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Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
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New 2026 thread to retest in real time if X reporting system *mostly* ignores/protects unlawful racist abuse reported to it
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
New 2026 thread to retest in real time if X reporting system *mostly* ignores/protects unlawful racist abuse reported to it
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
Criteria: direct racist abuse @ people that would be unlawful on the bus + is unlawful online + that broad consensus (9/10 people across parties) would agree should be stopped
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in other news apparently you can now get shot for being smug
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 9:42 AM
in other news apparently you can now get shot for being smug
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They don't seem to realize that the video of them abusing a legal observer is probably worse than whatever video the legal observer had already obtained of them.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
They don't seem to realize that the video of them abusing a legal observer is probably worse than whatever video the legal observer had already obtained of them.
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SNP’s more progressive taxation raised £4 billion for higher employment, lower crime, shorter hospital waiting lists, more teachers and better schools talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/13/1...
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz'
The Scotsman’s right-wing tabloid headline today is based on this from Audit Scotland published on 13 November 2025: Altogether, the net benefit to Scottish Budgets since the introduction of …
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January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
SNP’s more progressive taxation raised £4 billion for higher employment, lower crime, shorter hospital waiting lists, more teachers and better schools talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/13/1...
Scotland were dragged out of the EU by a corrupt bunch of charlatans who broke electoral law in order to win & the @BBC refused to investigate further
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How to kill a whistleblower.
In the middle of March 2018, I came forward about breaches of campaign financing laws during the 2016 Brexit referendum, facilitated by a sister branch of a global Data Analytics company, AIQ, formall...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Scotland were dragged out of the EU by a corrupt bunch of charlatans who broke electoral law in order to win & the @BBC refused to investigate further
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Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
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So Netanyahu met with Trump today and now Trump is threatening to bomb Iran again. Amazing how that happens.
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
So Netanyahu met with Trump today and now Trump is threatening to bomb Iran again. Amazing how that happens.
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 Who would have thought that the American Red Cross bought into scientific racism? During WWII, they refused blood from Black donors.
Pull up a seat, my friends.🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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🧵 Who would have thought that the American Red Cross bought into scientific racism? During WWII, they refused blood from Black donors.
Pull up a seat, my friends.🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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During World War II, the Red Cross refused to accept blood from black donors
In December 1941, a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II, a Detroit mother named Sylvia Tucker visited her local Red Cross donor center to give blood.
qz.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 Who would have thought that the American Red Cross bought into scientific racism? During WWII, they refused blood from Black donors.
Pull up a seat, my friends.🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
qz.com/344343/durin...
🧵 Who would have thought that the American Red Cross bought into scientific racism? During WWII, they refused blood from Black donors.
Pull up a seat, my friends.🪑 (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
qz.com/344343/durin...
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Stephen Miller is a horrible racist in the sense that he is actually not that good at being racist.
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Stephen Miller is a horrible racist in the sense that he is actually not that good at being racist.
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After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
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'Let that one sink in': Ex-prosecutor ties Trump 'wingman' report to missing Epstein files
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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'Let that one sink in': Ex-prosecutor ties Trump 'wingman' report to missing Epstein files
Donald Trump's name was held back from most of the much-anticipated files release on Jeffrey Epstein, and that could be related to a recent New York Times report describing the now-deceased sex abuser...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
'Let that one sink in': Ex-prosecutor ties Trump 'wingman' report to missing Epstein files
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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Fun fact: It’s easy to keep premiums low when you only have to insure healthy people.
LANKFORD: In 2010, before Obamacare kicked in, the normal healthcare premium was $215.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition
LANKFORD: That's true.
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fun fact: It’s easy to keep premiums low when you only have to insure healthy people.
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
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A legendary stage moment in jazz and bossa nova history.
João Gilberto's performance of Garota de lpanema (1967), featuring American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. This is likely from their collaboration that produced the highly influential album Getz/Gilberto.
#jazz #girlfromipanema #bossanova
João Gilberto's performance of Garota de lpanema (1967), featuring American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. This is likely from their collaboration that produced the highly influential album Getz/Gilberto.
#jazz #girlfromipanema #bossanova
December 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A legendary stage moment in jazz and bossa nova history.
João Gilberto's performance of Garota de lpanema (1967), featuring American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. This is likely from their collaboration that produced the highly influential album Getz/Gilberto.
#jazz #girlfromipanema #bossanova
João Gilberto's performance of Garota de lpanema (1967), featuring American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. This is likely from their collaboration that produced the highly influential album Getz/Gilberto.
#jazz #girlfromipanema #bossanova
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
A visually impaired man from Perth was able to watch his first football on Saturday due to technological advances.
Listen to Paul from around 1h 11mins in the show.
MORE WEEKEND REACTION | TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER on the Superscoreboard podcast - clyde.listennow.link/437073390
A visually impaired man from Perth was able to watch his first football on Saturday due to technological advances.
Listen to Paul from around 1h 11mins in the show.
MORE WEEKEND REACTION | TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER on the Superscoreboard podcast - clyde.listennow.link/437073390
MORE WEEKEND REACTION | TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER
Gordon Duncan, Marvin Bartley and Gordon Dalziel are in the studio as fallout continues from Celtic's defeat to Hearts in manager Wilfried Nancy's first game.One caller says Hoops players are DISRESPE...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
A visually impaired man from Perth was able to watch his first football on Saturday due to technological advances.
Listen to Paul from around 1h 11mins in the show.
MORE WEEKEND REACTION | TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER on the Superscoreboard podcast - clyde.listennow.link/437073390
A visually impaired man from Perth was able to watch his first football on Saturday due to technological advances.
Listen to Paul from around 1h 11mins in the show.
MORE WEEKEND REACTION | TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER on the Superscoreboard podcast - clyde.listennow.link/437073390
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
'One of the magic nights at Elland Road' - Leeds' week of hope - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Leeds 3-3 Liverpool: Daniel Farke on Leeds' week of hope after Premier League comeback
Leeds United's daunting week in the Premier League was expected to condemn them to the Championship, but it turned into their
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December 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
'One of the magic nights at Elland Road' - Leeds' week of hope - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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