Furrowed Brow
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Enlightenment Project 📚║Philosophy・Science・History &c║
Bibliophile│Musicophile│Nonreligious│Humanist
Pro: Secular Liberal Democracy / Anti: GOP Christo-Fascism
Values: Eudaimonism - Luck Egalitarianism - Pluralism {Sophia + Phronêsis}
Ally (He/Him)
Bibliophile│Musicophile│Nonreligious│Humanist
Pro: Secular Liberal Democracy / Anti: GOP Christo-Fascism
Values: Eudaimonism - Luck Egalitarianism - Pluralism {Sophia + Phronêsis}
Ally (He/Him)
What’s one way we can rein in ICE?
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
February 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
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EVERY UNIVERSITY TEMPTED TO CAPITULATE: JUST SAY NO!
UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
February 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
EVERY UNIVERSITY TEMPTED TO CAPITULATE: JUST SAY NO!
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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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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
The rabid mob doesn't understand that guilt by association alone is a fallacy (and a quite dangerous one). Most grade school kids can grasp that otoh.
People are too dumb for the Epstein Files site. I keep seeing people just sharing a screenshot of them searching a word/name and being like "SEE?!" as if that proves something. You have to actually read the files.
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
The rabid mob doesn't understand that guilt by association alone is a fallacy (and a quite dangerous one). Most grade school kids can grasp that otoh.
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In yesterday’s congressional hearing, ICE bristled at being called fascist
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM
In yesterday’s congressional hearing, ICE bristled at being called fascist
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
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Pirro should be impeached just for attempting to get an indictment against members of Congress for speech.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Pirro should be impeached just for attempting to get an indictment against members of Congress for speech.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
It's where the repubs have been at for decades; now they just have the excuse and power to be their fascist selves.
Johnson said 6 members of Congress should be criminally indicted for the video since they got in the way of sensitive operations. The Speaker wants Democrats arrested for speaking. That’s where we are at with this Republican Party.
February 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
It's where the repubs have been at for decades; now they just have the excuse and power to be their fascist selves.
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Already this morning the Speaker has said:
1. 6 Dem members of Congress should’ve been indicted for speaking.
2. Democrats are stealing elections everywhere.
3. Congress should completely surrender their tariff authority to Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
1. 6 Dem members of Congress should’ve been indicted for speaking.
2. Democrats are stealing elections everywhere.
3. Congress should completely surrender their tariff authority to Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mike Johnson: "Their policies are so unpopular -- they are refuted and repudiated at the ballot box over and over -- so they feel they gotta cheat. Frankly, that's it."
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Already this morning the Speaker has said:
1. 6 Dem members of Congress should’ve been indicted for speaking.
2. Democrats are stealing elections everywhere.
3. Congress should completely surrender their tariff authority to Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
1. 6 Dem members of Congress should’ve been indicted for speaking.
2. Democrats are stealing elections everywhere.
3. Congress should completely surrender their tariff authority to Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The BLS just released the *final* CES benchmark revisions with this morning's jobs report.
The 2025 labor market was dramatically weaker than originally reported... and for 12 straight months, job growth was never statistically different from zero.
A deep dive with charts in the 🧵
#EconSky
The 2025 labor market was dramatically weaker than originally reported... and for 12 straight months, job growth was never statistically different from zero.
A deep dive with charts in the 🧵
#EconSky
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The BLS just released the *final* CES benchmark revisions with this morning's jobs report.
The 2025 labor market was dramatically weaker than originally reported... and for 12 straight months, job growth was never statistically different from zero.
A deep dive with charts in the 🧵
#EconSky
The 2025 labor market was dramatically weaker than originally reported... and for 12 straight months, job growth was never statistically different from zero.
A deep dive with charts in the 🧵
#EconSky
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February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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🚨 Americans are marching in the streets demanding action on real crises—and Republicans are wasting time on multiple voter suppression bills that limit our voice.
They're afraid of ALL CITIZENS of having the right to VOTE!
☎️ Call (202) 224-3121
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/RIhO2V9V
They're afraid of ALL CITIZENS of having the right to VOTE!
☎️ Call (202) 224-3121
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/RIhO2V9V
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
🚨 Americans are marching in the streets demanding action on real crises—and Republicans are wasting time on multiple voter suppression bills that limit our voice.
They're afraid of ALL CITIZENS of having the right to VOTE!
☎️ Call (202) 224-3121
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/RIhO2V9V
They're afraid of ALL CITIZENS of having the right to VOTE!
☎️ Call (202) 224-3121
#StopTheSaveAct social.demcast.com/s/RIhO2V9V
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While Americans struggle with real issues, Republicans are wasting time on a voter suppression bill that would block millions of people from voting. They're not trying to save America—they're trying to take OUR power to keep theirs. Call your MOC: #StopTheSaveAct
social.demcast.com/s/esidgtlU
social.demcast.com/s/esidgtlU
February 10, 2026 at 11:41 PM
While Americans struggle with real issues, Republicans are wasting time on a voter suppression bill that would block millions of people from voting. They're not trying to save America—they're trying to take OUR power to keep theirs. Call your MOC: #StopTheSaveAct
social.demcast.com/s/esidgtlU
social.demcast.com/s/esidgtlU
Not just the T admin, the entire GOP has been so for decades.
Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Not just the T admin, the entire GOP has been so for decades.
I'm worried about when they don't fail.
When they get to jury members.
When they rig the midterms to "win" overwhelming majorities & from there purge dems from power & then open investigations into them that result in charges & imprisonment.
Because that's all coming if we let it.
When they get to jury members.
When they rig the midterms to "win" overwhelming majorities & from there purge dems from power & then open investigations into them that result in charges & imprisonment.
Because that's all coming if we let it.
The Trump Regime actually tried to indict Democratic members of Congress who made the video letting troops know they take an oath to the Constitution not a man. And they failed. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration fails to secure indictment in connection with Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video
President Donald Trump had accused six Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" after they urged members of the military and intelligence communities to refuse unlawful orders.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I'm worried about when they don't fail.
When they get to jury members.
When they rig the midterms to "win" overwhelming majorities & from there purge dems from power & then open investigations into them that result in charges & imprisonment.
Because that's all coming if we let it.
When they get to jury members.
When they rig the midterms to "win" overwhelming majorities & from there purge dems from power & then open investigations into them that result in charges & imprisonment.
Because that's all coming if we let it.
If you put 3 common grocery store items in front of him he wouldn’t have the first clue how much any of them cost. He has no idea whatsoever what life is like for 99.99% of Americans. Worse than that is that he has zero interest in finding out because he doesn’t care.
February 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Remarkable rebuke. Remarkable rebuke. REMARKABLE REBUKE!
No, you pro-fascist/oligarchy shit rag, citizens refusing to go along with this GOP Legal Phase of Fascism we are in & siding with the fucking Constitution is not remarkable: it is expected, & further, a minimal civic duty.
No, you pro-fascist/oligarchy shit rag, citizens refusing to go along with this GOP Legal Phase of Fascism we are in & siding with the fucking Constitution is not remarkable: it is expected, & further, a minimal civic duty.
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Remarkable rebuke. Remarkable rebuke. REMARKABLE REBUKE!
No, you pro-fascist/oligarchy shit rag, citizens refusing to go along with this GOP Legal Phase of Fascism we are in & siding with the fucking Constitution is not remarkable: it is expected, & further, a minimal civic duty.
No, you pro-fascist/oligarchy shit rag, citizens refusing to go along with this GOP Legal Phase of Fascism we are in & siding with the fucking Constitution is not remarkable: it is expected, & further, a minimal civic duty.
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What an ugly assault on First Amendment and on Congress.
Thankfully, thwarted.
"A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort."
Shame on DOJ.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Thankfully, thwarted.
"A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort."
Shame on DOJ.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
What an ugly assault on First Amendment and on Congress.
Thankfully, thwarted.
"A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort."
Shame on DOJ.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Thankfully, thwarted.
"A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort."
Shame on DOJ.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Had enough of this shit yet, Michigan?
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Had enough of this shit yet, Michigan?
Still think you're safe white people??!
An Irishman living in the U.S. for over 20 years who has been detained by ICE since last September describes the experience as “torture.”
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’
Seamus Culleton from Kilkenny has been in Texas Ice facility for nearly five months despite holding valid work permit
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Still think you're safe white people??!
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🚨 RELEASE THE NAMES OF ALL THE CHILD SEXUAL PREDATORS!!! 🚨
February 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
🚨 RELEASE THE NAMES OF ALL THE CHILD SEXUAL PREDATORS!!! 🚨
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Dr. Aletta Jacobs was born #OTD in 1854.
+ First woman officially to attend a Dutch university
+ First female physician in the #Netherlands, 1879
+ Founded the world's first birth control clinic, Amsterdam, 1882
+ Led women's rights & suffrage campaigns
#WomenInSTEM
+ First woman officially to attend a Dutch university
+ First female physician in the #Netherlands, 1879
+ Founded the world's first birth control clinic, Amsterdam, 1882
+ Led women's rights & suffrage campaigns
#WomenInSTEM
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Dr. Aletta Jacobs was born #OTD in 1854.
+ First woman officially to attend a Dutch university
+ First female physician in the #Netherlands, 1879
+ Founded the world's first birth control clinic, Amsterdam, 1882
+ Led women's rights & suffrage campaigns
#WomenInSTEM
+ First woman officially to attend a Dutch university
+ First female physician in the #Netherlands, 1879
+ Founded the world's first birth control clinic, Amsterdam, 1882
+ Led women's rights & suffrage campaigns
#WomenInSTEM
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.