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🚨 Breaking news in Epstein Case 🚨 The New Mexico Legislature has passed HR1 to convene a Truth Commission and investigate Epstein’s crimes in NM, including at Zorro Ranch—led by State Reps Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya.
Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...
Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
🚨 Breaking news in Epstein Case 🚨 The New Mexico Legislature has passed HR1 to convene a Truth Commission and investigate Epstein’s crimes in NM, including at Zorro Ranch—led by State Reps Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya.
Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...
Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...
If ever there was a curse on a nation, taking children out of their homes and imprisoning them is it.
2-Month-Old Infant Juan Nicolás Rushed From Texas Detention Center to Hospital
2-Month-Old Infant Juan Nicolás Rushed From Texas Detention Center to Hospital
2-Month-Old Infant Juan Nicolás Rushed From Texas Detention Center to Hospital | Common Dreams
Advocates demand release of 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. Baby rushed to hospital after suffering respiratory issues.
www.commondreams.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
If ever there was a curse on a nation, taking children out of their homes and imprisoning them is it.
2-Month-Old Infant Juan Nicolás Rushed From Texas Detention Center to Hospital
2-Month-Old Infant Juan Nicolás Rushed From Texas Detention Center to Hospital
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Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference — my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference — my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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I have no words.
Just weeping over here.
Just weeping over here.
February 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I have no words.
Just weeping over here.
Just weeping over here.
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I know I said this in my other thread, but it bears repeating: the censorship of Colbert's interview of Talarico is about the regime trying to dictate a state religion, and then controlling critiques of it.
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I know I said this in my other thread, but it bears repeating: the censorship of Colbert's interview of Talarico is about the regime trying to dictate a state religion, and then controlling critiques of it.
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
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February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Beware the risk of drowning in #AISlop: all generated at great environmental cost
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Beware the risk of drowning in #AISlop: all generated at great environmental cost
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Still can’t even get all democrats on board to impeach Secretary Noem.
Congress needs to stop this. That’s their job.
Congress needs to stop this. That’s their job.
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Still can’t even get all democrats on board to impeach Secretary Noem.
Congress needs to stop this. That’s their job.
Congress needs to stop this. That’s their job.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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NEW: A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia.
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
www.lawdork.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
NEW: A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia.
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.
This evening, at Law Dork:
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Massie not backing down.
February 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Massie not backing down.
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Obama: "At some point, you age out. You're not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through. I'm not making a hard and fast rule here, but I think Democrats do well when we have candidates who are plugged into the moment. To the zeitgeist. To the times."
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Obama: "At some point, you age out. You're not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through. I'm not making a hard and fast rule here, but I think Democrats do well when we have candidates who are plugged into the moment. To the zeitgeist. To the times."
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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
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"The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session Tuesday to consider legislation to ban private persons, corporations, property owners or third-party contractors from gaining permits to operate detention centers in the county...."
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
County executive addresses rumors of ICE office opening in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session on Tuesday to consider legislation about the purchase, similar to a move that Howard County made to prevent a private detention center in...
www.wbaltv.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session Tuesday to consider legislation to ban private persons, corporations, property owners or third-party contractors from gaining permits to operate detention centers in the county...."
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
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A mandatory watch: the famous George Will on how the white people are discovering now with the Trump fascist regime what the black US community has been subject to for centuries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwdH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwdH...
1 Minute Ago: Trump Falls Apart Staff Handling Him Legacy Panic & Black History Erasure |George Will
YouTube video by Politics Raw
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A mandatory watch: the famous George Will on how the white people are discovering now with the Trump fascist regime what the black US community has been subject to for centuries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwdH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwdH...
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And never let Elon forget it.
An American-made hunger crisis. A worsening cholera epidemic.
Our reporters journeyed to some of the places most devastated by Trump’s dismantling of foreign aid.
They spoke to hundreds of people who witnessed and experienced how political appointees cut programs in arbitrary ways:
Our reporters journeyed to some of the places most devastated by Trump’s dismantling of foreign aid.
They spoke to hundreds of people who witnessed and experienced how political appointees cut programs in arbitrary ways:
What Really Happened When USAID Was Cut
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
And never let Elon forget it.
The GOP is a diseased bunch!
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The GOP is a diseased bunch!
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Remember, the GOP isn’t afraid of voter fraud. They’re scared of voter accuracy.
February 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Remember, the GOP isn’t afraid of voter fraud. They’re scared of voter accuracy.
“The impending March 1st deadline for Israel’s humanitarian relief ban will be catastrophic, further compromising an already devastated population. Western powers continue in their complicity, standing by or actively participating in the manipulations of the zionist narrataive.”
February 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
“The impending March 1st deadline for Israel’s humanitarian relief ban will be catastrophic, further compromising an already devastated population. Western powers continue in their complicity, standing by or actively participating in the manipulations of the zionist narrataive.”
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We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 16, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.