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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Perfectly normal. Not authoritarian or anything. Just perfectly normal behaviour.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is, without doubt, the very best way to deal with these things... Be in the background of *every* Fox live! 😆

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I'd be interested to know if @bethrigby.bsky.social, or any other reporters have ever written descriptions of the Mail, Telegraph, etc, like this? Not that I can recall... 🤔

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Breaking: A federal judge just denied DOJ's request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials — and called out Trump officials for misrepresenting their value. "[T]he public … might conclude that the Government's motion for their unsealing was aimed not at 'transparency' but at diversion."

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Nothing corrupt here. Everything is fine.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I was listening to a US economist t'other day who said, 'When we see the validity of the data coming into question, that's when you need to worry'. A couple of days later... Trump fires the head of the independent stats body. We'll never see a negative report again. Or a downgrade. #TrumpSlump

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I can't wait for when Zeldin hits the 'Committee on the Weaponisation of Earth Being Round' stage of his social media boomerfication...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

NEW: Newly revealed messages from fired DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni show in real time how DOJ officials handled court orders related to the Alien Enemies Act, Kilmar Abrego Garcia and more — as well as Emil Bove's alleged suggestion to say "fuck you" to the courts. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 10/07/2025

MEDIA STUDIES: How the Times bungled its coverage of the OBR report on climate change & UK govt debt Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…" In fact, the OBR had said the opposite! 1/6

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

'Metal', and the 'heavier' end of the musical spectrum in general, has long been - in my experience - the most accepting, genial and open fanbase. Over two decades of festival going, by far the best atmospheres have been at 'metal' events, as compared to the likes of Glastonbury/Reading etc.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I mean, there are very few questions in modern British life on which you would get 75% support. And something so easy to do, too. If there is are legitimate reasons *not* to, then the government should make that argument (there may be), but otherwise... 75% support?! A political no-brainer.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

1/ On January 6th, Jared L. Wise "told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'" He is now "serving as a counselor to Ed Martin, the director of the so-called Weaponization Working Group" of the Bondi Justice Department.

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Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

As a local, this is pretty accurate, I'd say (they have a lot of techie stuff giving data). There are a *lot* of alternative 'back' routes in Somerset, but the problem is, when you get anywhere near the festival, most are closed.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

But did he say thank you, just once? Coming into a federal building and not wearing a suit... Honestly.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Pretty sure Carney turns and winks at Macron as the felon starts talking here.👌 You just know the truckload of ridicule he gets behind his back. (🎥 Jasmine Lorimer)

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Just listened to E Jean Carroll on TV and my word, what an inspiring person and great talker. Put her front and centre - and read her book.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Yeah, and if we let Russia have the old USSR back, we wouldn't have a war either. And if we'd let Hitler just... You get the picture. 🙄

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I'm relieved to read this, as I was convinced much of the ICE/cuts uproar (all justified) would leave this unaddressed...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2025

Newsom: "Speaker Johnson -- his eloquence was elevated when he called to 'tar and feather' the governor of California. Very religious man. I guess that's the spirit. The word of the Lord."

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We all know it's 'dub dub dos', right @iwriteok.bsky.social?

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Another pro wrestler with better politics and a more clearly articulated moral stance than 99.9% of elected officials

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Being uninvited from the White House caused Rand Paul to lose a lot of the respect he had for Donald Trump that Trump’s two impeachments, insurrection, four criminal indictments, criminal conviction, and sexual abuse damages verdict did not cause him to lose. Got it.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thoughts and prayers to all reporters currently cobbling together a story about the internet going down, only for it to be back by the time they post it... (If they can get a connection)

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 09/06/2025

Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

There is the potential for misuse in *all* these things. And quite frankly, I think the government is probably more trustworthy than a tech bro social media billionaire. But there you go, thinking out loud.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Also, it is naive to think - should they wish - any government department could not assemble all of your details pretty bloody quickly. An ID card is, in my opinion, simply an evolution of thingslike a passport, or NI card, in the same way a phone replaces an address book or wallet.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

They are also, most likely, on social media too - another absolute bohemouth of personal data, and as we've seen (alleged) in the past, are not always totally trustworthy with such information... Yet ID card opponents still sign in every day.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

For example, folks crying about their 'civil liberties' will, most likely, carry around a smartphone that holds basically every detail about their life - including bank details - quite happily. I don't think the government has the skills to utilise such data as well as a mobile phone company.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The age-old debate over ID cards seems to have resurfaced. Now, in an ideal world, *of course* we wouldn't have them. It does seem over-invasive, instinctively. However, I think the pervasive - and so-often sanctimonious - opposition to the idea entirely is often tinged with nonsense...

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

An incredible metaphor for the US at this moment.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If it's not a 22-year-old Bitcoin bro, I'm gonna be hella annoyed...

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Each to their own and all that, but I remember having a similar reaction to friends who would say they wouldn't consider a relationship with a man if they didn't like his shoes... 🤷‍♂️

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Benny @bennydiego.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Perfect…

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Names worth doing some reading on - Thiel and Yarvin. You might be dismayed, but better to know what we're all dealing with... Basically, people who think they are the only people in the world who know anything, but are - on most levels - not very intelligent.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Right, so my rights as a British person trump (no pun intended) the laws of any other nation? Including the US? It's a theory, I suppose...

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Dan O'Dowd @realdanodowd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Tesla FSD 13.2.9 will still run a kid down while illegally blowing past a stopped school bus with red lights flashing and stop sign extended. Elon Musk how many kids does FSD need to run over before you fix this? I warned about this danger at the 2023 Super Bowl!

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Rebecca Plevin @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

In 2023, a Mexican girl with a life-threatening medical condition was allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds. The Trump administration has now ordered her and her parents to leave the country. Her says that if her treatment is interrupted, “this could be fatal within a matter of days.”

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4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care

In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Is this true? From memory, News Shopper always covered at least some of these patches?

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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 27/05/2025

Can't believe I missed the two-year anniversary of Elon saving the media through micropayments www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/micr...

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Vote Pogal @p0gal.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I hate to say it, but sadly, this could be the case that enrages folks because, reasons.

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