Cwtchyhobbes
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This campaign is about hope vs hate.
United, we can make sure Greens defeat Reform.
United, we can make sure Greens defeat Reform.
So it turns out Matt Goodwin's Reform campaign manager was a holocaust-denying Nazi who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman.”
When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?
www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...
When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?
www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...
Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over ‘antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Mitula, Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign
www.jewishnews.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This campaign is about hope vs hate.
United, we can make sure Greens defeat Reform.
United, we can make sure Greens defeat Reform.
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Awaiting the Supreme Court Decision That Could ‘Completely Erase’ the ‘Civil Right Movement’s Crowning Achievement’ talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Awaiting the Supreme Court Decision That Could ‘Completely Erase’ the ‘Civil Right Movement’s Crowning Achievement’
A set of Supreme Court decision days, beginning Friday, could feature a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Awaiting the Supreme Court Decision That Could ‘Completely Erase’ the ‘Civil Right Movement’s Crowning Achievement’ talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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So many quiet parts out loud these days.
🚨BREAKING: During a rambling rehash of false assertions of voter fraud, President Donald Trump claimed that Republicans will never lose an election “for 50 years” if his allies in Congress pass the SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump says Republicans will ‘never lose a race’ if Congress restricts voting
“We'll never lose a race. For 50 years, we won't lose a race.”
www.democracydocket.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:52 PM
So many quiet parts out loud these days.
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This is beyond unjust.
Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia will soon mark one year trapped in ICE detention.
Her only crime is practicing her right of protesting.
Under what she describes as torturous conditions, she recently suffered her first-ever seizure, @democracynow.org reports.
#FreeLeqaa!
Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia will soon mark one year trapped in ICE detention.
Her only crime is practicing her right of protesting.
Under what she describes as torturous conditions, she recently suffered her first-ever seizure, @democracynow.org reports.
#FreeLeqaa!
Why Is ICE Still Jailing Leqaa Kordia? Palestinian Protester Suffers Seizure After 11 Months Locked Up
Thirty-three-year-old Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia will soon mark one year trapped in ICE detention. Kordia, who was born in East Jerusalem, first came to police attention when she was arrested d...
www.democracynow.org
February 20, 2026 at 12:08 AM
This is beyond unjust.
Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia will soon mark one year trapped in ICE detention.
Her only crime is practicing her right of protesting.
Under what she describes as torturous conditions, she recently suffered her first-ever seizure, @democracynow.org reports.
#FreeLeqaa!
Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia will soon mark one year trapped in ICE detention.
Her only crime is practicing her right of protesting.
Under what she describes as torturous conditions, she recently suffered her first-ever seizure, @democracynow.org reports.
#FreeLeqaa!
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This is…a lot.
In addition to her husband being investigated, the Labor Secretary herself is also being investigated for “having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a subordinate—a member of her security detail—and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs…”
In addition to her husband being investigated, the Labor Secretary herself is also being investigated for “having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a subordinate—a member of her security detail—and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs…”
Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports
Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:21 PM
This is…a lot.
In addition to her husband being investigated, the Labor Secretary herself is also being investigated for “having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a subordinate—a member of her security detail—and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs…”
In addition to her husband being investigated, the Labor Secretary herself is also being investigated for “having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a subordinate—a member of her security detail—and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs…”
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“He taught me that protest must have purpose, that faith must have feet, and that justice is not seasonal, it is daily work,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton of his mentor, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Who Led the Civil Rights Movement for Decades, Has Died at 84
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and former two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday. He was 84.
buff.ly
February 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“He taught me that protest must have purpose, that faith must have feet, and that justice is not seasonal, it is daily work,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton of his mentor, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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Spread this FAR AND WIDE.
February 19, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Spread this FAR AND WIDE.
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An in-depth investigation from France24 on how Israel is cutting down vast amounts of forestry along its de facto border with Syria while also spraying herbicides on Syrian farmland.
How Israel is spraying herbicides on Syrian crops
Israeli planes sprayed chemicals on farmland in Quneitra, Syria in late January and early February, 2026. Farmers say that their crops yellowed and died in just a few days and that they lost dozens of...
www.france24.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
An in-depth investigation from France24 on how Israel is cutting down vast amounts of forestry along its de facto border with Syria while also spraying herbicides on Syrian farmland.
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Empower Gaza refugee Mohammed Jaber to ace his IELTS grad school entry exam and and set out on a path to the new life he deserves
chuffed.org/project/moha...
chuffed.org/project/moha...
Empower Mohammed Jaber to ace his IELTS exam and move out of being a refugee in Egypt
Mohammed Jaber is a 26-year-old English teacher from Rafah in Gaza. He loves teaching and loved his students.He's asking for help paying the fee for the IELTS* -- the English exam for getting into gr...
chuffed.org
February 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Empower Gaza refugee Mohammed Jaber to ace his IELTS grad school entry exam and and set out on a path to the new life he deserves
chuffed.org/project/moha...
chuffed.org/project/moha...
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“ProPublica published a story I wrote based in part on interviews with parents & children being held at the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley. I had asked some parents to see if their children would be willing to write to me… More than 3 dozen did”
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“ProPublica published a story I wrote based in part on interviews with parents & children being held at the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley. I had asked some parents to see if their children would be willing to write to me… More than 3 dozen did”
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Vote for Jasmine Crockett who is an actual democrat…
Not Talarico who plays footsie with maga
Not Talarico who plays footsie with maga
February 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Vote for Jasmine Crockett who is an actual democrat…
Not Talarico who plays footsie with maga
Not Talarico who plays footsie with maga
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Grad school is hard enough without a supremacist government kidnapping you for weeks & then trying to deport you for months. A heroic accomplishment!
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
February 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Grad school is hard enough without a supremacist government kidnapping you for weeks & then trying to deport you for months. A heroic accomplishment!
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
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NEW: A Georgia railroad owned by a descendant of an enslaver is using eminent domain to take land owned by descendants of the enslaved. If you want to understand how slavery still shapes power today, start here: capitalbnews.org/georgia-rail...
Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years
Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.
capitalbnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM
NEW: A Georgia railroad owned by a descendant of an enslaver is using eminent domain to take land owned by descendants of the enslaved. If you want to understand how slavery still shapes power today, start here: capitalbnews.org/georgia-rail...
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This Saturday come hear me talk about my undead horse art!
Its free! From 8pm (GMT) 21/02!
Its free! From 8pm (GMT) 21/02!
*Announcement*
I have been invited to speak at an online meeting of Cartoonists Northwest (USA) on the 21st February 2026 at 8pm GMT!
You are welcome to join and hear me speak about my art and how I flog dead horses
Sign up here!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cartoonist...
I have been invited to speak at an online meeting of Cartoonists Northwest (USA) on the 21st February 2026 at 8pm GMT!
You are welcome to join and hear me speak about my art and how I flog dead horses
Sign up here!
www.eventbrite.com/e/cartoonist...
February 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This Saturday come hear me talk about my undead horse art!
Its free! From 8pm (GMT) 21/02!
Its free! From 8pm (GMT) 21/02!
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It is essential to take the threat to women’s voting rights posed by the SAVE Act within the wider context of coercive and misogynistic views on the right.
I wrote about it for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
I wrote about it for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
We need to talk about the right’s new voter suppression target: Women
The SAVE Act would make it harder for married women in particular to vote, and that is just one part of the MAGA right's misogynist project.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
It is essential to take the threat to women’s voting rights posed by the SAVE Act within the wider context of coercive and misogynistic views on the right.
I wrote about it for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
I wrote about it for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
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A 🧵 about Hammam:
I’m Hammam, a lawyer from northern Gaza. Our home was destroyed, and now my family of six lives in a tent without reliable water or electricity. We are close to reaching our goal to leave Gaza and find safety. Please support or share:
chuffed.org/project/1490...
I’m Hammam, a lawyer from northern Gaza. Our home was destroyed, and now my family of six lives in a tent without reliable water or electricity. We are close to reaching our goal to leave Gaza and find safety. Please support or share:
chuffed.org/project/1490...
Help me reach a safe place and rise again.
Hello, I'm Hammam Abd Alemnem Hilles, displaced from northern Gaza Strip, born in 1993. I now live in a tent with my family of 6 members. I am a practicing lawyer, holding a bachelor's degree in law. ...
chuffed.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
A 🧵 about Hammam:
I’m Hammam, a lawyer from northern Gaza. Our home was destroyed, and now my family of six lives in a tent without reliable water or electricity. We are close to reaching our goal to leave Gaza and find safety. Please support or share:
chuffed.org/project/1490...
I’m Hammam, a lawyer from northern Gaza. Our home was destroyed, and now my family of six lives in a tent without reliable water or electricity. We are close to reaching our goal to leave Gaza and find safety. Please support or share:
chuffed.org/project/1490...
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Amir needs flour $ to feed his family. They need $50 urgently.
"My name is Amir, and I’m from Gaza. Because of the war, daily life is a struggle for food, electricity, and safety. I’m trying to rebuild my future and support my family."
Please read and share:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-am...
"My name is Amir, and I’m from Gaza. Because of the war, daily life is a struggle for food, electricity, and safety. I’m trying to rebuild my future and support my family."
Please read and share:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-am...
February 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Amir needs flour $ to feed his family. They need $50 urgently.
"My name is Amir, and I’m from Gaza. Because of the war, daily life is a struggle for food, electricity, and safety. I’m trying to rebuild my future and support my family."
Please read and share:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-am...
"My name is Amir, and I’m from Gaza. Because of the war, daily life is a struggle for food, electricity, and safety. I’m trying to rebuild my future and support my family."
Please read and share:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-am...
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Star Trek was right—glass hard drives could store data for millennia.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
This glass wafer could back up your phone—and last 10,000 years
Laser-written patterns on glass could store data for millennia at a time
www.science.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Star Trek was right—glass hard drives could store data for millennia.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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To be fair Brazil and South Korea cracked down on Yoon and Bolsonaro *precisely because* they have been dictatorships in living memory, and the UK monarchy let itself be investigated like this *because* other monarchies collapsed. Assuming your institutions are unimpregnable per se... not so smart
February 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
To be fair Brazil and South Korea cracked down on Yoon and Bolsonaro *precisely because* they have been dictatorships in living memory, and the UK monarchy let itself be investigated like this *because* other monarchies collapsed. Assuming your institutions are unimpregnable per se... not so smart
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We only have access to this incredibly important (and evil) memo because Chris fought tooth and nail to obtain and share it! An impressive journalistic feat and a real public service.
EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
www.lawdork.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
We only have access to this incredibly important (and evil) memo because Chris fought tooth and nail to obtain and share it! An impressive journalistic feat and a real public service.
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If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.
February 18, 2026 at 10:27 PM
If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.
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Cc: John Roberts
The judge is also stating that South Korean society as a whole has suffered immeasurable damage due to Yoon's insurrection, a cost that the entire nation must now bear.
February 19, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Cc: John Roberts
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Let's win this for Northwest Georgia!
“The way I see it, Georgians work hard. But our hard work would go a lot farther if we had someone in Congress working to raise Georgians’ pay and lower costs, so everybody can have the tools and opportunities to build a good life." -SH
“The way I see it, Georgians work hard. But our hard work would go a lot farther if we had someone in Congress working to raise Georgians’ pay and lower costs, so everybody can have the tools and opportunities to build a good life." -SH
February 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Let's win this for Northwest Georgia!
“The way I see it, Georgians work hard. But our hard work would go a lot farther if we had someone in Congress working to raise Georgians’ pay and lower costs, so everybody can have the tools and opportunities to build a good life." -SH
“The way I see it, Georgians work hard. But our hard work would go a lot farther if we had someone in Congress working to raise Georgians’ pay and lower costs, so everybody can have the tools and opportunities to build a good life." -SH