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Peter Nimmo

#Scotland's First Minister John #Swinney (#SNP) on his anti-far right summit- "If we are passive about this we run the risk that those #democratic systems will be eroded by the challenges that we face". It comes as polls suggest #ReformUK say might get their first #MSP next year (they claim they're not far right). Disgracefully, #Tory party say they won't attend
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7gw

John Swinney, a bald man with glasses wearing a dark suit and purple tie, with a saltire pin on the lapel. He is standing in front of a saltire flag during a press conference mid speech with his hand elevated.
BBC NewsFM defends excluding Reform UK from anti-far right summitReform claims the meeting is really an "anti-democratic" attempt to curb its growing electoral support.
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

@bebadefabo @mmalc @dragonsidedd

so we don't sideline them

by "we" i don't mean this notion of an omnipotent #democrat centrist grip on the party. that doesn't exist. they're weak

by "we" i mean us who are going to mob #primaries2026

right?

are you listening out there?

#bernie and #aoc own the future of the #democratic party

whoever opposes this only delays the inevitable

*but*

if you don't fucking show up in the #primaries you fucking inert motherfuckers, it doesn't happen either

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Lee for #The25th NOW! 🤬

🚨If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to #protest, add your name Hey! I just called on the #UK 🇬🇧#government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won #democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the #petition? 👇 #StrongerTogether 💪
#UKPolitics
#Politics
#RightToProtest
#HumanRights
#Democracy 🥰

act.gp/3pIM9ns

act.gpIf you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

'#DavidHogg, a controversial {he isn't} #DNC vice chair, is pledging to upend #Democratic #primaries by funding #candidates who will challenge “ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel” #Democrats.

The move puts Hogg, the now 25-year-old who first gained national stature as an outspoken survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School {#Parkland} shooting, on a collision course with his own party and some Democratic House members.'

politico.com/news/2025/04/15/d

👏 👏 👏

GO DAVID!

In unprecedented move, DNC official to spend big to take down fellow Democrats David Hogg, the DNC vice chair, wants to take down some safe incumbents. Parkland survivor and activist David Hogg speaks to the crowd during in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. Parkland survivor and activist David Hogg speaks to the crowd during in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
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Pekka Kallioniemi

- They helped him rise to power in 2016
- They gave his campaign workers dirt on Hillary
- They helped spread ridiculous #conspiracy theories like Pizzagate, which hurt the #Democratic campaign and gave a platform to #MAGA lunatics like Laura Loomer and Jack Posobiec
- They supported #January6th by spreading disinformation on social media
- They funded anti-#Biden and anti-#Ukraine digital diarrhea through Tenet Media
- They generated AI slop targeting Kamala #Harris and Tim #Walz

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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ @michaelgemar @Nonilex

>> … #checksAndBalances built in presume that each individual in government will act in their own interest, and be checked by others working to advance their own interests. That system collapses when everyone subsumes their interests to one individual.

Or aligns their interests with another individual's.

I wouldn't put it past #Democratic leaders like #ChuckSchumer to have done just that. #DoNothing #Schumer

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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ >>>> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very #white—not exactly representative of the #Democratic coalition.

>> Might that be because #POC are more likely to be arrested than #white people during protests?

Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist.

I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon

@Babcia54 @tianacutright @ienvision @RealJournalism

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

A large balloon with an image of President Donald Trump above protesters during the nationwide "Hands Off" protests against Trump and Elon Musk in downtown Los Angeles on April 5, 2025. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
Rolling Stone · Massive Protests Against Trump Are Just the BeginningBy Tim Dickinson
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