@johnleonard@mastodon.socialOfgem has launched a wide-ranging review to reform grid connection processes in response to a surge in datacentre demand, proposing stricter entry requirements and new models to accelerate electricity capacity delivery.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ofge…
@pgogl@troet.cafeFür E-Scooter kommen neue Regeln – Bundesrat stimmt zu
E-Scooter polarisieren. Der Bundesrat stimmt einer Verordnung mit neuen Regeln zu. Auch zur Haftung bei Unfällen könnte es bald eine Reform geben.
https://www.heise.de/news/Fuer-E-Scooter-k
@heiseonline@social.heise.deFür E-Scooter kommen neue Regeln – Bundesrat stimmt zu
E-Scooter polarisieren. Der Bundesrat stimmt einer Verordnung mit neuen Regeln zu. Auch zur Haftung bei Unfällen könnte es bald eine Reform geben.
https://www.
@markhburton@mstdn.social“For voters opposed to Reform UK, tactical voting represents the most obvious counterstrategy – one of the explanations for the lopsided result in the Caerphilly byelection (which used FPTP). But to be effective, tactical voting requires clear information: voters must know which party has the best chance of defeating Reform UK in their own constituency."
Reform holds 11% lead over Plaid Cymru in Westminster election poll, as centre left vote fragments in Wales
@benb@osintua.euExclusive: Mounting concern in Brussels over Ukraine’s reform backslide: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/23/exclusive-mounting-concern-in-brussels.html
@cdarwin@c.im#Mark #Zuckerberg’s decision to cut off funding to the pro‑immigration group FWD.us
marks a sharp turn away from the high-profile social advocacy that once defined his philanthropy...
even as #MacKenzie
@memeorandum@universeodon.comYo, Dems: You can't 'reform' fascism (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/mlk-ice-reform-defund-democrats-hmong-greenland-20260120.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p90#a260120p90
@servelan@newsie.socialCoalition of Pharmacy Groups Urges Congress to Enact PBM (pharmacy benefit manager) Reform - MedCity News
https://medcitynews.com/2025/12/coalition-pharmacy-pbm-reform/
@tante@tldr.nettime.org"Die Bundesregierung beweist mit dieser Reform, wie wichtig ihr die Bekämpfung von Kinderarmut ist: absolut gar nicht. Die Reform ist deshalb auch ein düsterer Ausblick auf das kommende Jahr: Der Abbau des Sozialstaates hat begonnen."
(Original title: Bürgergeld: Höchststrafe Obdachlosigkeit)
http://www.taz.de/Buergerge…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"An analysis in October suggested that on just 27% of the vote (roughly in the middle of its polling over the past year), Reform UK would win 48% of the seats, allowing it to take power with a small coalition partner. If Reform UK forms the next government, it will be for one reason and one reason alone: our electoral system." -- George Monbiot, citing
@marcel@waldvogel.family
@johl@mastodon.xyz
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineThe paragon of political integrity!
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/12/former-tory-chancellor-nadhim-zahawi-defects-to-reform-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@scott@carfree.cityI guess the executive power grab attempts in SF government are taking multiple forms. Not only the Commission Streamlining Task Force, but Mayor Lurie and Board President Mandelman have also created this "charter reform working group," where there's no public comment and major city departments are excluded.
https://
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Suella Braverman in charge of education and equality." Can you imagine?
Nigel the Stockbroker's 'Reform' (sic) unveils hard-right top team.
Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reform-unveils-hard-right-top-team
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialThere is a #Trump proclamation (few months old) that imposes an additional fine ($100k) for applying to a new H1-B visa (the type that is used a lot by researchers).
Does anyone know for sure (with a source please) if this applies to those who are already in the US (for any reason, e.g. you were on a different visa or you are in the grace period of a visa)?
The original pro…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Es ist Zeit für eine Reform der #Dienstwagenbesteuerung in Deutschland 🚗🌍
Die aktuelle Regelung begünstigt große, verbrauchsintensive #Fahrzeuge und fördert CO₂-Emissionen. Wie könnte eine umweltfreundlichere Besteuerung aussehen? Sollten steu…
@krone@frawas.deHanke plant Reform - ÖBB sollen schlanker und schneller werden #News #Nachrichten
@cdarwin@c.imFarage insists Thai-based crypto billionaire wants nothing in return for £9m donation to Reform UK
The Reform UK leader promoted the cryptocurrency company which Christopher Harborne holds shares in
– one month after receiving a record donation for the party
https://www…
@paulbusch@mstdn.caThe Avi Lewis AMA on Reddit this afternoon was interesting. He didn't answer my question, and I'll eventually get over it, but he was swinging for the fences with his ideas. His responses would resonate I think with MastoCanucks as they pretty much call for the government to get more involved in providing real solutions. Including building 1M public homes, tackling U.S. ownership of our media, getting rid of FPTP with electoral reform, guaranteed income programs, publicly owned options for major business categories (banks, grocery, phones, etc). Those big ideas could wake up and excite voters while at the same time facing huge opposition from big businesses and wealthy Canadians who would face a new wealth tax.
I hope he wins the leadership. At the very least he'll push the Liberals to be bolder, and maybe even lead a minority government that could bring some of his ideas to fruition.
#CanPoli #NDP
https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/s/fwKRmDPSvd
@Dragofix@veganism.socialIndonesia closes 2025 with rising disasters and stalled environmental reform https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indonesia-closes-2025-with-rising-disasters-and-stalled-environmental-reform/
@kctipton@mas.toThe measles vaccine: A product of two centuries of science and public health reform - World Socialist Web Site #measles
@heiseonline@social.heise.deHessen: Verfassungsschutz darf Staatstrojaner für Online-Durchsuchung einsetzen
Karlsruhe kippte das hessische Verfassungsschutzgesetz teils. Der Landtag hat eine Reform beschlossen, die dem Geheimdienst neue, weitgehende Befugnisse gibt.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comICE Is Beyond Reform (Mary L Trump/The Good in Us)
https://www.marytrump.org/p/ice-is-beyond-reform
http://www.memeorandum.com/260114/p164#a260114p164
@primonatura@mstdn.social"AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange
@markhburton@mstdn.socialAndrew Who to join Robert Who and the other racists.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98jn1wywdyo
@kubikpixel@chaos.social»Überwachung —Das Schweigen der Trump-Regierung zur FISA-Reform:
Der US-Kongress steht vor einer Deadline - In zwei Monaten läuft die Rechtsgrundlage für massenhafte Auslandsspionage ab. Abgeordnete streiten über Reformen.«
Wer wehn und wie überwacht ist immer auch wer über wehn macht hat und ausübt. Die Ausführung der Macht ist meistens (fast immer) auch die egoistische Bereicherung wenigen.
🕵️
@hex@kolektiva.socialI also think that Standing Rock has already brought this up for some of the folks I'd otherwise be talking to. I'm definitely not early to the party here.
I'm just coming back to this from recently finishing "Safety Through Solidarity" (a book everyone should read) and thinking about my own identity.
One of the things that came up in the book was the potential intersection between Haredim and anarchists on prison reform and abolition. Yet, we tend to neglect this opportunity for collaboration, I think for such reasons as I'm talking about.
Edit:
https://www.akpress.org/safety-through-solidarity.html
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzI'm sure nothing could go wrong with this approach: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/581950/new-ministry-to-combine-housing-transport-and-environment
@pre@boing.worldRobert Jenrick has been sacked as shadow minister on account of the shadow leader thinking he's thinking of defecting.
Presumably this encourages him to defect really? Even if he wasn't planning to leave, why stay around in a party that can't win and is sacking people on paranoid presumptions that they will leave?
Seems like all the rats at the Conservative party are jumping ship to Reform. People will be voting Reform at the next election and literally getting the exact same ministers as when they voted Conservative at the last one.
This isn't like the usual "Vote X, get Y", where the broken electoral system lets the least popular party in because the popular political wing is divided. This is literally "Vote reform, Reform win, but you get the exact people who were standing as Conservative last time"
Is this really good for Reform? It's voters are trying to avoid voting Tory, surely? Adding all the old tory ministers to their ranks has to hurt rather than help?
#ukpol #defection #reform #conservatives
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social@…
Falls du deine Sammlung von Beispielen für die aktive Verdrängung der Klimakrise erweitern willst:
https://<…
@denkbeteiligung@digitalcourage.socialDas Kabinett will die Reform des #EEG achnell angehen. Das ist grundsätzlich gut und allerhöchste Eisenbahn, aber ich hoffe, dass die #Bürgerenergie projekte die bereits in Entwickkung sind nicht abgewürgt werden indem die Bedingungen maßgeblich verschlechtert werden.
@nemobis@mamot.fr«This week, [Venezuela] received its first $300m from US crude sales, earmarked for stabilising the foreign exchange market.»
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/1/23/venezuelas-interim-presidents-oil-law-reform-to-break-w…
@StephenRees@mas.toBC all-party committee on Electoral Reform recommends a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform! New polling shows BC voters support proportional representation.
Additionally, the Committee recommends that the provincial government consult local governments to determine the level of interest in alternative electoral systems for their communities."
@rachel@norfolk.socialSo, is Wes Streetjng going to defect to Reform next week? Farage says some Labour MP is planning to and he seems most likely candidate.
#ukpolitics
@cdarwin@c.im“In two weeks” finally arrived.
That’s the usual time period in which Trump has, for the last 10 years, promised the arrival of a spectacular plan to reform the healthcare system,
one that would solve every problem anyone could identify,
individual or systemic.
Just you wait, he’d say — the plan is coming in two weeks, and you’re gonna love it.
Well now the White House has indeed released what it calls
“The Great Healthcare Plan.”
Is it great? No…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Es ist Zeit für eine Reform der #Dienstwagenbesteuerung in Deutschland 🚗🌍
Die aktuelle Regelung begünstigt große, verbrauchsintensive #Fahrzeuge und fördert CO₂-Emissionen. Wie könnte eine umweltfreundlichere Besteuerung aussehen? Sollten steu…
@johl@mastodon.xyzWeird devices running Linux.
@offenenetze@chaos.socialHessen: Verfassungsschutz darf Staatstrojaner für Online-Durchsuchung einsetzen | heise online
https://heise.de/-11114779
@newsie@darktundra.xyzUkraine appoints digital chief as defense minister to drive military reform https://therecord.media/ukraine-digital-chief-transformation
@holger_moller@bildung.socialDie #Konservativen bewahren Bewahrenswertes? Schön wärs!
Sie bewahren vor allem #Privilegien für Privilegierte und #Benachteiligung für Benachteiligte.
Und schaden damit der
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @markhburton@mstdn.socialNot so surprising given Starmer's ever greater adoption of Reform's pseudo-policies.
Bolton gets first Reform councillor as former Labour member joins party - Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ne
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump has finally unveiled his long-awaited framework for healthcare affordability,
almost a year and a half after announcing during a pre-election presidential debate that he had the “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform.
The short document, titled
"the Great Healthcare Plan",
provides four headline objectives,
but few specific details as to how they will be achieved.
The Trump administration says it intends to lower prescription pri…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Es ist Zeit für eine Reform der #Dienstwagenbesteuerung in Deutschland 🚗🌍
Die aktuelle Regelung begünstigt große, verbrauchsintensive #Fahrzeuge und fördert CO₂-Emissionen. Wie könnte eine umweltfreundlichere Besteuerung aussehen? Sollten steu…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Universität radikal umdenken"
https://taz.de/!6149714/
"Für den Umgang mit KI an Unis gibt nur einen Weg: Eine grundsätzliche Neugestaltung des universitären Lernens und Prüfens. Vier* Ideen für eine Reform" von Elvira Rosert @…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social📢 Koalitionsspitzen einigen sich im Rentenstreit
Das schwarz-rote Rentenpaket soll unverändert bleiben. Darauf hat sich der Koalitionsausschuss in der Nacht geeinigt. Mit einem Begleittext, der dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio vorliegt, soll auf die Bedenken der Jungen Union eingegangen werden. Darin geht es um eine umfassende Reform der Rente für die Zeit nach 2031.
➡️
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFour-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88 (Gary D. Robertson/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-gov-jim-hunt-obit-0edf223c7e614acab5d3a76cb2d9c1f3
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p125#a251218p125
@curiouscat@fosstodon.orgI donated to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School https://www.brennancenter.org/
Due to the dire threats to the USA from the current administration and the Republican party I am donating as much money as I spend on myself this year to protect us from those threats to our way of life.
@scott@carfree.cityBillionaire mayor who's presiding over massive cuts to public health, street safety, transit, food aid, and public schools in the midst of an AI boom opposes more city revenue.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-lurie-position-business-tax-chart…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialDie Zukunft der Rente hängt an der Zukunft der Arbeit – und die verändert KI gerade radikal. Doch in Berlin wird gestritten, als wäre es 1985. #saschalobo fordert: Reform jetzt, nicht Rentenromantik. Schwarze Null abschaffen, Realität anerkennen.
#Rente
@marcel@waldvogel.family"Die Koalition begründet die Notwendigkeit einer längeren Speicherung mit einer zunehmenden Radikalisierung junger Menschen, etwa über Plattformen wie TikTok."
Wieso bitte müssen die #Grundrechte eingeschränkt werden, wenn klar ist, dass Plattformen wie #TikTok zur Radikalisieru…
@kctipton@mas.toOpinion: Texas is losing the reading battle while leaders fight a culture war over books - El Paso Matters https://elpasomatters.org/2026/02/03/opinion-texas-reading-crisis-culture-war-literacy-reform/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIlya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump's prison-reform law (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/02/bitcoin-hacker-ilya-lichtenstein-bitfinex-razz…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot“Everybody is so fed up with #Labour’s only strategy being ‘vote Labour to keep the Tories out’, and now it’s ‘vote Labour to keep Reform out’,” Spencer tells me. “It’s like: how about you actually just do something to make people vote for you?” -- #Green party candidate Hannah Spencer in the Gorton and De…
@markhburton@mstdn.social“The landlord put it up, yet the tenants have Green posters in the window. It’s a sign of the state of politics now – Labour prioritises landlords and Greens prioritise tenants.
“Labour know this election is now Reform versus Green but of course they don’t want to lose too badly and they’re fighting for every vote, even if that means Reform win.”
Excl: Labour And Greens Clash Over Posters Amid By Election Tensions | HuffPost UK Politics
@johl@mastodon.xyzTräwelling wis Deutsche Bahn #mntpocketreform
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialNot very consistent is he, Mr Farage?
@benb@osintua.euSyrskyi touts second phase of corps reform, citing rising Russian losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/syrskyi-touts-second-phase-of.html
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@drgeraint@glasgow.socialPro-indy SNP supporters should vote for Scottish Greens on the list vote in May if they don't want to waste their 2nd vote and want to help keep Reform down:
"The [SNP]’s likely success in [constituency contests] would mean that, despite not being awarded a single list seat, the nationalists will have 45% or so of the seats in the chamber, well above the party’s 29% share of the list vote"
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCourt Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court-reform-breaking-the-corrupt-rule-of-the-six-gops-is-everything
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p137#a251208p137
@pgogl@troet.cafeVeränderungen in der Fernseh- und Rundfunklandschaft kommen bald.
Nicht wirklich tragisch, Schlager-Radiosender auf DAB verschwinden 🙂
https://www.teltarif.de/ard-zdf-radio-fernsehen-streaming-reform/news/100693.html
@hex@kolektiva.socialRE: https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/116064378371973762
I think a lot of anarchists miss the utilitarian paths because we are blinded by ideology. Like, yeah, you can't really reform the government into being good. Government is bad as a thing.
But you absolutely can infiltrate and subvert the system in ways that produce positive outcomes. It's easy to miss the subtle difference.
There are also other strategies that become available when you don't just flat-out refuse to interact with the state. Like, you can use pincer strategies where you organize in the community and subvert in the government.
We can do more and be more creative.
@skington@glasgow.socialReform have written to me. Wow, what a push poll. “Rising crime”, “mass immigration” (not devolved), but no mention of transport, let alone the environment (unless that’s what they mean by high energy prices).
Also, why only one set of choices for who I’m voting for? Have Reform forgotten that in a Scottish election you have two votes (constituency and list)?
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSix Ways to Reform ICE and CBP (Garrett M. Graff/Doomsday Scenario)
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-to-reform-ice-and-cbp
http://www.memeorandum.com/260204/p151#a260204p151
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEs wird teurer bei Temu, Shein und Co... Richtig so?🛍️
Die EU hat eine umfassende Reform der Zollvorschriften beschlossen, die direkt auf die Flut von Billig-Paketen aus China abzielt.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11175060
@rachel@norfolk.socialSo, it would seem the Gorton and Denton by-election will be crucial. Starmer will cling on until the result and then a leadership election will happen.
But the by-election will determine everything. If the Greens are elected, Labour will move left with Angela Raynor and, god forbid, if Reform win, then it will lurch right with Wes Streeting.
Seriously, if Wes Streeting got into power, I’d be fucked.
@benb@osintua.eu'Second stage' of Ukrainian military's corps reform underway, Syrskyi says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/10/second-stage-of-ukrainian-militarys.html
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"When you focus on growth in GDP as your primary goal without any concern for whether what creates that growth is of real value rather than simply being capable of being counted, whilst being indifferent to the distribution of the gains, those already vulnerable are bound to suffer as a consequence... The policy failure this chart exposes is not an accident; it will be achieved by #Labour by d…
@cdarwin@c.imWith a historic supermajority now secured, the Japanese
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Sanae Takaichi stands at its strongest position in decades.
The collapse of the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) in the same election has left Japan’s political landscape without its most prominent counterweight.
The question now is simple: what is left of Japan’s opposition?
Running under the slogan “Citizens First,” the CRA tried to appeal to voters with middle-ground messagi…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comLEADERS JEFFRIES AND SCHUMER DELIVER URGENT ICE REFORM DEMANDS TO REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP (Chuck Schumer/Congressman Hakeem Jeffries)
https://jeffries.house.gov/2026/02/04/leaders-jeffries-and-schumer-deliver-urgent-ice-reform-demands-to-republican-leadership/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p34#a260205p34
@markhburton@mstdn.socialMy advice to the Tories is listen hard to distant but approaching thunder. #Climate negligence and fossil politics will not be a winning formula in the hotter world of the next election. That niche is best left to Reform.
There is a wide-open window for the Conservatives to be the responsible party of nature and free market, winning back the hard-working silent middle as urban Labour lurches f…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialGlobal plastics treaty negotiations: Success is still possible, researchers argue #environment …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comReform deputy leader dismisses claims of Farage's past racism as new witnesses come forward (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/04/reform-uk-deputy-richard-tice-farage-antisemitism-allegations-made-up-twaddle
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p61#a251204p61
@memeorandum@universeodon.comConcepts of Health Care Plans − Humiliation Trying to Pass Them (Joe Perticone/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-house-republicans-mike-johnson-fail-to-pass-health-care-reform-obamacare-subsidies-gop-health-plan
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p100#a251211p100
@heiseonline@social.heise.deUnfälle: Verkehrssicherheitsrat fordert KI-Überwachung des Handy-Verbots
Der Verkehrssicherheitsrat will eine Reform des Verkehrsrechts, die von flächendeckender Monocam-Überwachung bis zu neuen Promillegrenzen für Radfahrer reicht.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotIt's before dawn on the 7th of January; I've written 10,000 words of a story that I first started actually writing on the 1st of January. It's about a God, a very old dragon, and how you reform a really sick society. None of what I've written yet is very good, but I have the bones of the whole story, including a satisfactory ending.
#AmWriting
@cdarwin@c.imThe protest movement in Iran,
now in its second week,
is the most significant unrest the country has experienced in years.
Though triggered initially by a sudden slide in the country’s currency,
protesters soon demanded political reform and called for the downfall of the government.
🔥Iranian authorities have arrested key members of the protest movement that has rocked the country over the last two weeks,
the national police chief has said,
💥as Washi…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHouse Republicans unveil election reform bill dubbed 'Make Elections Great Again Act' (Emily Brooks/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5712698-house-republicans-election-reform-bill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p81#a260129p81
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThis is a really good analysis of how #Labour became a right wing party.
I was aware of their courting of rich donors, but I'd missed the revolving door between Labour governments and the defence and private healthcare industries, and the point about Labour directing anger towards immigrants in order to divert it from the
@markhburton@mstdn.socialA customs union is a sensible, pragmatic measure, not because of "going for growth", which is a) unattainable anyway and b) ecocidal, but to make life easier for small businesses who send goods to our neighbours.
Davey claims ‘historic victory’ for Lib Dems after tokenistic vote in favour of customs union with EU – UK politics live | Politics | The Guardian
@benb@osintua.euUkraine could forfeit $4.2B in EU funds after missing reform conditions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/29/ukraine-could-forfeit-b-in.html
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online❓ Hat schon jemand konkrete Details zum Staatsvertrag zur Reform des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks (#Reformstaatsvertrag)?
Welche #Sender fallen weg?
Wieviele MA verlieren den Job?
Was genau für „Doppelstrukturen“ werden abgebaut?
@heiseonline@social.heise.deDatenschutz-Frust in deutschen Büros... Laut einer aktuellen Bitkom‑Umfrage sehen Unternehmen vor allem steigenden Aufwand, wachsende Rechtsunsicherheit und zu komplexe Vorgaben.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11101153?wt_mc=sm.re
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie #Trassenpreise im #Bahnverkehr steigen weiter und belasten #Güterverkehr und #Fernverkehr
@cdarwin@c.imChuck Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, on Wednesday demanded that legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) include a ban on wearing masks and other reforms aimed at federal agents involved in immigration enforcement, setting up a clash with Republicans that could see the government partially shut down in the coming days.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThune: 'Not even close' to enough votes to change filibuster rule to enact voting reform (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5732146-senate-filibuster-rule-thune/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p146#a260210p146
@memeorandum@universeodon.comVenezuela's acting president signs oil industry overhaul, easing state control to lure investors (Regina Garcia Cano/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-oil-reform-delcy-rodriguez-5784394afdc3ee0017d2f41427253fd8
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p152#a260129p152
@markhburton@mstdn.socialOh look, here's the BBC yet again giving a platform to the fascists and xenophobes, stockbroker's party.
@cdarwin@c.imThis DHS funding battle is part of a bigger question Democrats must answer as they fight to regain power.
Large sections of the Democratic base are now echoing calls to “abolish ICE.”
Some Democratic leaders, like New York Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader,
are pushing back against this with much more tepid, unwieldy, and frankly pretty weak ideas to “restrain, reform, and restrict” the agency.
ICE is just over 20 years old, formed as part of the sec…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialNigel Farage wants to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child limit - Big Issue
https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/nigel-farage-beer-prices-two-child-benefit-limit/
Same old Tories, effectively.
No wonder he won't deba…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAfter a week of censures, some in Congress are having second thoughts (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/25/congress-censure-reform/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p29#a251125p29
@cdarwin@c.imAfter a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
The recent onslaught of disciplinary actions has diminished their effect, said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota),
who was removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee last Congress.
Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to censure Omar earlier this year for comments accusing conservatives of using Charlie Kirk’s death to advance their political goals and suggesting that Kirk did not support “civil debate.”
@markhburton@mstdn.social"When did empathy become something exceptional?"
Contrast with Starmer's Reform-aping UK Labour.
Pedro Sšnchez, Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2…
@cdarwin@c.imSenate Democrats are considering a deal that would head off a partial government shutdown
and give the party time to negotiate new restrictions on immigration operations
in response to the killings of US citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
The talks, confirmed to the Guardian by a Senate aide, come after Senate Democrats demanded a series of reforms on federal agents involved in Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign,
including a prohibition on weari…
