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Take me back there! - 1964 - the Great Society - Medicare - ‘prohibiting voting, employment, or educational discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin.‘

Suicides in ICE detention rise as 911 logs reveal harrowing details of self-harm The five suicides since January 1 are the most in any calendar year during the past two decades

So we have full 2025 immigration stats - Total net down by 2/3rds in 2025 (3/4 from peak) - Small boat arrivals in 2026 down 40%. Asylum backlog down 48%; returns up 9% - Asylum seekers in hotels down 35% (down 48% from peak) YET PUBLIC PERCEPTION 49% think 2025 saw increase; only 16% know it fell

Most of Britain thinks net migration is still rising — when it has actually fallen by more than three-quarters From our new 2026 @britishfuture.bsky.social study of public attitudes to immigration, published online here www.britishfuture.org/britain-thin...

My daughter, s-in-l & grandsons have just arrived for their first ever family holiday. Made possible by 2 increases in min wage, lower interest rates, 30 hour child care allowing her 2 more days work a week & breakfast clubs allowing 8am start time at doc surgery. Thanks Labour

The rush to silence Black voters ahead of the 2026 election is stone cold racism. It's Jim Crow 2.0.

This. I’m mad.

Councils: 🌹 Labour: 26 (-35) 🔶 Lib Dem: 15 (+3) ➡️ Reform: 13 (+13) 🌳 Conservative: 9 (-10) 🌍 Green: 4 (+4) 0️⃣ NOC/Oth: 59 (+25) 126/136 councils. (92.6%)

Dear Reform-voting ladies… Do you know you’re voting for a party that wants to: ❌ Scrap the Equality Act - your legal protection against workplace discrimination & unequal pay ❌ Kill the Online Safety Act - the law protecting you from revenge porn

The first thing Nigel Farage will introduce if he is elected is Health Insurance. The NHS correctly costs £200bn a year. In the USA Health Insurance is £14,000 a year per person £14,000 x 50m adults is £700bn a year. £500bn a year profit If you can't afford that you are dying

ICE has spread fear and chaos on American streets. Yet, Reform UK says they want to introduce ICE-style in the UK. We spoke to people in Cardiff about Reform UK's dangerous plan. We don't want Trump-style policies here.

Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months

Jewish Miriam Margolyes says it like it is, it looks like Hitler has won.

Just one of the many in the country who must be held accountable for their crimes against humanity!

@joho.bsky.social @wendyorent.bsky.social Wearing N95s, getting boosters, etc. makes you a cowardly sheep! I've had my 3rd eye opened listening to this compilation of inspirational quotes by all of those who empowered Emily Oster & Podcast Jay to finally break free of censorship. Give it a listen!

The executive director of World Press Photo said this image shows the inconsolable grief of children losing their father in a place built for justice. It is a stark and necessary record of family separation following the U.S. reform policies. n.pr/4d0E5EA

“The Mar-a-Lago Mafia has taken American corruption to spectacular new heights.” (Ossoff) ‘Hakeem Jeffries said: “Kash Patel is deeply unqualified, deeply unserious, and his behavior is deeply un-American.“‘

Responsible leaders must be honest with their societies. Russia is already waging a war against Europe by systematically targeting civilian environment - the systems that enable everyday life. These attacks take concrete forms:⤵️

“reopen the strait and back away from its nuclear program.“ “President Barack Obama’s team, along with China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom had achieved both of those goals with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Trump tore up in 2018.”

From Roger Scruton cafes to paying Matt Goodwin $10k a month, Viktor Orban has built a network of populist right think tanks, journalists and activists Today Democracy for Sale delves into Orban’s allies on the British right Well worth a read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

No Kings in Cincinnati open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Most of the media reflects neither reality nor public opinion. It reflects the views and demands of those who own it: the Oligarch Class. They employ editors and journalists to channel their demands and sell their fictions. Hence the endless attacks on net zero. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

ICE detention deaths are now occurring at a rate of roughly one every four days. Three weeks ago that rate was one every six days. The pace is accelerating, and Congress has not launched a single investigation.

“For every dollar of billionaire money that went to Democrats, they wrote, five dollars went to Republicans.”

“all these issues are so deeply connected to a small group of billionaires and mega corporations protecting themselves from the law and trying to make as much money and consolidate power. Thats what the whole damn thing is about, from the Epstein Files to the Big Beautiful Bill” Rep Frost

"I have been in a lot of briefings w/govt officials & other experts ... over the last 9 days. It's as if we have learned absolutely nothing. We have to make the right policy choice, pressure the Trump Admin to find an off-ramp & get us out of this war." - HASC Ranking Member @adamsmith.house.gov

This is horrific. “Examples of Gemini in particular prompting self-harm have also surfaced, including one incident where the chatbot told a college student: “You are a stain on the universe. Please die.””

Latest substack on Iran by @snellarthur.bsky.social is a must read substack.com/home/post/p-...

Now, imho, the best and most important journalism source in the UK - and have often provided critical reports months or even years before anyone else picked that it really, really matters ‘Byline Times Substack’ open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.

This conversation is really informative. Too many good things said to quote. Main takeaway - inhumane. Please let’s not follow suit here in the Uk.

Almost satirical but actually probably not. Cabinet Apocalypse (by Timothy Snyder) open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Please, someone, get these people out of these camps

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

"trump shown no respect for the principles upon which this country is based. His actions have done tremendous harm to Americans,” Senator Angus King (I-ME) said in a statement.To do so would require me to ignore all that has gone before and to pay him a measure of respect which he has not earned.”

Just a snippet:- ”Misogyny flowed around this island chain Of Russia, Tech and Trump — Misogyny Was the core thing that they had in common Beyond their obvious arrogance and swag.”

‘Trump vowed he would cut “waste, fraud, and abuse” but cuts overwhelmed by spending on federal arrest, detention, and deportation programs, military strikes and threats against other countries - at least 658 air and drone strikes against Iraq, Somalia, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Nigeria, and Venezuela.’

Undocumented immigrants don’t vote Trump was not “exonerated” re: Epstein The board of peace is a huge grift The Melania movie was a bribe You pay the tariffs The boat bombings are murder The ceasefire is not a ceasefire Ice is not targeting criminals And on and on

Mind blowing

’As Washington predicted, the presidents Americans revere despite their faults—Washington, Lincoln, Theo Roosevelt, FD Roosevelt—are those who used the enormous power of the U.S. gov’t not for their own aggrandizement but to secure and expand the rights and the prosperity of the American people.’

Wow.

Measles today, Tuberculosis tomorrow. “MAHA leadership criticizes the pharmaceutical industry’s profit motives in order to promote the wellness industry, which of course also operates according to the profit motive.” Sara Silverstein

Juana Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen born in Idaho, said she was among those detained. The ACLU said in its news release that her 3-year-old son cried as officers told him to hold on to her pocket.

This is a good read

On Saturday, Jan. 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti. Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering events in the days surrounding Pretti’s death. This is what they witnessed. Read more: https://propub.li/3ZjL7wH

“Dr. Peter Attia wrote in an email to Epstein in response to an email with the subject line “Got a fresh shipment.” Attia answered his own question: “The life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can’t tell a soul.”“

This is v powerful We know who the criminals are. Over & over & over. They are in so-called 🇺🇸 law enforcement agencies. The damage this is doing to USA standing in the world is incalculable. The Republican Party is now too weak & too rotten to reign in executive power immediately & fiercely.

‘ “Indeed, for much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States.“ Garrett Graff

Yesterday was AMAZING! 🚴‍♀️ An estimated 100k cyclists from 200 cities road a Memorial Bike Ride to honor Alex Pretti. Why? Because Alex was an avid cyclist. 🥹 I'll admit this had my tear ducts gushing for a full 5 minutes. Fascists vs Cyclists. 🚴‍♀️ Here's a montage of my fav clips - Part 1 👇🏼🧵