Dan Sohege

ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.

Well that seems like a guaranteed way to ensure more people don't attend. Not sure a sporting event is worth risking getting executed in cold blood.
apnews.com/article/ice-...

I still maintain that defections should trigger a by-election, regardless of which party from and to. In General Elections people tend to vote for parties rather than individuals.

Being honest, that was my first reaction as well

Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK

In the least surprising political news of recent years.

What's going to be really fun is watching Reform argue that they are a "force for change" when they are stacked with the exact same people who lost the last election after being in power for 14 years.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh mate. That is hideous, and so intrusive. I am so sorry.

C3PO Lego set

This weekend, between applying for jobs, working, following the news (far too much) and having a wonderful meal with my amazing wife and daughter, I have managed to build my birthday present from aforementioned amazing wife and daughter. Who said I didn't know how to switch off!

Hand warmers are famously difficult to get hold of in Minnesota. Who could possibly have the foresight to stock up on those ahead of time? How deep does the rabbit hole GO?

Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”

Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.

My amazing wife and daughter in the restaurant

Plate of lamb with sour pomegranate sauce and walnuts

Belated birthday lunch courtesy of my wonderful wife and daughter. Absolutely gorgeous Persian meal, lamb with sour pomegranate sauce and walnuts for me. Couldn't ask for a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Very very much so.

Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor

Not a huge fan of Burnham, but this is going to set the cat among the pigeons.
Like it or not, it reinforces impression of a weak PM running scared, especially when coupled with proposed delays to local elections in people's minds. He is undermined either way.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Black cat looking up expectantly

Siyah very much seconds this and supports Daphne

Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid [FREE TO READ] On the road in Sudan with the UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees

Western countries are hitting refugees twice: they are making it harder to claim asylum *and* they are cutting aid to troubled regions.

I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...

For those who missed it yesterday, this thread contains a detailed analysis of the Alex Pretti killing, clearly showing he was holding a phone when attacked by ICE, and had a gun removed from him shortly before being shot to death by ICE officers.

Considering the news of what Federal Authorities are doing in America a more sensible Home Secretary may have questioned the wisdom of announcing this right now, or ever.

Once again Mahmood showing she only cares about looking "tough", while Labour comms continue to be utterly dire.

This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism.

It almost always benefits the side with the most power.

In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it

pilett • > transrightsarehumanrights 5h In every news story, the BBC News team now misgender trans women, using the phrase 'a biological male who identifies as a woman'. They claim to have research showing a large chunk of their audience is confused by the term 'trans woman', which is why they have applied the additional descriptor. I submitted an FOl request, asking for this research, if only to see if it genuinely exists. The BBC News team has now responded to my FOl. They are refusing to share the research. Quelle surprise. 129 Q14 G)15 lovesuzifox 4h The research "Ask Robbie Gibb what he wants us to do."

The BBC claims to have “research” that supports its decision to use abusive transphobic terms for trans women.

But it will not share that “research”.

At the most basic level research is not research if it is not published.

It is just a lie. The BBC is lying.

The task for political leadership now is not just to tell the truth, but to make people care about what is true and what is not.

How on earth can the BBC still be relaying this demonstrably untrue information into its reporting at 942pm, without even "balancing" the false account, when they have the video footage & the analysis of it

Me with anyone else: "Okay, it is fine. We figure out the issue and can then work out the solution"

Me with myself: works out that the crippling stomach ache which has kept them awake all night is because they forgot to eat again. Continues to forget to eat because of stomach pain.

Spoon Saving Social Media Tips and How to Resist Online The current political landscape is having a devastating impact on the health of those within the disability community. A look at how we can save spoons and leverage our unique powers to resist.

It’s been an utterly devastating few weeks and being on social media can wreak havoc on the nervous system

We should all witness

We should all document atrocities

But we’re not meant to watch people be murdered

We’re not meant to see all this carnage

If you’re flaring… it’s ok to take a break

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.

newrepublic.com/article/2055...

You cannot under any circumstances claim to support the US constitution, while defending Trump and his goons. He directly stands against everything it is meant to stand for. FFS, the declaration of independence could be describing him rather than George III. He has and is doing exactly the same shit

His name was Alex Pretti and ICE executed him in broad daylight, just like they did with Renee Good. ICE have murdered more than 30 people in the last year, kidnapped children, sexually abused women etc. Those supporting ICE don't care about "freedom" or " democracy", only that others suffer.

Corrupt kleptocrat’s death squads execute second dissident as military round up clergy and terrorise cities in chaotic lawless petro-state.

If this were happening in a Latin American country, ICE would simply be described as a death squad

Our initial analysis is up.

The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.

He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.

The irony of Trump's administration effectively pushing to repeal the second amendment would be funny if they weren't doing it by saying it's fine for ICE to execute people if they don't agree with the administration. Particularly when person in question was on the ground getting his head kicked in.