💥 Essential reading
An explanation of Russia’s goals & the threat of foreign interference in elections – a threat to democracy itself & explores why “pitting people in Western democracies against one another” is a win for Russia.
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@splitendedpoem
Love this 💗
There is also The Pot Hole Gardener, Steve Wheen, turning neglected potholes in London’s streets and sidewalks into tiny, beautiful and green miniature worlds 🌱🌼🥀
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Demonstrators disrupted traffic in London to paint a huge Ukraine flag on the road in front of the Russian embassy on the eve of the Ukraine war's first anniversary
@guardian
@peterjukes
Wtaf...
"BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press."
Not authoritarian at all pfft...
What Does It Mean When The Future Is Privatized?
Private companies are inventing today's future. Their vision is neither public-spirited nor democratic. Control of the future image will ultimately allow them to define how society & the economy functions.
@mrjamesob
@johnsweeneyroar
Loved this caller to NF
@LBC
“I just want to thank you Nigel. I was an ardent remainer until one moment that changed it all... I got kicked in the head by a horse”
@Femi_Sorry
Murdoch's man Rishi Sunak 😬
ICYMI ⬇️⬇️⬇️
“Rishi Sunak was part of a small team of hedge fund bosses who shared nearly £100m after an audacious stock market bet that lit the touchpaper on the 2008 financial crisis.”
#DowningStreetParties
@ByDonkeys
This is excellent work. Thank you so much for highlighting these charlatans & reminding everyone of their broken promises & for not letting them get away with it. 👏👏👏
#StopBrexit
#PeoplesVote
@mrjamesob
@terrychristian
James Dyson, who wants to help The NHS 💙
How about paying your taxes? That would help.
Paying taxes helps The UK 🇬🇧
Paying your taxes makes you a patriot 🇬🇧
A company that pays taxes is a patriotic company 🇬🇧
Dyson is NOT a patriotic company.
James Dyson is NOT a patriot.
People in AZ are “suffering the devastating consequences of climate change already...extreme heat, deadly floods & wildfires. If she votes down this bill, it's a slap in the face of her constituents.”
@MichaelEMann
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#Fresh
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@chrisinsilico
@elonmusk
Seagrass and algae too. Seagrass meadows, mangroves and coastal wetlands capture carbon at a rate greater than that of tropical forests.
Rightwing networks Fox News, OAN and Newsmax could be found liable over election fraud claims.
The three networks are now facing billion-dollar US lawsuits as a result of their baseless accusations.
Happy
#4THJULY
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Fox News deals in Kremlin propaganda. So why not freeze the assets of Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp?
"Murdoch boosts Russian morale & undermines Ukrainian resolve by supplying a dictatorship with foreign validation"
@NickCohen4
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@europa202020
@BrexitBin
Germany has beaten UK to a $3.9bn contract to build more than 200 vehicles for the Australian defence forces.
But if course we can't trade with the rest of the world while shackled to the EU 🇪🇺!!
The UK’s national debt past £2 trillion & no one seems to have noticed.
Debt per person is £34,676
Debt per taxpayer is £59,643
The debt increases at:
£5,170 per second
£310, 200 per min
£18,612,000 per hour
£446.6 million per day (National Debt Clock)
"Most of the point of Murdoch’s empire is profit & power. He is able to sculpt public opinion not only in US but in UK AUS & other nations where he uses his outlets to whip up hate & attack science like climate change"
@owillis
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#DemVoice1
Why is Murdoch’s Media Parroting Russian Propaganda Over Ukraine?
@cjwerleman
examines what could possibly explain his willingness to allow Tucker Carlson to parrot Kremlin propaganda at the expense of US & its democratic allies?
@BylineTimes
#wtpBlue
The troll factory suspected to be linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Internet Research Agency, accused of 2016 election meddling.
Online operatives were ordering followers to target western media outlets & politicians.
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"Republicans who suggest that the FBI search turns us into a 'banana republic' have it backward. Allowing Trump to escape accountability is the real threat to our democracy"
@MaxBoot
Gift article 🎁
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#FreshResists
Russian hacking & interference around
#climate
change research.
This investigation highlights the scale of influence operations linked to Russia to bolster campaigns it sees as favourable to its national interests.
@BylineTimes
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@IsabelLosada
@texhewson
I didn't know that, thank you.
I can add:
- a parliament of owls 🦉
- a murder of crows
- a rafter of turkeys 🦃
- a gaggle of geese
- an exaltation of larks 💗
The sophisticated disinformation machinery Putin spent decades cultivating collapsed within days—achieving what no one thought possible: a Ukraine defiant, a West united, and a Russia humbled.
#StandWithUkraine
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#wtpBlue
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#DemVoice1
The electricity industry knew about the dangers of climate change 40yrs ago. It denied them anyway.
Oil companies did not act alone, the electricity industry sold climate half-truths & untruths to policy makers & the public.
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A stunning number of Trump’s closest associates had deep ties to the Kremlin. It’s time to confront the Trump-Putin network.
In 2014 Putin regime invaded Ukraine’s Crimea. In 2016 the same regime invaded the US.
#StandWithUkraine
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#wtpBlue
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Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy.
One industry consulting firm has influenced politics across Florida, Alabama and at least six other states.
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#FreshResists
Ivanka Siolkowsky came to Ukraine from Toronto to help turn destruction back into life – she’s been painting flowers on fences in Bucha that were shot at by the Russian army.
@BorisJohnson
@G7
Meanwhile ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Presiding over the biggest health crisis in a generation, the Tories break the law to line the pockets of their friends with taxpayer money.
🚨 ELEVEN FILMS ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
We've ended all client work to focus solely on the 2024 election.
Democracy is under attack.
Let's fight back together!
#DraftElevenFIlms
Chip in here: …
30 yrs ago a plan was born to spread doubt & persuade the public that climate change was not a problem. We're now living the devastating consequences of a PR plot by big oil to lobby politicians against climate action.
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#Fresh
Ukraine’s victory matters to the world & the West should continue to provide support in whatever way it can. It is not only the right thing to do morally – it is also the best thing to do strategically
@PaulNiland
@BylineTimes
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“Murdoch is responsible for the world’s lack of necessary action on climate change. He has wielded his global media empire as a cudgel to sow confusion and doubt about the science and the solutions.”
@MichaelEMann
Disinformation & fake accounts were used against the west for years – now the Kremlin is under attack.
Because in 2022 information is power & one of the huge shifts of the last week is that this power has been returned to the people.
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The US designation will allow the wider application of sanctions on Wagner Group's sprawling global network, which includes mercenary operations as well as businesses in Africa & elsewhere.
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#wtpEarth
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There's a growing backlash against artificial lawns, and now the Royal Horticultural Society has banned them from their world famous summer shows.
@alextomo
finds out how plastic grass can lead to habitat loss. You can watch the full report on Channel 4 News at 7pm.
Zelensky survives 3 assassination attempts in days.
They were mercenaries of the Kremlin-backed Wagner group & Chechen special forces. Both thwarted by anti-war elements within 🇷🇺 Federal Security Service (FSB)
#StandWithUkraine
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#wtpBlue
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@LBC
@mrjamesob
James Dyson, who wants to help The NHS 💙
How about paying your taxes? That would help.
Paying taxes helps The UK 🇬🇧
Paying your taxes makes you a patriot 🇬🇧
A company that pays taxes is a patriotic company 🇬🇧
Dyson is NOT a patriotic company.
James Dyson is NOT a patriot.
The Wagner Group - Russian mercenaries hired by the Kremlin to fight proxy wars protecting Russian interests.
Now Ukraine has formed the Mozart Group - fighters trained to battle-fitness by former US Marines.
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#FreshResists
@nickreeves9876
The most powerful man most people have never heard of Vladislav Surkov one of the architects of the post-truth world.
Before Trump weaponized the term fake news Moscow was using Surkov’s techniques to sow political confusion throughout western democracies
💥Essential reading
Countries across the democratic world have experienced Russian attempts to divide societies, weaken trust & undermine governments. Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken & distract its opponents 🧵
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#ProudBlue
Here’s what must be hammered home: Trump cannot be re-elected if you want US to be a place where elections decide outcomes, where voting rights matter & where politicians don’t baselessly prosecute their adversaries
@sulliview
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The alt-right pipeline, the online grooming process that alt-right extremists use to radicalise individuals.
The process happens in 3 cognitive phases: normalisation, acclimation & dehumanisation.
@YorksBylines
@BylineTimes
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Industry cartels are price fixing. The oil & gas industry generate $3bn in profit every day. That’s $1tr a year into the bank vaults of dictators & big oil driving both geopolitical conflict & the climate crisis
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@JamesMelville
How many tears has she shed for those struggling on Universal Credit,food bank users, international students wrongly sent home,Windrush,Grenfell, families having to heat or eat, judges "enemies of the people",EU citizens called "citizens of nowhere"
She'll get no sympathy from me
@peterjukes
@poorscousertom
Add to that climate denial & COVID misinformation 🤬
Murdoch’s News Corp found to be part of a wave of misinformation during 2020 Australian fires. An independent study found online bots & trolls exaggerating the role of arson.
An organised campaign.
Russian TV & online platforms hacked with antiwar message on
#VictoryDay
The message read: “The blood of thousands of Ukrainians & hundreds of murdered children is on your hands. TV & the authorities are lying. No to war.”
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@nickreeves9876
We ALL need to step up.
Brexit = Putin
Trump = Putin
GOP = Putin
Climate Denial = Putin
Anti Vaccine = Putin
Anti Immigration = Putin
US Anti Gun Control = Putin
NRA = Putin
FF Power = Putin
Misinformation = Putin
Division = Putin
ALL connected.
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A coalition of West Virginia advocacy groups has launched a $250,000 ad campaign to encourage Sen. Joe Manchin to put his support behind the Build Back Better Act after he said this week he would not be voting on the key piece of legislation
#wtpBlue
#BBB
@lucyallan
@bbclaurak
So what??? This is a shocking dereliction of duty you need to represent your constituents.
Brexit impact papers viewing requests made by just 6% MPs & peers. 1,450 parliamentarians, just 83 have visited the files.
@ClimateHuman
Norwegian officials said the smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped parts of US and Canada in a thick haze is expected to pour into Norway on Thursday.
We certainly are all in this together. Smoke has no boundaries.
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@MarkHamill
“Now is the moment. We should call it the Navalny Act,” Browder told me. “Putin is willing to lose one million men, but to lose $300 billion would be a cataclysmic loss.”
@Billbrowder
has been working on confiscating these assets for the last two years.
Biden is poised to invoke as soon as this week Cold War powers to encourage domestic production of critical minerals for electric-vehicle and other types of batteries.
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