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Retired climate scientist, Allotments , Nature, Walking, Cycling, Stepping lightly on the earth, climate and disaster news follower Manchester, U.K.

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HOLY SH*T.

There it is.

Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.

06.10.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2945    πŸ” 1154    πŸ’¬ 420    πŸ“Œ 132
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Those who have tasted freedom will never surrender to tyranny, Georgia will oust all the fascists. #3E #GeorgiaProtests

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Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

my life is that I record a podcast episode all about tariffs and leave the booth just to find out there are more tariffs

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NEWS: U.S. manufacturing contracted in September for the seventh straight month, as factories felt the devastating impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Authorities Investigating After Home Of South Carolina Judge Who Ruled Against Trump's DOJ Is Destroyed In Explosion

This is Trump's America.

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Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.

06.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2517    πŸ” 772    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 78
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Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families β€” and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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A judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon's National Guard into Portland.

That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.

This isn't a "left wing" judge β€” Trump appointed her.

Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.

06.10.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4748    πŸ” 1320    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 31
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Poland says it has scrambled aircraft following Russian drone attacks on Ukraine

trib.al/bvhboQM

05.10.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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And then there's this intriguing Tweet from Koloshyn's wife @NadinSassy who fled Ukraine along with him to Belarus just before Russia's full-scale invasion. It was taken in 2018 and posted in April this year. What does it mean? 11/12

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Nigel Farage is 'person of interest' in FBI investigation into Trump and Russia Exclusive: FBI interested in former Ukip leader’s ties with people connected to US president and WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

Gill's handler Oleh Voloshyn was sanctioned by the US for his work for Paul Manafort and GRU linked Konstantin Kilimnik tying him directly to the Mueller Inquiry, in which Farage was for a while 'a person of interest' 9/12 www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

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This is not the first time a close associate of Farage has been revealed as a Kremlin influencer. By 2018, his aide Kevin Ellul Bonici had been revealed as a Russian propagandist, and the Russian embassy visits of Arron Banks and Wigmore had been exposed by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 8/12

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β€˜Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

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DOUBLETHINK DOES DOUBLETIME STEWART LEE

And he’s back!!

Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.

His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

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History repeats.

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This morning, theΒ Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Has Trump said anything about his former β€œspiritual leader”, Robert Morris, who was just sentenced to 6 months in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl? Will the media even bother to ask him?

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Absolutely heinous.

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Ukraine confirms drone strike on one of Russia's biggest, most modern oil refineries near St. Petersburg Drones struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad oblast overnight on Oct. 4, sparking a fire that was later extinguished, officials and local media reported.

⚑️ Ukraine confirms drone strike on one of Russia's biggest, most modern oil refineries near St. Petersburg.

Drones struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad oblast overnight on Oct. 4.

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Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme? – Full Fact Multiverse is an β€œupskilling company”, not a software developer, and both it and the government say there’s no truth to viral claims linking it to the scheme.

@hignfy.bsky.social fullfact.org/technology/d...

04.10.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.

04.10.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1124    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 11

@hignfy.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/zoec...

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Russian attack hits passenger train in Ukraine’s Sumy, causing casualties No figure has been given for the number of casualties in Moscow's latest attack on Ukraine's railway infrastructure.

No figure has been given for the number of casualties in Moscow's latest attack on Ukraine's railway infrastructure.

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A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.

When it comes to climate change, our diets matter β€” and matter a lot.

Not to mention for biodiversity, water, and especially our own health.

The updated EAT-Lancet report makes this abundantly clear.

apnews.com/article/plan...

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Honest question: what is antisemitism versus thinking that the Israeli government (and everyone who supports what is happening in Gaza) is morally repugnant? Trumps America is certainly blurring the lines. A life is a life.

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Putin Warns West as Drones Appear in European Skies The Russian leader says that Moscow is ready to respond to NATO efforts to boost support for Ukraine in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a warning shortly before drones were spotted in European skies: that Moscow is ready to respond to NATO efforts to boost support for Ukraine in the war.

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Howard Lutnick Enrages Trump Officials With Jeffrey Epstein β€˜Blackmail’ Remarks The Trump administration claims Jeffrey Epstein didn’t blackmail anyone. His commerce secretary just called Epstein β€˜the greatest blackmailer ever.’

"β€˜F***ing Dumbass’: Trump Officials Want Howard Lutnick Sidelined After Epstein Comments"

Trump's commerce secretary called Epstein β€˜the greatest blackmailer ever' & his colleagues are now super mad at him.

Another scoop from Zeteo's newest reporter @swin24.bsky.social:

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Hamas: Ready to release captives, engage in negotiations through mediators <article data-history-node-id="429635" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-ready-release-captives-engage-negotiations-through-mediators" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-ready-release-captives-engage-negotiations-through-mediators" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas: Ready to release captives, engage in negotiations through mediators</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hamas on Friday said it is ready to release all Israeli captives, whether alive or the bodies of those killed, Reuters news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Responding to&nbsp;US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, the group in a statement said it was prepared to β€œimmediately engage in negotiations through mediators” to discuss the details of the release.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hamas also said the group is willing to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a β€œPalestinian body of independent technocrats".&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Hamas: Ready to release captives, engage in negotiations through mediators - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-ready-release-captives-engage-negotiations-through-mediators

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