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robspruce.bsky.social

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Also murdered by Russians yesterday in Kharkiv, amid the White House's operation to cut Ukraine's air defenses, Marianna Krasyuk, mother. Her daughter Miroslava survived and is now in the hospital fighting for her life.

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The Times will now presumably bully itself to suicide since that's what they deem an appropriate punishment for alleged plagiarism

Rachel Rees@rachel-rees.bsky.social

As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s pardons have cost crime victims a staggering $1.7 billion in restitution while wiping away penalties for wealthy fraudsters and political allies, according to a new congressional review. The full findings are damning:

meidasnews.comEXCLUSIVE: Committee Review Finds Trump Pardons Have Cost Crime Victims $1.7 Billion and Enriched Trump AlliesA Scathing Report from House Judiciary Committee Finds Cost of Trump Pardons Continues to Soar

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The genius of George Osborne: cut investment when money is cheap so that you have to do much more of it when money is expensive

Gareth Dennis@garethdennis.uk

Since 2015, under changes instigated by its then chair, Network Rail radically changed the rate and scale of its track renewals programme. Since the demise of the national High Output fleet, renewals have not kept pace. Time for some difficult questions to be put to government.

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All that apologising to the fans at the beginning of the season means jack shit, it would seem. “We want to entertain.” Bat properly then. Ugh. So irritating.

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The people who forced Gary Lineker out of a job for accidentally posting an antisemitic image are silent about the intentionally antisemitic cartoon of Zack Polanski published in The Times They're busy smearing the Jewish Anti-Zionist Green Party leader as antisemitic They think you're stupid

thelondoneconomic.comGreens demand apology from The Times over 'vile, antisemitic' Polanski cartoonZack Polanski has accused the media of 'double standards' when it comes to antisemitism, after he was lampooned by a cartoonist this week.

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BREAKING: Donald Trump’s name has been redacted from the Epstein files multiple times according to Jamie Raskin. Tomorrow Pam Bondi must be asked straight out why she redacted Trump‘s name from the Epstein files and why she has redacted so many other names from the Epstein files. What is she hiding?

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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

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Replying to @louisehaighmp.bsky.social

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

Garry@thegmcconnachie.bsky.social

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

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It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform. The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.

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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

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NEW: This is worth your time. @thenerve_news has the receipts. A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott. Please read & share.

THE NERVE@thenerve.news

NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵

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Reform UK’s Leader in Wales Nathan Gill will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to 8 charges or Russian Bribery. 🇷🇺 Farage was his leader. He turned a blind eye to the ‘strange trips’ he was going on. There’s a lot missing from the story. #ReformRussianBribes

Trump implying that it’s OK to murder journalists if they are “controversial”.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia. This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give. How are Reform getting away with this? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

theguardian.comReform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan GillHow did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

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Protesters swarmed an ICE facility in Durango, CO demanding two children detained with their father be released to their mother. Durango Police say they also offered to help reunite the kids with their mother. They were unsuccessful.

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In Durango, Colorado, ICE GOONS violently assaulted an elderly woman during a peaceful protest. They stole her phone, grabbed her by the hair, and threw her down a hill.

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‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’ @carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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More than just a bad apple: why we must look closer at the Nathan Gill scandal New evidence connects the Ukrainian politician who paid bribes to Gill - Reform UK’s former leader in Wales - to a campaign to destabilise the US election @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports

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@devincow.bsky.social Every American who loves our National Parks should remember that while Donald Trump and Elon Musk were harassing, demoralizing and firing US government employees including Grand Canyon National Park rangers and staff, North Rim's Grand Canyon Lodge burned to the ground.

Trump is senile.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

VON DER LEYEN: Every single child has to go back to its family. This should be one of our main priorities in these negotiations. TRUMP: I was just thinking we're here for a different reason but we just a couple weeks ago made the largest trade deal in history. Congratulations.

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Israeli Foreign Affairs spokesperson: Hamas doesn't want a ceasefire Matt Frei: "There was a deal.. you broke the ceasefire. Israel broke the ceasefire" "No we did not break the ceasefire" "Yes you did. Yes you did. You broke the ceasefire"