Visha
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Visha
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"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter." –Rachel Carson
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Trump should be investigated‼️
I really don't understand how he's even allowed to still be president‼️
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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AOC on the Kennedy Center: The renaming is completely illegitimate. All they did was screw some nameplates onto the building. That’s coming right off. Enjoy your name on there for a year or two, but that’s getting ripped right out.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore

It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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We are fast approaching the 10th anniversary anniversary of the Brexit referendum. But what does the public think - was Brexit more of a failure or a success?

"Looking around now. Do we feel like a rich country? I don't really think so."
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Trump’s campaign of retribution is hitting children the hardest.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Swalwell: The guy said he would cut prices, and instead he’s killing people—and I’m not signing off on that.
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs

1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"

The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.
www.yahoo.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Do Not Let Trump's Twisted and Sick Distractions Make You Forget These Survivors!

Obey the Court Order—Release ALL the Epstein Files NOW!
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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11. This story is being spun as one bad apple. That awful man went off-piste and betrayed the national interest. Yes, he did, and he did it secretly in his disgraceful dealings with Epstein.
But in other respects he undermined democracy with the full backing of the government.
It was the policy.
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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10. Mandelson's betrayal was institutional. It was not a bug but a feature of the New Labour government. And it has been a feature of every government since.
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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6. His department’s “strategic plan” said it wanted the government to “match … the influence it exercises in the economy to the strategic needs of business.” It sought to second even more people from the private sector into government, which was already plagued by them.
February 3, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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5. I went on to list a catalogue of his “assaults on democracy” at the behest of business lobbyists, including his attack on the EU Working Time Directive, his attempt to undermine the Equality Bill, his deregulation of news distribution, his efforts to trash climate policy and waste regulations ….
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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4. Mandelson and the other unelected ministers in the BERR department, I noted, “appear to have formed their own lobby group within government, to prevent those upstart parliamentarians from interfering with the democratic rights of business.”
February 3, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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3. I suggested that “the only convincing explanation for his appointment is that business demanded it.” In his previous roles, in Blair’s government, and as EU trade commissioner, he promoted “the culture of deregulation that catalysed the economic crisis”. But financiers and corporations loved it.
February 3, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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2. Mandelson’s department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), I argued, was “quietly building a bonfire of the measures that protect us from predatory corporate behaviour.”
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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Could it be because they thought nobody would speak up against it and, until the Americans took the decision out of their hands, they were absolutely correct
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Whilst Kent Council is in a mess, and she’s raising council tax after promising not to, all whilst cutting services and adult & social care, Leader of Kent County Council, Linden Kemkaran is knocking on doors in Manchester.
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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Putin tells Russians that they invaded Ukraine to fulfill Russia's destiny. So much for the lies about NATO and the EU fed to us by Russia's tools like Farage, Gill, and Arron Banks. (Via @berlinbridge.bsky.social)
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.

This is what economic justice looks like.

And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM