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We don't need a disquisition about right-wing populism or theories of market dynamics to understand that lobbyists bought the Justice Department. From me, from yesterday (I was off sorry):
prospect.org/2026/02/16/j...
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Real Talk About Lobbyists Buying the Justice Department - The American Prospect
There’s a simple narrative about the ouster of Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater. Big money wanted her out, and she’s out.
prospect.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We don't need a disquisition about right-wing populism or theories of market dynamics to understand that lobbyists bought the Justice Department. From me, from yesterday (I was off sorry):
prospect.org/2026/02/16/j...
prospect.org/2026/02/16/j...
Internal emails reveal feds knew violent use of force was taking over their ranks
www.alternet.org/ice-violence/
www.alternet.org/ice-violence/
Internal emails reveal feds knew violent use of force was taking over their ranks
Leading officials in the Trump administration have been aware of the skyrocketing use of violent force by federal agents, according to newly unearthed emails, with the trend being known well before tw...
www.alternet.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Internal emails reveal feds knew violent use of force was taking over their ranks
www.alternet.org/ice-violence/
www.alternet.org/ice-violence/
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He’s pretty much on Fox every day now, sometimes multiple times a day. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Fetterman on Maria Bartiromo's show: "At the end of the day, showing basic ID to vote is a very reasonable idea"
February 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
He’s pretty much on Fox every day now, sometimes multiple times a day. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The true worth of America’s public lands
An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands
#PublicLands
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-privatizing-public-land-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis/
An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands
#PublicLands
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-privatizing-public-land-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis/
Who benefits—and who loses—when public lands go private
An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands
www.scientificamerican.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The true worth of America’s public lands
An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands
#PublicLands
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-privatizing-public-land-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis/
An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands
#PublicLands
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-privatizing-public-land-wont-solve-the-housing-crisis/
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Yeah, shoutout to Carr for making Talarico a national figure.
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Yeah, shoutout to Carr for making Talarico a national figure.
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This lawmaker, Cunningham, didn't just vote in favor of the pro-ICE bill. She also explained her vote on the floor of the House to say that "all cultures are not equal."
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
February 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This lawmaker, Cunningham, didn't just vote in favor of the pro-ICE bill. She also explained her vote on the floor of the House to say that "all cultures are not equal."
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
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NEW: When North Carolina's GOP wanted to pass a bill last year to require that local governments comply with ICE, they were one vote down.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
The Feds Targeted Charlotte. Now a Local Democrat Who Helped ICE Faces Voters. - Bolts
North Carolina lawmaker Carla Cunningham voted to mandate compliance with ICE, and derided immigrants on the House floor. The Democrat faces an intense March primary.
boltsmag.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
NEW: When North Carolina's GOP wanted to pass a bill last year to require that local governments comply with ICE, they were one vote down.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
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“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.”
Honoring the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who spent decades pushing this country toward greater justice and dignity for all.
Our hearts are with all who knew and loved him.
Honoring the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who spent decades pushing this country toward greater justice and dignity for all.
Our hearts are with all who knew and loved him.
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.”
Honoring the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who spent decades pushing this country toward greater justice and dignity for all.
Our hearts are with all who knew and loved him.
Honoring the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who spent decades pushing this country toward greater justice and dignity for all.
Our hearts are with all who knew and loved him.
Medics in UK and US say they have been barred from Gaza after speaking out
Israel accused of denying doctors re-entry into territory after they gave first-hand testimony on conflict
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Israel accused of denying doctors re-entry into territory after they gave first-hand testimony on conflict
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Medics in UK and US say they have been barred from Gaza after speaking out
Israel accused of denying doctors re-entry into territory after they gave first-hand testimony on conflict
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Medics in UK and US say they have been barred from Gaza after speaking out
Israel accused of denying doctors re-entry into territory after they gave first-hand testimony on conflict
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Israel accused of denying doctors re-entry into territory after they gave first-hand testimony on conflict
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Casting a vote in a polling station is a constitutionally protected right.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
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 10:48 PM
Casting a vote in a polling station is a constitutionally protected right.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
Murdering people in cold blood in the street is not.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. Emmer.
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Pastor Wiley Drake prayed for his enemies to be killed.
He spread a racist conspiracy theory about Barack Obama.
He held one of the highest offices in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Now he's dead and they're already whitewashing his legacy.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/instead-of...
He spread a racist conspiracy theory about Barack Obama.
He held one of the highest offices in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Now he's dead and they're already whitewashing his legacy.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/instead-of...
Instead of being honest, Southern Baptists are whitewashing the bigoted legacy of Wiley Drake
As Southern Baptist leaders honor the controversial pastor, their refusal to confront his extremism exposes a deeper institutional rot
www.friendlyatheist.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Pastor Wiley Drake prayed for his enemies to be killed.
He spread a racist conspiracy theory about Barack Obama.
He held one of the highest offices in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Now he's dead and they're already whitewashing his legacy.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/instead-of...
He spread a racist conspiracy theory about Barack Obama.
He held one of the highest offices in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Now he's dead and they're already whitewashing his legacy.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/instead-of...
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When you hear the term Epstein Class, this is what it refers to. A group of elites that support one another, bury each other's secrets, defend each others indefensible acts.
It's a big club, and you ain't in it.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
It's a big club, and you ain't in it.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
prospect.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
When you hear the term Epstein Class, this is what it refers to. A group of elites that support one another, bury each other's secrets, defend each others indefensible acts.
It's a big club, and you ain't in it.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
It's a big club, and you ain't in it.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
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White would go on after the SEC stint to represent Les Wexner (!) & the Sackler family (!!). And in a moment of crisis, where she needed a strategy to avoid disgrace, she turned to corporate lawyer Ruemmler, pal of Jeff Epstein, to help her defend herself.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
February 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
White would go on after the SEC stint to represent Les Wexner (!) & the Sackler family (!!). And in a moment of crisis, where she needed a strategy to avoid disgrace, she turned to corporate lawyer Ruemmler, pal of Jeff Epstein, to help her defend herself.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
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Mary Jo White, it turns out, was one of our greatest innovators in elite impunity, the first to apply the deferred prosecution agreement, used to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents, to corporations.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
February 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Mary Jo White, it turns out, was one of our greatest innovators in elite impunity, the first to apply the deferred prosecution agreement, used to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents, to corporations.
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...
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Now you have to know a lot of backstory.
This email was from June 2015, three days after Sen. Warren excoriated Mary Jo White, then chair of the SEC, as a supreme disappointment, letting corporate criminals go free with sweetheart settlements.
www.warren.senate.gov/files/docume...
This email was from June 2015, three days after Sen. Warren excoriated Mary Jo White, then chair of the SEC, as a supreme disappointment, letting corporate criminals go free with sweetheart settlements.
www.warren.senate.gov/files/docume...
www.warren.senate.gov
February 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Now you have to know a lot of backstory.
This email was from June 2015, three days after Sen. Warren excoriated Mary Jo White, then chair of the SEC, as a supreme disappointment, letting corporate criminals go free with sweetheart settlements.
www.warren.senate.gov/files/docume...
This email was from June 2015, three days after Sen. Warren excoriated Mary Jo White, then chair of the SEC, as a supreme disappointment, letting corporate criminals go free with sweetheart settlements.
www.warren.senate.gov/files/docume...
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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.
Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash
It marks the defense secretary’s latest move to force out an officer who worked for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, a target of President Donald Trump’s.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It marks the defense secretary’s latest move to force out an officer who worked for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, a target of President Donald Trump’s.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash
Col. David Butler, who had been selected by senior Army leaders for promotion to brigadier general, will instead retire, officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash
It marks the defense secretary’s latest move to force out an officer who worked for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, a target of President Donald Trump’s.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It marks the defense secretary’s latest move to force out an officer who worked for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, a target of President Donald Trump’s.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Kristi Noem pulls plane off search for overboard Coast Guardsman to deport migrants
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
Kristi Noem pulls plane off search for overboard Coast Guardsman to deport migrants
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got off to an immediately rocky start with the U.S. Coast Guard, according to new in-depth reporting.President Donald Trump's pick to lead DHS angered senior Co...
www.rawstory.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Kristi Noem pulls plane off search for overboard Coast Guardsman to deport migrants
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
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Florida's MAGA AG: We don't need kids in high school, we need them in work camps as soon as possible. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
February 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Florida's MAGA AG: We don't need kids in high school, we need them in work camps as soon as possible. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Big tech companies’ capital expenditure (capex) on AI has become so large that it is at risk of making some companies go cash-flow negative, a “red flag” for stock valuations, according to analysts at Evercore ISI. https://bit.ly/4amsM8z
Big tech approaches ‘red flag’ moment: AI capex is so great hyperscalers could go cashflow negative, Evercore warns | Fortune
“Capex too hot right now,” Bank of America warns clients.
bit.ly
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Big tech companies’ capital expenditure (capex) on AI has become so large that it is at risk of making some companies go cash-flow negative, a “red flag” for stock valuations, according to analysts at Evercore ISI. https://bit.ly/4amsM8z
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The FCC has given the gift of incredibly good free PR to the Talarico campaign
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The FCC has given the gift of incredibly good free PR to the Talarico campaign
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This is going to correctly be discussed as a censorship story. But, and this is important: this is also yet another example of the Trump regime attempting to impose a state religion, by regulating what can and cannot be said about the state religion.
February 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This is going to correctly be discussed as a censorship story. But, and this is important: this is also yet another example of the Trump regime attempting to impose a state religion, by regulating what can and cannot be said about the state religion.
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Talarico does not say anything remotely controversial in this interview. He critiques Christian nationalism from his Christian perspective. Religious freedom anyone?
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Talarico does not say anything remotely controversial in this interview. He critiques Christian nationalism from his Christian perspective. Religious freedom anyone?
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
Anyway, they've guaranteed that more people will watch it on YouTube. It already has almost half a million views overnight.
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Censoring anti-Christian nationalist Christians.
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Censoring anti-Christian nationalist Christians.