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@jboutbound.bsky.social
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Boat dweller. Mountain wanderer. Two wheeler. Engineer. European, centrist, liberal. Hayling, Bretagne, Alpes. Mostly retired, from software and marine.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'I am saying that Brexit has caused more harm than good. I think about 6 out of 10 of the public agree with that' says Andy Burnham on Today More a failure than a success 57% More a success thsn a failure 21% New @britishfuture.bsky.social study of what the public think now
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JB @jboutbound.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He should be already. And if he doesn't get locked up soon, then USA is truly a failed state. Unable to apply the rule of law.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Just remembered we've passed the 10th anniversary of this untruthful tweet
Boris Johnson falsely claiming that Brexit will make no difference to British citizens in the EU.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions of dollars to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Private prison company GEO Group, which runs Delaney Hall, gave $1M+ to Trump's Super PAC in 2024 and his inauguration in 2025. Not only has Trump since rewarded GEO with billions in ICE contracts, but a top former GEO executive has now been named acting ICE director. Cashing in on cruelty.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🟨 Print Edition — Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church For 18 months, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right…
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Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For 18 months, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper’s findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s claim that he refuses to associate with extreme elements of the populist right. Josiah Mortimer reports The post Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church appeared first on Byline Times .
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BradinBC🇨🇦 @bradinbc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It’s mind boggling to me that the U.S. congress just lets him keep on criming.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Ash Preston @theashpreston.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Stephen Colbert is a national treasure: The day after his show was canned after 11 years by CBS to appease a tyrant, he shows up on the Monroe, MI public access channel where he did his first Late Show broadcast in 2015.
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
AOC: “Trump is less popular than he has ever been. He is underwater on virtually every issue. If you oppose & are disgusted by what this administration is doing, you are in the company of a majority of Americans. You are not alone”
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
JB PRITZKER Could Be A Good Candidate For President........ ?
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God @thegodshow.com · 22/05/2026
Remember when Congress UNANIMOUSLY passed an act forcing release of all Epstein files and to explain all redactions? This entire admin is breaking the law. Lock THEM up!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Jacobs: The War Powers Resolution of 1973 is very clear. After 60 days, the president is required to withdraw troops from hostilities unless Congress acts. Congress has not acted, and yet it is day 73 and my constituents are still in the region.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Hell Yeah Science☄️💥⚡️💯
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/05/2026
Wow. They’re openly defending the deletion of DOJ records about a man accused in a child solicitation case who assaulted police on January 6. Truly the Epstein administration.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
MacFarlane: I'm filling a notebook with misinformation spreading about January 6th today. The idea that these cases were wrongful, no case was overturned, not a one on appeal. And lots of people appealed. They had a 100% success rate for juries at trial.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”
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Opinion | There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/05/2026
MeidasTouch: What do you make of this $1.776 billion fund— Gavin Newsom: It’s a criminal enterprise. It’s not just corruption, it’s not just graft, it’s a full-on criminal enterprise and it needs to be shut down.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby explains the "summer of savings" scheme announced by the government today
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
There is Something Terribly Wrong with the current president…..
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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Why is a 76-year-old man doing all the hard work in this moment? Where are the Millennial/Gen Z artists (ahem, Taylor Swift) to shake their audiences into sobriety about what is going on? open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
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Why is Springsteen Doing All the Hard Work?
What today's generation of best-selling artists refuses to do
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JB @jboutbound.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Reform UK are targeting low-turnout elections in May. HOPE not hate are organising locally to stop them. Find out more: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/184951/...
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HOPE not hate | Donate | Help stop Reform UK in 2026
Your donation helps fund the local organising needed to stop Reform UK from making gains this year.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Almost two-thirds of Labour members would like to see the party commit to rejoining the European Union at the next general election, exclusive polling for LabourList has revealed labourlist.org/2026/05/labo...
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Labour members back call for manifesto pledge to rejoin EU, exclusive poll reveals - LabourList
Almost two-thirds of Labour members would like to see the party commit to rejoining the European Union at…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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Marie @mhsty.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Any "extraordinarily brilliant person" would know his presidency is in free-fall after his disastrous decision to enter another endless war-of-choice in the Middle East & that on November 3rd accountability is coming for the most corrupt criminal Administration in U.S. History. tick...tick...tick
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
AOC is all sensible Americans right now, Americans who have completely lost patience with the wildly incompetent, lying loons currently running things who undermine our sanity, wealth, and wellbeing.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. Progress. But transport is still 92% fossil. Buildings: 71%. Industry: 61%. And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas imported. Switching suppliers doesn't fix this. Electrification and efficiency do. More here: rdcu.be/feOjc
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2026
They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump. Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done. Yet only one is considered a "power grab." Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In other news today the United Kingdom has regained its position as the fifth largest economy in the world, according to the latest figures www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/uk-econ...
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UK has quietly regained its position as the world’s 5th largest economy
The United Kingdom has regained its position as the fifth largest economy in the world, according to the latest figures.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/04/2026
Forget "total cost of ownership." In the UK, the average EV is now cheaper than the average ICE vehicle, up front. Sticker cost. And of course the savings just keep accumulating after that.
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Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles
Autotrader says average EV cost is £785 cheaper, in an important milestone in the move away from fossil fuels
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history. Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes. But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year. Trickle down hoax.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Clark: It is a total betrayal of what he told people: “I’m going to lower your costs. I’m going to release the Epstein files. And I will not get us into a new war.” My Republican colleagues—could stop this at any time. He chooses chaos, and they choose undying loyalty to him.
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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
So, to sum up, a couple of days ago Christina Koch became the first woman to see Earth in its entirety, and today – right now, in fact – she is the first woman to see the Moon up close, and the first woman to see the far side. 🥹
Christina Koch’s facial profile backlit by Earth in the background, through the spacecraft window
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Trump’s immigration thugs detained the wife of a newlywed soldier who was training to deploy in the next few months. ICE detentions and deaths are still at record highs. Even though it’s not in the headlines, ICE is still carrying out Trump’s campaign of cruelty. Never forget this.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The country exists because the federal government traditionally enables financial transfers from blue states to red states.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trump's assassination attempt was staged...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Dark money groups are paying influencers to spread attacks about our campaign. Voters deserve to know who is trying to manipulate our election.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
REP. BOYLE: “This administration is willfully choosing adventurism in Iran over providing for the health care of the 🇺🇸 people. It’s wrong, it makes no strategic sense, and I think it is unconscionable.”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?
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Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate
Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle. "That's just how it is."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"Always, always, always concentration camps are an end run around the existing legal system. These people that are getting rounded up because whoever’s in power wants to do something that they can’t do using the letter of the law..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...
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Opinion | What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?
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