Marty
@martyphee.bsky.social
American living in London soon to be citizen
Computer Engineer
Rejoiner
Computer Engineer
Rejoiner
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UK govt should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
UK government should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’, says union
RMT estimates six cleaning, security and catering suppliers made £150m profits last year
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
UK govt should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
Passenger services brought into public ownership in name only.
Privatised security and catering suppliers, £150m profits last year.
Rolling stock privatised, public purse to pay £3bn+ to lease it.
Lucrative rail freight remains privatised.
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Just finished reading the Jack Smith transcript. I've highlighted what I consider to be stand-out moments, and our team at MSW Media will be cutting together a highlight reel for you. Stay tuned!
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Just finished reading the Jack Smith transcript. I've highlighted what I consider to be stand-out moments, and our team at MSW Media will be cutting together a highlight reel for you. Stay tuned!
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uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
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“Tr*mp pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace …
So to be clear—he's fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against
Worst the American people.”
So to be clear—he's fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against
Worst the American people.”
January 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM
“Tr*mp pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace …
So to be clear—he's fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against
Worst the American people.”
So to be clear—he's fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against
Worst the American people.”
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Smith: We had also interviewed Boris Epshteyn… He corroborated that they were, in fact, trying to call senators. He dissembled and tried to imply that the president hadn’t directed him to do it, even though there was a text message saying specifically that they had.
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Smith: We had also interviewed Boris Epshteyn… He corroborated that they were, in fact, trying to call senators. He dissembled and tried to imply that the president hadn’t directed him to do it, even though there was a text message saying specifically that they had.
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Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Is it bad that nobody justifiably believes anything Putin says while the President of the United States believes everything he says?
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If Marjorie Taylor Greene *really* cared about the Epstein victims, she would read the names of the perpetrators on the House floor (where she would have immunity) before she leaves office.
December 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If Marjorie Taylor Greene *really* cared about the Epstein victims, she would read the names of the perpetrators on the House floor (where she would have immunity) before she leaves office.
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
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Friends — Here's one "big idea" for how we can start to fix the system in 2026. Let me know your thoughts.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Friends — Here's one "big idea" for how we can start to fix the system in 2026. Let me know your thoughts.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
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A very normal headline from a very normal newspaper.
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A very normal headline from a very normal newspaper.
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Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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“Reform UK…A party that promised to be ‘different’ seems instead to be collecting ex-Tories like Panini stickers, except instead of legends you’re mostly getting the ones that never made the starting team”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Reform’s poll numbers are slipping because Yorkshire folk are not daft - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: David Ingham, Ripon.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Reform UK…A party that promised to be ‘different’ seems instead to be collecting ex-Tories like Panini stickers, except instead of legends you’re mostly getting the ones that never made the starting team”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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This was a year of legacy media capitulation.
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It is only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It is only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This was a year of legacy media capitulation.
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It is only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I created Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. It has no corporate backers, venture capitalists or private equity investors. It is only accountable to its members who support its 22-person team. Become one now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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How shit at business do you have to be, to be personally worth 37,000 times the amount an average UK worker will earn in a LIFETIME, and still be incapable of withstanding a tiny tax increase?
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
How shit at business do you have to be, to be personally worth 37,000 times the amount an average UK worker will earn in a LIFETIME, and still be incapable of withstanding a tiny tax increase?
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Front page of today’s iPaper.
The Green Party are the only party able to hold this government to account and take the fight to Reform.
Join us today to help shape 2026.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party are the only party able to hold this government to account and take the fight to Reform.
Join us today to help shape 2026.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Front page of today’s iPaper.
The Green Party are the only party able to hold this government to account and take the fight to Reform.
Join us today to help shape 2026.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party are the only party able to hold this government to account and take the fight to Reform.
Join us today to help shape 2026.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers