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Jim Ratcliffe sorry language 'offended some' after immigration comments The Manchester United co-owner previously said the UK had been

Hey siri show me a bastard not apologising: Ratcliffe sorry language 'offended some' after immigration comments www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ratcliffe is where populism leads. To multimillionaires spouting ignorant racist horseshit that divides us but unites the far right in their cynical bid to exploit prejudice for power. Ratcliffe will just shrug from his tax haven home. He doesn’t care. Farage laps it up. Everyone else loses.

‘Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country one might question whether he is the patriot we need to comment on this issue'

Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"

Ratcliffe is so horrible that he got me agreeing with Piers Morgan of all people.

Building the camps The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

TikTok on Payday’s Reporting Gets 21,000 Likes in Brasil, But Blocked by Trump Regs in U.S. TikToks made in Brasil are now banned under new rules implemented by the Trump Administration.

TikTok about my reporting got 21,000 likes in Brasil.

It talked about how I overstayed my visa, but was allowed to stay. A Brazilian federal police officer told me, "We're not ICE, we're Brazilians."

The video was blocked, though, for viewers in US.

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Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

Trump sought - and failed - to bring criminal charges against six members of Congress who said things that displeased him.

Charles I’s attempt to do similar with five MPs in 1642 preceded a civil war.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.

Thousands of people across the country have been arrested and charged with impeding ICE agents for following at a safe distance and filming.

The intimidation campaign continues

Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.

"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."

A selection of vegan Italian snacks for watching the Winter Olympics

Here’s the haul from my local Sicilian (but actually pretty wide ranging Italian) deli maps.app.goo.gl/r2wkXx8gQ6YL... - all vegan

Honest question- the current info war on our democracy seems to be very much tuned to attacking FPTP. Is it an especially vulnerable system in the age of social media, more so than in earlier times? What’s the best defendable democracy in the current media landscape?

Rather enjoying the Winter Olympics - can anyone suggest good suitable snacks to eat while watching? Italian alpine or Milanese, and hopefully not too unhealthy!

The Republicans made your health insurance premiums skyrocket to pay for this.

I sometimes feel like I haven’t given enough compliments- you’re amazing. And that looks great on you.

Finneas and Billie

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Yeah but white!?!? It’s against snow! Every photographer is cursing them!

Yup

A letter to the director of the CIA from Senator Ron Wyden saying he has sent a classified letter that expressed concerns.

This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

There is no return to normalcy, but the beginning of a generational project to rebuild the United States into something else and ideally better.

In any other version of this, the detention centers become death camps and we find out just how hot the American Years of Lead will be.

New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.

This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.

It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.

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one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

After the verdict, Maja T.'s father spoke of a "political trial" orchestrated to drum up support for Orban ahead of the nation's parliamentary elections scheduled for this April. Martin Schirdewan, co-chair of the Left group in the European Parliament, expressed a similar view, calling the verdict "disproportionate." Orban and other members of his government had repeatedly voiced their expectation of a harsh punishment. Hungary placed the German group "Antifa East," of which Maja T. is accused of being a member, on its list of terror organizations in 2025, following a similar example by US President Donald Trump. Right-wing extremists, however, have nothing to fear. On February 14, ten days after the verdict against Maja T., neo-Nazis from all over Europe will once again celebrate the so-called "Day of Honor" in Budapest.

"On February 14, ten days after the verdict against Maja T., neo-Nazis from all over Europe will once again celebrate the so-called "Day of Honor" in Budapest."

You Only Live Twice puts an innovative spin on the typical Bond format, with its slightly unusual Racism-Racism-Action-Misogyny-Racism-Action structure

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Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.

Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. Each new turbine generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how 3 decades of innovation have compressed land use while multiplying output. buff.ly/goiabIO
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Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."

I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.

Judge Calls DOJ's Statements On Slavery Exhibit Display 'Dangerous' And 'Horrifying' Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe told the Justice Department's attorneys, "“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying."

"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"