fosstodon.org is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Fosstodon is an invite only Mastodon instance that is open to those who are interested in technology; particularly free & open source software. If you wish to join, contact us for an invite.

Administered by:

Server stats:

8.6K
active users

#rightwinglies

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Continued thread

#LibDems launch ‘#Reform watch’ to monitor party in local government

The Liberal Democrats have set up an internal “Reform watch” system to monitor Nigel Farage’s party in local government, with Ed Davey saying Labour and the Conservatives are too scared of the threat from Reform to hold it to account.

The Lib Dem leader defended his party’s performance in last week’s local elections, saying council contests where they unexpectedly ended up behind Reform mainly happened because of a collapse in votes for other parties.

As well as gaining more than 160 councillors and taking control of three new councils, the Lib Dems are the biggest party in three others, and in four areas came second to Reform – which will be the core of the monitoring project, intended to scrutinise Reform’s mayors as well as councils.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/

Finally a mainstream party holding the #fascists to account rather than pandering to them. I wish the Lib Dems would take over as the party representing the centre and left. Labour have brought in some good legislation, like increased workers' rights and holding water company execs to account for illegally dumping sewage, but the way Starmer keeps pandering to the racists is just stupid. They should be showing that it's not whatever scapegoat minority of the day that's responsible for them struggling to make ends meet, but the rich, like their saviour Frogface Farridge.

The Guardian · Lib Dems launch ‘Reform watch’ to monitor party in local governmentBy Peter Walker

Proof Tories Lied About Their 'Inquiry Vote'

m.youtube.com/watch?v=o4qdc9M0

So once again, the victims of these horrific crimes are just a political tool for the far right to use for their own selfish needs. They don't care about them. The #Tories sat on the findings for years, doing nothing. They don't care about protecting kids. They care about money and power, nothing more. You mean nothing to them. Yaxley-lennon supports abusers. #FarRightLies #RightWingLies #UKPolitics

Replied in thread

@shadowpages @npilon @AlisonCreekside

The indictment also includes more than a dozen references to another Canadian company owned by Chen and Donovan that was used as a vehicle to receive payment from RT.

Research by CBC News found a federally registered corporation linked to Chen and Donovan called Roaming Millennial Inc., which had an address in Montreal until last November.

Sounds like a thread to keep pulling.

Canada's aspiring leader says the country is bankrupt, so we can't afford to meet NATO spending commitments, even though he's also committed to more defence spending, even though he's also committed to eliminating Canada's debt. Canada has consistently had the lowest dept to GDP ratio of all G7 nations.
cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre
statista.com/statistics/137094

Musk has enabled this. Right-wingers routinely lie to rile up the base, vilify people, and feed them conspiracy theories about who to hate and blame!

Article: Emboldened Right-Wing Activists Spread Lies About Rep. Katie Porter on Twitter

flip.it/l3SJgh

#RightWingLies
#LGBTQ
#GinningUpTheBase
#RightWingLovesToHate

"LIES ABOUT REP. KATIE PORTER reached millions of Twitter users this week, as the California Democrat’s remarks about how the platform has been used to falsely label LGBTQ+ people as pedophiles were misleadingly edited and captioned in tweets by influential right-wing activists.

The deceptive clips of Porter’s remarks, accompanied by false claims that she had condoned pedophilia, were viewed more than 2.2 million times on Twitter after being shared by right-wing activist accounts, including Chaya Raichik’s Libs of TikTok and Jaimee Michell’s Gays Against Groomers.

Those video clips were created by Porter’s political enemies, who made it seem as if Porter, at a Congressional oversight hearing on Wednesday, had argued that pedophilia was not a crime but an identity.

Transcripts and video of Porter’s complete remarks make it clear that she was saying something entirely different — namely, that right-wing activists have inspired hatred of LGBTQ+ Americans in tweets falsely accusing them of being pedophiles, or so-called groomers."

The InterceptEmboldened Right-Wing Activists Spread Lies About Rep. Katie Porter on TwitterBy Robert Mackey