emigre80
@emigre80.bsky.social
I AM ANTIFA. Just like the frog.
politics, prog rock, history. maybe even in that order.
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Crypto is a Ponzi scheme. Instablock if you mention it.
politics, prog rock, history. maybe even in that order.
note: no photo, no posts, no description, no follow. I don't make the rules. oh wait, I do.
Crypto is a Ponzi scheme. Instablock if you mention it.
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emigre80
@emigre80.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Wait, we're supposed to post pets AND bookshelves?
I LOVE THIS PLACE.
I LOVE THIS PLACE.
The mafia will be glad to seize on "diplomacy" as a euphemism for "shakedowns" from this day forward
"We made him a diplomacy he could not refuse", for example
"We made him a diplomacy he could not refuse", for example
Chris Wright on seized Venezuelan oil: "We've sold about $1 billion of oil so far. We've recently signed agreements to sell about another $5 billion in the next several months. So you're talking well north of $10 billion a year ... this is way out of the box, groundbreaking Trump diplomacy."
February 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The mafia will be glad to seize on "diplomacy" as a euphemism for "shakedowns" from this day forward
"We made him a diplomacy he could not refuse", for example
"We made him a diplomacy he could not refuse", for example
"We believe in employing children" is a campaign slogan that even 20 years ago would have horrified 99% of the country
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 5:26 PM
"We believe in employing children" is a campaign slogan that even 20 years ago would have horrified 99% of the country
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Now you know the Streisand effect is going to ensure that many many more people will see this than would ever have watched it if CBS had just aired it as normal.
The interview with Talarico has been posted to YouTube: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Now you know the Streisand effect is going to ensure that many many more people will see this than would ever have watched it if CBS had just aired it as normal.
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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 12:04 PM
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...
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The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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Donald Trump said today that "Republicans should say, we want to take over. We should take over the voting."
My life's work is to prevent that from happening. I started Democracy Docket as a critical tool in the fight for free and fair elections. Support its work by subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
My life's work is to prevent that from happening. I started Democracy Docket as a critical tool in the fight for free and fair elections. Support its work by subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
February 17, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Donald Trump said today that "Republicans should say, we want to take over. We should take over the voting."
My life's work is to prevent that from happening. I started Democracy Docket as a critical tool in the fight for free and fair elections. Support its work by subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
My life's work is to prevent that from happening. I started Democracy Docket as a critical tool in the fight for free and fair elections. Support its work by subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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i know that emmer thinks this sounds smart and somehow threads a needle, but all he's saying is that ICE gets to do whatever it wants with administrative warrants without delay or oversight.
Emmer: "It's a false herring for these guys to suggest, 'Oh, we now we need a judicial warrant,' because they know that that's going to delay any enforcement of the actual administrative warrant."
February 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
i know that emmer thinks this sounds smart and somehow threads a needle, but all he's saying is that ICE gets to do whatever it wants with administrative warrants without delay or oversight.
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Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
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 9:25 PM
Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
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NY Times somehow avoided calling this a “stumble”
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
NY Times somehow avoided calling this a “stumble”
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
It's literally the Trump economy in the sense that only he and his cronies are getting rich off it
Peter Navarro: "It's the perfect Trump economy in 2026 ... we're seeing stock market over $50,000"
February 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It's literally the Trump economy in the sense that only he and his cronies are getting rich off it
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This and the FDA's refusal to approve the new MRNA flu vaccine are the things that really scare me at the moment. The science deniers in the administration are going to damage our lives & health well beyond their own political half-lives.
"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA
"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This and the FDA's refusal to approve the new MRNA flu vaccine are the things that really scare me at the moment. The science deniers in the administration are going to damage our lives & health well beyond their own political half-lives.
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Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
Let them fight.
TPUSA Purges Staff Amid Fallout From Charlie Kirk Death Conspiracy newrepublic.com/post/206543/... via @newrepublic.com
TPUSA Purges Staff Amid Fallout From Charlie Kirk Death Conspiracy newrepublic.com/post/206543/... via @newrepublic.com
TPUSA Purges Staff Amid Fallout From Charlie Kirk Death Conspiracy
Far-right commentator Candace Owens has claimed that members of Kirk’s own organization had him killed.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Let them fight.
TPUSA Purges Staff Amid Fallout From Charlie Kirk Death Conspiracy newrepublic.com/post/206543/... via @newrepublic.com
TPUSA Purges Staff Amid Fallout From Charlie Kirk Death Conspiracy newrepublic.com/post/206543/... via @newrepublic.com
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<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
Tom Homan on Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey: "They ought to be saying 'thank you.'"
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
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None of this is normal
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
None of this is normal
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Thom Tillis in on CBS still blaming everybody but Trump for the bad things Trump is doing
February 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Thom Tillis in on CBS still blaming everybody but Trump for the bad things Trump is doing
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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And as anyone who knows anything about European history from the Reformation onwards can tell you, nothing created a sense of unity and shared purpose across the continent more than religion! Great point Marco!
February 15, 2026 at 4:41 AM
And as anyone who knows anything about European history from the Reformation onwards can tell you, nothing created a sense of unity and shared purpose across the continent more than religion! Great point Marco!
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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Ilia Malinin has silenced any doubters of the self-styled "Quad God."
US skating star Ilia Malinin leads after near-perfect short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics
Ilia Malinin has silenced any doubters of the self-styled “Quad God.” The American wunderkind threw down a near-perfect short program filled with high-flying jumps and a jaw-dropping backflip to take a big lead at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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I will continue to beat this drum: this is not about what happens on Election Day, but afterwards.
The key tell is her articulation of the core MAGA belief that the legitimacy of elections is entirely determined by the results: if they win, it’s legitimate; if they lose, it’s not.
The key tell is her articulation of the core MAGA belief that the legitimacy of elections is entirely determined by the results: if they win, it’s legitimate; if they lose, it’s not.
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 10:35 PM
I will continue to beat this drum: this is not about what happens on Election Day, but afterwards.
The key tell is her articulation of the core MAGA belief that the legitimacy of elections is entirely determined by the results: if they win, it’s legitimate; if they lose, it’s not.
The key tell is her articulation of the core MAGA belief that the legitimacy of elections is entirely determined by the results: if they win, it’s legitimate; if they lose, it’s not.