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Nicola S

@nicolaspence.bsky.social
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N.Irish mum of 2 & 4-legged kids. Mental Health Practitioner. Neurodiversity Champion. Lover of animals & nature. Politics obsessive. Sickened by inequality. Laughter is my medicine.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 28/02/2026
As the US and Israel illegally bomb Iran, American warplanes have been transiting through UK military bases en route to the Middle East. www.declassifieduk.org/campaigners-...
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Campaigners condemn Starmer’s secrecy over US attack on Iran
American warplanes are transiting through UK military bases en route to the Middle East. Why is Britain allowing it?
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A 65-year-old grandma, with a valid tourist visa, shackled, imprisoned & left to sleep on a floor for 6 weeks. No one is safe
theguardian.com
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Wes Streeting, Health Secretary: "Farage has announced his Shadow Cabinet, with no Health Secretary. Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS."
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Access denied 😅
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Actual footage of #pambondi at the Pearly Gates with Jesus.
YouTube video by Lisandra Vazquez
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Outstanding
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/02/2026
"There was the 18-month-old baby, Amalia, who was suffering from respiratory failure and was rushed to the hospital, where she spent much of the next ten days on oxygen. Upon release, federal officers took her right back into detention."
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The Kids Aren’t Alright in Dilley
A baby who needs medicine. A toddler whose detained mom may have breast cancer. A suicide attempt.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Pammy Jo Bondi outraged and humiliated that the truth had the nerve to show up uninvited
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Raskin excoriating the repugnant, morally bankrupt harpy that is Pam Bondi was a joy to behold
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Raskin slams Bondi: 'You're running a massive Epstein cover-up right out of the DOJ'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/02/2026
Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
@micheal-martin.bsky.social What 'exactly' are you doing to secure the release of Seamus Culleton and the other Irish citizens being held in diabolical US concentration camps? Presenting shamrocks to the fascist in the White House on St Patricks isn't going to cut it!
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Tell the Senate, no funding for DHS! Don't capitulate for promises or agreements. Americans have had enough! #fundHealthcareNotICE #iceOutforGood
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Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help
Seamus Culleton describes conditions as ‘torture’ as he pleads with taoiseach to raise his case with Donald Trump
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
KKKarolying's lips, cartoonishly lined well beyond their jurisdiction, cinched tighter than ever here in her ever-present expression of someone aggressively suggesting the evidence is rude to exist
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Leavitt defends Lutnick after Epstein island revelation
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Useful training video for US journalists?
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Republican commentator forced to watch Trump's racist video of Obamas as monkeys
YouTube video by LBC
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
An intellect-vacuum powerful enough to dim nearby stars
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Be under no illusion, UK, Farage plans to follow Trump & Netanyahu's lead
theguardian.com
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Seamus has a valid work permit & not so much as a parking ticket. So this is the 'worst of the worst'?
irishtimes.com
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Well, this is interesting! The U.S. Attorney’s Office had a draft statement announcing Jeffrey Epstein’s “suicide” dated August 9, 2019. He didn’t die until August 10. Totally normal. Nothing to see here.
thedailybeast.com
Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death
The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Even puppets are not welcome in the USA! 🤣
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
BREAKING: on this Super Bowl Sunday, Epstein Survivors have just released this PSA: “Stand with us.  Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH” Please share everywhere!
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Ten countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files. Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland. Conspicuously absent is the United States, the epicenter of this scandal. We know why. …
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history”
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soharani.bsky.social @soharani.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Farage is named in the Epstein files, Starmer isn't, but somehow the media seem determined to force Starmer out. I wonder why?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Aliya Rahman's opening statement is so incredibly raw & powerful. Her righteous outrage is palpable, her trauma, crushing. And her care for fellow, voiceless "bodies" suffering the same incalculable abuse at the hands of the ICE gestapo is an indelible stain on those who stay silent. DO something
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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2026
Liam made people look. Now don’t look away. We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive. #FreeTheChildren
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
ROLLING STONE: “The damage from Miller’s grand designs are plain for all to see. Americans’ mistrust and hyper-partisanship has grown only more poisonous. The country feels like a tinder box and Miller, and ICE are running around with lit matches.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This is, by no small margin, the best worst review I have ever read. Bravo, Xan Brooks 👏
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Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It’s time to tap into your internal lesbian anger! Even if you’re straight. Now is the time to fight for your 1st Amendment rights! Let’s go!
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 27/01/2026
EU and India clinch ‘mother of all trade deals’ in rebuff to Trump
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EU and India clinch ‘mother of all trade deals’ in rebuff to Trump
Trade deal is expected to double EU goods exports to India by 2032
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
One, you heard it, ONE, ticket sold for sex pest, Brad Ratner's London premiere of the least popular First Lady's latest grift
theguardian.com
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
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TheMendozaWoman @themendozawoman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Boycott the World Cup Not a foot should be set in that country until the madness stops
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/01/2026
“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light" George Washington
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Morning I cannot say "good "sorry Morning coffee is made of tears for WE KNOW ALEX PRETTI WAS NOT A "MONSTER" "TERRORIST" He was a good loving man Decency His Name They BLAME HIM HOW DARE THEY Please Listen Thank you Alex with all my heart Call your Senators 224-3121 Stop ICE FUNDING
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Nicola S @nicolaspence.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I have never felt rage, horror or heartbreak even close to what I feel about the never-ending evils of the Trump regime. It's traumatising, and I lived through The Troubles in N.Ireland. I can't imagine what it's doing to US citizens, but the effects will be felt long after these devils are toppled
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Murder. Shot in the back three times. Don’t turn away. Please share.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
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