Patrick Smith
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Breaking news editor for nbcnews.com in London. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/rev-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-activist-dies-rcna42408
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For more on how conditions at Dilley are affecting children, read my latest for
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Mike Hixenbaugh
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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James Ball
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But this, here, is the key bit: despite everything they have to say about PA, the court finds that the consequences of proscription on human rights are not proportionate to its benefits. The first ground upon which the government lost is largely procedural. This one is substantive.
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Always fascinating to see the judiciary revise the actions of the executive, exactly its role in a functional democracy, Montesquieu in action.
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I will bite: from my sixth-form college it was Melanie Sykes.
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My band used to practise in Denton and I often went swimming in Gorton. This is surely enough to justify a whimsical political analysis on "the Manchester I know" [ed: it is not]
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Me on the bus: "Sorry, nothing smaller mate"
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The real fitness challenge is resisting pizza in the newsroom.
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Word of the day, for all British-based tweeps. Pluvial: relating to or characterized by rainfall.
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BeardedGenius
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14 years ago today. No social media manager. No PR. Just raw unfiltered emotion and heartfelt stream of consciousness for a much-loved and much-missed musical icon. The day the music died and Twitter peaked. @
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"Sir Jim - who is a resident of Monaco"
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Five Minute Macro
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Sam Altman was right - this unironically is PhD-level intelligence
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Clever headlines in government press releases, an on-going series
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Ben Mullin
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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A new
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Decision Desk Poll finds 43% want ICE reformed, 29% want it abolished, and 29% want it to continue in its current form.
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Poll: Americans support ICE overhaul amid federal funding fight
The question is how far to go, as a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll finds 43% want ICE reformed, 29% want it abolished, and 29% want it to continue in its current form.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-americans-support-ice-overhaul-federal-funding-fight-rcna258241
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This is a useful account for
#news
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Just learned of a breaking news story via BlueSky. Nature is healing.
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Very strange
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All flights to and from El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'security reasons'
The FAA notice covers the airspace over El Paso and the neighboring community of Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flights-el-paso-airport-texas-halted-10-days-security-reasons-faa-rcna258497
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Big fan of Nashville police using the thermal imaging camera on a helicopter to find a suspect hiding in a wheelie bin (US: trash can)
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An interesting parallel to POTUS' ongoing dispute with American universities
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Interesting news industry reporting from
@pressgazette.co.uk
with some reasons to be cheerful Amid WaPo woes five US news giants show how industry can grow
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Amid WaPo woes five US news giants show how industry can grow
Green shoots in digital advertising, video and subs at NYT, Bloomberg, People Inc and Dow Jones.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/amid-wapo-woes-five-us-news-giants-show-how-industry-can-grow/
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re: the plight of
#swfc
, admirably covered by the Sheffield Star throughout, why has there been no accountability for Chansiri? No public statement, no inquiry calling for him to answer for what's happened. Don't fans and players deserve at least a response?
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SWFC News: The reality of Sheffield Wednesday’s on-field plight as relegation beckons
A 4-0 defeat to Swansea City over the weekend saw Sheffield Wednesday move a step closer to relegation, and it’s no surprise whatsoever.
https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-henrik-pedersen-toughest-job-5509073
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Alain Tolhurst
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This widely predicted drop in sales from the EU was rejected as "project fear" by Brexit campaigners 10 years ago.
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Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/07/brexit-farm-products-sales-eu
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John Oxley
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Plan? No plan, only plot
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"that was the new track from Fish Disco"
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angela yang
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so i talked to one of the bushes at the super bowl
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What it was like to be a bush at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
The bushes on the field during the halftime show became a meme after the internet found out they were actually human performers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/super-bowl-bushes-people-rcna258256
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-records-trump-first-year/
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My very basic hot take on UK politics is there is a maximum number of days you can last when the only question people are asking is "will you resign?"
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This looks highly unethical election behaviour to say the least
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Another year I didn't get invited to a Superb Owl party
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Superb Owl Day is here | What We Do In The Shadows | BINGE
YouTube video by BINGE
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4VY1tD5-1M8
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POTUS said no one understands what Bad Bunny is saying. About 45 million people speak Spanish in the US, roughly 14% of the population (Census data:
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Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
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Anthony Painter
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Today, as yesterday, the Government is trying to govern from a Blue Labour standpoint with a progressive leaning coalition. Locked in by a manifesto that prevents any room for strategic manoeuvre. Whatever those data charts and hero voters said in 2019 it just doesn't work.
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Trump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds
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Jessica Elgot
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Gonna need to see a bit more detail soon from the Met Police about what exactly is being prejudiced by not releasing these docs when there is no active proceedings or charges.
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Ben Mullin
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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This is my kind of Superb Owl coverage
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"Keir's not driving the train. He thinks he's driving the train, but we've sat him at the front of the DLR."
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
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Reform councillors in Kent told the FT that they were surprised not to find lavish spending on wokeness from their predecessors Another councillor has resigned from his role lesding "DOGE", regretting his comments to the newspaper acknowledging the challenges
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FT Edit
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Over the past few months, hundreds of Americans have been pepper sprayed, threatened and detained for attempting to film on their phones the largest crackdown on undocumented migrants in recent American history. An
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video 🧵 on why ICE agents are so camera shy 👇
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Robert Hutton
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Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
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Spent so many hours listening to him as man and boy - RIP JV
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Question about victims of sexual extortion. Answer: "She's a young woman... I don't think I've ever seen you smile."
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Attorney for government tells judge in ICE case: 'This job sucks'
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Attorney for government tells judge in ICE case: 'This job sucks'
Julie Le made the remark while she was representing the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, where federal officers are conducting a massive immigration crackdown.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/attorney-government-tells-judge-ice-case-job-sucks-rcna257349
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Given there is now an investigation by the UK Information Commissioner's Office and by Ofcom, into the alleged processing of personal information to create sexualised deepfake... Is this a good time for government departments to evaluate the pros and cons of being active on Twitter/X?
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This is one way of saying: it's a bit cold in America at the moment.
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I cannot fathom this. This is beyond my understanding of what news is supposed to be.
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twitter must be dead dead cause someone posted a rat coin purse that would have 2019 twitter losing its collective mind and most of the top comments are bots saying random words or people not nearly amped enough about the rat coin purse
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