@inmyownspace.bsky.social
ADAM KINZINGER
2/18/26
"looksmaxxing"
"your value as a human being is determined primarily by your physical appearance, and every decision in your life should be oriented toward maximizing it .. personality, kindness, or character are secondary traits at best"
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
2/18/26
"looksmaxxing"
"your value as a human being is determined primarily by your physical appearance, and every decision in your life should be oriented toward maximizing it .. personality, kindness, or character are secondary traits at best"
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Cult of Physical Superiority
Why the new masculinity movement is setting kids up for lifelong damage
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:22 PM
ADAM KINZINGER
2/18/26
"looksmaxxing"
"your value as a human being is determined primarily by your physical appearance, and every decision in your life should be oriented toward maximizing it .. personality, kindness, or character are secondary traits at best"
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
2/18/26
"looksmaxxing"
"your value as a human being is determined primarily by your physical appearance, and every decision in your life should be oriented toward maximizing it .. personality, kindness, or character are secondary traits at best"
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/17/26
"it is increasingly clear that as [Trump's] regime focuses on committing the United States to white Christian nationalism, the country is becoming increasingly isolated from the rest of the world, and its own economy is weakening"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/17/26
"it is increasingly clear that as [Trump's] regime focuses on committing the United States to white Christian nationalism, the country is becoming increasingly isolated from the rest of the world, and its own economy is weakening"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 17, 2026
Trump’s White House website welcomes visitors with a pop-up that reads: “WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE!” But on this heavy news day a year into Trump’s second term, it is increasingly clear that as his re...
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:48 PM
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/17/26
"it is increasingly clear that as [Trump's] regime focuses on committing the United States to white Christian nationalism, the country is becoming increasingly isolated from the rest of the world, and its own economy is weakening"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/17/26
"it is increasingly clear that as [Trump's] regime focuses on committing the United States to white Christian nationalism, the country is becoming increasingly isolated from the rest of the world, and its own economy is weakening"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
ROBERT REICH
2/18/26
"America is on the brink of a full-scale war with Iran — but no one is willing to say exactly why, including the occupant of the Oval Office"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
2/18/26
"America is on the brink of a full-scale war with Iran — but no one is willing to say exactly why, including the occupant of the Oval Office"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Why the hell is Trump threatening war with Iran again?
His real goal is regime change, which will get us bogged down there for years.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:43 PM
ROBERT REICH
2/18/26
"America is on the brink of a full-scale war with Iran — but no one is willing to say exactly why, including the occupant of the Oval Office"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
2/18/26
"America is on the brink of a full-scale war with Iran — but no one is willing to say exactly why, including the occupant of the Oval Office"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
MIGRANT INSIDER
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
2/17/26
This is cruel and unnecessary. And this baby's fate is on you, Mr. President, and everyone who supports you and your policies.
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
2/17/26
This is cruel and unnecessary. And this baby's fate is on you, Mr. President, and everyone who supports you and your policies.
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
ICE Returns Bronchitic Two-Month-Old to Concentration Camp After Hospitalization
“His life is in danger because of ICE’s monstrous cruelty,” said Rep, Joaquin Castro of San Antonio said Tuesday (VIDEO by Lidia Terrazas in Texas)
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
MIGRANT INSIDER
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
2/17/26
This is cruel and unnecessary. And this baby's fate is on you, Mr. President, and everyone who supports you and your policies.
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
2/17/26
This is cruel and unnecessary. And this baby's fate is on you, Mr. President, and everyone who supports you and your policies.
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
MIGRANT INSIDER
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
"His condition is unknown. We do know that the baby’s mother is with him at the hospital, where he is under 24-hour supervision by medical staff and federal agents with guns.
"As a nation, we should be ashamed of ourselves"
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
"His condition is unknown. We do know that the baby’s mother is with him at the hospital, where he is under 24-hour supervision by medical staff and federal agents with guns.
"As a nation, we should be ashamed of ourselves"
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
ICE's Youngest Prisoner
Two-month-old Juan Nicolás has spent half his life inside America’s largest family detention center. When he got sick, the doctor was gone.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
MIGRANT INSIDER
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
"His condition is unknown. We do know that the baby’s mother is with him at the hospital, where he is under 24-hour supervision by medical staff and federal agents with guns.
"As a nation, we should be ashamed of ourselves"
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
"His condition is unknown. We do know that the baby’s mother is with him at the hospital, where he is under 24-hour supervision by medical staff and federal agents with guns.
"As a nation, we should be ashamed of ourselves"
open.substack.com/pub/migranti...
PAUL KRUGMAN
2/17/26
"Pharmaceutical companies, understandably, are retreating from vaccine development"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
2/17/26
"Pharmaceutical companies, understandably, are retreating from vaccine development"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
Corruption is a germ’s best friend
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
PAUL KRUGMAN
2/17/26
"Pharmaceutical companies, understandably, are retreating from vaccine development"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
2/17/26
"Pharmaceutical companies, understandably, are retreating from vaccine development"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
PAUL KRUGMAN
2/16/26
"the Trump administration has gone to war against any and all efforts to limit climate change. The administration is also imposing a “blockade” against wind and solar projects, delaying or even revoking permits"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
2/16/26
"the Trump administration has gone to war against any and all efforts to limit climate change. The administration is also imposing a “blockade” against wind and solar projects, delaying or even revoking permits"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Turning Our Back on Clean Energy
Why does MAGA hate the planet?
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
PAUL KRUGMAN
2/16/26
"the Trump administration has gone to war against any and all efforts to limit climate change. The administration is also imposing a “blockade” against wind and solar projects, delaying or even revoking permits"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
2/16/26
"the Trump administration has gone to war against any and all efforts to limit climate change. The administration is also imposing a “blockade” against wind and solar projects, delaying or even revoking permits"
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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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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Listen to President Obama’s response to tRump’s racist post. Always, intelligence, class. Integrity and dignity.
February 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Listen to President Obama’s response to tRump’s racist post. Always, intelligence, class. Integrity and dignity.
Reposted
I'm not acknowledging President's Day again until we have a president worth respecting.
February 15, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I'm not acknowledging President's Day again until we have a president worth respecting.
Reposted
The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/15/26
"officials in the Trump administration and their media allies have embraced the Great Replacement theory that says Brown and Black migration to Europe and the U.S. is destroying “western civilization.” "
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/15/26
"officials in the Trump administration and their media allies have embraced the Great Replacement theory that says Brown and Black migration to Europe and the U.S. is destroying “western civilization.” "
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/15/26
"officials in the Trump administration and their media allies have embraced the Great Replacement theory that says Brown and Black migration to Europe and the U.S. is destroying “western civilization.” "
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/15/26
"officials in the Trump administration and their media allies have embraced the Great Replacement theory that says Brown and Black migration to Europe and the U.S. is destroying “western civilization.” "
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
CIVIL DISCOURSE
JOYCE VANCE
2/15/26
"in some of the Know Your Rights training ... a school bus driver asked for detailed instructions for checking search warrants for lawfulness and understanding his ability to protect students. It was heart-wrenching"
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
JOYCE VANCE
2/15/26
"in some of the Know Your Rights training ... a school bus driver asked for detailed instructions for checking search warrants for lawfulness and understanding his ability to protect students. It was heart-wrenching"
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
February 15, 2026
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
CIVIL DISCOURSE
JOYCE VANCE
2/15/26
"in some of the Know Your Rights training ... a school bus driver asked for detailed instructions for checking search warrants for lawfulness and understanding his ability to protect students. It was heart-wrenching"
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
JOYCE VANCE
2/15/26
"in some of the Know Your Rights training ... a school bus driver asked for detailed instructions for checking search warrants for lawfulness and understanding his ability to protect students. It was heart-wrenching"
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
THE 50501 MOVEMENT
2/16/26
"DHS funding lapsed at midnight Friday (12:01 a.m. ET Saturday), triggering a partial shutdown after Congress failed to reach agreement on immigration enforcement reforms."
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
2/16/26
"DHS funding lapsed at midnight Friday (12:01 a.m. ET Saturday), triggering a partial shutdown after Congress failed to reach agreement on immigration enforcement reforms."
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
How Appropriations Control Federal Power: Inside the DHS Shutdown
Understanding how appropriations shape and constrain federal enforcement.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:42 AM
THE 50501 MOVEMENT
2/16/26
"DHS funding lapsed at midnight Friday (12:01 a.m. ET Saturday), triggering a partial shutdown after Congress failed to reach agreement on immigration enforcement reforms."
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
2/16/26
"DHS funding lapsed at midnight Friday (12:01 a.m. ET Saturday), triggering a partial shutdown after Congress failed to reach agreement on immigration enforcement reforms."
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
ROBERT REICH
2/16/26
"Not just the people who cavorted with Jeffrey Epstein or the subset who abused young girls. It’s an interconnected world of hugely rich, prominent, entitled, smug, powerful, self-important (mostly) men. Trump is honorary chairman"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
2/16/26
"Not just the people who cavorted with Jeffrey Epstein or the subset who abused young girls. It’s an interconnected world of hugely rich, prominent, entitled, smug, powerful, self-important (mostly) men. Trump is honorary chairman"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The Squalor of the Epstein Class
Happy Presidents Day
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
ROBERT REICH
2/16/26
"Not just the people who cavorted with Jeffrey Epstein or the subset who abused young girls. It’s an interconnected world of hugely rich, prominent, entitled, smug, powerful, self-important (mostly) men. Trump is honorary chairman"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
2/16/26
"Not just the people who cavorted with Jeffrey Epstein or the subset who abused young girls. It’s an interconnected world of hugely rich, prominent, entitled, smug, powerful, self-important (mostly) men. Trump is honorary chairman"
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
From Facebook
February 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
From Facebook
ROBERT REICH
2/14/26
"You and your boss are supposed to be working for me and every other American. .. The people of the U.S. hired the two of you to do your jobs, which doesn’t including spying on us or jailing us or trying to intimidate us or murdering us."
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
2/14/26
"You and your boss are supposed to be working for me and every other American. .. The people of the U.S. hired the two of you to do your jobs, which doesn’t including spying on us or jailing us or trying to intimidate us or murdering us."
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current cabinet secretary from a former one
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
ROBERT REICH
2/14/26
"You and your boss are supposed to be working for me and every other American. .. The people of the U.S. hired the two of you to do your jobs, which doesn’t including spying on us or jailing us or trying to intimidate us or murdering us."
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
2/14/26
"You and your boss are supposed to be working for me and every other American. .. The people of the U.S. hired the two of you to do your jobs, which doesn’t including spying on us or jailing us or trying to intimidate us or murdering us."
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/13/26
[we need]
" body cameras to be used for accountability but prohibited for gathering and storing information about protesters. ... federal agents to have standardized uniforms like those of regular law enforcement, not paramilitaries"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/13/26
[we need]
" body cameras to be used for accountability but prohibited for gathering and storing information about protesters. ... federal agents to have standardized uniforms like those of regular law enforcement, not paramilitaries"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/13/26
[we need]
" body cameras to be used for accountability but prohibited for gathering and storing information about protesters. ... federal agents to have standardized uniforms like those of regular law enforcement, not paramilitaries"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/13/26
[we need]
" body cameras to be used for accountability but prohibited for gathering and storing information about protesters. ... federal agents to have standardized uniforms like those of regular law enforcement, not paramilitaries"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
JOSEPH'S PANTRY
TUCSON, ARIZONA
2/14/26
I met a man at the Pantry yesterday. He was waiting for a shower, bags at his feet, eating his free breakfast.
Do you know what mangosteen's are? He does
He and his partner lived in her house. She died; he became homeless
www.gsptucson.org/josephs-pant...
TUCSON, ARIZONA
2/14/26
I met a man at the Pantry yesterday. He was waiting for a shower, bags at his feet, eating his free breakfast.
Do you know what mangosteen's are? He does
He and his partner lived in her house. She died; he became homeless
www.gsptucson.org/josephs-pant...
February 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
JOSEPH'S PANTRY
TUCSON, ARIZONA
2/14/26
I met a man at the Pantry yesterday. He was waiting for a shower, bags at his feet, eating his free breakfast.
Do you know what mangosteen's are? He does
He and his partner lived in her house. She died; he became homeless
www.gsptucson.org/josephs-pant...
TUCSON, ARIZONA
2/14/26
I met a man at the Pantry yesterday. He was waiting for a shower, bags at his feet, eating his free breakfast.
Do you know what mangosteen's are? He does
He and his partner lived in her house. She died; he became homeless
www.gsptucson.org/josephs-pant...
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/12/27
"Anna Betts of The Guardian noted that Trump .. announced the Department of Energy will spend $175 million to “modernize, retrofit, and extend” the life of coal-fired power plants in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Kentucky"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/12/27
"Anna Betts of The Guardian noted that Trump .. announced the Department of Energy will spend $175 million to “modernize, retrofit, and extend” the life of coal-fired power plants in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Kentucky"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 12, 2026
In a ceremony at the White House yesterday, surrounded by coal industry leaders, lawmakers, and miners, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
2/12/27
"Anna Betts of The Guardian noted that Trump .. announced the Department of Energy will spend $175 million to “modernize, retrofit, and extend” the life of coal-fired power plants in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Kentucky"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
2/12/27
"Anna Betts of The Guardian noted that Trump .. announced the Department of Energy will spend $175 million to “modernize, retrofit, and extend” the life of coal-fired power plants in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Kentucky"
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Voting: A Right, Not A Privilege, For Now
Republicans want to change that with the SAVE Act
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Reposted
Every day, the ties between this Administration and Jeffrey Epstein are coming more and more into focus. It’s time for Lutnick to go.
February 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Every day, the ties between this Administration and Jeffrey Epstein are coming more and more into focus. It’s time for Lutnick to go.
