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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers

Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers

Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away * Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Democrats called on Tuesday for a congressional briefing over a stunning charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited to different plane than the one the public and press believed he was travelling on, an episode first reported by the Washington Post and also by the New York Times. Critics now question why reporters and the public had been deliberately misled. When US intelligence allegedly found a credible threat that Iran plotted to kill him last month, Trump left Air Force One in a catering truck. While the president was reportedly snuck out the side door of the plane, more than a hundred aides, officials and reporters, were kept onboard to fly towards Britain, without being told there was a threat to their lives. Continue reading...

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Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3d ago

Here's some explosive etymology: In the 1600s, an audience annoyed by an actor’s performance might clap loudly to drive them off the stage. That’s where the word “explode” comes from: “ex-“ (away) + "plaudere" (to clap). Boom.

Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today’s hot news is that a man who isn’t an MP and another man who isn’t an MP, called a press conference to discuss an unworkable plan that had already been announced over a year ago.

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Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social · 3d ago

“We have moved from North Korean ammunition being fired by Russians, to North Korean missiles striking Ukraine, North Korean soldiers fighting Ukrainians and now potentially NK missile specialists deploying alongside the systems themselves” My piece for LLB 🇺🇦 londonlovesbusiness.com/north-korea-...

North Korea is helping Putin manufacture a war Ukraine cannot intercept - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Explore how Putin’s Missile War is evolving into a North Korean-Russian production line of military support and cooperation.

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James O’Brien@mrjamesob.bsky.social · last wk.

But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · last wk.

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

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Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social · last wk.

Russian forces deliberately targeted an unarmed civilian fruit vendor in Kherson. There was no military objective, no, battlefield necessity, just another civilian trying to earn a living, deliberately hunted and attacked. 🇺🇦

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2w ago

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping, because what he uncovered is just plain embarrassing to the force. www.latimes.com/california/s...

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping

Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the ...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?

Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?

Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine An Italian friar has unearthed a document from the pharmacy archives of an ancient convent in Florence describing a medicinal potion made from Bolivian coca leaves and kola nuts, prompting suggestions it could have been a precursor to the famous US soft drink, Coca-Cola. Father Manuel Russo, rector of the San Marco convent, said he stumbled across the yellowed document, a sort-of promotional flyer, while sorting out the archives. Continue reading...

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Northern & proud 👊@gazlancs.bsky.social · 2w ago

A Reform UK councillor shares a post saying a Labour MP “should be shot”? Nigel Farage won’t apologise. Zack Polanski shares an Instagram photo? Zia Yusuf demands police action within 24 hours!! 😡

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Michael Savage@michaelsavage.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW: UK journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised in newsrooms. The abuse now means some journalists are changing what they write about… Grim findings: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

UK journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’

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Darth Putin@darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 3w ago

OTD in 1932 USSR signed non aggression pact with Poland. 7 years later we violated it cos we preferred the one with Nazis that had a secret clause. But please trust us over treaties now. We've honored them all since then, just ask Ukraine, Georgia & Moldova

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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3w ago

WHOA!! Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) just STRUCK a person asking him a simple question about rural hospital closures. Reporter: Do you still think rural hospital closures are a myth? Nunn: I said I'm with a constituent. You should protect their privacy! *SMACK*

Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social · 3w ago

A passenger train carrying civilians, families and ordinary people simply trying to travel. Tragically, attacks like this are no longer uncommon. It is yet another reminder that Russia’s campaign of terror knows no bounds. 🇺🇦

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3w ago

A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’

CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job

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Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3w ago

An electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon. Here’s how it happened… 🧵

Josh Gabbatiss@joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 3w ago

As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.

cumulative line chart showing that UK newspapers have published 251 editorials criticising Ed Miliband since the start of 2024
ChristianG@mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 3w ago

Airbus is putting its data beyond America's reach. They will run on Scaleway, a French provider, instead. A US law lets American authorities request data held by US firms, including data stored in servers outside the country. Europe is slowly trying to lean less on American technology.

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