solavattam
@honorabledoofus.bsky.social
Fruit fly handler. Left-liberal. Texas.
“Time passes, people move. Like a river’s flow, it never ends... A childish mind will turn to noble ambition... Young love will become deep affection... The clear water's surface reflects growth...”
“Time passes, people move. Like a river’s flow, it never ends... A childish mind will turn to noble ambition... Young love will become deep affection... The clear water's surface reflects growth...”
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I just will not get over how funny it is that the administration is being bedeviled by something they just can't absorb, which is a zealot who actually believes what he's saying.
Massie: "She didn't answer anything. She came here ready to talk about the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, which seems kind of crazy to me."
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I just will not get over how funny it is that the administration is being bedeviled by something they just can't absorb, which is a zealot who actually believes what he's saying.
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one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
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if youre wondering why that kind of behavior by pam bondi sounds familiar...
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
if youre wondering why that kind of behavior by pam bondi sounds familiar...
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Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
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If anyone helped engineer this, you are a genius. Making this about a photo rather than an indecipherable screaming match gives clarity to everyone who cares or who can be made to care.
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
If anyone helped engineer this, you are a genius. Making this about a photo rather than an indecipherable screaming match gives clarity to everyone who cares or who can be made to care.
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Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
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Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
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Pam Bondi was Florida’s Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 and refused to bring charges against Jeffrey Epstein. He was charged with sex trafficking in Florida and New York six months after she left office.
February 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Pam Bondi was Florida’s Attorney General from 2011 to 2019 and refused to bring charges against Jeffrey Epstein. He was charged with sex trafficking in Florida and New York six months after she left office.
Again, there’s nobody outside of MAGA world that will look at what Bondi is doing here and think this makes the DOJ look good.
Rep. Nadler: "How many of Epstein's co-conspirators have you even indicted? How many perpetrators are you even investigating?"
Pam Bondi: "Your theatrics are ridiculous!…You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer!"
Pam Bondi: "Your theatrics are ridiculous!…You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer!"
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Again, there’s nobody outside of MAGA world that will look at what Bondi is doing here and think this makes the DOJ look good.
She’s not very good at this. Bill Barr was far more effective at deflection and playing to the media in order to protect Trump.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
She’s not very good at this. Bill Barr was far more effective at deflection and playing to the media in order to protect Trump.
Good for Jayapal for doing this. Bondi was never going to apologize or back down, so it’s imperative to put her behavior on trial and let the whole country to see just how despicable she is.
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Good for Jayapal for doing this. Bondi was never going to apologize or back down, so it’s imperative to put her behavior on trial and let the whole country to see just how despicable she is.
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The US government has been doing big, debt-financed stimulus (see @aaronsojourner.org's post here, and the rest of his thread).
Undervalued fact: The current economy is what things look like while the federal govt is doing levels of borrow-and-spending typically reserved for countering recessions.
Undervalued fact: The current economy is what things look like while the federal govt is doing levels of borrow-and-spending typically reserved for countering recessions.
Contrary to popular impression, fiscal policy – especially huge new federal deficit spending from OBBB -- is creating a huge, temporary boost to economic growth, +3.0 pp in annualized terms in 2026Q1, per @brookings.edu
www.brookings.edu/interactives...
www.brookings.edu/interactives...
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The US government has been doing big, debt-financed stimulus (see @aaronsojourner.org's post here, and the rest of his thread).
Undervalued fact: The current economy is what things look like while the federal govt is doing levels of borrow-and-spending typically reserved for countering recessions.
Undervalued fact: The current economy is what things look like while the federal govt is doing levels of borrow-and-spending typically reserved for countering recessions.
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OpenAI fired a female employee for sexual discrimination because she raised questions about the company's pivot toward automated erotica engagement slop
Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
OpenAI fired a female employee for sexual discrimination because she raised questions about the company's pivot toward automated erotica engagement slop
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According to the Ukraine Support Tracker, U.S. military aid fell 99% in 2025, while EU aid rose 67%. Despite Europe's increased support, the massive U.S. decline kept overall aid at previous levels.
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
According to the Ukraine Support Tracker, U.S. military aid fell 99% in 2025, while EU aid rose 67%. Despite Europe's increased support, the massive U.S. decline kept overall aid at previous levels.
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
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“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
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Live look of Sir Sherrod Brown
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Live look of Sir Sherrod Brown
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Bush didn’t fall below 38 until Katrina
Trump hits a new low on the @fiftyplusone.news approval tracker at 38.8%
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Bush didn’t fall below 38 until Katrina
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Again it’s important to remember the context of these chats is that a woman was shot five times in her car as she was attempting to donate clothes at a church.
Here's another screen shot of a text where a fellow agent on the "Posse Chat" asks Charles Exum if the bosses have been supportive.
"Everyone has been including Chief Bovino, Chief Banks, Sec Noem and El Jefe himself...according to Bovino
"Everyone has been including Chief Bovino, Chief Banks, Sec Noem and El Jefe himself...according to Bovino
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Again it’s important to remember the context of these chats is that a woman was shot five times in her car as she was attempting to donate clothes at a church.
Bovino should not be a free man by the time he reaches the end of his life.
So Bovino seems to have rewarded this CBP agent for shooting (& attempting to murder) Ms. Martinez, by offering to extend his time with the agency past standard retirement age.
///BREAKING/// Body cams, texts, emails and other evidence have been released in the Oct. 4 shooting of Marimar Martinez by Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum, including this email to Exum by Cmdr. Greg Bovino on the day of the shooting
Background:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/p...
Background:
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/p...
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Bovino should not be a free man by the time he reaches the end of his life.
God shut up already.
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 AM
God shut up already.
Damn, I really need to start following Japanese politics a lot more closely.
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Damn, I really need to start following Japanese politics a lot more closely.
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This needs to happen every time these people leave the house, even just to check the mailbox, forever
Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
February 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This needs to happen every time these people leave the house, even just to check the mailbox, forever
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Why am I supposed to get mad at this, SDL is right
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Why am I supposed to get mad at this, SDL is right