BetterThanDystopia

BetterThanDystopia

@betterthandystopia.bsky.social

Ex-military. Barrister. I like systems, evidence, and uncomfortable truths. Low tolerance for nonsense; especially the fascist, sexist, racist or homophobic kind. Calm under pressure. Quiet until I’m not.

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Netanyahu is sounding utterly desperate today. He's posting non-stop about high Arab voting turnout to create hysteria and fear. He also released a video statement claiming "They are trying to steal the election from us!" Arab Israelis make up 21% of the Israeli electorate.

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Just want to temper people's expectations. Netanyahu's opponent Gadi Eisenkot (retired IDF General) is only slightly less genocidal and warmongering than him. And that's probably just a lie to get people to vote for him. Expect no change whoever wins. That's the reality.

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From the Dems House Judiciary report:

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Katie Johnson, 13, reported Epstein and Trump argued over who would take her virginity, and Epstein became angry and violently raped her when he learned that Donald Trump had done so. As shown by official FBI interview notes, Johnson, through her attorney, reported these alleged crimes to the FBI.

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Lula "We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions & billions, paying no taxes to this country & trying to steer this country's election results." So many countries have this problem and need to slay this beast.

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Tim Karr@timkarr.bsky.social

Seven of the ten are owners of major media outlets and/or tech platforms. All of those seven have gotten into bed with the Trump administration in some way (as we documented in Free Press' Media Capitulation Index)

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Putin: “Russia is exploring the possibility of cooperation with the US in the Arctic.” Just a reminder of Trump’s lies that he wanted Greenland to keep Russia out of the Arctic.

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The Grand Old Rape Party

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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While Trump is blocking delivery of air defenses that European nations purchased for Europe his piece of shit son is on a several day hunting trip with one of Putin's cronies, the same obe that paid for the Trump family's 2-day island party. It's all incredible and MAGA will cheer for more.

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The cuts being made at the BBC are unforgivable. They are putting it into a death spiral. The weaker it gets, the less people will want to support it. And yes, this is an issue for the Government, which likes to pretend it's not their problem. It is.

theguardian.comBBC News to axe education editor role in cost-cutting moveFears over lack of scrutiny for key sectors as health editor position also to go in cuts aimed at saving £5.5m

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Kushner took a $50 mn bribe from the Emiratis to orchestrate the firing of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, according to Matt Cole's new book, Princes and Thieves, out today. To be clear, this is a serious felony, if true.

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Teenagers in Texas dressing as the KKK for Halloween and shouting the N word at black people. This is the racist hellhole that people like Trump and his MAGA scum encourage

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More photos from Trump Jr's luxury hunting trip in Mongolia with Putin crony that only two months before paid for an island party for the entire Trump family.

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🔥 BEN MEISELAS ERUPTS: The Cheesecake Factory faux outrage exposes the propaganda machine. They brainwash Americans into fighting each other while oligarchs steal our healthcare, send our kids to endless wars, and buy more yachts. Divide the people. Enrich the oligarchs.

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This morning on BBC Breakfast, Nigel Farage said he had received “zero help from the state” with his security. Yet reports say he had previously received publicly funded protection and was offered a taxpayer-funded package including a bodyguard, a secure car and a trained driver.

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Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift. Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job. What does this Labour government have against young people? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

inews.co.ukMinimum wage rise for 18- to 20-year-olds to £12.71 could be shelvedLabour had promised to bring the payment into line with those aged over 21

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HSBC quarterly pre-tax profits surge 32% to $9.6bn (£7.14bn). Banks receive bailouts, subsidies, pay measly return to savers, hike charges, rely on the state as lender of the last resort but threaten retaliation if taxed. Must levy windfall tax.

news.sky.comMajor lender HSBC's profits up 32% as higher bank tax expected in budgetHSBC has seen a boost to its profits as the gap has risen between the interest it took in from loans and mortgages and paid out on deposits.

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Reform UK are replacing Staffordshire leader with Hayley Coles. Yes, the Deputy Leader who censored libraries in Staffordshire by dictating what types of display could be put up to educate people (ie banning Pride and Black History displays). *the image here has been edited for satirical purposes.

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As a former “boss” I have to say, I would never ask my employees to put me or my needs first outside of the workplace environment. Always family first! Always!! My god, what drugs have they got these people on?!

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No wonder he doesn't "give a damn" if you're paying more at the pump. HE is making a fortune.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Trump currently holds up to $81 million in oil and gas stocks. His stocks have increased in value by 43% since the end of 2025.

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Big Brother is watching, but now we can watch Big Brother right back. I love that MapQuest is flipping the script. Apple Maps, where you at?!

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Fintan O'Toole: Kushner’s political and financial relationship with the UAE’s president, Mohammed bin Zayed ...constitutes what must surely be the worst case of US foreign policy being conducted outside the law and democratic oversight since the Iran-contra scandal...

nytimes.comBook Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew ColeThe new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.

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"Suicidal provocation of Russia while our armed forces are at their most woeful state since WW2". Mate, the Russian army is currently pulling T-55's out of storage and losing ~1,800 men a day in foot and motorcycle assaults that achieve nothing. This is "poke the bear" nonsense.

dmitryopines.substack.com‘Poking the Bear’: From Putin to TommoRejecting the world’s dumbest idiom.
David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social

Well you can't get much clearer than that. Restore are Putin stooges.

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Empty seats are seen as Trump speaks in Mississippi tonight (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

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Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.