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SupportSanity's JournalLord Mandelson resigns from Labour Party over Epstein links
Lord Peter Mandelson says he has resigned his membership of the Labour Party as he does not want to "cause further embarrassment" by his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The former cabinet minister, who was sacked as US ambassador last year because of his past connections to Epstein, appeared in the latest release of files by the US Department of Justice on Friday.
Documents suggest Epstein made $75,000 (£55,000) in payments to Lord Mandelson in three separate $25,000 transactions in 2003 and 2004.
In his letter to Labour's general secretary, Lord Mandelson said: "I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8jm2vpve1o
Is Trump ratcheting things up with ICE now because funding of ICE is only through January 30th?
ICE and Border Patrol are part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is currently funded only through January 30. Possibly not renewed if our democratic leadership listens to us.
15 days to declare Insurrection Act and declare dictatorship?
United Healtcare - cutting 1 million subscribers? Really?
I think that if I was a Wells Fargo for a bunch of years, I wouldn't have thought of this.
Do you recall the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal? They were caught creating 3.5 million fake bank accounts in the names of its customers without their knowledge or consent.
https://www.learnsignal.com/blog/wells-fargo-fake-accounts-scandal-overview-2/
And then Wells Fargo was fined $3 billion dollars for creating those accounts.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/wells-fargo-agrees-pay-3-billion-resolve-criminal-and-civil-investigations-sales-practices
Why I bring up Wells Fargo scandal:
United Healthcare announced that it will be cutting a million of its clisnts.
A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from United Healthcare acknowledging that I had signed up with them.
I never signed up with them. I ignored the email.
Last week, I received another email saying that they had billed my VISA to pay my UnitedHealthcare payment.
I called United Healthcare. After talking to the rep for some time, it was decided that there really was no account. No matter what the email said, there really was no account. Best to contact VISA and get identification numbers for the transaction.
Then I looked at the email. It said that the my VISA with the last 4 digits of XXXX was billed. Then I realized that I had canceled that VISA several years ago. I thought I might've been hacked. So they really didn't bill me.
So it's either United Healthcare pumping up the numbers arificially before claiming that they had trimmed a million health plan customers or ...
The hackers were doing more dirty work.
I posted this on Bluesky and it fizzled. I saw Trump's "Ball"room as a great opportunity. How can I make it better?
I thought this would be a great way to make fun of Trump with double word meaning.
I see this as having LOTS of potential.
Am I wrong?
Any suggestions to make it better?
Thx
Just received this call to action. Looks good!
— SupportSanity (@supportsanity.bsky.social) 2025-10-23T19:27:12.469Z
I posted this on Bluesky and it fizzled. I saw Trump's "Ball"room as a great opportunity. Nobody else does.
Just received this call to action. Looks good!
— SupportSanity (@supportsanity.bsky.social) 2025-10-23T19:27:12.469Z
Disaster for Alex Jones and Infowars as Supreme Court rejects last-ditch bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hookfamilies
Source: independent.co.uk
The Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch appeal from right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones who is desperate to avoid paying nearly $1.5 billion to the families of the Sandy Hook massacre he falsely called a hoax.
The justices turned down his appeal without comment Tuesday.
Last week, Jones pressed for the nation’s high court to intervene, warning that unless justices take action, his Infowars website and assets will likely end up in the hands of satirical news website The Onion.
That potential acquisition — which was put on hold earlier this year — would support families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, which killed 20 children between six and seven years old. Jones has called it “staged” and a “hoax,” fueling a wave of harassment against the families.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alex-jones-supreme-court-infowars-sandy-hook-ruling-b2845169.html#Echobox=1760451145
The shooting was in 2012
Originalist 'Bombshell' Complicates Case on Trump's Power to Fire Officials
Source: nytimes.com
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December about whether President Trump can fire government officials for any reason, or no reason, despite laws meant to shield them from politics.
There is little question that the court will side with the president. Its conservative majority has repeatedly signaled that it plans to adopt the “unitary executive theory,” which says the original understanding of the Constitution demands letting the president remove executive branch officials as he sees fit.
But a new article, from a leading originalist law professor, has complicated and perhaps upended the conventional wisdom. The legal academy treated the development like breaking news.
“Bombshell!” William Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago who himself is a prominent originalist, wrote on social media. “Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation” of the Constitution.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/originalism-trump-supreme-court-unitary-executive.html
Might be problem for Trump on his quest for power. The Supreme Court respect this scholar's opinion and have taken his advice before.
Link to archived article:
https://archive.ph/qeqvR#selection-677.0-709.141
"The Shock Doctrine" book by Naomi Klein. If you haven't read it yet, now would be a good time.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
is a 2007 book by Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein. In the book, Klein argues that neoliberal economic policies promoted by Milton Friedman and the Chicago school of economics have risen to global prominence because of a deliberate strategy she calls "disaster capitalism". In this strategy, political actors exploit the chaos of natural disasters, wars, and other crises to push through unpopular policies such as deregulation and privatization. This economic "shock therapy" favors corporate interests while disadvantaging and disenfranchising citizens when they are too distracted and overwhelmed to respond or resist effectively. The book challenges the narrative that free market capitalist policies have been welcomed by the inhabitants of regions where they have been implemented, and it argues that several man-made events, including the Iraq War, were intentionally undertaken with the goal of pushing through these unpopular policies in their wake.
Some reviewers claimed the book oversimplifies political phenomena, while others lauded it as a compelling and important work. The book served as the main source of a 2009 documentary feature film with the same title directed by Michael Winterbottom.[1]
Link to Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine
Exclusive: US to drop guidance to limit alcohol to one or two drinks per day, sources say
Exclusive: US to drop guidance to limit alcohol to one or two drinks per day, sources say
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-drop-guidance-limit-alcohol-one-or-two-drinks-per-day-sources-say-2025-06-18/
Summary
Americans have long been told to drink two or fewer drinks per day
New guidelines due as soon as this month
Expected to include brief statement on limiting drinking
Alcohol industry faces growing scrutiny of health risks
June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is expected to eliminate from its dietary guidelines the long-standing recommendation that adults limit alcohol consumption to one or two drinks per day, according to three sources familiar with the matter, in what could be a major win for an industry threatened by heightened scrutiny of alcohol's health effects.
The updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which could be released as early as this month, are expected to include a brief statement encouraging Americans to drink in moderation or limit alcohol intake due to associated health risks, the sources said.
The guidelines are still under development and subject to change, two of the sources and a fourth individual familiar with the process said.
Currently, the recommendations advise limiting drinking to one serving or less per day for women and two or less for men, widely seen as a moderate level.
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Comment:
Gives Hegseth (and others) an excuse
Exclusive: US to drop guidance to limit alcohol to one or two drinks per day, sources say
Exclusive: US to drop guidance to limit alcohol to one or two drinks per day, sources say
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-drop-guidance-limit-alcohol-one-or-two-drinks-per-day-sources-say-2025-06-18/
Summary
Americans have long been told to drink two or fewer drinks per day
New guidelines due as soon as this month
Expected to include brief statement on limiting drinking
Alcohol industry faces growing scrutiny of health risks
June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is expected to eliminate from its dietary guidelines the long-standing recommendation that adults limit alcohol consumption to one or two drinks per day, according to three sources familiar with the matter, in what could be a major win for an industry threatened by heightened scrutiny of alcohol's health effects.
The updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which could be released as early as this month, are expected to include a brief statement encouraging Americans to drink in moderation or limit alcohol intake due to associated health risks, the sources said.
The guidelines are still under development and subject to change, two of the sources and a fourth individual familiar with the process said.
Currently, the recommendations advise limiting drinking to one serving or less per day for women and two or less for men, widely seen as a moderate level.
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Comment:
Gives Hegseth (and others) an excuse
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