Next week, Manchester is sending plumber and Green councillor Hannah Spencer to Parliament. "Because looking after each other and looking out for each other, that is what makes us, us,” she says. Mutual aid, innit? open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

One week from today, Manchester will make history by seeing off Starmer’s Labour and Farage’s Reform to make the Green Party’s Hannah Spencer the first woman plumber in Parliament. #Hannah4GortonandDenton open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

16 February article in The Guardian confirms what The Western Sky reported on 29 January: FBI Misdirector Kash Patel is obstructing justice for Alex Pretti, the VA nurse who was executed by agents of the American fascist regime. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hannah Spencer: "And it’s what you look like, isn’t it? It’s whether or not you fit into this box of what an immigrant is. Whether you’re born here or not, I think you’re British." I’m a white immigrant. I’m alright. But I worry about my Muslim neighbours, and Carlos who runs the Chinese chippie.

Translating Emmer into antifascist English: “We can’t get a real warrant because that would slow down our enforcement of our fake warrant."

Readers added context: A judicial warrant has been required since the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1791. Massachusetts has required a judicial warrant since 1756, when it was still a colony of the British Empire. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

New Mexico House of Representatives votes UNANIMOUSLY to investigate Epstein murder ranch. Contrast with U.S. House of Representatives: one Republican joins all Democrats to demand Epstein investigation, motion fails.

Matt Goodwin says if you have an immigrant parent you aren’t properly British. Winston Churchill’s mom was American. In America there is a chain restaurant called Chili’s. In Britain there is a chain called Harvester with an identical menu. The Harvester in Rochdale is called the Winston Churchill.

Filled out a survey from Home Office about changes to immigration policy. Said I was concerned Gov’t might reject applicants who speak out against genocide in Palestine. Next day high court found Palestine Action ban unlawful. Home Secretary appealed the ruling. Vote Green! #Hannah4GortonandDenton

Readers added context: The Trump regime violated 96 habeas corpus orders in the month of Jan. 2026 alone. U.S. Judge Patrick Schiltz estimates that ICE violated more court orders in Jan. 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

As for Matt Goodwin, the only thing that England-hating racist weasel has in common with Winston Churchill is that they both lost Parliamentary by-elections in Greater Manchester.

Reform’s Matt Goodwin says if you have an immigrant parent you aren’t properly British. That lets out Winston Churchill, whose mom was American like me. There is a restaurant in Rochdale that is exactly like an American Chili’s. It’s called Winston Churchill, because a person can be two things.

I cannot even tell you how happy I am to have discovered that there is actually a Chili’s in Rochdale, England, and it is called the Winston Churchill.

Among the Britons whom Reform’s Matt Goodwin wishes to exclude is anyone with an immigrant parent, e.g. King Charles. Goodwin, who claims he will put the people of Gorton & Denton first, lives in Hertfordshire.

Hoo boy. I can’t actually think of any way to respond to this picture, other than #Hannah4GortonandDenton

"Every historian must expose the American regime’s lies and replace them with truths. That is now our most urgent task and our most important responsibility.” Top of the list: calling a concentration camp what it is. -L. Call, PhD, Prof. Emeritus, History, Cal Poly. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

Readers added context: The Trump regime is not enforcing immigration law. Rather, they are imprisoning legal residents of the United States, such as 5 year-old asylum seeker Liam Ramos, in a measles-infested concentration camp in Texas. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

Yeah that’s been true for a while now. The week after the 2024 Presidential election, I said it was the end of America, and a guy I went to grad school with accused me of TDS. Only time I ever blocked someone on Fuckerbook.

Hannah Spencer: “I don’t believe that we should start demonizing people who are immigrants or from an immigrant background.” Matt Goodwin says if you have an immigrant parent you aren’t properly British, which would mean that King Charles isn’t really British. #Hannah4GortonandDenton

Literally the worst thing that the far-right Daily Mail could find to say about Hannah Spencer is that SHE LOVES DOGS! To Viscount Rothermere, the aristocratic nob who owns the Mail: this is NOT the sick burn you apparently believe it to be! Hannah is going to win! #Hannah4GortonandDenton

Readers added context: NY Times sub-head says DHS is issuing “subpoenas.” As Maddow says, compliance is voluntary. The Judicial Branch has the power to issue compulsory subpoenas. The Executive Branch does not. DHS is an Executive Department. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

@andreapitzer.bsky.social‬ your work is so important! I used it in my style guide about the language we need to use to talk about fascism. (I’m a retired historian who used to teach about this.) open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

Burn them all down, like this American patriot in Kansas City: www.kmbc.com/article/sout...

Racist AND sexist: Matt Goodwin thinks young women should get pregnant as early as possible, & should be taxed if they don’t. Handmaid’s Tale is fiction, mate! Hannah Spencer says women need help with cost of living, caring responsibilities, and NHS inequalities. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I was fixing to employ my mediocre meme-making skills to make this meme, but thankfully someone beat me to it. The meme proves that the kid from the Far Side comics has more cajones than the entire United States government, and I am HERE FOR IT!

High court rules UK Palestine Action ban is unlawful. “Labour” Government plans to appeal. You know who DOESN’T throw pensioners and priests in prison for protesting peacefully against genocide? The Greens! Hannah Spencer for Parliament! #Hannah4GortonandDenton www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Readers added context: The Department of Homeland Security is part of the Executive Branch, which does not have the authority to issue subpoenas. Only the Judicial Branch may issue subpoenas.

You were not “let go,” Mr. Lopez. You were FIRED by cowardly fascist collaborators because you were looking out for your students, whom you clearly love.

WE DON’T HAVE THREE YEARS

Thank you for putting the phrase “administrative subpoena” in scare quotes, correctly indicating that the Executive Branch does not have the authority to issue subpoenas.

I cannot emphasize this strongly enough: a single brave woman with a bottle of lighter fluid JUST STOPPED A FASCIST REGIME FROM BUILDING A CONCENTRATION CAMP! All you fascists bound to lose.

No impeachment, no 25th Amendment, everybody is just waiting for the miserable wretch to die. But the thing is, if you do that, you make him into exactly what he wants to be. There’s a word for a ruler who can only be removed from power by his death, and that word is king.

Reform candidate Matt Goodwin says that anyone who has an immigrant parent isn’t "white British,” and therefore isn’t properly British. By his logic, neither Winston Churchill nor King Charles count as properly British. Vote Green! #Hannah4GortonandDenton www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...

Now, this is a good idea. Cal Poly SLO President Jeff Armstrong, whose job consists mainly of asking rich white men to give Cal Poly $$ to fund golf but not education, recently got a 20% raise, now makes a staggering $611,203 a year, & lives rent-free on campus. www.calfac.org/cfa-works-wi...

Hannah Spencer says that Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson are just powerful men looking after each other. She’s right. Hannah will stand up for British women and girls. Hannah will fight against gender-based violence. #Hannah4GortonandDenton

“Border Czar” Whose Title is Based on Russian Emperor Whose Title Was Based on Roman Emperor Who Inspired Original Fascist Movement Says He Plans to Stop Terrorizing Minnesota; Antifascists Skeptical www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

An account called MindBro, which offers “AI enhanced diagrams to help you understand book ideas quickly,” just liked my post about how AI is destroying critical thinking and making it harder for us to understand complex ideas. So, yeah. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

If the fascists on SCOTUS allowed US District Courts to issue nationwide injunctions, this judge could force ICE to comply with the Sixth and Eighth Amendments throughout the country, and not just in California. Just saying. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Trump regime continues to violate all 10 Amendments of the Bill of Rights plus habeas corpus to wage war on the civilian population of Minneapolis. The war is now run by a guy who wears a tie instead of dressing like a Nazi SS officer. Nothing else has changed. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

What I want for Valentine’s Day: a smart, compassionate woman seeing off the racist wanker that Farage has bussed in from Hertfordshire, and taking her seat as the first woman plumber in Parliament. Also, vegan sausage rolls! #Hannah4GortonandDenton

“Attorney” General Lies Under Oath, Says No Evidence Trump Committed Crimes, Keeps Her Job Write your own headlines! It’s easy and fun, and you can do a way better job of it than the New York Times, without even trying!

Good morning. America is still ruled by a nihilistic cabal of wretched men who rape some children and send others to concentration camps. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

Cool, "The Atlantic" finally noticed that it’s fascism! I mean I said it was fascism in Oct. 2024 and again on 19 Jan. 2025 and again every week since then with footnotes, but better late than never! Welcome to the resistance! open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Fellow Mancunians in Gorton and Denton: Local plumber Hannah Spencer spends her life fixing things that are broken and standing up for stuff that matters. Reform’s Matt Goodwin is a racist GB News presenter who doesn’t even live here. The choice is clear. #Hannah4GortonandDenton

Good morning. America is still ruled by a man who rapes some children, and sends others to concentration camps. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

There’s a legal principle called the balance of equities, where a court weighs the harms that each party faces. ICE wants to deport people, 5% of whom are violent criminals. The other side is a bunch of kids catching measles in a concentration camp. Everyone but the 5th Circuit sides with the kids.

“I spend my life fixing things that are broken and standing up for stuff that matters. . .Because looking after each other and looking out for each other, that is what makes us, us.”—Plumber and future Member of Parliament Hannah Spencer. Manchester loves you, Hannah! #Hannah4GortonandDenton

President Rapes Some Children, Sends Others to Concentration Camps, Still Not Impeached

People who never had to fight for tenure at an American university because they study queer folx or POC may not understand this, but it is a big fucking deal to be able to put “historical advisor to Bad Bunny” on your c.v. Congratulations, Professor Meléndez-Badillo! news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...