Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 12hUkraine is moving the Lyman front again. Open-source reports indicate advances near Yampil and Torske. The full extent remains unconfirmed. This is Ukrainian land. Every confirmed gain means less of it remains under an invading army. Support link is in our Bio. 28818
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Democracy USA @oilgaschemicals.bsky.social · 16hHey Texans... Rapepublicans have been carelessly running your state for over 20 years.. Isn't it time for a change Talarico is not a criminal seeking office to continue to commit crimes with your tax dollars. Ken Paxton is... TIME FOR A CHANGE... 11540531141
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 15hWestminster simply can’t be trusted to deliver for Scotland. Scotland needs independence. 912559
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.The SNP @snp.org · 13hAndy Burnham believes Westminster control is what's best for Scotland. If he's so certain, let’s have a referendum, let the people of Scotland decide, and see who is right. www.snp.org/burnham-indy...snp.orgBurnham IndyRef blunders expose his own fear & hypocrisy — Scottish National PartyIf Andy Burnham is so supremely confident in the strength of his position, why won’t he test it in a referendum? 15928
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.plantfanatic80.bsky.social @plantfanatic80.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If the potus can declare a threat to annihilate a whole demographic, and NOT be arrested; WhyTF will saying "Free Palestine" get ME arrested?!? 20631187
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18hCollins Nails Jennings.......👏🏻 533128583648
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol. 21135031073
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Beg to differ @begtodiffer.bsky.social · 17hThis morning I saw a post that said if the Cornell 7 had said “FREE PALESTINE” instead of FREE PU$$Y” they would’ve all been expelled. That is the sad truth. What an ugly world we have created for ourselves. 281071365
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Jim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 12hIndependence MSP's 1999 - 36 2003 - 34 2007 - 49 2011 - 71 2016 - 69 2021 - 72 2026 - 73 SNP has won 5 Holyrood elections in a row, Labour had their worst ever election & Tories fell to 4th. Independence MSP's have been the majority since 2011. If that's not a mandate what is? 35634
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 13hNATO Drones: Swarm or Be Swarmed | "Ukraine already uses drone swarm systems; NATO needs to follow, and swiftly." Alex Fink and James Westlake cepa.org/article/nato-drones-swarm-…cepa.orgNATO Drones: Swarm or Be SwarmedUkraine already uses drone swarm systems; NATO needs to follow, and swiftly. These capabilities are already reshaping warfare. 063
Jim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 12hIndependence MSP's 1999 - 36 2003 - 34 2007 - 49 2011 - 71 2016 - 69 2021 - 72 2026 - 73 SNP has won 5 Holyrood elections in a row, Labour had their worst ever election & Tories fell to 4th. Independence MSP's have been the majority since 2011. If that's not a mandate what is? 35634
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 14h1/ What does it take to become 'meat' in the Russian army? The bottom line, observes one Russian warblogger, is that anyone can become a disposable assault trooper for use in a suicidal attack – it just depends on your commander's attitude and who you might have annoyed. ⬇️ 1123740
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Jim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 22hDon't think so 074
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 20hOTD in 1938 Nazi Germany started occupying the Sudetenland. The west tried to appease Hitler by giving him bits of someone else's country without asking the owners. It didnt work & led to a terrible war. Imagine it happening today.... 15681205
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 22hUkraine intercepted 87 of 107 drones launched by Russia during the night. 63 of the UAVs were jet powered, but there's no exact breakdown of how many jets were shot down. The minimum % success if 82.9, with at least 2 drones still flying when this update was issued. 11 places were hit. 1647
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21hOTD in 1946 Julius Streicher was found guilty of crimes against humanity. Specifically, he continued spouting hate & propaganda against Jews even after being well aware of genocide against them. Who's your favorite tankie who might need to lawyer up one day? 3040162
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/10/2026⚡Ukraine urges US sanctions on suppliers to Russia’s Rassvet satellite network Ukraine is urging the United States to sanction Russian companies supplying components for Rassvet, Moscow's planned Starlink-like satellite internet network, under the newly enacted Lindsey O. Graham sanctions law.kyivindependent.comUkraine urges US sanctions on suppliers to Russia’s Rassvet satellite networkKyiv fears that once Russia completes the satellite constellation, Moscow could use the network to obtain real-time information for strikes against Ukraine. 324158
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is Tim, back with you for the 1,681st time with a daily thread, covering all the big news about Ukraine, in one handy thread. Fact checked and analysed, and never missed a day, from someone who stood on Maidan in 2013-14. Day 1681 - let's go! 1035188
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 22hThe most important thing we can do today, beyond empty words, is show gratitude and humility towards the people who have the courage to defend. Buy them a coffee. Say a kind word. Give them a lift. Help them find a job after service. Bring them to a conference abroad. 1355
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Jim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Scottish Labour MPs cheering a PM who says he's going to weaken Scottish pensions to help fund social care in England is just bizarre. This will hang around Scottish Labour necks until the next general election. Meanwhile Scottish energy bills are going to skyrocket." MSM_MONITOR 23122
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Novocastrum @novocastrianufc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#NUFC #ManCity 26892270
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/09/2026⚡️ Russian troops confiscate Ukrainian drone-delivered food in occupied Oleshky as civilians injured by mines while trying to flee, officials say.kyivindependent.comRussian troops confiscate Ukrainian drone-delivered food in occupied Oleshky as civilians injured by mines while fleeing, officials sayFour people were attempting to leave the town when they stepped on a mine and were injured, while a man collecting nuts was killed by another mine, the local military administration said. 10270114
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Burnham's crude emotional manipulation in linking the death of his father to John Swinney's claim he will be the last UK PM inadvertently revealed the poverty of Westminster's arguments against Scottish independence. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/b...weegingerdug.wordpress.comBurnham’s crude emotional manipulation reveals the poverty of Westminster’s caseThe only living politician mentioned by Andy Burnham during his jam tomorrow speech to the Labour party conference was John Swinney, and that was only in order to take a nasty, underhanded and emot… 815083
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026Nine Americans have been killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank since 2022. trib.al/JEL6WB3trib.alJohn Fetterman Helps GOP Block Probe Into Israeli Murders of AmericansNine Americans have been killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank since 2022. 18183115
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔... 13274602074
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.icaledonia.bsky.social @icaledonia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The UK is never joining the EU as it will never follow the EU legislation on taxation of worldwide assets 162
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Dee the KittyServant @mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why did he take the call from John Swinney, if his (Burnham's) father had just died? He clearly had a full conversation with JS, so that tells me, it was BEFORE Burnham knew his father had died, otherwise, the call wouldn't have happened. My GOD I am FUMING at the cynicism of that! FUMING! 3148
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He voted for it. It's his government's policy. But he says he knows nothing about it. 2017669
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did you know “Trumpery” is a real English word that has fallen out of use? We really need to bring it back because it is astonishingly accurate. 40385132
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.radgrapes.bsky.social @radgrapes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What genocide looks like by every possible definition of the word genocide. 27742
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex... 501072315
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/09/2026⚡ Update: Russia sends NATO new nuclear threat over Kaliningrad as tensions rise. Russia told NATO it would be ready to use nuclear weapons if alliance members attempt to isolate Kaliningrad Oblast, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart told the Kyiv Independent.kyivindependent.comRussia sends NATO new nuclear threat over Kaliningrad as tensions riseRussia told NATO it would be ready to use nuclear weapons if alliance members attempt to isolate Kaliningrad Oblast, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart told the Kyiv Independent Sept. 30. 2714841
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2632209575714
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wouldn’t disagree with much that Burnham said today in what was an excellent speech. But… 90% of the substance is focused on England catching up with Scotland (Bus fares, rail nationalisation, water in public control, free social care and PR in elections). Not much for Scotland except Unionism! 89555
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So if Burnham is going to prove John Swinney wrong then let's have a referendum sign the petition below You’re receiving this email because you created the petition: “Call a referendum on Scottish independence”. Dear William Mutter, 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78... 62317
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career. 1151159164503
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fire Point's CEO Iryna Terekh says Ukraine's domestically produced ballistic missiles will be used on Russia very soon. Get your popcorn ready! 2640173
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 891263809059
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again. 859295968620
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETaxamericasvoicecnn.substack.comCHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive. 769643317
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Violence against women and girls is an epidemic and I have pledged my personal leadership to tackling it - that means listening and driving urgent action across government and society. This morning I will be taking your calls on BBC Radio Scotland on this issue. 36720
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...commondreams.orgImpeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads | Common DreamsDemocrats in Congress demand answers and accountability for Trump's misuse of taxpayer dollars for "illegal" ads. 341606656
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As we talk about what happened at Cornell, please take a moment to learn about how a young LSU student is fighting for help against that school’s storied football program 9333351449
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office 1141346579
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising. 31688471616
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Actually the biggest lesson from the Schmitt debacle is that Republicans have so internalized and learned to justify Trump’s corruption and disdain for ethics, they assume everyone is corrupt and stupid. They cannot imagine an honest public servant. 1732564
Reposted by Jim Russell 🏴.Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ukraine is to buy tens of thousands of 20mm shells for F-16s to stop drones It's proven one of the most cost-effective methods of air defence though it takes on average 150 shells to destroy a single drone. Despite the huge volume needed, it's more realistic than Patriot missiles. 37115