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Tomorrow night POWER, PEOPLE & DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Mike Galsworthy, in conversation with: Alexandra Hall Hall, Former UK diplomat, Washington DC. Anouska de Georgiou, Epstein survivor. Ben Meiselas, Meidas Touch Network. LIVESTREAM WEBINAR Sign up here bit.ly/bookBN

One day to go MAKING SENSE OF OUR TIMES POWER, PEOPLE & DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Mike Galsworthy, in conversation with: Alexandra Hall Hall, Former UK diplomat, Washington DC Anouska de Georgiou, Epstein survivor Ben Meiselas, Meidas Touch Network LIVESTREAM WEBINAR Sign up here bit.ly/bookBN

BYLINES NETWORK, MAKING SENSE OF OUR TIMES POWER, PEOPLE & DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Mike Galsworthy, in conversation with: Alexandra Hall Hall, Former UK diplomat, Washington DC Anouska de Georgiou, Epstein survivor Ben Meiselas, Meidas Touch Network LIVESTREAM WEBINAR Sign up here bit.ly/bookBN

💥 I’m hosting a new series of live webinars Starting Mar 12 with special guests from the US: Ben Meislas - of Meidas Touch Alexandra Hall Hall - ex UK diplomat to US Anouska de Georgiou - British Epstein survivor Join the Bylines Network community to access these events:

💥 I’m hosting a new series of live webinars Starting Mar 12 with special guests from the US: Ben Meislas - of Meidas Touch Alexandra Hall Hall - ex UK diplomat to US Anouska de Georgiou - British Epstein survivor Join the Bylines Network community to access these events: bit.ly/friendsofbyl...

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Frontline journalists should read the specifics of any emergency order and ask: "How do I protect myself, and how do I push back against laws that I feel are unjust, immoral, unconscionable, or that get in the way of freedom of the press?" @movementphotog.bsky.social writes in @prismreports.org.

Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration. #BrutalButAccurate

Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe @northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @coldwarsteve.bsky.social

Genuinely lovely. 👍

Well, it is valentines after all… open.substack.com/pub/bendicke...

It's been a while...but the fear remains, so does hope. Inspired by Grandma's stand against British fascists and the women from Minneapolis emailing @bylinesnetwork.co.uk. This is 50 by 50 #11 - the latest of a series exploring the fear/hope paradigm. bendickenson.substack.com/p/50-by-50-1...

It's been a while...but the fear remains, so does hope. Inspired by Grandma's stand against British fascists and the women from Minneapolis emailing @bylinesnetwork.co.uk. This is 50 by 50 #11 - the latest of a series exploring the fear/hope paradigm. bendickenson.substack.com/p/50-by-50-1...

"Sexual predators with wealth or status rarely act entirely alone. They benefit from a network, sometimes intentional, sometimes passive, that shields their behaviour. These layers of protection may include: 1. Recruiters and enablers..."

Government has failed to provide an unambiguous answer to a request for a statutory public inquiry into Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed.

Four former defence civil servants hired by Palantir in a single year. A £240m MoD contract awarded without competition. Defence, health, policing – Palantir is embedded across the government. Read the analysis on the issues this presents ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance "People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense” Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!

There are a growing number of reports of agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers & anti-ICE activists, heightening fears in the state. That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.

Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

In California:

Starmer’s barefaced hypocrisy on this enrages me. His own government has been blocking justice for the Al Fayed victims. Write to your MP about this! (You can Google “Bylines Al Fayed” if you want articles as references)

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Everyone needs to watch this. It’s not accidental. It’s deliberate. The last line is chilling.

Over 40,000 protestors killed in Iran reports suggest. Why is there no the same level of outrage about this as there is (and should be) over similar fatalities in Gaza? Is it just lack of access to media?

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten... #RIP_Alex 💔

Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.

“We built this society together – and then we stopped.” Miranda Sheild Johansson hears from pensioners reflecting on Sweden’s welfare state describe regret, complacency and a loss of collective purpose after tax cuts. eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/fin...

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

“Who’s got profile and respect among northern voters and might be able to fight off Reform there? Andy? No! Not him! He’s more popular than Kier.” Said eight people on the NEC in one voice. Seriously? Best team wins. So get the best team. And if one becomes a future leader, that’s success too.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

These words… The ones at the end. Man, I hope so. I really truly hope so.

Local elections in East Anglia are being postponed. Critics - mostly from political voices with something to gain or lose - call it undemocratic, but supporters ask whether spending hundreds of thousands on elections for councils that may last only a year is justified. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

“Voters believe that politicians are corrupt. Trump proves them right by flaunting his own corruption; his success confirms their disgust with the system and the need for a champion who has mastered its rules” . www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

@rogermosey.bsky.social In case it’s of interest - our new @demos-uk.bsky.social report on how to increase the independence (and accountability) of the BBC (btw the paper is focused on institutional reforms - not editorial) demos.co.uk/research/our...

FEAR/HOPE How do we turn one into the other? Feels so necessary right now. Frear of authoritarianism, repression and violence, is real. Try to ignore it. Pretend horrors only happen in Iran, or maybe Minneapolis. But your nightmares know the the truth. 1/4 open.substack.com/pub/bendicke...

Minnesota has filled a stadium.

So much love and respect for Minnesota

Incredible. The people of Minnesota are inspiring a nation.

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today