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Here mainly for international news. Disheartened by the rise of evil in middle earth.
I quit Amazon, Apple was never my thing and de-google as much as possible.
Union member. PhD. NHS.
I quit Amazon, Apple was never my thing and de-google as much as possible.
Union member. PhD. NHS.
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“When this administration calls you a criminal illegal alien, what do you say?”
karoline leavitt’s Nephew’s mom: “I’m heartbroken. I’m heartbroken for my son. I don’t even have a parking ticket… it doesn’t make any sense. I’m just as lost as you are.”
karoline leavitt’s Nephew’s mom: “I’m heartbroken. I’m heartbroken for my son. I don’t even have a parking ticket… it doesn’t make any sense. I’m just as lost as you are.”
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
“When this administration calls you a criminal illegal alien, what do you say?”
karoline leavitt’s Nephew’s mom: “I’m heartbroken. I’m heartbroken for my son. I don’t even have a parking ticket… it doesn’t make any sense. I’m just as lost as you are.”
karoline leavitt’s Nephew’s mom: “I’m heartbroken. I’m heartbroken for my son. I don’t even have a parking ticket… it doesn’t make any sense. I’m just as lost as you are.”
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“Just because you went to a Catholic school doesn’t make you a good Catholic,” Bruna-Caroline Ferreira said.
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew Torches Her on CNN: ‘Why Lie?’
“Just because you went to a Catholic school doesn’t make you a good Catholic,” Bruna-Caroline Ferreira said.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“Just because you went to a Catholic school doesn’t make you a good Catholic,” Bruna-Caroline Ferreira said.
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“Staggeringly, Brooks found “no records of any individuals travelling by small boat to claim asylum in 2017 or before” – not one case.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Before Brexit there was no small boats crisis: more proof that leaving the EU made everything worse | Jonathan Freedland
Keir Starmer insists there’s no case for rejoining. But his migration plan and other desperate Tory fixes merely seek to repair the damage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Staggeringly, Brooks found “no records of any individuals travelling by small boat to claim asylum in 2017 or before” – not one case.”
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: Allow small boat migrants in and let them work
Green Party leader accuses Sir Keir Starmer of following Nigel Farage in ‘pushing racist rhetoric’ and calls JK Rowling’s stance on single-sex spaces ‘hateful’
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December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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I can't believe we are Actually seeing a mainstream politician openly say as need to be nice to refugees in 2025.
I wish Zack inspires movements across the world with his brand of politics
I wish Zack inspires movements across the world with his brand of politics
I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous.
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border.
We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: Allow small boat migrants in and let them work
Green Party leader accuses Sir Keir Starmer of following Nigel Farage in ‘pushing racist rhetoric’ and calls JK Rowling’s stance on single-sex spaces ‘hateful’
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I can't believe we are Actually seeing a mainstream politician openly say as need to be nice to refugees in 2025.
I wish Zack inspires movements across the world with his brand of politics
I wish Zack inspires movements across the world with his brand of politics
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ICYMI: Congressman Al Green Reaffirms Call for an Impeachment Vote Today After Filing Articles.
Watch Rep. Green's remarks on YouTube: youtu.be/ejtG7QjkmbI?...
Watch Rep. Green's remarks on YouTube: youtu.be/ejtG7QjkmbI?...
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
ICYMI: Congressman Al Green Reaffirms Call for an Impeachment Vote Today After Filing Articles.
Watch Rep. Green's remarks on YouTube: youtu.be/ejtG7QjkmbI?...
Watch Rep. Green's remarks on YouTube: youtu.be/ejtG7QjkmbI?...
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Good to see for checks and balances and interests of the country. Sen. Wicker has been very good multiple times.
Senate Pushes Forward With Boat Strike Probe as House Pulls Back
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker said he would “listen to his colleagues.”
Senate Pushes Forward With Boat Strike Probe as House Pulls Back
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker said he would “listen to his colleagues.”
Senate pushes forward with boat strike probe as House pulls back
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker said he would “listen to his colleagues.”
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Good to see for checks and balances and interests of the country. Sen. Wicker has been very good multiple times.
Senate Pushes Forward With Boat Strike Probe as House Pulls Back
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker said he would “listen to his colleagues.”
Senate Pushes Forward With Boat Strike Probe as House Pulls Back
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker said he would “listen to his colleagues.”
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Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
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Another example of defiance as Trump enters his weak lame duck era
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House itself, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 e...
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Another example of defiance as Trump enters his weak lame duck era
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“The evidence on being “happy” is even worse for Americans (they are ranked 24th by Gallup) and even better for Europeans (four of the top five happiest nations in the world seem to be in the EU, and the fifth is Iceland).”
theconversation.com/europe-must-...
theconversation.com/europe-must-...
Europe must reject Trump’s nonsense accusations of ‘civilizational erasure’ – but it urgently needs a strategy of its own
The US is wrong to try to impose its worldview on Europe – but it has been able to do so because European leaders don’t have a strategy of their own.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“The evidence on being “happy” is even worse for Americans (they are ranked 24th by Gallup) and even better for Europeans (four of the top five happiest nations in the world seem to be in the EU, and the fifth is Iceland).”
theconversation.com/europe-must-...
theconversation.com/europe-must-...
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What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
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"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
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this whole situation stinks to high heaven thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this whole situation stinks to high heaven thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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The bald hypocrisy of the Trump administration shouting about free speech violations in democratic Europe without saying so word about massive violations of free speech in autocratic Russia (or Belarus) is striking and tragic.
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The bald hypocrisy of the Trump administration shouting about free speech violations in democratic Europe without saying so word about massive violations of free speech in autocratic Russia (or Belarus) is striking and tragic.
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
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All in one day:
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
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Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
All in one day:
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
Teacher letter of warning about schoolboy racist bully #Farage
"Judging from the reports I received he is not someone with whom I would wish to be acquainted with"
4.6.1981
Vetting as prime minister: failed!
"Judging from the reports I received he is not someone with whom I would wish to be acquainted with"
4.6.1981
Vetting as prime minister: failed!
This teacher then at Dulwich College makes it pretty clear that in his or her experience when students of that age say such things they mean it. And it confirms that the sort of thing reported by past pupils were also reported (& shockingly diminished by some) teachers.
H/t @malcolm55.bsky.social
H/t @malcolm55.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Teacher letter of warning about schoolboy racist bully #Farage
"Judging from the reports I received he is not someone with whom I would wish to be acquainted with"
4.6.1981
Vetting as prime minister: failed!
"Judging from the reports I received he is not someone with whom I would wish to be acquainted with"
4.6.1981
Vetting as prime minister: failed!
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Here, now pretty outraged at Farage’s efforts to belittle the scale and depth of his vile conduct, Ettedging specifically calls him out spelling out, clearly what he said and his manner, urging us all: “Don’t believe him”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Here, now pretty outraged at Farage’s efforts to belittle the scale and depth of his vile conduct, Ettedging specifically calls him out spelling out, clearly what he said and his manner, urging us all: “Don’t believe him”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A new video obtained by TMZ shows the moment masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles arrested Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A new video obtained by TMZ shows the moment masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles arrested Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew
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A freshman about to board her flight home for Thanksgiving. After a night detained in TX, she was put on a bus with shackles on her wrists, waists & ankles before boarding a deportation flight. She’s lived in the U.S. since she was 7.
ICE isn’t out to make us safer. They’re out to enact fascism.
ICE isn’t out to make us safer. They’re out to enact fascism.
A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said on Sunday.
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents at the Boston airport before a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving. She is now in Honduras.
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A freshman about to board her flight home for Thanksgiving. After a night detained in TX, she was put on a bus with shackles on her wrists, waists & ankles before boarding a deportation flight. She’s lived in the U.S. since she was 7.
ICE isn’t out to make us safer. They’re out to enact fascism.
ICE isn’t out to make us safer. They’re out to enact fascism.
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This is horrifying and infuriating story. A tragedy all around.
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is horrifying and infuriating story. A tragedy all around.
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(1/4) ICE detention has become a black box. Oversight has been gutted. Families are being separated. Pregnant and postpartum women report starving in custody, freezing cells, invasive procedures, miscarriages, and their pleas for help going unanswered.
Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE
Until last year, Congress required reports on the pregnant, postpartum or nursing women in ICE custody, including ‘detailed justification’ for their detention. This requirement no longer exists, Kelly...
www.independent.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
(1/4) ICE detention has become a black box. Oversight has been gutted. Families are being separated. Pregnant and postpartum women report starving in custody, freezing cells, invasive procedures, miscarriages, and their pleas for help going unanswered.