spraindsquirrel
@spraindsquirrel.bsky.social
Fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy... and what-have-you
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Donald Trump, saying the quiet part out loud:
“You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don’t win the midterms, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.”
“You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don’t win the midterms, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.”
January 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Donald Trump, saying the quiet part out loud:
“You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don’t win the midterms, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.”
“You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don’t win the midterms, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.”
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FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to overturn the results of a free and fair election he lost. Calling it anything else is a lie. (1/2)
January 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to overturn the results of a free and fair election he lost. Calling it anything else is a lie. (1/2)
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Pete Hegseth reposted this. It's a clear declaration of US imperialism in the Western Hemisphere.
January 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Pete Hegseth reposted this. It's a clear declaration of US imperialism in the Western Hemisphere.
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I think they all should be prepared in case it happens. No wonder everyone is hiding on military bases or surrounded by secret service. Biden used to walk to get an ice cream cone. Obama was seen walking through parks. Not hiding.
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Colombian president says ‘I will take up arms again’ if US invades
Gustavo Petro makes remark after Trump threatens military action similar to Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I think they all should be prepared in case it happens. No wonder everyone is hiding on military bases or surrounded by secret service. Biden used to walk to get an ice cream cone. Obama was seen walking through parks. Not hiding.
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#USDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
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Every country should do this.
Finland's preschool classrooms lead the fight against fake news | AP News apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Every country should do this.
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🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but it’s really clear where their loyalty really is. It’s Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful – no matter how heinous the crime. This is not patriotism. It’s subservience."
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but it’s really clear where their loyalty really is. It’s Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful – no matter how heinous the crime. This is not patriotism. It’s subservience."
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EU folk saying as I previously did, for the UK to go further will require financial contributions, moves towards freedom of movement, and demonstrating public commitment.
Some sign more UK analysts are understanding this.
Some sign more UK analysts are understanding this.
Brexit for slow learners. In the words of Theresa May: Brexit means Brexit. Now, it is the turn of the EU to say to the UK: Brexit means Brexit. You made your choice. Live with it. www.ft.com/content/0808...
Starmer may want closer ties with the EU — but will Brussels play ball?
The PM is trying to reassure pro-Europeans in Labour that a reset is coming, but EU officials say the timing is poor
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 AM
EU folk saying as I previously did, for the UK to go further will require financial contributions, moves towards freedom of movement, and demonstrating public commitment.
Some sign more UK analysts are understanding this.
Some sign more UK analysts are understanding this.
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This claim from Miller is why I warn friends off reading books like Sapiens that perpetuate a very simple idea of what prehistoric societies were like. It creates this myth that fascists co-opt. Books like Graeber's Dawn of Everything show this to be false by looking at diverse cultures across time.
"We live in a world, in the real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time."
And with these words, Stephen Miller damns his soul to hell for all eternity.
And with these words, Stephen Miller damns his soul to hell for all eternity.
January 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This claim from Miller is why I warn friends off reading books like Sapiens that perpetuate a very simple idea of what prehistoric societies were like. It creates this myth that fascists co-opt. Books like Graeber's Dawn of Everything show this to be false by looking at diverse cultures across time.
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Sign the open letter, folks!
Open letter: UK must not abstain on UN Venezuela vote
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Sign the open letter, folks!
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So then why did US break lose from United Kingdom in 1776?
Are we now down to intellectual level of 2 year olds? Feels comforting and safe 😊.
Are we now down to intellectual level of 2 year olds? Feels comforting and safe 😊.
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
So then why did US break lose from United Kingdom in 1776?
Are we now down to intellectual level of 2 year olds? Feels comforting and safe 😊.
Are we now down to intellectual level of 2 year olds? Feels comforting and safe 😊.
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The world capitulates.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The world capitulates.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
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Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
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Oh look, here's Alan Graves, the leader of Reform UK in Derbyshire during the lead up to the Local Elections criticising Council Tax.
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Oh look, here's Alan Graves, the leader of Reform UK in Derbyshire during the lead up to the Local Elections criticising Council Tax.
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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We’re going to do this for years aren’t we? Make tentative suggestions about heading back into the EU because Brexit is an isolating, costly moronathon that the country regrets. But Tories and Reform will keep howling ‘Betrayal!’, making progress and prosperity impossible.
(iPaper)
(iPaper)
January 5, 2026 at 7:41 AM
We’re going to do this for years aren’t we? Make tentative suggestions about heading back into the EU because Brexit is an isolating, costly moronathon that the country regrets. But Tories and Reform will keep howling ‘Betrayal!’, making progress and prosperity impossible.
(iPaper)
(iPaper)
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Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence. If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader’s closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence. If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader’s closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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Nearly six in 10 (58%) people who would vote in a second referendum said they would cast their ballot to return to the EU.
The finding in a Deltapoll survey for The Mirror comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit vote this year
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The finding in a Deltapoll survey for The Mirror comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit vote this year
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Majority of Brits say they want to reverse Brexit and rejoin EU
Nearly a decade on from the Brexit vote, six in 10 (58%) people who would cast their ballot in a second referendum said they would support the UK rejoining the EU
www.mirror.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Nearly six in 10 (58%) people who would vote in a second referendum said they would cast their ballot to return to the EU.
The finding in a Deltapoll survey for The Mirror comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit vote this year
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The finding in a Deltapoll survey for The Mirror comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit vote this year
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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There is no instance in history of an authoritarian far-right leader taking over that did not end in disaster for those who voted for them
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
There is no instance in history of an authoritarian far-right leader taking over that did not end in disaster for those who voted for them
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
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Labour MP Emily Thornberry has urged the UK government to condemn Trump's military action in Venezuela.
“If you’ve broken the rules then those around you should be saying 'you’ve broken the rules’.”
“We can't have might being right', she told ITV News.
“If you’ve broken the rules then those around you should be saying 'you’ve broken the rules’.”
“We can't have might being right', she told ITV News.
January 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Labour MP Emily Thornberry has urged the UK government to condemn Trump's military action in Venezuela.
“If you’ve broken the rules then those around you should be saying 'you’ve broken the rules’.”
“We can't have might being right', she told ITV News.
“If you’ve broken the rules then those around you should be saying 'you’ve broken the rules’.”
“We can't have might being right', she told ITV News.