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☮☮😸😸☮☮ @catsforpeace2.bsky.social · Dec 4
Dave Coverly, Speed Bump Cartoons.
Says it all....
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Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan

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Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
25 years ago, a bunch of libertarians moved to NH to take over state government. Jason Osborne, one of those "Free Staters," has since risen to be majority leader in the state house.

How is he fighting for "liberty?" By helping Stephen Miller build a 324,000-foot prison for migrants and refugees.
Communities nationwide push back against proposed ICE facility sites
A proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack is continuing to spark strong reactions from residents and local officials.
www.wmur.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Congrats to @andykroll.bsky.social for this well-deserved recognition.
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h
"The Shadow President," @andykroll.bsky.social's deep dive into Russell Vought, has just won a George Polk award for political reporting.

The piece chronicles Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to his position as one of the most influential players in the Trump administration.

Read it here:
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
AFT opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

AFT order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

AFT Fourth Circuit dismissal: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEA stipulated dismissal motion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEA dismissal order:
Date Filed # Docket Text 02/18/2026 /// ENDORSED ORDER denying as moot 81 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying as moot 85 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 99 Joint Motion to Dismiss the Complaint Without Prejudice Subject to the Terms of The Parties' Stipulation. Text of Order: Granted. The pending cross motions for summary judgment (doc. nos. 81 and 85) are denied as moot. The clerk is directed to enter judgment and close the case. So Ordered by Judge Landya B. McCafferty.(de) (Entered: 02/18/2026)
February 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: In cases brought by the NEA and AFT, there are now final court orders: Last year's anti-DEI "Dear Colleague" letter is vacated and unenforceable.

DOJ/DOE gave up the fight, dismissing the appeal and case in the Fourth Circuit and subsequently dismissing the the second case with a stipulation.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND Plaintiffs, * * * * * * * * Civil Case No.: SAG-25-628 Defendants. * * MEMORANDUM OPINION On February 14, 2025, the United States Department of Education ("DOE") published a "Dear Colleague Letter" ("the Letter") explaining the new administration's positions with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") principles and federal antidiscrimination law. A few weeks later, DOE issued an announcement that it would require states and school districts to affirmatively certify their compliance with DOE's interpretations of Title VI and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ("SFFA"), 600 U.S. 181 (2023), within ten days ("the Certification Requirement"). Those documents, and whether they created new legal obligations or merely restated existing law, have been the focus of this litigation. This case illustrates why following procedures is so important. The stringent procedures outlined by the APA are not hollow gestures designed to manufacture the appearance of fair and reasoned decisionmaking; they exist to ensure that agencies stay within the bounds of their delegated authority and exercise that authority within the constraints of the law more broadly. See Nat'l Fed'n. of Indep. Bus. v. Dep't of Labor, 595 U.S. 109, 117 (2022) (*Administrative agencies are creatures of statute."). Still here, this Court takes no view as to whether the policies at issue in this case are good or bad, prudent or foolish, fair or unfair. But, at this stage too, it must closely scrutinize whether the government went about creating and implementing them in the manner the law requires. Here, it did not. And by leapfrogging important procedural requirements, the government has unwittingly run headfirst into serious constitutional problems. Plaintiffs have shown that neither challenged agency action was promulgated in accordance with the procedural requirements of the APA, and that both actions run afoul of important constitutional rights. Both challenged actions accordingly must be vacated. The administration is entitled to express its viewpoints and to promulgate policies aligned with those viewpoints. But it must do so within the procedural bounds Congress has outlined. And it may not do so at the expense of constitutional rights. ORDER OF JUDGMENT For the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum opinion, it is this 14th day of August, 2025, ordered that: 1. Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, ECF 66, is granted as to Counts One, Two, Three, Five, and Six and denied as to Count Four; 2. The government's motion, ECF 72, construed as a motion for summary judgment, is granted as to Count Four, and denied as to all other counts; 3. Judgment is entered for Plaintiffs on Counts One, Two, Three, Five, and Six; 4. Judgment is entered for the government on Count Four; 5. The Dear Colleague Letter of February 14, 2025 is VACATED under 5 U.S.C. § 706; and 6. "The Reminder of Legal Obligations Undertaken In Exchange for Receiving Federal Financial Assistance and Request for Certification under Title VI and SFFA v. Harvard" is VACATED under 5 U.S.C. § 706. /s/ Stephanie A. Gallagher United States District Judge THEREFORE, the Parties do HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows: 1. The challenged Agency Actions have been vacated and set aside by the final judgment entered in American Federation of Teachers, et al. v. United States Department of Education, et al., No. 1:25-cv-00628 ("AFT"), and the vacatur and terms of the judgment in AFT apply to Plaintiffs; 2. The challenged Agency Actions will not be relied on in any way by Defendants including by way of seeking to enforce its substance through ED or DOJ civil rights enforcement procedures; 3. The certification demand issued on April 3, 2025 will not be reinstated in substance even if under a different name; 4. The challenged Agency Actions creates no obligation, responsibility, or condition on Plaintiffs in any manner;
February 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: In cases brought by the NEA and AFT, there are now final court orders: Last year's anti-DEI "Dear Colleague" letter is vacated and unenforceable.

DOJ/DOE gave up the fight, dismissing the appeal and case in the Fourth Circuit and subsequently dismissing the the second case with a stipulation.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND Plaintiffs, * * * * * * * * Civil Case No.: SAG-25-628 Defendants. * * MEMORANDUM OPINION On February 14, 2025, the United States Department of Education ("DOE") published a "Dear Colleague Letter" ("the Letter") explaining the new administration's positions with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") principles and federal antidiscrimination law. A few weeks later, DOE issued an announcement that it would require states and school districts to affirmatively certify their compliance with DOE's interpretations of Title VI and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ("SFFA"), 600 U.S. 181 (2023), within ten days ("the Certification Requirement"). Those documents, and whether they created new legal obligations or merely restated existing law, have been the focus of this litigation. This case illustrates why following procedures is so important. The stringent procedures outlined by the APA are not hollow gestures designed to manufacture the appearance of fair and reasoned decisionmaking; they exist to ensure that agencies stay within the bounds of their delegated authority and exercise that authority within the constraints of the law more broadly. See Nat'l Fed'n. of Indep. Bus. v. Dep't of Labor, 595 U.S. 109, 117 (2022) (*Administrative agencies are creatures of statute."). Still here, this Court takes no view as to whether the policies at issue in this case are good or bad, prudent or foolish, fair or unfair. But, at this stage too, it must closely scrutinize whether the government went about creating and implementing them in the manner the law requires. Here, it did not. And by leapfrogging important procedural requirements, the government has unwittingly run headfirst into serious constitutional problems. Plaintiffs have shown that neither challenged agency action was promulgated in accordance with the procedural requirements of the APA, and that both actions run afoul of important constitutional rights. Both challenged actions accordingly must be vacated. The administration is entitled to express its viewpoints and to promulgate policies aligned with those viewpoints. But it must do so within the procedural bounds Congress has outlined. And it may not do so at the expense of constitutional rights. ORDER OF JUDGMENT For the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum opinion, it is this 14th day of August, 2025, ordered that: 1. Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, ECF 66, is granted as to Counts One, Two, Three, Five, and Six and denied as to Count Four; 2. The government's motion, ECF 72, construed as a motion for summary judgment, is granted as to Count Four, and denied as to all other counts; 3. Judgment is entered for Plaintiffs on Counts One, Two, Three, Five, and Six; 4. Judgment is entered for the government on Count Four; 5. The Dear Colleague Letter of February 14, 2025 is VACATED under 5 U.S.C. § 706; and 6. "The Reminder of Legal Obligations Undertaken In Exchange for Receiving Federal Financial Assistance and Request for Certification under Title VI and SFFA v. Harvard" is VACATED under 5 U.S.C. § 706. /s/ Stephanie A. Gallagher United States District Judge THEREFORE, the Parties do HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows: 1. The challenged Agency Actions have been vacated and set aside by the final judgment entered in American Federation of Teachers, et al. v. United States Department of Education, et al., No. 1:25-cv-00628 ("AFT"), and the vacatur and terms of the judgment in AFT apply to Plaintiffs; 2. The challenged Agency Actions will not be relied on in any way by Defendants including by way of seeking to enforce its substance through ED or DOJ civil rights enforcement procedures; 3. The certification demand issued on April 3, 2025 will not be reinstated in substance even if under a different name; 4. The challenged Agency Actions creates no obligation, responsibility, or condition on Plaintiffs in any manner;
February 18, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Info on Epstein ranch in NM.

youtube.com/watch?v=C5TG...
The FBI Ignored Epstein's Biggest Property -- Someone is Finally Investigating
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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GREATER TORONTO AREA

Scarborough

Birchmount and Sheppard

Missing elderly gentleman.

Keep an eye out.

Thanks 💙
February 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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In addition to the provisions of the Save America Act, the legislation would outlaw ranked-choice voting and universal vote-by-mail, require all mailed ballots to be at an election office before polls and create a national elections auditing system.
#savethemidterms

cha.house.gov/2026/1/chair...
Chairman Steil Unveils The Make Elections Great Again Act
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration
cha.house.gov
February 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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bethbramble.bsky.social
School counselor: Seeing children run in fear from our own government—that’s not America. I love this country. Kids shouldn’t be afraid at a school bus stop. How can we as a nation say, ‘We’re doing the right thing’ when this is happening?”
February 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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NO Kings
Fairmont, Minnesota
Saturday, March 28
February 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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February 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
catsforpeace2.bsky.social
MAGA-Terrorizing Children in concentration camps. Covering up child rapists.
February 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them
ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Karoline Leavitt took questions for more than a half hour today and not a single one of them was about Trump's role in the ongoing Epstein coverup
February 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."

TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
February 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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GENEVA – The ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls: UN experts
GENEVA – The so-called ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today.Acco...
www.ohchr.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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February 18, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-de...
ICE Deports Sick 2-Month-Old Baby To Mexico After Ignoring Calls For His Release: Castro
“To unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous,” said Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro, who had accused ICE of failing urgent medical care.
www.huffpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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www.aol.com/articles/u-a...
But no money for healthcare
U.S. Air Force VIP fleet being repainted in Trump's preferred palette, sources say
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
www.aol.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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February 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Please re-post.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/ice-is-spe...
ICE is Spending 38 Billion Dollars for Concentration Camps. Fiscal Conservatives and Red-Voting Jesus Followers, Where Are You?
Hey, is this thing on?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
catsforpeace2.bsky.social
The "pro life party"...
andrewlevesque.bsky.social Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 59m
A maga gubernatorial candidate in Tennessee is openly calling for the execution of women who have abortions. Because of course he is...
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Tennessee Gubernatorial Candidate Wants Death Penalty for Abortion Patients
2.18.26
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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A maga gubernatorial candidate in Tennessee is openly calling for the execution of women who have abortions. Because of course he is...
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Tennessee Gubernatorial Candidate Wants Death Penalty for Abortion Patients
2.18.26
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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capnjackresists.bsky.social
Imagine telling the American GI's who stormed the beaches of Normandy that they were suffering from Hitler Derangement Syndrome.
February 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM