I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city: Montreal. After weeks of work (with help!), I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym for training and propaganda photos. Here’s my investigation:

And here's the clip, thanks to James: bsky.app/profile/jame...

NATO chief Mark Rutte has sparked outrage after claiming the alliance helps the US project power globally — saying the quite part out loud

Weird how this keeps happening! www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

The Trump administration has started an unconstitutional and unauthorized war with Iran — and children are paying the price.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran protesting US military action in Iran, was forcibly removed from a Senate subcommittee hearing by police and Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy on Wednesday. McGinnis was treated for injuries and faces charges, according to US Capitol Police.

The same technological pinpoint accuracy that was used to slaughter children in Gaza now being used to slaughter children in Iran.

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay

Why did the Trump administration’s drive-by negotiations with Iran fall apart? Wendy Sherman and @camanpour.bsky.social compare the work on the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal with this year’s failed talks.

Every. Single. Country. interc.pt/4rsgJMl

People should quit using #AI chatbots altogether, but they should especially quit using ChatGPT: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨 BREAKING: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has said Donald Trump’s threats will not cow Madrid into supporting the American-Israeli war in Iran. Read the story: politico.eu/article/pedr...

OPINION: Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial choice with political consequences. Here’s how some media outlets are no longer just covering these forces — but amplifying them.

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE. Literally, "abolishing." yougov.com/en-us/articl...

Israel is the only country in the Middle East with nukes. Why aren’t we talking about that? Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social break down mainstream media’s biased coverage of Israel vs Iran. *This was filmed in June last year when Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Turns out lowering bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services is really popular. This is just the beginning - people are seeing through the attacks and demanding something better. And we're making hope normal again - together. news.sky.com/story/greens...

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani met for a second time on Thursday. The meeting was conciliatory, with Mamdani having apparently hypnotized Trump with charisma and overt flattery. It’s both a savvy and potentially perilous strategy.

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BREAKING: Today Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation to raise $4.4 trillion in taxes from America’s billionaires — a move that would virtually cut their massive fortunes in half. A chunk of the money raised would go toward sending a $3K stimulus check to every person earning under $150K.

In the think tank (Council on Foreign Relations), experts say the war is unwarranted and illegal without congressional authorization. Some who see this “justified”, refer to the fact that Iran has been “killing Americans since the 70s”. My Q: are you aware this tactic does work then both ways?

Bombing Iran risks deepening suffering, fuelling retaliation, and destabilising an already fragile region All parties must immediately halt further military action and return to structured, good-faith negotiations under credible international oversight

I don't want a UK government subservient to a deranged maniacal US President and administration. Its time for the UK to make a stand, not fold like a cheap seat.

At least 555 people have been killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran, the Iranian Red Crescent Society says. Follow AP's live updates.

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran. Iraq lessons must be learned. Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe. Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

Iran Things that Got Memory Holed, Including the So-Called Negotiators, Steve and Jared emptywheel.net/iran-things-...

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

During the U.S.-Israeli attack in Iran on Saturday, dozens of people, most of them likely children, were killed when a strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab and a high school in Tehran, according to Iranian health officials, state media and a human rights group. trib.al/y3MsQLC

Keir Starmer and EU leaders criticised by Sultana after failing to condemn US and Israeli strikes on Iran — Trump's poodle only wags its tail

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"

Hard to argue

My thoughts open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...

I promise you that the government that murdered Alex Pretti and Renee Good does not give a flying fuck about the protests in Iran.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

The tragic awfulness of this government is that it has extended a factional war against the left of the Labour Party into a war against almost all the good things we might have expected of it. It cannot respond to the crisis it faces, because its hatred of the Labour left is definitional.

Keir Starmer's attempt to paint the Greens as extremists yet again reveals his intolerance of political difference. His instincts are illiberal and authoritarian.

Zack: "Nigel Farage is a sore loser and he just lost an election badly" Anyone also notice how hostile this interview was from the Sky presenters.

The attack on Iran will not liberate its brutally-oppressed people, but make matters worse. It could be a trigger for major conflagration.

“For that decision to be quickly flipped is remarkable because it shows the power of opposition, but also how loose and flippant these arrests are."

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...

The UK Green Party has nabbed a landmark win in the Gorton and Denton by-election, raising fresh questions about PM Keir Starmer’s strategy to stay in power. London Playbook has more on how the fragmentation of British politics appears to be speeding up: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

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The Epstein files grant us a rare glimpse into the kind of machinations that must be happening all the time. As @bylinetimes.bsky.social reveals, Trump's fixer, Steve Bannon, helped Boris Johnson overthrow Theresa May. Blatant foreign interference in our politics. 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

Was it inevitable that the GOP would devolve into a haven for Nazi sympathizers? @radiofreetom.bsky.social asks. He argues that the party he once belonged to went from fighting far right intrusion to embracing it: