Mark Zuckerberg settles an $8bn lawsuit to avoid testifying under oath over Cambridge Analytica and walks away without public accountability. This is surveillance capitalism in action: law-breaking treated as a cost of doing business, executives shielded, power untouched. This

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When Private Eye revealed the giveaway of Teesside regeneration land to local businessmen, mayor Ben Houchen said they kept £50m in the bank for investment in the project. New figures show they’ve extracted that as dividends while investing nothing. Story in new @privateeyenews.

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

Iran is seeing some of the most serious protests since 1979. Assessing what is actually happening is extremely difficult: internet and phones are down; Starlink is being jammed, thanks (presumably) to tools from allies 1/6

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Unbelievable that a man who spent US$75m on a film no-one wants to see about Melania Trump has just fired almost all the foreign correspondents on the newspaper he owns. You might think nothing was happening in this world. Jeff Bezos The Washington Post #SaveThePost

The Trump administration has abstained on another Ukraine-sponsored peace resolution in the UN, continuing its support there for Russia, North Korea and other rogue states. History will judge this for what it is, support for corrupt autocratic regimes at the expense of democracy.

The US State Dept hosted British Far Right figure Tommy Robinson this week. Even I’m shocked. An ally together with which we have supported democracy for the last 80 years is now succouring pro-Putin political extremism in Europe. It’s hard to believe but sadly our new reality.

I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage MP fan club - so let me be clear. This man sows hate, lies and division. He is a grifter and a conman. He does not represent the vast majority of Britons. RT if you agree P.s. multiculturalism is great.

🚨BREAKING: The "Board of Peace" launches its first war....

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇 "As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two

Russia feeds Iran intel to kill American soldiers. Trump eases Russian oil sanctions the same day. When an adversary helps kill your troops and pays zero price for it, you need to ask a hard question: is this incompetence, transactionalism, or something more? History will judge.

WITKOFF SAYS HE HAS COMMUNICATED TO RUSSIA TO NOT SEND TARGETING INFO AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO IRAN

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This Trump tweet is a work of art and needs to be kept for posterity. It turns out that the US has destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability. Yet, to combat a military with no capability he is left pleading with allies he has regularly insulted to save him in the Gulf.

Let me explain what just happened 👇 5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire

FT Exclusive: Traders made bets worth half a billion dollars in the oil market about 15 minutes before Donald Trump’s post touting 'productive' talks with Iran sent the price of crude tumbling ft.trib.al/5jnFcCt

It seems the White House may have uploaded that video unintentionally. It's now been made private. But I downloaded it, so here's the full WH feed of the Easter lunch earlier today. Trump does sound a bit more candid here than he does in front of reporters.

Jennifer Jacobs Secretary of War Pete Hegseth The LaNeve detail is the signal inside the personnel story. General Christopher LaNeve was Hegseth's personal military aide before becoming Vice Chief. His likely elevation to Army Chief of Staff would put Hegseth's own former aide in command of the Army at the moment ground