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Among the many, many mistakes Dems made when they capitulated was that they did so with PERFECT timing for Jon Stewart to harness the wave of disgust and rage.
Jon Stewart "Can't F**king Believe" Democrats Caved on the Shutdown | The Daily Show
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November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Among the many, many mistakes Dems made when they capitulated was that they did so with PERFECT timing for Jon Stewart to harness the wave of disgust and rage.
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Aketi Ray - From Ever Since [Full Album // Dub-Jazz]
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November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Last night, tragically, 8 Democrats caved.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Last night, tragically, 8 Democrats caved.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
But the struggle continues.
Short term, we must not allow health care premiums to double for more than 20 million Americans.
Long term, we must provide health care to all as a human right.
If the singularity at the centre of a Black Hole is - as has been posited - 'A moment in time - in fact the end of time!' does it stand that it has always existed and will always exist - even before it came into existence because you know !time no longer exists so it is outside the timeframe"..?
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If the singularity at the centre of a Black Hole is - as has been posited - 'A moment in time - in fact the end of time!' does it stand that it has always existed and will always exist - even before it came into existence because you know !time no longer exists so it is outside the timeframe"..?
Spot on.
The only way to beat the far-right lunatics is to fight them not appease them.
I mean this isn't even hard to understand. Has nobody at the BBC read a history book about the Second World War?
Cowards and heroes die, but cowards never live.
The only way to beat the far-right lunatics is to fight them not appease them.
I mean this isn't even hard to understand. Has nobody at the BBC read a history book about the Second World War?
Cowards and heroes die, but cowards never live.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Spot on.
The only way to beat the far-right lunatics is to fight them not appease them.
I mean this isn't even hard to understand. Has nobody at the BBC read a history book about the Second World War?
Cowards and heroes die, but cowards never live.
The only way to beat the far-right lunatics is to fight them not appease them.
I mean this isn't even hard to understand. Has nobody at the BBC read a history book about the Second World War?
Cowards and heroes die, but cowards never live.
Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: No. 1, Granada
YouTube video by Ricard Viñes - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So the #Traitor and #Russian Agent known as Nigel Farage has just claimed that the #BBC has been institutionally biased for decades.
This a man who was on their BBC talk shows more than any other political figure in the last decade and a half which enabled #Putin's #Brexit to happen.
This a man who was on their BBC talk shows more than any other political figure in the last decade and a half which enabled #Putin's #Brexit to happen.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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If you've ever needed a reason to rally behind the BBC then this is it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you've ever needed a reason to rally behind the BBC then this is it.
The response from the BBC should be - "Bring it".
If you've ever needed a reason to rally behind the BBC then this is it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The response from the BBC should be - "Bring it".
To be clear.
If #Trump replaces Air Traffic Controllers who dislike him with "TRUE PATRIOTS" who will "do a better job than they could ever do", then you should expect very serious incidents and aeroplane crashes in the near future.
My advice - don't fly in American airspace.
I'm not joking.
If #Trump replaces Air Traffic Controllers who dislike him with "TRUE PATRIOTS" who will "do a better job than they could ever do", then you should expect very serious incidents and aeroplane crashes in the near future.
My advice - don't fly in American airspace.
I'm not joking.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
To be clear.
If #Trump replaces Air Traffic Controllers who dislike him with "TRUE PATRIOTS" who will "do a better job than they could ever do", then you should expect very serious incidents and aeroplane crashes in the near future.
My advice - don't fly in American airspace.
I'm not joking.
If #Trump replaces Air Traffic Controllers who dislike him with "TRUE PATRIOTS" who will "do a better job than they could ever do", then you should expect very serious incidents and aeroplane crashes in the near future.
My advice - don't fly in American airspace.
I'm not joking.
I still remember folks using this fellah's invention (though I hasten to add - it had been out of general use for 40 years)
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I still remember folks using this fellah's invention (though I hasten to add - it had been out of general use for 40 years)
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"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.”
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.”
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
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Absolutely this.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Absolutely this.
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
So you might be asking - "Why does this matter?"
Well think about the timeline for a moment. Think about the fact that they have voted for Democrats in the past also.
Think about the fact it is 100 years later, and for them, the people of Ehrenfeld, nothing has changed.
They voted Trump...
Well think about the timeline for a moment. Think about the fact that they have voted for Democrats in the past also.
Think about the fact it is 100 years later, and for them, the people of Ehrenfeld, nothing has changed.
They voted Trump...
Charles Bronson was born 1921 into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania.
Today Ehrenfeld has a very high poverty rate, with 26% of its 228 population living below the poverty line, double the rate for the County & more than double the state average.
They voted Republican.
Think about it.
Today Ehrenfeld has a very high poverty rate, with 26% of its 228 population living below the poverty line, double the rate for the County & more than double the state average.
They voted Republican.
Think about it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
So you might be asking - "Why does this matter?"
Well think about the timeline for a moment. Think about the fact that they have voted for Democrats in the past also.
Think about the fact it is 100 years later, and for them, the people of Ehrenfeld, nothing has changed.
They voted Trump...
Well think about the timeline for a moment. Think about the fact that they have voted for Democrats in the past also.
Think about the fact it is 100 years later, and for them, the people of Ehrenfeld, nothing has changed.
They voted Trump...
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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👇🎯 Unfortunately, this is true & probably the only way. Voters need to realize that hating government, & illegally defunding & dismantling it, & pretending that we can run a modern society/economy on Ronald Reagan's shabby talking point & worn copies of Atlas Shrugged & Mein Kampf is untenable.
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
👇🎯 Unfortunately, this is true & probably the only way. Voters need to realize that hating government, & illegally defunding & dismantling it, & pretending that we can run a modern society/economy on Ronald Reagan's shabby talking point & worn copies of Atlas Shrugged & Mein Kampf is untenable.
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How the BBC kowtowed to Boris Johnson. Amazing that, even though we now know what a corrupt, mendacious, useless Prime Minister Johnson was, the BBC are kowtowing to him again
🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How the BBC kowtowed to Boris Johnson. Amazing that, even though we now know what a corrupt, mendacious, useless Prime Minister Johnson was, the BBC are kowtowing to him again
A life without surprises, good or bad, is a life not worth living.
I wish you all a surprising life.
Goodnight.
youtu.be/yWC7JGWCTe4
I wish you all a surprising life.
Goodnight.
youtu.be/yWC7JGWCTe4
Radiohead - No Surprises (Later Archive)
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November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A life without surprises, good or bad, is a life not worth living.
I wish you all a surprising life.
Goodnight.
youtu.be/yWC7JGWCTe4
I wish you all a surprising life.
Goodnight.
youtu.be/yWC7JGWCTe4
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....