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Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 8, 2026 The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Feb. 8, 2026.

This is starting to look genuinely worrying for the 2026 midterms.
When intelligence agencies get turned inward, election security is weakened, and federal power edges toward control of voting itself, it’s not “partisan panic," it’s the erosion of democratic guardrails.

#DemocracyDiesInTheDark

Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.

#Justice #TellTheTruth

Serious questions raised over food security amid concerns over impact of climate change A decade after Brexit, she warns agricultural policy still leaves much to be desired

Shetland supermarkets ran bare after ferry disruption, a preview of climate-stressed food systems. An ag consultant says no government is prepared, food “security” is mostly talk, and action only comes when shelves stay empty.

#JustInTime #ClimateCrisis #TellTheTruth #ActNow

After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni

@janinedigi.bsky.social has reported from Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Gaza. She knows state terror when she sees it and she’s warning that the same patterns are now visible in the US. This isn’t hysteria. It’s recognition.

#Stateterror #Justice #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheHarm

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

The Epstein files aren’t about one monster, they expose a whole ecosystem. #MeToo briefly made elite men accountable, & that terrified them. “Anti-woke” politics isn’t about free speech; it’s about rolling back consequences. Epstein lost his life, but his world won.

#Justice #ElitePower

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

If this was tv show the plot would be too crass to commission.

One of broligarchy sacking Pulitzer Prize winners to foster misinformation and plain stupidly at the time when our very earth systems are in dire trouble.

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

UK to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods

The UK cannot claim to be a climate leader while retreating from its finance commitments. This move shreds the UK’s standing on the world stage, proving to the global south that British promises are hollow & that its ambition is shrinking, not leading.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide rise to remain too fast to track global climate targets in 2026 The latest forecast from Met Office scientists indicates that the rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) increase this year will remain too fast to meet climate targets outlined for limiting global ...

Yet more bad news.

We all know what's happening, and it's not unexpected, but we did warn people.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

#ClimateCrisis #StopTheHarm #ActNow #ClimateJustice

Trump’s 'Board of Peace' is the nail in Gaza’s coffin Feckless European leaders like Starmer let Israel and the US tear up international law in Gaza. Now, faced with Greenland and Ukraine, they are suffering from a severe case of buyer’s regret

@jonathan-cook.bsky.social Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ isn’t about rebuilding Gaza. It’s about replacing international law with power, profit and narrative control, selling ethnic cleansing as ‘peace’. Gaza isn’t the goal. It’s the test case.

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/trum...

#Justice

Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny

If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.

Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...

Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"

"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"

"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"

Jury clears six over Elbit raid. Action was pre-ban; PA remains proscribed. Verdict still matters: conscience hasn’t vanished, even as protest space shrinks.
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
#Justice #FreePalestine

Instagram post by h4ckedreality reads: France didn’t announce a protest. They didn’t tweet a warning. They raided X, summoned Musk, and logged out for good. That’s how serious countries communicate.

🚨The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offenses including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

China’s genius plan to win the AI race is already paying off A network of ultra-competitive high-school talent streams has been turning out the leading lights of science and tech

You can’t deregulate, financialise education, underfund schools, sneer at expertise, and then hope to “win” an AI race with vibes and venture capital. China shows that long-term public investment in education is industrial policy.

www.ft.com/content/68f6...

This sign, who can relate?
@misanharriman.bsky.social

#FreePalestine #StopTheHarm #Justice

'Special guest' Bruce Springsteen takes charge of Minneapolis protest concert The Boss joined Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello in a midday benefit show at First Avenue denouncing ICE activity.

Write up here on "the best brunchtime show in the history" of First Ave, as Tom Morello called it.

www.startribune.com/bruce-spring...

#IceOutNow #Justice #StopTheHarm

Gorton and Denton by-election fighting fund - Green Party We need to be ready if a by-election is called in an area the Green Party can win. Will you help us make another historic breakthrough?

Gorton & Denton by-election matters.

Reform are pushing hard. A Green win here stops them & strengthens a real alternative rooted in climate action, justice and solidarity.

I’ve donated to the @greenparty.org.uk campaign, if you can chip in, please do. A few £'s now can make the difference. 💚✊

(around an image of a masked ICE agent holding a gun) Republicans "One Big Beautiful Bill' nearly tripled funding for ICE. That money came from your benefits: paid for by cuts to reproductive health care paid for by cuts to Medicare & Medicaid paid for by cuts to SNAP paid for by cuts to clean energy projects paid for by cuts to obesity prevention paid for by cuts to disaster response paid for by cuts to energy tax credits

What It Takes to Defend Democracy From Autocracy Is Suddenly Crystal Clear What it takes to defend democracy from autocracy is suddenly crystal clear.

The First Amendment was already under assault by Trump. Now it's in tatters.

#Democracy #IceOutNow #Justice

NOW: Thousands getting ready to march for Palestine 🇵🇸

Israel is still committing genocide and apartheid in Palestine and Britain continues to arm them. Join us to stand with the Palestinian people and demand our government end all complicity in Israel’s violence.

ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.

This @newyorker.com piece is unbearable and essential. When teachers are blowing whistles and putting their bodies between masked federal agents and children, something has already gone terribly wrong. This isn’t “enforcement.” It’s terror inflicted on families and schools.

#IceOutNow

How the right won the internet | Robert Topinka In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstream, says digital media academic ...

This isn’t about free speech or edgy opinions. It’s about platforms that reward outrage, monetise grievance, and quietly turn memes into policy. The right didn’t hack the internet, they understood it first.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#AntiFacist #SocialJustice

‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids

Rage knitting against the machine!! 🙏💚

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#MeltTheIce #IceOut #Justice

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer Green Party candidate for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚

Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US Many of the people whose ancestors lived in the U.S. thousands of years before Europeans are carrying tribal identification for protection against the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda

This piece cuts through the propaganda. When Native Americans are being stopped by #ICE and forced to prove citizenship, the fiction that this is about “violent criminals” collapses. This is racialised state power, full stop & it’s escalating fast.

www.independent.co.uk/news/native-...

#IceOutNow

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

After 40+years of being the biggest rock star on earth, @brucespringsteen.net hasn’t stopped using his voice for justice. So happy but not surprised to see him on the right side of history
Let's share the hell out of this video

youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...

#Justice #Mineapolis #IceOutNow

ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.

#ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Shut it down. Find a nationwide shutdown action near you!

No work. No School. No Shopping.

nationalshutdown.org/actions

#IceOutNow #StopTheHarm #MigrantsWelcome #Justice