Stephen Cantellow
@stephencantellow.bsky.social
Raising awareness on Koch Network, Dark Money, Climate Denial, Fossil Fuel, Big Oil, Thinktanks, Tufton Street, Project 2025, Freeports, etc.
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ARC: behind the vision for a better world
ARC promotes a vision for prosperity and unity despite connections to free-market thinktanks, climate denial, dark money and the fossil fuel industry
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
ARC: behind the vision for a better world
ARC promotes a vision for prosperity and unity despite connections to free-market thinktanks, climate denial, dark money and the fossil fuel industry
My latest for @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
ARC promotes a vision for prosperity and unity despite connections to free-market thinktanks, climate denial, dark money and the fossil fuel industry
My latest for @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
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Pro-Israel lobby groups and individuals have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members, Declassified has found.
The list of recipients includes Yvette Cooper, Britain's home secretary who wants to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...
The list of recipients includes Yvette Cooper, Britain's home secretary who wants to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...
Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet
Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.
www.declassifieduk.org
June 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Pro-Israel lobby groups and individuals have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members, Declassified has found.
The list of recipients includes Yvette Cooper, Britain's home secretary who wants to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...
The list of recipients includes Yvette Cooper, Britain's home secretary who wants to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...
World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
Money over people, every single time.
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
Money over people, every single time.
World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
Money over people, every single time.
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
Money over people, every single time.
Hungary: Orbán Government Withdraws from ICC
EU and Court Members Should Press Them to Reconsider, Support Justice
Orban, of course, has links to the Heritage Foundation, the Koch-connected org behind Project2025.
EU and Court Members Should Press Them to Reconsider, Support Justice
Orban, of course, has links to the Heritage Foundation, the Koch-connected org behind Project2025.
Hungary: Orbán Government Withdraws from ICC
Hungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an insult to victims and survivors of the world’s worst crimes.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hungary: Orbán Government Withdraws from ICC
EU and Court Members Should Press Them to Reconsider, Support Justice
Orban, of course, has links to the Heritage Foundation, the Koch-connected org behind Project2025.
EU and Court Members Should Press Them to Reconsider, Support Justice
Orban, of course, has links to the Heritage Foundation, the Koch-connected org behind Project2025.
Who’s funding Reform – and why?
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
These are the wealthy funders who’ve given Reform £5m
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
www.opendemocracy.net
June 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Who’s funding Reform – and why?
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
Trump Has Deployed More Troops in LA Than Syria and Iraq, Per US Counts
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.
Pentagon Now Has More Troops in LA Than in Syria and Iraq Combined, According to Public Figures
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.
truthout.org
June 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Trump Has Deployed More Troops in LA Than Syria and Iraq, Per US Counts
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.
The figures are a show of the administration’s willingness to use extreme military force on its own population.
Jordan Peterson’s ARC Project Receives $500,000 from CEO of Disgraced Pharma Firm.
The anti-climate network received the donation from the owner of a company fined $47 million by the Department of Justice
The anti-climate network received the donation from the owner of a company fined $47 million by the Department of Justice
Jordan Peterson’s ARC Project Receives $500,000 from CEO of Disgraced Pharma Firm
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), the radical right-wing network fronted by Jordan Peterson, has accepted a large sum from a pharmaceutical executive whose firm was fined $47 million by ...
www.desmog.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Jordan Peterson’s ARC Project Receives $500,000 from CEO of Disgraced Pharma Firm.
The anti-climate network received the donation from the owner of a company fined $47 million by the Department of Justice
The anti-climate network received the donation from the owner of a company fined $47 million by the Department of Justice
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EXACTLY the kind of language I would have used in a diplomatic cable to London, describing a democracy crackdown in a third country. Here, in the US.
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
EXACTLY the kind of language I would have used in a diplomatic cable to London, describing a democracy crackdown in a third country. Here, in the US.
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⚠️ ‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
By Ann Moody
@annaubert.bsky.social
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
By Ann Moody
@annaubert.bsky.social
‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
⚠️ ‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
By Ann Moody
@annaubert.bsky.social
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
By Ann Moody
@annaubert.bsky.social
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Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
May 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order calling for an end to taxpayer funding for NPR (National Public Radio) and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), an escalation of his dangerous assault on public media that could shutter hundreds of local stations across the country.
'Democracy Is on Life Support': Trump Orders Defunding of NPR and PBS | Common Dreams
"All of us who care about an independent press, an informed populace, a responsive government, and a thriving democracy have a stake in the outcome of this fight," said one press freedom advocate.
www.commondreams.org
May 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order calling for an end to taxpayer funding for NPR (National Public Radio) and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), an escalation of his dangerous assault on public media that could shutter hundreds of local stations across the country.
Thames Water’s Prospective New Owner Donated $1 Million to Trump’s Inauguration
"Let’s not kid ourselves that this company will swoop in and clean up our rivers and lakes."
"Let’s not kid ourselves that this company will swoop in and clean up our rivers and lakes."
Thames Water’s Prospective New Owner Donated $1 Million to Trump’s Inauguration
The U.S. private equity firm KKR, which has been selected as the ‘preferred bidder’ for the takeover of Thames Water, gave a seven-figure sum to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, DeSmog can repor...
www.desmog.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Thames Water’s Prospective New Owner Donated $1 Million to Trump’s Inauguration
"Let’s not kid ourselves that this company will swoop in and clean up our rivers and lakes."
"Let’s not kid ourselves that this company will swoop in and clean up our rivers and lakes."
Trump 100 days: White House action plan makes Project 2025 look mild
Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agenda
Heritage Foundation, Koch network
Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agenda
Heritage Foundation, Koch network
Trump 100 days: White House action plan makes Project 2025 look mild
Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agenda
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Trump 100 days: White House action plan makes Project 2025 look mild
Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agenda
Heritage Foundation, Koch network
Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agenda
Heritage Foundation, Koch network
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Exclusive: Government hands private firms £3bn in bid to ‘stop the boats’
Exclusive: Government hands private firms £3bn in bid to ‘stop the boats’
Research reveals the business of Channel security is booming, as companies profit off asylum seekers’ desperation
bit.ly
April 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Exclusive: Government hands private firms £3bn in bid to ‘stop the boats’
How Project 2025 became the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term
The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing Washington think tank which published Project 2025, has provided policy guidance for Republican presidents since the Reagan administration.
Koch network
The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing Washington think tank which published Project 2025, has provided policy guidance for Republican presidents since the Reagan administration.
Koch network
How Project 2025 became the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term
Trump denied knowing much about the Heritage Foundation’s programme for power. But his first 100 days shows he is following its recommendations.
theconversation.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
How Project 2025 became the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term
The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing Washington think tank which published Project 2025, has provided policy guidance for Republican presidents since the Reagan administration.
Koch network
The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing Washington think tank which published Project 2025, has provided policy guidance for Republican presidents since the Reagan administration.
Koch network
‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government
David A Graham’s latest book considers the vast far-right plan to change US politics – and why its architects are playing the long game
David A Graham’s latest book considers the vast far-right plan to change US politics – and why its architects are playing the long game
‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government
David A Graham’s latest book considers the vast far-right plan to change US politics – and why its architects are playing the long game
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government
David A Graham’s latest book considers the vast far-right plan to change US politics – and why its architects are playing the long game
David A Graham’s latest book considers the vast far-right plan to change US politics – and why its architects are playing the long game
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Friday is @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk time. Standby for stories of defending democracy, being an alternative to mainstream media, and finding kinship with other volunteers.
Here's Magdalena explaining why writing for Bylines is therapy and why we matter to Europe. #PoweredByVolunteers. 1/3
Here's Magdalena explaining why writing for Bylines is therapy and why we matter to Europe. #PoweredByVolunteers. 1/3
April 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Friday is @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk time. Standby for stories of defending democracy, being an alternative to mainstream media, and finding kinship with other volunteers.
Here's Magdalena explaining why writing for Bylines is therapy and why we matter to Europe. #PoweredByVolunteers. 1/3
Here's Magdalena explaining why writing for Bylines is therapy and why we matter to Europe. #PoweredByVolunteers. 1/3
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From big oil to think tanks, Bylines journalists uncover lobbying power in the US and the UK. A great example below! But we can’t do it alone. We need your help.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
From big oil to think tanks, Bylines journalists uncover lobbying power in the US and the UK. A great example below! But we can’t do it alone. We need your help.
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chuffed.org/project/byli...
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chuffed.org/project/byli...
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There is nothing better than citizen investigations. This article exposes Tufton Street’s far reaching tentacles and their ties to the GWPF /2
#TruthToPower @stephencantellow.bsky.social
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#TruthToPower @stephencantellow.bsky.social
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April 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
There is nothing better than citizen investigations. This article exposes Tufton Street’s far reaching tentacles and their ties to the GWPF /2
#TruthToPower @stephencantellow.bsky.social
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...
#TruthToPower @stephencantellow.bsky.social
@kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
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Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
Marshall is one of the directors for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
Marshall is one of the directors for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
Right-wing media owner Paul Marshall bought a large stake in Elon Musk’s company Tesla prior to the U.S. presidential election, DeSmog can reveal. At the same time, Marshall’s outlets were regularly p...
www.desmog.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
Marshall is one of the directors for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
The UK media baron trebled his shareholding in Tesla, while his outlets pumped out pro-Musk content.
Marshall is one of the directors for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
Right-wing push to dismantle the EU: Heritage Foundation’s private workshop
After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU
Excellent as always from Ann Moody.
After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU
Excellent as always from Ann Moody.
Right-wing push to dismantle the EU: Heritage Foundation’s private workshop
After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Right-wing push to dismantle the EU: Heritage Foundation’s private workshop
After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU
Excellent as always from Ann Moody.
After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU
Excellent as always from Ann Moody.
Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr
Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts
Project2025, Heritage Foudation, Koch network
Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts
Project2025, Heritage Foudation, Koch network
Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr
Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr
Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts
Project2025, Heritage Foudation, Koch network
Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts
Project2025, Heritage Foudation, Koch network
The historic significance of Trump’s fascist assault on science
"Dominant sections of the American ruling class are determined to destroy all of the social gains won by the working class during the 20th century, and they have selected Trump as their Führer to carry this out."
"Dominant sections of the American ruling class are determined to destroy all of the social gains won by the working class during the 20th century, and they have selected Trump as their Führer to carry this out."
The historic significance of Trump’s fascist assault on science
The initiation of mass firings of over 20,000 scientists and public health workers at the Department of Health and Human Services marks a historic turning point in the collapse of American democracy a...
www.wsws.org
April 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The historic significance of Trump’s fascist assault on science
"Dominant sections of the American ruling class are determined to destroy all of the social gains won by the working class during the 20th century, and they have selected Trump as their Führer to carry this out."
"Dominant sections of the American ruling class are determined to destroy all of the social gains won by the working class during the 20th century, and they have selected Trump as their Führer to carry this out."
A partial accounting: What we know about President Trump’s finances
“We’ve seen President Trump and members of his family and close associates significantly profiting off the presidency in a way that’s unprecedented in American history.”
“We’ve seen President Trump and members of his family and close associates significantly profiting off the presidency in a way that’s unprecedented in American history.”
A partial accounting: What we know about President Trump’s finances
President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office on March 31. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) We have an idea of President Donald Trump’s...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A partial accounting: What we know about President Trump’s finances
“We’ve seen President Trump and members of his family and close associates significantly profiting off the presidency in a way that’s unprecedented in American history.”
“We’ve seen President Trump and members of his family and close associates significantly profiting off the presidency in a way that’s unprecedented in American history.”
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Here's me, well outside my comfort zone introducing Bylines Network's Autism Awareness series of articles coming out over the coming days.
Mark Cunliffe explains why we at the Bylines Network are so passionate about diversity and in particular why we are marking Autism Awareness Week during our own month of celebration.
#AutismAcceptance #WorldAutismAwarenessDay
#AutismAcceptance #WorldAutismAwarenessDay
April 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Here's me, well outside my comfort zone introducing Bylines Network's Autism Awareness series of articles coming out over the coming days.
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"Gaza is the deadliest place in the world to be an aid worker. More than 400 aid workers have been killed in the conflict", says foreign minister of the UK, which continues to arm Israel.
#DCUKparliament
#DCUKparliament
April 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"Gaza is the deadliest place in the world to be an aid worker. More than 400 aid workers have been killed in the conflict", says foreign minister of the UK, which continues to arm Israel.
#DCUKparliament
#DCUKparliament