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Home of the Brave
4 days ago
Tim Dillon: " No one will tell us what Tulsi Gabbard is doing, but apparently it's so bad, it's so destructive… A highly classified whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner."
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Anna O. Law
6 days ago
Even though I know these patterns, the percentages continue to shock me. Full article:
www.tiaa.org/content/dam/...
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Zack Polanski
5 days ago
Labour are done. And Reform offer no solutions - their extreme division will just make things worse. The Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services. Hannah Spencer, our local plumber, for the win! 💚
www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home...
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Zack Polanski says Labour Party is ‘over’ after taking ‘votes for granted’
The comments come ahead of the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election with the Greens and Reform UK looking to take the seat from Labour
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/zack-polanski-labour-party-london-denton-reform-uk-b2919970.html
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The Onion
5 days ago
Become A Member. Get The Paper.
https://membership.theonion.com/?campaign=701a500001bfegPAAQ
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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
5 days ago
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱
5 days ago
Please be careful in London. I have spent 25 years there, but I have never heard a story as frightening as this one from today in which nothing at all happened.
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Best for Britain
5 days ago
Well said!
@elliechowns.bsky.social
: "Reform, and before it the Brexit Party, and before it UKIP have been busy for many years fomenting his idea that immigration is the problem in this country. "It's completely untrue."
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Home of the Brave
8 days ago
Rep. Raskin to Pam Bondi: "You redacted the names of abusers, enablers, accomplices, and co-conspirators — apparently to save them from embarrassment and disgrace…Even worse, you've shockingly failed to redact many of the victims' names…You ignored the law."
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UK in a Changing Europe
8 days ago
"Of course the problem with all this is the government doesn't seem to have stopped to think what the EU might want in terms of cooperation with us." 🎙️
@anandmenon.bsky.social
on the govt.'s ambition for closer ties with the EU in light of global turmoil on
@listentotimesradio.bsky.social
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James O’Brien
8 days ago
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
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Forbes
9 days ago
The recent Epstein files release revealed Casey Wasserman’s ties to the convicted sex offender’s close associated Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Casey Wasserman Faces Revolt Over Ghislaine Maxwell Ties—Chapelle Roan Exits His Agency
The recent Epstein files release revealed Casey Wasserman’s ties to the convicted sex offender’s close associated Ghislaine Maxwell.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/02/10/casey-wasserman-faces-revolt-over-ghislaine-maxwell-ties-chapelle-roan-exits-his-agency/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Ian Dunt
8 days ago
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
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Best for Britain
8 days ago
The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.
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The will of the rich and powerful: Brexit and the Epstein files
The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/the-will-of-the-rich-and-powerful-brexit-and-the-epstein-files/
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱
9 days ago
Robert Jenrick is lying. Reform UK have spent, to date, almost £1.5 MILLION with Harding Print Solutions. They are NOT a local Manchester printer. They are Reform's go-to print company and have been for a long time.
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Zack Polanski
9 days ago
£240m. With no tender. Palantir. I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers. Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal. Palantir out.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚
8 days ago
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/10/peter-mandelson-new-labour-jeffrey-epstein-corporate-power?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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David Henig
9 days ago
With UK-EU relations temporarily out of the spotlight my latest article is titled provocatively - "UK trade policy has failed but a Customs Union with the EU is not the answer" - and explains that the UK now has to talk-the-talk if it wants more.
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/uk-trade-p...
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UK trade policy has failed but a Customs Union with the EU is not the answer
By David Henig
https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/uk-trade-policy-has-failed-but-a
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚
9 days ago
substack.com/@carolecadwa...
What is this Labour government doing going anywhere near this person??
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Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla)
NEW: The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster. The US & UK’s ‘special relationship’ is now intermediated by Peter Thiel. God help us.
https://substack.com/@carolecadwalla/note/c-198511408?r=1fshbh&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Mistress Usili (Talia) 🏳️⚧️
9 days ago
wait wtf
news.columbia.edu/news/researc...
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Researchers Announce Discovery of a Possible Pulsar in the Milky Way’s Center
Confirming a pulsar star would enable unprecedented tests of General Relativity. Such a discovery would revolutionize physics.
https://news.columbia.edu/news/researchers-announce-discovery-possible-pulsar-milky-ways-center
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The Lincoln Project
12 days ago
Trump: I'm a big crypto person. I'm the one that probably helped crypto more than anybody (The crypto market has lost $1 trillion in market value in three weeks)
#ETTD
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Michael McFaul
12 days ago
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Farrukh
15 days ago
Laughter as Suella Braverman who defected to Reform UK is given the final question at
#PMQs
*Braverman was Home Secretary for six months and did not introduce any new policies specifically for rape gang survivors - as a member of the Reform UK she has suddenly expressed an interest in the issue"
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Zack Polanski
15 days ago
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform. And Farage knows his candidate is weak as. Hannah Spencer for the win.
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Forbes
17 days ago
Theft, Fraud, Scandal: Inside The Collapse Of Lugano Diamonds
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Stolen Diamonds, A CEO On The Lam And The Tainted Investment Firm
Lugano Diamonds was once considered a jewel in Compass’ investment portfolio. Then came lawsuits, fraud allegations, restated financials and a bankruptcy filing.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2026/02/02/theft-fraud-scandal-inside-the-collapse-of-lugano-diamonds/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=forbes
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Rachel Maddow
16 days ago
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Keith Stewart
16 days ago
"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”:
@greenpeaceca.bsky.social
calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
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Greenpeace calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE - Greenpeace Canada
Toronto – Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner saying “No Canadian Arms for ICE” at the Brampton headquarters of the Canadian company that is building armoured vehicles for the U.S. Immigratio...
https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/press-release/73951/greenpeace-calls-on-mps-to-halt-export-of-armoured-vehicles-to-u-s-immigration-agency-ice/
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Tim Onion
16 days ago
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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European Commission
16 days ago
Before, Big Tech algorithms decided what you saw. Now you can opt out of the 'personalised' feed or make it chronological! Ads must be transparent, and deceptive design is banned. All because of our Digital Services Act. Your digital life, your rules.
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Truth To Power Ⓥ 🇪🇺🏴🇫🇷 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇭🇰
18 days ago
For this of you who haven't had a chance yet, now's a good time to take a look at this weekend's video about the consequences for the US, the UK and the world if my bet pays off and Trump fails to see out his term...
youtu.be/hQ9FBsfTf9o
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If Trump Goes Early, Chaos Follows For America And Britain
YouTube video by Truth To Power
https://youtu.be/hQ9FBsfTf9o
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚
16 days ago
Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify in congressional investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...
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Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify in congressional investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
UK police to review allegations against Peter Mandelson contained in Epstein files
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/02/02/uk-police-receive-reports-of-misconduct-in-public-office-after-peter-mandelson-allegations/
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WarTranslated (Dmitri)
16 days ago
Reuters reports that an unidentified drone fell near Warsaw on the territory of a military base, about 70 meters from a weapons depot.
www.reuters.com/world/drone-...
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚
16 days ago
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Sarah Ferguson charity to close after new details of friendship with Epstein
Latest release of files about disgraced financier reveals she told Epstein he was ‘the brother I have always wished for
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/03/sarah-ferguson-charity-to-close-after-new-details-of-friendship-with-epstein?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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ThatRoseNoir
18 days ago
My review: Abraham Lincoln would have shot himself in the theater watching this movie.
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Rod
17 days ago
Globe and Mail cartoon
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htfcuddles
17 days ago
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-voice-assistant-lawsuit-settlement-68-million/
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Aaron Rupar
18 days ago
Rep. Morrison on conditions at Whipple: "She said, 'they are treating us like animals in here. The women that are in this cell with me, we slept on a cold concrete floor last night. We were begging for a blanket, & guards were cruel'... we have to resolve that every single person deserves dignity"
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Rachel Maddow
17 days ago
"Among the hires at CBS News announced by Weiss is a doctor who claims he reduced his biological age by 20 years with cold plunges; that cod liver oil treats autism; and that Alzheimer’s and dementia can be reversed with supplements he sells on his online store."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Bari Weiss’s new CBS hires include ‘germ theory denialist’ doctor
Dr Mark Hyman, who claimed he reduced his biological age by 20 years, brought on as a contributor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/bari-weiss-cbs-mark-hyman
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Forbes
19 days ago
Federal judge Kate M. Menendez denied a request by officials in Minnesota to temporarily end Operation Metro Surge in the state.
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Judge Denies Effort To Pause ICE Operation In Minnesota
Federal judge Kate M. Menendez denied a request by officials in Minnesota to temporarily end Operation Metro Surge in the state.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestunson/2026/01/31/judge-denies-effort-to-pause-ice-operation-in-minnesota/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Parody Nigel Farage
18 days ago
Our important work at Kent Council to spend £600k on a car park to provide free parking for Reform councillors while staff have to pay, is all part of our 'We don't give a shit about anyone but ourselves' policy.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
20 days ago
Rachel Reeves is neither morally nor intellectually up to the job. Her comments here are pure Thatcherism. Society is based on solidarity. We should all pay our fair share towards a system that's supposed to benefit everyone. Otherwise, just like Thatcher believed, "society does not exist".
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Jacob Öberg
22 days ago
🚨🚨Late to this but this seems to be a MAJOR story: Slovakia’s PM
#Fico
(a Trump alley) told EU leaders at a summit last week that a meeting with
#Trump
left him shocked by the US president’s state of mind. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-florida-robert-fico-eu-summit-nato/
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European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-florida-robert-fico-eu-summit-nato/
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Farrukh
22 days ago
President Macron, "Recent events confirm that the situation in Greenland is a strategic wake-up call for the whole of Europe" "About asserting our European sovereignty, about our contribution to Arctic security" "About the fight against foreign interference and disinformation"
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Foot Clan Reject
22 days ago
Never forget how Star Wars fans for years--for DECADES--were making up their own explanations for how technology in-universe worked, but SOMEHOW all that creativity dried up, oh, around 2017 for some reason.
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Robert Reich
21 days ago
An ICE agent attempted to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis, threatening the staff member who prevented him from entering. Hello? ICE is so out of control that its agents think they can break international law. Congress needs to rein them in yesterday.
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Maureen Pickering
21 days ago
Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life and your family’s lives worse
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/d...
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Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life...
From the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) yesterday: Reform UK have announced plans for cuts to income tax in Scotland if they were to win the Scottish Parliament elections in May. They say they …
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/dear-voter-sick-of-the-other-parties-and-tempted-by-reform-uk-dont-be-daft-dont-do-it-theyre-not-your-friends-unless-you-are-already-rich-this-report-proves-that-they-will-only-make-your-l/
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Best for Britain
22 days ago
Nick Clegg: "Nigel Farage's great achievement in life is a disaster for this country, and no one holds him to account."
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Mark Hamill
21 days ago
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
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Forbes
23 days ago
The equity-driven deal will see Lame becoming a controlling shareholder.
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TikTok Star Khaby Lame Sells His Core Company In Deal Worth $975 Million
The equity-driven deal will see Lame becoming a controlling shareholder.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/martinadilicosa/2026/01/27/tiktok-star-khaby-lame-sells-his-core-company-in-deal-worth-975-million/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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