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Writer, freelance features journalist, arts critic and travel hack, devout Gooner. News UK, editorial and commercial. Non-fiction book in the works josephsfurey.substack.com – josephsfurey.com

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NJ 'stalker, killer' Vincent Battiloro is a Charlie Kirk fan, ranted against two girls on livestream before killing them in road rage - The Times of India US News: Social media is on fire over the silence from the Republicans on 17-year-old Vincent Battiloro, a MAGA and Charlie Kirk fan, who has been charged with.

Vincent Battiloro, NJ, killed two teenage girls in a road-rage attack. Had livestreamed about one victim mocking Charlie Kirk.
Self-described fan of Kirk & Andrew Tate. Families say police ignored stalking reports.

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07.10.2025 12:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yep. A century ago, a handful of industrial barons - Rockefeller (oil), Carnegie (steel), Vanderbilt (railroads), Morgan (finance), Pullman (rail cars) - had the economy in their pocket. In 1900 the richest 1% owned about 45% of national wealth; today the top 1% again controls around 32–35%

07.10.2025 02:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Like she knows where any line lies. In the sand, in the air… in space

06.10.2025 19:15 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A win! But it’s been a while since the Saints were any use. The twilight of the Drew Brees era. Four straight NFC South titles, 2017-2020. I’m still bemoaning the no-call in the 2018 NFC Championship, when a ref swallowed his whistle on what may be the most blatant pass interference in NFL history

05.10.2025 22:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you 📝 A guest essay...

@searchlightmag.bsky.social

Me, writing for Sam Bright, on the poisonous politics behind Kent’s newly revived “blitz spirit”

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05.10.2025 15:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Absolutely – but our first six matches were Man U (A) Leeds (H) Liverpool (A) Forest (H) Man City (H) and Newcastle (A). That’s three from the previous season’s top six (Forest were 7th). Surely our performances against them (besides yourselves) have influenced their table position this season.

05.10.2025 13:11 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you 📝 A guest essay...

Here’s me writing something a little closer to home for @writesbright.bsky.social’s Substack.

writesbright.substack.com/p/the-global...

#raisethecolours #unitethekingdom #globalfarright

05.10.2025 10:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I love Calafiori - he seems to have loosened up Arteta tactically

05.10.2025 09:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Merino has given the term “utility player” a gleaming polish.

Going by recent comments Arteta’s made, it would appear that he’s a fan of Calaifiori going a little bit feral

05.10.2025 09:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Whatever gets you through the night

05.10.2025 02:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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World Cup 2026: Entry Pending The tournament that claimed to unite the world now answers to a host that governs by blacklist – and to a governing body so compromised it can’t even pretend to object

World Cup 2026. If Trump continues to menace host cities and keep qualified teams in visa limbo, I can foresee trouble, boycotts maybe. The usually gutless FIFA has said the cup is bigger than any country, any leader

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04.10.2025 04:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World Cup 2026: Entry Pending The tournament that claimed to unite the world now answers to a host that governs by blacklist – and to a governing body so compromised it can’t even pretend to object

I can foresee boycotts if Trump keeps going the way he has

open.substack.com/pub/josephsf...

04.10.2025 03:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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World Cup 2026: Entry Pending The tournament that claimed to unite the world now answers to a host that governs by blacklist – and to a governing body so compromised it can’t even pretend to object

Should Trump continue to menace host cities, and prove hostile to qualified WC countries, I can foresee further trouble, maybe boycotts. Even the usually gutless FIFA has said the cup is bigger than any country, any leader

open.substack.com/pub/josephsf...

04.10.2025 03:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World Cup 2026: Entry Pending The tournament that claimed to unite the world now answers to a host that governs by blacklist – and to a governing body so compromised it can’t even pretend to object

I can foresee boycotts if Trump’s domestic clampdown gets more aggressive

open.substack.com/pub/josephsf...

04.10.2025 03:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World Cup 2026: Entry Pending The tournament that claimed to unite the world now answers to a host that governs by blacklist – and to a governing body so compromised it can’t even pretend to object

I can foresee boycotts if Trump’s domestic clampdown gets more aggressive

open.substack.com/pub/josephsf...

04.10.2025 03:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is there no aspect of popular culture that this admin doesn’t hate? ICE will be enforcing immigration laws at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara. Noem calls the NFL “weak” for handing halftime to Bad Bunny, saying it “won’t be able to sleep at night” following its move

04.10.2025 03:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is there no aspect of popular culture that this admin doesn’t hate? ICE will be enforcing immigration laws at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara. Noem calls the NFL “weak” for handing halftime to Bad Bunny, saying it “won’t be able to sleep at night” following its move

04.10.2025 03:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s getting to the stage when POC are going to need a digital Green Book for Homeland Security movements

03.10.2025 07:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I understand why Anna Indiana was chosen, but it’s a former sundown town where people still snigger that Anna was thought to be an acronym of “Ain’t no ******* allowed”

03.10.2025 07:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Anna Indiana was a sundown town. Was this some tech bro’s “joke”?

03.10.2025 04:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Someone’s been dreaming about blurring the boundary between human consent and algorithmic design

03.10.2025 04:16 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Even paedophiles were like: “Please don’t put us in the same sentence as Ted Cruz. We have reputations to maintain.”

01.10.2025 12:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Even paedophiles were like: “Please don’t put us in the same sentence as Ted Cruz. We have reputations to maintain.”

01.10.2025 12:22 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Even paedophiles were like: “Please don’t put us in the same sentence as Ted Cruz. We have reputations to maintain.”

01.10.2025 12:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Paedophiles have asked Cruz to retract his estatement. There are some brushes that even they refuse to be warred with

01.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Most politicians trip over their words; Cruz managed to trip, fall and land in Jeffrey Epstein’s lap

01.10.2025 12:09 — 👍 26    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

In recent years, more active-duty service members have died by suicide than in combat. The Department of War reported 492 suicides in 2022 alone, and the rates among younger enlisted soldiers - the rank and file Hegseth wants to subject to harsher “discipline” - are among the highest

01.10.2025 04:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

In recent years, more active-duty service members have died by suicide than in combat. The Department of War reported 492 suicides in 2022 alone, and the rates among younger enlisted soldiers - the rank and file Hegseth wants to subject to harsher “discipline” - are among the highest

01.10.2025 04:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hegseth. In recent years, more active-duty service members have died by suicide than in combat. The Department of War reported 492 suicides in 2022 alone, and the rates among younger enlisted soldiers - the rank and file Hegseth wants to subject to harsher “discipline” - are among the highest

01.10.2025 04:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

He couldn’t look at the penalty, they’ve gone backwards in terms of their predictability and got rid of players superior, in most cases, to their replacements.

Also, congrats - and thanks - for the win

28.09.2025 11:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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