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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, says Musk’s father www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, says Musk’s father
Errol Musk says far-right activist is ‘a fine young man’ and held meetings with Russian business figures
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 25/06/2026
EU Referendum Voting Intention: Rejoin: 63% Stay Out: 37% Via @survation.bsky.social, 19 May - 1 Jun.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 11/05/2026
“Maybe we should call it two-tier journalism. The harshest scrutiny for people we don’t approve of. A blind eye for the ones we don’t mind”, writes Alan Rusbridger
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Nigel Farage pocketing £5m from a donor shows he’s unfit for power
The British media is obsessed with Zack Polanski, but raises barely a squeak over huge donations to Reform
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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#bbcdn Reform UK Ltd are full of corrupt racists, and their whole offer to the country is based on racism. They're racist one-trick ponies. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him
Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account as party faces criticism for candidates’ Islamophobic remarks
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/03/2026
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection effort as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.
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The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...
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404 Media @404media.co · 12/03/2026
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Just like anyone who casually throws the word “woke” around like it’s derogatory. He can’t explain why. This is where fascism gets you.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister. Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
that Farage and Badenoch want ICE-style action in the UK should be enough to end them
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti 😔
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/11/2025
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes. Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule. (Published Oct. 2024)
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A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 18/09/2025
South East organiser Adam Wordsworth said Kent councillors are “all wankers” who “hate each other”. Wordsworth also called Kent “the bane of my existence”. ⬇️ hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/18/r...
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Reform’s Kent councillors are ‘all wankers’ who ‘hate each other’, Reform staffer says – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate can reveal that Reform’s councillors in Kent are “all wankers” who “hate” and “fight with each other” – according to the party’s...
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Cancel UK government contracts with Musk-linked companies
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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 10/09/2025
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city.

His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation.

That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall. At the very moment when MAGA Republicans are attempting to destroy the social safety net, kick millions of New Yorkers off of healthcare and enrich their billionaire donors at the expense of working families, it is a scandal that Eric Adams echoes this President’s division, distraction and hate. 

Voters will resoundingly reject it in November.
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
A Triumvirate of Scum
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The rich and powerful are using legal threats known as #SLAPP lawsuits to silence journalists and campaigners, abusing the legal system to crush free speech and dodge accountability. Sign the petition to stop this: 38d.gs/bsProtectFre...
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Stop the rich and powerful from silencing the truth by abusing our legal system
Stop the rich and powerful from silencing the truth by abusing our legal system! Join me and sign the petition to protect free speech & reform the law.
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Boomer - Release the Tapes @boomer1956.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Nothing says corruption like removing public guardrails www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
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Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Stop the rich and powerful from silencing the truth by abusing our legal system! Join me and sign the petition to protect free speech
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
38d.gs/26kp
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Elon Musk: Butt out of UK politics
Elon Musk does not represent the views of British people. So I've signed the open letter telling him to butt out of UK politics. Agree? Sign & share it far & wide across social media so he sees & know...
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Awesome work
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
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Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌
Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
If this continues, every place is Los Angeles www.bbc.com/news/article...
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I know this is probably a stupid question but, if Elon Musk dies in office does Linda Yaccarino become president?
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
38d.gs/ebp-
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Sign the petition if you agree House of Lords members shouldn't get their allowances if they don't turn up!
In one year alone 140 Peers didn't take part in a single Lord's debate. It's why I've signed a petition calling on the Government to back a rule change that would see 100 shirker Lords get the sack if...
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Think about this next time you slag off the #NHS and trot out the tufton street / heritage foundation tropes about not fit for purpose, it’s the immigrants and how moving to a US style of healthcare would be much better.
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Mark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved. We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A true horror of a man. variety.com/2024/film/re...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Wow. Imagine the shock for the Daily Mail when it finds out Tory plans were for fines of £5k - later reduced to £3k - for each missed heat pump sale. What Ed Miliband has done is to reduce that to £500. As @torstenbell.bsky.social says today Headline should read “Miliband slashes Tory boiler tax”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
#consolidated x
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We all saw it as children, in TV shows & Films from the US, evading justice through having "connections" is an American tradition.
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop tax breaks for Amazon and other huge corporations
I just signed the petition calling on Rachel Reeves to close tax loopholes and stop handing out subsidies to tech giants that don't need them, like Amazon. Will you sign too?
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/160393/...
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The case for community resilience
The majority have spoken, 72% of people like me want the government to improve cohesion in our communities. Please will you join me and ask your MP to act now?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
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Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I think i've had enough of having a beard - anyone else gone through this trauma?
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
The slow trickle of MAGA folks over here underscores how much their experience of online is entirely dependent on people getting mad at them. It also underscores how even they, given the option, would rather not hang out with themselves either.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 07/11/2024
Can’t wait to someday explain to my son that we have three months of fire tornados because one time half the country got super enthusiastic about throwing the people who built their houses into concentration camps
Now that Trump has been re-elected, the goal of preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is dead, nine climate scientists and policy experts told me this week.
"There's virtually no hope" for limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, said Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University. "Certainly if there was a smidgeon of hope, yesterday afternoon that was gone."
1.5 degrees is generally communicated the critical threshold past which the planet will experience significantly more extreme climate impacts like raging wildfires, droughts, deadly heat, mass coral reef die-offs, sea level rise, and more. However, scientists note that it's just an estimate; the tipping points could be more or less than 1.5 degrees.
Either way, Trump's re-election can be seen as "the final nail in the coffin" for the 1.5 degree goal, said Rachel Cleetus, a policy director and economist at the Union for Concerned Scientists.
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ShinyMatt @shinymatt.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Just started here, hoping it's gonna grow - in a nice way - & that i can get the news fix I crave as i try to wean myself off that other horrible place. Peace.
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