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