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Amid US Pressure and a Deepening Crisis, Cubans Are Braced for Change With prolonged blackouts, empty water tabs and crippling inflation, daily life on the island has become untenable

As U.S. pressure mounts on Cuba, daily life on the island has become impossible. Most citizens are wary of American military intervention but want some way out of the crisis — “something, anything”

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Whatever happened to the Keir Starmer and his ten pledges he was elected Labour leader on? Seems from the outset of his political career he has had a very elastic relationship with the truth.

ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: We were proud to have gasoline prices below $2 a gallon earlier this year

HEINRICH: What are they right now?

WRIGHT: Just over $4

HEINRICH: What is diesel?

WRIGHT: Diesel is over $5

HEINRICH: It's closer to $6 in my state

WRIGHT: It's over $8 in California

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So true!

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In this bag are my medications which I require to keep me alive and healthy. They are delivered to my door free of charge by Omnicare Pharmacy. What did my medications cost me? ~ £0.00 Ever grateful to #NHSScotland I never take my care for granted😌

ICE detained the wife of an active-duty U.S. Army Sgt. First Class after she showed up for an immigration appointment in 📍 El Paso—then still threatened removal despite legal protections.

Her husband (27 years active duty) said it plainly: ICE is out of control.

I learned my lesson so my kids did not have to. They have never been in ANY religion related anything. I have kept them safe. And they are ALL truly great kids.☺️

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

The govt's move to decouple the price of electricity from the price of gas needs to be done right. If it’s voluntary, people’s bills may not decrease by as much as hoped. Reeves didn’t take up my invitation to send her @cmmonwealth.bsky.social's report – I’m going to send it anyway

There are fewer than a dozen trans people in professional sports. But there are 62 million straight men visiting a “How To Rape” website. Guess which group conservatives are worried about.😢

👀 Gone to Specsavers with our Dundee SNP candidates, Heather Anderson and Stephen Gethins.

Scotland is the only part of the UK with free eye tests and the SNP will protect them.

We will also invest in more treatment in the community and give people faster, easier access to the care they need.

Wealth Tax needed in America !

N.O.W.

Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources

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Fanatical Brexiter and key Brexit negotiator, Lord David Frost, was, in 2024-5, a senior fellow of the Danube Institute which was funded by Orban and promoted his far-right ideology.

In Trump reality evidence is conveniently ignored.

Correction: He's not just THREATENING Cuba - he's completely cut off their energy supplies and he's KILLING people there!
Trump is killing the people of Cuba and NO-ONE is saying anything about it!

4 charged over alleged plot to rig Labour Party candidate selection FOUR people have been charged over allegations that a Labour Party database was manipulated to increase a candidate’s chance of selection

FOUR people have been charged over allegations that a Labour Party database was manipulated to increase a candidate’s chance of selection 👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2604002...

The idf order to kill EVERYONE in South Lebanon b/c every civilian is a terrorist from Hezbollah is an act of war, a war-crime and completely illegal!
The members of idf are terrorists that should ALL (non-excluded) be shot, the army of israel is a terrorust organisation!

www.msn.com/en-au/news/o... while we pay millions for him to play golf, he has become the richest president while in office in the history of America 5.4 billion and counting

Mahmood: White liberals who want to put me in a box can f--- off Home Secretary responds to heckler claiming she is trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’ with tough stance on immigration

“I do think there is that element of it which is: ‘How dare you, a brown woman, say a thing that we white liberals think you’re not allowed to say?’
No Shabana Mahmood, it's more like "How dare you, a Labour MP, spout far-right white nationalist talking points and remove rights from refugees"

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

“What I didn’t know was that measles can cause long-term complications. A child can seem fine while the virus slowly replicates in her brain… Because both Britain and the United States are confronting outbreaks, I am sharing my story. Parents should know just how dangerous this disease is.”

The thing that really annoys me about all this Mandelson stuff is that the US Ambassador role was not vacant! There was already a highly qualified and competent woman in the position

And now this thing about finding a job for Starmer's ex Head of Comms?

Jobs for the Boys alive and well

Today’s photo; the cloister of Glasgow University, taken yesterday.

#Photography