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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/09/2026
GOP Representative Thomas Massie has emerged as outspoken critic of war on Iran and overseas military interventions.
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Republican congressman calls to impeach US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth
GOP Representative Thomas Massie has emerged as outspoken critic of war on Iran and overseas military interventions.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Trump Rejects Calls to Regulate A.I. as a ”SICK Conspiracy” and ”HOAX”
President Trump has rejected calls to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, calling warnings about the threat of superintelligent machines a ”HOAX.” Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trum...
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Jake @djjakej.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is a crime against humanity! A crime!
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Whistleblower Says Federal Agents Broke Laws in Trump-Ordered Search for “Unlawful Voters”
A whistleblower is alleging federal agents may have broken state laws in a wide-ranging search for alleged unlawfully registered voters. The whistleblower reached out to California Democratic Senator ...
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Vance says US war on Iran will enter 'much different phase' in coming months - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Vance says US war on Iran will enter 'much different phase' in coming months
<article data-history-node-id="447771" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/vance-says-us-war-iran-will-enter-much-different-phase-coming-months" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/vance-says-us-war-iran-will-enter-much-different-phase-coming-months" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Vance says US war on Iran will enter 'much different phase' in coming months</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>US Vice President JD Vance said that Washington has completed its objectives for the&nbsp;first phase of the war on iran, adding that the conflict will enter a new one in the coming months.</p> <p>"We can’t predict the future, but I think the president is right to say that this thing will enter a much different phase in a couple of months," he told the New York Post.&nbsp;</p> <p>"There are really two phases to this thing, and the first phase is done," Vance said. "The first phase was destroy the nuclear program, destroy their conventional military, destroy their ability to project power in a way that they were able to even a couple of years ago."</p> <p>He added that the&nbsp;second phase would ensure that Tehran is "not able to rebuild and try to maintain as much global stability in the wake of that".</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Iran’s IRGC Claims It Shot Down Two U.S. Drones Over the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it shot down two more U.S.-operated MQ-1 drones over the Strait of Hormuz, and says an oil tanker exploded and caught fire after colliding with mines. The...
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
CD Palestino (Chile) supporters are backing their team in Argentina.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
German police punch a young peaceful pro-Palestine woman in the face after detaining her.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“Thousands are sailing, refugees welcome.” 📍Celtic FC, Scotland
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helent1.bsky.social @helent1.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
At The Telegraph, support for Israel is now mandatory open.substack.com/pub/owenjone...
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At The Telegraph, support for Israel is now mandatory
The new owners have made support for Israel a core principle
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helent1.bsky.social @helent1.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
At The Telegraph, support for Israel is now mandatory open.substack.com/pub/owenjone...
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At The Telegraph, support for Israel is now mandatory
The new owners have made support for Israel a core principle
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My latest blog piece. With the revelation from Malcolm Offord that Sarwar approached him suggesting Labour and Reform work together, it's now clear, Labour cannot be trusted to keep out Reform. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/l...
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Labour can’t be trusted not to do a deal with Reform
I don’t usually pay too much attention to leaders’ debates in the run up to elections. They are invariably too shouty with the leaders vying to talk over the top of each other. Anas Sar…
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
On the wall of an anti-fascist boxing gym: “Every day you don’t train, a fascist does.”
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A great photo from Havana, Cuba.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The biggest story in Scottish politics today is Malcolm Offord's claim that Anas Sarwar approached him offering a deal between Reform and Labour to keep the SNP out of power. The Scotsman and even BBC Scotland news have it as their lead story, but The Herald seems to be doing its best to ignore it.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I haven't seen the newspaper front pages on BBC online but here's a screenshot of their Scottish news page. The Offord/Sarwar story is the main story.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
There's nothing up this morning when most people will be expecting news from an event held yesterday evening.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
You said that about not working with the Tories prior to the Scottish local elections but then went on to work with them anyway. If Offord's claim was made in isolation you might be on stronger ground, but there are multiple reports Labour is prepared to work with Reform to keep out the SNP.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Labour is in damage limitation mode, denying Offord's claim Sarwar offered to do a deal with Reform. If Offord's claim was in isolation, Labour might be on stronger ground dismissing it as a lie, but there have been multiple reports from independent sources that Labour would do a deal with Reform.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I'm not remotely surprised by Labour's lack of principle.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Despite Sarwar's furious denials, there is plenty of evidence Labour in Scotland is prepared to do a deal with Reform, and it has all been detailed in the same Scottish media which today is giving Sarwar a platform from which to clutch his pearls. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/t...
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The overwhelming evidence that Labour is willing to do a deal with Reform
Sometimes events happen which define an entire election campaign, last night Reform’s Malcolm Offord responded to Anas Sarwar’s assertion that he’d never do a deal with Reform bec…
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Offord doubles down on his claim about Anas Sarwar approaching him to say Labour and Reform must work together, and is backed up by a witness to the conversation. www.thenational.scot/news/2602395...
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Malcolm Offord gives full story on 'Anas Sarwar's pact offer'
MALCOLM Offord has doubled down on his claim that the Scottish Labour leader said their parties should “work together” to “get rid of the…
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Manchester-based anti-fascist football supporters called for participation in the demonstration against the far right set to take place on April 18.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
SNP and Scottish Green supporters watching as Sarwar and Offord call one another liars. There's nothing like watching a fight between two loathsome individuals and knowing both will lose.
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a woman with red hair is wearing a red t-shirt with a picture of a teapot on it
Alt: a woman with red hair is wearing a red t-shirt with a picture of a teapot on it and eating popcorn while bobbing her head as if she's dancing.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Interesting* that BBC Scotland didn't mention in its report on the Sarwar/Offord fight that Offord has a witness who has gone on record to say Offord was telling the truth. No mention either of the numerous media reports about Labour plotting to do a deal with Reform. *Totally predictable
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I'm no polling expert but this new MRP poll of Holyrood voting intention looks like bollocks. There is no planet on which Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a contest between Reform and the Lib Dems. This poll also has the Greens standing in every constituency. www.thenational.scot/news/2602325...
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New poll predicts winner in all 73 Scottish seats – see the map
A NEW poll has predicted the winners in all of Scotland’s constituencies – suggesting Scottish Labour and Reform UK could pick up several seats.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Sarwar has said that Offord is lying because Sarwar wasn't in Paisley that night, he was in a Pizza Hut in Woking.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump issues fake pardons for fake electors
The president can't pardon cronies facing state charges. He's trying anyway.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
“Get out of here, You kill Palestinians. You Sons of b*tches kill people and come here to spend your holidays.” In Galicia, a restaurant owner refused to serve Israelis and kicked them out of the restaurant.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I've been getting pushback from Labour loyalists for my last posts. I'll just say this. I'm physically disabled. I depend on my husband, a foreign national with ILR, for support with mobility & daily living. Since Starmer got in the fear & anxiety I experienced under the Tories has only got worse.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Actor Bryan Cranston (Walter White) on Donald Trump: “I think he is dangerous and quite frankly I don’t think he’s that smart. I really don’t. I think he knows how to sell himself. And that’s because of his narcissism. He cannot allow himself not to be seen as a winner.”
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
A group of demonstrators targeted Keysight Technologies in Edinburgh, Scotland. Keysight supplies electronic components to Elbit’s factory in Leicester, which manufactures military drones for Israel.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
An anti-fascist, anti-zionist football legend: Eric Cantona.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“Ireland stands with Palestine”
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Another day, another Labour attack on disabled people. The scheme is devolved in Scotland, the tax exemptions which Reeves is proposing to axe are not, but Scot Gov has not been consulted. Anything to avoid raising taxes on the wealthiest, eh? www.thenational.scot/news/2560765...
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Chancellor warned Motability cut will cause 'significant' costs for disabled Scots
SCOTLAND’S Social Justice Secretary has urged the Chancellor not to slash the Motability car scheme, warning of the significant costs for disabled…
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The National @thenationalnews.com · 09/11/2025
Officials hope their participation will boost turnout in a race that has drawn more than 7,700 candidates for 329 seats.
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Early voting begins in Iraq's national election | The National
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The National @thenationalnews.com · 09/11/2025
Iraq is witnessing a record number of women candidates in this year’s election, with more than 2,200 standing for parliament.
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Record number of women running in Iraq election despite financial and social challenges | The National
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The National @thenationalnews.com · 09/11/2025
More than 400 flights have been grounded in the Philippines ahead of the anticipated arrival of Super Typhoon Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan.
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Philippines cancels hundreds of flights in preparation for Super Typhoon Fung-wong | The National
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
My latest blog piece. Joani Reid and the rat pack. Labour's MP for East Kilbride and Stathaven has become one of those people that her late great grandfather Jimmy Reid warned us about weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/j...
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Joani Reid and the rat-pack
Maybe it’s something in the water in East Kilbride and Strathaven, but the Westminster constituency seems to be cursed with morally bankrupt MPs. The present constituency boundaries are new a…
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/10/2025
Clashes come as tensions escalate over an air strike on Kabul that the Taliban blames on Islamabad.
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Taliban, Pakistani forces trade heavy fire along Afghanistan border
Clashes come as tensions escalate over an air strike on Kabul that the Taliban blames on Islamabad.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
It’s a sign of how far to the right British politics have been driven that the extremist idea of leaving the ECHR is now mainstream. The correct response by a journalist when a British politician says they want to leave the ECHR ought to be an incredulous: "Are you out of your tiny mind?"
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The two anti-fascist supporter groups of Colombia’s Atlético Nacional, Los Rebeldes and Nación Verdolaga, are together. They are anti-zionist and anti-fascist.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"Throw Nazis Out of Football" 📍AEK Athens, Greece
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
América de Cali, Colombia
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
#England - Sunderland have donated a box at the Stadium of Light to the Bradley Lowry foundation. The foundation will use the box to invite sick and underprivileged children to watch matches throughout the season.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"Stop the genocide" 📍Bologna FC, Italy
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I live in South Ayrshire and can confirm that cooncillor's statement is - to use a technical economics term - a load o shite
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
German police punch an anti-genocide woman in front of the cameras.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
My latest blog post, Scotland stands at a fork in the road, democracy and decency with independence or impoverishment and authoritarianism in the UK. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...
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The fork in the road
It’s customary to describe every upcoming election as critical. That’s always been the case with Scottish independence, as should the pro-independence parties fail to win a majority in …
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
“PALESTINA VENCERÁ” 📍Celta Vigo, Galicia
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