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'It's Total Extortion': Former Defence Secretary Savages Trump's Minerals Deal With Ukraine www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/its-to...

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Ofgem increases its price cap for a third consecutive quarter 10% hike in October 1.2% hike in January 6.4% hike in April What part of “price cap” doesn’t Ofgem understand?

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Trump’s firing of three judge advocates general (JAGS), the most senior uniformed legal authorities in the U.S. Department of Defense, should absolutely terrify every American. Their removal is yet another attack on the rule of law perpetrated by the Trump and his administration. Trump has…

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Czechia, STEM poll: ANO-PfE: 35% (+1) SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 19% STAN-EPP: 11% SPD-ESN: 8% Piráti-G/EFA: 6% (+1) Stačilo!-NI: 6% (-1) Auto-PfE: 5% (+1) Přísaha-PfE: 3% ... +/- vs. 24 January - 11 February 2025 Fieldwork: 31 January - 18 February 2025 Sample size: 1,563 ➤ europeelects.eu/czechia

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Germany, Final results: CDU/CSU-EPP: 29% (+5) AfD-ESN: 21% (+11) SPD-S&D: 16% (-10) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 12% (-3) LINKE-LEFT: 9% (+4) BSW-NI: 5% (+5) FDP-RE: 4% (-7) FW-RE: 2% Tierschutzpartei-LEFT: 1% (-1) Volt-G/EFA: 1% (+1) PARTEI-NI: 0% (-1) +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

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Linke at 20% now getting more votes in Berlin than the CDU, Greens or SPD

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The story of this election really is BSW and Linke. When Sahra Wagenknecht finally split off in 2023, the Linke was thought to be dead. In line with every pundit's favorite narrative, the new left-authoritarian version (BSW) would do well, while the left-progressive Linke that remained was doomed 1/

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I have just, seriously, heard Nick Robinson on Radio 4 ask if Germany can seriously call itself a democracy if the CDU/CSU continue to refuse to include the AFD from consideration for power. What. The. Actual.... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... At around 8:23:00 am

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Call to Action: No Kings, No Trump. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 1, at 1:11pm. #3E #USProtest #FiftyFiftyOne #Mar1

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The GLES is gearing up for the 2025 early federal election! 🎉 The design includes pre- & post-election surveys, cross-sections & panels, and more to provide in-depth insights into voter and candidate behavior & attitudes. Stay tuned, more to come!📣 ➡️ gesis.org/gles

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Once might just be a mistake. Twice proves it isn’t. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Is the fascist salute to become a norm again?

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Trump, Europe’s Collapse & Why Liberals Keep Losing - interviewed by Rania Khalek www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5-...

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Happening now: Israeli tanks have entered the northern West Bank after 40,000 Palestinians were expelled from three refugee camps in the Jenin & Tulkarm areas. There's a real and present danger that these camps will be erased. This genocide must be stopped. By us all. Now!

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Shades of 1931

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Germany, INSA poll: Seat projection CDU/CSU-EPP: 205 AfD-ESN: 146 SPD-S&D: 105 GRÜNE-G/EFA: 87 LINKE-LEFT: 52 BSW-NI: 35 FDP-RE: 0 Fieldwork: 18-19 February 2025 Sample size: 2,503 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany

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Germany, national parliament election today: ➤ Eligible voters: ~59,200,000 ➤ Polling stations open: 8 AM-6 PM CET ➤ Seats: 630 (316 for a majority) ➤ Incumbent: SPD (S&D) and GRÜNE (G/EFA) ➤ Electoral threshold: 5% ➤ https://europeelects.eu/germany/ #Bundestagswahl2025

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Solidarity on Socialist Sunday

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House Republicans who were willing to hold town halls back home this week got an earful. At events from Georgia and Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Oregon, many of them faced hostile crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts & mass firings of federal workers that Trump and Musk’s DOGE is carrying out.

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5 council by-elections for 6 seats today. Gillingham South, Medway: Lab defence Rochester East & Warren Wood, Medway: Lab X2 The Bentleys and Frating, Tendring: Con Winnersh, Wokingham: LDem Baxenden, Hyndburn: Lab Andrew Teale previews them all here:

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A Delta flight carrying ~80 passengers from Minnesota appears to have crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport. No casualties reported as of this time. Numerous photos and videos have been released showing passengers safely exiting the plane, which flipped upside down. At least 8 people injured.

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813 US billionaires held a record $6.72 trillion in wealth at the end of 2024. The bottom 50% of Americans held roughly $3.9 trillion in wealth. When 813 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Together we reach socialist Sunday once more

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“We now know that Navajo people and enrolled members of other tribes are being detained in Phoenix and other cities by ICE,” the Mirror reported Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley saying. https://buff.ly/4gBkSIc

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FAVORITE PROTEST SIGNS…

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Tonight's results so far: E Duns, Kirkintilloch E/N/Twechar: Lab gain from LD Warwick, Warwick All SS/W: counting Stevenage, Manor: LD hold Barnet, Burnt Oak: Lab hold New Forest, Bransgore etc: counting Torfaen, Trevethin/Penygarn: RUK gain from Lab

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The final result of this week's by-elections is in, and the Conservative candidate Richard Frampton has gained Bransgore, Burley, Sopley and Ringwood East ward in the New Forest from the Greens. Frampton won previous by-elections to a predecessor ward in 2014 (as a C) and 2021 (as an Ind).

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Behold the Cornish Ocean

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PLEASE do this, Mexico. We'll accept "Gulf of Mexico," too. 🙏

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‼️NEW | Reform projected to win 300+ seats 🟣 REF 29% (+2) 🔴 LAB 25% (+2) 🔵 CON 18% (-3) 🟠 LD 13% (+2) 🟢 GRN 10% (-) Via FindoutnowUK, 5 Feb (+/- vs 27 Jan)

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‼️ BREAKING: Labour will publish videos of undocumented migrants being detained and deported. Despite deporting 14,000 people, Labour still feels it is not seen as tough enough. It believes videos of dawn raids on undocumented migrants will convince voters. (Source: The Times)

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🚨 NEW: Projection shows Wes Streeting would lose his seat to independent Leanne Mohamad. ⚪️ IND 33% (-) 🔴 LAB 25% (-9) 🔵 CON 23% (+2) 🟣 REF 12% (+4) Via JLPartnersPolls, Jan 2025 (+/- vs GE2024)

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‼️74% say Labour is handling the economy badly: ✅ Well 15% (-2) ❌ Badly 74% (+2) This is a net rating of -59, a record low for Labour. (Source: YouGov)

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1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵

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Solidarity let's build together

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The ethnic cleansing of Gaza and destruction of Palestine is now US foreign policy. Demand that the British government publicly condemn this outrageous plan and take a stand for Palestinian rights. ✍️ Tell Trump: #HandsOffGaza by writing to your MP: thecorbynproject.com/HandsOffGaza 🇵🇸

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🇫🇷#France, legislative by-election results (1st round): In Hauts-de-Seine's 9th constituency: ⏫de Maistre (LR): 38,2 % (+23)☑️ 🆕de Jerphanion (HOR): 18,7 %☑️ ⏬Rapilly-Ferniot (EELV/NFP): 13,8 % (-7,6) ⏬Rossi (RE): 13,6 % (-32,5) ⏬Giammarresi (RN): 8,7 % (-5,2) ... (+/- Last election)

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🇲🇽#Mexico, President Sheinbaum (Morena) approval rating poll: 🔼Approve: 73 % (+2) 🔽Disapprove: 23 % (-1) Altica Research, 02/02/25

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🇲🇽#Mexico, poll: Do you consider that the opposition, business owners, political parties and organized civil society should close ranks with President Sheinbaum in the face of the imposition of tariffs by Donald Trump? Yes, they must: 52 % No, they shouldn't: 23 % Altica Research, 02/02/25

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🇨🇦#Canada, poll: Doo you approve or disapprove of the performance of Prime Minister Trudeau (LPC) to deal with the tariffs implemented by the United States? Approve: 54 % Disapprove: 40 % Research & Co, 02/02/25

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🇮🇪#Ireland, approval rating poll: Government (FF-FG-Independents) approval: Approve: 34 % Disapprove: 52 % Ireland Thinks, 01/02/25

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A little known part of the British constitution is that this headline must appear in a newspaper at least once a year.

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Freed Palestinian hostages bear the scars of brutal torture, starvation, medical neglect, scabies, and severe beatings—some suffering fractured ribs—reflecting the crimes committed against them, especially post-7 Oct. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

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