John Hedges
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Lefty Londoner in Lanarkshire. 🏴 😉 Scottish independence. 🏴 👍🏻 Up the Republic! 🇮🇪 ✊🏻
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The Daily Beast
about 5 hours ago
The DOJ will likely appeal a decision that forced ICE to release a five-year-old boy from detention.
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Trump’s DOJ May Send 5-Year-Old Back to ICE Detention Center
The move comes as figures show the number of children in ICE detention has jumped more than sixfold since Trump’s return.
https://trib.al/fK5wXog
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Raibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺
about 7 hours ago
Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘best pal’ Labour ‘Lord’ Mandelson, appointed by Gordon Brown as his Deputy PM, has said that Jeremy Corbyn made him feel ‘dirty’. I’ll you draw your own conclusions.
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🇺🇸 Is Trump President of the USA or President of the KKK?
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This! This! This! ⏬
#Epstein
#Mandelson
#Starmer
🇺🇸 🇬🇧
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about 7 hours ago
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Independent Voices
about 13 hours ago
If only a party with a manifesto commitment to reforming the House of Lords had won the election…. 🤔
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Joe Noonan
about 8 hours ago
“I am glad you pointed that out.”
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The Daily Beast
1 day ago
The president said that he “didn’t know a thing” about a major election he’d posted about just two days prior.
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Trump, 79, Claims No Memory of Part in Humiliating GOP Defeat
The president said that he “didn’t know a thing” about a major election he’d posted about just two days prior.
https://trib.al/vPZxYo3
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James Ball
1 day ago
Think we can probably scratch the final two words from that statement, Pete.
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Steve Peers
1 day ago
Epstein sent $75k to accounts linked to Mandelson
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jeffrey Epstein sent $75,000 to Lord Mandelson linked accounts, documents appear to show
Lord Mandelson says he has no record or recollection of receiving the sums and does not know if the documents are authentic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn82elvzpz7o
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The Scales ⚖️
1 day ago
'Sent to' means trafficked, right? How is it that we all get this, but the news Editors don't?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Second Epstein victim claims she was sent to UK for sex with Andrew, lawyer says
The woman, then in her 20s, says the alleged encounter happened at Royal Lodge in 2010.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clymxxlm3xzo
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Mehdi Hasan
2 days ago
“What verdict will history render on those many moments of cowardice and silence from journalists who fell into line with the genocidaires? What will it mean to look in the mirror and realize that, when it mattered most, they chose career safety and complicity in genocide denial?”
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Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
https://zeteo.com/p/israels-military-now-accepts-70000
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Neil Mackay
3 days ago
We need to stop thinking of the Epstein case as political. It’s not. It’s about money & power. It’s about super-rich men, and some super-rich women, of all ideologies & none using their wealth & connections to abuse the weak & get away with it. The only solution is to smash the system they created.
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The Daily Beast
2 days ago
ICE has been given orders that critics say grant them the power to arrest “anyone they want,” according to an internal memo.
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ICE’s Shocking New Orders For Masked Goons Exposed
As Trump promises to “de-escalate” in Minnesota, ICE has been given even more power.
https://trib.al/08VK9yv
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Aaron Rupar
2 days ago
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and
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The Scales ⚖️
19 days ago
With all the shit going on in the world right now, it's easy to forget that the 8th in line to the British throne is still wanted for questioning about alleged child rape...
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Joe Noonan
5 days ago
“After being hit by US sanctions, the International Criminal Court is moving away from Microsoft Office to an open source office suite and a Swiss-based email platform to reduce its exposure to foreign political decisions.” - Brian Honan
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Why a gradual move away from US tech is a good idea
For a small business in Cork or a family in Galway, digital sovereignty means not waking up one day to find that your email, documents, or photos are suddenly inaccessible because a foreign leader thr...
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41783894.html
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Aaron Rupar
4 days ago
I am so excited to not watch Melania's movie that I'm not watching it right now and will be not watching it all weekend!
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Neil Mackay
5 days ago
The deadline for the release of the Epstein files was Dec 19. Since then, Trump invaded Venezuela, threatened Greenland & Denmark almost destroying Nato, oversaw the ICE assault on Minnesota which resulted in the deaths of two citizens & now he's threatening to invade Iran Might there be a pattern?
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Siobhán McElduff
5 days ago
Going to restart that claim that Shakespeare was a Corkman and that he used to always be swearing that he'd love to do the Leaving Cert if only it had been invented.
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News Eye
6 days ago
Every day, fresh horror. (📸 Dave Decker)
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Aaron Rupar
6 days ago
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
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Maureen Pickering
8 days ago
English Green Party on the ascendant is proposing things that are already available/better in Scotland!
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Dial M for Madeye 🏴 🇮🇪 🏴 🇬🇱
10 days ago
“The UK government has confirmed for the first time that a phone call took place between David Cameron and Karim Khan in which the then foreign secretary is alleged to have threatened the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court over his investigation into Israeli war crimes in
#Gaza
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Robert Reich
10 days ago
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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weegingerdug
10 days ago
What's in the Epstein files must be REALLY bad. You don't break the law and delay releasing information that will clear your name when you're innocent.
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Declassified UK
12 days ago
👉NEW -- MP broke rules at Maccabi hearing by not declaring husband by Declassified Staff Parliamentary watchdog says public was entitled to know antisemitism adviser testifying to committee was Jo White’s spouse
www.declassifieduk.org/mp-broke-rul...
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MP broke rules at Maccabi hearing by not declaring husband
Parliamentary watchdog says public was entitled to know antisemitism adviser testifying to committee was Jo White’s spouse
https://www.declassifieduk.org/mp-broke-rules-at-maccabi-hearing-by-not-declaring-husband/
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The Green Party of England & Wales
12 days ago
Palantir is a military corporation profiting from genocide and emboldening surveillance of civilians by abusive police forces.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
delivered a letter today to Palantir CEO Alex Karp demanding the end of its contract with the NHS. Get Palantir out of our NHS- now.
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James O’Brien
12 days ago
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/ice-arrests-five-year-old-boy-minnesota
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BladeoftheSun
12 days ago
They want to return Greenland to pre 982. So why don't we return the USA to pre 1492. Deport all those immigrants, like they seem to want.
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George Takei
13 days ago
She nailed Jennings to the wall with this. Good for her.
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Maureen Pickering
16 days ago
From the man who brought us Brexit - soo we really trust his judgement?
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Otto English
16 days ago
"Under the weather" is a funny way to spell "chicken"
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Aaron Rupar
16 days ago
Temu Himmler
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Gillian Mackay MSP
21 days ago
Don't be fooled. Reform are a clear and present threat to our NHS!
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Al Jazeera English
21 days ago
An Israeli soldier was filmed dancing at what activists say was the site of a Palestinian home demolition in Hebron. Since October 2023, Israeli forces have demolished more than 2,000 Palestinian homes across the occupied West Bank.
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Adil Ray
22 days ago
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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The Scales ⚖️
23 days ago
So, why do we think this politically-incited, media-fuelled, racist misconception exists?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/10/two-thirds-of-uk-voters-wrongly-think-immigration-is-rising-poll-finds
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Christopher Mims
23 days ago
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
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Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/videos-show-how-ice-vehicle-stops-can-escalate-to-shootings-caf17601
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Dom Ervolina
23 days ago
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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The National
25 days ago
BREAKING: Resident doctors have called off proposed strike action across Scotland Union members have been recommended to accept a two-year pay deal offered by the Scottish Government
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Karen Schwartz
26 days ago
Imagine not just choosing but reveling in being this awful. “Self-described poet” really did it for me.
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Alan Ferrier
27 days ago
But not you, Scotland.
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Only Greenland should decide its future, Starmer says
It comes after President Trump again said
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Have we heard* that the ICE agent responsible for this woman's death has at least been disarmed and suspended while an independent investigation determines the facts? *Asking from Scotland 🏴
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The Scales ⚖️
28 days ago
Hitler's invasion of Poland triggered the fight back: allies had finally seen enough evidence... Starmer would have waited to 'see the facts.'
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'Land of the free'? 🤔
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James Ball
about 1 month ago
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Eric Michael Garcia
about 1 month ago
In the final hours before the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act are about to expire.
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Declassified UK
about 1 month ago
In 2025 and 2024 Israel’s air force and army chiefs were given special immunity by Keir Starmer’s government to visit Britain, to protect them from possible prosecution for war crimes.
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Israeli air force chief given special immunity to visit Britain
Exclusive: Israeli air force commander Tomer Bar received a “special mission” certificate for his secret trip to the UK, protecting him from arrest for war crimes.
https://www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-force-chief-given-special-immunity-to-visit-britain/
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BladeoftheSun
about 1 month ago
If you work and you have a job you are taxed. If you don't work, if you 'earn' your money by being a landlord or a stock trader, you pay half the tax or less than people who work do. If you are a CEO, if you own a company, you pay virtually no tax at all. Tax the rich.
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Drop Site
about 1 month ago
Originally posted Dec. 22, 2025: 🇺🇳 UNFPA: Premature births in Gaza have surged from 20% to 70% since Oct 2023; 1 in 3 pregnancies is considered high-risk; more than half of youth & 40% of adults are expected to suffer PTSD. UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Andrew Saberton — who leads... Thread 🧵
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