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Andrew Buncombe

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Journalist based in Seattle

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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do read: 'In warming Arctic, Inuit bear guards protect communities': Via @indiginews.bsky.social @grist.org & Frey Blake-Pijogge grist.org/indigenous/i...
grist.org
In a warming Arctic, Inuit bear guards protect communities
This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. After retiring from a long career as a conservation officer with the Canadian government, Derrick Pottle devoted himself to guiding people...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America should long ago have ended barbarity of death penalty www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
nytimes.com
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't miss this: £5,000 bursary for young or aspiring journalist in honour of celebrated @the-independent.com correspondent Rupert Cornwell www.independent.co.uk/news/media/r...
independent.co.uk
Rupert Cornwell Award: £5,000 bursary for aspiring foreign correspondents
The award honours the memory of Rupert Cornwell, one of The Independent’s most distinguished journalists
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Genuine must-read' 'Inside armed incursion from Florida intended to topple Cuba's government': Via Reed Lindsay, @bellyofthebeastcuba.com @dropsitenews.com www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/inside-armed...
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Inside the Armed Incursion From Florida Intended to Topple Cuba’s Government
Belly of the Beast investigates a deadly armed incursion from Florida, interviewing four survivors about the training, planning and failed mission to Cuba.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do read this: 'In Trump China sees 'rare window' to convince Taiwan 'resistance is futile': Via @wsj.com @lingling1994.bsky.social @joyuwang.bsky.social www.wsj.com/world/china/...
wsj.com
In Trump, Xi Sees ‘Rare Window’ to Convince Taiwan That Resistance Is Futile
Beijing is courting Taiwan’s opposition—and quietly helped stage its leader’s landmark visit to the mainland—to pull the island into its orbit.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unease in UK's ‘newly independent’ Piddington': Always good to read @ameliagentleman.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Unease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descend
As villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A scary must-read: 'Merz’s deal with the Taliban alarms Afghan dissidents in Germany' Via Nette Nöstlinger & @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/germ...
politico.eu
Merz’s deal with the Taliban alarms Afghan dissidents in Germany
Under pressure from the rising far right, Berlin is letting Taliban officials staff Afghan missions in exchange for more deportations. Activists say the arrangement puts them at risk.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fascinating: 'Democratic socialists are getting the media attention but Democratic Christians may be more influential in November' @billmckibben.bsky.social @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
Adam Hamilton and Taking Back Religion from the Right
Democratic socialists are getting more of the attention, but Democratic Christians have also had significant victories in this year’s primaries—and they could prove more influential in the midterm ele...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
V pleased to have this important piece in @theipaper.com 'The American families torn apart by Maga' inews.co.uk/news/world/f...
inews.co.uk
The American families torn apart by Maga
Moer than a third of people in the US have lost relationships with friends, family, romantic partners and co-workers over political differences
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Do listen: 'Biggest oil deal or theft gunpoint? US claims majority control of Venezuela’s oil reserves @democracynow.org www.democracynow.org/2026/9/1/ven...
democracynow.org
U.S. Claims Majority Control of Venezuela’s Oil Reserves
The U.S. has struck a deal to take majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves, nine months after the U.S. military abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cili...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Terrific @dbeekman.bsky.social piece about 2 men working to have fed gvt transfer WA island to native ownership. Images: Nick Wagner @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
seattletimes.com
WA island’s only resident supports transfer from feds to tribe
One man lives on Protection Island, but many groups — including the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and government agencies — want a say in its future. Here’s what is at stake.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
'Yeganeh is just 21. Her husband is 70. She's lost 5 children in her young life': Startling report by @leilama.bsky.social on impact of USAid cuts @pbsnews.org Video: Eric O'Connor www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
pbs.org
A look at the devastating impact of USAID cuts in rural Afghanistan
It's been 18 months since the Trump administration made cuts to foreign aid. One of the countries hardest-hit is Afghanistan. The five years since the U.S. withdrawal have been grim for the people the...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We never changed, Trump did’: Maga’s insurgency against its own leader @theipaper.com @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/world/n...
inews.co.uk
‘We never changed, Trump did’: Maga's insurgency against its own leader
The US President finds himself confronting a paradox as the midterms draw closer
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
37 years after Lockerbie bombing new trial to begin - but will it bring 'justice', asks Patti Waldmeir, who almost boarded Pan Am Flight 103 @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/895d...
ft.com
Revisiting the Lockerbie bombing, 37 years later
For the first time, a US court will try one of those alleged to be responsible for the attack
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
'As father it's my responsibility to provide [my children] best education - as Afghan citizen it's my responsibility to have country ready for educating girls [here]'. People will have views on Karzai but this interview v interesting. Via Mishal Husain www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Utterly shameful: US claims conditions in Haiti improved enough to end protected status for migrants, but deportation plane CANNOT fly to Port-au-Prince as its considered 'too dangerous': Via @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hait...
apnews.com
First group of deportees arrives in troubled Haiti after US ends TPS program
The U.S. has deported more than 160 people to Haiti for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
All this royal coverage - however excellent - should be jolting reminder UK needs an elected head of state, not antiques inews.co.uk/news/inside-...
inews.co.uk
Inside Harry and Meghan's explosive return to UK - and what happens next
Prince Harry faces new hurdles in his family reintegration into the Royal Family
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Loved researching this: 'The American billionaires trying to cheat death' @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/a...
inews.co.uk
The American billionaires trying to cheat death
Longevity enthusiasts are spending a fortune on 'optimisation' in their efforts to live to 180 and beyond
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Read this: 'The one-of-a-kind partnership that gets community college students housed': Via @stephannnnie.bsky.social & @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social Images: @erikajschultz.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
A partnership with King County helps community college students get housed. Here's why it works
Since 2020, Highline College has paired students facing homelessness with housing vouchers provided by King County Housing Authority. It seems to be working.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Activists & cybersecurity experts call Seattle’s surveillance cameras ‘structurally dangerous’, reports @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social & Lauren Girgis www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
Coalition calls Seattle’s surveillance cameras ‘structurally dangerous’
The Seattle Police Department's Real-Time Crime Center and surveillance cameras have become a lightning rod during Mayor Katie Wilson's first year in office.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is interesting: 'Why Seattle's Lumen Field have to ditch the real grass and go back to astroturf': Via Penelope Jennings & @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/sports/seaha...
seattletimes.com
Why didn't grass from World Cup stay at Lumen Field? Blame unique Seattle circumstance
Seahawks players wanted the grass field from the FIFA Men's World Cup to remain at Lumen Field, but a unique Seattle circumstance appeared to prevent that.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The Seattle suburbs where sensitive bird species refuse to go, according to 10-year study. Via Gillian Dohrn & @uwnews.uw.edu www.washington.edu/news/2026/08...
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More than a decade of observation in Seattle suburbs shows where sensitive bird species won’t go | UW News
After tracking birds in the Puget Sound lowlands for 12 years, researchers conclude that birds respond better to some development configurations than others, hi
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
'Think your neighbours are bad? Try being Canada': Love @thenewworldmag.bsky.social headline. (Words pretty good also 🙂) www.thenewworld.co.uk/andrew-bunco...
thenewworld.co.uk
Trump v Canada: a fight with no winners
Canadians have endured so many insults, tariff threats and so much political pressure from Trump’s US that it looks like the old relationship has gone forever
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is excellent about class, language & all sorts of stuff: Via @newyorker.com & George Francis Lee www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
What a Blighted Beach Town Says About England’s Forgotten North
Blackpool, a vacation spot known as the Vegas of the North, has become a symbol of working-class fun.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Do read: 'First IDF soldiers who arrived filmed praying with settlers': Yolande Knell on Palestinian families besieged by Israeli settlers in West Bank. Via BBC News www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Israeli settlers besieging Palestinian families in West Bank village
Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Do read: 'I was one of first reporters at scene of Spokane’s devastating fires. This is what I saw': Jolting words & images by @alexdugganreports.bsky.social & Spokesman-Review www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
spokesman.com
I was one of the first reporters on Spokane's devastating Old Trails fire. This is what I saw
As smoke and flames encroached on a neighborhood near Indian Trail Elementary School during Spokane’s most devastating fire, a Spokane police officer raced to the home of a couple in an attempt to sav...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Why cougars reduce incidence of road traffic accidents andrewbuncombe.substack.com/p/why-cougar...
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Why cougars reduce incidence of road traffic accidents
5 year study on Olympic Peninsula finds 76% reduction in collisions between vehicles and deer
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
'Rachel Whetstone as first lady of California is the funniest s***': @eshugs.bsky.social excellent on the 'hack & the flack' couple's twin-track effort to conquer California sfstandard.com/2026/07/06/r... @sfstandard.com
sfstandard.com
The hack and the flack: How Steve Hilton’s wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered California
As comms chief for Google, Facebook, Uber, and Netflix, she helped write Silicon Valley’s political playbook. Does she want to help her husband rule the state?
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Family orchards forced to sell in central Washington in latest land grab by investment firms': Via David Guterson - he of Snow Falling on Cedars' @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social Images: Nick Wagner www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
seattletimes.com
Family orchards are forced to sell in Central WA in latest land grab
Essay | Families share their experiences as thousands of acres of Washington’s rich land along with water rights are scooped up by investment firms and private holding companies.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Great to see this in @theipaper.com 'The Gen Z workers paid $10,000 to move to Middle America' inews.co.uk/news/world/g...
inews.co.uk
The Gen Z workers paid $10,000 to move to Middle America
Rural towns are rebounding by offering perks to young workers priced out of large cities
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
'Seattle police chief receives $590K in settlement after ousting by Mayor Katie Wilson': Via Savannah Butcher @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
Shon Barnes receiving over $590K to step down as Seattle’s police chief
The settlement includes a lump sum payment equal to 18 months of his salary.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'I don't know you, but I want you, All the more for that': What sad news - RIP Glen Hansard www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o... Via @nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Glen Hansard, Frontman of Irish Band the Frames, Dies at 56
The Irish singer-songwriter, who won an Oscar for the song “Falling Slowly” from the movie “Once,” died in a motorcycle crash.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
'When you take the worker away you're not only breaking a job but an absolutely critical relationship': Downsides of Trump deporting 1000s who care for elderly Americans, via Katie Smith Sloan & @newshour.bsky.social www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
pbs.org
End of migrant protections creates elder care staffing challenges
Hundreds of thousands of migrants are facing uncertainty after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Syrian and Haitian nationals. It's r...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
'Inside the Iranian school where US attack killed 120 children': Must-read account of potential war crime Trump refuses to seriously investigate. Via Nawal Al-maghafi & @bbcnewsi.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
'What was their crime?': BBC visits Iran school in Minab where strike killed 120 children
Nearly five months on, grief is still raw as a teacher and a mother recall the horror of the attack in Minab.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
'Democrats race to help WA3's Marie Gluesenkamp Perez but - arguably - Perez won b/c she ran to some degree against larger Democratic machine' Via @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social @ Anumita Kaur www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Delighted to have 1st piece in always interesting @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about US, Trump & notion of 'wilderness' www.thenewworld.co.uk/andrew-bunco...
thenewworld.co.uk
What would America be without its wilderness?
Trump wants to change the rules around building in the great wild spaces of the US west. But if he gets his way, something fundamental will be lost that can never be won back
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
'Andy Burnham should enjoy praise from Trump on his first day in the job, because it might not last' @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/w...
inews.co.uk
Why Burnham should savour productive first phone call with Trump
Andy Burnham should enjoy praise from Donald Trump on his first day in the job, because it might not last
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
'Trump’s outlandish attempt to undermine trust in elections is extremely dangerous': Great to have this @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/o...
inews.co.uk
Trump’s outlandish attempt to undermine trust in elections is extremely dangerous
It would be easy to conclude that Donald Trump is trying to create the conditions to call in the National Guard before the midterm elections
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Amid hot talk about Falklands good to remember Elvis Costello's humane words - 'Diving for dear life when we could be diving for pearls' youtube.com/watch?v=l_aL...
youtube.com
Shipbuilding
YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In Trump’s Washington, must so much principle be compromised that none remains?' @ruthmarcus.bsky.social on Lindsey Graham's 180-degree pivot @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
How Lindsey Graham Clung to Power and Influence
Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
'In deep red Idaho support for ballot question on abortion access spreads across party lines'. Fascinating report via Kelcie Moseley-Morris & @washingtonstatestandard.com washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/07/11/r...
washingtonstatestandard.com
In deep red Idaho, support for ballot question on abortion access is spread across party lines • Washington State Standard
Despite Idaho’s status as a deeply conservative state, an estimated one-fourth of more than 110,000 signatures collected by the group spearheading the proposed Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act to ...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Important local news: 'WA state inspectors must be permitted entry to privately-run immigrant detention centre, judge rules @washingtonstatestandard.com & @goldsteinstreet.bsky.social washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/07/09/w...
washingtonstatestandard.com
WA inspectors must be let inside Tacoma immigrant detention center, judge rules • Washington State Standard
The company that runs a Tacoma immigrant detention center must allow state inspectors inside after years of refusing, a federal judge ruled.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
👀Washington state has too much pot as cannabis sales decline, reports Natalie Akane Newcomb @kuow.org www.kuow.org/stories/recr...
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Washington state has too much pot as recreational cannabis sales decline
Washington state has too much pot as recreational sales decline. But industry experts say that's only one of many challenges that cannabis businesses currently face.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is great: Rare books discovered in Oxfam shops raise over £70,000 at auction @oxfamgb.bsky.social www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-...
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
'The [Belgian] players formed circle & imitated Trump's dance after victory over US, reports Cameron Adams & @thedailybeast.bsky.social Image: @gettyimages.com www.thedailybeast.com/trump-80-hum...
thedailybeast.com
Trump, 80, Humiliated With His Own Dance After U.S. World Cup Loss
Players were spotted after winning the game with an eyebrow-raising move.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
'Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, finds new poll': Via @theguardian.com & Gaya Gupta www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll finds
About 57% of polled Americans also believe economy is worsening in grim portrait of cost of living crisis, according to Harris survey for the Guardian
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Great to have this in @theipaper.com 'Why a Trump-voting town battled for 109 days to save their neighbour from ICE' inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
inews.co.uk
Why a Trump-voting town battled for 109 days to save their neighbour from ICE
A small community in the red state of Montana put politics aside for a far-reaching campaign to get one of their own back home
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Not expert on Megyn Kelly. Guessing from her name some ancestors emigrated to US to escape hardship & find better life. Not so different to Haitians she tells racist lies about. She says she's a Christian. Maybe time to look at what Bible says about helping those most in need.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
'Pacific Northwest faces 'one of strongest El Niños we’ve had' climatologists say': Via @kuow.org @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social www.kuow.org/stories/nort...
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Northwest potentially in for ‘one of the strongest El Niños we’ve had,’ climatologists say
Warming temperatures at the equator could paradoxically bring the Northwest a wet fall and high winter snowpack, according to climatologists.
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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
More shameful stuff: 'Egyptian soccer team denied stay in Seattle before World Cup match': Via @olympiajoe.bsky.social & @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
seattletimes.com
Egyptian soccer team denied stay in Seattle before World Cup match
The Egyptian national soccer team was denied a request to stay in Seattle after their first World Cup win, and the team is instead returning to Spokane.
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