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Marj

@marjgold.bsky.social
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Ex Galway, Dublin 🇮🇪 and UK 🇬🇧 Previously litigation lawyer, now living in Spain 🇪🇸 Parent of autistic/ADD son and trans son. FBPE🇪🇺 Deleted my twitter account 💪

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
Y’all have been in charge for decades @marshablackburn literally wtf are you talking about
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21h
Nigel Farage logic: Because of one terrorist migrant (caught, facing jail & deportation), the whole migrant system should be shut down Because of Dr Shipman, our NHS should have been closed Because Wales Reform UK leader took Russian cash, all Reform members should be jailed for treason
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 15h
Nice bit in this WAPO ballroom donor story where FCC boss Brendan Carr launches a bogus investigation into Dish Network then leverages it to force Charlie Ergen to shell out more for Trump's ballroom (the pressure on Ergen was also beneficial to AT&T and Elon Musk)
"Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Ergen in May to inform him that the agency had begun investigating EchoStar. Carr threatened to yank government licenses that were critical to the survival of the business, accusing EchoStar, owner of Dish Network, of not following through on promises it had made to upgrade its cellphone network.

The following month, Ergen met with Trump and Carr behind closed doors to discuss the investigation, according to Bloomberg. The outlet, citing unnamed sources, said the June 11 discussion included a brief exchange about Ergen’s political donations and whether he gave to candidates in both political parties.

The company referenced a June 11 meeting between Ergen and Carr in a regulatory filing and wrote that Trump “subsequently encouraged the parties involved to reach an amicable resolution.”

Ergen negotiated a deal to sell some of the company’s licenses to AT&T in August, subject to approval of the FCC and Justice Department.

Carr dropped the investigation the following month, thanking Ergen for his responses and for information he had provided.

In December, with the sale still pending, Ergen committed $12.5 million to Trump’s ballroom, according to the donation list. Records indicate Ergen requested that the source of the donation remain anonymous. The donation has not been previously reported.

He committed another $12.5 million in February, according to the list."
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 12h
#TrumpsAbuseOfPower
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11h
No, the death penalty should not still be in use in the U.S. Next question.
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Should the Death Penalty Still Be in Use in the United States?
A botched execution in Tennessee and a planned execution that might be livestreamed have renewed debate and division over capital punishment. How do you feel about the issue?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12h
Texas Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico: We need to strengthen Ukraine.We need to strengthen our NATO allies as they stand up to Russ aggression so we don't have to…I see this as a cost-saving measure.If we can stop…Putin in Ukraine,then we're not going to have to stop him elsewhere
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17h
The Tory/Farage threat to leave the ECHR would be even more damaging. “Russia will exploit the British retreat to ridicule the legitimacy of international human rights law and our voice in the world will go increasingly unheard” Beware Putin’s useful idiots. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Putin will exploit Sunak’s threat to leave ECHR over Rwanda plan, warns Gordon Brown
Leaving the ECHR would see Britain’s voice in the world go ‘increasingly unheard’, says former PM
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17h
Russia is our biggest threat warns MI5. Brexit Britain is particularly weak and isolated. Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted after the Brexit vote: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time"
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23h
Trump’s a Russian asset, Farage’s party is a racist enterprise, Putin wanted Brexit & if you tried to make a list of all the UK politicians & pundits who’ve backed all three, you’d be here for hours.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
Short version: Russia was never a hoax
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13h
I just don’t understand it. What is it about my racist party full of racist people with racist ideas that seems to attract racists?
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 12h
Greg Abbott skipped the debate, but apparently the moving trucks showed up. 😂 Gina Hinojosa: I didn’t know he’d start moving out so soon. #GinaForTexas #VivaHerAlliance
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 12h
Trump & Republicans are in very deep doo-doo, all of their own creation, jamming these terrible conditions down the American voter’s throats, the Tsunami is growing, followed closely by accountability!!!🗳️💙🗳️
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12h
Londoners are getting a pay rise. Thanks to thousands of employers signing up to the London Living Wage, Londoners will now receive at least £15.45 an hour. A fair day's work deserves a fair day's pay and I'm proud to support this campaign and help put more money in Londoners' pockets.
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 14h
Good. This is how Labour needs to approach this. It's not about negotiating optouts, but about making a virtue of what Europe enable www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Closer EU trade ties greater prize for UK than making separate deals, minister says
Exclusive: Douglas Alexander, on trade delegation to India, talks up economic benefits of joint trading arrangements with Europe
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This mother, Patricia, was pulled over and detained by masked ICE goons after dropping off her children at school in Austin, Texas this morning. She tried to explain to goons that she had another child at home alone. They pulled her into the the vehicle and and drove off.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Reminder: NO KINGS. October 17th. 👑🚫
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12h
“There is not a single sign of any overall economic damage done by Brexit” says Nigel Farage Meanwhile back on planet earth by almost every economic & financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK Is anyone seriously buying his bull****? Get the FACTS here👇 youtu.be/DQRzdz-7R8U?...
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“There is not a single sign of any overall economic damage done by Brexit” says Nigel Farage
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 12h
🚨 WATCH: ITV secretly recorded Nigel Farage as his Comms Director told him he was "protecting" a mayoral candidate by refusing to sack him over a post saying David Lammy should return to the Caribbean Farage said he's just "showing a bit of sorrow"
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
IMO the fact Mississippi is only R +5 is the wildest result here. In 2024 Trump won it by 22.9%. Its now *just* out of margin of error.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 12h
Farage promised voters the bad apples would be “long gone”. Tonight, ITV caught Reform doing the opposite: tell them to say sorry, tell them to hide it, and keep them in the party. Reform UK must publish the vetting files. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...
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Ken Ferrett @kenferrett.bsky.social · 14h
If you can be "provoked" into saying/doing something racist, the chances are that you are, in fact, racist.
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 16h
Nigel Farage Suggests Race Row Reform Candidates May Have Been 'Provoked' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
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Nigel Farage Suggests Race Row Reform Candidates May Have Been 'Provoked'
The party’s leader has been accused of “making excuses” for their behaviour.
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GreatPumpkinJames @goodplacejames.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just ... Just watch it. youtu.be/zv7CvZn2dZc
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Dummy with the Wig On Top - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15h
BREAKING: President Trump cancelled the Pentagon's planned livestream of a firing squad execution after nationwide backlash. Everyone who spoke out and pressured the administration to reverse course made a difference. But enough is enough — it's time to end the death penalty entirely.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 12h
So they're at it again 🙄 Torturing valid HMRC data to create wildly misleading headlines, designed to invoke fear and anger about immigrants. Same old, same old... (and you'll see just how old shortly!) 🧵1/28
Daily Mail Front Page headline:

4 out of 5 new jobs went to foreigners in the past decade. 

Monk debunks Stamp over the headlne
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h
🔴 NEW Reform UK’s Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling Profits By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling Profits
Quidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage's Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12h
Change often starts from the ground up, and there are hundreds of state and local candidates this year who will stand up for their communities and fight for progress. These races will help shape our future, and it’s never been more important to get involved: DLCC.org/TargetRaces
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DLCC Target Races
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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 16h
James Talarico responds to the globalist billionaire attack ads. Very nice. Ken Paxton is too corrupt and too in bed with these corrupt elites - vote Talarico.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
NEW: Trump has announced that the execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed, then found a way to whine about Obama
Screenshot of an October 15, 2026 Truth Social post by Donald Trump announcing that Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad and that the execution will not be livestreamed. Trump blames Barack Obama’s FBI for failing to act on intercepted communications before the 2009 attack that killed 13 people, and says victims’ immediate families may witness the execution in person.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h
🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical posts on Bluesky and invited me to do a video with them to air my grievances. Weird, right? I didn’t hold back. I blasted their sanewashing of MAGA extremism.
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Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump
In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
NEW Miami Herald: Two women have filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing Matt Gaetz and two others of participating in an alleged sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and traveling across state lines. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women
The lawsuit alleges the two women were supplied with drugs, traveled across state lines and were paid to have sex with men, including Gaetz.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 14h
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 18h
Reform UK Councillor Jamie Campbell, Solihull, who features in the forthcoming ITV documentary works for Jaguar Land Rover Campbell described burying pork in the ground to prevent a mosque from being built in Castle Bromwich. Not sure how he squares that with their incredible commitment to DE&I.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/10/2026
Spot on! 🎯 "I would love to rejoin the European Union, and it would be better for our country," said Jess Phillips, according to Unherd. unherd.com/newsroom/jess-phillips-l…
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🧐 Marco Rubio in 2016: “I will make this promise to you today, I will do whatever it takes....Donald Trump, a con artist, will never get control of this party...We cannot allow a con artist to get access to the nuclear codes of the United States of America.”
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 17h
Amazing that Liz Truss has become international shorthand for total incompetence, a lasting global legacy across generations beyond any British Prime Minister since Churchill.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 14h
James Talarico rejecting the mudslinging to focus on real issues like medical debt, public schools, and corporate corruption proves that real leadership isn't about red vs. blue—it's about standing up to the oligarchs. #momsky#sheshed
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16h
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. Sign our petition to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 14h
The Fagash Fuhrer accuses Essex police of lying. Let that sink in for a minute, Farage accusing the police of lying! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Nigel Farage accuses police chief of misleading on migrant crime
The Reform UK leader says the chief of Essex Police is "completely wrong" on the topic.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 19h
🔴 Reform UK’s Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling Profits Quidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage’s Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings bylinetimes.com/2026/10/15/r...
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Reform UK's Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling Profits
Quidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage's Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Treasury counselor admits there's no plan to fund Trump's $5,000 checks to 245 million Americans. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
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Treasury counselor admits there's no plan to fund Trump's $5,000 checks to 245 million Americans
David Zervos says “we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17h
My shocked face 😑 www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
🚨BREAKING: DOJ’s demand that California prevent an unverified list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant-based ballot seizure,” the DNC said in a new court filing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ’s California demand threatens ‘warrant-based ballot seizure,’ Democrats’ court filing warns
DOJ's new demand that California prevent an unverified federal list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant...
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 15h
Oh boy, here we go! 🙄 Here we are 20 days until the midterm election, and someone decides to pull this bullshyt. False flag? Likely, but who knows? Do not let this deter you, friends. #VoteBlue #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Suspicious white powder sent to election offices in 3 states
No injuries or adverse health effects have been reported, and officials said they are working with state and federal law enforcement.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15h
The Washington Post obtained the list of donors funding Trump’s ballroom, that includes Apple ($25m), the Adelsons ($25m) and the Winklevoss twins ($5m). Not on the list: Trump, who said the ballroom would be paid “100% by me and some friends of mine”. Gift link.👇 wapo.st/4yiUDPx
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 16h
Remarkable outcome in Fox News' latest poll: 88% of U.S. voters say they are extremely or very concerned about corruption in government, beating every other issue including inflation www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Fox News Poll chart with title: "HOW CONCERNED ARE VOTERS ABOUT KEY ISSUES." Corruption in government leads with 88% extremely/very concerned.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 19h
Bernie's Right, Tax The Billionaires
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