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Gene Ouye
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I'll have to think of something intelligent to put here - but for now, I'm not thrilled with other social media apps. Government is us and it should work for the people, not billionaires and corporations... neurodivergent... oops, out of space...
This is well worth the read

"The testimony of Pam Bondi before the House Oversight Committee was a prime example of the administration “doing everything it can to make itself more unpopular.” Bondi succeeded spectacularly in that effort."

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Attorney General Bondi shames the Department of Justice—forever.
February 12, 2026
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February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Minute Cryptic - 12 February, 2026
""Never coming back!" Dining experience ends with cold dish?" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (18,033 solvers so far).
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February 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
(Thu 12.Feb) #waffle1483 5/5

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🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
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🔥 streak: 505
👑 #waffleroyalty
wafflegame.net
The words are pretty simple to figure out, for a change, lol, but the swaps are tricky. A double swap, a 3-way, a 4-way, and a 5-way to finish.
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
(Thu 12.Feb) #Polygonle 1292 3/6︎
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🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
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www.polygonle.com
This was straightforward, for a change, lol. There weren't a lot of ways the letters could be combined...
February 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
(Thu 12.Feb) #Wordle 1,699 3/6
#Wordle_NYT
🟩⬛⬛🟨🟩 94/97
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 55/74 😮
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/-
Overall 77 skill/86 luck
I was thinking of using what turned out to be the answer for my 2nd guess, but I wanted to guarantee a 3 and avoid something higher, so, yeah...
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
(Thu 12.Feb) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1480
4️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
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Got lucky with a guess on one that made getting the last one easy
February 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
(Thu 12.Feb) Daily #1460
0️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣5️⃣
1️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣
sedecordle.com
#sedecordle
Wow, this one uses 25 of the 26 letters... there's a 50-50 that you have to guess on to determine which of the last two letters it uses, lol
February 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"Lincoln saw clearly that if we give up the principle of equality before the law, we have given up the whole game. We have admitted the principle that people are unequal and that some people are better than others...
1/2

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February 11, 2026
On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
"Democrats in Congress are trying to get their branch of government to do its constitutional duty. As Congress continues to try and lumber to its feet, with just a few Republicans crossing over to work with Democrats on key issues...there is some good news..."

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Two Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam Bondi
Writing this newsletter isn’t always easy.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
"What unfolded over El Paso this week wasn’t a demonstration of national security vigilance—it was a live-action farce in which the world’s most expensive military apparatus bravely declared war on a party balloon..."

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The Empire of Overreaction
From shooting down party balloons to threatening Republicans into submission, chaos is now official U.S. policy.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
"Hundreds of people showed up. In a state that most of the country writes off as deep red. In a place that cable news barely mentions unless it’s election night. They came anyway. They came on a weeknight. They came ready to talk substance...
1/2

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The Future We’re Fighting For
Why competing everywhere — even in deep red states — is how we strengthen democracy
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February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Rehmet’s Trump-endorsed Republican opponent outspent him by 6-to-1 and still got demolished. That’s a major red alert for Republicans."

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Democrats Are Suddenly Winning Races They’re Supposed to Lose
When a slam dunk Republican candidate loses by double digits in Trump country, something has shifted.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Oh, holy fuck — is there no end to the bad news?

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Claudia Long, R.I.P.
February 7, 1950 – February 11, 2026
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February 12, 2026 at 7:22 AM
"Rep. Jamie Raskin just dropped an Epstein files bombshell, stating Trump’s name appears in the unredacted files 1 MILLION times. That is beyond absurd, and once again reminds us that this is the biggest cover-up in US history."

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Democrats Continue To Block ICE Funding, Blue States Vow To Sue, Teachers Strike, and Trump's Epstein Nightmare Explodes
Plus, Ramirez torches ICE
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February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
"Demanding that ICE comply with a protection that was present at the birth of our republic should be “non-negotiable.” ...
1/2

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Stephen Miller says requiring ICE to follow the Constitution is a “non-starter.”
February 11, 2026
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February 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Minute Cryptic - 11 February, 2026
"Repeat this passage: “Ruthless truth boothed by uncouth sleuth”" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (124,618 solvers so far).
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February 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
(Wed 11.Feb) #waffle1482 5/5

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🔥 streak: 504
👑 #waffleroyalty
wafflegame.net
Multiple ways to solve this one, but it has some trickiness. One way has one double swap, a 3-way, a 4-way, and a 5-way.
February 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
(Wed 11.Feb) #Wordle 1,698 5/6
#Wordle_NYT
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 94/33
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 67/60
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 84/43
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/25
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/-
"No one in our sample of 370,769 completed Wordles [was stupid enough to face] this scenario!"
Overall 88 skill/40 luck
Just used my default 3 starters, had two words left. Guessed wrong...
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
(Wed 11.Feb) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1479
4️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
This one also is trickier than they usually are
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
(Wed 11.Feb) Daily #1459
1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣⬛2️⃣0️⃣
0️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣
sedecordle.com
#sedecordle
Some really tricky words in this one
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
(Wed 11.Feb) #Pips #177 Easy 🟢
0:18 🍪
This one is about my speed...

I basically had Medium but got tired of it and revealed it.

Gave up on this one too.
This is the last Pips I do...
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
(Wed 11.Feb) #Strands #710
“Crack and snack”
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Well, this was easy enough...
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Dr. Richardson with so much more Epstein shit from yesterday — and this doesn't even get into the bullshit happening today

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February 10, 2026
As of yesterday, members of Congress who sit on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees can see unredacted versions of the Epstein files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already released.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Seriously, I'm long past crossing the line to thinking that the 18th C French had the right idea for dealing with the morbidly wealthy… and it starts with a “guil…” and ends with an “…ine”…

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Objection: Who Controls Local TV
How a quiet FCC fight could reshape local television
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February 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Along with all the other shit going on, there's this... a kid blaming herself as the reason the whole family is now in a concentration camp, because they were apprehended on their way to Disney World because she wanted to go there...

Fuck ICE, fuck them all...

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The ICE Prisons and Camps Are About To Get A Lot Worse
A head-spinning appellate decision just greenlit detentions without end, supercharging an already horrific human rights crisis.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM