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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Linda C. MacConnell @lindamacconnell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Morning, friends🫂🫂 Even though I wasn’t in constant danger tonight, it was still hard. Every time I tried to sleep, I heard explosions that didn’t exist. I kept thinking about ballistics and checking the news. And unfortunately, they really hit my poor Kyiv again💔
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/09/2026
⚡️'Irreparable tragedy' — Mother, 2 children killed in Russian strike on Kyiv Oblast. A 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl were killed by a Russian drone strike the evening of Sept. 19, regional authorities said.
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'Irreparable tragedy' — Mother, 2 children killed in Russian strike on Kyiv Oblast
A 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl were killed by a Russian drone strike the evening of Sept. 19, regional authorities said.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Garcia: There’s a group of Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors that are here in Dallas. And the survivors are saying that they are also disgusted that Todd Blanche is out there giving speeches while refusing criminal convictions, while refusing to release the rest of the files.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
share.google/AWA0QowotTF2... The RNLI is one of those institutions that make me proud to be British - join me in donating to show your support
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Farage has insisted he and his aides “had done nothing illegal” and that no money changed hands” “Detectives have assessed the information provided and determined that there are potential offences requiring investigation” Hmm 🤔 who to believe? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations after undercover sting
Nigel Farage has insisted he and his aides ‘had done nothing illegal’ and that no money changed hands – but the Met says ‘there are potential offences requiring investigation’
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Says it all really - two tier Reform" via Eric Jones
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Bryan Behar @bryanbehar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Could you imagine anyone else in the history of history, let alone the President of the United States, so blatantly defiling the memory of our fallen brethren? What a terrible, broken person.
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Zeteo UK @zeteo.uk · 07/09/2026
A protester was struck over the head with a walking stick at Reform UK’s conference. Lee Anderson joked about a “quick whip-round” for the man whose stick was damaged. The bigger issue is what political leaders legitimise when they laugh at violence against protesters.
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PeteGulls @gullssinceaboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nigel Farage’s promise of extreme authoritarian govt. Scum of the earth.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 07/09/2026
Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources 📝 Our investigation published in April...
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Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
These religious leaders were arrested for protesting ICE. Looks like fascism to me. This was in Vermont
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“A party accused of plotting how to get around the law is now promising to impose a “national emergency” so that judges and officials will not get in its way. That is a telling and ominous reveal about how Reform understands power” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on Reform’s funding scandal: Nigel Farage has questions to answer | Editorial
Editorial: An undercover investigation raises issues around foreign money, political transparency and the rightwing populist party’s fitness for power
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It seems a very apposite time to ask Richard Tice to explain why he needs to head a company with no employees and no products, that appears to do nothing other than receive large amounts of money which it then swiftly transfers to the accounts of Reform Ltd.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So Orr has gone from “having immense power” in ReFuk to being designated a mere ”contractor” by matey Nige in the space of 24 hrs. Jukes goes back to UKIP days with Nige Definitely up close & personal Who says the “suspensions” will be along the lines of 😉 “Don’t worry mate. Well look after you”?
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Mr. Bean Winks
ALT: Mr. Bean Winks
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nice for the people of Clacton to know Farage can’t hold surgeries there because he’s too busy quaffing champagne and eating oysters while talking about how to get around the law to take £millions in donations. Man of the people.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“In a meeting over oysters and wine in his Clacton constituency, Mr Farage… said the polling was “amazing” and provided “bang for buck” adding “It worked. Boom.” Corrupt polling. Corrupt funding. Nigel Farage - prison James Orr - prison Dan Jukes - prison channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Protesters in Danbury are demanding ICE get out and to shut down operations. The Danbury community is not backing down. 62 fathers, sons, brothers, mothers, daughters, sisters taken in four days. Goons tasing neighbors, breaking windows, arresting parents in front of their children.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Reform UK, which promises to "defend free speech" at all costs, has again banned Byline Times from its conference
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If the people of Clacton thought Farage would spend a bit more time representing them in the House of Commons second time round, it seems they're going to be disappointed.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK Conference Ban List Michael Crick Anna Isaac - Guardian Peter Geoghegan - Democracy for Sale Ethan Shone - Open Democracy Isabella Link - Politics UK Ed Campbell - The Nerve Imran Mulla - Middle Eastern Eye Will Hayward - Guardian There’s a reported 50 journalists banned.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE went to a nightclub in Memphis around 1 AM and reportedly loaded more than 100 people onto buses and vans.
We are at the point where federal immigration agents can descend on a space in the middle of the night, detain masses of people, and leave families scrambling to figure out where their loved ones were taken.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Tacoma, Washington. What the fuck are we doing here? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency
ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RELEASE THE UNREDACTED TRUMPSTEIN FILES TODAY, TODD BLANCHE AND DONNIE DIPSHIT...
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Rachel Smith @ladybelmont.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Could this policy fix the care system and slash student debt at the same time?
Andy Burnham is in need of radical proposals. A ‘care first’ year in exchange for 50% off fees could be just what he needs
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ICE ripped 50,000 human beings from their homes and disappeared them into cages last month. 50,000 empty dinner tables. 50,000 cold beds. State-sponsored terror disguised as policy. Silence is complicity. We cannot look away. Fight back.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
STARS & STRIPES: “A further 60 🇺🇸 service members wounded in the Iran war were added to the Pentagon’s count of military casualties in recent days, bringing the total number of service members killed or injured to 775…” www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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Kacey325 @kacey325.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This family should never have experienced this tragedy. Too many people aren't talking about women dying, especially Black women, because of abortion bans. Too many folks forget that pregnancy is already dangerous. Abortion bans just put women at a much higher risk for death.
Since 2022, maternal mortality has skyrocketed by 56 percent in the state. Black women have died at the highest rate. In 2023, they were 2.5 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes in Texas than white women, according to an analysis of federal health data by the Gender Equity Policy Institute.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent charged in nonfatal shooting.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/08/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: An attorney says his client suffered a brain bleed and traumatic brain injury after a violent ICE apprehension, then woke up in a hospital with no memory of what happened. His family didn't know where he was for days. Now his lawyer is demanding answers.
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Lawyer Says ICE Detainee Suffered Brain Bleed After Violent Apprehension, Was Guarded by Agents Instead of Given Private Medical Care
MeidasTouch has obtained a detailed narrative from the attorney representing Jose Mejia Hernandez, describing a violent apprehension by immigration
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🔥Senator @ossoff.senate.gov : “There’s something uniquely despicable about lying 🇺🇸 into war… and while sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, Trump sleeps through meetings, golfs, trades stocks… he wants to build his ballroom & fly with Natalie 👀 on their apparently defenseless flying palace.”
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I see Fraser Nelson makes the same point I did yesterday frasernelson.substack.com/p/six-flaws-...
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I wonder why they waited until after the by-election? #PIP #ReformUK
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
So Farage waited until after the Clacton by-election to tell them he would remove £50 BILLION of their benefits.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"t’s almost like everything we warned you about Reform was true… 😬 Behind the matey schtick, Nigel will sell Clacton down the river in a heartbeat. He’s not your friend" via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
SPOTTED IN NASHVILLE…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A big part of these proposals is to make employers take out insurance to cover employee sickness costs, removing that obligation from state. I’m sure the fact Arron Banks runs an insurance company is just a coincidence.
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Reform proposes £50bn welfare bill cut with changes to disability payments system Pip
The party's proposed changes were they to come to power include a replacement for the disability payments system Pip.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 13/08/2026
ICE entered a small Maine town searching for someone with a removal order. Instead, an officer killed 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero—who officials admit was not the target. With no body-camera footage, furious protesters are demanding the truth. #Biddeford #ICE #Justice
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ICE Kills 26-Year-Old Who Wasn’t Even Its Target—Then Furious Protesters Flood a Tiny Maine City Demanding Answers
Joan Sebastian Guerrero was reportedly on his way to work when federal immigration officers surrounded the area near his Biddeford home. He was not the person they had come to arrest. Minutes later…
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