Breffni Michael O’Connor
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Book evangelist. Head of marketing at politybooks.com. Cultivating my own garden. Specifically veg.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/25/record-number-journalists-killed-2025-israel-gaza-war
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RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds
Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/rsf-siege-el-fasher-sudan-hallmarks-of-genocide-un-mission-north-darfur
9 days ago
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Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
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Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-seamus-culleton-ice-detention?CMP=share_btn_url
19 days ago
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New Internationalist
21 days ago
Is the artistic process in danger from AI? Get an artist's take in our forthcoming issue, AI: The People Behind the Machine. Coming soon – pre-order by 13 February to receive your copy in print.
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Calls for King Charles to formally apologise for slavery after research shows crown’s role
Book The Crown’s Silence details how crown profited from and protected trade in enslaved African people for centuries
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jan/30/calls-for-king-charles-to-formally-apologise-for-slavery-after-research-shows-crowns-role
30 days ago
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Mehdi Hasan
about 1 month ago
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
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Video contradicts Trump administration account of Minneapolis killing
Once again, DHS appears to be lying.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/video-contradicts-minneapolis-shooting-dhs-trump-alex-pretti/
about 1 month ago
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Machado presents Trump with her Nobel award at White House meeting
Trump thanked Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, calling it
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2w94wp4p1o
about 1 month ago
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Greg Jericho
about 2 months ago
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on why she withdrew from the Adelaide Writers' Week
#ThePoint
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Why I withdrew from Adelaide Writers’ Week
Authoritarianism and its brutal brother fascism are rising all around us. They thrive on controlling, squashing and censoring ideas they do not like. I refuse to participate in that.
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260113-why-i-withdrew-from-adelaide-writers-week
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Greg Jericho
about 2 months ago
"I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week" Louise Adler ✊
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/13/i-cannot-be-party-to-silencing-writers-which-is-why-i-am-resigning-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
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Breffni Michael O’Connor
BISA - British International Studies Association
about 2 months ago
Refer someone to BISA today! 🎉 We are running our referral scheme in which for every new member you refer you will receive 3 MONTHS FREE MEMBERSHIP 🌟 Just make sure they put your name in the referral box here and do not miss out today: https://ow.ly/ZXjQ50XBHh4
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
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London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world London’s murder rate has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade with police in the capital and the mayor saying it is now one of the safest cities in the western world. The figures come as those on the radical right criticise the city for having a crime problem, hoping to gain politically from such claims being believed. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/12/london-homicide-rate-drops-to-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
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Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE
Victim-blaming began almost as soon as Renee Nicole Good was killed – we examine the claims and the reality
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/white-house-minneapolis-ice-killing?CMP=share_btn_url
about 2 months ago
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No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major
Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/private-schools-reverse-discrimination-cambridge-university-trinity-hall?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaAPPcQhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe2eL7zRXUi46rDDukQmwrNXw3hGwoE5HqiWFf4XU7kACo5exHTBZK9rp46M0_aem_aDe3YXQv6PEkdkpx6IzaTA#Echobox=1768038653
about 2 months ago
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?
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Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?
Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/10/trump-territorial-ambition-imperialism?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768025784
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty
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Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty
The US president’s grotesque theatrics on the world stage are an opportunistic distraction from his falling domestic ratings, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/08/trump-new-world-order-chaos-falling-ratings?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767853590
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There goes the ‘special relationship’. Colonialism 2.0
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US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House
It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark, which is pushing back against Trump's ambitions for the Arctic island.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyg1jg8xkmo
about 2 months ago
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
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Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
US president claims US will take back ‘stolen’ oil, but experts say no legal claim to natural reserves exists
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/trump-new-focus-venezuelan-oil-war-on-drugs?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767539165
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Andrea Capussela
2 months ago
Delighted and grateful that the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute included my book in its 2025 must reads
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“The reality is that America is in breach of the United Nations charter,” he added. “It has committed the crime of aggression, which the court at Nuremberg described as the worst crime of all.”
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Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela?
International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence and face little serious pushback
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/is-there-any-legal-justification-for-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-trump-maduro
about 2 months ago
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‘Like Mark Antony minus the toga and brains, he struts and preens, cries havoc! and lets slip the dogs of war. ‘
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Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/03/illegal-coup-venezuela-donald-trump-peace-war?CMP=share_btn_url
about 2 months ago
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I ran 1,000km to test the best running watches in the UK – here are my favourites
We ran more than 1,000km to test top-rated GPS fitness watches including Apple, Garmin and the best for beginners
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/dec/28/best-running-watches-tested-uk
2 months ago
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So grateful for the
#NHS
. Appointment, diagnosis, treatment all in one day. No charge.
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Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank
Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continues
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/israel-approves-new-jewish-settlements-occupied-west-bank
2 months ago
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The Guardian
2 months ago
Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection
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Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection
New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objects
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/21/manchester-museum-uncover-hidden-histories-africa-hub?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766343920
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Lit Hub
2 months ago
From the Booker to the Giller, the Kirkus to the Edgar, these books took home 2025’s biggest prizes in fiction.
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Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2025!
Percival Everett won the Pulitzer and Rabih Alameddine took home the National Book Award, but who else added a shiny new trophy to their mantle this year? From the Booker to the Giller, the Kirkus …
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I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/hunger-strike-british-prison-arms-to-israel
2 months ago
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Quakers in Britain
2 months ago
Quakers in Britain hold all those affected by the horrifying antisemitic attack in Sydney in the Light.
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Quakers express shock, condemnation and deep grief at antisemitic violence in Sydney
Quakers in Britain hold all those affected by the horrifying antisemitic attack in Sydney in the Light.
https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-express-shock-condemnation-and-deep-grief-at-antisemitic-violence-in-sydney
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Bondi beach shooting live updates: Australia's PM condemns act of ‘evil antisemitism’ as death toll from attack at Jewish festival rises to 12; event declared terror incident
Further 29 people are in hospital, after attack on world-famous Sydney beach where a Hanukah event was taking place
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/14/nsw-police-responding-to-reports-of-shooting-at-sydneys-bondi-beach-follow-latest
3 months ago
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Bondi Beach: Twelve killed in shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community
A Hanukkah event with over 1,000 attendees was taking place on the beach at the time of the shooting - 29 people have been taken to hospital.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckgk391yzm7t
3 months ago
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Andrea Capussela
3 months ago
Podcast on my
@politybooks.bsky.social
book, in St Andrews splendid
@rbpodcast.bsky.social
series. I discuss the links between classical liberty and P. Aghion's Schumpeterian theory, and pick from M. Wolf's and
@brankomilan.bsky.social
's reform programmes
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New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/13/new-israeli-barrier-slice-through-precious-west-bank-farmland
3 months ago
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Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
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Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/09/jacob-rees-mogg-house-brexiters-labour-brexit-benefits?CMP=share_btn_url
3 months ago
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Trump crowns himself world king… but kindly lets Russia and China rule their fiefdoms | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/trump-crowns-himself-world-king-but-kindly-lets-russia-and-china-rule-their-fiefdoms
3 months ago
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Tim Bale
3 months ago
SURPRISE!
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Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/22/boris-johnson-took-four-days-off-as-nhs-warned-covid-could-overwhelm-system
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Zygmunt Bauman’s Century
Polish-British sociologist Zygmunt Bauman was born 100 years ago today. He is best known as the theorist of “liquid modernity,” in which social bonds decline in favor of an atomized individualism.
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/zygmunt-bauman-liquid-modernity-theory
3 months ago
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Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/21/spain-rosy-view-franco-regime-horrors
3 months ago
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Ulrich Brand
4 months ago
I am pleased to announce the book Capitalism at the Limit. A Political Ecology of a World in Crisis by Markus Wissen and myself has been published with
@politybooks.bsky.social
. 🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
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Polity
4 months ago
Intimacy can be joyous, but also confusing and socially constrained. The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
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Inside China’s Zambian copper mine disaster
It's being called an environmental catastrophe - that's been followed by an alleged government and industry coverup.
https://www.channel4.com/news/inside-chinas-zambian-copper-mine-disaster
4 months ago
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BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
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BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
Comments by Karoline Leavitt follow allegations that Panorama documentary misled viewers with its editing of a Trump speech
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/08/bbc-100-fake-news-says-donald-trumps-press-secretary?CMP=share_btn_url
4 months ago
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Sudan war: Reports of mass killings in el-Fasher in Darfur have echoes of country's dark past - BBC News
Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pezegv1zo.amp
4 months ago
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Polity
4 months ago
“A marvel of narrative art … it’s the very best book I’ve read in quite a while.” Sara Dowse (
@saradowse.bsky.social
) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (
@uwewittstock.bsky.social
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@insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
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Perilous refuge • Sara Dowse
Uwe Wittstock’s Marseille 1940 is a marvel of narrative art
https://insidestory.org.au/perilous-refuge/
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Human remains from University of Glasgow to be returned to South Africa
The remains of six people will be repatriated from The Hunterian in Glasgow to South Africa, having been exhumed and taken to Scotland in the 19th…
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25541538.hunterian-glasgow-return-remains-south-africa/?utm_medium=Social
4 months ago
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Luke Brunning
5 months ago
Coming soon! In one month my new textbook with
@nmckeever3.bsky.social
will be published by
@politybooks.bsky.social
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, Engagingly written, and rich with real-world examples, The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships is a crucial resource for students, researchers, a...
https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-philosophy-of-love-sex-and-relationships--9781509551491
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Polity
5 months ago
Many people think they know what fairies are. Francis Young's book demonstrates that the truth about belief in fairies is far stranger than clichéd images of wings and wands. Get 25% off
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
's 'Fairies: A History' from Waterstones. Details ⬇️
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Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.
https://share.google/BVUVWYe5MQ5JAkEOI
5 months ago
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Good Law Project
5 months ago
"Are we going to abandon people whenever the rightwing press demands it?"
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Rachel Maddow
5 months ago
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
https://apnews.com/article/pope-free-press-media-journalists-c826e0567122d6fa7c094850787c1a39
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FBI fires agents who kneeled during 2020 racial justice protest
Agents kneeled in Washington DC during protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/fbi-fires-agents-kneeling-2020-racial-justice-protest?CMP=fb_gu
5 months ago
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