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Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of refugees coming to UK
Refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases, a Home Office minister has said, in another detail of changes to migration policy likely to cause worries among Labour MPs.
Speaking to broadcasters before the formal announcement of sweeping changes to asylum policy on Monday, the Home Office minister Alex Norris said while this would not involve seizing wedding rings, jewellery without sentimental value could be taken. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
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The man President Trump wanted to be attorney general was allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year old girl who was working at a McDonald’s, saving up for braces, and partly living at a homeless shelter. trib.al/JekxdoT
17-Year-Old Girl in Gaetz Probe Was Homeless and Trying to Save Up
She was a high school student who wanted to pay for braces.
trib.al
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The man President Trump wanted to be attorney general was allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year old girl who was working at a McDonald’s, saving up for braces, and partly living at a homeless shelter. trib.al/JekxdoT
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Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
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2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
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As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief.
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief.
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
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epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
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ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
Jose Barco-Chirino, who served two tours of duty, was deported to Mexico on Friday, according to ICE, after he allegedly misplaces citizenship paperwork
www.themirror.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
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Immigration crackdown in Charlotte: Man films car window being smashed by agents
Video. Federal agents launch immigration crackdown in Charlotte, N. Carolina
Video. Federal officials confirmed that immigration enforcement surged in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Border Patrol agents made multiple arrests. Local resident Willy Aceituno said he saw agents chasing people and was twice stopped himself, with officers breaking his car window and throwing him to the gr
www.euronews.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Immigration crackdown in Charlotte: Man films car window being smashed by agents
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Russian law enforcers are kidnapping civilians in the occupied territories of 🇺🇦 ,trying them on charges of espionage and treason-at least 190 such sentences have been imposed over the past 3yrs
◾️From July to September 2025,courts in Russian-occupied territories imposed such sentences every 3days
◾️From July to September 2025,courts in Russian-occupied territories imposed such sentences every 3days
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Russian law enforcers are kidnapping civilians in the occupied territories of 🇺🇦 ,trying them on charges of espionage and treason-at least 190 such sentences have been imposed over the past 3yrs
◾️From July to September 2025,courts in Russian-occupied territories imposed such sentences every 3days
◾️From July to September 2025,courts in Russian-occupied territories imposed such sentences every 3days
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"In 1992 New York tried to create a review board for NYPD officers accused of misconduct.
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"In 1992 New York tried to create a review board for NYPD officers accused of misconduct.
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
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"In 1992 New York tried to create a review board for NYPD officers accused of misconduct.
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"In 1992 New York tried to create a review board for NYPD officers accused of misconduct.
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
Thousands of off duty cops responded by chanting racial slurs, breaking through barricades outside of city hall, smashing car windows, attacking pedestrians and blocking traffic across the Brooklyn Bridge."
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“police kidnap de blasio’s daughter and issue veiled threat demanding mayor authorize specific tactics” was blip in the press
And NYPD "Adams's protective detail kidnapped an Italian crypto investor and brought him to gangsters who sexually tortured him for his password" "forced him to smoke crack"
And NYPD "Adams's protective detail kidnapped an Italian crypto investor and brought him to gangsters who sexually tortured him for his password" "forced him to smoke crack"
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“police kidnap de blasio’s daughter and issue veiled threat demanding mayor authorize specific tactics” was blip in the press
And NYPD "Adams's protective detail kidnapped an Italian crypto investor and brought him to gangsters who sexually tortured him for his password" "forced him to smoke crack"
And NYPD "Adams's protective detail kidnapped an Italian crypto investor and brought him to gangsters who sexually tortured him for his password" "forced him to smoke crack"
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"Nearly half of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy students"
"or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
"75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise"
"or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
"75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise"
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Nearly half of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy students"
"or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
"75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise"
"or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
"75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise"
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some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
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This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
The N.Y.P.D. Prepares for Mayor Mamdani and a New Era in Public Safety
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
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The reporter who wrote this, Shawn McCreesh, is on the record as saying about journalists in the Trump era:
“We’re not supposed to be the resistance.”
“We’re not supposed to be the resistance.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The reporter who wrote this, Shawn McCreesh, is on the record as saying about journalists in the Trump era:
“We’re not supposed to be the resistance.”
“We’re not supposed to be the resistance.”
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s drug enforcement intentions in South America. apnews.com/article/airc...
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela
The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean Sea in a display of American military power. The presence of the USS Gerald R.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration’s drug enforcement intentions in South America. apnews.com/article/airc...
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As investigators closed in, elite experts and professionals offered support and advice to Jeffrey Epstein. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details from his network.
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As investigators closed in, elite experts and professionals offered support and advice to Jeffrey Epstein. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details from his network.
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Dr Oz: "Get people to pay $5. $5. Is that too much to pay a month? Paying $5 a month means at least you have to op in to the program. You can't get falsely put on a program by some broker without you knowing about it."
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dr Oz: "Get people to pay $5. $5. Is that too much to pay a month? Paying $5 a month means at least you have to op in to the program. You can't get falsely put on a program by some broker without you knowing about it."
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November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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As with every #GildedAge, the ultra-wealthy retreat further into their corners.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As with every #GildedAge, the ultra-wealthy retreat further into their corners.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...