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💢 Partisan X posts boost political polarisation among users, research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/27/partisan-x-posts-increase-political-polarisation-among-users-social-media-resea…

Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years

If the United States is now kidnapping and killing dictators without direct provocation,
it will come back to bite us
after demolishing our moral authority in the world
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-comme…

War Is Peace: Trump’s Regime-Change Reversal
President Trump launched a war of regime change in Iran without a plan — a move that will demolish America's moral authority in the world.

Trump subpoena, administration probes taking shape, House Democrats say (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/01/democrats-investigations-trump-administration/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260301/p15#a260301p15

Newsmax asks the FCC to block the proposed $6.2B merger between Nexstar and Tegna, saying the deal is an unprecedented consolidation that Congress prohibits (Barrett Media)
https://barrettmedia.com/2026/01/02/newsmax-formally-asks…

Newsmax Formally Asks FCC to Block Nexstar Media Group Merger with TEGNA
"This merger would create an unprecedented and dangerous consolidation within the broadcast TV industry, giving them immense control over local news and political news coverage."

Stop Octopus Farming! #AnimalRights

STOP Octopus Farming
We, the undersigned, pledge to boycott and not visit The Canary Islands until the octopus farm proposal is dropped and octopuses are recognised as sentient beings in Gran Canaria. The Spanish company Nueva Pescanova has invested €65 million to build the world's first commercial octopus farm in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. As the first demand of the Plant Based Treaty states, we should not be building new slaughterhouses or animal farms but relinquishing animal agriculture facilit…

Sonnet 050 - L
How heavy do I journey on the way,
When what I seek, my weary travel's end,
Doth teach that ease and that repose to say,
'Thus far the miles are measured from thy friend!'
The beast that bears me, tired with my woe,
Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me,
As if by some instinct the wretch did know
His rider lov'd not speed being made from thee.
The bloody spur cannot provoke him on,
That sometimes a…

In this account, participants in the rapid response networks in the Twin Cities describe their experiences,
explore the threat represented by the development of Immigration and Customs Enforcement into a political police,
and propose a strategy for how the rapid response networks could rise to the challenge and contribute to revolutionary social change.
To learn more about the rapid response chat structure, start here.

Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities
The rapid response networks people organize to defend their communities have undergone a whirlwind evolution to keep up with ever-shifting ICE tactics.

Investigation Finds Credit Suisse Had Wider Nazi Ties Than Previously Known (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/senate-credit-suisse-nazis.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p4#a260203p4

Sen. Lindsey Graham held up shutdown deal over provision letting him and others sue DOJ (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-lindsey-graham-held-shutdown-deal-provision-letting-others-sue-doj-rcna256725
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p123#a260130p123

FAA shuts down airspace in Texas near previous abrupt closure (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/faa-shuts-down-airspace-in-texas-near-previous-abrupt-closure-00803186
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p3#a260227p3