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Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Usual disclaimers.

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05.10.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3823    ๐Ÿ” 1314    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 474    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100
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SLED Investigating Alleged Arson Incident At S.C. Judge's Home - FITSNews Palmetto State circuit court judge Dianne Goodstein had been receiving death threats, sources say...

In early September Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order resulting from a new lawsuit challenging whether the South Carolina Election Commission will give votersโ€™ data to the Department of Justice.

05.10.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Irish government and nationalist parties say they won't renegotiate this point

05.10.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Max Lewis, a reporter for CBS 4 in Indianapolis, shared details from the police report on X, posting:

โ€œSanchez allegedly attacked a food delivery man after he told the driver he couldnโ€™t park in the alley and needed to leave. The driver told cops that Sanchez began to follow and threaten him. He said Sanchez then attacked him and he fought back using pepper spray.โ€

That did not stop Sanchez, the man told police, so he used a knife to defend himself, Lewis added. That driver was taken to a local hospital with a โ€œsignificant injury to his face,โ€ Lewis reported.

Sanchez was reportedly in stable condition by Saturday afternoon. He was arrested while in the hospital on Saturday, and on Sunday morning he was charged with three misdemeanors โ€” battery resulting in injury, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.

Max Lewis, a reporter for CBS 4 in Indianapolis, shared details from the police report on X, posting: โ€œSanchez allegedly attacked a food delivery man after he told the driver he couldnโ€™t park in the alley and needed to leave. The driver told cops that Sanchez began to follow and threaten him. He said Sanchez then attacked him and he fought back using pepper spray.โ€ That did not stop Sanchez, the man told police, so he used a knife to defend himself, Lewis added. That driver was taken to a local hospital with a โ€œsignificant injury to his face,โ€ Lewis reported. Sanchez was reportedly in stable condition by Saturday afternoon. He was arrested while in the hospital on Saturday, and on Sunday morning he was charged with three misdemeanors โ€” battery resulting in injury, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.

Fox NFL host just sent "thoughts & prayers" to their Fox colleague Mark Sanchez who viciously & drunkenly attacked a 69-yr-old food delivery man. The man fought back w/ pepper spray, then Sanchez knifed him in the face.

05.10.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

*gasp*

05.10.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1294    ๐Ÿ” 466    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

All the talk of leaving the ECHR has significant consequences for a certain part of the UK ๐Ÿ”ฝ

05.10.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement 1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media supโ€ฆ

See
davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...

05.10.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

โ€œNo self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,โ€ said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. โ€œTrying to protect conservative ideas against being โ€˜belittledโ€™ โ€” thatโ€™s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.โ€

03.10.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 796    ๐Ÿ” 251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

05.10.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14527    ๐Ÿ” 3217    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 501

I just have no idea who the Tories think the audience is for full bore authoritarianism plus austerity. Very few who want the former want the latter.

05.10.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 709    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Kemi is identifying as a common law lefty

05.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Removing her will be an act of mercy at this point. It's getting unbearable to watch her flail around.

05.10.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 361    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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โ€˜Iโ€™m leaving,โ€™ Trump said. โ€˜Thereโ€™s no reason to be here any moreโ€™: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump โ€“ and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse

Must read insiders account of critical NATO meeting with European leaders by Jens Stoltenberg. So many political memoirs pull their punches. This one looks like it does not
โ€œIโ€™m leaving this meeting. Thereโ€™s no reason for me to be here any more,โ€ Trump said

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

05.10.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Dutch news now reporting this Gaza demo in Amsterdam drew 250,000. If so, I think that makes it the biggest in the Netherlands since the anti-nuclear-missiles demo in 1981.

05.10.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 219    ๐Ÿ” 77    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Still waiting for Iain Dale to realise his Conservative Party has gone completely nuts and can't be supported anymore. But I've been waiting for that for a long time. Still, hope springs eternal.

05.10.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says - BBC News The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

Shocked, shocked to discover that Lord Wolfson's report says exactly what Kemi Badenoch wanted it to say and finds no GFA impediment to the UK leaving the ECHR and that only sunlit policy uplands will result from doing so. A tissue of Conservative wish fulfilment:

share.google/qsYHPBUGr3Ou...

03.10.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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No, you're not going crazy. You did read this and also read about the PSNI arresting people in London for being members of a proscribed organization.

05.10.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 272    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Folks: I am not on TikTok. Any account there is not me. And I will NEVER ask for money!

05.10.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6163    ๐Ÿ” 1198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime' Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

There was an arson attack at Peacehaven Mosque last night.

The hatred & division in our communities has to stop.

Once again, thanks to our emergency services.

05.10.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but...

05.10.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1818    ๐Ÿ” 568    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

Likeโ€ฆ it's kind of right there, no?

05.10.2025 05:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2229    ๐Ÿ” 657    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60

Because they're all still on X.

05.10.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

They are reacting to the demos

05.10.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Newcastle says no โ€“ a city united in kindness and against fascism Thousands came together to show the Cityโ€™s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

Geordie Roars:

Thousands came together to show the Cityโ€™s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate.

northeastbylines.co.uk/region/tynes...

04.10.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Given that most of the people in the UK govt are not Jewish, and Jewish people will have different views on these changes as individuals, I don't think such a pejorative reply is fair or accurate.

05.10.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I don't think that's who they mean

05.10.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Timeline cleanse ๐Ÿฆ‰

05.10.2025 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Radicalisation of Starmerites occurs *because* of demos though

05.10.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And the abolition of judicial review in deportation cases that they are advocating would make it more difficult to challenge mistakes in court (including for legal residents too)

05.10.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We're back in Braverman's "Justice League of Anglospherica" fantasies (except they now look even more absurd in light of recent events)

05.10.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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