White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first . These Trump administration officials are privately arguing that an Israeli attack would trigger Iran to retaliate, helping muster support from American voters for a U.S. strike. [Carly Simon - You're So Vain] https://politi.co/4qVQxJo via @politico

Authoritarian and far-right power doesn’t grow in isolation. It is organised — across finance, ideology, institutions and transnational alliances. This new infographic series, developed with Reactionary International, traces how these networks connect and consolidate influence worldwide. https://www.tni.org/en/mapping-fascism

"Trump hasn’t sought the approval of either Congress or the United Nations to attack Iran. He hasn’t even had the duplicitous courtesy to conduct the kind of elaborate propaganda campaign that Bush carried out in 2002 and 2003 to manufacture consent for an invasion. Clearly, Trump thinks that his personal desire for war is the only justification he needs. Even more than in 2003, the administration is offering both conflicting pretexts and unclear goals for war." Trump’s Iran War Could Be an Even Bigger Catastrophe Than Iraq https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-iran-war-threats-iraq/

Susan George – acclaimed political scientist and TNI’s honorary president – has passed away at the age of 91 Obituary https://www.tni.org/en/article/susan-george-obituary

"The UN experts also raised concerns about “serious compliance failures and botched redactions” that exposed sensitive victim information. More than 1,200 victims were identified in the documents that have been released so far. “The reluctance to fully disclose information or broaden investigations, has left many survivors feeling retraumatised and subjected to what they describe as ‘institutional gaslighting’,” the experts said." "Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts: Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls"

the Guardian

Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls

"Analysis by Channel 4 News has identified emails within the latest Epstein files that suggest that the mountain of information released by the US Department of Justice could amount to just a fraction of the total - potentially just 2% of the information that the FBI retrieved from Epstein's homes." Epstein Files: Investigation suggests just 2% of data released to public

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts https://nyti.ms/4rRzZmN

Robert Duvall, 'Tender Mercies' Oscar winner, dies at 95 https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/robert-duvall-tender-mercies-oscar-winner-dies-95-2026-02-16/

Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77 https://nyti.ms/3ZzKD5M

"One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consistently intensify it: In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it’s not quite so simple. These changes can be unsustainable, leading to workload creep, cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making. The productivity surge enjoyed at the beginning can give way to lower quality work, turnover, and other problems. To correct for this, companies need to adopt an “AI practice,” or a set of norms and standards around AI use that can include intentional pauses, sequencing work, and adding more human grounding."

Harvard Business Review

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new...

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare if largely symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda as Republicans joined Democrats over the objections of GOP leadership. The tally, 219-211, was among the first times the House, controlled by Republicans, has confronted the president over a signature policy. The resolution seeks to end the national emergency Trump declared to impose the tariffs, though actually undoing the policy would require support from Trump himself, which is highly unlikely. The resolution next goes to the Senate." U.S. House votes to slap back Trump’s tariffs on Canada in rare bipartisan rebuke of White House agenda https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/u-s-house-votes-to-slap-back-trumps-tariffs-on-canada-in-rare-bipartisan-rebuke/article_aad1db60-30f2-5d23-b588-d4ac79d62c46.html

In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions https://www.reuters.com/investigations/trumps-war-global-justice-court-staff-un-face-terroristgrade-sanctions-2026-02-06/

Toronto police corruption case: Explosive allegations against officers accused of leaking information to criminals : The seven-month investigation, dubbed Project South, is one of the largest probes of criminal corruption in the Toronto Police Service’s history, involving longtime constables and sergeants as well as younger officers. https://bit.ly/45TCjRT

"Over 750 pages were cut from the earlier versions of the same orders, according to NPR's analysis, leaving only about one-third of the number of pages in the original documents." Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5677187/nuclear-safety-rules-rewritten-trump

[Short version at 29:00 of the video recording] Nick Tilsen is an Indigenous leader, organizer, and social entrepreneur from the Oglala Lakota Nation, founder, president, and CEO of NDN Collective, which he created to systematically strengthen the collective power of Indigenous peoples through organizing, financing, philanthropy, capacity building, and political narrative-building; his more than 20-year career includes community mobilization, land defense, and equitable development across Turtle Island (North America), and he has received fellowships and major foundation awards for his work. He embodies an organizing strategy rooted in Indigenous culture and solidarity, and in a recent interview he highlights the risks and challenges he faces as a visible leader, including legal charges he considers politically motivated, as well as the importance of a structured organization capable of supporting and protecting movements for justice and the LANDBACK movement. NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led advocacy and activist organization based in Rapid City, South Dakota, working with more than 200 Indigenous groups to build the power of Indigenous peoples, communities, and nations in pursuit of self-determination and a world grounded in justice and equity; its mission includes rights advocacy, sustainable community development, the decolonization of social and economic structures, and the promotion of campaigns such as climate justice, racial and educational equity, and the LANDBACK movement aimed at returning traditional lands to Indigenous peoples. (ChatGPT) Silencing a Movement Leader: Nick Tilsen’s Fight for Justice

"SIK leader Jess Berthelsen rejects Trump claim that the US needs Greenland for ‘national security’"

the Guardian

‘We are not for sale’: chair of Greenland’s top labor union rebukes Trump’s call for annexation

Exclusive: SIK leader Jess Berthelsen rejects Trump claim that the US needs Greenland for ‘national security’

Greenlanders ‘don’t want to be Americans’, say political leaders amid Trump threats Five parties issue joint statement after US president warns he would acquire the island ‘the nice way or the more difficult way’

the Guardian

Greenlanders ‘don’t want to be Americans’, say political leaders amid Trump threats

Five parties issue joint statement after US president warns he would acquire the island ‘the nice way or the more difficult way’

"There may still be time to stop this trajectory. When Russia invaded Ukraine, over 140 states condemned the invasion as illegal, helping avert what would probably have been a death blow to the legal order. This is what it takes to preserve the international legal system when a powerful state violates the rules. So far, however, only a handful of states have been willing to forcefully stand up to Mr. Trump. If states fail to act together to preserve the prohibition on the use of force — the bedrock of the postwar legal order — the toll will be registered in many more lives lost in conflicts that no longer have any guardrails to stop them." The Great Unraveling Has Begun https://nyti.ms/3Z5khIh

"Further unrest in Venezuela could unsettle global energy and food markets and drive more migrants throughout the hemisphere." Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise https://nyti.ms/49lSTKU

Pour moi c'est le film de l'année, de loin. / For me, this is the movie of the year, by far. https://www.crave.ca/fr/movie/one-battle-after-another-59332