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British emigrant on a Greek island since before the madness happened. Cats, dogs, wife. Proud member, Guardian reading Wokerati. Grumpy curmudgeon. DMs = block. MAGA bimbos and Crypto touts, irrespective of cleavage pics or pouting = block. Atheist.

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BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.

She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.

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From FB:

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πŸ’₯ Some good news. Major win in Utah.

A late night court ruling just threw out GOP gerrymanders and guaranteed Democrats a new House seat.

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This Reverend destroys the Christian Nationalism propaganda coming out with his understanding of teachings from The Bible.

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β€˜We can never forget’: the fight for answers as displays of black US soldiers removed from Dutch cemetery

Relatives fear removal is part of β€˜same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge

Photo of two display panels about African American soldiers

Screenshot of The Guardian. Netherlands β€˜We can never forget’: the fight for answers as displays of black US soldiers removed from Dutch cemetery Relatives fear removal is part of β€˜same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge Photo of two display panels about African American soldiers

‼️ β€œThe displayed panels represented a history that we can never forget & from which we can learn, especially now that differences in the world are ever more magnified. They fought for a freedom that they did not have themselves”

‼️ Urgent appeal to be made to ABMC & US ambassador for their return.

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There's a part 2 to this Byline Times article by Dr Nafeez Ahmed. Not delved into it myself yet, but fill yer boots if you like.

Just my own worthless opinion, but I think this is where the real story on the current BBC debacle is. Not that that will be widely reported.

bsky.app/profile/pete...

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Make America Great Again

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Forgot the paedophilia.

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This grifter can't stop grifting.

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Says the bloke from a party that has been using anti-immigration rhetoric, doesn't really want a Youth Mobility Scheme, doesn't really want Erasmus and doesn't want Freedom of Movement.

🀑🀑🀑🀑🀑🀑

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Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises? A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors

Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?

A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors.

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Sad for my childhood home but not at all surprised

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County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax

Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax...

...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.

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Leicestershire County Council has announced it is to pay consultants Β£30m to carry out a cost cutting review.

They said it would be Β£1.4m.

They lied.

They said Reform DOGE would do all this.

They lied.

You can’t trust Reform UK.

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Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most

"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.

What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost Β£7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."

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So Drumpf and friends have divided and stashed the money individually, and now the thieving piece of shit is spinning a yarn that the Good ol' USofA have spent the money or at least it has been committed as future expenditure by the Drumpf government.

Did I get that right?

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"A woman on TikTok called churches asking for help feeding her
9-month-old baby:
- Mosques:
100% offered help.
- Buddhist Temples:
100% offered help.
Tok
Β‘kille monroe
- Christian Churches:
27% offered help.
ONLY 9 of 33 Christian churches said yesβ€” and ALL 9 were predominantly Black churches.
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR?
DEPENDS ON THE PEW!"

"A woman on TikTok called churches asking for help feeding her 9-month-old baby: - Mosques: 100% offered help. - Buddhist Temples: 100% offered help. Tok Β‘kille monroe - Christian Churches: 27% offered help. ONLY 9 of 33 Christian churches said yesβ€” and ALL 9 were predominantly Black churches. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR? DEPENDS ON THE PEW!"

Some churches might want to reread the part about feeding the hungry before they next preach it from the pulpit.

Because love thy neighbor isn’t a suggestion it’s a call to action. And some neighbors are answering, no questions asked.

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Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed – UK politics live Reform UK leader claims that burden of regulation is worse than before the referendum

You honestly can't make this up. There was no way #Brexit was ever going to cut regulation or bureaucracy for exporters to the #EU, large or small, unless we opted to stay in the Single Market and Customs union. Many of us in business repeatedly made that point.

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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The rise of Christian nationalism in Britain A new type of Christianity - more militant, more political - is on the rise. But some in the Church of England claim this is a "corruption" of their faith.

They are also know as:
Christofascists, which is a more apt description

news.sky.com/story/the-ri...

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www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Shameful.

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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."

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Not long until he gives Epstein a posthumous pardon. Probably about the same time he pardons Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Why not call it 'The National Health Service'?

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> @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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The funny thing is she actually seems delightful…

bsky.app/profile/madd...

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The platforming of Farage for years before he became an MP was disgraceful. Question Time is the second most blatantly biased propaganda show after the laughingly β€˜flagship’ Laura Kuenssberg airtime filler.

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To distract morons from the realities of their lives, of course!

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