Jacques Gallagher

Jacques Gallagher

@1olddemocrat.bsky.social

Retired academic, interested in fairness for all, politics, human rights, history, diversity and equality.

2,455 Followers 2,727 Following 2,594 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Ben Jennings on Trump and Hegseth: mission accomplished? – cartoon After oil prices surged on Monday the US president sought – and failed – to offer a clear vision for when the US intervention in the Middle East will end

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The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch and the Iran war: confusion reveals a lack of serious thinking | Editorial Editorial: The Tories and Reform UK have abandoned British interests to become ideological satellites of radical US conservatism

Badenoch and Farage have disqualified themselves from suitability to be PM of the UK. Their slavish devotion to the corrupt and incompetent Trump and his Republican/MAGA values, reveal they are unable to make the improvement of the UK their priority.

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Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this | Gordon Brown There are rules and world leaders must insist they are honoured in practice and in spirit. After this atrocity in Iran, a more effective tribunal for crimes against children is essential, says former ...

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Elon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain Ofgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs

Question is, can we trust anything in which Musk is involved? Tesla car sales have slumped, his DOGE disappeared with very little good achieved, and his politics are very suspect.

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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

Measures to reduce air pollution in cities work! Waiting for Tories & reform to say they will cancel ULEZ and other measures because they don't work.

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44 minutes ago

Did the USA and Israel really think that they could control where this 'new' war would go? Are any of the countries involved in a better position than they were on 6 October 2023? It is evident that wars haven't resolved any of the problems in the Middle East.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran steps up campaign to disrupt energy markets as oil price spikes above $100 a barrel Iran has set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it increased attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East

According to the incompetent felon president, he has already 'won the war'! Doesn't look like it to me.

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19 hours ago

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.

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1 day ago

Trump considers Putin first.

Based on his reaction, Trump says he will surrender to Iran.

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1 day ago

Apparently Question Time is heading to Clacton.

That’s a sure fire way of ensuring Nigel Farage won’t be on it…

#NigelMirage

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14 hours ago

US & Israel racking up war crimes in Iran!

No distinction btw civilian and military targets-all is game.
Blowing up 2 oil refineries, acts as chemical warfare
Blowing up a desalination plant-31 villages impacted

US and Israel are war criminals. Netanyahu is now 2 for 2

Warrant still out for BiBi

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This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.

It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

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21 hours ago
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That is a unanimous, adamant YES. The sooner the better.

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9 hours ago
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I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

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15 hours ago
A worker on a tractor preparing a field for planting

"Julio" works in Salinas, CA as a tractor driver. "I'm preparing the land to plant vegetables for this new season. I. Work from sun up to sun down. I'm proud that thanks to me and my coworkers families across the states have fresh vegetables on their tables." #WeFeedYou

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9 hours ago

The GOP is not trying to fix the economy. They're trying to fix the election.

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13 hours ago

When the President of the United States views "We the People" as a threat to his power, he has abdicated his sworn duty to serve, protect, and defend the Constitution, and must be immediately removed from office.

#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

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2 hours ago

Honestly think it could make the rightwing spontaneously combust if we switched to the Euro. The “not coping” would power the grid.

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We live in an era of perpetual outrage. The right are so at war with everything that I reckon that if you were to put the late Queen and Churchill on every bank note, coin, credit card and forehead in this country they'd still be screaming and beating their chests over it.

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58-year-old woman struck, killed by hit-and-run driver in Jamaica, Queens: police Police say a 58-year-old woman was crossing from north to south on Jamaica Avenue, when she was struck by a dark-colored sedan.

Three people killed by drivers this week in NYC. If this had happened on the subway we wouldn’t stop talking about the DaNgER

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Muskegon, Michigan.

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Complaining about & blaming Keir Starmer for a long-scheduled, still uncertain, six month distant increase in fuel prices literally *hours* after calling for more war in the Middle East is quite the flex. These are not serious people.

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https://protos.com/nigel-farage-aide-george-cottrell-bets-us-war-will-last-four-more-months/

Nigel Farage aide George Cottrell is betting $41,000 that the US war with Iran will last for another four months, despite Reform UK calling for an end to the conflict.

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21 hours ago
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Good thing trucks that transport millions of products every day in the US don’t use diesel so we don’t have to worry about inflation getting worse.

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Literal question by the press in the briefing room: The president looks so healthy and young! Did he start exercising more? Did he change his diet?
The healthy and young president:

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America's chattering pundits say that Trump can declare the Iran War won and stop fighting.
He can only if Iran stops fighting too.
If Iran keeps attacking American bases, even at a low intensity, Trump will have to keep responding.
He will have no other option.

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