The United Kingdom recognized animals as sentient beings capable of experiencing joy, fear, pain, and other emotions under law.
In a landmark development, the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 officially took effect on 22 May 2023, with the establishment of the Animal Sentience Committee marking full implementation. This legislation requires the government to consider the welfare impacts on sentient animals—including all vertebrates (except humans), cephalopods, and decapod crustaceans—when formulating and enacting policies.
This achievement culminates decades of dedicated advocacy, dating back to 1988, when campaigners began pushing for laws to align with scientific evidence of animals' rich emotional lives. The independent Animal Sentience Committee now provides crucial oversight, ensuring these considerations remain central to policymaking and preventing the dismissal of animals' subjective experiences in political decisions.
As of 2026, the Act continues to shape UK animal welfare standards, setting a forward-thinking precedent for ethical governance and protection in the modern era. This shift honors the complex inner worlds of animals and reinforces their status as beings deserving of compassion and regard in law.
@KerryBurgess There is a bigger problem than Trump which is that all those in the US government on both sides are more corrupt because no part of the government is holding Trump to account when they should be removing him for corruption. The US government is just rotten to it's core.
Isabella Gonzalez represented the best of us. She is one of the many that put themselves in harms way to serve their country. But she paid the ultimate price, along with three comrades in arms.
Her name and the names of the three other fallen heroes were removed from the Defense Casualty Analysis numbers. They were:
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan
Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton
AP reported:
“… a new category called “Overseas Operations” emerged on the system’s website, listing the four Army deaths by name as well as 207 wounded. It was unclear if all of the wounded were injured in the Iran conflict.”
These heroes died a WEEK after the Draft Dodger in Chief notified Congress the Iran Ceasefire was over. I’m afraid we have now reached the stage where we can no longer believe a word the administration says on this war of choice.
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REMINDER of that time Barbara Walters, another strong and fearless journalist, HUMILIATED trump by calling out his bullsh*t to his face.
We need MORE of this. 🔥🔥🔥
🇺🇸Marco Rubio in MARCH: "Goal of the war is to change the regime."
🇺🇸Marco Rubio in APRIL: "Goal of the war is to stop 🇮🇷 Iran from making nukes."
🇺🇸Marco Rubio in JULY: "Goal of the war is to return everything 'back to the way it was,' including the Strait of Hormuz." 🤣
Americans have elected a bunch of clowns
Marco Rubio: "For years to come, there are many people on the right...that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump because this is not going to end well.” (2016)
Lindsey Graham on Trump:
“He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for”
(2015)
Buttigieg: So let me ask you a version of the question that I asked everybody when I was running around this state eight years ago, when nobody could say my name right, which is: What’s it going to be like the first time the sun comes up over this country and the current president has permanently left the political scene?
It’s an appealing thing to remember that that day will come, but it also represents a huge challenge. Because what do we do then? Then what?
The answer to that is what we’ve got to hold in our minds right now to campaign and to win—and, most importantly, to govern. Because we need to immediately get to work to build something better.
Like a political system where everyone’s vote counts the same, and the person who gets the most votes wins the election. It looks like a Supreme Court that is legitimate and trustworthy in the eyes of the American people. It looks like a Congress composed of representatives who actually represent the people they serve, capable of standing up to abuses from other parts of the government. And it means state and federal governments capable of standing up for people’s rights.
The right to live your life as you see fit, so long as you’re not hurting anyone else. The right to carry a sign or write an op-ed or criticize your government. The right to make your own health care decisions. The right to be who you are and love who you love and raise your family in peace.
That’s what it looks like. And it’s not too much to ask. And it’s not too much to ask for public integrity.
This is shameful.
Congressional Republicans advanced a bill that slashes support to help pregnant women and young mothers, and toddlers get fruits and vegetables, hurting mothers, the very people who need good nutrition the most.
It also makes our whole country less healthy while hurting America's farmers who grow the fresh produce communities depend on.
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🚨 Rep. Sarah Jacobs just left Pete Hegseth STUNNED in this hearing.
With 2,500 Marines from her district off the coast of Iran and military families calling her office in panic, she asked the question no one else would:
“Do you believe the president is mentally stable enough to be Commander-in-Chief?”
Hegseth deflected hard.
She didn’t flinch.
Then she dropped this:“If you think this is what winning looks like… maybe we should be questioning your mental stability.”
Pure accountability. No notes.
It takes a woman to say what needs to be said when lives and billions of dollars are on the line. This clip is everything.
After Scott Pelley's firing, Trump accused him of not caring about the United States, called him "stupid and crooked."
Scott was asked to react to these remarks.
His response is what actual patriotism looks like.
The best kept secret in America is no longer the Epstein Files. It's how the wealthy, powerful men involved in Jeffrey Epstein's decades long, murderous child sex trafficking ring rigged our elections for ring leader/sexual predator/pedophile Donald J. Trump to hide their crimes. Connect the dots. Hillary got the popular vote in 2016. Yet, the Electoral vote went to Trump. Even back then, there was evidence that Russia had interfered. Russia knew they could control America by pulling Trump's strings, likely because they have very damaging evidence of his crimes. Trump has been involved with Russia for many, many years. Epstein died in prison (or was sent away) during Trump's first administration. All the video of his prison cell when he "committed suicide" was apparently deleted. The prison claims the cameras were simply "malfunctioning," and that the security guards "fell asleep." Bill Barr, Trump's Attorney General at that time, visited the prison days beforehand. Why? There's no way the prison would have allowed such a high profile felon to not be closely monitored, unless they were being instructed otherwise. It's rumored that Epstein was threatening to expose Trump's part in his crimes against children. In 2020, Trump's accomplices tried to rig the election again. This time they didn't succeed, because there were so many mail in votes as the result of COVID. Those votes couldn't be altered. This is why Trump strongly opposes mail in voting, even though he votes that way, himself. When Trump alleged that 2020 was rigged, he was right. But it was rigged for him, not Biden. He and his cronies knew that 2024 would have to be rigged more effectively. I'm assuming that's when Elon Musk, who is also in the Epstein Files, and get's most of his money from government contracts in America, got involved. Being the wealthiest man in the world, he had not only the motive, but the opportunity to do it. There's a ton of evidence to support this conclusion, and I firmly believe that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden had that evidence by way of a December, 2024 CIA election audit report. Whistleblowers say it showed massive rigging, and that Harris actually won. I don't know why the election wasn't contested, but I'm sure fear of a civil war or other horrible consequences played a huge part in it. Trump and his accomplices are violent criminals who will do anything to avoid prison. The entire GOP has been fully complicit, and I can guarantee that most are being blackmailed or otherwise threatened to protect Trump. But here's the thing. When we fold to fascism, it only gets worse. Now is the time for our Democratic lawmakers to gather the courage to investigate the 2024 election, BEFORE the midterms get rigged, as well! They have the support of at least 75% of American voters! Please help me in pushing for this! Everything we hold dear is at stake! We must not put all of our eggs in the shaky Midterm basket!
The Trump family crypto firm wants to be a bank. A Trump appointee is likely to approve it.
A president found liable for defrauding banks is set to own one — without meaningful oversight from regulators under Trump.
This could be the biggest grift of Trump’s presidency.