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Naomi Klein
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"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

"I need you to *find* 11,780 votes." —Something said by someone who tries to interfere with elections, not something said by someone who is concerned with election interference.

groc.bsky.social
@groc.bsky.social

Oooh great. So we can expect the odd random innocent person to be shot dead in queues then.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

President Trump said he is sending ICE agents to airports on Monday, after threatening to do so unless congressional Democrats agree to a GOP-backed funding deal.

washingtonpost.comTrump says he will deploy ICE to airports as TSA shortages drive delaysBorder czar Tom Homan said ICE agents will be at airports to help TSA agents, but he does not expect they will do specialized tasks, such as X-ray screening.
groc.bsky.social
@groc.bsky.social

Sighs. I'm just about to check out my Twitter account. To see how many random people are asking me random questions and asking me to do various things I can't do. All because these random people are incapable of telling the difference between the letters "C" and "K".

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Bloomberg News
@bloomberg.com

The US is taking steps to vastly increase the number of law enforcement agents and potentially send military personnel to Minneapolis, where immigration agents have tangled with residents protesting their tactics.

bloom.bgUS Readies FBI, Troops for Possible Minnesota Surge to Back ICEThe US is taking steps to vastly increase the number of law enforcement agents and potentially send military personnel to Minneapolis, where immigration agents have tangled with residents protesting their tactics.
groc.bsky.social
@groc.bsky.social

Ipso facto Trump is one of the worst human beings on the planet.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing about $10 billion in federal funds for child care grants and family assistance earmarked for five Democratic-led states over what it had said were concerns around fraud.

washingtonpost.comJudge blocks Trump administration from freezing $10B in child care fundsThe temporary order will keep aid flowing to five Democratic-led states for 14 days as a lawsuit against the government moves ahead.

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Josiah Mortimer
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Hearing this from quite a few people in Reform UK-controlled councils. From a local reader: "There are rumours as in other Reform UK controlled councils that a number of those elected stood to ‘make up numbers’ & never thought they would be elected & now don’t feel able to commit the time required"

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Owen Jones
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Donald Trump has escalated the biggest assault on free speech since McCarthyism. The issue, of course, is Palestine. Right-wing claims to "free speech" are Orwellian lies. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comThreaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump | Owen JonesThe president has slashed $400m in funding from Columbia University. He wants to stifle criticism of Israel – but the real target is dissent, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones