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@johnmckellar.bsky.social
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Lives on a Scottish island, burns wood and plants things in the garden. Left-wing liberal and "woke" whatever that means...all of my life. Pro Scottish independence

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
Endless corruption.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Was just on LBC with @mrjamesob.bsky.social to discuss Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from attending Conservative conference after calling such bans by Reform "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 01/10/2026
In a stark warning for the future of U.S. foreign policy, historian Timothy Snyder recently addressed the alarming trajectory of American global influence under President Donald Trump....
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Historian Sounds Alarm Over Americas Path to Superpower Self Destruction
In a stark warning for the future of U.S. foreign policy, historian Timothy Snyder recently addressed the alarming trajectory of American global influence under President Donald Trump. Speaking with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, Snyder articulated his concerns about what he terms "superpower suicide," a phrase that encapsulates his belief that the United States is eroding its own strength on multiple fronts.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
She's English born and therefore British by default. She can't be one without the other Unless, of course, she's suggesting that the three nations within Britain (four if it's the British Isles) are one and indivisible I look forward to the single nation of Europe & South America being touted next
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow. This is how it should be. 👏
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Washington State to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is 0-25. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has secured a record $131.5 million settlement from DoorDash after a NYC investigation found the company underpaid or failed to properly pay 264,000 delivery workers. 1/
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Resistenza @resistenza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More corruption.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great to see @financialtimes.com following up @lucasamin.bsky.social and @samgelder.bsky.social ‘s excellent reporting on how English police forces are dropping Palantir
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
And there you have it. Trump in the 20s.
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"... and non-British people." He lives among non-British people in Monaco. Who he doesn't want to live beside are black and brown non-British people.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Following the example of their dear leader, they just make shit up.
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omallj.bsky.social @omallj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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WutTheWut😵‍💫 RBroeck🗳️💙 @wutthewut.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
PO1135809 is a lame fuck president. Oh, and also a traitor.
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Definitely! We're on the threshold of genuine clean & inexpensive renewable energy, and here they are promoting potentially the very worst and most expensive.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 20/09/2026
This is what Labour insists on calling "clean energy".
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More towards 200k years.
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MPWERED @kelvin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Tyrants and the Press" by Dave Granlund (🇺🇸). 🎯 🔥
Tyrants and the Press.
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▄▀▄▀▄▀🆂🅺🅰 🅿🆄🅽🅺 🅰🅽🅳 🅲🅾🅼🅸🅲🆂 🅽🅴🆁🅳▄▀▄▀▄▀ @skapunknerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the face of someone who is ruining the UK. It's not the people the papers want you to think His INEOS has received £166.8m+ in UK/Scottish government support, plus a £230m UK Government loan guarantee, and public support of circa £397m and avoided up to £4bn in UK tax by living in Monaco
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Sarah Brand @drsarahbrand.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well fuck off then, Jim. Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...
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It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…
Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 203 Active Voting Rights Cases: 163 Active Redistricting Cases: 40 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 82 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 81 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 www.democracydocket.com
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Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is straight out of Handmaids Tale. A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle. Don’t comply? You lose a grade. There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The narrative forming on the right that everything was going great with the Trump admin until he started the war is absurd. His approval ratings were already in the toilet before that because of everything else he was doing. The war just woke people up who don’t pay attention.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm pleased this thread has proved so popular it's such an important and relevant bit of history.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 17/09/2026
Let me correct that headline: 'Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat station off service after violent gang attacks'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat station off service after anti-migrant protest
The RNLI says it hopes to have the lifeboat station operational again as soon as possible.
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes, such a subjective comment from Evan Davis @bbcpm.bsky.social and totally inappropriate. Not least because it's just not true.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 204 Active Voting Rights Cases: 164 Active Redistricting Cases:  40 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 79 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 31 www.democracydocket.com
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Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Damn
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔴950 people have now taken Democracy for Sale's survey about big money in British politics How worried are you about politics for sale? Should donations be capped? Do take the survey - and share it! thanks 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Do BBC news work for Reform?" via Harry Eccles
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Welp! 😬 From @vjaybomb.bsky.social
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics? Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 14/09/2026
All the home nations want the option to free themselves from Brexit Britain. Remainers said Brexit could break the Union: leavers called it 'project fear'.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Washington DC federal court BLOCKS Postal Service mail-in ballot rule. First court to prohibit USPS from taking steps to allow voluntary compliance with anti-voting rule. A victory for ELG and our clients DSCC, DCCC, DNC, DGA and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries!
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@eddwilson.bsky.social hi Edd, I was wondering if you know if the Swedish election was mentioned at all this morning on #r4today ?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And what you really think is the most hackneyed bunch of Westminster talking points imaginable
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
No election fraud to be seen here.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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johnmckellar.bsky.social @johnmckellar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I've never bought a Daily Mail in my life. It's toxic and always has been. I've listened to #r4today nearly all my adult life. Nowadays, most days, I find myself listening to the Daily Mail between 06 & 09.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣
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