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David Edwards

@davidmedwards.bsky.social

Yorkshire. Retired Welshman. Collector of wine, drinker of wine and real ale. Internationalist.

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Fun facts: Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, has won an Emmy, two Grammys, and his production company won an Oscar.

Trump has won 34 felony convictions as well as civil adjudications for rape and financial fraud. He is currently protecting rich and powerful pedophiles in the GOP.

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Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the

Kemi Badenoch saying β€œthe last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave” is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.10.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 783    πŸ” 195    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 109
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So the Tories look at the nightmare unfolding in the US (people shot in the streets, parents kidnapped without due process, kids left without their parents, award-winning journalists deported) and they say: "Yeah, that's what no-growth, Brexit-impoverished little Britain needs"

05.10.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump's Gaza Plan Is Mere "Repackaging of Genocide" for Israel's Benefit: Diana Buttu
YouTube video by Democracy Now! Trump's Gaza Plan Is Mere "Repackaging of Genocide" for Israel's Benefit: Diana Buttu

'...Diana Buttu says the deal is "certainly not a plan that is going to end the genocide. What they're simply attempting to do is repackage it."

Buttu also notes that while Trump met with Netanyahu before announcing the plan, Palestinians were not consulted.'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC0P...

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Why on earth is the BBC running a live blog of this American hate fest?
The murder of Charlie Kirk was sad and significant, but do we really need live coverage of a series of white men seeking to make political capital from it?
Why is a public service broadcaster amplifying his hateful views?

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News Brief: NYT, BBC, Guardian: Starvation in Gaza Doesn't Really Count if Victim Has Preexisting Condition In this News Brief, we detail recent

In this News Brief, we detail recent "updates" pro-Israel crybullies have pressured media outlets to make (some more willing than others) that give readers the distinct impression emaciated children in Gaza aren't really an urgent humanitarian crisis if they have rickets, cancer, or cerebral palsy.

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Is that really strange - or totally predictable?

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So…I just need to say, shame on the liberal party @mark-carney.bsky.social @markgerretsen.bsky.social for the standing ovation for Charlie Kirk in the HOC,you can oppose political violence or violence of any kind, without honouring this hateful, horrible, bigoted man, we need to do better…

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Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks.

Joy Reid nailed it.

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Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles

Four people were arrested for an β€œunauthorised projection”.

This is apparently what counts as a crime now

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Queen

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Two hangings in Mississippi on 9/15/25: Trey Reed at Delta State University and Cory Zukatis in Vicksburg.

The silence is deafening.

RIP πŸ•ŠοΈ #TreyReed #CoryZukatis #Mississippi

16.09.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Yes, yes you are. Stop cosplaying "legitimate concerns". When you join a far right rally, organised by well known far right leader Tommy Robinson, with a host of speakers who outright say they are far right, you are a racist. No ifs, buts or maybes. There are no excuses for being there.

16.09.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1372    πŸ” 386    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 29
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KILMEADE: KILL THE HOMELESS. AND THE WORST ATTACKS ON KIRK? BY FUENTES AND LOOMER - 9.15.25 Podcast Episode Β· Countdown with Keith Olbermann Β· 15/09/2025 Β· 1h 15m

Keith at his best, telling it as it is:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

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Disturbing escalation from his sponsor.

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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Trump Explodes in Rage as Dem Governor’s Harsh Takedown Draws Blood As the Illinois governor infuriates Trump with an extraordinary response to his threat to send troops into Chicago, a political writer argues that pundits are wrong: Dems can challenge Trump on this i...

JB Pritzker's speech about Trump's threats to Chicago was great.
-Called out the lie, didn't treat the BS pretext with respect
-Cast it as a threat to his state's people
-Threatened prosecution of personnel who break the law

@brianbeutler.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social break it down here:

28.08.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 874    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 8

Reuters repeating a falsehood here. Most of this money was already granted to intel under the chips act passed by Biden. The rest under other pre-Trump programs

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Trump released selective fragments of his Putin meeting in parts so as not to reveal anything inconvenient.

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There clearly will have been a deal as it will unfold with Trump doing and saying exactly as instructed by Putin. Trump the useful idiot continues to be humiliated.

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Earth’s climate is approaching irreversible tipping points Scientists are racing to work out just how close they might be

The exact level of warming required to trigger any one of the climate’s irreversible tipping points is not clear. Scientists are racing to work out just how close the world might be

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Why do you suggest that Maxwell has been moved to entice her, surely it’s more likely that she’s been moved to reward her - probably for something she’s said or agreed to say.

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Second Child Dies of Hunger in Gaza Today as Israeli-Made Famine Deepens - Quds News Network A second Palestinian child died of starvation Saturday in Gaza, as the Israeli-made hunger crisis worsens. Yahya is the 71st child killed by hunger since the genocide began.

@kajakallas.bsky.social

"Nasser Hospital confirmed the death of Yahya Al-Najjar, a young boy from Khan Younis, due to severe malnutrition.

Earlier in the day, 35-day-old infant Jawad Al-Anqar died at Al-Shifa Hospital in #Gaza City."

qudsnen.co/second-child...

#BoycottIsrael #Israel #Palestine

20.07.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

But surely they’re already being paid as ICE thugs.

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Just going to put this here.

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Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney

"if killing 23 civilians at an aid distribution site is not terrorism, how can we possibly be expected to accept that spray-painting a plane is?"

Damn right Sally Rooney

The irony of a government complicit in genocide doing this is chilling and indefensible

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Happy 77th Birthday Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, and Sound Engineer Todd Rundgren. πŸŽ‚

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I can only assume that you were nurtured on manifestly biased news media. The biases may be different, but I’m sure that if you keep watching you will discover that the BBC is little better than other established news outlets, and far from being the objective commentator that we all wish existed.

22.06.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:

A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

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This is physical bravery. This guy is a patriot.

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