I want my son to grow up in a world where these two people are President and Vice President of the USA (and I don't care which is which).

Poland moves to strengthen its military with €43.7 billion from the EU SAFE initiative. Prime Minister Tusk defends the program, but President Nawrocki has yet to reveal whether he will sign or veto the bill.

People are asking what else they can do. My advice is to drop your subscriptions to Paramount and Warner Brothers services and use that money to support as many independent media outlets as you can afford. Pick a couple and give them a try. It's critical we build a pro-democracy media ecosystem.

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

Trump’s billionaire allies will now own CNN, Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ and NY Post — plus 185+ local tv stations and news in 100 markets. They also control X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, TikTok, Truth and Twitch. This is all by design to manipulate and surveil us. Pay attention.

Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here

So the text of the Euro-Gibraltar is out. Quick couple of points to make, and a lesson for UKG Firstly, many have been slammed for saying that the only rational solution is via the Spanish authorities and border guards. All we heard was "Gib will never accept..." 1

Clearly neither Rachel Reeves nor Elisabeth Svantesson understand how complex adaptive systems, including economies, work or resilience theory. If they did, they would know that economies adapt to constant pressure but are vulnerable to pulse disturbances. To defeat Russia we must SHOCK its economy.

We see the same thing again and again. Criminality is facilitated at the highest level and rewarded with impunity. Why? Is it plausible that JPM's facilitation was just about fees and referrals or was the Epstein network being treated as a protected “asset” the bank was encouraged not to disrupt?

New image reveals secrets of Milky Way galaxy in stunning detail - www.theguardian.com/science/2026... "Largest ever image obtained by specialist telescope in Chile represents scientific and aesthetic breakthrough" #science #space

"Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday that his country’s armed forces could “crush” aggressors, while the country’s defence minister has proclaimed “open war”.

The Green victory in Denton is the result which will have the biggest effect on Labour, far more so than a Reform win. The blithe assumption progressives have nowhere else to go has been proved catastrophically wrong. Can’t help thinking of this quote from a Labour minister, a year ago…

🎉 Voters in the Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton have heard @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk's call to “make hope normal again’ and they have made it reality. More from @vulatsetsi.bsky.social & @ciarancuffe.bsky.social here: europeangreens.eu/news/manches...

Publication of the draft Treaty with Spain and the EU governing Gibraltar, the Schengen area and the border with Spain.

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Here we go...

‘Anti-Palestinian repression’: Legal experts document hundreds of cases in Britain www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

Ex-top Israeli Officer and Intellexa Founder Convicted in Greek Spyware Case - "The defendants were found guilty of intercepting the phone communications of Greek investigative journalist Thanasis Koukakis, Greek-American Meta employee Artemis Seaford and three other individuals."

Interesting and thoughtful thread about the need to be careful in framing the story of Epstein and the Epstein network to avoid feeding antisemitic tropes (even if Jewish)

⚡️The Epstein Files reveal intense, long-term contact, including at least 25 meetings between Slovak PM Robert Fico’s confidant and adviser Miroslav Lajčák and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—some held at Epstein’s private homes.

📜 The Epstein Scrolls - J.P. Morgan. For 10 years, until 2013, J. P. Morgan acted as the main financial pipeline for the Epstein network, processing more than $1 billion in transactions tied to him and his entities, despite knowing he was a convicted sex offender and a high-risk client. 🧵 Why?

"Governments around the world are racing to achieve “AI sovereignty...Defining AI sovereignty today is like trying to nail jelly to a wall..This ambiguity has proven politically useful but double-edged"

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts." massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

Yes please @ec.europa.eu 🎯 Action Members of the European Parliament demanded "clearer political backing for those sanctioned, a more assertive public defense of the DSA, and concrete steps to shield European regulators and civil society from external pressure" www.techpolicy.press/eu-parliamen...

Can Europe guarantee security without the US nuclear umbrella? Five scenarios for nuclear autonomy — in an analysis by Oleksiy Izhak. #Europe #nuclearweapons #USA #France #GreatBritain zn.ua/eng/france-a...

Jesus wept.

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

The visceral disgust… Hearings, subpoenas, investigations. We must be completely unrelenting in pursuit of the truth as we seek justice for victims. (1/2)

My God. There must be justice.

Trump's self-dealing is truly off the scales — eclipsing even the biggest corruption scandal of the First Gilded Age. It's a new Golden Age for grifting. [@brennancenter.org]

Israel faces the same destiny. A state that can only justify its current structure by making every neighbor an existential threat. It demands perpetual sacrifice to war and conflict to justify its political aims. It makes the desire for peace and empathy for others treasonous, an anti-semitic crime.

Mandelson and Andrew (whatever he is called now) can finally do some good in their lives and confess to all the crimes they are aware of and gain some respect from the British people. Will they? I doubt it, that would require belief in a soul, in justice and the sanctity of others but we can hope.

Such a mad story. So Mandelson is allegedly secretly planning to flee to the British Virgin Islands and is accidentally rumbled by the bloody Speaker of the House who just happened to be on a visit there! That’s the kind of bad luck that tells you you’ve ran out of lives.

Two former senior security officials have been charged with unlawfully authorizing Pegasus spyware, which the current coalition says was used by the previous right-wing government to spy on political opponents.

Fascism is essentially cannibalistic. Once all of the American institutions and internal enemies are consumed in fire, and life is still worse for the majority of people, what international conflagration will feed the flames? War with Mexico, Canada or a divided Europe?

Gemini's new musical feature is fun. Enjoy this rap about the Anthropic vs DoD row. gemini.google.com/share/ec8339...

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

📜 The Epstein Scrolls - The Department of Justice & Alex Acosta: The 2007 Non Prosecution Agreement was a secret contract to protect Epstein and unnamed others that prosecutors intentionally and illegally hid from victims – it’s astonishing that it could have any legal effect.

Broadly speaking, there are 2 political factions. Not Labour v Tory/Reform, Republicans v Democrats etc, but an economic elite, operating globally, versus all of us. Though they are small in number, through the power of the political, media and social media systems they control, they keep winning.

FT exclusive: Tens of thousands of internal emails and documents released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Epstein files paint for the first time a vivid picture of how Deutsche Bank rolled out the red carpet for the serial sexual abuser ft.trib.al/4obT91p

It's a reminder that Brexit had nothing to do with our interests. It was an elite project backed by extreme rightwing billionaires and their concierges, many of whom had no vote or standing in this country. Yet it was packaged as patriotism by the very people collaborating with foreign interests.

Massie goes full beast mode today. Gets on the house floor, shreds the DOJ and starts naming names from the Epstein files.

Russian casualties (killed + wounded) in 4 year invasion of Ukraine about equal to US casualties in WWII: both about 1.05 million (Russian killed about 225,000 or about 1/2 US killed in WWII). Extraordinary numbers for pointless war of aggression that yielded almost no territorial change in years.

It’s both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. men’s hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Women’s team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas

Ask the average German, Brit or American how many civilians have been killed, injured or displaced as a result of US led military action and covert intervention since WW2 and they will be out by millions.

Marko Hoare responding to Michael Gove: "Netanyahu is a genocidal killer like Milosevic, Saddam or bin Laden. Israel is a country like Serbia, Iraq or Saudi Arabia. Genocide denial is wicked."

The document described here is a big development that expands our understanding of Epstein's criminal activities, but remains too redacted. We know the Trump administration is covering up for Epstein's pedophile buddies. This is evidence they're covering up for drug cartels too.

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files. This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Progressives aren’t so progressive now that I made up a thing they’re all saying

Say a prayer today for the brave people of Ukraine. Their fierce courage and resilience in the face of brutal Russian aggression is a beacon for the world in these dark times. 🇺🇦 (1/3)