Female representation in the body has fallen by a notch to its second-highest level despite a record number of 313 women having run in Sunday’s election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/politics/female-candidates-election-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #dpp #cra #2026lowerhouseelection
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#MattGoodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency | #GreenParty Candidate #HannahSpencer
https://youtu.be/VNmzOamvE3o?si=J4MB5yw-6CSH1b2a
> Support our work:http://novara.media/supportAaron Bastani speaks to Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election
#MattGoodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency | #GreenParty Candidate #HannahSpencer
https://youtu.be/VNmzOamvE3o?si=J4MB5yw-6CSH1b2a
> Support our work:http://novara.media/supportAaron Bastani speaks to Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election
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New from Jason Buch: “That facility is, like, terrible, horrible. There’s a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And they’re putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-detention-bond-prosecutorial-discretion/
New from Jason Buch: “That facility is, like, terrible, horrible. There’s a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And they’re putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-detention-bond-prosecutorial-discretion/
The LDP's Lower House electoral triumph stunned even the most optimistic observers. But the result is less a master stroke of the party than a success of its indisputable architect: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi herself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/politics/sanae-takaichi-ldp-lower-house-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #2026lowerhouseelection #diet
More than 40% of voters who responded to an exit poll during Sunday’s Lower House election want the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party to continue to govern Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/politics/exit-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #nipponishinnokai #ldp #socialmedia #sanaetakaichi #cra #dpp #ai
The Liberal Democratic Party winning so many seats in the Lower House election on Sunday throws the role of its junior coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, into doubt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/politics/jip-election-results-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #hirofumiyoshimura #osaka #ldp
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Massive Protests against American fascist paramilitary forces in the Olympics (Milan, Italy - 2026)
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#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #italy #olympics #crimesofice_videos_protest
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The Guardian:
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned...
“We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing..."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/global-economy-transformed-humanity-future-un-chief-antonio-guterres
#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #ClimateCrisis #Environment
Voters in Bangladesh elect a new government on Feb. 12, but analysts warn their choice is threatened by a coordinated surge of disinformation, much of which originates from neighboring India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/asia-pacific/politics/disinformation-bangladesh-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #bangladesh #misinformation #socialmedia #india #ai
The Guardian:
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned...
“We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing..."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/global-economy-transformed-humanity-future-un-chief-antonio-guterres
#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #ClimateCrisis #Environment
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A senior EU Minister tells Martin Sandbu (FT) that: 'Europe is not as weak as it behaves'.
It can work through 'pragmatic federalism' (or as through a series of 'coalitions of the willing') on different issues - what used to be regarded as a variable speed EU.
Its need for consensus is also not a weakness but a strength: once agreed all members are behind the policy/actions.
In the new (post 'rupture') international system the EU needs to work with these strengths in mind.
Center-left Portuguese presidential candidate Antonio Jose Seguro has scored a convincing win over far-right rival Andre Ventura in a run-off vote held after days of devastating storms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/world/politics/center-left-seguro-portugal-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #antoniojoseseguro #portugal #europe #andreventura
Ken Hirata, a 58-year-old former vice governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, has won the gubernatorial election in the southwestern prefecture, defeating incumbent Gov. Kengo Oishi and another candidate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/japan/politics/nagasaki-gubernatorial-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nagasaki #localgovernment #ldp
A senior EU Minister tells Martin Sandbu (FT) that: 'Europe is not as weak as it behaves'.
It can work through 'pragmatic federalism' (or as through a series of 'coalitions of the willing') on different issues - what used to be regarded as a variable speed EU.
Its need for consensus is also not a weakness but a strength: once agreed all members are behind the policy/actions.
In the new (post 'rupture') international system the EU needs to work with these strengths in mind.
Thirteen party members or local leaders across four states in Venezuela reported fractures in the ruling socialist party in the weeks after U.S. forces captured President Nicolas Maduro. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/world/politics/distrust-socialist-party-venezuela/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #southamerica #nicolasmaduro
Keir Starmer’s future is in the balance after a crisis over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington claimed the U.K. prime minister’s closest aide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/world/politics/starmer-uk-aide-quits/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #petermandelson #uk #morganmcsweeney #jeffreyepstein #labour
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party won a clear victory in Sunday’s general election, raising the prospect that a more stable coalition may now succeed in bringing an end to political instability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-anutin-election-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #anutincharnvirakul #thailand #southeastasia
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That was a statement from Bad Bunny #superbowl #sports #Politics
