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She/her Always and forever missing Terry Pratchett and Steve Irwin. Lately I’ve gotten really into politics for no reason at all. #TaxChurches
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The Republican Party needs to be disbanded. There is no way to separate the corruption from what people argue is salvageable.
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@massgovernor.bsky.social why did you stop at “no new contracts” instead of rescinding the existing ones? Please follow Spanberger’s lead.
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 AM
@massgovernor.bsky.social why did you stop at “no new contracts” instead of rescinding the existing ones? Please follow Spanberger’s lead.
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So, Canada … are we going to talk about the ever creeping control of our data by Palantir?
Or any of the other surveillance tech corps, AI corps, or the tech bros?
Hmmm, what are the Shopify guys up to right now? I wonder …
#cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky
Or any of the other surveillance tech corps, AI corps, or the tech bros?
Hmmm, what are the Shopify guys up to right now? I wonder …
#cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky
"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?"
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
Jeffrey Epstein Co-Owned Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
So, Canada … are we going to talk about the ever creeping control of our data by Palantir?
Or any of the other surveillance tech corps, AI corps, or the tech bros?
Hmmm, what are the Shopify guys up to right now? I wonder …
#cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky
Or any of the other surveillance tech corps, AI corps, or the tech bros?
Hmmm, what are the Shopify guys up to right now? I wonder …
#cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky
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February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
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It is terrible to see what is happening at The Washington Post. Democracy Docket is a small newsroom, but it is growing. If you want to work for an independent, pro-democracy media outlet, I encourage you to apply. ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It is terrible to see what is happening at The Washington Post. Democracy Docket is a small newsroom, but it is growing. If you want to work for an independent, pro-democracy media outlet, I encourage you to apply. ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
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OpenAI's CFO suggested that the government could be a "backstop" if they can’t pay their bills.
YOUR tax dollars as their "backstop."
Meanwhile, OpenAI pays its employees an average of $1.5 MILLION dollars a year in stock compensation.
Wow.
That's just wrong.
YOUR tax dollars as their "backstop."
Meanwhile, OpenAI pays its employees an average of $1.5 MILLION dollars a year in stock compensation.
Wow.
That's just wrong.
February 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
OpenAI's CFO suggested that the government could be a "backstop" if they can’t pay their bills.
YOUR tax dollars as their "backstop."
Meanwhile, OpenAI pays its employees an average of $1.5 MILLION dollars a year in stock compensation.
Wow.
That's just wrong.
YOUR tax dollars as their "backstop."
Meanwhile, OpenAI pays its employees an average of $1.5 MILLION dollars a year in stock compensation.
Wow.
That's just wrong.
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VICTORY: After thousands of locals protested, called, and gave public comments, a company halted the sale of a Virginia warehouse to DHS to be used for immigrant detention.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
Hanover warehouse owner pulls out of potential Virginia ICE facility deal
The company, Jim Pattison Developments, put out a statement Friday afternoon saying the deal would not proceed.
www.dailypress.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM
VICTORY: After thousands of locals protested, called, and gave public comments, a company halted the sale of a Virginia warehouse to DHS to be used for immigrant detention.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
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A thing that is funny about the moral grandstanding by Repubs re: Christopher Columbus is that nobody knew or cared about him 100 years ago. His "holiday" is barely 50 years old and was pushed through by Italian-American lobby groups in response to...anti-immigrant prejudice.
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A thing that is funny about the moral grandstanding by Repubs re: Christopher Columbus is that nobody knew or cared about him 100 years ago. His "holiday" is barely 50 years old and was pushed through by Italian-American lobby groups in response to...anti-immigrant prejudice.
All great ideas, but predicated on the false idea that @schumer.senate.gov actually wants to fight Republicans. He does not.
They are his colleagues and friends. He’s paid to keep money flowing to Israel and to obstruct blue state efforts to implement progressive policies. That’s his job.
They are his colleagues and friends. He’s paid to keep money flowing to Israel and to obstruct blue state efforts to implement progressive policies. That’s his job.
Some people are asking what I want Schumer to do. He should be screaming over medical care and access to facilities. He should be going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019. He should lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention. [1/4]
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
All great ideas, but predicated on the false idea that @schumer.senate.gov actually wants to fight Republicans. He does not.
They are his colleagues and friends. He’s paid to keep money flowing to Israel and to obstruct blue state efforts to implement progressive policies. That’s his job.
They are his colleagues and friends. He’s paid to keep money flowing to Israel and to obstruct blue state efforts to implement progressive policies. That’s his job.
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
This is what Arendt meant by banality of evil.
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
This is what Arendt meant by banality of evil.
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Now being targeted by Libs of TT.
I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.
I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.
“Our expert ethical analysis does not support withholding gender-affirming care from minors.”
As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...
As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...
February 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Now being targeted by Libs of TT.
I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.
I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.
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Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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NEW: We sent a letter urging the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board to reject an application to form the nation’s first religious public charter school.
Public schools cannot be religious.
Public schools cannot be religious.
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
NEW: We sent a letter urging the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board to reject an application to form the nation’s first religious public charter school.
Public schools cannot be religious.
Public schools cannot be religious.
Fine’s also primarily supported by big donors from out of state. She’s the corporate choice and the choice of a far right foreign government, not the people of Illinois.
Shame on the Tribune Ed Board for treating democracy as a commodity to be purchased.
Shame on the Tribune Ed Board for treating democracy as a commodity to be purchased.
UPDATE!!! The Tribune Editorial Board endorsed the AlPAC candidate in my race partially because she left the IL progressive caucus because she supports unconditional military aid to Israel.
In their eyes, it’s “a principled position for a principled Democrat.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/e...
In their eyes, it’s “a principled position for a principled Democrat.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/e...
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Fine’s also primarily supported by big donors from out of state. She’s the corporate choice and the choice of a far right foreign government, not the people of Illinois.
Shame on the Tribune Ed Board for treating democracy as a commodity to be purchased.
Shame on the Tribune Ed Board for treating democracy as a commodity to be purchased.
Worth noting that Dershowitz blocked Finkelstein’s tenure appointment in retaliation for Finkelstein’s criticism of Israel.
THIS is how more men should have responded to Epstein and Dershowitz
TLDR: Finklestein called them Pedos and threatened to strangle them.
TLDR: Finklestein called them Pedos and threatened to strangle them.
February 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Worth noting that Dershowitz blocked Finkelstein’s tenure appointment in retaliation for Finkelstein’s criticism of Israel.
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For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
I bet he’s vaccinated.
'A dream come true' - Alcaraz after becoming youngest man ever to win all four majors
Reaction from Carlos Alcaraz after at 22, he became the youngest man ever to win all four of the major titles in tennis, and he had to achieve what no man previously has done to complete the career Gr...
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I bet he’s vaccinated.
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This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
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i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard." www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM
i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard." www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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Emily Oster now writes that RFK Jr’s new dietary advice—which included eating more red meat, saturated fats, beef tallow & full fat dairy—is “fine and arguably positive advice well worth following” 👀
Half the advisers who shaped the advice have financial ties to the livestock or dairy industries 👀
Half the advisers who shaped the advice have financial ties to the livestock or dairy industries 👀
February 1, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Emily Oster now writes that RFK Jr’s new dietary advice—which included eating more red meat, saturated fats, beef tallow & full fat dairy—is “fine and arguably positive advice well worth following” 👀
Half the advisers who shaped the advice have financial ties to the livestock or dairy industries 👀
Half the advisers who shaped the advice have financial ties to the livestock or dairy industries 👀
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It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...
DOJ’s legal machinery to subvert the 2026 election is already in place
It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after.
www.democracydocket.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...