Cathy

☘️ Well done to The First Minister of The North of Ireland, Michelle O’Neill ☘️

Read and share all over..he nails it

The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.

Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

Good afternoon

Denmark rocks

Furious female Labour MPs urge Starmer to make a woman his de facto deputy Harriet Harman leads calls for an appointment that would ‘turbocharge’ a ‘complete culture change’ at No 10

NEW: Furious female Labour MPs tell Keir Starmer to appoint a woman as his de facto deputy to oversee “complete culture change” in Downing Street after series of scandals they say exposed No 10 “boy’s club”. Full story by @lexytopping.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Jim Ratcliffe and the art of shamelessness Immigrant billionaire owner of Manchester United condemns immigrants – just the poor ones, though

Immigrant billionaire owner of Manchester United condemns immigrants – just the poor ones, though | Nazish Saad

Vetting process for Mandelson needed more awkward questions, expert says System used for civil servants not thorough enough for those with ‘baggage’ of years in politics or business, Peter Ricketts says

Officials have complained that it's not yet clear how 'awkward questions' will work in practice alongside 'pulling strings' and 'nodding through...'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rachel Reeves promises to lower student loan costs by tackling inflation

'By getting inflation down, we can also reduce the interest on student loans and I think that will make a big difference in making that more affordable’

Not sure students will see it that way

Exactly this!

Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

funny how the man who cost the Washington Post hundreds of thousands in subscriptions by canceling the paper's presidential endorsement—almost certainly the most destructive decision in the history of the paper, if not journalism itself—still has his job

Fantastic work 👏👏

But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.

The Epstein Files and Jack Smith—the real reason Trump can't sleep at night.

Spain announces plans to ban social media access for under-16s The Spanish PM said his government would begin the process of passing legislation from as early as next week.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

This is what Nicolás Maduro did in Venezuela. Nationalize voting, then clamp down on journalists and appoint only partisan judges. Becoming a dictator one step at a time. 🗽

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Reading Russia Weekend Extra

In “Reading Russia Weekend Extra”: news about Russia’s economy, an interview with a newspaper chief, plus details of our film for BBC Panorama: ‘Our Man In Moscow’ is on BBC One
at 8pm on Feb 2nd. Also available on BBC iPlayer.

A photo of Noah Feldman beside A quite with the ABC News logo “If we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office fir his personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy — we live in a monarchy, or we live under a dictator.@ Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School

DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

straight up Gestapo shit

It’s clear the mainstream media have their knives out ahead of May’s election.

Westminster owned & funded “Scottish” unionist parties still hold nearly half of Holyrood seats and are coming for Scotland's Parliament and its progressive record.

We can’t afford to stand by and let it happen.

POWERFUL: With snow falling in freezing weather in Chicago last night, the massive anti-ICE/Border Patrol rally wrapped up in front of City Hall as the energized crowd chanted, "I believe that we will win!"

Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1 Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States.

Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1

Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024

UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.

HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”

31 now killed in Gaza including many children, as Israel continues relentless bombing of tents in Gaza.

Meanwhile Western MSM #Iran

It's a tie
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters