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The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

This should have been a moment of profound national learning - about the corruption that serves our elite - but the Cabinet Office which ran the VIP Lane sought to close the discussion down and Labour unaccountably let them. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Israel says it's conducting strikes in Gaza amid ceasefire: What we know Israel announced it is carrying out "extensive" strikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday local time.

BREAKING: Israel announced it is carrying out "extensive" strikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday local time.

Defend the Green Deal from the polluters' lobby! The Green Deal is under attack! 🚨 Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a...

🚨The Green Deal is under attack! Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a sustainable economy! Sign NOW to defend our future! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...

The U.S. Is Trying to Deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Legal Resident. Here’s What to Know. Mr. Khalil, who helped lead protests at Columbia University against high civilian casualties in Gaza, was arrested by immigration officers and sent to a detention center in Louisiana.

The Trump administration invoked an obscure statute over the weekend in moving to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the U.S. who recently graduated from Columbia University, where he helped lead campus protests against high civilian casualties in Gaza.

Here’s what to know.

Captain Mark Kelly has more honor, courage, & integrity than Musk, Trump, Vance, Rubio, the entire congressional Republicans, & the MAGA administration put together.

Republicans inherited one of the strongest stock markets in history and in 1 month they've fucked it all up.

Democratic senator responds to Musk’s tweet calling him a ‘traitor’ | CNN Politics Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responded to a tweet from Elon Musk that called him a traitor after the Democratic senator visited Ukraine.

Has Elon Musk finally chosen the wrong person to fight and belittle? Mark Kelly???
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On R4’s Today the excellent @ciaranm.bsky.social took apart Musk’s claim Ukraine was behind a cyberattack that took down “X”. Also said it was shocking that a major online business could be vulnerable to something as crude as a Ddos. At least he has no access to sensitive government data - oh wait

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‘What Mr Musk has said is wholly unconvincing… it’s pretty much garbage.’ Prof @ciaranm.bsky.social on Elon Musk's suggestion that yesterday's #cyberattack on X orientated in Ukraine.

Listen from 6:50 on #BBCRadio4 👇
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US Turning Attention to Taiwan After Ukraine War, Envoy Says Raymond Greene, the most senior U.S. official in Taiwan, said Washington will not abandon its commitment to the island.

US Turning Attention to Taiwan After Ukraine War, Envoy Says

Letitia James on Another Potential Collision Course With Donald Trump James said she is "extremely concerned" about the arrest and detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Letitia James on Another Potential Collision Course With Donald Trump

In other ‘rightward drift of the Conservatives’ news, shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith says Rupert Lowe - who wants to deport 1m+ people from the UK and has talked positively about Tommy Robinson - would be “welcome” to join the party.

*Opens bluesky while I’m waiting to board a flight*

*sees this first*

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Bonkers!

From our reporter in Berlin!

Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025 Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causes

Reminder:

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

Elon Musk says he wants to double the DOGE team's head count Musk, who's helmed DOGE's push for broad headcount cuts across the government, says he now wants to double the number of DOGE staffers.

Musk, who's helmed DOGE's push for broad headcount cuts across the government, says he now wants to double the number of DOGE staffers.

YouTube video by Bloomberg Television Europe Steps Up Satellite Capabilities Amid Doubts Over Musk's Starlink

🚨 BIG NEWS: EU to replace Starlink in Ukraine with Eutelsat!
🇪🇺 Eutelsat already has 4K devices in Ukraine & will replace 40K Starlink units in 2-3 months.

Military Starlink in Europe to be replaced too.

Eutelsat shares soared 82%! 📈 Talks with Canada ongoing! 🔗 [YouTube](youtu.be/_5VxZqamfzM?...)

The Kyiv Independent's documentary about Ukrainian military medics who save lives on the front lines of Russia’s full-scale war was screened in Brussels on March 5.

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After his woman-beating court case got 'postponed' with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service saying, "we reserve the right to proceed in the future" ... Labour's Stephen McCabe has now been re-elected as Labour's Leader of Inverclyde Council.

My friend Olena and her three children had to flee their beloved Kyiv after the Russian full-scale invasion. They thought they had found safety in the US. Now, the new US administration is halting all support to Ukraine and is planning to deport 240,000 Ukrainian refugees there. Read Olena's post

NEWS: Trump abruptly assembled his cabinet today to let them know Elon MUSK is not in charge of hiring/firing -- they are.

It was an abrupt admonition that appeared aimed at the mounting legal scrutiny of Musk's power over the government.

w/ @DashaBurns

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Romania detains suspects in Russia-linked treason case, 101-year-old retired general's house raided Romania detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with Russia's help, prosecutors said on Thursday, and a 101-year-old former army major general said his home had been raided as part of the investigation.

"Romania detains suspects in Russia-linked treason case, 101-year-old retired general's house raided"

Romania's not fucking around.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

In 2021, Pennsylvania GOP's Sean Parnell’s then-estranged wife testified he repeatedly abused her & their young kids, verbally & in occasional fits of violence. “He tried to choke me out on a couch" & once forced her out of a car & told her "go get an abortion." Trump made him Pentagon Spokesman.

Scots food factory to axe almost 40 jobs and moves to England amid site closure A SCOTS food factory is reportedly closing down and relocating to England – leaving dozens of jobs at risk. It’s understood that Forres New World Foods on Greshop Industrial Estate,&nbs…

More job losses in Scotland as jobs are moved to Englandshire.
Logistic issues ... you can see a pattern emerging.
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/money/143346...