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Good thread by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on Palantir in NHS. Read also my newsletter from yesterday which reveals head of Palantir UK in middle of UK-US trade deal talks…of which we still don’t know the details.

Why not??

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

when he says “To replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily” he means that the gift is not actually a gift to the Department of Defence. it’s a personal gift to Trump, which will leave with him when he is no longer President.

I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information with ICE The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.

Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.

Not the brand boost one would hope for.

DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR SHOT
Because the erosion of democracy happens gradually, the opposition has ample opportunities to fight back. In the United States, opposition groups are not without resources.

That'll really help the brand's climate-friendly upscale image.

Incredibly stupid.

You could do this on almost every issue, from abortion to immigration to economics: The media constructed an election that was a murky choice between unknowable candidates rather than a stark contrast between leaders who had *both been in power for four years* and whose values were bone-obvious

La destra di tutto il mondo sta mostrando quale sia il suo volto.

Lo fa apertamente, eppure in Italia, il giornalismo, non si sa se per fede o per assicurarsi indulgenza, continua a proporre l'idea di una Meloni tutto sommato accettabile.

Non è accettabile.

YouTube video by ACLU Full Video of Mahmoud Khalil's unlawful arrest by ICE

This is so heartbreaking

La grande truffa della cancel culture - Valigia Blu La realtà politica è quindi andata lievemente in controtendenza rispetto a chi, da buon turista dei conflitti, si è prodigato a spiegarci le derive

🧵 La grande truffa della cancel culture | @matteopascoletti.bsky.social www.valigiablu.it/cancel-cultu... via @valigiablu.it

"British troops will be a direct target for our missiles. You will get coffins in return."

Evgeny Popov, MP in Putin's United Russia Party and Russian TV presenter, tells @faisalislam.bsky.social that it would be "unacceptable" to Russia if Britain sends peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

#Newsnight

The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE (Gift Article) The Times identified 50 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.

Names and faces of the people wrecking our government in the cause of DOGE
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...

These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."

Geniuses at work.

CDC source:

“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.

They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen Trump's plan for peace negotiations

Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk is by far one of the best analysts around.
In a world of ignorance & chaos, I am always grateful for his pragmatic, calm competence
Do listen to what he has to say about Trump's 'negotiations' (air quotes very much intended)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLq...

Il motivo per cui non si parla più di Luigi Mangione, in tre righe.

U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.

The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

Federal Office on Violence Against Women removes funding opportunities from website The office, part of the Justice Department, is a key source of grants for nonprofits that work to help victims of domestic violence.

“The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has removed from its website all information on current funding opportunities and directs visitors not to finalize any applications.”

Of all the dumbfuckery you’ll see today, none of it will come even close to this.

President Trump cannot single-handedly dismantle the Department of Education, or other governmental agencies for that matter, without congressional oversight. What the President is doing is simply illegal and it comes at the expense of American students.

This is an absolute must read if you’re trying to understand what’s happening with Trump and Musk right now.

Project 2025 tracker

Here is a very helpful Project 2025 tracker: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Opinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation. The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything

My latest.

As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.

I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.

Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Owner of spyware used in alleged WhatsApp breach ends contract with Italy Exclusive: Decision comes after it emerged an Italian investigative journalist and two activists targeted by Paragon Solutions spyware

Owner of spyware used in alleged WhatsApp breach ends contract with Italy

Decision comes after it emerged an Italian investigative journalist and two activists targeted by Paragon Solutions spyware

Elon Musk Has Plunged America Into a Constitutional Crisis. He Must Be Stopped. The world’s richest man, unelected and unvetted, has taken physical control of US government departments, funding, and secrets.

Elon Musk Has Plunged America Into a Constitutional Crisis. He Must Be Stopped.

The world’s richest man, unelected and unvetted, has taken physical control of US government departments, funding, and secrets.

Astounding that nowhere in the first four paragraphs of this piece does it make clear that a president can’t “close” an agency. That’s illegal. This isn’t some vague obscure question.

Pictured: the "DOGE official" named in your post

Stop legitimizing these clowns.