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Journalist @Telegraph @Guardian @TheTimes @TheIpaper Ex-Indy 'The News Real' AndrewBuncombe @protonmail .com

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New exclusive: World Party’s Karl Wallinger’s final interview @worldpartykarl @MickPuck @midgeure1 @MickPuck @itspetergabriel
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Buckingham Palace racism outrage is more evidence that Meghan Markle was telling the truth @Independent
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Daily Mail misses no opportunity to attack Meghan Markle
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Mr Yang @AndrewYang says he is still intentionally ignored, and he has data to prove it
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Spoke to @AnaCabrera on @cnn about why @MSNBC owes the #YangGang an apology.
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. @bdutt Huge respect for you. Cognizant of slaughter suffered by Indian forces. But is it wise for a hugely influential, independent minded journalist to be cheering on military action by any one?
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Even if #AirStrike in #Balakot across line of control in POK and not namesake in KPK (details awaited on this) a huge huge ops and a huge statement by India. First use of air power by India across line of control since 1971. @IAF_MCC congratulations and God bless. #PulwamaAttack
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Outcry in India as ex-Kashmir governor says PM Narendra Modi 'ill-informed' about the Muslim-majority region @ndtv via @thewire_in
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Lot of US journalists were utterly scornful when @LouiseMensch , @julianborger & @BBC said FBI had obtained FISA warrants as part of probe
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@lotusprings @Su4ita @RanaAyyub @ketto She is one of India’s bravest and most important journalists. The fact you may not agree with her, might make her even more valuable!
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My country chose to 'other' me & millions of other Muslims yet again, writes @RanaAyyub of India supreme court's #Ayodhya ruling @WashigtonPost
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There’s been an oddly mocking tone to much of the reporting about Assange, whose organisation has revealed more US state crimes than most journalists. Arrest sets an appalling precedent.
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Does "everybody" still think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?
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The unexpected threat emerging against @BernieSanders : @AndrewYang @politico
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Julian Assange ‘sick and unwell as he fights extradition to US, says partner @Independent @StellaMoris1
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A reminder that this was one of the US war crimes #ChelseaManning exposed
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. @AndrewYang says @MSNBC 'trying to suppress and minimise my campaign' @politico
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Head of @amnesty calls on Joe Biden to drop efforts to extradite @wikileaks 's founder Julian Assange @AgnesCallamard
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. @BeingSalmanKhan emerges as voice of reason: Pakistan actors are artists, not terrorists
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. @AriFleischer , the @SarahHuckabee of his day, was a notorious cheerleader for US-UK invasion of Iraq - an invasion sold to the public on fake news
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To reporters ( @Acosta ) complaining re your treatment at Trump rallies: Now u know what it’s like for conservatives invited 2speak at college campuses. (if the invite isn’t rescinded). I wish you were treated differently. But maybe u should cover college protests differently now.
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Yesterday was my last at The @Independent after 25 amazing years. Massive thanks to everyone who made it possible - brilliant colleagues, competitors who became friends, etc. Crucially, also to the people in many countries who trusted me with their stories. It's much appreciated.
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Julian Assange's wife urges EU to pressure US to release Wikileaks founder @AFP
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Andrew Yang 'ignored' for more than half-an-hour at Democratic debate @Independent
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. @realDonaldTrump Scotland also has a wall. Kind of surprised they let you in
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'Happening right now in Bangladesh, not far from where I'm standing in Istanbul', says @CNN anchor
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For the 8th, and final time, the president's official photographer shares his favourite images @petesouza
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At the office of the Teton County coroner where an autopsy is be performed on the remains believed to be of #GabbyPetito
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The sentiment on the ground was clear - people were glad Muslims had been 'shown their place' @RanaAyyub on covering India's 2019 election @TIME
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Scene this morning at spread cross campsite, and the cross fashioned from pebbles where #GabbyPetito ’s remains were found
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One of most worrisome things is how Indian government treated mainstream Kashmiri politicians - as if they were anti-national separatists, writes @BDUTT @washingtonpost
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. @narendramodi 's defining characteristic in 2019 is Trumpian. What's considered distasteful by liberals only makes him stronger, writes @BDUTT @washingtonpost
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'Carlson wants to discredit racial identity of woman whose family comes from island to which US hasn't granted equal status b/c of colonialism': @EricMGarcia on real reason Tucker Carlson obsessed with claiming @AOC is 'white' @IndyVoices
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International media being targeted with tear gas non-lethal rounds
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Rare to see a politician resign on a matter of principle. Is that why the other parties are sniping at @ArvindKejriwal ?
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Is it coincidence latest measles outbreak is in Kansas City where @DrWakefield was recently continuing his debunked campaign against vaccine safety?
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. @WalshFreedom tells @Indepdent Donald Trump is America’s ‘most disloyal president ever’
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. @GretaThunberg blasts Trump over climate change stance: ‘Your inaction is fuelling the flames’ @Independent @MichaelEMann
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'So, how will @ImranKhanPTI rule? As a crusader against corruption & champion of the poor, or as an angry demagogue?' The frequently peerless @OmarWaraich on #Pakistan 's new PM @Independent
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Julian Assange in limbo: @Independent 's Patrick Cockburn's piece on case in the @LRB this summer is very much worth revisiting
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Delaware police fatally shoot man in wheelchair who was 'trying to kill himself' http://t.co/K7duRasbez http://t.co/hJvLFDYAVb
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Implications of Julian Assange extradition case for press freedom are enormous, says @declassifiedUK 's @kennardmatt Via @MediaLens
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Journalist @kennardmatt & I discuss the conflicts of interest in the #Assange case #WikiLeaks WATCH:
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. @AndrewYang wants to make psychedelic mushrooms ‘more freely available’ @Forbes
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This is terrifying. 'Race and the death penalty in a Louisiana parish.' http://t.co/N6nBfq2faH http://t.co/iPyhTiFQyo
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Delhi student gets rape threats (& abuse from B-list Bollywood star) for calling out Hindu extremists @mehartweets
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#India is failing to protect its bravest - and frequently most vulnerable - journalists, writes @RanaAyyub @ForeignPolicy
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The shocking truth about @AOC revealed: she's smart, inclusive and transparent @laurenduca @IndyVoices
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By letting 'cow vigilantes' attack minorities, Indian officials keep majoritarian views satisfied, says @jaffrelotc
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'Liberals didn't believe Jussie Smollett because we're stupid — we believed him b/c of what Trump's done to America' Sharp take by @AhmedBaba_ @IndyVoices
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Why do Trump's biggest fans still believe him when he lies? The answer is in the human brain @RVAwonk @IndyVoices
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Or rather, India should be applauded for showing moral courage
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Indiashould either have abstained or voted against the UN resolution condemning the shifting of US embassy to Jerusalem. We should stand by Israel, a firm friend.
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Seems @DavidCornDC had this Russian intel scoop several months ago
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Every mayor in America just thanked Sadiq Khan for his leadership during #londonattack . Trump is still attacking him
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One of the many ties Britain has with Saudi Arabia - an unelected head of state
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Men in Iran are wearing hijabs in solidarity with their wives, writes @heatheranne9 Via @Independent
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Tacoma Dome rapidly filling up with people waiting to hear @BernieSanders and @RepJayapal
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Democracy died not in darkness, but in the private dining room off the Oval Office, with the president watching Fox News: @sbg1 very sharp @NewYorker
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Will there be a 'Trump Crimes Commission' if Biden wins in November, writes @AndrewFeinberg @IndyVoices
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If US blames Iran for attacking Saudi oil installations, it should provide evidence rather than simply having anonymous 'US officials' brief the media. Remember how that went in 2002/3 with Iraq h/t @medialens
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'Broader mythology about gun laws is that if you vote for them, you are going to lose politically - [but] that's not true': @ChrisMurphyCT v interesting on how Dems & GOP came together for [modest] action @nytimes
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'Today, we interview politicians by virtually sitting in their lap and asking questions they may have paid you to ask': Karan Thapar on why journalists have stopped asking tougher inquiries @samzsays @the_Hindu Via @Nidhi
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This feels timely to remember: Israeli intervention in US elections ‘vastly overwhelms' anything Russia has done, claims Noam Chomsky
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Why Julian Assange must urgently be freed, by @StellaMoris1 @elpaisinenglish
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How British whistleblower Katharine Gun risked everything to leak a damning Iraq war memo @democracynow
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Who is Andrew Wakefield and what did the disgraced MMR doctor do? @AMatthewsKing
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India’s health system has cracked under Covid. We're in a national emergency. Images of election rallies & religious congregations are an insult to doctors at the frontline, writes @BDUTT @htTweets
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'Aamir Khan isn’t alone: I too am a little afraid of living in India,' writes @rahulpandita
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UK set to ‘torpedo climate action’ by approving six new North Sea oil and gas fields, writes @zoetidman @Independent
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Anything in Colin Powell emails about 1m lives lost b/c of fake WMD threat he helped sell?
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As @WalshFreedom 's suspends 2020 campaign, read his @Independent interview: ‘Trump is most disloyal president ever’
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'Newspapers are no longer owned by people in their communities - & that's a bad thing,' @Sulliview tells @brianstelter @ReliableSources
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Now, a BJP MP has compared the daughter of a slain military veteran to India's most wanted criminal
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@MichaelLCrick Would one solution simply be to ask a different question to the one you sent in?
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Myanmar coup: Generals celebrated amid global fury over massacre
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Israel’s fingerprints are all over India’s escalating conflict with Pakistan, writes Robert Fisk @Independent @IndyVoices
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An impromptu Harlem party in memory of the Purple one. H/t @JstnMchl
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Donald Trump just insulted one of America's civil rights icons (on the eve of MLK Day)
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