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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 9h
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed 74,245 Palestinians in three years, Gaza’s health ministry says. “There is a ceasefire in name only,” said a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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Three years after Oct. 7, Israeli strikes in Gaza grind on and deaths climb
Almost a year has passed since President Donald Trump declared the fighting over and “peace in the Middle East” achieved.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/10/2026
President Donald Trump's promise to give out $5,000 "dividend" payments if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterms could violate multiple federal criminal statutes that criminalize buying or coercing votes, write Bruce Swartz, Harry Seavey and Cara Barazia.
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Auctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”
Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 12h
Embarrassing and sad. I have met with these observers multiple times over the years. The US course expect other countries to allow our observers. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 9h
This is a non sequitur. The polls may have been even worse for the Republicans without this massive infusion of cash from their billionaire friends.
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 9h
In visiting the US in 2001, I was astounded that profitable corporations could pay their workers so little that they needed food banks and taxpayer support to enable them to survive.The (extraordinary) argument was that businesses should only have to pay market rate-not a rate that enables survival.
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 9h
What???!!
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 17h
Trying to close a trade deficit is a bizarre economic aim in the first place - & it turns out that tariffs on foreign imports won’t get you there anyway if no good alternative exists to those imports. What a mess. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b...
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U.S. Trade Deficit Hits 17-Month High Despite Trump’s Tariffs
Imports and the trade deficit have ballooned in recent months, defying the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce it through tariffs.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 17h
20 years ago today Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia’s most prominent investigative journalists, was murdered. I found no mention of the anniversary in today's Russian newspapers. #ReadingRussia
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Russian papers silent on the 20th anniversary of journalist's murder
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 06/10/2026
Kyiv metro stations are already packed with people preparing to spend the night underground amid warnings of a possible large-scale Russian missile and drone attack overnight. #Ukraine
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 21h
Lawyers: despite the severe damage to her arms, the critically ill Christa Pike is still handcuffed and shackled to her bed. www.rte.ie/news/us/2026...
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Pike conscious after failed execution in US, lawyers say
Christa Pike, who survived a Tennessee execution attempt last week, is conscious and speaking as she receives treatment in hospital, her lawyers have said.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thx for reposting. Definitely a puzzled no. 1!
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ah. Didn’t realise it was several chess sets. My favourite exhibit in the British museum by far!
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If the Iranian regime engages in this kind of thuggery with a Nobel prize winner, one shudders to think what they do to other prisoners. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘A return to prison is always looming’: Iran nobel laureate recounts torture in jail and hopes for the future
The human rights activist was severely beaten by security forces and denied medical care. In an interview with the Guardian, she discusses her shifting sense of identity and being a mother in jail
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: When asked earlier this year if he regretted not seizing voting machines and ballots after the 2020 election, Donald Trump said, "Well, I should have." Now he's telling us exactly what he plans to do in this year's midterms, and this time, we should believe him. youtu.be/MBLiMjSXros
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Trump Just Admitted His Post-Election Plans. Believe Him.
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 05/10/2026
📢A new megapoll has found that 53.4% of people in the UK want to stay in the ECHR versus 24.2% of people against👇 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... via @theguardian.com The ECHR is on the side of the people, and vice versa.
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Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds
Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 06/10/2026
Why ‘Made in Europe’ could push Burnham’s UK back into the EU’s arms
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Why ‘Made in Europe’ could push Burnham’s UK back into the EU’s arms
For UK Burnham, the growing risk of UK industry becoming collateral damage in an EU-China trade war is turning abstract talk of “better cooperation” into a stark choice between limited market fixes or a full-scale return to the EU table.
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Extraordinary. www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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Ireland v Israel was no ordinary match assignment. Irish journalists were watched and filmed
Recurring presence of out-of-place people combined with blatant filming of reporters made for a deeply uncomfortable week
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes! I had no idea he had a disgruntled wife as well. Is she In the British Museum too? I must have missed her somehow!
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.ft.com/content/8581...
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Donald Trump rages as Supreme Court appointees fail to do his bidding
Relationship may sour further as top court prepares to rule on some of the president’s controversial policies
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The king looks equally bamboozled!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Last month, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail voting by executive order. But it greenlit his administration’s use of a flawed immigration database to help states purge voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterm
We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.
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ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social @ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Many people are starting PhDs about now. Here are the Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Research Students. Secret 1: The care and maintenance of your supervisor. You have to learn how to work effectively with your supervisor. #PhD #PhDForum #7PhDSecrets
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Martin Sandbu explains recent extraordinary French behaviour concerning EU sanctions and suggests a solution to prevent any recurrence in the future. www.ft.com/content/9e9f...
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EU countries shoot themselves in the foot when they veto sanctions
A recent move by France makes talk of ‘strategic autonomy’ look like hot air
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brazil imitates US presidential elections with second swing to the right as Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent Lula www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Brazil’s presidential race goes to second round as Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent Lula
Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro put in a stronger than expected showing, with Lula calling the result ‘unexpected’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/10/2026
Botched executions like Christa Pike’s have fueled new calls to halt capital punishment, with death penalty opponents saying the Tennessee case shows its inherent cruelty.
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Tennessee’s botched execution highlights unsettled state of death penalty in America
Botched executions like Christa Pike’s have also fueled new calls to halt executions, with death penalty opponents saying the Tennessee case shows its inherent cruelty.
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If GB News were a normal commercial venture, like Talk TV, it would have been binned long ago. Since September 2020, it has spewed out hateful far-right propaganda, paying high salaries to people such as Nigel Farage. Ofcom has abjectly failed to address this threat to democracy.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 02/10/2026
En Lettonie, la montée de partis proches de la Russie inquiète avant les législatives
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En Lettonie, la montée de partis proches de la Russie inquiète avant les législatives
A l’occasion des élections du 3 octobre, deux partis populistes veulent récupérer les voix de la minorité russophone de l’Etat balte. Dans le pays, les désillusions politiques fortes se révèlent un terreau fertile pour la propagande russe.
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Eurobot @eurobot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hungary and Ukraine edge towards deal that could unlock EU talks #EU Enlargement :eu_round: #EUNews www.euronews.com/2026/10/02/hungary…
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Hungary and Ukraine close in on deal over ethnic Hungarian rights
Kyiv will propose a new law on minority education rights, with a vote expected in October. Budapest has blocked EU accession talks until Ukraine adopts the laws agreed under an 11-point plan on Hungarians in Transcarpathia. #EuropeNews
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 02/10/2026
No cuts to EU budget, say 17 countries
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No cuts to EU budget, say 17 countries
The letter hits back at the German-led camp who are calling for drastic cuts to spending
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/10/2026
Italy and Greece have asked Brussels for more fiscal wriggle room as surging fuel prices and rising inflation add to budgetary pressure on the bloc’s two most indebted countries ahead of elections next year. ft.trib.al/Wh9PgVB
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 30/09/2026
❗The Pentagon obligated 99.8% of the $400 million Congress allocated for Ukraine aid on September 29, one day before the fiscal-year deadline, Sen. Chris Coons said. The package includes $200 million for weapons and ammunition and nearly $100 million for equipment. #Ukraine
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Starting today, some of the cruelest changes to food stamps and Medicaid from Trump and Republicans' big, ugly bill go into effect. Here's what you need to know.
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Is This Trump’s Biggest Scam Yet?
The Trump-Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a “Big Ugly Nightmare.”Much of what’s included in it will begin in
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’ve been a media witness to two federal executions. One was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The other, a week later, was a drug kingpin named Juan Raul Garza. My conclusion after watching both men die: The death penalty should not exist. Period. It fixes nothing, and it erodes our souls.
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ProfGB @profgbarrett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a really courageous man. Good for him.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'I am saying that Brexit has caused more harm than good. I think about 6 out of 10 of the public agree with that' says Andy Burnham on Today More a failure than a success 57% More a success thsn a failure 21% New @britishfuture.bsky.social study of what the public think now
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.. bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026
A Russian drone struck the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building in central Kyiv, sparking a fire and sending a column of black smoke over the city. Footage from the scene showed people escaping through windows as the building burned. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026
A Russian strike on the National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv killed one person and injured six, including three children, Zelensky says. Russia also struck a medical facility in central Kyiv, where emergency crews are battling a fire. #Ukraine
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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