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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 22m
Just a reminder: 163 articles were published on Jason Arday in the week after he resigned. Same outlets: 13 articles on Cambridge academic James Orr after allegations of misconduct & a broadcast showing him seemingly engaging in illegal activity. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If only the FED had listened to him and lower rather to 1%…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Republicans gave corporations a huge tax cut. The deficit exploded again. Now they want to blow another massive hole by borrowing billions more for weapons to feed the endless series of Republican wars. The national credit card is maxed out while Republicans enrich themselves.
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Quite amazing to trade on insider information and still lose money…
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The guy trades on insider information and still losses. Speaks volumes about him and his administration.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2026
One year after a US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli forces have continued carrying out air strikes and demolitions. More than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed since the truce began, according to local health authorities. ft.trib.al/FdJllzo
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Honestly don’t they have something better to do?
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another one from the free speech absolutists. (And yeah another smoke screen from all that is going very wrong)
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another war crime
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 08/10/2026
A Russian attack on a scheduled bus in Kramatorsk killed 30 people and injured 18, according to regional authorities. Authorities ordered public transport suspended in both Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. #Ukraine
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also those regimes find it easier to bribe him or his family…
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💫✨🌟Mare🌟✨💫 @utexas-96.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I need a shower after hearing him speak sometimes
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I mean it didn’t happen except in Trump imagination. He views himself as Al Capone but reality is by now people just buy him with promises or paying for his son’s weeding.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
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Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives,” she said in a social media statement. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Legal representation is vital to protecting unaccompanied children from trafficking,” a legal advocate said about the new ICE facility for kids about to open at a Louisiana airport. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Caring for each other shouldn't cost you your life. It doesn't take extra to care... <>... We are here today not not out of anger and not out of hate. We are here because Renee's love and legacy demand a better world. For her children. For this community. And for this country!" #WeThePeople
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE detention, marking the 26th death in ICE custody in 2026.
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
Read this thread 🧵
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LiveSquawk @livesquawknews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meta Avoids Billions In Federal Taxes By Classifying Its Data Centres As Experimental - NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Despicable. Cruel. So damn wrong.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If U.S. law prohibits arms sales to China, why was Trump even suggesting it?? We need answers immediately.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/07/2025
So let me get this straight… Under Hegseth’s leadership, the Army is rolling out a policy that could kick out Black men for razor bumps—a medical condition that disproportionately affects us. Meanwhile, troops who refused the COVID vaccine? They got waivers. Sympathy. Career protection. 🧵
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My God. This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s. Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can. If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 28/09/2026
My friend's office is next door, I wasn't sure where she was at the time. Just heard from her and thankfully she is unharmed. What is happening in Kyiv right now is truly horrific. Millions of people are at risk of dying at any time. I'm not quite sure this really comes across, abroad.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian forces delivered around 4,000 kg of food to 100 locations in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The report says Russian troops shoot down aid drones, seize or resell food intended for children and elderly residents, and detain people receiving packages. #Ukraine
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 26/09/2026
Residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky are facing severe food shortages, with reports of civilians eating grass and weeds, Ukraine’s FM Sybiha says. Medicine, clean water, electricity and medical care are increasingly unavailable. He called for humanitarian access and evacuation. #Ukraine
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Iowa GOP governor candidate Zach Lahn campaigns as a “family farmer” and rails against out-of-state investors. But records reviewed by MeidasTouch paint a very different picture.
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Zach Lahn is a Millionaire Investor Who is Running a Misleading Campaign Claiming to Be a Family Farmer
Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn claims to be a family farmer, but in reality he is an investor and political consultant who doesn't live on his farm
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency. (Published July)
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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 24/09/2026
Diesel is at an all-time high, grocery prices keep rising, and more than 167,000 pounds of meat have been recalled nationwide. What’s Donald Trump focused on? Putting his name on Ford’s Theatre.
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3 things to know about rising diesel prices and how they affect you
Diesel prices have reached historic highs as a result of the U.S. war in Iran and Russia’s war in Ukraine, and consumers will bear the brunt of the rising cost, experts say.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)
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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's ALWAYS a tweet
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gon1613.bsky.social @gon1613.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How about the argument that the main buyer was the BoE which bought the bonds at very low rate by creating reserves that remunerates at the o/n rate so net net the government took on a lot of debt at a floating rate which hasn’t been that cheap?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WAPO: The architect quit “after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures .. .. ‘I am the code,” Trump said.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
ICE agents used excessive force to detain Luis Ochoa, an American citizen and teenager, on his way to enlist in the Marines. When his mom spoke out, they DEPORTED her. We cannot get numb to these sick fear tactics. Use your voice & your vote to force a CHANGE!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Update on Venezuelan man shot by ICE. Phone privileges revoked, bullet still lodged in back, not receiving adequate medical care. www.kut.org/austin/2026-...
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Austin man shot by ICE will not face immediate deportation, judge rules
The 28-year-old man who was shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin on Sunday has still not received adequate medical care, his lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said ...
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW CNN/SSRS poll: Trump’s handling of foreign affairs: 29% approve 67% disapprove Trump’s Iran war decisions: 18% say they’re helping the U.S. 70% (!!!) say they’re hurting the U.S
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 21/09/2026
A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You fundamentally just cannot fight and win a war like this. There isn’t a military on earth that could effectively operate when your leadership is waffling back and forth on decisions on a daily basis for months on end. It’s not sustainable. None of this is sustainable.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
People forget this. Trump supported Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. He called it genius and savvy.👇
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