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Sinn Féin: We should totally base all our policies on this.

CW - important threat from Marisa here. 25 more victims. In addition to all those already known, or identified.

And since we’re talking about music- Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff joins the long, long chorus of anti-edsheeranism: “They’re going to let some fucking promoter tell me what I can say? Don’t book me. I’ll play for free outside”

Macron’s least appealing trait is his constant stream of condescension and this is no different. But you can feel the juvenile frustration at the loss of control. Most importantly - of course it everything boils around election time. This isn’t new. This isn’t special. And he hates it.

Read Claire’s thread again: this man has intimidated members of the voluntary sector coming to the Assembly to provide evidence, and has instigated their harassment following said evidence session, simply because he didn’t like it. And he keeps his seat?

This keeps being pushed on my timeline as well and this is a reminder that it’s not because Trump officials vomit some new insanity that we have to entertain it like a rational consideration

The news from Brazil and Serbia are great and show that you don't defeat the far right by copying it or trying to appeal to their supporters You do it by being uncompromising, showing the danger they pose and offering something different to the many crises people suffer from

> We are now EXTREMELY happy, but slightly worried that the whole thing with the extended voting period and the people who were prevented from voting being used to call the result into question.

I don’t think that’s the biggest problem

Your reminder that transphobia isn’t an issue just for trans people and the broader queer community. Transphobia is an extreme right wing radicalisation vector. Transphobia is a form of xenophobia and the horseman never comes in alone. This isn’t a side issue but a warning sign. Protect trans people

If you didn’t think Israel could lean any further to the right, or if you were led to believe that a new generation of voters would follow the global grain and swing back to the left, I have really, really bad news for you. It’s about Ben-Gvir

Yesterday, the Portadown lodge did march in Portadown, with 26 (!) bands, thousands in support, with speakers, proving that it is absolutely possible to do what they do without terrorising an entire neighbourhood. And it seems it’s the peaceful nature of it that divides the DUP

This is what heroes are made of.

here, write it down so it’s easy to repeat: an illegitimate supreme court allowed an insurrectionist barred by the 14th amendment to take office and his pardons aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on

Laurent Nunez, who couldn’t even resign properly, is now of course talking about “extreme violence” due to “ultra left” (unclear whether ultra left is further down the spectrum as the radical left, the threat assessment keeps changing). Without a threat, can’t justify police response.

I used to always post the Guardian headlines I’d find the most surreal, and they were typically found in the opinion section. But today, it’s in the live coverage. No comment

It’s been a weird few weeks being a dual national lads

French protests tested my Irishness through on many an occasion. Large scale nationwide mobilisation is what makes la manif’ so well admired around the world. But I don’t think I’ve seen such numbers across two weeks. So consistent. So far-reaching. As I said, there’ll be a before and an after

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Police estimates of protesters in Paris alone seem very conservative. From aerial footage, looks way more than 110,000. Meanwhile, police starts erupting:

From a friend - to give you an idea of the length and depth of Parisians marching despite being warned not to:

Took this photo in 2020 during an already contentious protest, this time for BLM: “when justice is violated, the youth will revolt”

“I was afraid to be here, which is why I came”: France defies curfews and protests bans, launching a “human tide”. A note to this though: business are boarded up, but many I’ve seen do this for practical reasons, and leave messages of support to protesters

Worth remembering that Ireland had a referendum where we put the rights of the child into the constitution despite those who campaigned against such rights. Also this attack on DRCC sends such a poor public message to teenagers (the actual video shows one teenager who likes hugs & one who doesn't)

Sacrificing human lives - those that will be kept in detention and those kidnapped in between - in the faint event there would be free presidential elections that Democrats, who have repeatedly increased ICE funding, would win - is not just unsustainable, it reeks of entitlement

Oh damn Melania Trump, if the event she truly brokered a ceasefire in Oleshky, is a better diplomat than her husband would ever hope to find in his endless pool of staffers

Students, underage, were held in police custody in north east Paris in abject conditions: sleeping on the floor with no blankets of any kind, peeing in bottles, overcrowded cells, barely access to food. This has now been referred to the French human rights commission.

En début de semaine, 17 mineurs ont dormi au dépôt du tribunal de Bobigny dans des conditions jugées «indignes» alors que le parquet s’était engagé à ne plus y envoyer d’adolescents. ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/YNX

Ah yes this time it should work

The world discovering our loyalist paramilitaries and the danger and violence they’ve been inflicting on all of us for decades is vindicating, but the question is, is the UKgov going to accept they didn’t disarm them for a reason? Or that the proscription isn’t enforced?

Unfortunately, that's what "Israel is a Jewish State" means in 2026. It's a state in which even the NYT does not consider Palestinian citizens - 20% of Israel's citizenry - as equal citizens whose vote should be counted.

Statement from Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas: “I will not be intimidated. I will not be bullied. And I will not back down.”

The US under Trump is a vassal state

The man under ICC arrest warrant who withdrew from the council of Europe because of complaints before the ECtHR? Ok

Legally disputed is one hell of a euphemism. You mean internationally adjudicated?