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Non-profit marcom professional: retired but still involved and always looking for interesting and/or meaningful projects. I love the ocean, science, art, the Oxford comma, and anything that makes me laugh.
Holy shit, she said that?
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Holy shit, she said that?
Spot on! She is so smart and progressive in the best sense of the word.
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Spot on! She is so smart and progressive in the best sense of the word.
Poor Pam Bondi. How stressful it must have been for her to have to point out that representative were talking about the issues the AG was called in to explain rather than crime in their districts. I'm surprised she didn't explode with all that righteous indignation-- she seemed close at times.
February 12, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Poor Pam Bondi. How stressful it must have been for her to have to point out that representative were talking about the issues the AG was called in to explain rather than crime in their districts. I'm surprised she didn't explode with all that righteous indignation-- she seemed close at times.
LOL
Ketchup will be flying all over the ‘wrecked house’. MONSTER GHOUL Miller will have lost half his head!
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
LOL
Another stand out.
Pam Bondi has been a complete and total failure at her job. The Epstein survivors showed more courage just by being in that room than she did under oath. She refused to answer questions and chose complicity.
America deserves better.
America deserves better.
February 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Another stand out.
EXACTLY!
Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."
February 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
EXACTLY!
I don't know how she smeared Neguse, but I'm just going to enjoy the light he shines on how unfit she is for her office
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I don't know how she smeared Neguse, but I'm just going to enjoy the light he shines on how unfit she is for her office
pretty sure this is what they make people listen to in hell
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
pretty sure this is what they make people listen to in hell
Listening to her testimony is torture and possibly illegal under Geneva Convention rules.
Bondi: He didn't even know Chase Mulligan was. He is a defendant in your own district who preyed on girls.
Raskin: Well, you know what? If he were part of the Epstein investigation, you wouldn’t do anything about it.
Raskin: Well, you know what? If he were part of the Epstein investigation, you wouldn’t do anything about it.
February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Listening to her testimony is torture and possibly illegal under Geneva Convention rules.
Well, that went about as well as I thought it would. Nothing but shouty non-answers and unwarranted self-righteous indignation from this one. As always useless and unwatchable.
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Well, that went about as well as I thought it would. Nothing but shouty non-answers and unwarranted self-righteous indignation from this one. As always useless and unwatchable.
That's the way to do it!!!!
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
That's the way to do it!!!!
And in the middle of the explanation of this seemingly inexplicable? Nutlick. He's having a moment, isn't he?
Trump tries and fails to extort Canada
It's Bridgegate 2.0, only much dumber.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
And in the middle of the explanation of this seemingly inexplicable? Nutlick. He's having a moment, isn't he?
mRNA tech was developed to trat, and showed a lot of promise against cancer, so this is incredibly stupid.
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
mRNA tech was developed to trat, and showed a lot of promise against cancer, so this is incredibly stupid.
The brutality of U.S.A.I.D.’s closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest.
Opinion | The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The brutality of U.S.A.I.D.’s closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest.
He's metastasizing
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
He's metastasizing
Excellent point.
The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
February 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Excellent point.
When I heard the clip last night, that was exactly how I felt!
Senator threatened by Trump's DOJ—her response will make you stand up and cheer
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/sen-galleg...
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/sen-galleg...
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
When I heard the clip last night, that was exactly how I felt!
Hollering the truth not *just* about Tennessee, but the whole damn country, and us all a great service. Thanks, TTH!
Do they all get deported now? Is that how this works?
February 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Hollering the truth not *just* about Tennessee, but the whole damn country, and us all a great service. Thanks, TTH!
The most transparent administration EVER!!!!!
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 5:56 AM
The most transparent administration EVER!!!!!
With his increasing incoherence, the mendacity, stupidity and vileness keep pace.
Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
February 5, 2026 at 5:55 AM
With his increasing incoherence, the mendacity, stupidity and vileness keep pace.
Stephen Miller enjoying some fresh air
Oi Hollywood/BBC/Netflix/etc, we still haven't got that big budget 10 hour long episodes historically accurate tv drama series about the Black Death.
Only one of the biggest most dramatic events in history ever...
Come on, do your thing.
Must have Sean Bean in it though.
Only one of the biggest most dramatic events in history ever...
Come on, do your thing.
Must have Sean Bean in it though.
a grim reaper is holding a scythe in a black and white photo in front of a tree .
ALT: a grim reaper is holding a scythe in a black and white photo in front of a tree .
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Stephen Miller enjoying some fresh air
I love this for him.
The French Cyber Crime Unit raided X office in Paris over child abuse & AI child sex photos.
Since Musk is in the Epstein files...
🤔🧐
youtu.be/4ZDSL0yjqNI?...
Since Musk is in the Epstein files...
🤔🧐
youtu.be/4ZDSL0yjqNI?...
Offices of Elon Musk's X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
YouTube video by ABC News
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I love this for him.
The money all seems to be going to the same old places.
Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
February 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The money all seems to be going to the same old places.
Everyone needs to come up to speed on Flock systems. The city of Mountain View across the Bay from my home in northern California just turned their cameras off when they learned the data they collected was being accessed by outside entities w/out permission.
Watch both these videos. And if you don't think they're related, you're really going to enjoy living in the billionaire “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights.
The Surveillance State is complete.
The Surveillance State is complete.
February 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Everyone needs to come up to speed on Flock systems. The city of Mountain View across the Bay from my home in northern California just turned their cameras off when they learned the data they collected was being accessed by outside entities w/out permission.
Bezos worth = ~ $250B. WaPos losses est ~1 M. If he cared about independent media/informed public, he could cover those losses personally w/o feeling it. This isn't about business, this is about cutting back on quality journalism that often reveals ugly truths about people in power.
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Bezos worth = ~ $250B. WaPos losses est ~1 M. If he cared about independent media/informed public, he could cover those losses personally w/o feeling it. This isn't about business, this is about cutting back on quality journalism that often reveals ugly truths about people in power.