Grit Pump
@gritpump.bsky.social
Pro democracy & nature. No MAGA, fascists, authoritarians, oligarchs, kings, corporate Dems, or corporate media needed. Peaceful protester. DMs, or followers selling t-shirts = block. Photos mine: Lumix G9-II, Leica 100-400 zoom.
NO LISTS | NO STARTER PKS
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I told you they’d come after Veterans’ benefits. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment.
www.stripes.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I told you they’d come after Veterans’ benefits. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
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CBS lied about cancelling James Talarico. If the reason actually was “fair use” then Colbert could have just booked Jasmine Crockett. Talarico’s opponent is not Republicans John Cornyn or Ken Paxton. It is Jasmine Crockett who has appeared on the View and Colbert with no threat from FCC. #USD #PB
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Omg, the level of incompetence! This is unreal!
“Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
“Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Omg, the level of incompetence! This is unreal!
“Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
“Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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All these Trump regime officials need to be held accountable! Please note the date is 2016!
February 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
All these Trump regime officials need to be held accountable! Please note the date is 2016!
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Look how they threatened the entire establishment is by AOC.
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
After First Big Overseas Trip, Ocasio-Cortez Expresses Frustrations
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Look how they threatened the entire establishment is by AOC.
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
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Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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WSJ: “.. The pricing break is over. .. Companies .. are raising prices early this year on items from bluejeans and spices to housewares and industrial products.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
WSJ: “.. The pricing break is over. .. Companies .. are raising prices early this year on items from bluejeans and spices to housewares and industrial products.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
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February 15, 2026
February 15, 2026
The Trump administration’s white nationalist project was on full display this weekend at the 62nd Munich Security Conference that took place from February 13 to 15, 2026.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
February 15, 2026
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As you process the Epstein files, remember:
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
February 16, 2026 at 5:52 AM
As you process the Epstein files, remember:
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
Palantir received early funding from Jeffrey Epstein.
It was also backed by the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel.
Then came the defense contracts.
Then mass data analytics at scale.
This isn’t separate stories.
It’s one ecosystem: the Epstein network.
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The candidate for US Senate endorsed by Gov. Brian Kemp didn’t vote for 20 years, including the 2016 & 2020 presidential elections. apnews.com/article/dere...
February 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The candidate for US Senate endorsed by Gov. Brian Kemp didn’t vote for 20 years, including the 2016 & 2020 presidential elections. apnews.com/article/dere...
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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 4:28 AM
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...
Metamucillini has more strokes at home than he takes while on the links at his sleazy golf motels. Too bad he can't cheat at those like he cheats at golf.
February 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Metamucillini has more strokes at home than he takes while on the links at his sleazy golf motels. Too bad he can't cheat at those like he cheats at golf.
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And it begins - the #EpsteinFiles Analysis.
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
And it begins - the #EpsteinFiles Analysis.
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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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The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation | Mark Engler and Paul Engler
The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation | Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Our studies in civil resistance offer insight into the level of popular organizing needed to repel assaults on democracy
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation | Mark Engler and Paul Engler
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The Rubio speech is incoherent and hypocritical. He denounces Soviet communism, the threat and division it sowed in Europe, yet has absolutely nothing to say about Ru's current attempt to restore restore the Soviet empire by re-invading and re-subordinating swaths of Europe. What's worse,...
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The Rubio speech is incoherent and hypocritical. He denounces Soviet communism, the threat and division it sowed in Europe, yet has absolutely nothing to say about Ru's current attempt to restore restore the Soviet empire by re-invading and re-subordinating swaths of Europe. What's worse,...
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⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
February 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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I think @wajali.bsky.social was clear. He acknowledges the current fight, but asks @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to lead on the long term goal of abolishing ICE. I don’t understand the leader’s reticence on that very simple, and frankly moderate position.
A simple ? from Wajahat Ali pushes Hakeem Jeffries into a crashout:
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
February 15, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I think @wajali.bsky.social was clear. He acknowledges the current fight, but asks @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to lead on the long term goal of abolishing ICE. I don’t understand the leader’s reticence on that very simple, and frankly moderate position.
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Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
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For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
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NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.
So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.
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This is important. The head of CBP says here that his agency did NOT provide the assessment that led DHS to label Alex Pretti a terrorist looking to inflict mass casualties.
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
February 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This is important. The head of CBP says here that his agency did NOT provide the assessment that led DHS to label Alex Pretti a terrorist looking to inflict mass casualties.
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports: