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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'm gobsmacked by ministers' failure to defend Burnham's claim about Russian interference in Brexit (and Tories' claim that he has no proof of it) when there were well-documented troll farms, funded by Russia, spewing out aggressive pro-Brexit attacks on social media at the time
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Russia did try to interfere in Brexit referendum, head of MI5 confirms
Ken McCallum says Kremlin attempted to influence vote through social media and TV reports but had little impact
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump's Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump's Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage
The Trump administration has cut Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants, including refugees and trafficking victims
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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Home office: "Syria is safe" Foreign office:
Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

FCDO advises against all travel to Syria due to unpredictable security conditions and the threat of terrorist attacks.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
KARL: This idea of livestreaming an execution -- US Catholic Bishops called it 'a barbaric promotion of culture of death.' Are you in favor? EMMER: I'm so happy we have a president who will make a decision in the best interest of the people. He will hold the criminals and terrorists accountable.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... This is really shameful.
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Surgeon faces deportation as Home Office revokes refugee status for Syrians
UK classifies Syria as safe to return to despite UN refugee body’s advice
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/gre... A very good and useful article.
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Almost everyone is wrong about Zionism and anti-Zionism
The Green party's move to equate Zionism with racism ignores the complexity of the term
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I agree but why would non-Jews not be equally sanctionable for supporting a two state solution?? The new Green policy would impose a particular solution rather than (as previous policy) self determination for Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs as a single binational state or a two state settlement.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I still haven't seen a single person be able to defend or explain why you'd vote against this amendment or why it was unacceptable. It's the smoking gun as to exactly what the Zionism is Racism motion aims to achieve.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alligator Alcatraz detainees were put in small cages, DHS watchdog report finds www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Alligator Alcatraz detainees were put in small cages, DHS watchdog report finds
The Florida facility’s staff referred to the enclosures as “calming areas.” Investigators said their use violated federal standards and did not align with “standards for humane treatment.”
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alligator Alcatraz detainees were put in small cages, DHS watchdog report finds www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
washingtonpost.com
Alligator Alcatraz detainees were put in small cages, DHS watchdog report finds
The Florida facility’s staff referred to the enclosures as “calming areas.” Investigators said their use violated federal standards and did not align with “standards for humane treatment.”
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Looks like a replay of Trump being elected for a second term in full knowledge of what he is. And the second term likely to be much worse than the first. The guardrails which blocked Bolsonaro in his first term will be dismantled, and Brazil will be a Trump/US and international oligarch colony.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not one person born THIS CENTURY voted for Brexit.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
*People* unquestionably have a right to exist. Before yesterday's motion was passed Green policy was that Israeli Jews and Palestinians should be able to determine whether they want a single binational state or a two state solution. Most people can easily agree that the status quo is intolerable.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Do the USA or Australia have the right to exist? Their history is colonialist, replete with genocides and ethnic cleansing? Do modern Americans and Australians have the right to live in brutally stolen ancestral lands? These questions need to be answered before singling out one country.
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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't normally post political things but this is awful. Young children forced to make a decision on something they don't understand, and without legal representation.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Own a mobile phone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah
A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them, says Labour MP Chi Onwurah
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/09/2026
My parents thought I had Polio. I got the vaccine and it turned out I didn’t. Anyone who does anything to make parents like mine worry about this is a god damned bastard. Fuck these people.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/h... 'Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation.'
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Kennedy Assures Vaccine Skeptics That They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
As Yom Kippur came to a close this evening, I was privileged to join my friend, Ruth Messinger, at a break fast in her home. It was an honor to celebrate this moment of renewal with many of our Jewish neighbors. May it be a year of justice, joy and peace.
Mayor Mamdani, Ruth Messinger, and two children hold challah bread.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
newrepublic.com/article/2151...
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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was asked "What do other countries do about big money in politics?" Canada is a useful case study as their parliamentary system closely mirrors the UK's (for obvious reasons) - except they've totally clamped down on mega-donations.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
An RNLI lifeboatman is taking part in the Great North Run tomorrow, wearing his full kit. Please donate here if you can: fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/...
fundraise.rnli.org
James Waters
I'm taking on Great North Run 2026 - please help me reach my fundraising goal of £1000!
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretary
Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Absolute state of them
All losers great and small - masked idiots
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
JON STEWART: “They began covering their ass 3 weeks after 9/11… There was poison in the air, on the ground, on your pets/clothes… THE CITY KNEW. Rather than limit the damage, they covered it up… After 9/11, business will never be usual again.” (From @mamdanibulletin.bsky.social )
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Another masterclass in true professional journalism from Lise Doucet in the Reporting the Taliban segment on this week's BBC Radio 4 Media Show.
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The Media Show - Reporting the Taliban, AI's "meat proxies" and The Grand Tour returns - BBC Sounds
Lyse Doucet, "meat proxies" & AI, Good Food's Barney Desmazery and the new Grand Tour.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If Reform etc actually cared about this stuff they'd acknowledge the progress but they can't because it's their only issue so they have to pretend nothing has changed.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Lack of water storage is an urgent national security issue | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to the crisis facing Britain caused by the lack of reservoir capacity and hotter summers
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I just knew we'd get this bollocks. Farage - like the Telegraph- doesn't want progress or anything to improve he just wants Britain to sit in a miserable slump in which he can holler constantly about "migrants" and drink pints in slow motion videos with people who pine for WW2.
Farage: Burnham's pledge
to house homeless will
attract more migrants
Reform leader says rough sleeping plan
sends message that you get 'everything for
free if you come by boat
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report
Move by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is latest government rollback of climate science activity
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’
Labour chair says Reform deputy leader is trying to harass journalists over reporting on his financial affairs
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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How Democrats Win in 2026 and Beyond
A generational opportunity to reset politics.
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The American left is making strides. But can they win in November? | Ben Davis
The left is increasingly winning within the Democratic party. But it still needs to prove that it can build general-election coalitions capable of beating Republicans
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The arguments trotted out against leaving fossil fuels in the ground are strikingly similar to the arguments trotted out against ending the slave trade, 230 years ago. 1. If we stop trading slaves / extracting fossil fuels, Britain’s economy will collapse 🧵
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boogiewoogie3.bsky.social @boogiewoogie3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status
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