Victoria Derbyshire, "You described Reform UK as the right wing fascists of 1930s, why?"
Lord Heseltine, "Because that's what they are"
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Victoria Derbyshire, "You described Reform UK as the right wing fascists of 1930s, why?"
Lord Heseltine, "Because that's what they are"
Morning in central Athens. A lamppost (+ shadows on shutters), two women walking, two men talking. Sprayed on two shutters are the words: FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA and FREEDOM TO PALESTINE. The Greek flag hangs above the sign for Amelias Street.
Athens morning.
08.10.2025 06:54 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0While the rest of wait
Scared for real
In Portland
lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.
08.10.2025 05:04 β π 1541 π 344 π¬ 41 π 16A picture of a tshirt with a picture of a sad frog sitting on a chair. Sign above says: "It is what it is and it is not great"
Found a tshirt that perfectly describes state of the games industry (and a lot of other things) and I really fucking need it.
08.10.2025 06:56 β π 47 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0This is staggeringly good. Terrifying. I love Chicago. Stop this performative sadism.
07.10.2025 07:52 β π 205 π 45 π¬ 1 π 3Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
thank you brett kavanaugh!
08.10.2025 00:47 β π 5947 π 1625 π¬ 73 π 29Thanks, New Yorker
07.10.2025 17:40 β π 17672 π 5472 π¬ 184 π 171Kash was begging for a Community Note
07.10.2025 21:09 β π 9284 π 2441 π¬ 209 π 74The repups are doing it on purpose, they want to destroy the middle class so that everyone will be completely dependent on the ultra-rich for basic needs.
That's how they intend to re-order civilization. And it'll all be justifiable because #LongTermism.
CNN: βAn older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 β 30% of their income.β π³#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
WATCH β @whitehouse.senate.gov : βWhat became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?β
AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* π€·πΌββοΈ
This anti-trans witch hunt sht is hurting so many people for no good reason.
08.10.2025 00:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The attorney general's office is challenging the validity of a district judge's order that limits how much information PFLAG, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, has to hand over about Texas families seeking gender-affirming care for children.
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Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.
As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.
Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.
Yes. The fascism they're doing is hurting real people, but it is being done *as performance* to please (primarily) online internet trolls.
08.10.2025 00:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is Adelita Grijalva.
She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court
07.10.2025 17:38 β π 7126 π 1464 π¬ 119 π 32βThe law does not permit this kind of prolonged deprivation of an individualβs liberty without any allegations or charges of violating the law,β said Jean Elizabeth Reisz, an attorney representing Marin, who is also a USC law professor.
lataco.com/bayron-rovid...
NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"
Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime
www.404media.co/police-said-...
"My" government is investing in shtloads more ICE cops.
08.10.2025 00:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nearly done posting the videos Iβve created about my 10-day trip to Copenhagen this August. But one of the biggest things that is sticking with me is just how different a place can look and feel when its third spaces are actually invested in. From public transit to parks to street infrastructure.
06.10.2025 23:28 β π 390 π 92 π¬ 18 π 4www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
07.10.2025 12:17 β π 6446 π 2040 π¬ 84 π 48Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.
I fear if things donβt change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
07.10.2025 21:44 β π 11175 π 3683 π¬ 638 π 286yeah Stephen Miller is a weird little guy to be sure. I bet he always has been. And somehow he's decided that it is the fault of every person with brown skin or something.
Stephen Miller is gross.
News article with the headline: Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, hasnβt signed other trans protections
Absolutely fuck this man.
08.10.2025 00:15 β π 737 π 148 π¬ 16 π 14I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
07.10.2025 23:29 β π 37363 π 14574 π¬ 1218 π 859if you've ever found value in the work of any anti-fascist writer or researcher today, you owe something to Leonard Zeskind. he was absolutely foundational.
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