Phil Brooke
@coast1909.bsky.social
Inhabitant of the Cascadia Bioregion. 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈
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NEW: Virginia Dems have unveiled their proposed 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats.
It will be used in 2026 contingent upon an April 21 voter referendum.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
It will be used in 2026 contingent upon an April 21 voter referendum.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
February 6, 2026 at 1:03 AM
NEW: Virginia Dems have unveiled their proposed 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats.
It will be used in 2026 contingent upon an April 21 voter referendum.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
It will be used in 2026 contingent upon an April 21 voter referendum.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
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BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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Oregon's U.S. District Court Judge, Mustafa Kasubhai, granted a preliminary injunction in a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting the DHS' practice of "arrest first, justify later."
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/g...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/g...
ICE can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's risk of escape, judge rules
U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there's a likelihood of escape, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Oregon's U.S. District Court Judge, Mustafa Kasubhai, granted a preliminary injunction in a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting the DHS' practice of "arrest first, justify later."
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/g...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/g...
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TRUMP: "We have the greatest economy in the world" — “A new golden age" — "hottest economy"
REALITY: Private payrolls rose only 22,000 in January, far short of expectations.
REALITY: Private payrolls rose only 22,000 in January, far short of expectations.
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
TRUMP: "We have the greatest economy in the world" — “A new golden age" — "hottest economy"
REALITY: Private payrolls rose only 22,000 in January, far short of expectations.
REALITY: Private payrolls rose only 22,000 in January, far short of expectations.
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The GOP tells us that the for-profit US health care system delivers the best outcomes
They are lying
The US ranks 50th in life expectancy
We have the highest infant and maternal mortality of all developed nations
Americans spend more on healthcare than any other nation
We need Medicare for all
They are lying
The US ranks 50th in life expectancy
We have the highest infant and maternal mortality of all developed nations
Americans spend more on healthcare than any other nation
We need Medicare for all
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The GOP tells us that the for-profit US health care system delivers the best outcomes
They are lying
The US ranks 50th in life expectancy
We have the highest infant and maternal mortality of all developed nations
Americans spend more on healthcare than any other nation
We need Medicare for all
They are lying
The US ranks 50th in life expectancy
We have the highest infant and maternal mortality of all developed nations
Americans spend more on healthcare than any other nation
We need Medicare for all
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We've solved the male loneliness crisis!
‘ICE Chasing’ Teen Brothers Risk Their Lives To Expose Agents | 10 News+
YouTube video by 10 News
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
We've solved the male loneliness crisis!
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Location: near Tesla's flagship London store in Tottenham
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Location: near Tesla's flagship London store in Tottenham
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Moulton: This is state-sponsored terror. This is what you would expect to see in North Korea or Iran or the old Soviet Union. We’ve got to crack down on the government before they crack down on the American people.
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Moulton: This is state-sponsored terror. This is what you would expect to see in North Korea or Iran or the old Soviet Union. We’ve got to crack down on the government before they crack down on the American people.
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
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Their vehicles need to have license plates!!!!! I was down at Portland ICE for a prayer vigil today & 90-99% of the vehicles leaving or arriving at ICE had removed their (legally required) plates.
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Their vehicles need to have license plates!!!!! I was down at Portland ICE for a prayer vigil today & 90-99% of the vehicles leaving or arriving at ICE had removed their (legally required) plates.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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A Ron Wyden specialty: sending a letter in public that reveals he's seen some really bad classified shit that he wants an explanation for.
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
A Ron Wyden specialty: sending a letter in public that reveals he's seen some really bad classified shit that he wants an explanation for.
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Lawyer: “Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?”
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Lawyer: “Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?”
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
Epstein: “Yes”
Lawyer: “Have you socialized with him in the presence of females under 18?”
Epstein: “I’m asserting my Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.”
via @meidastouch.com
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See what happens when you don’t fix the problem immediately.
Permanent and costly damage.
Permanent and costly damage.
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
See what happens when you don’t fix the problem immediately.
Permanent and costly damage.
Permanent and costly damage.
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This has always been about the browning of America to the poor ignorant fools at the bottom.
Perpetuation of power to the oligarchs.
As usual, the rich get the poor to do their fighting for them. The Confederacy had their 20 slave rule. Poor people with no slaves fought & died.
Perpetuation of power to the oligarchs.
As usual, the rich get the poor to do their fighting for them. The Confederacy had their 20 slave rule. Poor people with no slaves fought & died.
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
This has always been about the browning of America to the poor ignorant fools at the bottom.
Perpetuation of power to the oligarchs.
As usual, the rich get the poor to do their fighting for them. The Confederacy had their 20 slave rule. Poor people with no slaves fought & died.
Perpetuation of power to the oligarchs.
As usual, the rich get the poor to do their fighting for them. The Confederacy had their 20 slave rule. Poor people with no slaves fought & died.
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America was born with a lie:All natives' land belonged by "divine right" to white settlers
America grew with another lie: That it could expand & take by force any territory it wanted e.g. half of Mexico
America is now being told that immigrants pay nothing
americansfortaxfairness.org/undocumented...
America grew with another lie: That it could expand & take by force any territory it wanted e.g. half of Mexico
America is now being told that immigrants pay nothing
americansfortaxfairness.org/undocumented...
Undocumented Workers Pay Higher Effective Tax Rate than 55 Mega Corporations and Several Billionaires - Americans For Tax Fairness
Today, Americans for Tax Fairness released a new analysis showing that undocumented immigrants pay a higher effective tax rate than 55 large corporations and several of the nation’s wealthiest individ...
americansfortaxfairness.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
America was born with a lie:All natives' land belonged by "divine right" to white settlers
America grew with another lie: That it could expand & take by force any territory it wanted e.g. half of Mexico
America is now being told that immigrants pay nothing
americansfortaxfairness.org/undocumented...
America grew with another lie: That it could expand & take by force any territory it wanted e.g. half of Mexico
America is now being told that immigrants pay nothing
americansfortaxfairness.org/undocumented...
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Immigrants are carrying this country on their backs while the right screams into the void.
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994
The best way to balance the budget is to reduce spending—particularly on wealthy retirees—but rather than hinder our efforts to control deficits, immigrants are helping.
www.cato.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Immigrants are carrying this country on their backs while the right screams into the void.
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
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Immigrants:
📌Pay more in taxes and take fewer benefits
📌Work more, earn more than the average native-born worker
📌Cost less in retirement, they do not drain Social Security for decades
📌Barely touch welfare, there is no free ride
Undocumented immigrants alone saved $1.7 trillion.
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📌Pay more in taxes and take fewer benefits
📌Work more, earn more than the average native-born worker
📌Cost less in retirement, they do not drain Social Security for decades
📌Barely touch welfare, there is no free ride
Undocumented immigrants alone saved $1.7 trillion.
2/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Immigrants:
📌Pay more in taxes and take fewer benefits
📌Work more, earn more than the average native-born worker
📌Cost less in retirement, they do not drain Social Security for decades
📌Barely touch welfare, there is no free ride
Undocumented immigrants alone saved $1.7 trillion.
2/3
📌Pay more in taxes and take fewer benefits
📌Work more, earn more than the average native-born worker
📌Cost less in retirement, they do not drain Social Security for decades
📌Barely touch welfare, there is no free ride
Undocumented immigrants alone saved $1.7 trillion.
2/3
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
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This is big folks! Not only has Trump been deporting them, while they’ve been paying taxes, he’s also deporting the people who will be working the fields in the spring… It’s a lose, lose, lose!
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This is big folks! Not only has Trump been deporting them, while they’ve been paying taxes, he’s also deporting the people who will be working the fields in the spring… It’s a lose, lose, lose!
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Every lawyer. Every bar president and state supreme court justice. Every city and state prosecuting attorney. They all need to read this transcript and @chrisgeidner.bsky.social's reporting.
I don't know when I last read something like the transcript out of Minnesota, so I spent the evening putting this together.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Every lawyer. Every bar president and state supreme court justice. Every city and state prosecuting attorney. They all need to read this transcript and @chrisgeidner.bsky.social's reporting.
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🧵Lawyer Kathy Ruemmler, once Barack Obama's WH counsel, was apparently a mentee of Epstein from 2015-2019. She sought his advice on jobs. She is a graduate of University of Washington (like me).
He showered her with gifts.
" The FT has previously reported on DOJ documents ...
He showered her with gifts.
" The FT has previously reported on DOJ documents ...
Top Goldman lawyer referenced Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Russians’ in email
Exchanges are further evidence of Kathy Ruemmler’s apparent ties to convicted sex offender
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 AM
🧵Lawyer Kathy Ruemmler, once Barack Obama's WH counsel, was apparently a mentee of Epstein from 2015-2019. She sought his advice on jobs. She is a graduate of University of Washington (like me).
He showered her with gifts.
" The FT has previously reported on DOJ documents ...
He showered her with gifts.
" The FT has previously reported on DOJ documents ...
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BREAKING: Ford employee, TJ Sabula, Who Called Trump A 'Pedophile Protector' is No Longer Suspended from work.
In the meantime, people raised over $800,000 in a GoFundMe for him.
LESSON: Standing up to Trump is a WIN!
In the meantime, people raised over $800,000 in a GoFundMe for him.
LESSON: Standing up to Trump is a WIN!
February 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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“If you read or share only one article today, make it this:
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
“If you read or share only one article today, make it this:
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
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🤬 Arresting journalists.
🤬 Murdering protesters.
🤬 Racial profiling.
🤬 Disappearing people.
🤬 Detaining CHILDREN.
🤬 Lying about ICE.
🤬 Concentration camps.
🤬 Seizing ballots.
🤬 Trying to rig the midterms.
🤬 ETC ETC ETC…
Republicans could stop ALL of this right fucking now if they wanted.
🤬 Murdering protesters.
🤬 Racial profiling.
🤬 Disappearing people.
🤬 Detaining CHILDREN.
🤬 Lying about ICE.
🤬 Concentration camps.
🤬 Seizing ballots.
🤬 Trying to rig the midterms.
🤬 ETC ETC ETC…
Republicans could stop ALL of this right fucking now if they wanted.
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
🤬 Arresting journalists.
🤬 Murdering protesters.
🤬 Racial profiling.
🤬 Disappearing people.
🤬 Detaining CHILDREN.
🤬 Lying about ICE.
🤬 Concentration camps.
🤬 Seizing ballots.
🤬 Trying to rig the midterms.
🤬 ETC ETC ETC…
Republicans could stop ALL of this right fucking now if they wanted.
🤬 Murdering protesters.
🤬 Racial profiling.
🤬 Disappearing people.
🤬 Detaining CHILDREN.
🤬 Lying about ICE.
🤬 Concentration camps.
🤬 Seizing ballots.
🤬 Trying to rig the midterms.
🤬 ETC ETC ETC…
Republicans could stop ALL of this right fucking now if they wanted.