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When Andy Burnham served as the Manchester regional mayor, he did so in the only region of England that refused Palantir access to its data. Now, as British prime minister, Palantir could be his first major test in office.
The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir
Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. His first test as prime minister is whether to cut the company’s £330 million NHS contract—and risk a rupture with Big Tech and Washington.
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Sen. Susan Collins cast the pivotal vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. He then helped overturn Roe v. Wade four years later. Now she’s battling for her Senate seat in the midterms, and abortion rights groups are betting that voters haven’t forgotten how she contributed to the fall of Roe.
Ossoff: "I think the use of deep fake technology in political ads is meant to deceive voters and is a slippery slope. Mike Collins is using these deceptive tactics because he doesn't want to explain his own record."
Saguaros in bloom are one of the wonders of the Sonoran Desert-bees, birds and bats all help in pollinating these improbable waxy flowers-each one lasts from an evening through the night and by midday of the next day, closes forever. IG: @allophile_ www.instagram.com/allophile_?s...
UPDATE: Judge Sullivan has DENIED Todd Blanche's Motion for Partial Stay (of the foreign-language documents). He has instead entered a temporary stay so Blanche can try, on an expedited basis, to get the appeals court to enter a stay pending appeal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order on Motion to Stay – #49 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.com
ORDER denying 46 Motion to Stay. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 9/21/2026. (lcegs1) (Entered: 09/21/2026)
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Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · yesterdayOnce again, and despite court orders & the federal law, Todd Blanche is trying to delay production in the Epstein Files; specifically, he doesn’t want to have to review & produce the foreign-language documents. My latest filing exposes Blanche for his legal hackery. youtu.be/72FTfVLdUS8?...
A new poll finds voters are more motivated to oppose him than in 2018—and they're punishing every candidate tied to his agenda. open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
NBC Poll: The Midterms Are a Referendum on Trump, and He's Losing
A new poll finds voters are more motivated to oppose him than in 2018—and they're punishing every candidate tied to his agenda.
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Beachman, the maker of cool retro e-motos from Canada, gets into the EV restomod business. insideevs.com/news/809068/...
A $25,000 EV Conversion Can Give Classic Cars a New Life—This 1970 Scout Shows How
Canada’s Beachman says EV conversions start at $25,000.
insideevs.com
Trump Sends Millions to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown newrepublic.com/post/215679/... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Sends Millions to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown
The deals were made at the behest of Stephen Miller.
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Athletes are among the most susceptible to snake oil in my experience. Tom Brady is a prime example in American football.
‘It’s bordering on exploitation’: how pseudoscience is duping football
Cryotherapy chambers and other practices in the elite game have little evidence behind them, says Dr Claire-Marie Roberts, a top performance director
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Best speech he's ever given! Couldn't hear not one single lie!
Protesters gathered on the front steps of the Texas State Capitol on Monday. It's in response to the shooting of Wilber Garces Perez by an ICE agent on Sunday afternoon. Protesters had two demands: The immediate release of Wilber and the arrest of the ICE goon involved in the shooting
Six Flags, what have you done? 😂 This is Knott’s Berry Farm’s new season of Knott’s Scary Farm entertainment and omg.
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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#ClimateChange is no longer an environmental issue. It affects the economy, society, energy and international security, while creating new geopolitical balances and competition over critical resources, like water.... a social and political problem www.euronews.com/2026/09/22/c... #ClimateEmergency
Water and food shortages are directly linked to climate change- expert
Emmanuella Doussis is the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy and Professor of International Institutions at the University of Athens.
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The only way to stop this wannabe dictactor in his tracks is to vote in massive numbers! Vote as early as you can and if mail in voting is your only option get your ballot ASAP!
They don't even meet the Medicare work requirements they just voted for.
He sounds like a complete moron. This is so embarrassing. FFS. Mute the mic, and send him home. He's dribbling nonsense about "Super Intelligence", and sounds as dumb as he looks.🙃🙃
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HUGE NEWS: Millions of California households are automatically getting an average $75 off their electric bills for August and September. Thanks to the California Climate Credit, $886M collected from polluters are going back into the pockets of families across the Golden State.
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds. EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age
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