Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialAida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Fair is fair! #Pinks #USDemocracy 28840355
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026holy shit -- a protester at the Trump rally gets physically assaulted after they interrupt the rally by a man who punches her in the face. Trump smears the protester as a "fat guy" 97138311330
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Jake Paul gets punched for likes. 1924832
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialHenry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 12/10/2026Exclusive: Do you remember the polling company Redfield and Wilton, which appeared from nowhere in early 2020, whose polls quickly appeared in lots of publications? The company’s director is a registered solicitor, prompting questions over where the polling expertise came from. Here’s the answer…theguardian.comNigel Farage adviser had unpublicised role at polling firmExclusive: Chris Bruni-Lowe used Redfield & Wilton Strategies role to develop potential campaign tactics, sources say 6506259
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026British Conservatives: "Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections." Also British Conservatives: "What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory." 91269370
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is flatly untrue. As of July 11th more than 70% of people detained had no criminal record. The data is here: tracreports.org/immigration/... 12343118
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Trump backs Putin backs Farage backs Trump backs Farage backs Putin backs Trump. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...podcasts.apple.comPutin wanted Brexit - now we know whyPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 12 October · 57min 25479155
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Trump’s obeisance to Putin has been established beyond even the vaguest scintilla of doubt; the possibility of another January 6-style assault on US democracy after/during the mid-terms is clearly acute and ‘we’ are still wary of calling fascism fascism. These are the moments… 611672436
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The backstory: Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex supercomputer facility in Vladimir, taking it out. Suddenly, bot activity in US social media fell by 49%, confirming suspicions that this was the site of a massive Russian influence operation targeting US social media—mostly targeting MAGA. 491433608
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026🔎 From the archive: Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It Now Andy Burnham has revealed there was key evidence Russia interfered in the Brexit Referendumbylinetimes.comPutin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With ItPeter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain 17334192
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It comes after years of cover-ups & denials not least from Boris Johnson who was in charge of MI6 as foreign minister at the time & whose first act as PM was to ennoble the Baron of Siberia. But it also went beyond Johnson & Starmer continued it too. We now finally need some sunlight. 2/ 391677432
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/10/2026There is a cacophony of noises out there. Russians planning to assassinate European officials, the US president riding to Vladimir Putin's aid, the Russians increasingly targeting Ukrainian civilians to break their will. The one constant tune? Russia is getting desperate. 37993275
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is bloody massive! We knew it, even back at the time, but excellent to have the PM confirm it! 1228859
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This. The wound has to be cleaned out or it will keep festering. 516925
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026To repeat: diesel prices and the mid-terms are the excuse, not the reason, for the Trump administration lifting sanctions on Russia. No-one should take the excuse at face value. bsky.app/profile/meid... 1826571
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If you’re thinking that *this time* they will have to admit Trump’s depravity & their hideous folly in supporting him. Then I’m afraid you’re in for another nasty surprise… 1061537232
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Live-streaming an execution. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comTrump is turning execution into entertainmentPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 9 October · 58min 5319246
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Haaretz's detailed story on the Israeli gulags, in which nearly 10,000 Palestinians are held, vast majority of them have not been charged or convicted. These are crimes against humanity. archive.ph/LdVXQarchive.ph 12519284
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialMac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality. 4151961335
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Wall-to-wall praise for the policy in today’s papers but they either don’t understand it or don’t care. We’ve been here before, of course. Bexit, Boris Johnson, Truss… all bigged up by the media despite, all obviously awful. 29694156
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Another resounding victory for Kemi Badenoch. They’ll have to extend the tapestry now… 941363189
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 161128224
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 08/10/2026All these guys spent all this effort to get "fuck you" money and can't even bring themselves, even once, to use it to say "fuck you" to Trump. Pathetic. 563174481
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026No doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...theguardian.com‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already leftTaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus 33748229
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Keith’s on holiday. He just sent this with the caption ‘Thinking of you’. Might sack him when he gets back. Too cruel to do it now. 3841422
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialigyphoto @geoffyoungphoto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The worst part about that awful speech by Kemi 'no gaffs' Badenoch was the eating into of 90 (yes, 90) minutes of @mrjamesob.bsky.social show. I want a refund... 41028
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 311479461
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 771395441
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialPaddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I never pass up the opportunity to spread this image a little wider... 616450
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A Conference speech for the ages. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Burnham speech that put hope back into politicsPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 30 September · 56min 2233467
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Amichai Chikli, minister of diaspora affairs in Israel says British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (like New York Mayor Mandami) is a dangerous Islamist. The occasion for this prejudice is new phase of community sponsorship of refugees (begun by David Cameron 2016) + Likud's election campaign 810726
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If Scotland & Wales achieve independence and the island of Ireland is united then what nationality would Suella Braverman, who insists she is British but somehow could never be English, be? 1341208141
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialNicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 23/09/2026What makes her British (I imagine it's being born in Britain/England) that can't also make her English? This is nonsense from the far-right's useful idiot 124888
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026100% dingbat. 9366585
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Renee Good's mom: "I am a registered Republican. I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect citizens -- innocents like our family and the others here. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness." 63651901462
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices." 289220406798
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know. 252278916
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This guy… BTW annual subscription is currently £20 (instead of £79.99). And you get the whole paper for that, not just me! Offer ends September 30th. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/477...liveapp.inews.co.ukBillionaire Jim Ratcliffe should keep Britain’s name out of his mouthJames O’Brien: The tax exile knows a thing or two about chemical companies – but that doesn’t mean his other opinions are valuable 046694
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He’s pathetic. 1917220
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026They always sound so excited, too. “It’s a political earthquake! It’s a shockwave!“ Well yes, that’s the rumble of approaching jackboots. Why are you so hyped? 15772140
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is so true. 281599330
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialLBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career. 35708267
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo... 561581563
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cowardice versus Courage Cruelty versus Compassion Fascists versus RNLI volunteers podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThey terrorised lifeboat volunteers for saving livesPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 18 September · 1hr 3min 59562177
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialBaldockboro 🇫🇷 📎 @baldockboro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Respectfully, that's bollocks. James is left of centre sure. Jeremy Corbyn is arguably a little bit far-left. Maybe also Zack Polanski. Farage is very right-wing (and a racist). Rupert Lowe, Aaron Banks and Stephen Yackety-Lemon are far-right. 2783
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wake up people! 48771244
Reposted by @maureen008.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Oh dear. 1151022181
