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*a brief pause* The British Armed Forces have surrendered to JK Rowling.
James Heale@jaheale.bsky.social · 2w agoWes Streeting is the Defence Secretary
Do yous think Lisa Nandy knows she is literally Nicola Murray come alive
I spent months telling people 'Burnham's success in Manchester was based on being a charismatic frontman for a plan mostly developed by other people, and he may well do the same as PM' and now he's come in with basically just the Starmer cabinet minus a few settled internal grudges
actually think we need to have a conversation about the idea that using the word 'cunt' is misogynistic, rather than it being misogynistic to think being called a cunt is inherently more offensive than being called a dick, prick, etc
Allan Faulds@afaulds.bsky.social · 3w agoApropos of perennial "that word is the worst swear word, it's inherently misogynistic, and we refuse to accept that in Scotland (and Australia) it has a much reduced strength and harshness" discourse: just saw a hand written sign reading "HAPPY 60TH YA AULD CUNT 😀" in Clydebank
IT HAS ALL ALWAYS BEEN GENDER. Yes this is the third time I’ve reposted this but IT HAS ALWAYS ALLLLL BEEN GENDER ALL OF IT ALL THE WAY DOWN.
Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w agoHegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting
Grim Reaper Files Motion to Invoke Cloture In the Matter of Mitch McConnell’s Death
Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
#OtD 6 Jul 1921 the Arditi del Popolo, an early militant anti-fascist organisation, was formed in Rome, Italy, to defend workers from escalating attacks by the fascist blackshirts of Benito Mussolini. Within a year it had over 20,000 members. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1062...
Who could have possibly seen this outcome? Oh it was everyone on that site that’s a bubble totally unconnected from reality.
The next time you feel the imposter syndrome creeping in, just channel the confidence of medicore white dudes who decide to run for public office!
maia arson crimew 🏴@crimew.gay · 10mo agothe thing that fascinates me abt platner is that he seemingly thought he could just run without any of this shit coming up and looking really fucking bad on paper
It's allllllllllllllllllllll masculinity politics. All of it all the time every time.
acts of god keep getting in the way of the stuff trump really cares about, and i am here for it
Evacuation ordered at National Mall as storms gather ahead of Trump's America 250 speech
President Donald Trump’s plans to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary of independence with a rally on the National Mall have been complicated by severe storms that have gathered near Washington, f...
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Today 4 Jul is US Independence Day, which was declared after the revolution of 1776. But despite rhetoric about men being "equal" and "inalienable rights", slavery continued for nearly a century and the genocide of Native Americans accelerated stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1096...
(psst, the Scottish Government should do this too and it will frankly be a bit embarrassing if Labour, who have been worse than useless at countering the far-right, figure this out before my party does)
Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · last mo.Pretty big move for the Culture Secretary to leave X, saying her department will too.
#OtD 2 Jul 1839 53 enslaved people on the Amistad ship rebelled off the coast of Cuba and demanded to be taken back home to Sierra Leone. The US Navy captured the rebels and put them on trial, but eventually the courts determined they should be freed. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7822...
The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.
The Constitution Is On Life Support
Four justices are prepared to stuff the Fourteenth Amendment’s promises in the garbage because Mister Trump demands it.
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we are one john roberts heart attack away from the complete dissolution of the reconstruction amendments and instantiation of a formalized caste system
it took them 40 years to undo roe. they could kill birthright citizenship in 6 if they hold the presidency/senate in 2028
There is an attitude among some journalists that pissing people off means you’re doing a good job. Let me just say: it’s such a stupid attitude and it leads to worse journalism.
