Sheila Higgins #fbpe

Retired teacher, devoted grandmother.
Remain in EU, addicted to US politics. No Direct Messages please

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"Imagine in the most oil rich country in the world, there is no fuel to operate vital machinery."

Sky's ＠marthakelner reports on the ground on the challenges facing rescue efforts after Venezueka's devastating earthquake left many trapped under rubble.

＠BarbaraGSerra | https://t.co/rB90NphURH

[Thomas Standfield @TStandfield1789]

Why is the BBC platforming a Tory shadow defence secretary without mentioning that he was a defence minister in the Tory government that devastated Britain's armed forces?
@BBCBreakfast @BBCNews @BBCPolitics @hzeffman @jcartlidgemp @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives @BenObeseJecty

[St Columb's College @ColumbCollege]

Past Pupil News 👏👏👏

Congratulations to Caolan McKane, Class of 2022, who graduated from Ulster University with a BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) in Electrical Engineering.
We wish you every success with whatever comes next, Caolan.

Once a College Boy, Always a College Boy.

[St Columb's College @ColumbCollege]

Past Pupil News 👏👏👏
Congratulations to Ethan Roberts, Class of 2022, who graduated from Ulster University with a BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering. Ethan hopes to continue his studies in Aeronautical engineering.
Once a College Boy, Always a College Boy

[Derry Journal @derryjournal]

IN PICTURES: Historic Derry visit by Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally with fellow Anglicans from around the world. Tá fáilte romhaibh uilig!
https://t.co/NnRfWZt8QH

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

A four-year-old boy who lost both his legs to sepsis and was fitted with prosthetic legs has been celebrated as a superhero by his classmates. https://t.co/jZbkkXA50k

[Barry Halverson @barry_halverson]

This is one screenshot from the BBC News app on 3 June.

Not different days. Not cherry-picked.
The same day. The same InDepth page.

Four anti-Starmer stories, all presented together.

But apparently there’s no anti-Starmer bias at the BBC.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

BBC isn’t backing down.

Trump sued them for $10 billion, which means discovery cuts both ways. Now the BBC wants his phone logs, private schedules, daily diaries, and communications from November 2020 through January 20, 2021.

They aren’t just defending the case. They’re asking a simple question: did their documentary damage Trump’s reputation, or did January 6 do that all by itself?

Lawsuits open doors, and discovery is fair game 💥

[Richard @ricwe123]

That embarrassing moment when the US and Britain decided it would be a good idea to vote against the UN resolution for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

And still some people think these are the good guys.....
🥴

[Sheila Higgins #fbpe @SheilaHiggins15]

@PaulGosling1 It resembles the road from Five Fingers Strand up to Malin Head too

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

It's actually mind-boggling that @JDVance would say Watergate would be a "10 hour story" today.
Just to review, Nixon's aides authorized a break-in of the DNC HQ to install bugging equipment--in a caper foiled by a night watchman, who called police. They then enlisted the CIA to mislead the FBI that the break-in was related to a probe of malign foreign actors.
The entire operation was paid for by a slush fund controlled by the WH.
The WH also enlisted the IRS to probe hundreds of Nixon's political enemies.
The AG, the WH COS and several other top aides all were convicted and served time for their involvement in the crimes and coverup.
Nixon was caught on his own secret tape system conspiring with them but was pardoned a month after he resigned by his successor, Gerald Ford.
That Vance thinks this would be a "10 hour story" today speaks volumes about the moral and ethical degradation of the Trump era.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨BEW: Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and Navy SEAL William McRaven calls out Hegseth for firing General Chris Donahue: “The American people should demand answers. The future of our national security depends on it.”

RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven against Pete Hegseth!

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

😩 JESUS CHRIST!!! Cops give a brutal beating on the bridge between Ohio and Kentucky to young people who were protesting against Trump's policies and against the Genocide in Gaza.

Spread this far & wide!!!

[IslamophobiaUK @uk_islamophobia]

Two Muslim men pulled an elderly couple and their grandson from a burning house in Leeds last Friday.

You probably didn’t hear about it.

Mohsin Qayyum. 22.
Mohammed Yusuf Iqbal. 20.

Both from Bradford.

They drove past the garden. They saw the fire. They ran straight in.

Sheila Robinson, the grandmother who was trapped inside, posted on social media:

"My family and I will be forever grateful to these young men."

Her granddaughter Kayla wrote:

"Drove past the garden, seen it, and ran straight in and made sure everyone was okay without a second thought."

Everyone got out. The house can be replaced. The family is alive.

Every outlet that covered it called them heroes.

They deserved every word.

But not one headline told you they were Muslim men.

We have seen this before.

Two weeks ago, a teacher was stabbed in the neck protecting his pupils from a knife in his Manchester classroom.

Maysum Abdullah. 27. Science teacher.

LBC named him a hero. So did the Independent, the Manchester Evening News, the Mirror, the Sun.

He ran towards the blade.

A hero in every paper. A Muslim man in none of them.

This is the pattern.

When a Muslim name appears in a crime, the faith leads the headline.

When a Muslim name appears in a rescue, it vanishes from the page.

Now look at who that erasure clears the path for.

Bradford, the same district these men come from, is now led by Reform as its largest party.

One of their candidates, Daniel Devaney, topped the poll in his ward after writing on Facebook that Muslims were "pure scum" and that he wanted to "blast [them] off the face of the earth."

He was not deselected. He was not suspended. He was elected.

They are loud about our religion when they want to call it a threat.

They are silent when that same religion sends two young men running into a fire.

The book they want to criticise is the same book that commands us to save a life.

"Whoever saves one life, it is as if he had saved all of mankind."
— Qur'an 5:32

Qayyum and Iqbal lived that verse on a Friday in Leeds.

Abdullah lived it in a Manchester classroom.

And the headlines recorded the act, but erased the faith that drove it.

When we are the suspect, our religion is the whole story.

When we are the rescuer, it is not worth a line.

Their names are Maysum Abdullah, Mohsin Qayyum, and Mohammed Yusuf Iqbal.

Muslim men.

Say both.

Sources first comment.

Report: https://t.co/D9amGp2yxO
Keep us alive: https://t.co/Z8H0Flg44Y
Substack: https://t.co/9x6sqmwMge
IG: @islamophobiauk

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Pete Hegseth fired a Navy Vice Admiral to make her disappear, and yesterday the voters of South Carolina handed her a path to a seat in Congress. Her name is Nancy Lacore.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

Do not pretend this is some great revelation, Pippa. Of course it is going to be frosty. In fact, your confirmation of it only makes matters worse.

You were one of the principal voices in the campaign that helped bring down Sir Keir Starmer, and I think it is fair to say that many people now view your reporting with deep scepticism. The trust that once existed has been squandered.

What is particularly disappointing is that this is not the standard of journalism many of us once expected from The Guardian. Increasingly, your commentary appears more suited to the pages of the Telegraph and other right wing publications than to a newspaper that once prided itself on balance, scrutiny and integrity.

Many readers will draw their own conclusions from that.

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

🇮🇷🇺🇸 The U.S. HARASSED Taremi and Ezatollahi at The Airport AGAIN, Stalling Iran's Whole Squad

Per Iran's Football Federation, the team left for the airport an hour ago to fly to Seattle for the Egypt match. They didn't all make it through.

Once again the host singled out Mehdi Taremi and Saeed Al-Hawie, holding them up and delaying the entire national team.

The U.S. asked to host this World Cup, then went after the very players who came to play in it.

[The Left Bible @theleftbible]

“Farage is in real trouble and he knows it. He was rattled on his interviews. If it can be proven his £5 million bung was related to political influence, he could ultimately face criminal bribery and corruption charges, which carry up to 10 years in prison.”

Let’s make this go viral 🚨 https://t.co/aw0h2lBH5Z

[William Crawley @williamcrawley]

Very sad to hear of the death of Dr Tom Frawley CBE. As Northern Ireland Ombudsman for 16 years, he was a formidable advocate for people who needed one. A distinguished public servant. He will be greatly missed.

[Sheila Higgins #fbpe @SheilaHiggins15]

@williamcrawley A great man, may he rest in peace 🙏