A rapid fall for Mandelson’s formerly high-powered consultancy firm www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The way that Meta and YouTube designed their products — allegedly luring users into a nonstop loop of taps and scrolling — is at the heart of this month’s bellwether social media trial, which sets the stage for thousands of similar lawsuits. Read more from @laurenfeiner.bsky.social: buff.ly/ndKT7WQ

The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal. Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.

In genocidal regimes like Rwanda and Nazi Germany, media plays key role inciting hate & dehumanizing victims, thus normalizing genocide. Israeli media has followed suit. Human rights suit accuses Israel's Channel 14 of incitement to genocide.

Epstein Files: “Mr. bin Sulayem, the head of Dubai-based DP World resigned Feb. 13 after documents became public that showed apparent attempts by him & Mr. Epstein to arrange business opportunities for each other in addition to exchanges about women.” @arabdigest www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

UK High Court rules ban on group ‘Palestine Action’ is illegal. “…the organization will remain proscribed [while the] U.K. government appeals the ruling. Last July, the British government banned Palestine Action under the U.K.’s strict anti-terrorism laws..." www.democracynow.org/2026/2/13/he...

When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court “Ms. McLaughlin referred questions about the four cases where charges were brought and later dropped or dismissed to the Justice Department, which declined to comment.” Sticking to the Big Lie www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

AIPAC massive spend campaign against Malinowski, a former ally of the organization, was meant to set a new red line for Democrats advocating conditional aid to Israel. Instead, it may go down as a remarkable own goal, potentially helping propel an even harsher critic of Israeli policy into Congress.

Poll: Majority of American Jews Are Not Zionist

AIPAC massive spend campaign against Malinowski, a former ally of the organization, was meant to set a new red line for Democrats advocating conditional aid to Israel. Instead, it may go down as a remarkable own goal, potentially helping propel an even harsher critic of Israeli policy into Congress.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... . “If it was a choice between betraying his colleagues and his country or keeping in with the people who paid for his luxuries, it was a no-brainer. Those holidays weren’t going to pay for themselves.”

Sanctioned Russian ship delivers military cargo to #Libya: "According to a report published by the Ukrainian military and intelligence outlet Militarnyi, the cargo vessel Mys Zhelaniya arrived at Tobruk port . . ." READ: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

A great read “Canada’s passenger rail lines are getting revived after decades of vanishing service”

“It is believed that by 1807 the British crown was the largest buyer of enslaved people.” www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

The Pattison sale to ICE isn't a done deal yet. Keep up the pressure. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #fuckice vancouversun.com/news/jim-pat...

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, one of the country's highest-ranking Catholic leaders, called for the defunding of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to "concern for the common good."

“oh she’s super BASED,” according to the White House X account, a conglomeration of the Minaj song “Super Bass” and a slang word used to describe a bold move or someone who projects disregard for how others feel about their actions.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

Doing what he always strives to do: make himself the centre of attention but at great cost to America's global image. His rambling self-aggrandizing speech was a disgraceful and pathetic outburst in sharp contrast to Canadian PM Carney's thoughtful, measured speech the day before

One venue, two speeches – how Mark Carney left Donald Trump in the dust in Davos theconversation.com/one-venue-tw...

Elbows up PBS and NPR

Even though PBS and NPR are still in existence, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “heard they’re closed up.” 🧵

this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Putin puppet Chump is weakening the United States by breaking our bonds with our longstanding allies. The goal is to destroy NATO. But that won’t happen. NATO will stand strong against the United States, which will plummet into the abyss that Putin created.

Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...

Extraordinary to think this petty, mean and vile individual is president of the United States

Donald Trump's chaotic era has sparked a rush to Davos, where a high-stakes "survival of the richest" is set to play out at the Swiss resort synonymous with wealth and power. Read The Big Take: bloom.bg/3NRP1Kv 📷️: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg

Thank you, Minnesota open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Carney needs to get his elbows up a wee bit on this one

Beyond belief? Sadly no

One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

A powerful testimony for the survivors “Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission….These women are not famous or well connected, but they matter. Their pain matters. Their names matter. We should not co-opt their suffering for our own agenda.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...

The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.

UK condemns Trump threat of tariffs over Greenland ft.trib.al/V03ZY19

Leaders from the right of the UK’s political spectrum delivered their sharpest criticism yet of US President Donald Trump, after he threatened tariffs on European allies unless a deal is reached for the US to buy Greenland.

Israeli Settlers Raid, Set Fire to Bedouin Community in West Bank - Israel News

#Venezuela and Trump’s “offensive political realism”: The Venezuela case shows that #US strategic interests override commitments to democracy, sovereignty and #HumanRights . . . READ: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

"I thought this was the end": Anti-ICE protesters recount bloody attack by DHS agents in Santa Ana

Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists in Minneapolis on Tuesday as students walked out of a suburban school in protest at the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps. https://to.pbs.org/3LxVsla

aje.news/k3uvtp “This federal invasion of the Twin Cities has to stop, so today I am suing DHS to bring it to an end,” it said. aje.news/k3uvtp

The states — California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New York — called the move an unconstitutional abuse of power. https://to.pbs.org/4qpyawY

Don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Think I will go with laugh😂

The Sunday Editorial: Venezuela’s fate is a warning for Canada “Canada cannot repeat the mistake of failing to come to grips with reality, urgently – of failing to recognize that we are now caught up in a national emergency.”

“Yet despite Mr. Trump’s constant search for a good deal, the daunting price tags do not seem to matter much to him. Venezuela, Greenland, Gaza, maybe Canada: These are legacies that will, over time, pay for themselves, he believes.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Americans give President Donald Trump his worst approval ratings ever for his handling of the economy, as they also express concerns about the cost of living, healthcare prices, and personal finances, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. https://to.pbs.org/49g3nwx

Solace

Winter walk in the Scottish Highlands

Best of the season and may 2026 bring some measure of peace to this troubled world