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Dominic Watts #FBPE

@dominic-watts.bsky.social
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Interested in British and European politics, all things rail related , retro technology and design. Moving here because fed up with X and Elmo.

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon @jlmelenchon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Netanyahu envahit le Liban et annexe une partie de son territoire sous prétexte de zone tampon et bombarde tout le pays. Coupables : ceux qui l'ont laissé faire jusque-là. En le laissant faire de nouveau, ils l'encouragent à d'autres méfaits.
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
From @faisalislam.bsky.social Surreal, but heard at Davos: Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
#FBPE is having a Campaign Wave (aka Tweet Storm) on Sunday, January 11, from 20-22h CET/19-21h in the UK to protest Trump's threat to attack other countries, and especially Greenland. A dictator has no business in Greenland and should keep his big mouth shut about it. Hashtag: #HandsOffGreenland
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/01/2026
I just left the Venezuela briefing. It's worse than you thought. Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people. We need public Senate hearings NOW.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Trump says he will force Venezuela to hand over millions of barrels of sanctioned oil, which the U.S. will sell off under his control. Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after ICE just killed a civilian: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/01/2026
This is the ICE/CBP agent responsible for mudering a woman in cold blood. Source: @pabloreports.bsky.social
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WickedMitch 🧙 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @wickedmitch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
What ICE did today in Minnesota is simultaneously a horrific tragedy and 100% something that was thoroughly predictable from their preexisting brutality and unaccountability. The agency must be abolished and its agents prosecuted. There is no alternative.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/01/2026
Reminder: The Minneapolis shooting is not the only ICE-involved violence in recent memory.
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Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This Jacob Frey speech is incredible. "To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Even in the most charitable interpretation, giving up Minneapolis’s prerogative to investigate the homicide seems to expose a misunderstanding of the dynamics of the situation.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Video makes clear almost every word of this is a lie.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Gangster State The US forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela. It was boarded between Iceland and Scotland as it was travelling north. RAF surveillance planes were involved in the US operation. What next - Tit-for-tax piracy? Where is this heading?
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What we know about US seizure of Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela
The sanctioned tanker, originally known as the Bella 1 and now called the Marinera, is now in US custody, the United States European Command has confirmed
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Rep. Bacon is right. It is silly. And dangerous. Where is the rest of the GOP in condemning this?
Screenshot of a post on X by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) quoting Rep. Bacon criticizing the administration’s rhetoric about Greenland. The quote calls it “one of the silliest things” to come out of the White House in the past year and urges other Republicans to oppose it. Below is a CNN split-screen showing a male anchor on the left and a Republican congressman speaking on the right. A chyron reads: “GOP REP CALLS ON TRUMP ADMIN TO STOP THE ‘WE WANT GREENLAND BS’,” with CNN “The Lead” branding.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If officials can’t bring themselves to arrest someone who is captured on camera from multiple angles killing someone in cold blood, they should just step aside so someone with a backbone can lead
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/01/2026
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The Minneapolis ICE murder victim is identified as a legal observer; it is known the Trump regime keeps a database of dissidents that includes these observers. According to witnesses ICE regime troopers blocked initial medical care for her as well. Resembles a targeted killing.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting. You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 09/06/2025
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment. Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
When you put guns in the hands of over-compensating males who hate everyone with a different skin color, boy-men who are filled inferiority complexes, misogyny, and dripping impulse control disorder – they will find every excuse possible to draw their weapons and murder in the name of "security".
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The person shot in Minneapolis was driving a Honda SUV covered in bumper stickers. She wasn't a fucking domestic terrorist. She was a resident concerned about her neighbors being kidnapped.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen. Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo. Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
the nyt says that no version of events in minneapolis can be "verified independently." but that's not true! there are multiple videos proving that the ICE version of events is a total lie. maybe the nyt can, y'know, watch one of them? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman, said in a statement that an agent had opened fire after a woman “weaponized her vehicle” in an attempt to kill federal officers. Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis called her account “bullshit” in a news conference, describing the shooting instead as “an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.”  

Neither description of the encounter could be immediately verified independently. Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat whose congressional district includes the shooting scene, described the person who was killed as a “legal observer.”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Do not let the failures of prosecution post January 6th happen again. Every second you do not charge this person is a second the massive propaganda apparatus around the federal government will use to create a fog of lies to get him off. Arrest him immediately for killing an American citizen.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Every second the murderer is not arrested is another second for feds to hide him in a place that would create a jurisdictional fight. He's on video killing a person. You have to arrest this guy an hour ago, but you might still have time now.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I too have watched the video. There's nothing graphic in the visuals, thankfully. But this is straight-up, no defenses, not really questionable murder
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
It's nothing everyone doesn't already know, but ICE/CBP guys know they can do whatever they want. They're the absolute dregs of the Violence Worker Community, not trained for anything like what they're doing, out of their depth, all that. But it starts with them knowing they won't face consequences.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Cut and dry murder. Arrest the officer right now.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Guys, with understanding that everyone is angry right now, I am honestly going to start blocking people who say things like, "Who cares? The law doesn't matter anymore," or "They can do whatever they want, they can't be stopped" etc. I mean, if you really feel that way, you're a part of the problem.
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skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Every US military officer swears an oath when commissioned. That oath is to NOT to obey all orders. It is to preserve, protect & defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign & domestic. Their 1st obligation is to obey the law & the law prohibits the deliberate killing of unarmed citizens.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/12/2025
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
America: Did you order the code Red? Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID! America: Uhm, it’s a crime. Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
My hair is on fire all the time. This needs to be investigated , yesterday.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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Gulag Gulagovich Gulagov @gregory.levonian.net · 02/12/2025
Read carefully. The illusion of Western peacemaking www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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The illusion of Western peacemaking
When peacemaking ignores truth, it risks turning war crimes into opinion and genocide into a story with two sides.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/11/2025
How London’s housing market stagnated on.ft.com/49LXxUr
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How London’s housing market stagnated
The introduction of a so-called mansion tax in this year’s Budget is likely to depress prices in some parts of the capital even further
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Praṇay Manocha @pranman.com · 28/11/2025
I know the Overton Window for war crimes has shifted considerably given Israel's actions in Gaza, but Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/11/2025
Airline travellers face disruption after Airbus warns A320 jets need software fix on.ft.com/48nFbqC
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Airline travellers face disruption after Airbus warns A320 jets need software fix
Update to address potential problems caused by solar radiation could affect 6,000 aircraft
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