Love ❤️ AOC.......

Nah!

He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore

This is so grim — Ghana has become a “fast fashion graveyard” with 15 million items of discarded clothing dumped there every single week. And the worst contributor is the UK! Clothes made by companies like M

Wealthy Britons avoiding more tax than thought, spending watchdog says NAO reports £1.9bn tax gap for wealthy individuals and urges ministers to redouble efforts to secure more revenue

Tax dodging by rich could be ‘much greater than thought’, says UK audit office.

Offshoring wealth, tax dodge schemes.

Number of wealthy (income >£200,000; assets >£2m) increased. £5.2bn collected through enforcement despite reduction in the number of penalty notices.

Tax the rich. Make them pay.

Sick to the back teeth of “news” reports about the uber rich getting much richer. This isn’t how society works. This is how society breaks down into chaos.
I look forward to the part where we rightfully take it all back from them

Greta needs a boost guys x

Former Tory MP among 15 charged over bets on timing of 2024 UK election Charges follow investigation into alleged cheating related to bets placed on when general election would be held

A former Conservative MP, senior Conservative aides and a Conservative member of the Welsh parliament have all been charged by the Gambling Commission with criminal cheating, after placing bets on the date of the general election with insider knowledge

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Morning from Kyiv,
where the night was calm.

White House stated that russia was not included in the tariff lists because US sanctions prevent any trade.

According to the US Chamber of Commerce, the total volume of trade in goods between the US and russia in 2024 was appr. $3.5 billion.

Doctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseases Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patients

Victorian diseases erysipelas and scabies return to the UK.

Poverty, malnutrition, poor housing are the main causes.

Govt response - benefit cuts for poor/disabled, two-child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, freeze tax thresholds.

NHS queues, can't see GPs.

Must redistribute.

Starmer has been frantically negotiating with the Trump regime about tariffs.

The UK does twice as much trade with the EU as with the USA, but Starmer stubbornly sticks to his red line against the Single Market.

His delusional support for Brexit is inflicting immense damage on the UK.
#RejoinEU

Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

Gradual strategic disengagement from America, coupled with renewed integration in a reformed, revitalised Europe, is the only sane, safe path. Stop feeding the monster. He will devour us all.”

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

The White House has apparently decided the best course of action is to lie their way through it.

Ask your MP to attend the debate on%rejoining the EUhttps%3//www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-rejoineu

See, it's funny cuz it's true. 🤣

(also: #sad) 😞

Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts ahead of Spring Statement Cuts to areas including welfare will be put to the official forecaster ahead of the Spring Statement.

Looking for the bit that says she'll tax the rich...can you check and see we've missed that part?

#AusterityIsAPoliticalChoice

One of Norway's largest fuel companies, Haltbakk Bunkers, has refused to refuel US Navy ships due to Trump's scandalous behavior at yesterday's meeting with Zelensky. "This is betrayal!" they declared. As a result, the Virginia submarine returned without fuel.

European Union needs to beef up the Firewalls some more.

‘Free speech’ latest.

America’s Enabling Act moment: Congress’ coming denouement and the Reichstag test As echoes of 1933 grow louder, will Congress act or must the American people shut the country down?

"...the courts, the Congress, and the American people are facing the denouement of our democracy’s power. Each will have to decide to either enforce the Constitution or succumb, as Germany did, to dictatorship."

We're here.

www.salon.com/2025/02/16/a...
Beat the paywall: archive.ph/ixtT4

DEVELOPING: The Trump Administration has started firing "several hundred" FAA probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union.

The move comes not even three weeks since the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C.

Samuel L. Jackson, what a great actor who just says it like it is! I CANNOT believe that in 2025, we are still dealing with this crap!

Why can’t we just let people live their lives? Be who the fuck they want to be and if you don’t like someone, just ignore them!

America first drifts inexorably towards America alone.

It doesn’t matter how powerful you are. In an interconnected world, we can’t survive without allies.

After judge shopping every issue from DACA to the Affordable Care Act to abortion—and being granted nationwide injunctions—the GOP is currently telling Trump to ignore the judiciary.

Rule of law party, my ass.

Hey MAGA, anyone want to explain to me why getting rid of the agency that has prevented another 2008-style financial crisis is a good thing?

The graphic shows arrows going from 11 general agencies and institutions to Musk companies which include SpaceX, Tesla. neuralink, x, and Musk himself. The text at the top reads: Trump firings hit agencies with oversight of Musk's companies Staffing changes, including the firing of several top officials, have affected agencies with federal investigations into or regulatory battles with Elon Musk's companies. The graphic is credit to Malika Khurana for the New York Times

A historic graphic of corruption.

The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.

(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)