Mindful Citizen KS
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February 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!
Canada's path forward • La voie que le Canada a choisie
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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January 23, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Palantir has contracts worth in excess of £1bn with the UK government, covering extensive NHS data alongside a new five-year strategic partnership with the Ministry of Defence
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Can MAGA tech firm Palantir be trusted to run Britain's data?
It's wildly overvalued, politically extreme and puts Trump first – but somehow has £1bn of deals to run Britain's tech infrastructure
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Palantir has contracts worth in excess of £1bn with the UK government, covering extensive NHS data alongside a new five-year strategic partnership with the Ministry of Defence
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
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The EPA long considered the cost to industry and the savings in avoided deaths and disease when coming up with air pollution rules. Under Trump, the agency is dropping human health out of that equation.
EPA Will No Longer Consider Value of Human Health Benefits in Setting Air Pollution Rules
The agency is abandoning a longstanding policy to calculate the monetary savings in avoided deaths and disease from cutting certain pollutants.
bloom.bg
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The EPA long considered the cost to industry and the savings in avoided deaths and disease when coming up with air pollution rules. Under Trump, the agency is dropping human health out of that equation.
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Many Minneapolis residents, business owners and immigrant workers have denounced ICE and the Border Patrol's arrests and aggressive tactics, saying the agents are indiscriminately sweeping up people based on racial and ethnic profiling.
Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in Minneapolis
Arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Many Minneapolis residents, business owners and immigrant workers have denounced ICE and the Border Patrol's arrests and aggressive tactics, saying the agents are indiscriminately sweeping up people based on racial and ethnic profiling.
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The bill would prevent the American military from using congressional funds to occupy or annex Nato territories, including Greenland. ft.trib.al/UHn8OkD
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The bill would prevent the American military from using congressional funds to occupy or annex Nato territories, including Greenland. ft.trib.al/UHn8OkD
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Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
Why is this level of violence necessary when arresting unarmed civilians?
NEW: Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Why is this level of violence necessary when arresting unarmed civilians?
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Reform should call itself Retory:
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Reform should call itself Retory:
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
Nadhim Zahawi
Ben Bradley
Malcolm Offord
Jonathan Gullis
Chris Green
Lia Nici
Kruger
Dorries
David Jones
Sir Jake Berry
Graham Simpson
Marco Longhi
Ross Thomson
Andrea Jenkyns
Aidan Burley
Alan Amos
Lee Anderson
Ann Widdecombe
Maria Caulfield
And counting
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Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and chairman of Palantir, donated $3 million to a committee opposing an initiative in California that would impose a new tax on billionaires, according to a new disclosure.
Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
nyti.ms
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and chairman of Palantir, donated $3 million to a committee opposing an initiative in California that would impose a new tax on billionaires, according to a new disclosure.
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“Six months in, they’ve handed a contract to a firm with 10 serious pollution incidents, whose licence is under public inquiry, and whose owner openly supports the local party. If this is Reform’s ‘new politics’, it looks remarkably like the old politics.”
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
goodlaw.social
January 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
“Six months in, they’ve handed a contract to a firm with 10 serious pollution incidents, whose licence is under public inquiry, and whose owner openly supports the local party. If this is Reform’s ‘new politics’, it looks remarkably like the old politics.”
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
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Hiring sputtered. The unemployment rate rose. 2025 put a decisive end to the hottest job market in a generation. Charts tell the story.
America’s Job Market Has Entered the Slow Lane
Hiring sputtered. The unemployment rate rose. 2025 put a decisive end to the hottest job market in a generation.
on.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Hiring sputtered. The unemployment rate rose. 2025 put a decisive end to the hottest job market in a generation. Charts tell the story.
It gets harder to find the truth when billionaires own most of our media. Take everything with a pinch of salt these days.
And if something looks like rage bait or a bot, it probably is, use the block/mute function to help clean up social media.
And if something looks like rage bait or a bot, it probably is, use the block/mute function to help clean up social media.
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
It gets harder to find the truth when billionaires own most of our media. Take everything with a pinch of salt these days.
And if something looks like rage bait or a bot, it probably is, use the block/mute function to help clean up social media.
And if something looks like rage bait or a bot, it probably is, use the block/mute function to help clean up social media.
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing about $10 billion in federal funds for child care grants and family assistance earmarked for five Democratic-led states over what it had said were concerns around fraud.
Judge blocks Trump administration from freezing $10B in child care funds
The temporary order will keep aid flowing to five Democratic-led states for 14 days as a lawsuit against the government moves ahead.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing about $10 billion in federal funds for child care grants and family assistance earmarked for five Democratic-led states over what it had said were concerns around fraud.
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www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes.
Blue-collar jobs boom hasn't materialized. Households are concerned about still-rising prices and uncertainty about labor market.
US manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes.
Blue-collar jobs boom hasn't materialized. Households are concerned about still-rising prices and uncertainty about labor market.
US factory headcount falling despite Trump's promised manufacturing boom
U.S. manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after President Donald Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes that he pledged would lead to a resurgence of b...
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes.
Blue-collar jobs boom hasn't materialized. Households are concerned about still-rising prices and uncertainty about labor market.
US manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes.
Blue-collar jobs boom hasn't materialized. Households are concerned about still-rising prices and uncertainty about labor market.
Lee Hsien Loong: "From the point of view of a small country, if that is how the world works, we have a problem."
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Singapore SM Lee Hsien Loong: US intervention in Venezuela is 'contravention of international law'
YouTube video by CNA
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Lee Hsien Loong: "From the point of view of a small country, if that is how the world works, we have a problem."
youtu.be/C55mLm0kwO4?...
youtu.be/C55mLm0kwO4?...
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Somewhere there's a little girl hiding in an attic in Minneapolis writing in her journal about ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Somewhere there's a little girl hiding in an attic in Minneapolis writing in her journal about ICE.
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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Mayor Frey: "So our ask is really simple here. Our ask is to embrace the truth. Our ask is to include the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this process because we in Minneapolis want a fair investigation ... if you got nothing to hide from, then don't hide."
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Mayor Frey: "So our ask is really simple here. Our ask is to embrace the truth. Our ask is to include the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this process because we in Minneapolis want a fair investigation ... if you got nothing to hide from, then don't hide."
He knows it’s a problem that needs to be fixed, but he would rather cry about censorship and how unfair the UK is.
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
He knows it’s a problem that needs to be fixed, but he would rather cry about censorship and how unfair the UK is.
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The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.
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This is the Portland Police Chief and he breaks down during a Press Conference regarding the shooting of two people yesterday in Portland by Federal Agents. If you’ve forgotten what it was like to have a member of law enforcement with integrity and compassion — let this man be a reminder.
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 AM
This is the Portland Police Chief and he breaks down during a Press Conference regarding the shooting of two people yesterday in Portland by Federal Agents. If you’ve forgotten what it was like to have a member of law enforcement with integrity and compassion — let this man be a reminder.
That’s just an excuse for not wanting to fix the problem.
Elon Musk says backlash to AI chatbot deepfake images is 'excuse for censorship'
Elon Musk says backlash to AI chatbot deepfake images is 'excuse for censorship'
The UK government "wants any excuse for censorship", Elon Musk has said, amid a growing backlash over deepfake sexual images produced by his social media site X's artificial intelligence tool.
news.sky.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 AM
That’s just an excuse for not wanting to fix the problem.