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Trump has unleashed a new form of retribution

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Trump has unleashed a new form of retribution

Donald Trump has unleashed a new form of retribution as his second term in office continues, with a new analysis from the New York Times examining how his supposed campaign against fraud has most heav...

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February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM

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New Epstein files show Mandelson repeatedly ‘insider trading’ and helping banks beat taxes www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

New Epstein files show Mandelson repeatedly 'insider trading' and helping banks beat taxes

Sickening web of murky connections and potential insider trading revealed as Epstein emails show Mandelson handed over sensitive info

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February 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM

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Don Lemon’s arrest shows just how politically lost America is www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...

Don Lemon's arrest shows just how politically lost America is

Don Lemon is hardly a revolutionary radical - the fact the US is ready to crush mild liberal opposition shows just how much freedom is eroding

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February 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM

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Alex Pretti ICE killers could face homicide charge www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Alex Pretti ICE killers could face homicide charge

ICE agents killing Alex Pretti is officially being treated as homicide, but Trump officials have done all they can to defend the killers

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February 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM

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Reform want to make beer cheaper by nicking money from kids www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Reform want to make beer cheaper by nicking money from kids

Reform are going full cartoon villains by saying they'll scrap support for the poorest kids in the country to MAYBE make a pint 5p cheaper

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February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM

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Polanski: Labour attacking me to distract from its corruption and sex offender problems www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Polanski: Labour attacking me to distract from its corruption and sex offender problems

In a very welcome move, Zack Polanski has swiftly called out Labour smears and pointed to the party's own extensive troubles

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February 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM

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UK defence policy is nukes and sucking up to the US, minister reminds us www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

UK defence policy is nukes and sucking up to the US, minister reminds us

Defence minister Pollard is adamant the US is best pals with the UK - so why is our defence policy relying utterly on the US?

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February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM

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DWP insults disabled people with steering group for Timms Review www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

DWP insults disabled people with steering group for Timms Review

Disabled people and groups have been ringing alarm bells over the DWP review of PIP - enter a right-wing ghoul to the steering group

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February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM

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John Scalzi

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There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."

Paul Musgrave @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 18h

You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity

February 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM

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Trump law chief admits withholding the worst of the Epstein files www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Trump law chief admits withholding the worst of the Epstein files

Trump official says images of photographic evidence of maiming, torture, rape, and murder have been withheld from the Epstein files

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February 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM

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Starmer gives Mandelson evidence to police – but this could be the end of Keir www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Starmer gives Mandelson evidence to police - but this could be the end of Keir

Keir Starmer has handed a dossier on paedophile admirer Mandelson to the cops - but questions emerge over timeline and how much Starmer knew

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February 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM

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Tories put forward transphobe to stand in Gorton and Denton www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Tories put forward transphobe to stand in Gorton and Denton

Gorton and Denton deserves better than a transphobic former cop - but that's exactly what the Conservatives are serving up

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February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM

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Starmer’s Gorton candidate is corporate lobbyist who supports NHS privatisation www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Starmer's Gorton candidate is corporate lobbyist who supports NHS privatisation

Angeliki Stogia, the Keir Starmer pick for Gorton & Denton, was named on a list of 'professional lobbyists' aka a corporate candidate

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February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM

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TiCoq-Rouge Hendy

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« Les #CanadiensDeMontréal se cachent de #ICE, avant le match de #Minneapolis.

L'équipe de la #LNH est sous un confinement auto-imposé afin d'éviter les agents masqués de ICE qui errent dans les rues de Minneapolis. » 🫠 #GoHabsGo #CH #NHL #Hockey 🥅🏒

Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, the Montreal Canadians are hiding from ICE in their hotel.

United States cannot host the World Cup.

Nations must boycott this. Wherever you are in the world, write your politicians and say they should boycott all games playing in the United States, only play Canada/Mex.

Montreal Canadiens Hide From ICE Ahead of Minneapolis Game

The NHL team is under a self-imposed lockdown in order to avoid the masked ICE agents roaming the streets of Minneapolis.

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February 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM

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ApocalypticaNow

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It's not new information that just saying "no" works but for some reason, many institutions have been paying the full ransom immediately

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

They're cooked.

Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
By Michael C. Bender, Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder
(New York Times) -- The Trump administration has lowered the bar for a deal with the university, backtracking on its insistence on a $200 million payment to the government, The New York Times has learned.
President Trump has backtracked on a major point in negotiations with Harvard, dropping his administration’s demand for a $200 million payment to the government in hopes of finally resolving the administration’s conflicts with the university, according to four people briefed on the matter.
Harvard has been the top target in Mr. Trump’s weeping campaign to exert more control over higher education. Hard-liners in his administration had wanted Harvard to write a check to the U.S. Treasury as part of a deal to address claims that university officials mishandled antisemitism, The New York Times previously reported. But Harvard, wary of backlash from liberal students and faculty, has rejected the idea.
Trump administration officials have indicated in recent days that the president no longer expects such a payment, according to the Harvard and Trump officials briefed on the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.

February 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM

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Rep. Jim McGovern

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For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.

A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.

February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse

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Again, they still haven't released about half of what they were supposed to, but I'm sure there's nothing incriminating about the president in there.

He even said so! And surely he is a man of his word.