era of political violence – and Donald Trump ‘couldn’t care less’ | Jonathan Freedland

In their humane responses to the killing of Charlie Kirk, Democrats are observing the old norms. Things are different now: anger and division rule, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 13

“After an act of violence, Democrats must be gracious, empathetic and call for calm on all sides, while Republicans can mock the victims, blame only one side and demand more violence.”

TrumpWatch @trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue · Sep 12

The US is on the brink of another era of political violence – and Donald Trump ‘couldn’t care less’ | Jonathan Freedland
#Trump

The US is on the brink of another era of political violence – and Donald Trump ‘couldn’t care less’ | Jonathan Freedland

In their humane responses to the killing of Charlie Kirk, Democrats are observing the old norms. Things are different now: anger and division rule, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 13

Unbelievable…..

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Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · Sep 11

My @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh has great post on politically motivated violence in US, its (generally low) incidence, and who does it (9/11 dominates stats; otherwise right-wing violence much more common than left-wing & other since 1975): www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politicall...

Politically Motivated Violence is Rare in the United States

It’s a tragedy nonetheless

www.alexnowrasteh.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 11

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 10

“Everything is ICE and all agencies are now just ICE hangers-on.”

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Sep 9

New numbers show ICE is devouring US law enforcement: 1 in 5 US marshals, 1 in 5 FBI agents, half of all DEA agents, and over two-thirds of all ATF agents are now assigned to ICE enforcement. These are agencies with critical jobs they're now NOT doing.

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-is-eat...

ICE is Eating the Soul of America

Four things that show ICE increasingly considers itself outside the law

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 7

You’d think the newspapers were there to give you facts and provide accurate information, but no, the opposite. It takes Emma Monk to do it.

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · Sep 7

Following Farage’s announcement that he plans to make “serious cuts to the welfare budgets” if he wins the next election, I’ve seen this claim being repeated from last year’s headlines again.

So let’s take a look at the the reality rather than the weaponised version

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Garage - “This Putin-loving, free speech imposter, and Trump sycophant”

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 3

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"

JR then demolishes Farage, ending with

"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 3

Wow

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨🚨🚨”What we heard today is a cover up. And it is a cover up of epic proportions. A cover up involving the US government, the justice system, rich and powerful individuals… and yes, a cover up by republicans in this chamber.”

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OldBiker @oldbiker.bsky.social · Sep 2

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 2

Uncomfortable with a hotel in your street?
Starmer: I get it
Me: I wouldn’t mind. They are nice people and I feel sorry for them.
What’s wrong with people!

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 2

When Nigel Farage said he'd feel uncomfortable living next door to Romanian migrants, his comments were widely condemned, with then Labour leader Ed Miliband calling them a "racial slur".

Now 11 years later, such sentiments are not just condoned, but actively encouraged by our Labour Prime Minister

Red Flags: The Far-Right Warning Signs Keir Starmer Is Refusing to See

The Prime Minister must wake up and stop trying to appease the very forces trying to exploit anti-migrant hate in order to destroy his Government, argues Adam Bienkov

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · Sep 1

When will BBC report this?

Scientists have warned " Amoc collapse must be avoided “at all costs”. No longer low likelihood. Seems like a major story to me @bbcpaulmurphy.bsky.social

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Aug 28

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds

- Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic impacts

#climatecrisis #AMOC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com

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rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Sep 1

Distressing but important
youtu.be/9pVbqwnmSuM?...

rosmitton.bsky.social @rosmitton.bsky.social · Aug 31

“It’s about interrupting our ability to have a fair and free election in 2026”

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Aug 31

Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker says President Trump is sending troops to Chicago to interrupt the 2026 elections

Did you ever think the governor of a state would speak of a President in this way? It sounds like it's one step away from an all out civil war :/

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