Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social
@joostgarden.bsky.social
Jill of many trades; master of none ‘cept my MA from UA (former journalist).☮️Still imagining all the people living here in peace. 🏳️🌈Ally✊🏾BLM Ally ☯️Trans Ally 🪬🌊🔬Ally 🔵BlueCrew 🔵PressFreedom 🔵ClimateWarrior ⛔️MAGA/Porn/FansOnly ⛔️DMs=BLOCK
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Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules
Information uncovered by plaintiffs has already undermined the FBI’s conclusion that two U.S.-based Saudi officials “unwittingly” helped al-Qaida hijackers after they arrived in America.
www.propublica.org
ProPublica’s brand messaging should be:
Doing the Work Corporate Media Consistently Fails to Do
Doing the Work Corporate Media Consistently Fails to Do
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Attorney General Pam Bondi tells a member of a co-equal branch of government during a public hearing: “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” The disdain for our own government is appalling. This administration is destroying our democracy.
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi tells a member of a co-equal branch of government during a public hearing: “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” The disdain for our own government is appalling. This administration is destroying our democracy.
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Gov. Tim Walz: "They left us with deep damage. Generational trauma. Economic ruin in some cases. The left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigation into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "They left us with deep damage. Generational trauma. Economic ruin in some cases. The left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigation into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"
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You know how I repeatedly have pitched MN Department of Correction's corrections website?
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
www.c-span.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
You know how I repeatedly have pitched MN Department of Correction's corrections website?
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis.
www.c-span.org/event/senate...
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Dem lawmaker flags ‘ties’ between Trump and recipient of Epstein ‘torture’ email
www.rawstory.com/trump-267525...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267525...
Dem lawmaker flags ‘ties’ between Trump and recipient of Epstein ‘torture’ email
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) hit Attorney General Pam Bondi hard Wednesday over her agency’s redactions of “powerful predators” in its release of files on Jeffrey Epstein, including one now-infamous em...
www.rawstory.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Dem lawmaker flags ‘ties’ between Trump and recipient of Epstein ‘torture’ email
www.rawstory.com/trump-267525...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267525...
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NEW EPISODE: I lay out the concrete, actionable steps state and federal Democrats can take to block election subversion, from banning mass voter challenges to stripping immunity from officials who interfere with voting.
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
I Warned You About Trump. Here’s the Plan to Stop Him in 2026.
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
NEW EPISODE: I lay out the concrete, actionable steps state and federal Democrats can take to block election subversion, from banning mass voter challenges to stripping immunity from officials who interfere with voting.
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
Watch, act and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzgy...
Complicity is a one-way street with a dead end.
Open Letter to Tech Companies: Protect Your Users From Lawless DHS Subpoenas
EFF is calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting DHS lawless administrative subpoenas for user data.
www.eff.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Complicity is a one-way street with a dead end.
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They zip tied children!
This administration has not 1 shred of decency or humanity. They lie & attempt to explain their atrocities away.
Let's remind them that even the people who aren't actually committing the brutality will be held accountable.
Remember the Nuremberg trials.
#ICELawlessness
This administration has not 1 shred of decency or humanity. They lie & attempt to explain their atrocities away.
Let's remind them that even the people who aren't actually committing the brutality will be held accountable.
Remember the Nuremberg trials.
#ICELawlessness
February 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
They zip tied children!
This administration has not 1 shred of decency or humanity. They lie & attempt to explain their atrocities away.
Let's remind them that even the people who aren't actually committing the brutality will be held accountable.
Remember the Nuremberg trials.
#ICELawlessness
This administration has not 1 shred of decency or humanity. They lie & attempt to explain their atrocities away.
Let's remind them that even the people who aren't actually committing the brutality will be held accountable.
Remember the Nuremberg trials.
#ICELawlessness
So much for the party balloon?
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
So much for the party balloon?
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"They left us with deep damage, generational trauma. They left us with economic ruin in some cases. They left us with many unanswered questions."
MN Governor Tim Walz speaks after Trump admin. announces ICE surge in MN is ending
MN Governor Tim Walz speaks after Trump admin. announces ICE surge in MN is ending
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"They left us with deep damage, generational trauma. They left us with economic ruin in some cases. They left us with many unanswered questions."
MN Governor Tim Walz speaks after Trump admin. announces ICE surge in MN is ending
MN Governor Tim Walz speaks after Trump admin. announces ICE surge in MN is ending
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This stuff is a *core* interest of mine. Yet, we're learning of so many new contracts for software, data mining, FRT, the gazillionth database targeting U.S. people, I'm about a month behind on my reading.
The *pace* of the movement for technological "enclosure" is breathtaking.
(Tyvm, journos!)
The *pace* of the movement for technological "enclosure" is breathtaking.
(Tyvm, journos!)
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This stuff is a *core* interest of mine. Yet, we're learning of so many new contracts for software, data mining, FRT, the gazillionth database targeting U.S. people, I'm about a month behind on my reading.
The *pace* of the movement for technological "enclosure" is breathtaking.
(Tyvm, journos!)
The *pace* of the movement for technological "enclosure" is breathtaking.
(Tyvm, journos!)
I wish this guy would run again. No one does it better than Walz…
Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
February 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I wish this guy would run again. No one does it better than Walz…
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If only someone in government like…idk, Cory Booker, would do something!!
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If only someone in government like…idk, Cory Booker, would do something!!
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Missed the 2026 ACA Deadline? Here's How You Can Still Find Health Coverage. | The Waiting Room
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
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Missed the 2026 ACA Deadline? Here's How You Can Still Find Health Coverage. | The Waiting Room
Plans for saving Obamacare subsidies look to be dead in the Republican Senate.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Missed the 2026 ACA Deadline? Here's How You Can Still Find Health Coverage. | The Waiting Room
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
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JUST IN: Judge BOASBERG has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelan men illegally deported under the Alien Enemies Act and who are currently in countries other than Venezuela.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
JUST IN: Judge BOASBERG has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelan men illegally deported under the Alien Enemies Act and who are currently in countries other than Venezuela.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is tough to get through, but if you want to get a glimpse of what these girls endured, read it.
We have to continue to fight for the survivors. Justice must prevail for those still standing & for those that are gone.
Never 🛑.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
We have to continue to fight for the survivors. Justice must prevail for those still standing & for those that are gone.
Never 🛑.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
Decoding an Unknown Survivor's Journal - Part 1
Trigger Warning: discussion of sexual abuse of a minor and child loss
ellieleonard.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
This is tough to get through, but if you want to get a glimpse of what these girls endured, read it.
We have to continue to fight for the survivors. Justice must prevail for those still standing & for those that are gone.
Never 🛑.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
We have to continue to fight for the survivors. Justice must prevail for those still standing & for those that are gone.
Never 🛑.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...
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Ukraine struck a key Russian GRAU ammunition depot in Kotluban, Volgograd region overnight.
Multiple detonations followed.
- Evacuations reported.
Russia stores the war there. Ukraine reaches it.
Ukraine struck a key Russian GRAU ammunition depot in Kotluban, Volgograd region overnight.
Multiple detonations followed.
- Evacuations reported.
Russia stores the war there. Ukraine reaches it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Ukraine struck a key Russian GRAU ammunition depot in Kotluban, Volgograd region overnight.
Multiple detonations followed.
- Evacuations reported.
Russia stores the war there. Ukraine reaches it.
Ukraine struck a key Russian GRAU ammunition depot in Kotluban, Volgograd region overnight.
Multiple detonations followed.
- Evacuations reported.
Russia stores the war there. Ukraine reaches it.
THANK YOU CANADA!
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
THANK YOU CANADA!
Bondi’s Qatar quid pro quo
Pam Bondi's Qatar links under scrutiny over Trump's luxury plane gift — Newsweek
Attorney General Bondi's links to Qatar as a foreign lobbyist for the country are in the spotlight again amid news of Trump's new Air Force One.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Bondi’s Qatar quid pro quo
Does this sound like a great country?
In the last year, there were more than 49,000 cases of abductions and kidnappings in the United States, according to FBI data. There were only —only!—145 cases, less than 1%, in Guthrie’s age group—80 to 89 years old, according to statistics.
In the last year, there were more than 49,000 cases of abductions and kidnappings in the United States, according to FBI data. There were only —only!—145 cases, less than 1%, in Guthrie’s age group—80 to 89 years old, according to statistics.
'This kidnapping violates all the rules': Why cracking the Nancy Guthrie case has been so hard — Los Angeles Times
The case took another bizarre turn Wednesday morning when TMZ announced that the outlet received a letter demanding a payment of one bitcoin — about $67,000 — in exchange for the name of Guthrie's kid...
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Does this sound like a great country?
In the last year, there were more than 49,000 cases of abductions and kidnappings in the United States, according to FBI data. There were only —only!—145 cases, less than 1%, in Guthrie’s age group—80 to 89 years old, according to statistics.
In the last year, there were more than 49,000 cases of abductions and kidnappings in the United States, according to FBI data. There were only —only!—145 cases, less than 1%, in Guthrie’s age group—80 to 89 years old, according to statistics.
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Georgia is expected to lose $2.5 billion this year because of data center tax exemptions, according to @goodjobsfirst.org.
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goodjobsfirst.org/georgia-data...
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Georgia is expected to lose $2.5 billion this year because of data center tax exemptions, according to @goodjobsfirst.org.
goodjobsfirst.org/georgia-data...
goodjobsfirst.org/georgia-data...
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Swalwell details death threats he and his wife and children have gotten and points out that the DOJ has refused to prosecute some of them
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Swalwell details death threats he and his wife and children have gotten and points out that the DOJ has refused to prosecute some of them
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Moskowitz: "Obviously Jeanine Pirro is hitting the box wine again"
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Moskowitz: "Obviously Jeanine Pirro is hitting the box wine again"
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Watch Senator Kelly and me speak to the press LIVE at 12 PM today from the Senate.
www.youtube.com/live/zqjCPef...
www.youtube.com/live/zqjCPef...
LIVE: Senators Slotkin and Kelly hold press conference on failed grand jury indictment
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Watch Senator Kelly and me speak to the press LIVE at 12 PM today from the Senate.
www.youtube.com/live/zqjCPef...
www.youtube.com/live/zqjCPef...
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😂😂😂
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
😂😂😂