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In a blatant violation of NY state and NYC law, NYU Langone has shut down its youth gender clinic and caused a potential forced detransition to its patients. Where is the NY AG and Mayor Mamdani?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM
In a blatant violation of NY state and NYC law, NYU Langone has shut down its youth gender clinic and caused a potential forced detransition to its patients. Where is the NY AG and Mayor Mamdani?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
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Part of the liberal project must be destroying Republicans’ standing with the public in order to mitigate future hames done by their malicious bad faith. At some point, they will want to be the party of family values again and it has to be clear that’s a sick joke.
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Part of the liberal project must be destroying Republicans’ standing with the public in order to mitigate future hames done by their malicious bad faith. At some point, they will want to be the party of family values again and it has to be clear that’s a sick joke.
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My exact point right here.
February 18, 2026 at 1:09 AM
My exact point right here.
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Today we mourn the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a giant of the civil rights movement who never stopped demanding that America live up to its promise.
He marched, he ran, he organized and he preached justice without apology. May we honor him not just in words, but in struggle.
He marched, he ran, he organized and he preached justice without apology. May we honor him not just in words, but in struggle.
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Today we mourn the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a giant of the civil rights movement who never stopped demanding that America live up to its promise.
He marched, he ran, he organized and he preached justice without apology. May we honor him not just in words, but in struggle.
He marched, he ran, he organized and he preached justice without apology. May we honor him not just in words, but in struggle.
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DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
February 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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At each stage in America's fascism, the current stage is admitted by commentators while the future is denied.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
At each stage in America's fascism, the current stage is admitted by commentators while the future is denied.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
Once they denied Trump was fascist. Now they concede it.
Now they deny the concentration camps & that there will be attempts to overturn elections.
They are more useful to Trump than ICE.
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@cbsnews.com interesting that your network is not covering the flap over your network ordering Colbert not to air an interview with a Texas democrat and his reaction that that order. Seems like news to me. Exactly how discredited are you aiming for?
February 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
@cbsnews.com interesting that your network is not covering the flap over your network ordering Colbert not to air an interview with a Texas democrat and his reaction that that order. Seems like news to me. Exactly how discredited are you aiming for?
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That's still murder, dudes. You don't have to kill them with missiles to murder them.
A second government official... questioned why, after months of attacks in the region, search and rescue assets weren’t pre-positioned closer to the Eastern Pacific.
“SOUTHCOM doesn’t want these people alive,” that official said.
“SOUTHCOM doesn’t want these people alive,” that official said.
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive.
In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.
New from @airwars.bsky.social and @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2026/02/17/b...
In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.
New from @airwars.bsky.social and @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2026/02/17/b...
February 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
That's still murder, dudes. You don't have to kill them with missiles to murder them.
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They want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to ICE identification **and** they want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to voter ID?
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
They want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to ICE identification **and** they want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to voter ID?
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
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We see what you’re doing, @nytimes.com .
Cleaning up Trump’s verbal diarrhea day in and day out, but including every “um” from AOC.
It’s gross and it’s obvious
Cleaning up Trump’s verbal diarrhea day in and day out, but including every “um” from AOC.
It’s gross and it’s obvious
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
We see what you’re doing, @nytimes.com .
Cleaning up Trump’s verbal diarrhea day in and day out, but including every “um” from AOC.
It’s gross and it’s obvious
Cleaning up Trump’s verbal diarrhea day in and day out, but including every “um” from AOC.
It’s gross and it’s obvious
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I am truly begging people who write and care about the courts and the people who are affected by the courts to check out The Originalism Trap -- help me help you!
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The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
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February 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I am truly begging people who write and care about the courts and the people who are affected by the courts to check out The Originalism Trap -- help me help you!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The legislation wouldn’t ban prayer, religious clubs, wearing religious symbols, or do any of the things religious zealots love to complain about. It would merely strengthen what the Constitution already says.
For years, Christian Nationalists wrote model bills to push religion into public schools.
Now secular groups are fighting back—with their own blueprint.
And lawmakers in multiple states are already introducing it.
This is a huge shift.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-antipr...
Now secular groups are fighting back—with their own blueprint.
And lawmakers in multiple states are already introducing it.
This is a huge shift.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-antipr...
The anti–Project Blitz: How the KPOP Act fights Christian Nationalism in public schools
A new wave of secular legislation aims to keep prayer, proselytizing, and religious pressure out of classrooms—while protecting everyone's rights
www.friendlyatheist.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The legislation wouldn’t ban prayer, religious clubs, wearing religious symbols, or do any of the things religious zealots love to complain about. It would merely strengthen what the Constitution already says.
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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I think Democrats should stop with “Trump is doing deportation wrong” because I think they should stop focusing on immigration as a matter of crime and punishment. It should a matter of freedom and opportunity. The question should be how is the government going to protect and advance both.
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I think Democrats should stop with “Trump is doing deportation wrong” because I think they should stop focusing on immigration as a matter of crime and punishment. It should a matter of freedom and opportunity. The question should be how is the government going to protect and advance both.
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yes, dear God, yes.
"Democratic politicians urgently need to adopt the GOP view of public opinion—that it’s movable, and it’s their job to move it." newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds
How can the party of liberalism make liberal ideas more popular? By creating a more liberal electorate. Yes, it can be done. Here are five ways how.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
yes, dear God, yes.
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Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
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"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...
The Transformative Power of the White ‘Race Traitor’
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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A white lady in sensible sandals set fire to a building. The tides are turning.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
A white lady in sensible sandals set fire to a building. The tides are turning.