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The president is now attacking a US Olympian as a “Loser” and misrepresenting his words for his mild unspecified criticisms about things going on in the US right now.
February 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The president is now attacking a US Olympian as a “Loser” and misrepresenting his words for his mild unspecified criticisms about things going on in the US right now.
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This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
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The special elections are important because they show the breadth and intensity of the opposition. They show the momentum that increases the breadth and intensity of the opposition. Fantastic. Because every day we must increase the breadth of the opposition until there's a new, freer America.
February 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The special elections are important because they show the breadth and intensity of the opposition. They show the momentum that increases the breadth and intensity of the opposition. Fantastic. Because every day we must increase the breadth of the opposition until there's a new, freer America.
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If Dems are smart they will pull on the Lutnick thread.
Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
February 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If Dems are smart they will pull on the Lutnick thread.
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This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
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My first grader (a US citizen) came home from school crying because a friend from class (also a US citizen) hasn’t been coming to school because his parents (one of whom is not a citizen) are afraid of ICE.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
My first grader (a US citizen) came home from school crying because a friend from class (also a US citizen) hasn’t been coming to school because his parents (one of whom is not a citizen) are afraid of ICE.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
Little kids don’t have concepts of racism and xenophobia. That has to be taught. Or imposed.
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crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
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if ur still wondering who to root for… ponder this 🫢🤔
February 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
if ur still wondering who to root for… ponder this 🫢🤔
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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“In advance of Maxwell’s stonewalling, Khanna has now submitted, in advance, the questions he intends to ask Maxwell and asks Comer to confirm whether she will invoke the Fifth in response to each one. Those questions go straight to the core of the Epstein scandal.”
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
EXCLUSIVE: READ RO KHANNA LETTER ON GHISLAINE DEPOSITION
As Ghislaine Maxwell prepares to invoke the Fifth, Rep. Ro Khanna submits the exact Epstein-related questions he wants answered, and demands they be preserved in the official record.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
“In advance of Maxwell’s stonewalling, Khanna has now submitted, in advance, the questions he intends to ask Maxwell and asks Comer to confirm whether she will invoke the Fifth in response to each one. Those questions go straight to the core of the Epstein scandal.”
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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yes.
I think there is a pretty clear-cut argument that DHS as named has to go
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
But people are gonna need to quickly do some reckoning with the realities of what that will actually look like and what entities from DHS will still be around if you don't want "abolish ICE" to be the next "defund the police"
I mean her objection to agreeing to the magic words was explicitly "they do stuff other than be goons about immigration, which will still need to be done," which is the case regardless of what it's called
there's going to unfortunately be a lot lot lot more of this as we figure out what to do w/DHS
there's going to unfortunately be a lot lot lot more of this as we figure out what to do w/DHS
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
yes.
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AI will never replace the institutional knowledge and memories of an absolute legend who was *listening to the police scanner the night of the Watergate break-in.*
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
AI will never replace the institutional knowledge and memories of an absolute legend who was *listening to the police scanner the night of the Watergate break-in.*
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 AM
An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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“.. This is a 37 point shift left.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
“.. This is a 37 point shift left.”
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BOUIE: “.. I try to avoid superlatives in my writing, but there is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in the White House in 1915.”
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
February 8, 2026 at 5:47 AM
BOUIE: “.. I try to avoid superlatives in my writing, but there is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in the White House in 1915.”
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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This is just part of patrol. ICE threatens you, points guns at you, brutalizes or kills someone in front of you. Every day it's somebody new in our circle. We gather around them while they work through the stress and fear and then, to the person, they go back out.
My friends are so insanely brave.
My friends are so insanely brave.
Friend who's part of a neighborhood watch group says their car was just surrounded by ICE. Is fine but obviously rattled.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This is just part of patrol. ICE threatens you, points guns at you, brutalizes or kills someone in front of you. Every day it's somebody new in our circle. We gather around them while they work through the stress and fear and then, to the person, they go back out.
My friends are so insanely brave.
My friends are so insanely brave.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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Social media addiction doesn't affect everyone the same, but for sure it has cooked some people's judgement to the point you should question their ability to manage any position of responsibility.
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Social media addiction doesn't affect everyone the same, but for sure it has cooked some people's judgement to the point you should question their ability to manage any position of responsibility.
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With nearly half of the vote reporting in the Louisiana #HD60 (Trump+13) special election:
Chasity Martinez (D)- 61%
Brad Daigle (R)- 39%
Martinez is currently outperforming Harris's 2024 margins by around 30 points throughout the district.
Chasity Martinez (D)- 61%
Brad Daigle (R)- 39%
Martinez is currently outperforming Harris's 2024 margins by around 30 points throughout the district.
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 AM
With nearly half of the vote reporting in the Louisiana #HD60 (Trump+13) special election:
Chasity Martinez (D)- 61%
Brad Daigle (R)- 39%
Martinez is currently outperforming Harris's 2024 margins by around 30 points throughout the district.
Chasity Martinez (D)- 61%
Brad Daigle (R)- 39%
Martinez is currently outperforming Harris's 2024 margins by around 30 points throughout the district.
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the other funny thing is that people like Bezos and Weiss talk as if they're analytics wizards, but then they'll throw gobs of cash at pseudo-intellectual brunchlord cack nobody asked for and nobody actually wants
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
the other funny thing is that people like Bezos and Weiss talk as if they're analytics wizards, but then they'll throw gobs of cash at pseudo-intellectual brunchlord cack nobody asked for and nobody actually wants
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lol no it won’t — it’s so that they could fucking lie in the reports they wrote, obviously.
Which is what they did!
It’s why they don’t want Bill Clinton testifying publicly. Didn’t want Hunter Biden. They don’t want a fight and they don’t want facts to puncture the facade.
Clinton should fight.
Which is what they did!
It’s why they don’t want Bill Clinton testifying publicly. Didn’t want Hunter Biden. They don’t want a fight and they don’t want facts to puncture the facade.
Clinton should fight.
February 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
lol no it won’t — it’s so that they could fucking lie in the reports they wrote, obviously.
Which is what they did!
It’s why they don’t want Bill Clinton testifying publicly. Didn’t want Hunter Biden. They don’t want a fight and they don’t want facts to puncture the facade.
Clinton should fight.
Which is what they did!
It’s why they don’t want Bill Clinton testifying publicly. Didn’t want Hunter Biden. They don’t want a fight and they don’t want facts to puncture the facade.
Clinton should fight.
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WaPo's editorial board pines for a world that no longer exists: one in which liberals can be cowed out of responding to GOP tactics by accusations of "hypocrisy."
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
WaPo's editorial board pines for a world that no longer exists: one in which liberals can be cowed out of responding to GOP tactics by accusations of "hypocrisy."
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
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This English twat did more damage to our city than when the British army set it on fire. Good riddance.
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This English twat did more damage to our city than when the British army set it on fire. Good riddance.