Jacq Dodman
@jacqdodman.bsky.social
‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter’ Martin Luther King #FBPE 🇪🇺
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In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
No problem boycotting Gail’s
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
No problem boycotting Gail’s
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There are going to be limits to what you can make other countries do by threatening to tax your own citizen's purchases of their products.
I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
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I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
There are going to be limits to what you can make other countries do by threatening to tax your own citizen's purchases of their products.
I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
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I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
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Wonder if Badenoch still thinks it’s a secondary issue
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Wonder if Badenoch still thinks it’s a secondary issue
Well yes, wondered about her but surely she’s a cross bencher?
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Well yes, wondered about her but surely she’s a cross bencher?
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every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
January 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
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Putin's little tool Farage is all over our TV screens, so I think this deserves revisiting.
Farage squirms as Rep. Jamie Raskin obliterates the "Putin-loving, free speech imposter, Trump sycophant".
Please share. The news media seem all too keen to forget about Farage's service to Russia.
Farage squirms as Rep. Jamie Raskin obliterates the "Putin-loving, free speech imposter, Trump sycophant".
Please share. The news media seem all too keen to forget about Farage's service to Russia.
January 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Putin's little tool Farage is all over our TV screens, so I think this deserves revisiting.
Farage squirms as Rep. Jamie Raskin obliterates the "Putin-loving, free speech imposter, Trump sycophant".
Please share. The news media seem all too keen to forget about Farage's service to Russia.
Farage squirms as Rep. Jamie Raskin obliterates the "Putin-loving, free speech imposter, Trump sycophant".
Please share. The news media seem all too keen to forget about Farage's service to Russia.
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Let's see what the good people of Iceland will choose.
Hope we can enlarge our EU family! 🇮🇸🇪🇺
Hope we can enlarge our EU family! 🇮🇸🇪🇺
Iceland says it will put EU membership to referendum by 2027
Iceland has traditionally been ambivalent about joining the bloc but issues like the 2008 financial crisis, Brexit and a range of domestic issues has meant the country is slowly warming to the idea of...
www.euronews.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Let's see what the good people of Iceland will choose.
Hope we can enlarge our EU family! 🇮🇸🇪🇺
Hope we can enlarge our EU family! 🇮🇸🇪🇺
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A nice rundown of this epic shitshow for anyone lucky enough to have missed it this week:
The threat to the global economy from Trump’s war on the Fed - as.ft.com/r/f85a3273-8...
The threat to the global economy from Trump’s war on the Fed - as.ft.com/r/f85a3273-8...
The threat to the global economy from Trump’s war on the Fed
[FREE TO READ] The escalating conflict between the White House and the US central bank could have far-reaching consequences
as.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
A nice rundown of this epic shitshow for anyone lucky enough to have missed it this week:
The threat to the global economy from Trump’s war on the Fed - as.ft.com/r/f85a3273-8...
The threat to the global economy from Trump’s war on the Fed - as.ft.com/r/f85a3273-8...
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
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Every defector Farage unveils, swears up-and-down that they made no deal.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Every defector Farage unveils, swears up-and-down that they made no deal.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
Presumably one of the points in this exercise is to scare these people enough that they won’t turn out to vote
January 17, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Presumably one of the points in this exercise is to scare these people enough that they won’t turn out to vote
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Since taking office, Trump has canceled or halted enforcement actions against 166 corporations accused of illegal conduct.
At least a third of those companies have close ties to his administration, including over 30 that have donated to Trump's ballroom.
The "law and order" president.
At least a third of those companies have close ties to his administration, including over 30 that have donated to Trump's ballroom.
The "law and order" president.
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Since taking office, Trump has canceled or halted enforcement actions against 166 corporations accused of illegal conduct.
At least a third of those companies have close ties to his administration, including over 30 that have donated to Trump's ballroom.
The "law and order" president.
At least a third of those companies have close ties to his administration, including over 30 that have donated to Trump's ballroom.
The "law and order" president.
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Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
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“Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a ‘confidence score’ on the person’s current address”
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a ‘confidence score’ on the person’s current address”
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
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'So we thought we'd give them a chance to do it again'
January 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
'So we thought we'd give them a chance to do it again'
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The first sale of Venezuelan oil went to a guy who donated $6 million to Trump. The proceeds are now in a bank in Qatar.
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The first sale of Venezuelan oil went to a guy who donated $6 million to Trump. The proceeds are now in a bank in Qatar.
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Soldiers from 🇫🇷France, 🇳🇴Norway, the 🇬🇧United Kingdom, and 🇸🇪Sweden are currently participating in military exercises in 🇬🇱Greenland. More to join.
Thursday, they met with the commander of Joint Arctic Command Major General Søren Andersen. (Forsvaret)
Thursday, they met with the commander of Joint Arctic Command Major General Søren Andersen. (Forsvaret)
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Soldiers from 🇫🇷France, 🇳🇴Norway, the 🇬🇧United Kingdom, and 🇸🇪Sweden are currently participating in military exercises in 🇬🇱Greenland. More to join.
Thursday, they met with the commander of Joint Arctic Command Major General Søren Andersen. (Forsvaret)
Thursday, they met with the commander of Joint Arctic Command Major General Søren Andersen. (Forsvaret)
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I do not like living during the Idiocracy.
January 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM
I do not like living during the Idiocracy.
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And now imagine being governed by this lot.
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
And now imagine being governed by this lot.
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It's called "taking back control of our borders to keep extremists out".
Suck it up Brexbores.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Suck it up Brexbores.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Dutch far-right activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek appears to lose right to UK visa-free travel
Influencer, who promotes conspiracy theories and anti-immigration rhetoric, posts notification that her ETA has been cancelled
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It's called "taking back control of our borders to keep extremists out".
Suck it up Brexbores.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Suck it up Brexbores.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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If this greedy and ridiculous man were to become Prime Minister, he'd be responsible for our security, safety, our NHS, our economy, and the welfare of our children.
Meanwhile he can't be bothered to do even basic checks on the Cameos that rake in £141,000 for him
metro.co.uk/2026/01/15/i...
Meanwhile he can't be bothered to do even basic checks on the Cameos that rake in £141,000 for him
metro.co.uk/2026/01/15/i...
Nigel Farage ‘tricked into paying tribute to Ian Watkins’
It cost £98 for The Reform UK leader to film the clip on his Cameo account
metro.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
If this greedy and ridiculous man were to become Prime Minister, he'd be responsible for our security, safety, our NHS, our economy, and the welfare of our children.
Meanwhile he can't be bothered to do even basic checks on the Cameos that rake in £141,000 for him
metro.co.uk/2026/01/15/i...
Meanwhile he can't be bothered to do even basic checks on the Cameos that rake in £141,000 for him
metro.co.uk/2026/01/15/i...