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Lefty Londoner in Lanarkshire. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ˜‰ Scottish independence. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Up the Republic! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช โœŠ๐Ÿป

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This Week in Democracy โ€“ Week 59: An Illegal War Abroad, More Madness at Home Zeteo's weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

"From launching an illegal war with no clear strategy to obstructing a DHS inspector general, hereโ€™s what Trump and his allies did this week that harm democracy, undermine the Constitution, and hurt societies worldwide"

From Zeteo's 'This Week in Democracy':

07.03.2026 05:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 754 ๐Ÿ” 180 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Trumpโ€™s White House Posts Fascist Memes As It Wrecks the Economy The presidentโ€™s extremely online staff is posting โ€˜Grand Theft Autoโ€™ memes and cracking jokes about his Iran war as energy prices explode.

โ€œTrumpโ€™s White House Posts Fascist Memes As It Wrecks the Economyโ€

The presidentโ€™s extremely online staff is posting โ€˜Grand Theft Autoโ€™ memes and cracking jokes about his Iran war as energy prices explode.

07.03.2026 11:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1351 ๐Ÿ” 386 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 75 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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Trump Fed Governor Stephen Miran as oil prices spike: "We don't have an inflation problem. The inflation excess is not entirely but largely a function of measurement issues."

06.03.2026 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 612 ๐Ÿ” 134 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 273 ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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โ€œIf anything, I might have forced Israelโ€™s hand.โ€

US President Donald Trump denied that Israel forced him into attacking Iran, contradicting his own Secretary of State and Republican leaders who were saying the opposite just yesterday.

03.03.2026 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 179 ๐Ÿ” 85 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Ellie Chowns asks the PM if he'll publish the legal advice the govt received on the initial US/Israel attack on Iran.

Keir Starmer says no, he won't.

02.03.2026 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 64 ๐Ÿ” 45 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Trump honouring lost lives of US military personnel in a way only he can.

02.03.2026 17:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Farage getting his ideas from ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ.
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.co.uk

02.03.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

British media adopting the Trump White House press corps approach to giving Farage a pass with his โ€˜alternative factsโ€™.

02.03.2026 13:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Has FIFA issued any statement about how its first-ever and inspired choice of Peace Prize winner is doing?

02.03.2026 10:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my MP followers should ask him at PMQs this week if unquestionably and blindly following the Americans into war is the wrong thing to do.

02.03.2026 10:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And still people watch World War Two Holocaust documentaries and wonder how the authorities were empowered and enabled to open concentration camps. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

02.03.2026 09:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

"Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first." www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

02.03.2026 06:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 342 ๐Ÿ” 169 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

Some of them are asking for their billion dollars back

02.03.2026 09:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 483 ๐Ÿ” 142 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BBC interviewers unsurprisingly avoiding asking ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Starmer ministers backing ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ war on Iran about the attacks on schools and civilians.

02.03.2026 09:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war.

Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war.

The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.

02.03.2026 08:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2123 ๐Ÿ” 610 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102 ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

02.03.2026 07:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1494 ๐Ÿ” 735 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 232 ๐Ÿ“Œ 152
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Stop the illegal US - Israel war on Iran The European Left Party strongly condemns the military attacks carried out by Israel and the United States against Iran.

Our full statement on the illegal military strikes by Israel and the U.S. against Iran is now online.
๐Ÿ“Œ Read it here: www.european-left.org/stop-the-ill...

28.02.2026 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Down with the Crown. ๐Ÿ‘‘ ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป

01.03.2026 17:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reform UKโ€™s share of BBC and ITV coverage is ridiculous given their number of MPs & considering opposition parties that polled higher (such as Lib Dems) receive such poor coverage.

www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/after-w...

01.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 229 ๐Ÿ” 98 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

We hope all the golfers who played at Turnberry, today, had a good round.

#TrumpsWar

01.03.2026 17:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 215 ๐Ÿ” 39 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

The whole notion of being the subject of a hereditary monarchy is deeply ยญoffensive, especially when itโ€™s one that changed its name to something rather more British-sounding to cover its Teutonic origins, writes Ruth Wishart

01.03.2026 17:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is how Trumpโ€™s ambassador to the UN responded to news that three U.S. service members were killed and multiple others injured

01.03.2026 17:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2844 ๐Ÿ” 1109 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 692 ๐Ÿ“Œ 201
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Anas Sarwar defends Keir Starmer's response to US-Israel strikes on Iran

Anas Sarwar has defended Keir Starmerโ€™s response to US-Israeli strikes on Iran as the UK Defence Secretary refused to say if they were illegal under international law

01.03.2026 14:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Funny how politicians who are most keen on whining about immigration and refugees and asylum seekers are also very keen on starting the wars that create refugees and asylum seekers.

28.02.2026 16:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 162 ๐Ÿ” 82 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Exclusive: Read the draft executive emergency order for Trump to take control of elections Lawyers and legal experts explicitly said that such an order is blatantly unconstitutional.

EXCLUSIVE: A draft executive order that would allow Trump to take unprecedented control over federal elections is reportedly being circulated with the White House.

Democracy Docket obtained a copy.

Read the full, 17-page order below๐Ÿ‘‡

28.02.2026 21:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 835 ๐Ÿ” 563 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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Trump in 2011: โ€œOur president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. Heโ€™s weak and heโ€™s ineffective.โ€

28.02.2026 15:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3253 ๐Ÿ” 1373 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174 ๐Ÿ“Œ 88
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The United States & Israel have launched an illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran.

Keir Starmer condemns Iran.

28.02.2026 15:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 315 ๐Ÿ” 149 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86 ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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28.02.2026 19:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 86 ๐Ÿ” 31 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And of course, Farage wants the UK to support the US in their illegal war.

#BoneSpurs
#CowardInChief

28.02.2026 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 436 ๐Ÿ” 79 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5