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.@RepLuna giving a private tour of Capitol Hill to members of the Russian Duma delegation

Wondering why no NATO country is helping America in Iran? Really? Trump spent 13 months talking down a NATO and 700 million people. He bullied their leaders, questioned their sovereignty, threatened their economies and made clear he considered them obstacles rather than allies. And now Washington is surprised by the silence. When people say Trump is effectively siding with Russia against America’s largest trading partners, that is not a conspiracy theory. That is a description of events. This week, American congressmen gave a guided tour of Capitol Hill to Russian State Duma deputies. In the fifth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A war with documented atrocities, mass graves, bombed hospitals and deportated children. To European eyes. To Canadian eyes. To Australian, New Zealand and Japanese eyes. This is not a diplomatic misstep. This is the equivalent of inviting Hitler’s inner circle for a friendly tour of Washington while the death camps were already known to the world. The same moral category. The same historical weight. There is no walking this back. There is no reset button. No charm offensive, no summit photo, no carefully worded statement will undo what has been seen. America’s allies are not drifting away. They are making a decision. Follow Gandalv @Microinteracti1

.@RepLuna giving a private tour of Capitol Hill to members of the Russian Duma delegation

This is a HUGE victory for people power. After years of pressure, New York City Health + Hospital Corporation will not renew its contract with Palantir. When communities organise, even the most powerful corporations can be held to account. Activists in NYC just forced their health system to dump Palantir over human rights concerns. Now, it's our turn in the UK. Palantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027. This shows we can win. But we need YOU. Join the campaign: amn.st/6018B6dPQq

Today, you’ll no doubt see the shocking revelations about the mass sewage dumping that has taken place across the country in 2024. We’ve been featured in the @guardian by @sandralaville theguardian.com/environment/20… Last year, water companies released raw sewage into England's rivers, lakes and seas for a record 3.61 million hours, a slight increase on 2023. You will likely hear Water UK—the voice of all the water companies—blaming the weather, the regulator, improved monitoring, and probably even you. Don’t let them distract you. You’ve given them the money, you’ve paid for a service. Instead, they’ve siphoned off £85 billion to shareholders, while leaving the companies burdened with £60 billion in debt. They’ve prioritised shareholder profits over you—the customer—and over the ecological health of places like Windermere in the Lake District National Park. Save Windermere preemptively obtained and published the 2024 spill data for Windermere a few weeks ago. Using United Utilities’ own detailed data, obtained via EIR—which goes far beyond the summary data reported to the Environment Agency—Professor Peter Hammond of @WindrushWasp was able to conduct an analysis that offers a much more granular and revealing picture. To remind you, in 2024 alone, six sewage overflow sites around Windermere discharged untreated sewage for a staggering 6,327 hours—the equivalent of 263 days.  Because Windermere sits at the lowest point in the catchment, all of that pollution ends up in the lake, accumulating year after year. This isn’t just a one-off—it’s a clear pattern. Since 2020, those same six sites have discharged untreated sewage for a jaw-dropping 33,410 hours—the equivalent of 1,392 full days.  This is the failure of privatisation laid bare.