Billy MacInnes
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Journalist, songwriter, music lover, husband, father of 4, Scot living in Ireland, 1 dog, 3 cats.
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Seth Abramson
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump Confesses to Impeachable Offense on Social Media, Revealing That He Pardoned a Democratic Congressman to Try to Illicitly Gain a GOP House Seat, Retain His GOP Majority in Congress, and Stave Off a 2027 House Impeachment
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Adrian Monck
about 20 hours ago
From the
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Daryl Feehely
about 14 hours ago
"I don't think that Israel should be allowed to hide under the umbrella of the Eurovision... make it look as though, everything's okay, business as usual, because it's not." Maith an fear Johnny! 👏
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
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Logan says Israel should be removed from Eurovision
Three-time Eurovision winner Johnny Logan has said that Israel shouldn't be allowed to take part in the song contest.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1207/1547754-eurovision-johnny-logan/
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emptywheel
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Putin declares victory.
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Aj Rez 🗿
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
1 day ago
"The Supreme Court is set to decide if the Constitution violates the Constitution."
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Laura McInerney
about 21 hours ago
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Paul Bernal
about 20 hours ago
This country benefits more from a poor person who’s a good person than it does from a billionaire who’s a shit.
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Joe Noonan
1 day ago
“You cannot speed up delivery by reducing public participation or diluting independent review. Doing so rewards the worst failures of our system by reducing oversight and accountability.” - Conor Skehan
#Accountability
#JudicialReview
#Oversight
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
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Conor Skehan: We need infrastructure, but you don’t protect the common good by trampling public rights
The Government has released another plan to speed up major projects.
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/conor-skehan-we-need-infrastructure-but-you-dont-protect-the-common-good-by-trampling-public-rights/a32164785.html
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Al Jazeera English
about 21 hours ago
Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms supplier, fifth-largest export partner, and one of its staunchest supporters.
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What has Germany’s position been on Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms supplier, fifth-largest export partner, and one of its staunchest supporters.
https://bit.ly/48oEmPr
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Joe Noonan
about 20 hours ago
🧵 Reveals a lot.
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Elise Wang
1 day ago
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
https://coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/childrens-immigration-court/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleAOhQC1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAadjGLlm0E05fKRKExzQChNCbl0_roRDshoN1cuOMGibdt8Gxh3ld6_JMzSOOA_aem_rONfBOHip4jUDkLwXqoTAw
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Jonathan Kingham
1 day ago
This is so disgusting.
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Declassified UK
1 day ago
Nelson Mandela died 12 years ago. In 1995 the UK government rejected his personal appeal to impose oil sanctions on Nigeria after its military regime executed nine environmental activists — as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests.
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Britain rebuffed Nelson Mandela’s appeal for oil sanctions against Nigeria after it executed environmentalists
The British government rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose oil sanctions on Nigeria after its military regime executed nine environmental activists in 1995 as it wanted to protect oil ...
https://www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-britain-rebuffed-nelson-mandelas-appeal-for-oil-sanctions-against-nigeria-after-it-executed-environmentalists/
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Seth Cotlar
1 day ago
What an interesting coincidence.
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Robert Reich
1 day ago
-Bust up monopolies -Boost unions -$20/hr fed minimum wage -Ban Wall Street from buying homes -Pass M4A -Universal childcare -Get rid of Trump’s tariffs -Enact UBI -Tax the rich These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
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Ted Lieu
1 day ago
I read the classified legal memo and disagree that military strikes on drug boats are legal (w/o congressional war authorization). But nothing in the memo would authorize strikes on boats not even headed for the U.S. That’s just straight up murder. DOJ must open investigation.
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Parody Nigel Farage
2 days ago
Yep, he wants nothing but deregulating crypto to help his crypto business and scrapping net zero to help his aviation fuel business. Which by pure coincidence are two of our policies.
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Rich Raho
3 days ago
“The Nativity scene at a Catholic church in Dedham is without the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sign criticizing federal immigration action instead taking Jesus’s place in the manger.”
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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'ICE was here': Dedham church's Nativity scene protests immigration crackdown
The Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham holds "the mirror up to what’s happening," Father Stephen Josoma said.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/12/02/ice-was-here-dedham-churchs-nativity-scene-protests-immigration-crackdown/
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Jonathan Cohn
1 day ago
"This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity."
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
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America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-has-identified-its-final
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LBC Watch
2 days ago
The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
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Li Andersson
25 days ago
This is what it looks like when the firewall is torn down for good. EPP, under the leadership of Manfred Weber, using the entire extreme and far right (including German AFD, French RN) for trashing sustainability and due diligence requirements for big business. The masks are off for good.
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Senator Ron Wyden
2 days ago
There is blood on the hands of Donald Trump, RFK, and every Republican who has allowed this sham to go on for far too long. When kids die unnecessarily and once-eradicated diseases darken the doors of terrified families and pediatricians, Americans will know who is responsible.
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Ron Filipkowski
2 days ago
I assume by “our” he is not talking about the company he owns that is the subject of the fine. I think by “our” he means that the government of the US must fight his battle for him.
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emptywheel
2 days ago
How much power do all the richies like FIFA *think* Trump has, and how much do they just love that someone as corrupt as they are (in FIFA's case) or want to be (Silicon Valley's) is for the moment the most powerful man in the world?
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Jacqueline Sweet
2 days ago
Pirro said the pipe bombing suspect had "not a lot of social media". She should call me, because I have now found his: Twitter, Tumblr, Soundcloud, YouTube channel, songs he made on YouTube, Steam, and about five fanfic and gaming forum accounts.
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The National
2 days ago
Tomorrow's front page 📰 See no evil: Donald Trump given 'peace' prize by Fifa at World Cup draw
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Wajahat Ali
2 days ago
It's been a blast triggering the entirety of the right-wing media over the past week, which has voluntarily shown its racist ass to the world. Melting down over white supremacy, Islamophobia, and anti-immigrant hate. Hoods are off. Their tears of rage have been sugar for my chai.
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Kelsey Atherton
2 months ago
Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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Ron Filipkowski
2 days ago
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
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Marina Purkiss
2 days ago
Praised Israel’s use of US weapons: “You used them very well.” Green‑lit strikes on Iran Sides with Russian aggressor Threatens military action in Venezuela Hints at “taking” Greenland Deploys national guard on own people …wins FIFA peace prize.
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Jordan Uhl
2 days ago
FIFA just awarded its inaugural “peace prize” to the guy who is actively threatening to attack one of the other host nations & wanted to annex the other.
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Jordan Uhl on Instagram: "Trump “wins” the FIFA peace prize"
In a move that has sparked widespread outrage and criticism, FIFA awarded Donald Trump a fake peace prize in a ceremony marred by controversy and threats of violence. The move has sparked a heated deb...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR5Gsw1Eq1J/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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Paul Waldman
2 days ago
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-need-to-treat-the-supreme
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Ron Filipkowski
3 days ago
Cassidy continues to pay lip service to the public health catastrophe he created with his cowardice.
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WG Saraband 🏴🇵🇹
3 days ago
"Don't mix politics with music!!!" say the people about a show filled with flags that correctly banned Russia almost immediately after its invasion of Ukraine but still allows a genocidal state to whitewash its crimes against humanity
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James Fallows
3 days ago
2/2 Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing. Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked. Don't let him forget it.
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James O’Brien
3 days ago
Didn’t happen. Nobody can remember. Actually, I can remember. Did happen wasn’t racist. Was racist wasn’t offensive. Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them. As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
https://tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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Micah
3 days ago
this is your fault, Bill personally, specifically, your fault you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it you own this and I hope you choke on it
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Sam Freedman
2 days ago
The last remnants of my soul out through my body.
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Fat, Illiterate And Violent Hat
2 days ago
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award Also Boomers:
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Peter Geoghegan
2 days ago
FIFA really is the most corrupt organisation in the world
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Donald Trump awarded controversial Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw
The US president, who was beaten to the Nobel Peace Prize by Venezuelan democracy campaigner Maria Corina Machado, was presented with Fifa’s hastily arranged new award
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/donald-trump-fifa-peace-prize-gianni-infantino-b2878882.html
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Asawin Suebsaeng
3 days ago
I’m ngl, it feels ok having our reporting vindicated publicly this way, so fwiw; if you want to stay ahead of the curve about trump administration horrors please subscribe to
@zeteo.com
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@premthakker.bsky.social
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kristy yummy coochie 🇯🇲
3 days ago
@katiecouric.bsky.social
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emptywheel
3 days ago
I'll read the NSS over the weekend. But it'd be useful to read it as a commitment to doing the stupidest things possible, which will inevitably weaken the US.
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"Since October 10, 2025, Israel has violated the ceasefire hundreds of times and killed at least 356 people, including dozens of children according to Palestinian authorities – sending the total death toll in Gaza to over 70,000."
www.thenational.scot/news/2567355...
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A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
TWO months ago, a ceasefire was supposed to have brought Israel’s genocide in Gaza to an end ...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25673550.nationals-front-page-details-israels-gaza-ceasefire-violations/
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Imani Gandy Cane 🎅🏾
3 days ago
The easiest thing for Democrats to do would be to stop confirming Trump judges, but they can’t even be bothered to do that. Just failure all the way down. I really hate these people.
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3 days ago
#EndLondonRule
#AllUnderOneBanner
#ScottishIndependence
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Anne Applebaum
3 days ago
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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Dave Hill
3 days ago
One minute, the Farage media is outraged about antisemitism. Then, all of a sudden, it isn't.
#stopfarage
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Mark Jacob
3 days ago
FIFA, soccer’s historically corrupt governing body, will name the winner of its first-ever “FIFA Peace Prize" today. Trump is widely expected to win, showing the moral vacuum of all concerned. A legitimate organization would move the World Cup out of the U.S. because of the abuse of immigrants.
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What is the FIFA Peace Prize and why is Donald Trump expected to win? | CNN
As billions of fans around the world tune in to watch the World Cup draw on Friday, they’ll also have the opportunity to watch FIFA president Gianni Infantino present a new, somewhat puzzling, award.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/sport/soccer-world-cup-peace-prize-trump-intl
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