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Prof Anoush Ehteshami

@anoushehteshami.bsky.social
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Professor of International Relations at Durham University, UK.

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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 21h
Only greed drives the US strategy! apple.news/AmYzA65tuQtO...
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US, Russia talks on Ukraine involve oil deal tied to Kushner, Witkoff: Report — The Hill
The Trump administration’s ongoing discussions with Russia to end the Ukraine war now include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives tied to the lead U.S....
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Most corrupt Administration in the entire U.S. existence. 🤬
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 22h
Time for Europe to move on and leave the lost US behind!
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Crooked is what crooked does… apple.news/AswM6DtcjQxW...
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Opinion | How Trump is sabotaging Susan Collins’ re-election pitch — MS NOW
Collins’ big pitch to Maine voters is her spot as the Senate’s top appropriator. Trump’s unilateral spending cuts don’t help.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When in desperation you expose your jugular then the vampire will bite… apple.news/A9U834QOUTb2...
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Andy Burnham told billions will be pulled out of the UK in threat over Man City charges — Manchester Evening News
Manchester City have been caught in a huge storm over the Premier League financial breaches and now Andy Burnham faces a political headache over the news
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UK caught in the bind of disastrous Brexit alienating it from the EU while exposed to hostility of Trump! stocks.apple.com/AgnNqtZ2dTaC...
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Britain cut out of European diesel crisis talks — The Telegraph
UK’s exclusion from a potential Trump-EU deal risks leaving it reliant on its own fuel stockpile
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Speechless! apple.news/AGLQvFfeuQou...
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Lawrence: Trump called Americans 'enemies of ours.' In 33 days, they will get to vote. — MS NOW
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell analyzes Donald Trump's TIME Magazine interview filled with falsehoods potentially fueled by three things: Donald Trump's stupidity, his need to lie pathologically, and his...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR PEACE… apple.news/A2INwYc4wRQq...
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Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes — The Associated Press
The U.S. military is moving roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can someone tell the mush brain in the WH that your dug this hole, throw us all in it, and never thought about the consequences of your callous war! Dig us out and we’ll think about what to do with you! stocks.apple.com/AKnXnDr1-Riq...
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US pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban — BBC News
President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Goods catchup… stocks.apple.com/AO9Mnx1NHStC...
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Global bond rout deepens, pushes US Treasury yields to 24-year peak — Reuters
Global bonds came under heavy selling pressure again ​on Thursday, sending borrowing costs from the United States to France and Japan to multi-decade highs and underscoring mounting concerns for polic...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The evil that’s Trumpism that’s destroying American lives… apple.news/A5DYQQhEBRPy...
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Lawrence: Jon Ossoff says GOP will keep doing exactly what they’ve been doing — MS NOW
MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how one Republican senator humiliated himself “in stupidity and disgrace” as Speaker Johnson admits that Republicans will continue to do what they’ve been doing – p...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MAGA idiot ended up in a pile of Schmitt… apple.news/AyxIOAGbISGe...
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Eagerness to bolster Trump conspiracy theory led humiliated MAGA senator to ignore warnings — MS NOW
Senator Eric Schmitt was warned that the text message he planned to use as a perjury trap for special counsel Jack Smith had not been vetted, but Schmitt was so convinced of his own conspiracy theory ...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegsteth is an embarrassment to anyone who knows him personally and a dangerous clown to the rest of us… apple.news/AOCXsim1eTdW...
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‘Focused on all the WRONG things’: Hegseth SLAMMED for using slur during major speech — MS NOW
Instead of addressing the military conflicts that the United States is involved in, Secretary Hegseth’s “State of the Force” speech focused on culture war nonsense. Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath and MS...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The stupid trying to defend the indefensible… apple.news/A8AbQ339bSjO...
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Lawrence: ‘Stupidest Senator of the Day’ Schmitt falsely accused Jack Smith of perjury — MS NOW
Missouri Republican Senator Eric Schmitt had his facts wrong when he confronted special prosecutor Jack Smith in today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Re...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Listen again, contingency to have a fair vote in the mid-term elections in the US!!!!! apple.news/AQTnmrIGFSYm...
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Trump is trying to ‘INJECT CHAOS’ ahead of midterms, says Colorado Secretary of State — MS NOW
Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State, has been fighting tirelessly to prevent the White House from trying to collect Colorado's voter roll data. In August, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit fr...
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Emma @emmamurphy1965.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How can the world allow this lying dangerous sick buffoon to even open his mouth. Nothing but bile pours out. He is a disgrace and a shame to the USA but also to every person who votes for him or his party, every GOP senator, every person standing on a GOP ballot. He is plainly EVIL
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gotta make sure morons like Trump don’t walk out and sit and learn and understand the gravity of the situation.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Money talks in branding… apple.news/AZ7DTAJoDS6e...
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The Trump admin is so toxic, brands now have crisis responses for being used in propaganda — Fast Company
Hasbro and Tetris are the latest brands to end up in an odd position after egregious copyright infringement: having to distinguish their values from those of the U.S. government. One of toy company Ha...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Liar liar all the way… apple.news/AkBcvRH4_Spu...
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FACT FOCUS: Trump made multiple false and misleading claims in front of the UN General Assembly — The Associated Press
President Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is what a war crime sounds like… apple.news/An6KhyJlnSwa...
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Iran-US war latest: Tehran responds after Trump says they must choose between a peace deal and ‘annihilation’ — The Independent
Trump said the ‘very good’ meeting between Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials lasted for three hours
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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'CORRUPT SCHEMES': How Trump's policies are hurting the planet and driving up your costs — MS NOW
As Trump's Iran war drives up oil costs and his administration kills cheaper, cleaner renewable energy projects, Americans are feeling the pain in their pocketbooks. Former Washington Governor Jay Ins...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Kill the free press; kill democratic norms… apple.news/AYtVfDMhAQJW...
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‘THE KING OF FAKE NEWS’: Fmr. CNN Chief WH Correspondent on Trump’s attack on the press — MS NOW
Jim Acosta, CNN’s former Chief White House Correspondent, had his press credentials revoked by Trump in 2018 before a court order restored them. He says Trump’s new ban on MS NOW, CNN, and Politico ma...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We can use technical terms to try and explain Trump’s behaviour but calling the bully out and holding him to account for misogyny and aggression should do! He’s a horrible creature. apple.news/AbHkyiKxdTjq...
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Trump’s Aggressive Reaction To A Female Journalist Just Taught Us All A New Term — HuffPost UK
“Proxemic intrusion is an aggressive move, and it’s kind of scary to us.”
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Put it all together here… apple.news/A8Y1Y9MhuRQm...
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Donald Trump ‘acting like a mad king’ announcing a ban on media outlets from the White House — MS NOW
Donald Trump announced he would ban MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House. The President also remains focused on the Kennedy Center as protesters gather outside.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15/09/2026
Members of the European Parliament voted today to waive the parliamentary immunity of far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun, who is facing Holocaust denial charges in Poland.
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MEPs lift immunity from Polish far-right leader charged with Holocaust denial
Grzegorz Braun was already charged with genocide denial in another case.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Disastrous Brexit and idiot Trump and his stupid war are the double whammy clobbering the UK and our gov still aligns with Trump and still resists rejoining EU! Stupid! stocks.apple.com/AaE6cIncrT2y...
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UK state pension set to top £13,000 a year as wage growth slows to 3.9% — The Guardian
Workers face inflation squeeze fuelled by Iran war, as Bank of England prepares for interest rates decision
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes it is still that low in this country! stocks.apple.com/AaE6cIncrT2y...
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UK state pension set to top £13,000 a year as wage growth slows to 3.9% — The Guardian
Workers face inflation squeeze fuelled by Iran war, as Bank of England prepares for interest rates decision
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The truth… apple.news/AqeMY7FF_R2C...
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Lawrence: Trump worst person to be in White House when AI could do what nuclear weapons haven’t — MS NOW
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell examines warnings from tech leaders that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity. Lawrence discusses Donald Trump dismissing concerns about AI ...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tell this to the idiot running the stupid Deform!!’
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims of 9/11.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Neoliberalism has ravaged the UK Workers’ share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975, to 59.7%. 1.23m workers are on zero-hour contracts. 4.4m jobs pay less than the real living wage. Poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film — The Guardian
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We either stop this madness and bring it under control or sit on our hands and watch it destroy our lives… stocks.apple.com/AlK3NobmvQEu...
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OpenAI’s rogue agents used at least 10 more sites for unauthorized comms, researchers say — Reuters
AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, according to six sets of independent investigators and data reviewed ...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I was made aware by @gamersnexus.bsky.social that LG Smart TVs’ ACR can capture virtually everything you do and say with or without your consent. The data & information can then be used in ways unbeknown to you. Just saying that there well may be less nosy tv manufacturers out there for you!
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
He has lost his marbles!!!
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Opinion | Nazi associations continue to be no obstacle to getting a gig under Trump — MS NOW
The State Department is defending its hiring of Nate Hochman, a former staffer for Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign who was fired after an incident involving Nazi imagery.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
He speaks for me! Bravo @mrjamesob.bsky.social apple.news/AKOrfeVfuTF2...
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It's time to reclaim patriotism from criminals, cretins and clowns — The i Paper
James O'Brien: There's something all these chancers have in common and it is the key to defeating them
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Clueless… apple.news/AJDB6H1REQOK...
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We drove across the country twice, and kept the receipts. Here’s what it cost. — MS NOW
A California-to-New York road trip cost these sisters $578.99 in 2023. Three years and a Middle East war later, they made their way back.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Eating a handful of nuts each day is linked with lower risk of high blood pressure, our research shows
Consuming between 30-35g of nuts daily was linked with a 26% lower risk of hypertension.
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Charlatan Farage is finally caught worh his filthy hands in the jam jar! This disgraceful crook is exposed and must be kicked out of our public lives for ever! Kick him out of parliament to begin with! www.instagram.com/reel/Dc1d41n...
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Channel 4 News on Instagram: "“It worked, boom!” That’s Nigel Farage celebrating a Reform UK plot to break election law - by having a US company secretly pay for three influential political polls th...
6,453 likes, 471 comments - channel4news on September 3, 2026: "“It worked, boom!” That’s Nigel Farage celebrating a Reform UK plot to break election law - by having a US company secretly pay for th...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Hegseth's Pentagon political purge draws attention to his incompetence, Trump's dereliction — MS NOW
Jen Psaki takes a closer look at how former weekend right-wing cable news host Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's defense secretary, is gutting the top tiers of the U.S. military while doing a poor job hand...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When the mush brain is increasingly living in cyberspace dangerous things happen… apple.news/ARlscDOB-R2-...
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Experts warn that Trump’s AI fakery in Iran will destroy public trust: ‘Breaking our shared reality’ — The Independent
Seven years ago, he altered a hurricane map with a Sharpie marker and made a federal agency endorse it. On Monday, the president published AI-created fake combat footage purporting to depict a war he ...
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The war monger is getting a right dressing down by those who have defined themselves as his allies, whether India or China… apple.news/A1mcvQUNkSwy...
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Putin has just been publicly humiliated. Even his friends are fed up — The i Paper
As Vladimir Putin prepared to meet the leader of one of Russia's biggest trade partners, he looked visibly nervous, tapping his feet and fidgeting repeatedly
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Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is how rightwing bigots destroy American democratic system and this why we must keep these rich self-centred bigots out of British politics! Corrupt Reform is the vehicle for them here… apple.news/AQxenF1EtQn6...
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Hayes: GOP 'are trying to buy their way into power' — MS NOW
Chris Hayes shares his take on the Republicans who are "returning to a time-tested playbook: unlimited dark money spending."
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