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LibDem Cllr South Twickenham 50yr IT experience 20yr Reserve Forces Pro EU Palestine Ukraine Renewable Energy

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Analysis: Why Democrats are warning about Trump giving illegal orders | CNN Politics President Donald Trump has yet again suggested that his political opponents deserve to be executed. And yet again, he’s basing this argument on a rather novel legal theory and a dubious interpretation...

Serial liar Karoline Leavitt deliberately changed the words “unlawful orders”, which Democratic senators used, to “lawful orders”, thereby entirely changing it to the opposite of the truth.

They should sue her for billions of $, just as Trump has sued media outlets.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...

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Democrat lawmakers tell military to refuse “illegal”orders in a video.

Karoline Leavitt lies about what the Democrats said in the video at the White House press briefing.

When Kaitlan Collin’s tells Leavitt “that’s not what they said’, Leavitt literally runs out of the room.

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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin

It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Twyford village is overwhelmed by commuters relying on Twyford Train Station to travel into London or nearby towns, many of whom struggle to find parking.

That’s why I asked the Minister to meet with me to update me on plans for improving local travel links to put a stop to this issue.

20.11.2025 10:53 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

wapo.st/3Mbd9a6

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😳 According to JD Vance, Trump does not understand why Russians and Ukrainians are killing each other instead of focusing on trade, travel, and cultural exchange.

Can someone please explain to Trump who the Russians are?!

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Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.

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Interesting
Internet failure

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USA News: Anklage gegen Ex-FBI-Chef Comey wackelt In seiner ersten Amtszeit feuerte Donald Trump den damaligen FBI-Chef. James Comey wurde dann nach Trumps Druck auf die Justiz angeklagt. Doch jetzt gerät die US-Regierung selbst in den Fokus.

The highest profile of all Trump's revenge prosecutions is that against former FBI Director James Comey. But the sheer incompetence and stupidity of the prosecution is now attracting a world audience. It seems to say: Trump and his team are indeed evil. But they're also exceptionally stupid.

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Today I met a woman who had come to live in Britain more than 30 years ago.

She told me how her sons, now in their 40s, who had lived in Britain since they were 10 were worried about being made to leave the country.

Reform, and the Labour government who pander to them, should be ashamed.

16.11.2025 15:27 — 👍 41    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 2
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🚨Five incidents documented in Charlotte, NC, yesterday. Brutal violations of human rights by ICE. Charlotte residents took it to the streets in protests. A man closed his restaurant to protect his employees. Boycott, video, resist how you can. This WILL BE where you live eventually.

16.11.2025 14:07 — 👍 536    🔁 405    💬 45    📌 22
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Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Le...

I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...

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Rifles From Anonymous Dutchman: Six Ukrainian Intelligence Units Receive Anti-Drone Weapons - Militarnyi Анонімний благодійник з Нідерландів передав ГУР рушниці та приціли на загальну суму 350 тисяч євро.

An anonymous donor from the Netherlands has supplied rifles to six active operations units of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (DIU) as part of an aid package.

militarnyi.com/en/news/rifl...

16.11.2025 15:13 — 👍 41    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 1
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Brexit an 'act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism' Five years since Brexit, and a British chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is. An act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism.

Five years since Brexit, and a British chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is. An act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism.
www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2562303...

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Wow.

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Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent A Fullerton police officer told the agent he couldn't help 'with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred.' Under state law, local police cannot enforce federal immigration law.

This sounds like a keystone cops scenario, but is actually an incredibly dangerous situation and an upshot of poor coordination.When I was U.S attorney, we took great pains to minimize this precise risk, which happens when diff agencies are working the same area.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Looking good

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Marine protected areas Irish scientist Mark John Costello, based at Nord University in Norway, looked at the evidence of economic benefits on 50 existing marine protected areas in 31 countries. Can protecting parts of our o...

This is great - the bottom line is that strict marine protected areas work not only for marine life but for small scale fishermen. Why are fishing organisations not clamouring for these?

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

15.11.2025 16:48 — 👍 37    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’s Receiving Threats—Blaming Trump’s Attacks Against Her Trump on Friday called for Greene to face a primary challenge.

Trump on Friday called for Greene to face a primary challenge.

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Our hospitality VAT cut policy will help unlock barriers to growth and save our high street.

Labour must listen.

@joshbabarinde.bsky.social

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🎖️🇺🇦🇫🇷 Zelensky: French journalist Antoni Lallican was awarded the Order of Merit, 3rd degree posthumously. A similar order to deceased photographer Kostyantyn Guzenko.

A number of other journalists also received awards for the Day of Radio, Television and Communications Workers.

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The playbook is clear:

Step 1: deport NHS staff;

Step 2: waiting lists grow and NHS ceases to function;

Step 3: abolish NHS, sell assets, and force everyone onto private healthcare;

Step 4: Rich get richer and Nigel Farage buys new mansion (probably in someone else’s name for tax purposes).

16.11.2025 09:08 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 0
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Israeli soldiers shoot at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon No injuries were reported in the incident.

Israeli forces fired on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon today, forcing them to take cover.

Heavy machine-gun rounds from a tank landed roughly five metres from the personnel, who were on foot patrol near an Israeli position inside Lebanese territory.
jrnl.ie/6876555

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One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.

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“I feel extremely betrayed.” Haley Robson, a Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor who voted for Trump on what she would say to him to try and understand why he's breaking his 2024 campaign promise to release the Epstein files and continuing to, as Robson says, make himself look guilty.

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Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."

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What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Americans Want Billionaires Out Of Politics—And Think They’re A Threat To Democracy, Poll Shows Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.

Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.

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