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Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories' worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 George Monbiot Who is running the government's growth school' for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears Thu 11 Sep 2025 15.00 AEST < Share 660

🇨🇦 🧵A big warm welcome to all the lovely Canadians jumping on the Atlas Network train. #NZpol has led the way with the Aus academic @jeremywalker.bsky.social showing the history that got them a “think” tank operative as Dep PM. George Monbiot says “junktanks”👌 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

🇨🇦Intro to context from the Aus equivalent to the BBC gives you the story in global/Aussie terms. A bunch of academics led by Friedrich Hayek founded the Mont Pelerin Society in 1947 to steer national economies away from communism to Christian-Western neoliberalism. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Thinking Live with David Pepper on Ohio, Elections, and the Future A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video

Had a wonderful conversation with fellow Ohio native Tim Snyder about Ohio, the mood on the ground, and our campaign here to turn Ohio blue…and around.

Watch our whole conversation here:

🇨🇦Your meth lab of a southern neighbour has been the hub for the junktank network that the MPS spawned, although Britain was a partner in crime. They used their junktanks to fight the masses into submission, despising the mainstream New Deal economic bargain as the “road to serfdom”.

all cops are bastards,
all republicans are pedophiles

Alex Carey: a century of business taking the risk out of democracy Jeff Bezos recently announced that the Washington Post would henceforth dedicate its op/ed pages to “free markets and personal liberties”. His Whole Foods business also asked the National Labor Relati...

🇨🇦This Australian sociologist tracked the early history of how America in particular was rolling out “business propaganda” to “manage democracy” so you proles couldn’t get in the way of profit. He recorded many examples of its success at turning us against ourselves.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/03...

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

🇨🇦 Climate is probably the most disastrous crisis fostered by these disinformation outfits. Fossil fuel 💰 goes back to supporting the original MPS economists pre MPS. Continues to fund junktanks today.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@rachelgilmour.bsky.social
Do you recognise the orgs on this list?

See link for global lists of official partners as of 2021.

See link for global lists of official partners as of 2021.

🇨🇦These are the Canadian junktanks listed as official Atlas Network Partners when the body took the list dark in 2021. There were always more than were officially connected into the project, so you will be able to investigate like NZers have. www.desmog.com/atlas-econom...

In college I wrote a story called the Great American Schism about the republicans altering the constitution changing article v to then enact horrors, and the democrats were against it but ineffectual and there became two versions of the constitution. I was told it was too outlandish and unrealistic.

Update: Trump’s War in the Middle East YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury

I know so many of you are scared, angry, and downright pissed off about what’s happening with Trump’s war in the Middle East. 
So, I want to give a little breakdown on what’s happening, Congress’s authority, and what comes next.

Flashback to the 2024 Republican National Convention 👇🏽

She Spent Nearly 23 Years in Prison for a Crime She Didn’t Commit. Now She May Be Deported. On Monday, Carmen Mejia was officially exonerated in the 2003 scalding death of an infant.

A Texas woman spent 22 years of her life behind bars for a terrible crime she didn’t commit, finally was released & exonerated, but b/c the wrongful conviction destroyed her legal status, she’s now set to be deported. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Here’s a quick factcheck on tomahawks, so you have it:

The only countries aside from US who have access to Tomahawks are:

Current Operators: United Kingdom (Royal Navy) and Australia (Royal Australian Navy).

Future Operators: Japan (2024) and the Netherlands (2025).

trump and the republicans' plan is to keep the united states as a market-of-last-resort for the saudis and other countries with big oil reserves as the rest of the world transitions to solar+batteries+EVs

Dead eye nazi needs his harddrive looked at by law enforcement.

A DOGE staffer testified that a documentary about Jewish women used as slave labor during the Holocaust was targeted for termination because it was "inherently related to DEI."

BC’s economy is growing exponentially, and that would not be possible without First Nations coming to the table with us.

I’m appalled to see the level of misinformation being spread by the Conservatives. Our success lies in the work we do together.

Merz warns Israel against West Bank annexation Merz says annexing parts of the West Bank would be a “big mistake,” signaling a rare public rebuke from one of Israel’s staunchest allies.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz today warned Israel that annexation moves in the West Bank would be a “big mistake,” signaling growing concern in Berlin over developments in the territory.

Authorities have searched New Mexico ranch long owned by Epstein Officials are investigating allegations of illegal activity at the sex offender’s former property, Zorro Ranch, prior to his 2019 death.

The New Mexico Department of Justice has carried out a search at the secluded Zorro ranch once owned by Jeffrey Epstein — rekindling questions about whether the property was used for the sexual abuse and trafficking of young women and girls.

It was my honour yesterday to join Prime Minister Mark Carney and my colleagues for Iftar at the South Nepean Muslim Community mosque.

#Iftar #RamadanMubarak #OakvilleWest

🤬 Trump took another shot at PM Carney! I’ll discuss Trump’s ongoing threats to Canada’s sovereignty and the state of the world including how we should be building our cities in this critical time on tomorrow’s OShow with renowned 🇨🇦 urbanist @brenttoderian.bsky.social
youtube.com/@theoshowwithl…

The new Iranian leader has had his mother, father, wife and son killed by our bombs, according to reports. Any wish by him to make Iran a nuclear power is certainly undiminished by this. And, we've intercepted comms suggesting Iran is activating sleeper terror cells. All a bargain at $5 a gallon.

Judge Is Skeptical of Penn’s Argument Against Trump Demand for List of Jews

In court today, we argued against the government's efforts to compile lists of Jewish people & their ties across campus at UPenn

Free expression & religious liberty — the most basic rights — cannot be trampled this way

History has shown us where it leads

China surges, US slumps: dominance? #econsky

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…

Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS

And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

> @cnn.com

We are 10 days into an illegal war costing us $900M a day which has led to the deaths of 7 U.S troops & 1200 Iranians including hundreds of children.
Everything here is far more expensive & we are far less safe. And all of it, all of it… is because Israel told us to.