emily m
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#TheNewsAgents host. Newsnight, BBC2 Interviews with Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Keir Starmer James Comey , Bill Clinton. Appalling typing.
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The Deputy Speaker certainly doesn’t need me to speak for her, but she knows that we all stand with her against this odious racism.
Today, the Deputy Speaker presiding over the Budget Statement in the UK House of Commons is Nus Ghani. Nus Ghani was born in Kashmir, Pakistan. There should not be a single person born in Pakistan in the UK House of Commons.
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Here is the Sun's pitifully small apology for its lie about benefits tourism - a lie that was accepted as truth by millions and helped deliver Brexit. These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.
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Trump’s first three Cabinet meetings feature more press questions and answers than all of Biden’s
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The Wall Street Journal alleges that the real motivation behind Trump’s eagerness to force Ukraine into an ugly surrender is the idea that a lot of people close to him can make a lot of money doing business and deals in Russia. If this is true, beyond the disgusting morality of
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The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
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Military Veterans Call Out Trump, Hegseth and Pentagon in New Video | https://t.co/34OdWmKioV
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“We've never been at this kind of crossroads in our country before," Kenneth Harbaugh, a U.S. Navy veteran, told Military.com.
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Man delivering line that he’s been practising all week at dinner party
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"The most obvious cause for Britain's difficulties is Brexit," says Salman Rushdie. "Yet nobody of any political party is willing to say that." The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act" https://t.co/Saw9yyF64g
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Author Salman Rushdie, who The News Agents describe as a man who "spent probably half of his life under the threat of death" discusses his new book, the root cause of problems in UK society, and the...
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Wrote about this a couple of weeks ago. And it’s a deficit of self-awareness which goes far beyond some of those on the BBC board.
FWIW, I do know Robbie Gibb, having met him almost 30 years ago when he was working for the Tories & always quite liked him. But the claim by this self-identifying “Thatcherite” to be a completely impartial BBC arbiter is as ludicrous as me claiming I’m not partial towards Labour
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“You can't make this shit up.” “They've snipped out 10 seconds of what he was going to say, and left him absolutely seething.” Why did the BBC make the “chilling” decision to edit out @rcbregman’s criticism of Donald Trump when it went to broadcast? https://t.co/Ejyeu1NwhW
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Why did the BBC approve Rutger Bregman's description of Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" in his Reith Lecture in October, but cut it from broadcast less than a month...
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What is hard to square is the timeline here. If the Trump line was fine when it was given as a live speech ( October 28th) and it was suddenly “not fine” as a R4 recording this week - what changed ? On November 3rd, the Telegraph story into the Panorama edits broke. Maybe that’s
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. The edit was made at the last minute, after editorial approval and four weeks after the live recording. A
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. The edit was made at the last minute, after editorial approval and four weeks after the live recording. A
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. And in response to that, Donald Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged, I should be prosecuted ... I think it says a lot more
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Well this is a total lie @Telegraph. I don’t own any property in London. I live in Redcar. I have one home and one home only, in my constituency of Redcar. What appalling journalism. How dare you just make things up?! Please retract. https://t.co/V3uvoFRzi4
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Levy will now only apply to homes worth over £2m following backlash from Labour MPs
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So listen. @thenerve_news has the receipts. A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott. Please read & share.
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the ex-Ukip/Reform politician and close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over ten years for taking multiple bribes via a handler from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story..🧵⬇️
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Fuck you and your investigation.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations
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This is really interesting. It’s almost as if there’s a connection between media coverage of political events & people’s understanding of them..
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian interference is now up to 13k, and growing fast. It's still early days, but it's notable that the percentage of people signing is highest in Wales. This suggests that media coverage of Nathan Gill was considerably more
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Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
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When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. https://t.co/2ghuD2IdEy
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“Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria”
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A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
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This thread is must read. The conclusion is simultaneously eye- popping and utterly predictable. The ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine delivered by the White House seems to have been translated from Russian into English. In other words it’s the Kremlin plan that Trump seems to be passing
I uploaded verified images of the “peace” document to Grok. I prompted, “Analyze this document from a logistic perspective. It is in English, but assess whether or not it has been translated. If so, what is the likely language of the original?” 🧵
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