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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌊2026 🌊
@callyson.bsky.social
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Longtime CA/originally PGH/now NV
Leader @SwingLeftReno
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callyson.bsky.social
AFinRenoFightsBack 🌊2026 🌊 @callyson.bsky.social · Sep 9
I did a thing. Hope others find it useful...because we sure AF can't trust the legacy media to deliver the news about what's going on:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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callyson.bsky.social
And I am still LMFAO about Steve Bannon's delusion that he was going to "take down" the (then) Pope Francis...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/w...
Frankie says relax - Pope Francis
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
callyson.bsky.social
"DOJ continues to muddy the waters by combining names in the files of 'politically exposed persons' who were actually involved with Epstein with random individuals who were mentioned in unrelated ways"
Mind the auto-play link:
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major News: DOJ Releases Letter of "Politically Exposed Persons" in Epstein Files to Muddy the Waters as Europe Embraces Democratic Leaders
Good evening everyone.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
February 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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thehatersguide.bsky.social
Denmark fan waving a Greenland flag after they took the lead against the US. Swedes also cheering along Denmark.
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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mlaser.bsky.social
The Danes (or actual Greenlanders maybe) bringing the Greenland flag to the USA v Denmark game is peak.
February 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
No, you don’t have to forgive people who giddily endorsed fascism for over ten years and only just now realize they support pedophiles.
February 14, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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avindman.bsky.social
Today, I remember the tragedy of the Parkland school shooting. As an infantryman and combat veteran accustomed to handguns and rifles––and as a licensed gun owner with a concealed carry permit––I am committed to gun safety. We must do more to keep our children safe & end the scourge of gun violence.
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
callyson.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
callyson.bsky.social
Let’s make it last:
But the "Resist and Unsubscribe" campaign is far more ambitious, according to Lucy Atkinson, a professor in the School of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Texas at Austin. "Asking people to opt out of Big Tech, that could be really hard to do because Big Tech is baked into so many of our day-to-day activities," she said. Atkinson added that the most successful strikes occur when consumers have viable alternatives to turn to. That can be especially difficult for platforms like Amazon, which dominates the e-commerce market. At the same time, stepping away from these online services for a short period could weaken consumers' dependency on them, which could lead to a sustained boycott. That would be promising, according to Atkinson. She added that for most boycotts, the biggest detrimental impacts to companies come from a damaged reputation, rather than hits to their short-term profits. " Boycotts work when they last," she said.
February 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I'm going to need you to sit down and read this headline slowly
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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cryingwilderness.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
callyson.bsky.social
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elonmusk-parody.bsky.social Elon Musk 🇺🇸 Parody @elonmusk-parody.bsky.social · 1d
New York City defies Donald Trump by raising the rainbow flag again at the Stonewall monument, the birthplace of the fight for LGBT+ rights.
February 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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princesskim.bsky.social
I have an URGENT 8yr old that’s completely shut down #nycacc- he refuses 2leave his kennel- just so depressed. Was friendly at intake until he realized what was happening &he is terrified! If there’s some1 NY NH NJ NE DE DC MD ME RI VT VA PA that can open their homes -DM me! #caturday REPOST
February 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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blueaxeman.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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samstroozas.bsky.social
hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio
Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...
www.mpr.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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blueaxeman.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
callyson.bsky.social
"One might notice that Trump’s complaints about noncitizen voting evaporated after his victory last November. However, Trump seems to have revived his obsession ahead of the midterm elections"
Principled!
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newrepublic.com/post/206578/...
New DHS Tool to Check Voters’ Citizenship Status Is Already a Mess
The tool keeps misidentifying people as noncitizens.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
callyson.bsky.social
MAGA Senator Took Donation From Epstein Friend Before Key Vote
Ohio Senator Jon Husted received $3,500 from Les Wexner
...also Bernie Moreno, Mike Carey...& Joyce Beatty? Give it back, Joyce!
newrepublic.com/post/206564/...
Husted accepted $3,500 from Wexner as recently as July—only two months before he voted to block the release of the Epstein files, according to campaign finance records reviewed by TiffinOhio. In November, Husted, a steady MAGA sycophant, again voiced opposition to releasing files. But days later, the Epstein Files Transparency Act was passed through the Senate by unanimous consent. Husted wasn’t the only one who accepted money from the Wexner: The billionaire doled out more than $250,000 in donations to Republican candidates in the past year, especially ones in his home state of Ohio, according to NOTUS. In June, Wexner gave $3,500 to Senator Bernie Moreno, and a month later, the Republican senator claimed that the frenzy to release the Epstein files was being “fueled” by the media and Democrats—despite mounting calls from members of his own party to release the documents. In September, he joined Husted in voting against the files’ release, before ultimately agreeing to support the Epstein Files Transparency Act’s passage in November.
February 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
callyson.bsky.social
"There is a name for governments that ask collaborators to report on citizens who criticize the regime: They are called fascists...This will not stand. It is an abomination. It is anti-American, undemocratic, and fascistic:"
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Homeland Security asks social media companies to identify users that criticize ICE.
February 14, 2026
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
callyson.bsky.social
"requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency"
RIP freedom of speech
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Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
callyson.bsky.social
“Nobody wants to get on Trump's bad side. If it wasn't for that, nobody would care, it's just a chant, but unfortunately, they've [Warner Bros.] got a company they're trying to sell and get regulatory approval from a guy who is going to take that stuff personal”
🙄
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Is Warner Bros. sidelining an anti-ICE wrestler?
Professional wrestler Brody King, who has inspired supporters to chant “Fuck ICE” at events, has reportedly been sidelined by the All Elite Wrestling promotion at the behest of Warner Bros. ...
www.dailykos.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
callyson.bsky.social
"Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to pay his U.S. Marshal security through the end of the year"
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newrepublic.com/post/206559/...
Trump Official Who Helped Kill USAID Now Using Its Funds for Himself
Russ Vought, White House Office of Management and Budget director, has decided what is happening with USAID funds.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
callyson.bsky.social
An NYT example of how the omission of one word matters:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
"Republicans, who only weeks ago appeared to be pivoting on immigration following the killings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis, appear to have snapped back to a bellicose stance, buoyed by polls that show voters are firmly behind President Trump’s handling of the issue." A few commenters asked in exasperation, “What polls are those?” Because what Hulse wrote contradicted virtually every recent poll showing most Americans being firmly opposed to Trump’s handling of immigration. Hulse provided no citation of, or link to, the polling he was referring to. However, note the changes to a later (3:01 PM ET) version of the same passage: Republicans, who only weeks ago appeared to be pivoting on immigration following the killings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis, appear to have snapped back to a bellicose stance, buoyed by polls that show their voters are firmly behind President Trump’s handling of the issue, and voters overall trust their party more to handle it, though that edge is shrinking.
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
callyson.bsky.social
Always concerned
Never courageous:
nothoodlum.bsky.social Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d
This ad should concern Susan Collins.
February 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
callyson.bsky.social
Reeps, Fox, "and their useful idiots in the so-called ‘liberal’ media spent four long years absolutely obsessing over Hunter Biden’s financial scandals – and yet here is Jared attending high-level, international government meetings, something Hunter never did:"
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
👀 Jared Kushner... Redacted?
The president's son-in-law is at the center of a huge new scandal. Plus: the Trump administration's war on the climate and the Pakistani government's war on Imran Khan's health.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM