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Progressive, pro-European volunteer-run, citizen journalism for Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. Human rights, democracy, climate, NHS, corruption... Telling it like it is. Can't let the far-right dictate the narrative! #Resist!

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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

06.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 15579    πŸ” 7872    πŸ’¬ 365    πŸ“Œ 362

"If you want to be hopeful, then do hopeful things!"

06.10.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jane Fonda: It Happened in Hungary, Turkey, and Russia...And Here
YouTube video by The Bulwark Jane Fonda: It Happened in Hungary, Turkey, and Russia...And Here

Discover and exercise your civic courage! Boycott, strike, walk out , protest...
Jane Fonda gets it. You act on the ground.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3645...

06.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

06.10.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2765    πŸ” 863    πŸ’¬ 249    πŸ“Œ 166
Stephen Miller's appalling fascism

Stephen Miller's appalling fascism

This:

06.10.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Donald’s Coffee Table Book | #Comedy #Satire #PaulaPoundstone #TrumpJokes #PoliticalHumor #Shorts
YouTube video by Paula Poundstone Donald’s Coffee Table Book | #Comedy #Satire #PaulaPoundstone #TrumpJokes #PoliticalHumor #Shorts

On the money as usual! @paulapoundstone.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/VObIo...

06.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNo one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

06.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15962    πŸ” 4982    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 162

It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

06.10.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1505    πŸ” 486    πŸ’¬ 119    πŸ“Œ 15
Graphic of things not to flush down the loo!

Graphic of things not to flush down the loo!

06.10.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why Is Reform UK So Worried? Because They've Peaked
YouTube video by A Different Bias Why Is Reform UK So Worried? Because They've Peaked

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3m...

06.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More toxic bollox from this monster.

06.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would call it exactly what every American should call it: a fascist dictatorship

06.10.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

06.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10849    πŸ” 3281    πŸ’¬ 716    πŸ“Œ 192

If any Government can just snatch basic human rights away from any section of society when it pleases then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

06.10.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 700    πŸ” 289    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 11
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 35830    πŸ” 16251    πŸ’¬ 781    πŸ“Œ 2295
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wizard frog is insane

04.10.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 12044    πŸ” 3367    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 1080
The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis
) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyoneβ€”including kidsβ€”and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis ) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyoneβ€”including kidsβ€”and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

Narrator: This is fascism.

05.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 17964    πŸ” 5727    πŸ’¬ 505    πŸ“Œ 191
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More messaging like this please

05.10.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20586    πŸ” 8077    πŸ’¬ 565    πŸ“Œ 303

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.

Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.

Our duty is to stand up to brutality.

Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

05.10.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12910    πŸ” 4114    πŸ’¬ 269    πŸ“Œ 125
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SOUTH CAROLINA… β€œJudgeΒ Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started.Β Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

05.10.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9220    πŸ” 4704    πŸ’¬ 916    πŸ“Œ 822
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Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

05.10.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2715    πŸ” 950    πŸ’¬ 1206    πŸ“Œ 916
Zack on Bold Politics podium

Zack on Bold Politics podium

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

05.10.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3831    πŸ” 1224    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 68
Donald’s Military β€œTest” Was a Masterclass in Endurance | #Comedy #Satire #PoliticalHumor #Shorts
YouTube video by Paula Poundstone Donald’s Military β€œTest” Was a Masterclass in Endurance | #Comedy #Satire #PoliticalHumor #Shorts

One of her best
youtube.com/shorts/SN4eF...

05.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*gasp*

05.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3082    πŸ” 1044    πŸ’¬ 185    πŸ“Œ 138
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"C'est vraiment un mec d'extrΓͺme droite" : qui est Tommy Robinson, activiste Γ  l'origine d'une marche "pour la libertΓ© d'expression" Γ  LondresΒ ? Des dizaines de milliers de personnes sont attendues samedi Γ  Londres Γ  l'appel de Tommy Robinson, figure de l'extrΓͺme droite britannique, pour ce qu'il prΓ©sente comme un rassemblement "pour la libert...

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson launched his henchmen against @radiofrance.fr 's London correspondent GaΓ«le Joly.
Please join us in lending her support and condemn the multi-convicted hater's cyberbullying.

05.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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"Europeans, let's wake up!" β€” Defend Democracy β€œWe have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.

1/Striking speech by Macron: The future of European democracy depends on taking back its digital information space. A remarkable turn from Silicon Valley as source of enlightenment to being a purveyor of slop. And the stakes aren't just ad revenue but the nation.
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

05.10.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 820    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 24
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BrewDog sells Lost Forest after series of tree-planting controversies Brewdog has announced it has sold its β€œLost Forest” after 250,000 of the trees it planted on the Scottish estate died ...

This complete shambles is a useful reminder of why companies who say "Don't worry about the carbon, we're planting trees for that" should be treated with scepticism.

05.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Will is the antidote to Tom Nichols man:
β€˜This isn’t some arcane dispute over language. The Trump regime is desperate to control the words of America’s political conversation because they want to normalize what they are doing right now…’
🎁

05.10.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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