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Charles Allen

@chaseddie

I’m a #Union Organizer, #vegan, anti fascist, music lover, #wba & @oaklandroots.bsky.social supporter living in the Bay Area (he/him) #whenwestrikewewin

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The unbelievable life of Leo Sayer! The songs, the sex, being swindled – and a spooky phone call from Elvis He lit up the 1970s with a string of hits, before falling out of the public eye. But was any man ever more connected? He discusses extraordinary encounters with Muhammad Ali and Keith Moon – and why h...

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12.03.2026 20:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The US-Israeli strategy failed to defeat Iran quickly – now they are moving to plan B | Paul Rogers It’s called the Dahiya doctrine – and the IDF and US air force are using it to destroy domestic support in Iran, says emeritus professor of peace studies Paul Roger

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11.03.2026 13:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If plant-based foods must be more honest, let’s do the same for meat – fancy some ‘cow muscle’? | Deirdra Barr EU rules banning terms such as ‘bacon’ for veggie products are problematic, btw cow muscle = steak, says the Vegetarian Society’s Deirdra Barr

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11.03.2026 13:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If oil prices spike, working families feel it first at the pump, at the store, everywhere. Dismissing those concerns as foolish ignores real economic pain.

09.03.2026 01:04 👍 3635 🔁 800 💬 390 📌 82
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JD Vance celebrates the "Social Security Fairness Act" which cuts the amount of money recipients received if they had other pensions. (Fairness means nickel-and-diming the elderly.)

09.03.2026 15:29 👍 51 🔁 31 💬 17 📌 8

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

09.03.2026 02:01 👍 19365 🔁 4853 💬 234 📌 142
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BREAKING: It is now confirmed that the US was responsible for the strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls school in Minab, Iran which killed 175+ children and teaching staff.

09.03.2026 15:47 👍 72 🔁 35 💬 11 📌 5
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John Oliver on the demise of USAID: ‘What this administration has done is beyond cruel’ Last Week Tonight host examined the devastating impact of the demise of USAID, the primary federal agency for foreign aid

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

09.03.2026 17:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An article describing how a Norwegian immigrant married a US citizen but ICE detailed her and refused her insulin, causing blindness and almost killed her. In between, an ad from the common sense leadership fund lauds the president's "understanding of the art of the deal" and boosts his alleged pro-business agenda

An article describing how a Norwegian immigrant married a US citizen but ICE detailed her and refused her insulin, causing blindness and almost killed her. In between, an ad from the common sense leadership fund lauds the president's "understanding of the art of the deal" and boosts his alleged pro-business agenda

The contrast is ghoulish. A "pro-business" president nearly killing people because cruelty is the point.

07.03.2026 13:33 👍 4497 🔁 1634 💬 195 📌 71
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These 2 idiots, barely 1/2 a brain between them 🧠

08.03.2026 02:26 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
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The Whole Internet Is Utterly Appalled By This Latest White House "Call Of Duty"-Style Post "US troops are dying in a war and the White House is out here treating it like it's a video game. The bar is in hell."

Sick beyond comprehension.

06.03.2026 19:22 👍 6142 🔁 1976 💬 389 📌 129
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07.03.2026 04:43 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Trump has the most useless, unqualified, corrupt administration in American history. And it starts at the very top with Donald Trump, guilty of all the above.

06.03.2026 08:57 👍 3811 🔁 638 💬 150 📌 28
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Lucifer has a point

07.03.2026 02:35 👍 11479 🔁 3358 💬 154 📌 123

Our troops are dying this isn’t a video game. The White House is posting so-called “hype” videos that mix real footage from the war in Iran with clips from movies and video games like Call of Duty. It’s an absolute disgrace.

07.03.2026 02:35 👍 11902 🔁 3351 💬 476 📌 174

We just blew up an Iranian ship in international waters and left all of the survivors to drown.

This is who we are now.

04.03.2026 22:41 👍 1990 🔁 657 💬 185 📌 44
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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

28.02.2026 17:05 👍 22534 🔁 6336 💬 1317 📌 399

In two years all these people clamoring for this war will act like they were always against it, including Donald Trump

28.02.2026 17:25 👍 2877 🔁 429 💬 156 📌 25

The motherfucking draft dodger who called the fallen of war suckers and losers just said out loud that American lives may be lost in a war he has NO FUCKING AUTHORITY to wage?!?

Hello CONGRESS… is this thing on??!!

28.02.2026 13:48 👍 2803 🔁 718 💬 136 📌 32
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Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.

27.02.2026 16:29 👍 9361 🔁 2745 💬 1994 📌 729
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"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".

28.02.2026 08:28 👍 14611 🔁 3310 💬 415 📌 124

Surely that’s a misspelling and should read The Arsehole of Fuckdumb

28.02.2026 05:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

27.02.2026 14:51 👍 16785 🔁 7029 💬 540 📌 375
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Jobs, gas prices and ending wars: factchecking Trump’s State of the Union claims The president’s lengthy speech to Congress contained myriad inflated, misleading or simply false claims

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #sotu

25.02.2026 14:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why the longest-ever State of the Union address was the most inconsequential Amid Trump’s lies and xenophobic rants, people struggling to pay bills and make ends meet are unlikely to be moved

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #sotu

25.02.2026 14:42 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

24.02.2026 10:11 👍 10200 🔁 5126 💬 335 📌 630
Democrats Wear White Flag Pins To SOTU To Indicate Surrender

Democrats Wear White Flag Pins To SOTU To Indicate Surrender

Democrats Wear White Flag Pins To SOTU To Indicate Surrender

25.02.2026 02:26 👍 6067 🔁 852 💬 75 📌 37

If he wasn't the right man at 11.15pm, he wasn't the right man at 7.45pm, or even last weekend. A wasted couple of games #wba

24.02.2026 23:41 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

For those keeping score, that's four permanent managers in the past 14 months but the SAME director of recruitment. Somehow Ian Pearce still has a job. Despicable. #WBA

25.02.2026 00:57 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Without the dots, it looks like polygraph test results from a pathological liar.

23.02.2026 20:16 👍 20507 🔁 4503 💬 690 📌 206