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Dow 50,000 seems like an extraordinary headline, until... you add some context.
The aggregate stock market return during the second Trump presidency ranks as 21st out of 23 developed countries.
Here's my youtube-splaination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
The aggregate stock market return during the second Trump presidency ranks as 21st out of 23 developed countries.
Here's my youtube-splaination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.
What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger?
Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s…
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Dow 50,000 seems like an extraordinary headline, until... you add some context.
The aggregate stock market return during the second Trump presidency ranks as 21st out of 23 developed countries.
Here's my youtube-splaination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
The aggregate stock market return during the second Trump presidency ranks as 21st out of 23 developed countries.
Here's my youtube-splaination.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
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There’s a lot to investigate and report on from today’s stunning deposition of Les Wexner. But here’s something I can’t get over.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
February 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
There’s a lot to investigate and report on from today’s stunning deposition of Les Wexner. But here’s something I can’t get over.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
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Gov. Wes Moore on Potomac River sewage crisis: "This is not a serious team that we're working with. We're talking about a D.C. Pipe on federal land…Mr. President, please do your job."
February 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Gov. Wes Moore on Potomac River sewage crisis: "This is not a serious team that we're working with. We're talking about a D.C. Pipe on federal land…Mr. President, please do your job."
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🚨 "She grabbed my tit!" a woman who had been detained by ICE in Portland screamed toward a female ICE agent...
"And you liked it," the ICE agent responded with a grin on her face. "I remember you shivering and crying."
@jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports ⬇️
"And you liked it," the ICE agent responded with a grin on her face. "I remember you shivering and crying."
@jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports ⬇️
February 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
🚨 "She grabbed my tit!" a woman who had been detained by ICE in Portland screamed toward a female ICE agent...
"And you liked it," the ICE agent responded with a grin on her face. "I remember you shivering and crying."
@jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports ⬇️
"And you liked it," the ICE agent responded with a grin on her face. "I remember you shivering and crying."
@jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports ⬇️
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Knew this was coming. If you didnt get it before when they ran this ad during the Super Bowl, hopefully its very clear now: we are the 🐶’s!
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
www.404media.co
February 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Knew this was coming. If you didnt get it before when they ran this ad during the Super Bowl, hopefully its very clear now: we are the 🐶’s!
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
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This is true. This is also why detainees will throw little lotion bottles over the wall for activists to find. Written on the bottles are the alien numbers of people who desperately need money on their books.
If the CoreCivic guards find the bottles before the activists, they receive punishment.
If the CoreCivic guards find the bottles before the activists, they receive punishment.
I went to a weekly protest there and they said that when they receive enough money to make a phone call, they spend the entire call listing other detainee's names and identification numbers so their family members can find them and try to help. There are some held over a year with no due process.
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This is true. This is also why detainees will throw little lotion bottles over the wall for activists to find. Written on the bottles are the alien numbers of people who desperately need money on their books.
If the CoreCivic guards find the bottles before the activists, they receive punishment.
If the CoreCivic guards find the bottles before the activists, they receive punishment.
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Another Republican failure. Sewage pumping into the Potomac.
February 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Another Republican failure. Sewage pumping into the Potomac.
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Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
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Devastating. Reminds me of this www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...
Gaza children's artwork, removed from London hospital, looks for new home
Plates designed by children from Gaza and produced by UK students at hospital school taken down amid legal threats from pro-Israel group
www.middleeasteye.net
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Devastating. Reminds me of this www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
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BTW I’ve been patrolling a LOT recently and south Minneapolis is super quiet ICE-wise. Does still seem to be a lot of agents in MN. I’ve heard from ICE sources that they’re basically skipping the city and focusing on the burbs, so I may have go all Uptown Foreign Legion and learn Columbia Heights
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
BTW I’ve been patrolling a LOT recently and south Minneapolis is super quiet ICE-wise. Does still seem to be a lot of agents in MN. I’ve heard from ICE sources that they’re basically skipping the city and focusing on the burbs, so I may have go all Uptown Foreign Legion and learn Columbia Heights
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you sitting down? www.wsj.com/finance/bill...
February 18, 2026 at 7:54 PM
you sitting down? www.wsj.com/finance/bill...
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IM SORRY, THE WSJ IS RUNNING A “hey elderly stop rigging the system” PIECE? THE WALL ST JOUNRAL!??
The elderly are physically and financially healthier than ever. So why do their needs keep taking priority over younger generations? writes Greg Ip.
Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy
The elderly are physically and financially healthier than ever. So why do their needs keep taking priority over younger generations?
on.wsj.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM
IM SORRY, THE WSJ IS RUNNING A “hey elderly stop rigging the system” PIECE? THE WALL ST JOUNRAL!??
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Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential. www.wired.com/story/ai-lab...
This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up
Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential.
www.wired.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential. www.wired.com/story/ai-lab...
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Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
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Ted Lieu tells reporters the Epstein files contain allegations that President Trump raped and threatened to kill children
February 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Ted Lieu tells reporters the Epstein files contain allegations that President Trump raped and threatened to kill children
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All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
July 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
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This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
February 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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“You should be pissed off about this—not because you’re a Democrat, but because you’re an American. You should be pissed about this if you care about the endurance of our republic and these foundational underpinnings of our democracy.” — Mayor Frey
ICE is crushing Minneapolis economy. On the pod, Mayor Jacob Frey tallies up damage:
$203 million overall
$80 million small biz losses
$5 million hotel cancellations
75K people food insecurity
"Impact is staggering," Frey tells us. Bleeding city for being diverse:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
$203 million overall
$80 million small biz losses
$5 million hotel cancellations
75K people food insecurity
"Impact is staggering," Frey tells us. Bleeding city for being diverse:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
Minneapolis Mayor’s Emotional Message to Trump: You Failed to Break Us
In an interview, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE’s attack came from the top—and shares new details about how badly it damaged his city, while explaining how the people there are emerging utterly...
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“You should be pissed off about this—not because you’re a Democrat, but because you’re an American. You should be pissed about this if you care about the endurance of our republic and these foundational underpinnings of our democracy.” — Mayor Frey
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I think it's really fun how ChatGPT responded to complaints about 4.0 not by making their LLM sound like a neutral, non-sentient tool but instead made it sound like a fully sentient asshole
February 18, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I think it's really fun how ChatGPT responded to complaints about 4.0 not by making their LLM sound like a neutral, non-sentient tool but instead made it sound like a fully sentient asshole
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FBI once again (!) confirming, in public, that they plan to make being transgender a federal crime - and it's crickets at best from the Democrats and the media.
Kash Patel: "We looked at the facts and the evidence. We saw a stream of violence related to transgender ideology that led to unfortunate deaths and assassinations, and we took action."
February 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
FBI once again (!) confirming, in public, that they plan to make being transgender a federal crime - and it's crickets at best from the Democrats and the media.
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Email to copy and paste for NYC residents re library funding in budget (in alt text)
February 18, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Email to copy and paste for NYC residents re library funding in budget (in alt text)