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Andy Byers

@andybyers.bsky.social
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Retired Headteacher. UK & US politics, music, travel, food, sport and FPL. NUFC, Bills X account closed

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Gen. Caine and Adm. Cooper should put a statement now making clear the U.S. military will not follow orders that would mean committing war crimes, including military actions whose purpose would be to destroy a country or a civilization.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
They wouldn’t be terrified of being indicted if they followed the law & not Trump.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Despite Hegseth’s bravado this morning, the last 24 hours are clearly the worst for Trump’s folly, with massive refineries hit in multiple countries. The impact on the US and global economy is going to be brutal and affect every American. This war is a disaster.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This moron continues to incinerate alliances that were built by far better people than him over the past 80 years.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Ukraine is holding back Russia and thus fulfilling the entire traditional mission of NATO without any soldiers or sailors from other countries. Trump is meanwhile demanding NATO allies leave the continent they are supposed to be defending to join him in a doomed adventure he chose in the Middle East
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Fox hasn’t been this ridiculous hour after hour since they ran with Trump’s election conspiracies in 2020-21 before they got sued and paid $737 million. It’s a jingoistic alternate reality custom designed for right-wing boomers.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 10/03/2026
Yes, many Americans are struggling, but it’s good to know the first family can still afford the Earth’s most expensive provisions, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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It’s shock and awe as Trump’s granddaughter does her bit for the war effort. All hail Kai Trump, the shopper-in-chief | Marina Hyde
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Quite a timely moment to revisit Keir Starmer’s 2003 op-ed against the Iraq war: “The problem for the government is one of credibility”. www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
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Keir Starmer: Sorry, Mr Blair, but 1441 does not authorise force
Keir Starmer: The attorney general has a tricky task in defending the legal basis for war.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/03/2026
President Trump’s administration spent the past year dismissing Europeans as pathetic and irrelevant. Now, as he wages a war alongside Israel to force regime change in Iran, he wants Europe to cheer him on.
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Trump team bashed Europe for a year. Now he wants support in war on Iran.
European leaders are ramping up their response to the crisis spreading outside Iran but remain wary of a conflict that could have untold ramifications.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It will be tough for America’s global reputation to recover after this absolutely shameful vote.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
So, the Trump DOJ failed to release files concerning an Epstein accuser with claims involving Trump... but did manage to accidentally reveal that the files existed? Americans are fed up with this administration’s mix of incompetence and corruption. Time to come clean.
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“.. I'm no political strategist, but I'd confidently say ‘you're about as popular as you were back when you fomented a rebellion to overturn a free-and-fair election’ is a suboptimal flex.” @rexhuppke.bsky.social @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump is melting down. One minute he’s raging, then he’s whining, then he’s threatening, then he sounds like he’s about to cry. Rambling off on tangents. Totally unhinged manic.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2026
Crockett: "All this administration cares about is protecting the powerful and protecting pedophiles. They will do anything to distract from that, including deciding to put up in the middle of Black History Month the most racist thing that we've ever seen come out of a White House."
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 06/02/2026
It’s election year so Lindsey Graham is begging for money on Fox News. It brings me such joy to know he probably lays awake at night trying to figure out how the hell a pediatrician is out-raising him. Let’s keep the pressure on. 🇺🇸💙
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
In a remotely sane universe, this would be disqualifying and career-ending. The political world would recoil, and the fundamental decency of the America people would be outraged. The raw rancid racism is neither a joke nor a close call. In Trump’s world… open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Let us Prey
Trump does the Prayer Breakfast
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/01/2026
Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” calls back to protest music’s glory days, Spencer Kornhaber writes—and though the Boss has sounded bitter and mournful before, he has never sounded “this purely angry”:
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Rage in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen has never sounded angrier than on his new song, “Streets of Minneapolis.”
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/01/2026
Singer says song is in response to ‘state terror’ visiting city, painting image of unrest due to ‘King Trump’s private army’
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Bruce Springsteen releases anti-ICE song dedicated to Minneapolis
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Stephen Miller called the victim, an ICU nurse at the VA filming ICE, a “domestic terrorist who tried to assassinate federal law enforcement.” Greg Bovino said he “wanted to massacre law enforcement.” You saw the videos. How can any Republican not call for their resignations?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Not a “paid protester.” Not an Antifa battalion commander. Not “bussed in from out of state.” A registered nurse at the VA who broke no laws and cared about humanity. Murdered by the Trump Administration.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The video is out. We can clearly see one of the federal agents shooting the man FIVE TIMES — after he’s lying on the ground!! From an eyewitness: “They killed that guy! Did they fucking kill that guy? Are you fucking kidding me, dude? Now I get it. Are you fucking kidding me? That guy is dead!”
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE must be stopped. It's leaders should be prosecuted. Later we can discuss how to create a law-abiding, public-serving agency to police our borders. But it can't be this tainted, criminal agency. That's not an extreme position. It the only way to address this existential threat to our society.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Moskowitz reads quotes of Republicans denouncing January 6 before they taught themselves to love it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I will never get over the fact that the Republican Party chose as its standard-bearer, and this country elected as its President, quite possibly the worst human being on the planet.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Mark Carney gave the best speech at Davos by far. He understands the situation with clarity while others prevaricate, appease, and send late-night “Dear Donald” texts or call him “daddy.”
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness. As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop. 1/3
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Maureen @modelaney.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The world knows the US is being run by a madman.An immature, hateful, greedy, racist, in fact. The saddest part is we do not have a single branch of government functioning in the people's interest. The world's once great democracy is no more. It is our struggle to get control and rebuild.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Andy Byers @andybyers.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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"Battle Hymn of the Empire" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" about Trump
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/01/2026
"That is a fundamental difference between Vice President Vance and I," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in response to JD Vance's defense of the ICE agent who shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis. "I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street."
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Sue L. @suecalifornia.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
New in PN: Renee Good's killer can and must be prosecuted "There’s no path to justice that runs through this administration or the federal courts. Hell, Trump will probably give the shooter a medal, and would certainly give him a pardon. But there is a path to justice that runs through Minnesota."
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Renee Good's killer can and must be prosecuted
Doing nothing is not an option.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/01/2026
A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Please watch and share. The President's remarks yesterday - the lies that he told - were among the most disgraceful moments in his rancid time in the Oval Office.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/01/2026
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/12/2025
Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
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Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist whose work as an instrumentalist, producer and songwriter at Stax Records left an indelible impression on Memphis soul music, has died at the age of 84. Hs son Cameron confirmed his death to Variety. Continue reading...
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/11/2025
“London and New York, two of the west’s largest, richest, and most diverse cities are now run by Muslim men, both of them elected on the ticket of left wing, pro-LGBT, pro-multicultural parties…The victory is a reminder of the fundamental weakness of Trumpism, Faragism, and the politics of hate.”
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Mamdani shows a different way is possible
The New York mayor’s resounding victory is a warning to Trump and his own party’s old guard
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters. No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them. Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.
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Trump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID? And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina. Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Good to see the Conservative Party committed to keeping the deficit down by *checks notes* spending £2 billion giving tax breaks for private education, creating a massive new deportation force and pledging to maintain pensioner benefits.
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Andy Byers @andybyers.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
How did we get to the point where politicians hoping to get elected compete on being anti human rights, anti climate, and pro racist? It’s thoroughly depressing. We need a big hitting mainstream politician (and the press) calling this madness out
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/10/2025
‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd
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‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd
The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I'm tired of people suggesting this woman is not or can't be a true Dem leader. She speaks for the whole party and for the vast majority of Americans better than almost every other politician out there. We need leaders. She's one.
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