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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
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December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There can be no meaningful land reform without independence and a curtailing of the anti-democratic powers of the monarchy among others....
A 'step change' is needed in how data on land sales is collected in order to push forward land reform in Scotland, according to a new report
Land sale data collection needs ‘step change’, say experts
www.thenational.scot
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Our front page looks a little different this morning, and that’s because we have decided to publish a timeline of the so-called 'ceasefire' in Gaza, as Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutal apartheid regime continues to claim lives 👇
A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
www.thenational.scot
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Why ROG Keeps Getting Banned! ⚓️ #rugby #france (📹@PirateRugbyPod) #rugby #France #sports
Why ROG Keeps Getting Banned! ⚓️ #rugby #france
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December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Ben Stokes as an experienced international professional wtf? Utter stupidity. Typical #baseball brain fade...Stokes owes us at LEAST a 5 fer...#ashes2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The latest pledges from GB Energy should be 'taken with a large pinch of salt', the SNP have said
Latest GB Energy pledges should be taken with 'large pinch of salt', say SNP
www.thenational.scot
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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A lovely knock of 92* from 21-year-old James Rew to see England Lions to victory today in Australia! 😎

#YouAreSomerset
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Winter northern lights bucket list holiday adventure
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to meet President Trump at the White House today.

The ruler had been branded a pariah in 2018 after the CIA concluded that he had approved the killing of Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi crown prince to meet Trump in White House, shedding pariah status
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.

Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Zack Polanski has spoken of his fury towards the UK Government following an announcement of asylum reforms, comparing the plans to Nazi Germany
'Government of cowards': Zack Polanski slams 'inhumane' asylum reforms
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Dozens of websites and apps, including ChatGPT, X and Uber, were disrupted early Tuesday after the widely used cybersecurity service Cloudflare suffered an outage.

They called the disruption “resolved” but said it would continue to monitor.
Cloudflare outage briefly disrupts ChatGPT, X and dozens of apps
The cybersecurity company is used across a wide array of apps, websites and other platforms.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Health care costs will skyrocket, people will lose coverage, and the transfer of wealth from the poor to the ultrarich will continue.

DC has faced the brunt of the shutdown, but federal workers are still resolute in calling on Dems to hold the line. Where is our fight?
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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How much did the FAA limiting private jets at major airports impact the forced deal to end the shutdown? We will never know. What we do know is that it was never about health care for the people.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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NEW: Unemployment in Scotland fell slightly in the last quarter while the UK rate has risen to its highest level in more than four years, according to the latest figures

Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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@DavidLammy taking PMQs answers Q from Pete Wishart MP saying @theSNP are a threat to national security!
A legitimate party freely elected by Scots, to represent them and which #Worstminster and its #EnglishImperialists call a threat, is reprehensible.
IT IS TIME...
#ScottishIndependenceNOW
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Many publicly identified donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in contracts to federal investigations of their companies, according to a watchdog group report.
Report: Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts
The White House ballroom’s donor list contains heavyweights in the tech, financial and defense sectors, including Google, Comcast and Lockheed Martin.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Your first look at tomorrow's Sunday National 📰

Firm with Scottish headquarters 'helps Israel extract gas' from Palestine's waters
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Palace v Brentford for me today. Really sums up the Premier League at the moment. Two goals from set-pieces, almost nothing else. Just no hint of any combination play or individual magic. It’s getting a bit boring to be saying this every week but blimey…
November 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Lisa Nandy. Steve Reed. Rachel Reeves. Top Labour ministers are lying daily – so why is Keir Starmer doing nothing but shrug his shoulders? Hamish Morrison asks ✍️

Read the full piece: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM