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Karen Topley

@kastop.bsky.social
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Welsh and working towards Welsh independence.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Loves travelling. Rejoin 🇪🇺.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A reminder for Todd Blanche and any U.S. Senator who thinks he’s fit to serve as Attorney General.
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
AOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Not only would this criminalise the use of Gaelic in Scottish elections, it would threaten to jail anyone who uses British Sign Language in a campaign video. At their first whiff of power Reform's priority is to make our democracy less accessible & threaten their political opponents.
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Reform UK have tabled an amendment to the UK Government’s elections Bill which would mean candidates using any language except English or Welsh would face up to six months in prison. This is outright discrimination, and we will stand firmly against such prejudice and ignorance.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 15/07/2026
Sounds like gender-affirming care to me.
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Trevor Stables 🇫🇷🔶🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @trevor0257.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Yes!!! #Fairvotes #PR www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Change voting system before next election, Davey urges Burnham
The Lib Dem leader urges incoming PM Andy Burnham to "be brave" to fulfil his promise to change politics.
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Farage refused the taxpayer funded security in the past Why?? Because he didn’t want security to know where he was or who he visited!! Will he accept it now….?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's a sign of how shockingly corrupt this country has become that a nominee for Attorney General is given a hearing by the Senate *the very same week* he has been referred by a judge for possible disbarment for unethical behavior. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/07/2026
Sen. Booker to Todd Blanche: "Your nomination should fail. The Attorney General's client is not the president, it's the American people. You've been protecting one person for most of your career…You should not be confirmed to this job."
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Farage sending out two of the country's most loathsome politicians, Jenrick and Zia Yusuf, to defend his integrity is bold.
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Farage literally cheered on the riots in Belfast, and now is accusing others of violent language.
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hundreds of refugees feared dead after two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN Vessels believed to have departed from Myanmar in late June, with mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboard www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Hundreds of refugees feared dead after two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UN
Vessels believed to have departed from Myanmar in late June, with mostly Muslim Rohingya minority onboard
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Just days after YouGov's latest poll showed a drop in support for Reform, this has been backed up by new polling.
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Craig Peters @lohaddotcom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We live in THE most insane timeline.
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Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Fat Nixon is a Traitor 🇺🇦 🟦🟧🚩 @lbusdoor90.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2026
If the head of US intelligence isn't able to say who won the election in 2020, then maybe he shouldn't be head of US intelligence.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Now this, This is serious politics we should ALL support. Even Scotland @johnswinney.bsky.social @richardburgon.bsky.social 👏👏👏 @snp.org @scottishgreens.org @scottishlabour.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Detainees held at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas report spoiled food, missed meals, denial of medical care, routine beatings, and near constant abuse. When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it.
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US: Deaths, Neglect in Fort Bliss Immigration Detention
People held in the immigration detention camp at the US Army’s Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas have experienced serious abu
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Labour is threatening to work with Reform UK and the Tories to block investment into the NHS, into ALN services, and so much more. They must choose if they back the people of Wales' priorities, or will they work with Reform and the Tories.
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carpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Dave Matthews condemns Houston ICE shooting in heated onstage rant: ‘Don’t pull the trigger’ www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
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Dave Matthews condemns ICE shooting in heated onstage rant: ‘Don’t pull the trigger’
52-year-old father of three Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead in Houston last week
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James Alexander @jmsalxdr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
How long do we give it before Farage quits his by-election and buggers off to America before the National Crime Agency catch up with him?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The reason why ICE agents continue to shoot people is because nothing ever happens to them when they do. They essentially have been granted full immunity for whatever they choose to do to people by a lawless regime of thugs.
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bigrde1969.bsky.social @bigrde1969.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened. We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...
The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas.

No older than 3, she was trying to smell the flowers.

At her side, a pink rolling bag.

Her father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, had just been fatally shot and yanked from a car he’d been driving. Now, he lay handcuffed in the street, where he would remain for five hours.

 “You took her dad, you took her dad!” a woman nearby yelled, according to Cecelia Humiston, 22, who witnessed the interaction in Biddeford on Monday morning.
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nlwa.bsky.social @nlwa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The man is a moron…. The MAGA administration is moronic….their policies are moronic. They are literally morons! ….let’s see if morons vote for morons (AGAIN) in the #MidTerms www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal
Government had been forced to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the US that were hit by Trump’s tariffs
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Politics UK @dailycorruption.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Money should not be buying our politics. Make it so 🙏🏼 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK would lose 85% of funding under proposed donation cap, analysis shows
Exclusive: Party would have raised £4.1m instead of £26.7m last year if £100k funding limit had been in place, Electoral Commission data suggests
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Well, that makes sense.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Good. It’s unfair and totally unethical
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Reform UK would lose 85% of funding under proposed donation cap, analysis shows
Exclusive: Party would have raised £4.1m instead of £26.7m last year if £100k funding limit had been in place, Electoral Commission data suggests
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/07/2026
I still can't believe the FBI admitted it has Epstein training videos that should have been released under the Esptein Files Transparency Act. My lawsuit continues! If you missed the live broadcast earlier, you can watch it here. Never any paywalls. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Much of the coverage of Ann Widdecombe's death is just voyeurism justified by the fact she was a politician and it may therefore be a 'political' story. Think it's just crass rubbernecking featuring frankly excessive detail in many cases.
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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reform UK ~ funded by Russia Restore - bought and paid for by an American trillionaire GB News - owned by a hedge fund in Dubai The Daily Mail - registered in Bermuda. Is that Patriotism? #NotOnOurSide ⤵️ #ReformUKLtd 🇷🇺 #RupertLowe 🇺🇸 #GBNews 🔥🇬🇧 #DailyMail 🔥🇬🇧 www.facebook.com/share/p/1H1z...
NOT ON OUR SIDE
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David__Osland @David_Osland:
So Reform UK is funded by Russia, Restore bought and paid for by an American trillionaire, GB News owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Hey Chicago! An ICE contractor is trying to buy our parking meters — and City Council decides whether that happens THIS WEEK. We've got time to stop this, but we need as many people as possible to fight back: tinyurl.com/icepark
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Nigel Farage trying to make political capital out of the death of another is a new low. Well done Farage- the bottom of the barrel isnt deep enough #farageisafraud
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
GET A GRIP Ireland is building a battery that contains no lithium. No cobalt. No rare-earth metals. Instead, it stores energy using carbon dioxide. The project is designed to hold 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, making it one of Europe’s largest long-duration energy storage systems.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Ya Think?
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A foxy dispute for today's #FoxOfTheDay , shared by @sandra345.bsky.social , thank you Sandra !
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Chef Rocky @chefrocky413.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Who doesn’t rent their spare room back to themselves to offset tax, keeping it £1 less than the amount which would trigger a required to declaration according to Parliament's reporting standards. Working class hero.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The boast of Farage was being a populist, appealing directly to the people But Reform UK policies of scrapping our NHS lower minimum wage more privatisation, tax cuts for superrich are universally unpopular And so is the corruption which surrounds Farage ... meme via Politics UK
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
You are not alone if you believe that every American should have access to good affordable health care and the best public schools. You are actually part of an American majority.
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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#TeamPedo and the #GOP must be purged.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Killing 20k green jobs reveals a wider systemic issue: weaponizing climate policy as a populist culture war. Sacrificing industrial growth for ideology leaves regional economies fragile and stranded. 📊💼👇
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The area where Reform's war on net zero is 'risking 20,000 jobs'
The party's hostile stance on climate change action is worrying businesses in a region with two Reform mayors and a green energy sector worth billions
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The new law that could criminalise journalism and free speech youtu.be/W7AmESPJ5L0?... Labiut is trying to destroy our right to information in this country.
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The new law that could criminalise journalism and free speech
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
WATCH — Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social on being detained: “The arrogance in the eyes of those settlers… the arrogance of those IDF soldiers that my tax dollars are funding… the arrogance of power, and no accountability. Total impunity.” (From @mintpressnews.bsky.social )
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