Rachel Coates
@coatescan.bsky.social
Mother, writer, musician, dreamer💫
Plotting revolution from a houseboat in a ditch
Forever European 🇪🇺, multilingual #FBPE
Somewhat of a shouty madam; prone to witchcraft and explosions of lefty swears
Plotting revolution from a houseboat in a ditch
Forever European 🇪🇺, multilingual #FBPE
Somewhat of a shouty madam; prone to witchcraft and explosions of lefty swears
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The State Department orders libraries to stop providing passport services to customers. This is part of the “save act”. Voter suppression is against the law. He knows if he can discourage people from voting this is the only way he can win.
#SheShed #VoteBlue
apnews.com/article/pass...
#SheShed #VoteBlue
apnews.com/article/pass...
State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.
apnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The State Department orders libraries to stop providing passport services to customers. This is part of the “save act”. Voter suppression is against the law. He knows if he can discourage people from voting this is the only way he can win.
#SheShed #VoteBlue
apnews.com/article/pass...
#SheShed #VoteBlue
apnews.com/article/pass...
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This is what authoritarians are never gonna understand: average, everyday citizens do not like watching paramilitary thugs brutalize children. All the vaporware memes in the world can't fix that for them
February 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This is what authoritarians are never gonna understand: average, everyday citizens do not like watching paramilitary thugs brutalize children. All the vaporware memes in the world can't fix that for them
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This is the white nationalist and pusher of antisemitism that the Trump administration is trying to get confirmed right now in the Senate. Shameful sick stuff:
KFile: Trump nominee for key State Department position attempted to erase years of inflammatory social media posts | CNN Politics
Jeremy Carl, a top Trump State Department nominee, deleted thousands of social media posts, many demonstrating a history of inflammatory commentary— including incendiary posts about race, claims that ...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is the white nationalist and pusher of antisemitism that the Trump administration is trying to get confirmed right now in the Senate. Shameful sick stuff:
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John McEvoy: "one of the most cynical things I have seen.. its incredible to see, for the first time, a cabinet minister in the govt has admitted to Israels war crimes only to [try &] preserve their own political career. That says everything you need to know about Starmers govt"🎯
February 13, 2026 at 7:33 AM
John McEvoy: "one of the most cynical things I have seen.. its incredible to see, for the first time, a cabinet minister in the govt has admitted to Israels war crimes only to [try &] preserve their own political career. That says everything you need to know about Starmers govt"🎯
Isn’t this exactly what a Labour government should be spending money on? And not worrying about what keeps market analysts awake at night?
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Isn’t this exactly what a Labour government should be spending money on? And not worrying about what keeps market analysts awake at night?
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I was curious as to just how many pages 6,000,000 is. Turns out, it’s a lot of pages. (The Sikh Quanshu is the largest collection of Chinese books in history, containing over 36,000 volumes covering literature, philosophy, science, medicine, and more)
But She “just doesn’t have enough information”
But She “just doesn’t have enough information”
February 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I was curious as to just how many pages 6,000,000 is. Turns out, it’s a lot of pages. (The Sikh Quanshu is the largest collection of Chinese books in history, containing over 36,000 volumes covering literature, philosophy, science, medicine, and more)
But She “just doesn’t have enough information”
But She “just doesn’t have enough information”
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Her body language tells it all.
She’s guilty AF….
She’s guilty AF….
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Her body language tells it all.
She’s guilty AF….
She’s guilty AF….
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A powerful moment.
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question — Who still has not been contacted by the DOJ?
Bondi is is purposefully acting as a shield and guard to an international network of child rapists.
She needs to be removed.
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question — Who still has not been contacted by the DOJ?
Bondi is is purposefully acting as a shield and guard to an international network of child rapists.
She needs to be removed.
Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A powerful moment.
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question — Who still has not been contacted by the DOJ?
Bondi is is purposefully acting as a shield and guard to an international network of child rapists.
She needs to be removed.
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question — Who still has not been contacted by the DOJ?
Bondi is is purposefully acting as a shield and guard to an international network of child rapists.
She needs to be removed.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Vance, confused by Meloni addressing him Italian, searches for a close by couch for a massive anxiety wank
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Vance, confused by Meloni addressing him Italian, searches for a close by couch for a massive anxiety wank
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Just for reference on the TPUSA halftime show.
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Just for reference on the TPUSA halftime show.
Streeting’s communications with Mandelson: probably the most honest thing we’ve ever heard from him
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Streeting’s communications with Mandelson: probably the most honest thing we’ve ever heard from him
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Is the new government policy to just not communicate so we don’t see how deeply screwed it is?
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Is the new government policy to just not communicate so we don’t see how deeply screwed it is?
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Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
Bad Bunny showed what the world looks like when we’re not afraid of each other.
That’s some energy we could use.
That’s some energy we could use.
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Bad Bunny showed what the world looks like when we’re not afraid of each other.
That’s some energy we could use.
That’s some energy we could use.
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The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
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As corporations shell out big bucks for Super Bowl commercials, remember that many have said they were forced to raise prices due to inflation.
Also remember that profit margins in nearly every sector in the S&P 500 are running near or above 10-year highs.
Hello???
Also remember that profit margins in nearly every sector in the S&P 500 are running near or above 10-year highs.
Hello???
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
As corporations shell out big bucks for Super Bowl commercials, remember that many have said they were forced to raise prices due to inflation.
Also remember that profit margins in nearly every sector in the S&P 500 are running near or above 10-year highs.
Hello???
Also remember that profit margins in nearly every sector in the S&P 500 are running near or above 10-year highs.
Hello???
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going great already lmfaoo
February 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
going great already lmfaoo
At the beginning of last week I did not think we were going to see the Starmer leadership rocked by the Epstein files.
And then I remembered Peter Mandelson. Never one to keep his fingers out of the biscuit tin of scandal.
And then I remembered Peter Mandelson. Never one to keep his fingers out of the biscuit tin of scandal.
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
At the beginning of last week I did not think we were going to see the Starmer leadership rocked by the Epstein files.
And then I remembered Peter Mandelson. Never one to keep his fingers out of the biscuit tin of scandal.
And then I remembered Peter Mandelson. Never one to keep his fingers out of the biscuit tin of scandal.
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American Idiot indeed.
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
February 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
American Idiot indeed.
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
The Guardian’s correction on its review of Melania is beautifully understated
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The Guardian’s correction on its review of Melania is beautifully understated