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Ukraine = Europe. citizen. supporter of progressive causes: πŸ’‰ πŸ“š 🏑 🚌 🌻 πŸ‰ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. speaker of πŸ‡«πŸ‡· & πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄

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GB News Under Fire After Airing β€˜White Genocide’ Conspiracy Theory From Former Boris Johnson Aide Ofcom is under pressure to investigate after the channel promoted his claims that white Britons face demographic "genocide" by ethnic minorities who will "turn on" them

Ofcom have 24 complaints about this broadcast on GB News.

"We are assessing the complaints against our rules, but are yet to decide whether or not to investigate" - Ofcom

GB News - "it is important that different perspectives can be aired and scrutinised"

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/12/g...

13.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Watching Politico get told they're sanewashing shit by the guy they're sanewashing is just excellent. Media cooked. Getting dunked on by the people they're protecting. We are in the post-dignity era of the press.

13.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 2170 πŸ” 535 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 4

Sweeping guilty verdicts in the federal Prairieland antifa cases. These cases were an effort by the Trump admin to prosecute anti-fascists as terrorists and further, prosecute dissent. This Texas trial was a test of his power. He won. This laid out the case and stakes: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...

13.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 12

The Academy is remaining completely silent on the fact that the star of β€˜The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Motaz Malhees is unable to attend the ceremony because he's banned from entering the US due to his Palestinian passport

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Fire chief accuses Anas Sarwar of spreading β€˜inaccurate’ information after fire

A top firefighter boss has accused Anas Sarwar of sharing 'inaccurate and alarmist' information after suggesting fire crews were inadequately equipped to deal with the major blaze on Union Street last weekend

13.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

It’s quite obvious what is happening here. bsky.app/profile/seth...

13.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 312 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Was in parliament yesterday talking about how the manosphere = sales funnel. They aren’t just content creators; they are masculinity entrepreneurs - businessmen who profit from making young men feel inadequate

12.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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handelsblatt on trump’s iran war

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Over 100 children among nearly 800 killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon Lebanese officials said over 100 children are among the 773 people who have been killed so far by Israeli airstrikes.

Over 100 children among nearly 800 killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon
www.channel4.com/news/over-10...

13.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

meta is trash and progressive orgs should be moving their audiences/followers off

13.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Nabatiyeh is being completely razed to the ground by the Israelis. It was one of the largest cities in South Lebanon, around 100,000 people. Now around 150 families left there.

Video: www.instagram.com/p/DV0q4AbCBLB/

13.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8

FWIW, I think Iran has every interest in dragging this war on for the foreseeable future. Regime collapse seems a distant prospect at this point and the lesson that they need to deliver - despite tremendous human and infrastructure costs - is "never do this again."

13.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
β€’ If there's one thing controversial CBS News editor Bari Weiss has earned praise for it's her hands-on booking of big names for the network. But there's one booking she seems to have blown up: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had been in talks to appear for an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning with Robert Costa.
Mamdani's team, I'm told, has long been averse to appearing on CBS given the coverage his campaign got from Weiss's The Free Press, but her recent social media post reacting with a fire emoji to an Iranian activist's diatribe against Mamdani was the "nail in the coffin" for him appearing on the network, two sources with knowledge told me. "Bari and her people have a clear axe to grind for him," said one former CBS producer. (CBS News did not respond to a request for comment.) And the network's turn away from news and toward opinion is proving to be a broader problem. "It's not just Zohran," the source said. "It's really

β€’ If there's one thing controversial CBS News editor Bari Weiss has earned praise for it's her hands-on booking of big names for the network. But there's one booking she seems to have blown up: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had been in talks to appear for an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning with Robert Costa. Mamdani's team, I'm told, has long been averse to appearing on CBS given the coverage his campaign got from Weiss's The Free Press, but her recent social media post reacting with a fire emoji to an Iranian activist's diatribe against Mamdani was the "nail in the coffin" for him appearing on the network, two sources with knowledge told me. "Bari and her people have a clear axe to grind for him," said one former CBS producer. (CBS News did not respond to a request for comment.) And the network's turn away from news and toward opinion is proving to be a broader problem. "It's not just Zohran," the source said. "It's really

lol. CBS had been trying to get Zohran Mamdani for an interview, but Bari Weiss' deranged tweeting caused him to turn it down

link.vanityfair.com/view/5df1007...

13.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 3472 πŸ” 674 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 46

AIPAC's power was in part money...but a large part of its influence was that Israel was really popular with the D party electorate, and so AIPAC running ads saying, 'this person doesn't support Israel" was an effective primary strategy. 1

13.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

France and Italy have opened talks with Iran in the hope of securing safe Hormuz passage, the FT reports.

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Attorney General Bondi thinks she can play hide-and-go-seek with the Epstein Files, but the law is clear and mandatory.

She must release the Files in their entirety so we can end this massive coverup and elite protection for predators.

13.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 2988 πŸ” 1045 πŸ’¬ 182 πŸ“Œ 45
Headline: Pete Hegseth attacks media for not being positive enough about US attacks on Iran. Over a picture of Hegseth looking constipated.

Headline: Pete Hegseth attacks media for not being positive enough about US attacks on Iran. Over a picture of Hegseth looking constipated.

I love how @theguardian.com chose this photo today.

13.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account 

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - β€œless than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar  at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - β€œthe enemy is inside the gates.”

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - β€œless than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - β€œthe enemy is inside the gates.”

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

13.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 34529 πŸ” 7190 πŸ’¬ 1139 πŸ“Œ 315
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The Strait of Hormuz is perfectly safe...

13.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1663 πŸ” 361 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 15

Your book will be seen on a bedside table in series 4 of the white lotus

13.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.

13.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 1947 πŸ” 948 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 16

The HA Committee report on "earned settlement" is generally excellent.

However, deeply disappointing that 4 MPs - Lewis Atkinson, Jo White, Chris Murray (all Lab) & Robbie Moore (Cons) succeeded in rejecting the additional recommendation below proposed by Paul Kohler (LD) & Margaret Mullane (Lab)

13.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As time goes on, Jewish anti-Zionism reveals itself not only as solidarity with Palestinians but also as an anti-antisemitism strategy. We want out of this toxic dialectic, this terrible feedback loop between Israeli belligerence and the Jewish precarity it incessantly engenders

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Lula Bans Trump Envoy w/ Neo-Nazi Ties from Entering Brasil Today, Brazilian President Lula announced that he was banning Trump envoy Dennis Beattie from entering Brasil.

Lula bans Trump envoy w/ neo-nazi ties from entering Brasil!

The move comes as Trump interferes in this fall's Brazilian presidential election.

paydayreport.com/lula-bans-tr...

13.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 12

Before researching this piece I knew RFK Jr was horrible, needed to be impeached/removed and that things were really bad at HHS - but it was still shocking to detail the conspiracy theorists and disinformers who are now in control of US public health πŸ§ͺ 1/

13.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

The latest step, and a major one, in the Trump administration’s consistent efforts to keep the Russian army in the field against Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

13.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1044 πŸ” 430 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 30

Declaring β€œno quarter” is a war crime. Pete committed a war crime this morning. bsky.app/profile/bcfi...

13.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 4466 πŸ” 1898 πŸ’¬ 486 πŸ“Œ 133

Can't help feeling that a post-Trump administration which fails to prosecute Trump and Hegseth for war crimes - even if it's one without mad sociopaths in charge - will still be a rogue state.

13.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phillipson accuses lawyers of exploiting parents of children with special needs Education secretary has claimed lawyers’ criticisms of her department’s policy changes are motivated by profit

In something like 99% of the cases which are challenged the parents win, because the system is flawed and requires them to go through the courts to get necessary support. Phillipson's changes carry a high risk of making it even harder to get that support. 1/

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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