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Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day, and I am delighted to see that Banbury Town Council has joined the #purplelights movement as part of efforts to raise awareness of the ongoing battle against the disease.
Please visit www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk to find out more.
Please visit www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk to find out more.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day, and I am delighted to see that Banbury Town Council has joined the #purplelights movement as part of efforts to raise awareness of the ongoing battle against the disease.
Please visit www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk to find out more.
Please visit www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk to find out more.
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
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This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
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Incredible. The Chancellor rents out her house without council permission and there’s an enormous fuss and people saying she should resign. Reform members talk openly about genocide on Muslims - and, well - relative silence.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Incredible. The Chancellor rents out her house without council permission and there’s an enormous fuss and people saying she should resign. Reform members talk openly about genocide on Muslims - and, well - relative silence.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Oh, my local Reform (who run the county council) endorsing *checks notes* foreign criminals...
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Oh, my local Reform (who run the county council) endorsing *checks notes* foreign criminals...
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And why are they able to keep fucking it up for the rest of us? Because the right wing operation is utterly ruthless and simply won’t allow their own to be held to account. Unless we have politicians and public figures willing to do it, we will always pay a v high price for their abuses of power.
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And why are they able to keep fucking it up for the rest of us? Because the right wing operation is utterly ruthless and simply won’t allow their own to be held to account. Unless we have politicians and public figures willing to do it, we will always pay a v high price for their abuses of power.
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Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
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Deeply moved to join fellow parliamentarians today to raise awareness of Ukraine's stolen children. Russia is stripping them of their language, culture and identity.
We must do everything we can to ensure every child is found, protected and brough home. @BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBack.
We must do everything we can to ensure every child is found, protected and brough home. @BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBack.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Deeply moved to join fellow parliamentarians today to raise awareness of Ukraine's stolen children. Russia is stripping them of their language, culture and identity.
We must do everything we can to ensure every child is found, protected and brough home. @BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBack.
We must do everything we can to ensure every child is found, protected and brough home. @BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBack.
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We've updated our Study.
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've updated our Study.
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
Good
SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
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This seems like a good time to remind people that everyone in politics and media knew very well that Johnson was a bent, disastrous imbecile and that he was made Tory leader *specifically because* he was the candidate the Mail, the Sun, the Times, the Telegraph and the Express would all get behind.
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This seems like a good time to remind people that everyone in politics and media knew very well that Johnson was a bent, disastrous imbecile and that he was made Tory leader *specifically because* he was the candidate the Mail, the Sun, the Times, the Telegraph and the Express would all get behind.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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When someone tells you complex societal challenges have simple answers, they're either stupid or hoping you are.
When they say those answers are more cruelty to a certain group, they're also evil and hoping you are.
When they say those answers are more cruelty to a certain group, they're also evil and hoping you are.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When someone tells you complex societal challenges have simple answers, they're either stupid or hoping you are.
When they say those answers are more cruelty to a certain group, they're also evil and hoping you are.
When they say those answers are more cruelty to a certain group, they're also evil and hoping you are.
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One facet of a real or wannabe autocracy is to elevate dumb excuses into government policy.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One facet of a real or wannabe autocracy is to elevate dumb excuses into government policy.
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This is really happening. Right now.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is really happening. Right now.
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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You don’t need to watch Seth Meyers to see the danger here. Presidents in democracies don’t demand that critics be fired, and federal regulators don’t amplify those demands. It undermines editorial independence and chills dissent.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You don’t need to watch Seth Meyers to see the danger here. Presidents in democracies don’t demand that critics be fired, and federal regulators don’t amplify those demands. It undermines editorial independence and chills dissent.
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This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
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I never would have believed a Labour government would move the goalposts for people who are in this country legally - breaking a contract with migrants who may have planned their lives around the existing settlement regime
‘Boriswave’ migrants to wait up to 20 years to get settled status
Shabana Mahmood has announced restrictions to force hundreds of thousands of people who arrived after Brexit to wait longer to qualify
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood has announced restrictions to force hundreds of thousands of people who arrived after Brexit to wait longer to qualify
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
‘Boriswave’ migrants to wait up to 20 years to get settled status
Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has announced restrictions to force hundreds of thousands of people who arrived after Brexit to wait longer to qualify
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I never would have believed a Labour government would move the goalposts for people who are in this country legally - breaking a contract with migrants who may have planned their lives around the existing settlement regime
Apparently the honey bee waggle dance is the most complex non-human communication in the animal kingdom.
Karl von Frisch, Austrian entomologist and Nobel Prize winner, was born on this day in 1886.
He is best remembered for his work decoding honey bee waggle dance behaviour. His key book 'The Dancing Bees' was published in 1927
He is best remembered for his work decoding honey bee waggle dance behaviour. His key book 'The Dancing Bees' was published in 1927
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Apparently the honey bee waggle dance is the most complex non-human communication in the animal kingdom.
So many American Christian nationalists are bigoted hypocrites, piously spouting religious dogma while behaving abominably to less fortunate fellow human beings. Jesus would weep.
So many American Christian nationalists are bigoted hypocrites, piously spouting religious dogma while behaving abominably to less fortunate fellow human beings. Jesus would weep.
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
So many American Christian nationalists are bigoted hypocrites, piously spouting religious dogma while behaving abominably to less fortunate fellow human beings. Jesus would weep.
Some people have just a stunning sense of humour.
Quite right all New York students should learn Arabic numerals!
Quite right all New York students should learn Arabic numerals!
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Some people have just a stunning sense of humour.
Quite right all New York students should learn Arabic numerals!
Quite right all New York students should learn Arabic numerals!
I wonder i the CDC will now be reported by the DHS for promoting misinformation?
But, Americans, you have to do something about this, it's unbelievable that you have a Government department devoted to health issues that simply does not understand any of the underlying science. Americans will die.
But, Americans, you have to do something about this, it's unbelievable that you have a Government department devoted to health issues that simply does not understand any of the underlying science. Americans will die.
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I wonder i the CDC will now be reported by the DHS for promoting misinformation?
But, Americans, you have to do something about this, it's unbelievable that you have a Government department devoted to health issues that simply does not understand any of the underlying science. Americans will die.
But, Americans, you have to do something about this, it's unbelievable that you have a Government department devoted to health issues that simply does not understand any of the underlying science. Americans will die.
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Where’s Nigel? And why won’t he answer our questions?
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Where’s Nigel? And why won’t he answer our questions?
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news