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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OK, Bye then. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Trump threatens to stop trading with EU over ‘laughable’ membership offer to Canada
US president responds as Mark Carney seeks to move closer to Europe and diversify defence ties
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oh look, more far right crypto corruption. This time in Poland.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lesson for all of Europe.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Special relationship? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump suggests he is reviewing US support for UK over Falkland Islands
Comments signal president prepared to use dispute to push UK to raise defence spending and Nato contributions
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What the hell have we done to deserve this? Keep the shit, he's on your side. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residency
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wait! Does that include the Black guy the woman and the Canadian? www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Artemis II crew to receive top US space medal for historic lunar journey
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen broke record for farthest distance traveled from Earth
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Perhaps you should ask a small child.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Did the Trump Administration Have a Role in the Cueta ‘Migrant Invasion’? Trump-aligned think tanks have previously advocated using Ceuta to exert pressure on Madrid, reports Simon Nixon... bylinetimes.com/2026/08/06/did-the-…
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Did the Trump Administration Have a Role in the Cueta ‘Migrant Invasion’?
Trump-aligned think tanks have previously advocated using Ceuta to exert pressure on Madrid, reports Simon Nixon
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/08/2026
Those who want to weaken the Spanish government, boost the European far-right, and create turmoil inside the European Union lost little time in promoting images from Ceuta as soon as they arrived, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes:
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The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Trump's a crook, Le Pen's a crook, Farage's a crook. Odd isn't it? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... www.reuters.com/world/marine... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage accused of ‘desperate stunt’ after quitting UK parliament in face of financial scrutiny
Reform UK leader says he has ‘never been angrier’ as he triggers byelection – but critics say he is ‘up to his neck in sleaze’
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Whereas, in the US, everything is hunky dory. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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JD Vance says Britain has been ‘failed by its leadership’
‘Something is very broken about British politics,’ said the US vice president
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What the is the point of any kind of deal with this gangster, he just tears them up on a whim. Also, if he wants to increase prices for the American consumer even more, let him. Kowtowing to him is never going to work, we have to stand up to him at some point. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax
US president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It'll all be kicking off in Belfast tonight. Oh, wait a minute, he's white. As you were.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ukrainian drones are ineffective cos Russian surface to air missile went air to surface to make an oil terminal surface to air. I remain a master strategist.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Trump responsable for a good thing! Bangladesh: "Donald Trump", the buffalo resembling the American president, spared and sent to the zoo
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2026
Mark Carney: "Many of our former strengths, built on our close ties to the US, have become weaknesses. The US has changed. That's their right. And we're responding ... we're deepening our partnerships with our closest allies, including the EU, the Nordic countries, and Australia."
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Trump welcomes the Royal couple to what's left of the White House. www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
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Lika @kleines.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Ordered Europe, got Russia instead 🥺 Fight before it's too late Saturday protest in Tbilisi, Georgia #GeorgiaProtests
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Yes. Yes but where would poor Elon get his money from if the government spent money on trivia like saving 87m lives? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN
Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets
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Whistleblower Aid @wbaidlaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"I had no idea that USAID did this kind of work," USAID's chief of staff told our client, former USAID Global Health chief Nicholas Enrich, as he described the agency's life-saving programs. "I just assumed it was just abortions." Which USAID never funded. More: ow.ly/PPyh50YITax
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Video ‘They didn’t even know what we did’: Former official on DOGE cuts that gutted USAID | Whistleblower Aid
Congratulations to our client Nicholas Enrich on the publication of his new book, "Into the Wood Chipper"! In this interview with ABC News, Enrich, a former USAID Acting Assistant Administrator of Global Health, describes finally getting a chance to explain the 60-year-old agency's health work the day *after* his team was let go. “I just gave a high-level overview,” Enrich says. The top brass, he discovered, didn’t know what USAID did. “‘These are the infectious diseases we work on. Here's what we do in maternal and child health…’" he says he explained. "And the chief of staff looks at...
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I assume they mean the reports are 'completely unacceptable' not the fact that it has happened.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
TACO anyone? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
bbc.co.uk
Trump says US and Iran have held talks on 'complete and total resolution of hostilities' in Middle East
The US president says that, as a result of the talks, he has postponed threatened strikes on Iranian power plants.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Will Trump say "THANK YOU". Of course not. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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UK plans to send minesweeping drones to help reopen strait of Hormuz
Government reluctant to dispatch ships amid concerns complying with Trump’s demands could escalate Iran crisis
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Come on all of you, big strong men Uncle Sam needs your help again He's got himself in a terrible jam Way down yonder in Vietnam So put down your books, pick up a gun Gonna have a whole lot of fun And it's 1, 2, 3 What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn Next stop is Vietnam
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Country Joe & the Fish - VietNam Song - Live Woodstock 1969 - Full HD Video
YouTube video by Dima T
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Oh dear! I do hope all those "patriots" who moved to Dubai because London is unsafe are alright. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Iconic Dubai hotel Burj Al Arab on fire after being hit by shot-down Iranian drone
It was one of several structures in the glitzy Middle Eastern city to sustain damage on Saturday
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
TBF, They do have the support of Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared kushner.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The American ambassador to France (who's name is kushner, ring a bell?) refuses to attend a recall by the French foreign office following his remarks on the death of a far right activist in Lyon. How many ambassadors have refused to attend a recall?
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
They keep coming up with these haf baked, not thought through ideas. I suspect this will also apply to UK/French nationals as French passports have both maiden and married names. Remember when Brexit was going to do away with unnecessary beurocracy and red tape? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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New UK border rules for dual nationals are discriminatory against women, campaigners say
British women in Spain and Greece face ‘huge problems’ entering UK because of differing surname rules
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
What is the point of a deal signed by Trump and Putin? neither of them have ever stuck by anything they have signed for more than a week. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Ukraine wants 20-year US security guarantee to sign peace deal
Speaking in Munich, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called for a clear date for his country to be allowed to join the EU
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Thank God Brexit is doing away with all this red tape! Lunacy, utter lunacy. British citizens to be denied entry to the UK. Is that what you voted for? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport
New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“We are too timid”: Emmanuel Macron calls on Europeans “to believe” in themselves, speaking from Munich, a year after the J.D. Vance attacks. Like him or loathe him he's right.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Psychopath. MOI? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm sure the free speech absolutists will be enraged by this... Oh it's Russia, sorry, as you were.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 11/02/2026
Russia blocks Meta’s WhatsApp messaging service
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Client Challenge
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I can't imagine, who could she possibly be protecting? Is there somebody who could pardon her? Surely not. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s refusal to answer questions before Congress draws criticism: ‘Who is she protecting?’
Democratic representative says Epstein associate’s decision to invoke fifth amendment points to ‘White House cover-up’
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
A tiny glimmer of hope for us Europeans. Politicians are resigning or being fired, royals are being dethroned a prime minister who's not even mentioned in the Epstein files is just clinging on to his job. In the US? Crickets! Trump mentioned 1300 times, nobody gives a shit. Proud to be a European.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
It was bound to happen but I worked here for sixteen years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Watch: Largest building at former West Burton A power station demolished
The former boiler house was demolished using explosives at West Burton A power station.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
given the latest racist post from Trump. Do Americans not realise that he is losing (has lost) his inhibitions? have non of them lost family members to Alzheimer's?
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
And the FIFA prize for best bribe goes to ..........Jeff Bezos for Milania!
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In just the same way as Netanyahou "suspended" attacks on Gaza. Putin has played Trump like a fiddle from day one but he's too stupid, or too vain, to see it.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The "great patriot".
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Not to mention the 18 Ukrainians who Trump is betraying daily. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%E2...
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Iraq–Ukraine relations - Wikipedia
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/01/2026
Ben Jennings on the special relationship between Donald Trump and Keir Starmer – cartoon
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Ben Jennings on the special relationship between Donald Trump and Keir Starmer – cartoon
The prime minister is maintaining his conciliatory tone, even as the US president’s actions threaten to tear the international order apart
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Were these "terrorists" driving away from the regime's thugs when they were shot? Oops, silly me, wrong regime.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm sure we will write a stiffly worded letter to Trump about this and if he doesn't retract this statement we will be obliged to post it.
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Who chooses our leaders? Us, Trump or Putin? or the Trump/Putin alliance? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Germany’s far-right AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026
Move comes after party’s exclusion for last two years was lambasted by JD Vance at this year’s event
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alaintwigger.bsky.social @alaintwigger.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Just asked Alexa "who won the 2020 presidential election in the US answer "sorry I don't know that". We pay to have these spies in our homes.
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