@zarahsultana.bsky.social : "[Keir Starmer] had full confidence in a man that was besties with a convicted nonce. What a disgrace.. large sections of the media also played their part. Mandelson didn't simply drift back into public life, he was rehabilitated, rebranded.. "
04.02.2026 16:57 β π 93 π 37 π¬ 5 π 7
Portia White (1911β1968) was a trailblazing Nova Scotian contralto who overcame racial barriers to become the first Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international acclaim, famously debuting at New York's Town Hall in 1944 and being recognized as one of the 20th century's premier classical performers.
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PORTIA MAY WHITE
Nova Scotian contralto who
was the first Black Canadian
concert singer to achieve
international stardom
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04.02.2026 05:29 β π 453 π 101 π¬ 4 π 2
Tell it to the BBC who constantly platform disgraced politicians.
04.02.2026 17:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
One lesson from the EpsteinβMandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
04.02.2026 13:08 β π 15631 π 3388 π¬ 709 π 205
Mugshot of Rosa Parks holding prisoner number placard that reads: 7053
Today in #BlackHistoryMonth, 2/4/1913 #Rosa Parks was born. 1955 refused to move to the back of the bus in a planned #directaction against #JimCrow, sparking Montgomery Bus #Boycott. Later in her life, she became a supporter of the Black Power Movement and an anti-Apartheid activist.
04.02.2026 15:13 β π 965 π 278 π¬ 15 π 9
Its destruction came as Israel said it will ban Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, from operating in Gaza, after the charity refused to provide Israeli authorities a list of its Palestinian staff. MSF currently provides at least 20% of hospital beds in Gaza.
04.02.2026 02:18 β π 574 π 250 π¬ 26 π 14
Democracy doesnβt just die in darkness. It dies when avarice and sycophantic rot hollow out the institutions meant to defend it.
04.02.2026 15:49 β π 232 π 60 π¬ 10 π 1
Rep Ted Lieu speaking to reporters from a lectern
Ted Lieu: βI went to Minneapolis, St. Paul & met with nonprofit groups & local law enforcement β their stories of abuse are horrific β you have Trump's ICE completely being out of control. But we also know that the public pressure is working β the Trump administration is starting to backtrackβ
04.02.2026 15:24 β π 1556 π 413 π¬ 62 π 14
Youβre only 90 years late for this particular argument Andrew.
Itβs important to note that the incident was in the context of the black & tans having recently ravaged Ireland and the attempted culturicide of Wales a few decades earlier.
But RT wonβt acknowledge any of that.
04.02.2026 12:46 β π 410 π 85 π¬ 29 π 2
Poster for Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter shows in black and white a hooded figure menacing a young woman, the figure of Kronos coming to the rescue, and in the background a man and a woman holding a large cross, and a large house with bats flying around. The name of the film is written in red, there is a red border, and in red at the top the tagine 'The only man alive feared by the walking dead.'
Tonight's π½ A revisit to glorious late-period Hammer horror Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974, dir. Brian Clemens). Horst Janson and Caroline Munro lead a great cast including John Carson. It's brilliantly, thrillingly weird, stuffed full of beautiful frames, black humour, action and invention.
03.02.2026 22:21 β π 1284 π 145 π¬ 86 π 13
This is a national poll - Greens are doing even better, beating Labour in Gorton & Denton - and with more Reform+Epstein revelations due, and Your & Worker parties standing down, the active support of their potential voters & members makes victory over Reform Ltd very winnable
04.02.2026 16:38 β π 16 π 8 π¬ 2 π 2
Black-and-white studio portrait of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, a Native American woman in her thirties or forties, facing forward with a calm, direct gaze toward the camera. She has dark hair pulled back neatly into a bun, prominent cheekbones, and a serious yet composed expression. She wears a high-necked, long-sleeved dark Victorian-style dress with a patterned white lace or floral insert at the collar, creating a contrast against the solid dark fabric.
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first #NativeAmerican woman to become a physician in the United States. A member of the Omaha tribe, she campaigned for public health & for the formal, legal allotment of land to members of her tribe.
#WomensPhysiciansDay #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine
03.02.2026 17:58 β π 2295 π 712 π¬ 27 π 19
Today I joined House Democrats at ICE headquarters in DC to demand Kristi Noem's impeachment & voted NO on funding for DHS. Not a dollar more until DHS ends its violence & abuse of power.
Trump's federal agents killed two Americans in broad daylight. We are not backing down.
03.02.2026 19:04 β π 7096 π 1548 π¬ 313 π 68
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
04.02.2026 14:24 β π 18366 π 5335 π¬ 394 π 269
The un-elected House Of Lords is not fit for purpose. #r4today #bbcbreakfast #PoliticsLive #PMQs
04.02.2026 08:18 β π 34 π 18 π¬ 4 π 1
Starmer served alongside CIA heads, yet later ignored MI6 red flags when appointing the paedo Epstein's poodle as his US ambassador.
You couldn't make this stuff up.
04.02.2026 14:27 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Yet, the Full Facts are that the government didnβt terminate the agreement correctly (and in a timely manner) and Rwanda are now demanding the payments they were promised before the current termination date. So in fact, you are not presenting the Full Facts
04.02.2026 15:00 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
This is brilliant. Please donate!
#reform #farage #fascist #goodlaw #wethepeople #greenyes
04.02.2026 14:26 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Precisely.
04.02.2026 15:01 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Why billionaires should not be allowed to own newspapers.
04.02.2026 15:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
04.02.2026 15:04 β π 8255 π 2385 π¬ 168 π 88
Can anyone *imagine* what would have happened if it had become public, at the height of the financial crisis, that Mandelson was leaking to Wall Street, and advising bankers to threaten his own Government? To stop a tax on bankers' bonuses!
Would the Government have fallen?
04.02.2026 11:58 β π 311 π 99 π¬ 12 π 7
George Osborne??
The architect of austerity guy?
And you have people on here denying that Starmer's Labour are Tories π¬
04.02.2026 14:26 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
While Mandelson hits the headlines
don't let Reform Ltd get away with
its Epstein and lunatic far right connections
04.02.2026 15:07 β π 136 π 83 π¬ 1 π 3
Not sure that recent revelations have made Starmerβs decision to appoint Mandleson as US ambassador any worse than they felt at the time. My god heβs made some stupid calls.
04.02.2026 14:30 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
24 hours ago this was considered controversial. But that's this government, it doesn't get ahead of a story.
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04.02.2026 15:07 β π 33 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
Pretty understandable as to why people would say "they're all the same" at this point, and be right. No wonder Labour MPs are so angry. Number 10 has failed.
04.02.2026 14:51 β π 44 π 8 π¬ 4 π 0
And Lebedev.
It beggars belief that we have a son of a KGB agent in the House of Lords.
Johnson should be investigated by the police for appointing him.
04.02.2026 15:09 β π 51 π 23 π¬ 3 π 0
Still surprised at how far to the right Labour has moved, and how racism is now a core part of its output. Keir Starmer was once a human rights lawyer, or at least thatβs what he tells usβ¦..
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