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Scientist, Botany, Biochemistry, Cancer Research, Pharma Research, Philosopher of life & Hardline Centre left.
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We're "suddenly" finding out that giving every autocratic dictatorship in the world free & open access to our own social media, possibly isn't a great idea
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Tell Us,Bernie......
February 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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In the occupied West Bank, the Oscar-winning Palestinian director of “No Other Land” says his family has been attacked again by Israeli settlers, leaving his brother hospitalized and four members of his family arrested by the Israeli army.
February 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Bondi Bombast
Here’s my latest cartoon for Substack.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Major update: Trump’s FCC censors Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico and CBS complies immediately.

Massive investigation opened into Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico.

More fallout from the Epstein Files as powerful people continue to resign.
NEWS: Trump Administration Censors Stephen Colbert Interview of Democratic Candidate as Massive Investigation Opened into Epstein's Ranch in New Mexico
Good morning, everyone.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
February 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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#NigelFarage treating female journalists in the same manner as #DonaldTrump. Are we joining the dots here, people?
February 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Epstein, Thiel, and the Obscene Projection at the Heart of MAGA Memetic Warfare

The Epstein Files reveal the prolific billionaire abuser's role in pumping out propaganda during the 2016 election, falsely accusing Trump’s opponents of being exactly what he was

open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The Troll Army and the Paedophile: Epstein, Thiel, and the Obscene Projection at the Heart of MAGA Memetic Warfare
The Epstein Files reveal the role the prolific billionaire abuser played in pumping out propaganda during the 2016 election, falsely accusing Trump’s opponents of being exactly what he was
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Saw this & am sharing it, because I FELT it when I read it.
February 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Surely *someone* asked him about Bannon, Trump, Brexit & the Epstein files?
Bueller?
Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.

Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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It's becoming clearer. The plan is to create a veritable government of all the talentless.
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:

Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Nigel Farage has appointed Robert Jenrick – an accomplice to 14 years of Conservative economic crimes – as his “shadow chancellor”.

On so many levels, Jenrick is a thoroughly loathsome politician.
Jenrick’s anti-personality politics
Bland but sinister.
writesbright.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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MAGA figurehead Steve Bannon is facing legal jeopardy after an investor in his supposedly "uncancelable" memecoin accused Bannon of fraud in a new lawsuit, according to a report.
Steve Bannon lands in hot legal waters with MAGA memecoin: report
MAGA figurehead Steve Bannon is facing legal jeopardy after an investor in his supposedly "uncancelable" memecoin accused Bannon of fraud in a new lawsuit, according to a report. The memecoin, which was once called "FJB" or the "Let's Go Brandon" coin, was purchased by Bannon and another MAGA figure...
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February 17, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Musk and Thiel are essentially mainstreaming racist narratives in a way we haven’t seen since Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind popularised and sentimentalised the Klu Klux Klan
February 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
YouGov Reform 24% (Reform + Cons 42% on the right) fits genereal pattern: Reform 2026 < Reform 2025.

Westminster Voting Intention:
REF: 24% (-3)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (=)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
OTH: 4% (+2)

Via @YouGov, On 15-16th February,
Changes w/ 8-9 February.
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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This person does not understand the idea of a counterfactual. It's not true that the '4%' imagines a Britain that 'avoided every global shock, and followed a perfectly smooth pre-2016 trend forever.' It judges that on average, in all scenarios, shock or no shock, we'd eventually be 4% poorer.
February 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Bannon breaks silence after bombshell ties to Epstein exposed mol.im/a/15565225

But Bannon must have known. There are redacted images of Epstein's victims on the effing desk!
February 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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A Rupert Lowe backing, Chinese speaking, UK nationalist, posting a painting by the Italian artist Raphael, of a possibly fictional Greek born Cappadocian who was appointed the patron saint of England by an Anglo Norman French speaking Plantagenet king.

What could possibly be more British than that?
February 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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If in any doubt, here’s Epstein advising Bannon to use the same “media exemption” Bannon is trying to claim now “The media co. has lots of advantages. Source privilege etc”
February 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Major update: New Mexico lawmakers approve first ever investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch.

Trump falsely claims he has been “totally exonerated.”

Hillary Clinton turns the table on Trump accusing him of a cover-up. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major Update: New Mexico Launches First Ever Probe of Epstein Ranch as Trump Falsely Claims he is "Totally Exonerated"
Major developments unfolded this evening in the ongoing controversy surrounding the release of files connected to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, intensifying political tensions and renewi...
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February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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Trump’s menacing operation to bury the Epstein files forever.Channel 4 estimates as little as 2% could have been released.
“We know that a lot of the victims say that conversations they have had with the FBI have not been released as part of the files.“
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Trump's menacing operation to bury the Epstein files for ever — The i Paper
US lawmakers have accused the Department of Justice of an 'outrageous abuse of power' after it tracked which unredacted Epstein files they were viewing
apple.news
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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From 2017
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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Farage scrabbles around in his grubby little cesspit of cheats, fools and racists and chooses Robert *cash-for-favours* Jenrick as his chancellor. I guess it was between him, a tax dodger or a couple of morons.
But still. That “experience of government” is looking very much like the wrong kind…
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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Claims that 75% of England’s mayors are Muslim have gone viral online.

We could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 directly elected mayors are Muslim, and there isn’t an official complete list of all the civic mayors.
No evidence 75% of England’s mayors are Muslim – Full Fact
We could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 directly elected mayors are Muslim.
fullfact.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Russell Vought Uses $15M From Foreign Aid Agency He Gutted to Pay for Security Detail
Russell Vought Uses $15M From Foreign Aid Agency He Gutted to Pay for Security Detail
Reuters is reporting that the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, is using $15 million of what remains of USAID's operating expenses to fund his security detail.
www.democracynow.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Often asked, did Epstein meet Putin?

We know he wanted to meet Putin several times.

We also know he was in contact with Putin from what he told Jagland and Barak, two people who DID meet Putin and would be in a position to check
February 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM