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Mike Ogden

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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
World Cup 2026: Trump admits lobbying Fifa over Balogun red card; Starmer intervened on England kick-off time – live www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
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World Cup 2026: Trump admits lobbying Fifa over Balogun red card; Starmer intervened on England kick-off time – live
Join our writers to reflect on England’s thrilling last-16 win over Mexico and look forward to an Iberian derby in Dallas
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium
The US striker was shown red in the team’s last-32 match, but the card and its suspension were thought to not be eligible for appeal.
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 12/06/2026
A trillionaire isn’t a success story. it’s a policy failure.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Everything on this earth is borrowed. There is no "mine" or "yours." There is only "ours." Even time is borrowed. People kill over a piece of land that belongs only to Mother Earth. All you have is what you came with... and what you will leave with: your spirit. -Native American Proverb-
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/05/2026
NEW: When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. We found that the request came directly from the White House.
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Israeli minister confirms goal of large-scale expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli minister confirms goal of large-scale expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza
Human rights groups and lawyers say ‘voluntary migration’ policy amounts to ethnic cleansing
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video
Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detainees
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Politico @politico.com · 01/05/2026
Trump tells Congress the Iran war has ‘terminated’ as legal deadline hits
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Trump tells Congress the Iran war has ‘terminated’ as legal deadline hits
The letter to lawmakers attempts to justify why the president is not seeking congressional authorization after the conflict reaches a 60-day threshold.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
He's not your representative. He represents the oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character-that is, the sum of his common sense, his courage, his virile energy and capacity.” - T. Roosevelt. #RadioFreeAmerica #Politics
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today in Brexit Britain you are being asked to believe that a Thailand-based cryptocurrency tycoon secretly gave Nigel Farage - the person, not his party - five million pounds without any hope or expectation of getting anything in return.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
America's Wilderness Study Areas in Montana are under attack—yet again. Anti-wilderness Congress members have reintroduced a bill to slash protections for more than 156 square miles (!) of some of the wildest federal public lands in Montana. Speak up! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/montanasport...
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Speak up for wildlands that are under attack in Montana
Urge Congress to oppose the Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act.
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Suzanne Daley @suzannedaley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🐢 🦘 🐦 🦔 🐝 #greenwitch #animism #nature #health #peace
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Global warming is not a prediction; it is an observation.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/04/2026
Hegseth running into trouble early in today’s hearing Hegseth: Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated. Smith: You said we had to start this war because the nuclear weapon was an imminent threat. Now you’re saying it was completely obliterated?
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Unlike technical CO₂ filtration systems, trees require no infrastructure or energy input—they grow independently and continuously strengthen their ecosystems in the process.In addition to CO₂ sequestration, they improve air quality, water cycles and the health of people and nature across generations
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Kjcole (Lucinda)🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♏️🦂🕊️🐞🦋🐇🍀 @kjcole.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Good morning 😘 have a great day ☀️☕️🥐🌺🌿🕊️🦋🦢✨💚
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/04/2026
In a 6–3 ruling authored by Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority has effectively ended the Voting Rights Act’s power to stop racial gerrymandering — and Florida’s Ron DeSantis wasted no time seizing on it.
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SCOTUS Just Gutted the Voting Rights Act — and Gave Republicans a License to Steal Elections
In a 6–3 ruling authored by Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority has effectively ended the Voting Rights Act's power to stop racial gerrymandering — and Florida's Ron DeSantis wa...
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Turn it all off. We didn't need it 5 years ago, we don't need it now.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
How much taxpayer money is being wasted on this shit? How much of YOUR money is DoJ spending to placate the world's most childish petty man instead of pursuing justice for ACTUAL victims?
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Ukraine, Nato, article 5. I'm enjoying this.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/04/2026
Don't forget: this dangerous and risky rescue operation would not have been necessary had Trump not started an illegal war of choice in the first place. All of these troops were in danger for no discernible reason. Zero.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 06/04/2026
‘Palestinians and their supporters have long likened the occupied territories to a “laboratory” where Israel experiments with military tactics, surveillance technologies and methods of population control, before applying them elsewhere.’ Amjad Iraqi on Israeli strategy www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Amjad Iraqi · Short Cuts: From Gaza to Iran
It’s no surprise that Operation Roaring Lion (Israel’s name for its campaign) and Operation Epic Fury (as the US...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
If you think a Trump electoral false flag terror incident is impossible, keep in mind that Vance arrives in Hungary tomorrow — right in the middle of Orbán’s electoral false flag terror operation, which Vance will presumably endorse. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I am watching Sky News wall-to- wall coverage of Artemis 2 mission. I fear that as I remember the Appollo program I don't really understand the hype. We've done this before....
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/03/2026
The U.S. just lifted sanctions on Russian cargo ships and multiple high-profile narcotics figures. Dozens of names were removed from the Specially Designated Nationals list—including vessels tied to major Russian leasing operations and individuals linked to Mexican and Colombian drug networks.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/03/2026
The 12 year olds at the Pentagon had a cool new missile they wanted to use. It explodes a few feet above the ground & shoots out little tungsten pellets, killing everyone nearby. They used it to bomb a sports facility where girls were playing volleyball. Killed 21 people. In your name.
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New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump lashes out at California governor’s green energy deal with UK
President says it is inappropriate for UK to be dealing with Gavin Newsom after Ed Miliband meets governor in London
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Whatever weakening of societal fabric Europe may be experiencing from waves of migration, it is *nothing* compared to what is happening in America. This statement from the Department of Homeland Security is chilling.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
🎯🎯
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories... "Change", my left foot. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
An excellent example of the environmental cost of billionaires. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Trump-supporting billionaire prevented from filling lake on UK estate during drought
Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman acted legally, but residents complained to Southern Water
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain. The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services. That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Absolutely incomprehensible.
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Anti-Islamic biker gang members hired to run security at controversial Gaza aid sites www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Anti-Islamic biker gang members hired to run security at controversial Gaza aid sites
More than 10 Infidels MC members deployed to sites run by US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 09/09/2025
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/09/2025
September 1, 1939 I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
To be clear what happened here. Israel bombed a hospital. They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive. Then they bombed it again. This is known as the 'double tap'. You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
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Politico @politico.com · 25/08/2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is fighting his imminent deportation to Uganda.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights imminent deportation to Uganda
Abrego's lawyers filed a new lawsuit seeking to stave off another deportation after he was taken back into custody on Monday.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
And like clockwork, there is David Lammy's handwringing tweet. I bet they’re shitting themselves in Tel Aviv over Lammy’s latest “horrified” tweet. He continues to arm Israel and refuses to improper sanctions. Prison awaits.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/08/2025
The Pentagon is blocking Ukraine from using long-range missiles to hit Russian military targets. No wonder Putin still thinks he can win the war www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine’s Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia
The Defense Department has withheld approval for attacks as the White House has sought to entice Moscow to open peace talks.
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Mike Ogden @mikeo67.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
How obscene. One man's ego. From the Guardian: "Trump’s arrival in Scotland has required the biggest security operation since Elizabeth II died in 2022. More than 5,000 police and security personnel are involved in the four-day visit"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Remember all that fulminating in the billionaire press about "free speech" (ie their freedom to abuse Muslims, trans people etc with impunity)? Now that people are being arrested for speaking about an issue of the utmost gravity, the self-appointed guardians of liberty have fallen strangely silent.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Two people worth listening to!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/07/2025
"Evacuating the entire population? Call it ethnic cleansing, call it transfer, call it deportation, it’s a war crime.” Originally published in @haaretzcom.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/116459/israe...
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Moving the Population in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime
We wrote this essay to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s order.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Obscene ideas are injected into public life with "humour" ... and then enacted. My column this week is pegged to the recent calls in the Spectator to murder people at Glastonbury, and on GB News to starve and shoot disabled people. You could call it wink murder. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot
Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guasrdian columnist George Monbiot
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