Samantha Fiander
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The Mirror Crack'd... Modelled on Marple, penchant for Poirot. Reposts ≠ endorsements; views are mine, etc. you know the drill from that other place.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
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US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said the Pentagon is ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard University
TAT: [Attacking Education | Suppressing Dissent]
TAT: [Attacking Education | Suppressing Dissent]
Pentagon to cut ties with Harvard over ‘wokesters’, ending training, programs and fellowships
Move by Pete Hegseth marks latest escalation by Trump administration against the Ivy League school
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said the Pentagon is ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with Harvard University
TAT: [Attacking Education | Suppressing Dissent]
TAT: [Attacking Education | Suppressing Dissent]
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Grok users prompted the AI chatbot to identify victims from redacted Epstein Files images. Of 31 requests reviewed, Grok generated images for 27, spanning 18 images and one video. X did not respond to requests for comment on Grok's behaviour by time of publication. www.youtube.com/shorts/dhD8O...
Grok Users Are Attempting To Identify Epstein Victims
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Grok users prompted the AI chatbot to identify victims from redacted Epstein Files images. Of 31 requests reviewed, Grok generated images for 27, spanning 18 images and one video. X did not respond to requests for comment on Grok's behaviour by time of publication. www.youtube.com/shorts/dhD8O...
After the last couple of days I’ve had, the ‘jump map’ on the #WinterOlympics skating is giving great comic relief
February 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
After the last couple of days I’ve had, the ‘jump map’ on the #WinterOlympics skating is giving great comic relief
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JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
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George Mitchell quits US education body as further Epstein files are released
George Mitchell quits US education body as further Epstein files are released
Mitchell Institute says it is considering a ‘potential name change’
www.irishtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
George Mitchell quits US education body as further Epstein files are released
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BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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The very antithesis of good leadership, from the Washington Post's deplorable publisher, Will Lewis.
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The very antithesis of good leadership, from the Washington Post's deplorable publisher, Will Lewis.
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Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
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Peter Mandelson is being investigated for potential “misconduct in public office” over emails he sent as a minister to Jeffrey Epstein.
Our explainer sets out what this means in UK law and why few politicians have been prosecuted over it.
Read more www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mi...
Our explainer sets out what this means in UK law and why few politicians have been prosecuted over it.
Read more www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mi...
Misconduct in public office | Institute for Government
What happens if someone holding public office is alleged to have abused their power?
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
February 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Peter Mandelson is being investigated for potential “misconduct in public office” over emails he sent as a minister to Jeffrey Epstein.
Our explainer sets out what this means in UK law and why few politicians have been prosecuted over it.
Read more www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mi...
Our explainer sets out what this means in UK law and why few politicians have been prosecuted over it.
Read more www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mi...
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This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
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Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
Donald Trump’s former adviser told Epstein in 2019 that he was ‘focused on raising money for Le Pen and Salvini’ before European elections
Dozens of messages contained in the latest tranche of Epstein files lay bare the attempts by Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon to tap Jeffrey Epstein for support and funding to bolster European far-right parties.
The messages mostly date to 2018 and 2019, when Bannon, after being sacked by Trump, regularly visited Europe in his quest to forge a movement in the European parliament uniting ultra-rightwing and Eurosceptic forces from several countries including Italy, Germany, France, Hungary, Poland, Sweden and Austria. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
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I was searching the Epstein files for art-related matters and found a curious story about a Cezanne, a collector, a bank and a Swiss museum as.ft.com/r/ed451d71-d...
Epstein files show art market financialisation in full flow
[FREE TO READ] A Black mark on ‘Château Noir’
as.ft.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I was searching the Epstein files for art-related matters and found a curious story about a Cezanne, a collector, a bank and a Swiss museum as.ft.com/r/ed451d71-d...
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5 years is not "quite short". those 5 years cost us about fourteen grand, three horrendously stressful applications, and (for example) a full half decade where nobody would offer us a mortgage because my wife only had temporary residency, so we had to keep paying a fortune in rent instead
The Home Secretary several times says she thinks 5 years is "quite short" and "quite quick".
Views differ - but the BSA finds that the general public tend to see 5 years as fair: over 80% of people tend to think 5 years is fair
natcen.ac.uk/publications...
Views differ - but the BSA finds that the general public tend to see 5 years as fair: over 80% of people tend to think 5 years is fair
natcen.ac.uk/publications...
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
5 years is not "quite short". those 5 years cost us about fourteen grand, three horrendously stressful applications, and (for example) a full half decade where nobody would offer us a mortgage because my wife only had temporary residency, so we had to keep paying a fortune in rent instead
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Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has told journalists "the first amendment is under siege here at home" and called Washington Post layoffs announced yesterday "part of a broader reprehensible pattern in which corporate decisions are hollowing out newsrooms" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Nancy Pelosi warns press freedom is ‘under siege’ after arrest of journalist
Ex-House speaker says at dinner ‘facts are challenged, truth is distorted and press is treated as enemy’ by those in power
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has told journalists "the first amendment is under siege here at home" and called Washington Post layoffs announced yesterday "part of a broader reprehensible pattern in which corporate decisions are hollowing out newsrooms" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
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WaPo laying off entire Middle East team
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
WaPo laying off entire Middle East team
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The GOP and Larry Ellison are trying to accumulate what's left of our dying corporate media and build the sort of state television you see in autocratic countries like Hungary.
It's not subtle. He's already making great inroads after the acquisitions of CBS and (part of) TikTok:
It's not subtle. He's already making great inroads after the acquisitions of CBS and (part of) TikTok:
How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark | The Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime
www.ap.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The GOP and Larry Ellison are trying to accumulate what's left of our dying corporate media and build the sort of state television you see in autocratic countries like Hungary.
It's not subtle. He's already making great inroads after the acquisitions of CBS and (part of) TikTok:
It's not subtle. He's already making great inroads after the acquisitions of CBS and (part of) TikTok:
What does this remind me of 🤔
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
What does this remind me of 🤔
The reporting this week should serve as an important reminder that investigative journalism, a free press, and resourcing this, matters.
February 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The reporting this week should serve as an important reminder that investigative journalism, a free press, and resourcing this, matters.
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This isn’t funny. Government lawyers only react like this in extreme distress.
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This isn’t funny. Government lawyers only react like this in extreme distress.