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Graham Jeffery

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Researcher, academic, teacher, occasional musician. Prof in Arts & Media Practice at the University of the West of Scotland. Personal views, nothing to do with my employer! linktr.ee/grahamjeffery

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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 22h
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Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing
Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health
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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also purged from the free speech absolutist Battle of Ideas:
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Still thinking about this and trying to get to the bottom of it.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 12/10/2026
HEAT PUMPS: Following today's Guardian pre-budget story saying the boiler upgrade scheme will be trimmed, it's worth looking back to last year's pre-budget Guardian story saying the scheme would be trimmed. Last time it was not, in fact, trimmed. Let's see what happens this time.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Marco Rubio is promoting troubling ideas about ‘Western civilization’ | Ted Widmer
In a recent visit to Greece, the secretary of state suggested that Europe must rediscover the values of conquest and expansion
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off
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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 12/10/2026
Gaza is "becoming an increasingly unlivable place for humans" due to Israel's large-scale military operations, a senior official from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has said.
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UNRWA warns Gaza is becoming an increasingly unlivable place
Gaza faces persistent shortages of medical supplies due to delivery restrictions. Hygiene conditions also remain dire.
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Dr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
30,000 job losses in one of the few sectors we are still genuinely world-leading, and zero national conversation beyond tuition fees and loans. UK Higher Ed is sinking and apparently no-one has noticed.
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Nick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Today, the Telegraph can exclusively reveal that people who've got nowt often live near each other in less well off neighbourhoods. More as we get it.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/10/2026
If you are wondering why Anthropic aren't coming out and opposing statements like this, it's because they very genuinely do not care about climate responsibility and will burn absolutely whatever they can get their hands on to keep the grift going. www.capitalbrief.com/article/anth...
Anthropic’s $32b Queensland data centre to run on coal and gas power until renewables are built
I frontier lab Anthropic’s first Australian data centre at Zerra DC’s proposed $32 billion project in regional Queensland will be powered by coal and gas as a bridge until renewables to support the facility are built.

Wambo Cattle Company managing director Max Winders, the owner of the land Zerra plans to build on, told Capital Brief he expects fossil fuels to power the massive project for the foreseeable future.

“I think we’ll be using fossil fuels for quite a long time in Queensland, anyhow, certainly enough to be able to get the power to drive the data centres,” he said.

Winders said that he believed that the concessions Queensland Premier David Crisafulli negotiated “at National Cabinet was critical” for ensuring the Western Downs development has the best chance of being built.

“In all likelihood, they’ll just link up to the grid, sign a contract with the state energy provider, and then, likely draw the power from the coal plants that are already there.”
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Imagine how much coverage this would get if Gove were Green - or if she were Black
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
”A new analysis says that heat pumps avoided a staggering €9.7 billion in import costs alone last year.” #EnergyCrisis www.euronews.com/2026/06/22/e...
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Heat pumps are saving Europe billions by lowering gas imports
A new analysis says that heat pumps avoided a staggering €9.7 billion in import costs alone last year.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
just wait for the oligarchs to start talking about a new Geneva convention to protect data centers. suddenly they’ll be really into intl law. lol. but also not lol.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Michael Gove recently split up with his girlfriend Lola Salem. We wonder why?
RICHARD EDEN: Michael Gove splits from French lover 26 years his junior

By RICHARD EDEN, DIARY EDITOR

PUBLISHED: 23:00, 2 October 2026 |

UPDATED: 08:24, 3 October 2026

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The gulf in their ages - he, at 59, is 26 years her senior - inspired much attention when their romance first bloomed, though arguably not as much as the disparity in their respective physical charms.

After all, far from placing himself in the same bracket as Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Gove has instead spoken candidly about what he considers his deficiencies in 'looks, charisma, all the rest of it'.

Now, however, the former Tory Cabinet minister's relationship with his girlfriend, the French academic Dr Lola Salem, has ended after two years.

'They've parted,' a chum tells me, adding that Gove has moved out of the west London flat they shared. 'The split happened some time ago, but all parties have been tight-lipped about the reasons.'Female Oxford University professor, 33, is charged with possessing indecent images of children

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PUBLISHED: 17:20, 10 October 2026 |

UPDATED: 17:25, 10 October 2026

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An Oxford University professor is facing trial after being charged with possessing indecent images of children.

Dr Lola Salem, 33, is a music lecturer at prestigious Oriel College, the oldest royal foundation college at Oxford, where King Charles is the 'official visitor' as reigning monarch.

She was suspended by the college, whose famous alumni include Sir Walter Raleigh, after they became aware of the charges in June.

She has also been barred from teaching students there and at fellow Oxford colleges Wadham and St Catherine's where she previously lectured in French.

Dr Salem has been accused of possessing indecent images of children between May 2021 and February 2023. Three of the images are classed as category B, the second most serious category, and one is classed as category C.
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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
imagining what the second headline would be if she had so much been in the same room once with a left-wing politician
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 10/10/2026
“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
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My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.
Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Burnham’s Government faces a challenge and a choice.:... living standards are projected to decline on their watch...the lowest-income households bearing the worst of the impact. The choice is whether to act sufficiently or let that happen." @andyburnham.bsky.social www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...
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How big is the living standards challenge facing Andy Burnham?
As the pressure of the cost of living crisis mounts, the Government has the opportunity to return incomes to growth for low- and middle-income households.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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‘Some aren’t going to make it’: how pressure on farmers threatens UK food security
Food producers are adding their voices to the chorus of warnings about the vulnerability of British supply chains
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
this looks like it will be an amazing and extremely important resource www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online
Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
some wisdom / insight here - worth a read www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Would I sit down with Tommy Robinson? It’s not a definite no’: lessons from people who fought the far right in the 70s, 80s and beyond
Extremists are on the rise globally – but UK activists have seen them off in the past in everything from football, politics, music and more. How did they do it?
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
GIL SCOTT-HERON in 1982 showing the side of Washington D.C. that tourists never got to see and politicians tried to imagine didn’t exist.
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
‘Overall visa applications in the crucial three-month July-to-September recruitment period are down by 24.7 per cent on 2022 levels, with 230,300 students applying in this window this year compared with 305,800 five years earlier.’
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UK student visa applications fell sharply in September
Latest Home Office statistics show student visa bids hit five-year low for pivotal recruitment month
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#BBCPM
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Tory IHT cut could cost £11bn - almost twice the advertised price
Our modelling suggests Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £7.7bn-£10.9bn a year and shift £60bn-£110bn from savings and investments into housing.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Social science figures, in one way or another, in just about every public debate (prisons, immigration, housing etc. etc.) Notably, even those who insist it is nonsense, unscientific, woke or whatever invariably rely upon their own 'social science' claims, even if not expressed or examined as such.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UK has c.30K SocSci academics, supported by taxpayers, c.900K SocSci students & many UK unis are highly globally ranked for SocSci. Surely it's not too much to expect the BBC to devote 30 minutes a week, for part of the year, to it? [Disclosure, FWIW: I've appeared on TA a couple of times]
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Coming on top of the axing of The World Tonight it really seems as if #BBC are determined to wreck R4. Especially depressing that Thinking Allowed will go - SFAIK it's the only programme in UK media dedicated to (mainly academic) social science research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours
The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.
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Patrick Hurley @patrickhurley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have today written to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about the future of the BBC.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Also last chance for apply for a part time lectureship in art @uniwestscotland.bsky.social - details here, again please share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTB030/l...
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Lecturer in Art at University of the West of Scotland
Ayr Campus with travel to Paisley (Deployment on other campuses may be required) Part time: 17.5 hours per week Fixed term: 24 months This role may be...
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTE389/l... unlike lots of other bits of UK higher education , we are actually recruiting and looking for an enthusiastic and committed colleague to join a very high quality, industry facing team — details at link above, please share.
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Lecturer in Television Production at University of the West of Scotland
Ayr Campus Full time: 35 hours per week This role may be eligible at this time for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If requiring visa...
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 01/10/2026
Over the past two decades, pensioner incomes have grown by 20 per cent, while those of working-age families have grown by just 7 per cent ➡️ buff.ly/FY93tV6
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 01/10/2026
'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwaves
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'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwaves
Glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume in 2026 after a "devasting year" marked by intense heatwaves and low snowfall, according to a study.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
that's about £28m a day renewables have saved the UK sending to petrostates since the start of the US-Israel war in Iran
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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Church of Thatcherism and the Cult of the Blessed Margaret.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The UK Government are facing renewed calls to end the proscription of Palestine Action, following Ed Miliband's admission that people opposing genocide in Palestine 'were right' 🗣️ 'That acknowledgement will ring hollow as long as Labour maintains the ban'
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'You were right': Ed Miliband comments fuel calls to end Palestine Action ban
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by [Facebook's] automatic system” and are filtered out." Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
am inclined to agree with this
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Sixteen English councils spend more than 80% of core funding on social care
Councils collectively spent record 71.9% of core spending on adult and children’s care last year, analysis shows
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Edinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sector
Students at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching as sector struggles with rising financial uncertainty
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's even worse than this, as they don't then do the self-styled 'pragmatism' right. The argument is you can do another wave of fossil fuel development - be it drilling or runways - and still reach net zero, but they won't put proper legal guardrails in place or invest properly in carbon removals.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
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Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Final point: the Ruelles Vertes is not just green infrastructure, it’s social infrastructure, cultural infrastructure, traffic-calming infrastructure etc. Montreal shows us that an any city’s alley system can be repurposed into something much greater than a place to store the garbage.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These sound like non-trivial problems.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Horrendously dystopian, but absolutely on point for the Blair brandwagon www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work
Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OUTRAGEOUS scenes outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday! But it’s nothing new... In the UK, OVER 3,500 people have been arrested, with MORE THAN 2,250 formally charged under TERROR LAWS for PEACEFULLY PROTESTING the ban on Palestine Action.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026
NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...
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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thames Water is an utter disgrace. Incompetent, complacent, greedy, and they take the public for fools. Renationalise it now and make the investors who have taken billions from customers, and delivered appallingly substandard 'infrastructure' pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’
Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rayner is correct: these proposals are economically damaging and politically counterproductive. Pretty clear that view is now almost universal in the Cabinet/Labour Party and the informed public. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Angela Rayner condemns Labour’s migrant visa crackdown
Speaking before the party conference, the housing secretary says Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plans would affect care workers
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Q: Mr Sununu, would you have voted for a war powers resolution in the Senate? JOHN SUNUNU:🚶🚶🚶 Q: Would you admit that Trump’s war was a bad decision, or are you just going to do everything that Trump tells you to do? JOHN SUNUNU:🚶🚶🚶
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