Gayle Turner
@gmturnerphd.bsky.social
Philosopher of ed. Studies social and economic determinants of educational outcomes. Professor emeritus, Appalachian State University. Stories in books change lives. http://gayleturner.net
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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“A modern-day concentration camp”
Seamus Culleton, an Irishman still detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 5 MONTHS (making private prisons rich), here LEGALLY for two decades, married to a citizen— describes horrific conditions: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Seamus Culleton, an Irishman still detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 5 MONTHS (making private prisons rich), here LEGALLY for two decades, married to a citizen— describes horrific conditions: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 AM
“A modern-day concentration camp”
Seamus Culleton, an Irishman still detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 5 MONTHS (making private prisons rich), here LEGALLY for two decades, married to a citizen— describes horrific conditions: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Seamus Culleton, an Irishman still detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 5 MONTHS (making private prisons rich), here LEGALLY for two decades, married to a citizen— describes horrific conditions: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The administration was hoping for the theater of its paramilitaries squaring off against black bloc street fighters.
And instead it got this.
Hard to label the lady in a bathrobe as a “terrorist.”
And instead it got this.
Hard to label the lady in a bathrobe as a “terrorist.”
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The administration was hoping for the theater of its paramilitaries squaring off against black bloc street fighters.
And instead it got this.
Hard to label the lady in a bathrobe as a “terrorist.”
And instead it got this.
Hard to label the lady in a bathrobe as a “terrorist.”
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Seems like a big deal. Also, staggeringly stupid of Bondi to put it on paper.
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Seems like a big deal. Also, staggeringly stupid of Bondi to put it on paper.
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This is a pogrom
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This is a pogrom
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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Scoop: Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Scoop: Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine, STAT has learned.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
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It's jarring to see how much money is going to ICE instead of education, healthcare, public transportation, international aid, green energy infrastructure, and the arts, but I guess that's the point.
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It's jarring to see how much money is going to ICE instead of education, healthcare, public transportation, international aid, green energy infrastructure, and the arts, but I guess that's the point.
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So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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We've got the numbers: Last year we published (in partnership with the @brennancenter.org and @umd-cdce.bsky.social) survey results showing that some 21.3 million Americans could be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act, which the House''ll vote on tomorrow.
Time to send this thing back to its grave.
Time to send this thing back to its grave.
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
We've got the numbers: Last year we published (in partnership with the @brennancenter.org and @umd-cdce.bsky.social) survey results showing that some 21.3 million Americans could be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act, which the House''ll vote on tomorrow.
Time to send this thing back to its grave.
Time to send this thing back to its grave.
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
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PENNSYLVANIA: ~18% of 2025 enrollees forced to drop ACA coverage already due to GOP failing to extend tax credits:
acasignups.net/26/02/10/pen...
acasignups.net/26/02/10/pen...
Pennsylvania: ~18% of 2025 enrollees forced to drop coverage already due to GOP failing to extend tax credits
via Pennie, Pennsylvania's state-based ACA exchange: One in Five Pennie Enrollees Drop Health Coverage Due to Expired Federal Tax Credits High demand seen for quality affordable coverage during Open E...
acasignups.net
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
PENNSYLVANIA: ~18% of 2025 enrollees forced to drop ACA coverage already due to GOP failing to extend tax credits:
acasignups.net/26/02/10/pen...
acasignups.net/26/02/10/pen...
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Well, I was feelin' sad & kinda blue
I didn't know what I was gonna do
Them communists was comin' around
They was in the air
They was on the ground
They was all over
So, I run down most hurriedly
And joined the John Birch Society
I got me a secret membership card
I went back home to the yard
I didn't know what I was gonna do
Them communists was comin' around
They was in the air
They was on the ground
They was all over
So, I run down most hurriedly
And joined the John Birch Society
I got me a secret membership card
I went back home to the yard
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Well, I was feelin' sad & kinda blue
I didn't know what I was gonna do
Them communists was comin' around
They was in the air
They was on the ground
They was all over
So, I run down most hurriedly
And joined the John Birch Society
I got me a secret membership card
I went back home to the yard
I didn't know what I was gonna do
Them communists was comin' around
They was in the air
They was on the ground
They was all over
So, I run down most hurriedly
And joined the John Birch Society
I got me a secret membership card
I went back home to the yard
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Me if I need surgery and I find out they put AI in the equipment:
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Me if I need surgery and I find out they put AI in the equipment:
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The idea of a bill rendering people deportable for following religious law should make every Jew ill
Tomorrow I will testify before subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee against the proposed "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act," which would authorize exclusion/deportation of all or most non-citizen Muslim immigrants. My written testimony posted here: reason.com/wp-content/u...
reason.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The idea of a bill rendering people deportable for following religious law should make every Jew ill
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remember what side of the public opinion these MOCs are choosing, too www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
remember what side of the public opinion these MOCs are choosing, too www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...
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Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a congressional committee. It came on the same day that lawmakers were given access to view unredacted files. https://to.pbs.org/4cj8y0E
Epstein files fallout grows as Ghislaine Maxwell pleads Fifth before Congress
The fallout from the recent release of Epstein files continued on Monday. Epstein's longtime associate and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a congress...
to.pbs.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a congressional committee. It came on the same day that lawmakers were given access to view unredacted files. https://to.pbs.org/4cj8y0E
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Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon
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“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM
“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
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Say, what?
So let me get this straight. The U.S. Attorney’s Office had a draft statement announcing Jeffrey Epstein’s “suicide” dated August 9, 2019. He didn’t die until August 10. Totally normal. Nothing to see here.
www.thedailybeast.com//epstein-fil...
www.thedailybeast.com//epstein-fil...
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Say, what?
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The far-right hates liberalism in part because liberalism empowered women socially, politically, and economically, and so made them less dependent on settling for a mediocre man to provide for them. So they want to destroy liberalism to return women to a state of powerlessness and dependence.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The far-right hates liberalism in part because liberalism empowered women socially, politically, and economically, and so made them less dependent on settling for a mediocre man to provide for them. So they want to destroy liberalism to return women to a state of powerlessness and dependence.
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He’s gotten older, shouldn’t we start calling him Mee-maw Rock
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 AM
He’s gotten older, shouldn’t we start calling him Mee-maw Rock
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Beloved L.A. taco stand spotted in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime show
Beloved L.A. taco shop spotted in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime show
Among the many Easter eggs and celebrity sightings in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime show at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, an iconic taco shop in one of Los Angeles’ favori…
ktla.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.