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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Yorkshire lass living in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, teaching in Cheshire and rolling my eyes at RW, Tory/Reform bollocks here & Maga/Christofascist bullshit over there. Woke AF. Committed atheist. No DMs- you WILL be unfollowed & blocked.

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Had a great day at the 4th day of the 4th test between England and India. All fans having a great crack together. Farage would just SHIT if he saw this.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

This is TERRIFYING. UK could become a vassal state of conservative USA & bring a version of Project 2025 to our shores.

taylordauthor.bsky.social@taylordauthor.bsky.social

The Brexit vote was fiddled by Cambridge analytics, Cummings, lies & private funding Trump win was fiddled by computer fraud, lies to evangelical Christian’s & private funding Farage is being paid to do the same lies etc to England in elections again He will succeed as nobody will stop him

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Watch this to the end. My sentiments exactly.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

This story leaves me feeling both sad and heart-warmed. THIS: “She decided to do this in her own terms. She has no criminal record. A hardworking taxpayer who’s been working 12-hour shifts since she was 15, six days out of the week. She never asked for a handout. She didn’t get food stamps…”

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Time to crank out the best photo I ever took when I lived in NYC. This guy was just hanging around in K Town with his sign. Seems very pertinent today.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

American Senator being manhandled for asking questions of the puppy killer. This admin is full-on fash.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

As a Brit, I’m a bit confused about Gavin Newsom. It wasn’t that long ago that people seemed to be having a massive go at him (podcast?) - and now it’s like he’s the messiah for the way he’s standing up to Trump. Can someone enlighten me, please?

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Bravo, Ian Wright, for referencing the FA banning women from football for 50 yrs in addition to what they did to Jack Leslie as one of their many mistakes. No doubt he’ll be accused of ‘wokeness’ by the slack-jawed gammony mob.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

And this is what we’re paying a license for..???

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has drawn up plans to win over Reform voters by changing its news and drama output. BBC Director General Tim Davie and other execs discussed altering "story selection" in order to win the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

bylinetimes.comBBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama OutputThe Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Great thread for those who 'don't know' if the deal is better than the Brexit 'deal' Johnson fudged (30% according to YouGov). It may not be what we had before Brexit but it's a step in the right direction.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

I’ve already been sent this and completed it- but ok, I’ll do it again. *cracks knuckles *. Kuenssberg/ QT Reform Kate Andrews Show/ Chris Mason are all going to get it. Suggestions for political shows welcome.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

The face you make when you have to deal with an intellectual amoeba compared to yourself.

Just Jack@just-jack-1.bsky.social

The face you make when you realize you’re trapped in the room with a babbling buffoon.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Excellent news from Canada. Amusing to think it was heading for a conservative govt BEFORE Shitzinpants started his shenanigans. Carney is the closest adult in charge to the US.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

UK teachers start on $42k/£31650…

Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.gov

We need the best educated workforce in the world. We need the best teachers in the world. We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do. No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

WHAT??!!! This can get to f@&k.

Max Colbert@mc00.bsky.social

Libraries in the UK increasingly asked by individuals and small groups to remove books, primarily with LGBTQ+ themes, from shelves, as the malign influence of right wing US pressure groups stretches across the Atlantic, where it has no place: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

theguardian.comLibrarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreadsAnecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
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USA becoming like Gilead every day.

Mia Farrow@miafarrow.bsky.social

Under new voting bill, if a married woman has a different name from the one on her birth certificate she cant vote. Dear Sisters, don’t take your husband’s name

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Hey America, just a quickie: is anyone going to do anything about your lunatic pres wiping $2 trn off Wall St & sending the world economy into turmoil (except Russia, of course)?

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

A demagogue working for a dictator. The only person happy about the tariffs is Putin. Working together to destabilise the world.

Christopher Titus@titusnation.bsky.social

He’s a disaster for everyone but Putin. Ask yourself why. He needs to destroy it all for two reasons. 1. He works for Putin, it started in the 80’s. It’s documented. Russia is the only country not on the tariff list. 2. When it’s totally destroyed he’ll claim “ Only I can fix it” Be ready

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

A rare win for the good guys in the USA.

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

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Here we go- thanks Maga voters for making ALL our lives less secure In Europe.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Russia is targeting Norway's Svalbard in Arctic power grab, it is pushing to invade and rename the island “Pomor Islands” . #ArcticFront 🧵 united24media.com/world/russia...

united24media.comRussia Targets Svalbard in Arctic Power Grab, Plans to Rename It “Pomor Islands”The proposal to rename Svalbard as the "Pomor Islands" by Sergey Mironov reflects Russia's focus on asserting its historic and strategic Arctic claims.
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@veebeenw.bsky.social

How is Pete Buttigieg not president? (Rhetorical question; I know why). The day he is, the day America will regain its seriousness and global respect.

Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansU.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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@veebeenw.bsky.social

There goes my trip to Istanbul, damn it!

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com

Erdogan’s main political rival jailed, days after being barred from running for political office. Yet more rapid democratic backsliding and authoritarian moves in Turkey.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Hard to believe this is happening in my lifetime. Buying US weapons is now a security risk.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social

The core argument here is unanswerable. For liberal democratic countries, buying American weapons is a security risk. It must be avoided at all costs.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Holiday in the USA? Er no thank you....

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

U.K. tourist Becky Burke finally returned home to Wales on Tuesday after spending 19 days in a U.S. ICE detention facility. Her parents relayed their daughter’s description of her release from ICE, saying how she was taken in “leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs,” which left her “traumatized.”

thedailybeast.comU.K. Tourist Returns Home in Chains Like ‘Hannibal Lecter’Becky Burke was released in chains and handcuffs after spending 19 days in an ICE detention facility
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@veebeenw.bsky.social

Smashed it again!

Led By Donkeys@ledbydonkeys.org

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

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@veebeenw.bsky.social

I’m glad I got the USA out of my system when I lived there for 10 yrs. Zero chance of returning now that they’re revoking visas & arresting holidaymakers- oh, aviation safety shot to 💩