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@smeders.bsky.social
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Lifelong socialist and Europhile. Septuagenarian. Atheist. Mrs Smeders. 4 kids. 1 grandson. Now 4 dogs. Like ice cream muchly. Like posting UK news items, mainly from The Guardian, that US media may be ignoring.

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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 2h
Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in 200 years after governor denies clemency Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 2h
Three deaths three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge These men in Maine Georgia and Florida shared no ties until they became casualties in the latest phase of Trump’s anti-immigration campaign Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 2h
The Maga cult is finally crumbling With the midterms looming, and after the Epstein files and the war on Iran, Trump superfans are losing faith in their lame duck president
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 2h
Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer Garcés Pérez, who was shot in his car by agents, is accused of striking officer with side mirror while trying to drive away
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 2h
US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 2h
Supreme court allows Trump to temporarily resume deporting people to third countries
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 5h
Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case The verdict stems from Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against Trump
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I spent a full hour watching Trump TV. It’s a digital pathway to hell The streaming channel was full of the president’s vanity and myopia. It was also deeply, deeply dull www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I spent a full hour watching Trump TV. It’s a digital pathway to hell | Dave Schilling
The streaming channel was full of the president’s vanity and myopia. It was also deeply, deeply dull
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
37 more wounded troops. Added quietly. No explanation. Here's the No B.S. truth: when anyone (a vendor, a CEO, a government) revises the numbers without telling you why, the silence IS the message. 861 wounded. Their families deserve the full story.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced.
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MJ @mudgesd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isabel could do with a fluffy duster.
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's a month till israelies have the opportunity to vote OUT Adolf Netanhahu, the child killer.
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, he is very effluent.
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What a lying tur#. He's never in parliament, period.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All 7 of those disgusting little Cornell rapists should be in prison for the rest of their despicable lives. Monstrosities like them should be locked away forever.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Nathaniel Greene @nathaniel1776.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When TRUMP is gone the next POTUS should freeze all of Trumps assets
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
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Blue Baby⭐️⭐️ @bluebaby1967.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What an absolute c**t. He knows f**k all.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🙏💔💔💔💔🕯️🕯️
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping California package cracking down on public corruption, crypto fraud, ticket scams, privacy abuses and more, including a new law barring public officials from launching meme coins.
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Newsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don't forget your real power peeps✌🏼💙
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MJ @mudgesd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Homelander Theboys
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Late555 @late555.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Release the Epstein files and stop killing people..." 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸?
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He was a wet wan# when he was Health Minister too. You are judged on what you do, and not on what you say you are going to do. If Burmham wants to support Adolf Netanhahu then, so be it.
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Lyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour friends of Genocide supporting said genocide and banning critical media. Not the far right Mail, Express or Telegraph, no not them 🤬
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No, because it's illegal
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Its Getting Clear @its-the-squirrels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminder to Texans! By October 5th make sure you check registration and/or register to vote ✔️ 🗳️💙🌊Vote early starting October 19th Take a neighbor or two with you (carpool). If someone is disabled they can get assistance voting at the polls. Just #VoteBlueTexas down your ballot!!! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
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Good Morning, Jazmin Antoinette! Vote Early
ALT: Good Morning, Jazmin Antoinette! Vote Early
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interviewer: do you have any skills that aren’t listed on ur CV Me:
A person carrying like 20 bags of groceries w a 12 pack of Bud light on his head
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No it doesn't. Spoilt sh1ts who whinge when they don't get their own way are not welcome. They can go where they like, but don't stay here.
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yehudit48.bsky.social @yehudit48.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
KILLED by dekalb county animal services in spite of an email from an adopter! He was a sweet boy and a volunteer favorite!
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smeders @smeders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The word 'spite' here says it all. Some people should burn in hell.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What a fuckin bitch 🙄
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminder, please share this. ✌🏼💙
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It is looking like Ireland will boycott the match against Israel. The result should not be a Israel win but an Israel BAN.
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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Britain is broken. Only Reform can fix it.” 😂 That’s quite a claim. If you’re asking people to trust you with the country, spell out **how** you’ll fix bills, housing, the NHS and public services — slogans aren’t a bloody plan.
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blueboomer3.bsky.social @blueboomer3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The President of the United States is a traitor and a rapist.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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abcdef 🕶️ @onecaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The NFL is owned by rapists and genocide supporters.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yet again Farage goes absent from Parliament absent from his Clacton constitueny this time to campaign for an imminent general election which isn't going to happen ... "Anything to avoid doing his taxpayer funded job… " via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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