Max Colbert

Peter Mandelson is telling the truth on one thing: the idea he was bought for a $4k “bursary” or a $75k gift is ridiculous

The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer

And Epstein enabled that payday

Here’s the evidence. 🧵

Reform proposal of keeping 450,000 children in poverty to save *5p* on the price of a beer is actually a perfect illustration of the sort of thoughtless vandalism and arbitrary cruelty we could expect from them in government, so this tracks.

Hard to think of a worse idea than this in living memory.

Dozens of Labour MPS threaten rebellion over Mahmood migration crackdown Under new rules, migrants would have to wait at least 10 years to apply for indefinite leave to remain

Labour's changes to immigration rules, including potentially applying them retroactively, would be some of the most draconian anti-immigration policies in decades. They're the hostile environment on speed.
This is pure cruelty as policy, with absolutely no merit to them
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Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank Jump of £37bn in budget deficit by 2040 would force government to increase taxes, NIESR predicts

Current policy of pandering to xenophobes just not sustainable. But then we knew that.

No. Abolish ICE. Even your imaginary constituents, who you listen to instead of your actual ones, want ICE abolished. The Baileys have had enough of your bullshit.

'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions' Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report

🔴‘Peter Mandelson’s Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions’

Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report

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Joe Rogan is impartial so half of his guests are in the Epstein files and half of them aren't. A perfect 50/50 split. That's called journalism folks.

The Workers Party has decided not to stand a candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election, saying it wants to ensure Labour and Reform lose.

Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway | Marina Hyde I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Rich and powerful men like Richard Branson, Peter Mandelson, Steve Bannon and Prince Andrew were fully aware of why Epstein went to jail.

On his release from jail in July 2009, they could have severed all ties with the child sex trafficker, but instead sought to help him trivialise his crimes.

Minneapolis Shows Us Anarchism at Work — Assigned The trans community should look to Minneapolis as an example of how leaderless, bottom-up organizing can be more powerful than traditional politics in making change.

When anarchism isn't being villified as evil it's being dismissed with an eyeroll by people who think they know better. But in Minneapolis, we're seeing the power of this maligned philosophy.

Today on Assigned: The argument for anarchism, by Emma Arcadia.

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Lorde donates merchandise proceeds from Minneapolis shows to immigrant rights groups Pop singer Lorde will donate money she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups, she shared in a post on Instagram on Tuesday.

Pop singer Lorde will donate the $204,000 she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups.

Nigel Farage once vehemently believed that defections should trigger by-elections…

I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance

And this was the state of her response…

It’s a cavalcade of shits. This photo of Bannon and Chomsky yucking it up should make everyone vomit.

What Is “Remigration”? “Remigration,” a white supremacist concept rooted in neo-Nazi ideology, has been adopted as immigration policy and embraced into far-right politics in Europe and the United States. Linked to the antis...

“Remigration” has moved from neo-Nazi spaces into mainstream politics, reshaping immigration policy through a lens rooted in white supremacy. Its adoption shows how extremist ideas are being normalized and enforced by the state, with deportation and detention as instruments of that shift.

There are literally emails between Epstein and gargantuan GOP donor Peter Thiel like "as discussed we shud distroy society" and yet the right wing propaganda machine is smearing Lutheran soccer moms as being on Soros's payroll.

(worth noting though that the 16-17 vote would only be about 3% of the population, so on its own is unlikely to be hugely impactful, but still)

Despite 3 million files, Epstein release leaves big questions unanswered The members of Congress who wrote the law requiring disclosure of the files are still looking for explanations.

The Justice Department finalized its release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. But the Trump administration won’t release millions of other files and many other records with heavy redactions, concerning from those critical of the administration.

And it's been hard at work alienating its own, largely young and progressive, base for some time now, with greens climbing to 45% of 18-24 y/o voters (YouGov Jan), and coupled with a lower voting age at next GE. It's going to get interesting.

It's obviously very unlikely, it'll probably (at the moment) be a minority Reform gov, but if Labour completely implodes you could see the Greens benefit more than any other party and make massive gains.

Yeah, I mean it's honestly up in the air, more than it's ever been in living memory. It's absolutely not unthinkable that Labour collapses even further and we see more of an exodus to the Greens, Lib Dems and others. Just the worst possible time to be making certain predictions about anything.

Peter Mandelson resigns from Lords after Epstein email leak scandal Former minister apparently shared confidential government emails with child sex offender and financier

Peter Mandelson resigns from Lords after Epstein email leak scandal
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Risky (for them) that a lot of Labour die-hards are saying "the Greens won't ever be in or near power".

I'm not saying they will necessarily, but I also remember a lot of people saying in Nov 2024 that Reform didn't stand a chance. How's that going?

We're a long, long way out from the next GE.

🚨 BREAKING: Peter Mandelson is to resign from the House of Lords

In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage

In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel

Me on why the web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage

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In the last few years, U.S. and European regulators have flagged crypto "nested services" as a potentially powerful tool for money launderers because they can hide behind the host exchange to process transactions and quickly cash out their bounty.

Peter Mandelson lobbied against US bank reforms on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein and Jes Staley Former UK business secretary used talking points in conversations with US official about financial crisis measures

EXCLUSIVE:

Lord Peter Mandelson lobbied the US government on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein and Jes Staley in 2010 when he was business secretary, using their talking points in conversations with an American official about financial-crisis reforms

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Something we really need to consider is that Hanania didn't have any sort of redemption arc - what happened is that a bunch of liberals stewed their brain for two years in Musk's right-wing radicalisation algorithm and *they* shifted towards Hanania's sweaty, oily misogyny and racism

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DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’ Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims

After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.

But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:

Time to update the wiki for the most accurate predictor of future fraud convictions in existence, the Forbes 30 Under 30 list: