Altenbeast
@altenbeast.bsky.social
Human citizen, as old as Man on the Moon. "You ain't been doin' nothin' if you ain't been called a red."
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Trump regime calls for authors of the report showing you’re paying almost all the tariffs to be “disciplined”
Orwellian
Orwellian
February 18, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Trump regime calls for authors of the report showing you’re paying almost all the tariffs to be “disciplined”
Orwellian
Orwellian
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Dans « Les collaborateurs », Frédéric Lordon remet au centre une question simple : que devient un débat public qui cesse de nommer ce qui monte — et concentre le tir sur ceux qui le désignent ? 🪡 Fil en 7 points. ↓
February 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Dans « Les collaborateurs », Frédéric Lordon remet au centre une question simple : que devient un débat public qui cesse de nommer ce qui monte — et concentre le tir sur ceux qui le désignent ? 🪡 Fil en 7 points. ↓
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English ‘friend’ and its West Germanic cognates are quite different from North Germanic words such as Danish ‘ven’.
‘Friend’ stems from a present participle meaning “loving”. It’s related to ‘free’ and ‘Friday’.
The English cognate of ‘ven’ was lost, although it lingers in names such as ‘Godwin’:
‘Friend’ stems from a present participle meaning “loving”. It’s related to ‘free’ and ‘Friday’.
The English cognate of ‘ven’ was lost, although it lingers in names such as ‘Godwin’:
February 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM
English ‘friend’ and its West Germanic cognates are quite different from North Germanic words such as Danish ‘ven’.
‘Friend’ stems from a present participle meaning “loving”. It’s related to ‘free’ and ‘Friday’.
The English cognate of ‘ven’ was lost, although it lingers in names such as ‘Godwin’:
‘Friend’ stems from a present participle meaning “loving”. It’s related to ‘free’ and ‘Friday’.
The English cognate of ‘ven’ was lost, although it lingers in names such as ‘Godwin’:
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Trump’s regulators have announced they will fight states’ attempts to regulate prediction markets.
It just so happens that Donald Trump, Jr. is involved with both Polymarket & Kalshi, and the Trumps’ social media company is launching its own prediction market.
Always follow the money.
It just so happens that Donald Trump, Jr. is involved with both Polymarket & Kalshi, and the Trumps’ social media company is launching its own prediction market.
Always follow the money.
February 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump’s regulators have announced they will fight states’ attempts to regulate prediction markets.
It just so happens that Donald Trump, Jr. is involved with both Polymarket & Kalshi, and the Trumps’ social media company is launching its own prediction market.
Always follow the money.
It just so happens that Donald Trump, Jr. is involved with both Polymarket & Kalshi, and the Trumps’ social media company is launching its own prediction market.
Always follow the money.
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Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/us-military-boats-strikes
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/us-military-boats-strikes
US says 11 people killed in latest strikes on alleged drug boats
Three boats targeted in eastern Pacific and Caribbean as Trump continues pursuit of alleged ‘narco-terrorists’
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/us-military-boats-strikes
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/us-military-boats-strikes
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*As part of the Trump administration’s effort to starve the Cuban government of hard currency, the US has taken aim at the Cuban program that for decades has sent doctors to work abroad.
Cuban doctors have filled important gaps in rural healthcare coverage*
cepr.net/publications...
Cuban doctors have filled important gaps in rural healthcare coverage*
cepr.net/publications...
US Escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America - Live Updates
As the Trump administration escalates involvement through Operation Southern Spear, CEPR will track developments across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Washington.
cepr.net
February 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
*As part of the Trump administration’s effort to starve the Cuban government of hard currency, the US has taken aim at the Cuban program that for decades has sent doctors to work abroad.
Cuban doctors have filled important gaps in rural healthcare coverage*
cepr.net/publications...
Cuban doctors have filled important gaps in rural healthcare coverage*
cepr.net/publications...
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Amazon just saved nearly $8B on its 2025 tax bill — despite profits hitting $90B — thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill.
Remember: Amazon spent $75M producing and marketing the Melania movie, while Jeff Bezos gave $1M to Trump's inaugural fund.
Quite a return on investment, huh?
Remember: Amazon spent $75M producing and marketing the Melania movie, while Jeff Bezos gave $1M to Trump's inaugural fund.
Quite a return on investment, huh?
February 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Amazon just saved nearly $8B on its 2025 tax bill — despite profits hitting $90B — thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill.
Remember: Amazon spent $75M producing and marketing the Melania movie, while Jeff Bezos gave $1M to Trump's inaugural fund.
Quite a return on investment, huh?
Remember: Amazon spent $75M producing and marketing the Melania movie, while Jeff Bezos gave $1M to Trump's inaugural fund.
Quite a return on investment, huh?
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Don't worry, Billionaire Pedophiles...you are still safe.
Breaking MS NOW:
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
Memo shows White House directing DHS to hunt for voter fraud by naturalized citizens
Agents will be required to turn over names of immigrants who voted before they became citizens — and then explain to the White House why they weren’t charged with a crime.
www.ms.now
February 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Don't worry, Billionaire Pedophiles...you are still safe.
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The Trump regime deported a 2-month-old baby and his family after the infant was hospitalized following their detention at the Dilley family detention center.
Rep. Joaquin Castro says the family was shipped off with only the money in their commissary — $190.
The cruelty is endless.
Rep. Joaquin Castro says the family was shipped off with only the money in their commissary — $190.
The cruelty is endless.
February 19, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The Trump regime deported a 2-month-old baby and his family after the infant was hospitalized following their detention at the Dilley family detention center.
Rep. Joaquin Castro says the family was shipped off with only the money in their commissary — $190.
The cruelty is endless.
Rep. Joaquin Castro says the family was shipped off with only the money in their commissary — $190.
The cruelty is endless.
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Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison suspended two officers for coordinating with Border Patrol in violation of department policy. He said he “intends to terminate them."
Our public records request showed two more instances of officers calling immigration agents, with @kobylevin.bsky.social:
Our public records request showed two more instances of officers calling immigration agents, with @kobylevin.bsky.social:
What we know about Detroit police calls to CPB at traffic stops
Detroit police officers coordinated with Border Patrol more often than the department acknowledged.
outliermedia.org
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison suspended two officers for coordinating with Border Patrol in violation of department policy. He said he “intends to terminate them."
Our public records request showed two more instances of officers calling immigration agents, with @kobylevin.bsky.social:
Our public records request showed two more instances of officers calling immigration agents, with @kobylevin.bsky.social:
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NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:31 PM
NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: Trump’s tariffs are a tax on you.
He’s using them as leverage to enrich himself and his family and his friends — and destroy our standing in the world, devastating farmers.
Why aren’t you angrier?
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
He’s using them as leverage to enrich himself and his family and his friends — and destroy our standing in the world, devastating farmers.
Why aren’t you angrier?
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
February 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: Trump’s tariffs are a tax on you.
He’s using them as leverage to enrich himself and his family and his friends — and destroy our standing in the world, devastating farmers.
Why aren’t you angrier?
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
He’s using them as leverage to enrich himself and his family and his friends — and destroy our standing in the world, devastating farmers.
Why aren’t you angrier?
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
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Make America Healthy Again = murder Americans for profit
Kennedy supports these dangerous "treatments" and has cronies that profit from them, so of course he removed the FDA page that explained how they are dangerous. A Michigan boy died in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber last year. This is not making us healthier.
NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Make America Healthy Again = murder Americans for profit
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Bruno Retailleau et Le Figaro, préparent main dans la main, la présidentielle de 2027. Tandis que le journal tresse des louanges au candidat, son équipe de campagne vient de recruter la fille d'un directeur du quotidien de droite...
Favoritisme : Bruno Retailleau et « Le Figaro », la manip pour tous | Le Canard enchaîné
Le patron des Républicains et le quotidien de la droite catho-tradi préparent déjà la présidentielle de 2027. C'est donc tout naturellement que l'une des filles……
f.mtr.cool
February 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Bruno Retailleau et Le Figaro, préparent main dans la main, la présidentielle de 2027. Tandis que le journal tresse des louanges au candidat, son équipe de campagne vient de recruter la fille d'un directeur du quotidien de droite...
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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Pris la main dans le stup ! Un membre du cabinet de Lecornu a été viré de Matignon pour consommation de drogue fin 2025. Un haut fonctionnaire de Bercy a subi le même sort pour les mêmes raisons, il y a quelques semaines.
Consommation de drogues : Un conseiller de Sébastien Lecornu pris la main dans le stup | Le Canard enchaîné
Un membre du cabinet du Premier ministre a dû être exfiltré de Matignon pour consommation de drogue fin 2025. Il y a quelques semaines, un haut fonctionnaire……
f.mtr.cool
February 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Pris la main dans le stup ! Un membre du cabinet de Lecornu a été viré de Matignon pour consommation de drogue fin 2025. Un haut fonctionnaire de Bercy a subi le même sort pour les mêmes raisons, il y a quelques semaines.
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WATCH: “Johnny, you just absolutely lied.”
Republican candidate for Congress Rep. Johnny Garrett 🤥 caught BLATANTLY LYING that 50% of all crime in Tennessee was committed by undocumented immigrants
(NC5 explains it’s 2%, 90% of those NON-VIOLENT/traffic)
Republican candidate for Congress Rep. Johnny Garrett 🤥 caught BLATANTLY LYING that 50% of all crime in Tennessee was committed by undocumented immigrants
(NC5 explains it’s 2%, 90% of those NON-VIOLENT/traffic)
February 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM
WATCH: “Johnny, you just absolutely lied.”
Republican candidate for Congress Rep. Johnny Garrett 🤥 caught BLATANTLY LYING that 50% of all crime in Tennessee was committed by undocumented immigrants
(NC5 explains it’s 2%, 90% of those NON-VIOLENT/traffic)
Republican candidate for Congress Rep. Johnny Garrett 🤥 caught BLATANTLY LYING that 50% of all crime in Tennessee was committed by undocumented immigrants
(NC5 explains it’s 2%, 90% of those NON-VIOLENT/traffic)
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AIPAC is toxic with Dems now, so they appear to be disguising themselves as they attack progressives in Democratic primaries.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 18, 2026 at 3:34 PM
AIPAC is toxic with Dems now, so they appear to be disguising themselves as they attack progressives in Democratic primaries.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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“It’s gotten old”
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
“It’s gotten old”
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
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"The measure also establishes that “willfully” disseminating or helping a minor access material deemed “harmful” without their parental consent would be a crime... possibility of imprisonment of up to a year, and a fine between $500 and $2,500."
I. TOLD. YOU.
littlevillagemag.com/iowa-house-b...
I. TOLD. YOU.
littlevillagemag.com/iowa-house-b...
Iowa House bill would impose new restrictions on minors at public libraries, create criminal penalties for librarians - Little Village
Despite some librarians and advocates’ warnings that a bill passed by a House subcommittee Thursday would endanger the continued existence of public libraries across the state, supporters said the mea...
littlevillagemag.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:21 AM
"The measure also establishes that “willfully” disseminating or helping a minor access material deemed “harmful” without their parental consent would be a crime... possibility of imprisonment of up to a year, and a fine between $500 and $2,500."
I. TOLD. YOU.
littlevillagemag.com/iowa-house-b...
I. TOLD. YOU.
littlevillagemag.com/iowa-house-b...
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Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website
Key NIH research institute told to remove references to 'pandemic preparedness'
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds
www.scientificamerican.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website
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26 years ago today, in 2000, the sci-fi horror film "Pitch Black" premiered in US theatres. This (now) cult classic was directed by David Twohy!
#PitchBlack #Horror #16mmInferno
#PitchBlack #Horror #16mmInferno
February 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
26 years ago today, in 2000, the sci-fi horror film "Pitch Black" premiered in US theatres. This (now) cult classic was directed by David Twohy!
#PitchBlack #Horror #16mmInferno
#PitchBlack #Horror #16mmInferno
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Cartoon by Jack Ohman | Tribune Content Agency
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It’s been nearly a week since Pam Bondi’s now-infamous appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, but America’s cartoonists just can’t quit her.
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It’s been nearly a week since Pam Bondi’s now-infamous appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, but America’s cartoonists just can’t quit her.
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Cartoon by Jack Ohman | Tribune Content Agency
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It’s been nearly a week since Pam Bondi’s now-infamous appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, but America’s cartoonists just can’t quit her.
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It’s been nearly a week since Pam Bondi’s now-infamous appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, but America’s cartoonists just can’t quit her.
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