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Mike Johnson is letting the House stay home while the government is shut down. Here’s the kicker:

Members of Congress will still be paid on Nov. 1 unless they personally ask not to. I’ve done that. But our staff won’t get a dime.
What kind of boss pays him or herself while their team goes unpaid?

Signing off for the day. Ciao.

Compare Matt Goodwin's introduction with Faiza Shaheen's introduction #BBCQT

Chat GPT says: "The framing favors MG because it makes him sound more neutral or credible (academic + media presence) while making FS sound more partisan or controversial"

Bristol Labour councillor defects to join Greens Alsayed Al-Maghrabi's defection means the Green Party holds exactly half of the seats at City Hall

💚 Delighted to welcome our new councillor in Bristol!

🥀 Alsayed is one of 20 councillors to leave Labour & join the Greens this year.

🎤 “I will never stop standing up for equality, justice & the right to speak truth to power."

Huge welcome, Alsayed!

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Graphic with an image of Cllr Alsayed Al-Maghrabi. A white arrow points from a Labour Party logo to a Green Party logo. White text reads: Welcome COUNCILLOR AL-MAGHRABI FROME VALE - BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL The background is green, with an enlarged Green Party logo. Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

“I am incredibly excited to join the Greens to put hope back into the politics of Bristol.”

Welcome to the Green Party, Cllr Alsayed Al-Maghrabi 💚

Gambling companies claim there is “no social ill”.
Yet harm falls hardest on the poorest communities — this is a tax on desperation.

#GamblingReform #SocialJustice

We're just getting started.

Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.

If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

🚨| @scottishgreens.org are polling at 16.5%! (Find Out Now)

The Greens are second in Scotland. Absolutely sensational. 💚🥳 Happy Friday, all! 🎊

If anyone had said even a month ago that the @greenparty.org.uk would be in 2nd place in a Westminster poll I’d have thought they were delusional.

I know it’s only Find Out Now, but still an extraordinary moment

Richard Gere calling out Trump and other autocrats! 🔥 “Why do we let them divide us?” Wise words from Gere on how Trump and other autocrats thrive by turning people against each other. Time we stopped falling for their hate.

#Trump#Democracy
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

James Talarico is amazing!

“These billionaires aren’t just buying yachts and jets they’re buying power.”💰.

Every time they do, democracy gets a little smaller.

#JamesTalarico #BillionaireClass
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

Andy Bunday @bundaycartoons on #NigelFarage #Clacton – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Look out Shed 7.

(I'm sorry).

Lt. Gen. Joe McGee a three-star general is retiring after reported clashes with Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine. More than a dozen senior military officials have been fired, or forced to retire since the start of the year!

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Patrick Lawrence: A Worldwide Anti–Israel Movement Catherine Connolly’s rise to the Irish presidency marks a progression in global politics we ought not miss. A critical mass is gathering against the Zionist state. By Patrick Lawrence The Floutist...

Catherine Connolly, President of Ireland, calls the Zionist regime’s genocide just what it is and recognizes Hamas as “part of the fabric of the Palestinian people” — a liberation movement by any other name.

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I know I'm veering, but it blows my mind every time I look at this, that all those "PRO-LIFERS" are stilling at a table head by a guy who dropped an abortion pill in his mistress's Smoothie when she refused to have an abortion, pulling her in the hospital and terminating the pregnancy. Gross, huh.

So proud of @alastairis.bsky.social and the @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social for calling out the Labour run council

Resist ✊️

Get ready for a slew of dishonest social media ads from Labour claiming the Renters' Rights Bill as a triumph over demon landlords.

Ads won't mention caving to vested interests, nor:
• Eviction loopholes
• Insufficient tenant protections
• Court delays
• Discrimination & affordability

Imagine being so committed to polluting water, you'd head to court so you can keep doing it

Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.

In 2024, UK’s big four banks HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, & National Westminster made £45.9bn profit.

Since 2021/22 profit margins up by 21%.

2022 -2024: Big four banks paid £124bn in dividends, £32bn in share buybacks.

They oppose possible tax increase, publish misleading tax numbers.

Tax them.

If 104 Israelis were killed every Western leader and media outlet would endorse Israel moving the genocide back up to full speed. They'd denounce it as an attrocity.

But when 104 Palestinians are killed Western leaders are silent and media outlets talk about the "ceasefire" being fragile.

DOJ Puts Prosecutors On Leave For Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Attack Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol,” a source familiar with the personnel moves told Democracy Docket.

Police drop inquiry after man assaulted removing flags Tensions over divisive flag displays have erupted into violence in Norfolk, as police face criticism for inaction

Tensions over divisive flag displays have erupted into violence in Norfolk, as police face criticism for inaction | Owen Sennitt, Local Democracy Reporter

Visual representation of the richest 0.1%'s carbon emissions being 4000x larger than the poorest 10%'s Source: Oxfam Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

A new report shows the US’s super-rich are burning through carbon emissions at 4,000 times the speed of the world’s poorest 10%.

Some would have you believe climate action has to cost you money. They're lying.

Tax the polluters. Tax the super-rich.

No, it was Greenpeace's Save the Whales campaign

They bypassed formal channels entirely and took to sea, taking direct action to get between the whalers and their prey and expose the brutality to the world

The public concern it stimulated formed the bedrock for everything that followed

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This new reconstruction of global whale biomass shows that countries can successfully tackle environmental problems when they come together

But it's a story with an under-recognised hero

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A newspaper article overlay on a landscape, highlighting a new law for Scotland's rewilding journey with trees and rivers in the background. Photo credit: James Shooter

Rewilding the law 🌳

MSPs agreed today to add a requirement to the new Land Reform Bill. Large landowners must now set out how they're boosting biodiversity, adapting to climate change and complying with the Scottish Outdoor Access Code and deer management rules, while also contributing to net-zero.