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Counter Disinformation Project, Former NEU and ATL union executive Freelance journalist & researcher @bylinetimes @whowhatwhy Educator Counterdisinformationproject.substack.com

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Network mapping: Reform and surrounding infrastructure Cryptocurrency, fossil fuels, mining and metals, the dark money ATM and aristocracy

Network mapping: Reform
and surrounding infrastructure

Exploring who funds the "anti-elite" party...

Cryptocurrency, fossil fuels, mining and metals, the dark money ATM and
aristocracy
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

24.02.2026 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Useful Substack πŸ‘‡ that shows some of the connections between Peter Thiel (#Palantir ) & a number of unpleasant people) open.substack.com/pub/drdavidn...

24.02.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€

#NigelFarage
#Reform

24.02.2026 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Network mapping: Reform and surrounding infrastructure Cryptocurrency, fossil fuels, mining and metals, the dark money ATM and aristocracy

Network mapping: Reform
and surrounding infrastructure

Exploring who funds the "anti-elite" party...

Cryptocurrency, fossil fuels, mining and metals, the dark money ATM and
aristocracy
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

24.02.2026 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

And how they all connect
2/2
bsky.app/profile/kara...

22.02.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed! Clean air is something I've long campaigned on.

20.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh what a tangled web, awash with foreign interests

21.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Bumping this. Foreign meddling in British politics needs investigated.

20.02.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pulling on the threads of foreign influence in the UK A network mapping exercise on Reform and the Free Speech Union, with Epstein, Thiel and Bannon.

Pulling on the threads of foreign influence in the UK

A network mapping exercise on Reform and the Free Speech Union, with Epstein, Thiel and Bannon.
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

19.02.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

This is very interesting and visually helpful

20.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pulling on the threads of foreign influence in the UK A network mapping exercise on Reform and the Free Speech Union, with Epstein, Thiel and Bannon.

Pulling on the threads of foreign influence in the UK

A network mapping exercise on Reform and the Free Speech Union, with Epstein, Thiel and Bannon.
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

19.02.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Troll Army and the Paedophile: Epstein, Thiel, and the Obscene Projection at the Heart of MAGA Memetic Warfare The Epstein Files reveal the role the prolific billionaire abuser played in pumping out propaganda during the 2016 election, falsely accusing Trump’s opponents of being exactly what he was

Epstein, Thiel, and the Obscene Projection at the Heart of MAGA Memetic Warfare

The Epstein Files reveal the prolific billionaire abuser's role in pumping out propaganda during the 2016 election, falsely accusing Trump’s opponents of being exactly what he was

open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

17.02.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Why didn’t we hear about antivaxxer interference in government vaccine policy or the lockdown studies that showed it was school return that was damaging. There really hasn’t been enough depth in the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social I am extremely disappointed. Many more stones need to be turned!

17.02.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Counter Disinformation Project | Substack Exposing Disinformation Networks #HARTleaks. Click to read Counter Disinformation Project, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

counterdisinformationproject.substack.com @thenerve.news @karambales.bsky.social

17.02.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Institutions fail us.

We won’t forget their cowardice.

12.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Reform go to war against Bangor University in faux free speech outrage MAGAfication leads to Reform producing policy for the Welsh elections based on misinformation

Reform go to war against Bangor University in faux free speech outrage

MAGAfication leads to Reform producing policy for the Welsh elections based on misinformation
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

12.02.2026 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Reform UK threatens
to cut funding for
Welsh university after
debating society bans
party from campus

Reform UK threatens to cut funding for Welsh university after debating society bans party from campus

want to go to Bangor University'
said nobody ever. Especially if Bangor
University is stripped of government
funding and student loan facilities by
@reformparty_uk Is that "in line with
your values,' poppets?

want to go to Bangor University' said nobody ever. Especially if Bangor University is stripped of government funding and student loan facilities by @reformparty_uk Is that "in line with your values,' poppets?

This is pretty menacing.

Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."

When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.

10.02.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1095    πŸ” 509    πŸ’¬ 199    πŸ“Œ 123
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@karambales.bsky.social
Brings us this too!

10.02.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HHS Has Been Using Anti-Trans Language From a Christian Right Think Tank The department refers to gender-affirming care as β€œsex-denying procedures,” a term coined by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services has been using the term β€œsex-rejecting procedures” to describe gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary individuals.

The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group.

www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...

09.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1557    πŸ” 690    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 52
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🎯🎯

09.02.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9717    πŸ” 3945    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 188
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Vance’s benefactor Peter Thiel, Epstein, and Russia’s ambassador Vitaly Churkin having an β€œimportant lunch” 1 month before the 2016 election β€” right before the Podesta emails were released by Wikileaks

Probably nothing! πŸ™ƒπŸ₯Ά

31.01.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2289    πŸ” 1044    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 40
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ICE detainees from Maine being held under β€˜inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell β€” men and women in some cases β€” with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

07.02.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4407    πŸ” 2720    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 221

Thanks

07.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Counter Disinformation Project | Substack Exposing Disinformation Networks #HARTleaks. Click to read Counter Disinformation Project, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

A link here. Very worth subscribing to. Important on how we got to this point. counterdisinformationproject.substack.com

07.02.2026 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I would like to challenge my followers to read all of the archives of the counterdisinformation project on substack. You can access without being on Substack but please do support. So much here that you never heard in the media since 2020. Please read!

07.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

WTH is happening in the UK.

07.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform's James Orr and the Antichrist at Cambridge University Cambridge University hosted Peter Thiel to deliver his Antichrist Lectures, exploring Orrs associations with Thiel

Reform's James Orr and the
Antichrist at Cambridge University

Cambridge Universitv hosted Peter Thiel todeliver his Antichrist Lectures, exploring Orrs associations with Thiel
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

06.02.2026 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Reform's James Orr and the Antichrist at Cambridge University Cambridge University hosted Peter Thiel to deliver his Antichrist Lectures, exploring Orrs associations with Thiel

Reform's James Orr and the
Antichrist at Cambridge University

Cambridge Universitv hosted Peter Thiel todeliver his Antichrist Lectures, exploring Orrs associations with Thiel
open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

06.02.2026 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?

BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism

SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?

BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism

03.02.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 26033    πŸ” 7150    πŸ’¬ 674    πŸ“Œ 371