FREEBROOKLYN
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Pak with the helpful threads!
Please share, and heed, and take actions, large and small!
Please share, and heed, and take actions, large and small!
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Yes. It is. WTF kind of question is this?
Is right now a good time for the democrats in Congress to be very public about fighting for trans rights? And I’m not sure what slur you’re accusing me of using, but if I’ve said something wrong please do let me know.
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yes. It is. WTF kind of question is this?
Yeah, hop on board, way more Democrats!
It ain’t difficult and it’s worth doing.
You don’t have to let Gavin and his Pat Riley hair swan around in the spotlight all by his lonesome!
It ain’t difficult and it’s worth doing.
You don’t have to let Gavin and his Pat Riley hair swan around in the spotlight all by his lonesome!
the fact newsom has gotten so much traction doing a fucking obvious thing is more of a demerit in discussing how other democrats have failed to meet the moment than a true feather in newsom's cap. literally any democrat could have been riding trump for filth since last january but they didnt.
It would also be easy for another Dem to adopt Newsom’s posture of relentless mocking hostility to Trump! His main selling point is trivially easy to mimic
February 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Yeah, hop on board, way more Democrats!
It ain’t difficult and it’s worth doing.
You don’t have to let Gavin and his Pat Riley hair swan around in the spotlight all by his lonesome!
It ain’t difficult and it’s worth doing.
You don’t have to let Gavin and his Pat Riley hair swan around in the spotlight all by his lonesome!
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My open letter to LeBron James after he said at the weekend that he had heard “nothing but great things” about Israel.
An Open Letter to LeBron James on Israel, Gaza, and ‘Nothing But Great Things’
The NBA star’s recent praise for Israel, as the genocide continues, was as bewildering as it was shameful. What happened to his support for social justice?
zeteo.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
My open letter to LeBron James after he said at the weekend that he had heard “nothing but great things” about Israel.
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ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:
The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded - The American Prospect
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
prospect.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:
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I must question if these defense contractors are reliable partners for the US.
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
Dude is quickly climbing the ranks of Most Dangerous Man Alive
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I must question if these defense contractors are reliable partners for the US.
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
Ha ha!
Great chance for anyone who is still on there to emancipate themselves!
Never go back. Promise you won’t regret it!
Great chance for anyone who is still on there to emancipate themselves!
Never go back. Promise you won’t regret it!
keep hitting it we gotta deplete the full health bar before it recovers
Twitter/X is currently down.
February 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Ha ha!
Great chance for anyone who is still on there to emancipate themselves!
Never go back. Promise you won’t regret it!
Great chance for anyone who is still on there to emancipate themselves!
Never go back. Promise you won’t regret it!
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Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.
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In a nutshell, the Dem lodestar should be: "ICE is bad, and immigration is good"
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In a nutshell, the Dem lodestar should be: "ICE is bad, and immigration is good"
Skip rope forever, y’all!
Never go back to X!
You won’t regret it!
Never go back to X!
You won’t regret it!
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Skip rope forever, y’all!
Never go back to X!
You won’t regret it!
Never go back to X!
You won’t regret it!
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from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid
She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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"Elon Musk is a white supremacist" is an objectively 100% true statement that most mainstream outlets wouldn't allow to be said without hedging or qualification even in an opinion piece.
i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"Elon Musk is a white supremacist" is an objectively 100% true statement that most mainstream outlets wouldn't allow to be said without hedging or qualification even in an opinion piece.
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This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
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last month the US secretly deported nine asylum seekers to cameroon where they’ve been trapped at a local government-owned compound until they agree to return to their home countries where they face persecution and death. none have history of violence.
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
last month the US secretly deported nine asylum seekers to cameroon where they’ve been trapped at a local government-owned compound until they agree to return to their home countries where they face persecution and death. none have history of violence.
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As we build out Trump's lies, let's not forget that the one they were most desperate to cover up before these came out was Melania's ties to Epstein, she of the Einstein visa.
The President of the United States most likely raped girls along with his best friend Epstein.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
New videos resurface showing Trump partying with underage girls
We’ve all seen Pam Bondi’s petulant performance before the House this week, screaming at members of Congress as they ask why various Epstein files remain redacted for Co-conspirators and perpetrators ...
www.dailykos.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
As we build out Trump's lies, let's not forget that the one they were most desperate to cover up before these came out was Melania's ties to Epstein, she of the Einstein visa.
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I think a lot about all the good people have been able to do in America in spite of the country itself. It’s always been an uphill battle. Justice tends to be. Freedom fighters knew that
There’s power in that. It’s a large part of why fascists are engaging in a violent overcorrection. They’re shook
There’s power in that. It’s a large part of why fascists are engaging in a violent overcorrection. They’re shook
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I think a lot about all the good people have been able to do in America in spite of the country itself. It’s always been an uphill battle. Justice tends to be. Freedom fighters knew that
There’s power in that. It’s a large part of why fascists are engaging in a violent overcorrection. They’re shook
There’s power in that. It’s a large part of why fascists are engaging in a violent overcorrection. They’re shook
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Yes.
Even if you accept at face value Platner's (patently ridiculous) assertion that he didn't know what it was -- we're left with an unqualified over-entitled white guy who lacks the intellectual curiosity to research a symbol he had permanently inked on his body thinking he should be a U.S.Senator.
February 15, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yes.
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Ahem, U.S.
UK’s top prosecutor says ‘nobody above law’ as detectives investigate Andrew’s Epstein links
UK’s top prosecutor says ‘nobody above law’ as detectives investigate Andrew’s Epstein links
Emails suggest former prince leaked information about RBS bailout and held meetings suggested by convicted sex offender
The UK’s top prosecutor has said that “nobody is above the law” amid growing pressure on police to fully investigate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links with Jeffrey Epstein.
Thames Valley police said earlier this week that they were in discussion with the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations against the former prince of misconduct in public office. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Ahem, U.S.
This is typical.
Help people a bit, while trusting them and treating them with respect, and their circumstances tend to improve!
Help people a bit, while trusting them and treating them with respect, and their circumstances tend to improve!
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:13 AM
This is typical.
Help people a bit, while trusting them and treating them with respect, and their circumstances tend to improve!
Help people a bit, while trusting them and treating them with respect, and their circumstances tend to improve!
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I have seen national Dem consultants engaging with the post Norway Platner comeback effort (pretty right leaning ones btw!). It's not just Maine Dems who are pushing him. It's all so wild after so much of his own staff quit after being horrified!
It's nuts that these are the two candidates the respective wings of the Maine Dems have coughed up. I am positive there are, somewhere in the state, a moderate who's not 97 years old and a progressive who doesn't have nazi tattoos.
February 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I have seen national Dem consultants engaging with the post Norway Platner comeback effort (pretty right leaning ones btw!). It's not just Maine Dems who are pushing him. It's all so wild after so much of his own staff quit after being horrified!
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Tom Homan’s statement on Face the Nation that “masks right now are for officer safety reasons” was an admission of the fundamental moral failing at the base of the Trump administration’s lawless actions.
If you knew what the administration is doing, it would not be sustainable.
If you knew what the administration is doing, it would not be sustainable.
The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission
Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Tom Homan’s statement on Face the Nation that “masks right now are for officer safety reasons” was an admission of the fundamental moral failing at the base of the Trump administration’s lawless actions.
If you knew what the administration is doing, it would not be sustainable.
If you knew what the administration is doing, it would not be sustainable.
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watching agency social media accounts be turned into vehicles for personalism and/or outright white supremacy makes me simply want to take them off social media for good in january 2029
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 16, 2026 at 4:50 AM
watching agency social media accounts be turned into vehicles for personalism and/or outright white supremacy makes me simply want to take them off social media for good in january 2029
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Lincoln 1851
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
February 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Lincoln 1851
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
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If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
I think most (not all) of the "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" people are communists who are mad that Americans don't like communism and want to destroy the Democratic party out of revenge. They don't care how many elections Republicans win or how many trans people die as long as the Dems fall.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
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He is correct
Sen. Markey has been calling to abolish ICE since late January
“Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. . . We can stop this. Not one penny more for the Department of Homeland Security.”
truthout.org/articles/sen...
“Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. . . We can stop this. Not one penny more for the Department of Homeland Security.”
truthout.org/articles/sen...
Senator Calls to Abolish ICE, Says Voting to Fund DHS Supports “Murder”
“Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans,” said Sen. Ed Markey.
truthout.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:39 AM
He is correct
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This sounds incredible. Friends in NYC, please do check out this @bkindivisible.bsky.social / @handsoffnyc.bsky.social event this Saturday, 2/21 - a Solidarity School fundraiser for a new South Brooklyn Family Legal Fund to help people with families in detention!
www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/...
www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/...
Solidarity School Fundraiser for South Brooklyn · Hands Off NYC
If you are inspired by the solidarity we have seen in Minneapolis in recent weeks, this is the event for you! Come eat delicious food and learn how to build solidarity with neighbors across South Broo...
www.mobilize.us
February 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
This sounds incredible. Friends in NYC, please do check out this @bkindivisible.bsky.social / @handsoffnyc.bsky.social event this Saturday, 2/21 - a Solidarity School fundraiser for a new South Brooklyn Family Legal Fund to help people with families in detention!
www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/...
www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/...