Margiem
@margiem.bsky.social
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AXIOS: “The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize. It could begin very soon.”
Is Iran in the Epstein files?
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
Is Iran in the Epstein files?
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
February 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
AXIOS: “The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize. It could begin very soon.”
Is Iran in the Epstein files?
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
Is Iran in the Epstein files?
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
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Rep. Ted Lieu: "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands & thousands of times. In those files, there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children, of Donald Trump threatening to kill children."
Rep. Lieu Says Epstein files Have Allegations of Trump Raping & Threatening to Kill Children
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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February 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Rep. Ted Lieu: "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands & thousands of times. In those files, there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children, of Donald Trump threatening to kill children."
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Don't be distracted. That panic in his eyes and the desperate, unintelligible tweets he writes at four in the morning shouting at the moon? They tell you all you need to know about a man who's about to drown like a rat in the vile scandal he finds himself smack in the middle of.
February 18, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Don't be distracted. That panic in his eyes and the desperate, unintelligible tweets he writes at four in the morning shouting at the moon? They tell you all you need to know about a man who's about to drown like a rat in the vile scandal he finds himself smack in the middle of.
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Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter.bsky.social) has learned that Trump will kill Netflix’s bid for Warner Bros and help Paramount win, giving the president control of Fox, CBS, CNN, and TikTok.
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After Censoring CBS, Trump Will Go For CNN
I've learned Trump will kill Netflix’s bid for Warner and help Paramount win, giving him control of Fox, CBS, CNN, and TikTok.
washingtonmonthly.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter.bsky.social) has learned that Trump will kill Netflix’s bid for Warner Bros and help Paramount win, giving the president control of Fox, CBS, CNN, and TikTok.
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/17/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/17/t...
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump have too much power. @gtconway.bsky.social and I warn that this is our last chance to elect leaders who will act in the country’s best interests and save America.
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youtu.be/-46A4A0WNb0
Steve Schmidt and George Conway: This Is Our Last Chance to Save America
YouTube video by The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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February 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Elon Musk and Donald Trump have too much power. @gtconway.bsky.social and I warn that this is our last chance to elect leaders who will act in the country’s best interests and save America.
youtu.be/-46A4A0WNb0
youtu.be/-46A4A0WNb0
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This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
February 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
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His is a good boy AND needs legal counsel.
Is Nazgûl free to leave?
Is Nazgûl free to leave?
Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social , a local Czechoslovakian wolfdog named Nazgul wandered onto the cross-country skiing course during the Women's Team Sprint Free qualification event. Does he need legal counsel? Or is he just a good boy?
February 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM
His is a good boy AND needs legal counsel.
Is Nazgûl free to leave?
Is Nazgûl free to leave?
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Here is the copy of the request. END/
February 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Here is the copy of the request. END/
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NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them
ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
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Any political party spreading lies about voter fraud as a pretext to make it harder for every one to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
Remember this.
Remember this.
February 18, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Any political party spreading lies about voter fraud as a pretext to make it harder for every one to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
Remember this.
Remember this.
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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It seems nuts to me that CNN has partnered with an online gambling site (Kalshi) and hypes their betting lines as “news” to report.
February 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It seems nuts to me that CNN has partnered with an online gambling site (Kalshi) and hypes their betting lines as “news” to report.
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WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
February 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."
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Good. Also, fuck the Department of Education for attempting to pull this bullshit in the first place, and fuck this whole racist, shitty administration. And fuck ICE, while I'm at it, because that's just an evergreen at this point.
February 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Good. Also, fuck the Department of Education for attempting to pull this bullshit in the first place, and fuck this whole racist, shitty administration. And fuck ICE, while I'm at it, because that's just an evergreen at this point.
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Everyone who is interested in the Ukraine invasion by Russia should watch this interview.
Our government should have listened to Bill Browder a long time ago.
Our government should have listened to Bill Browder a long time ago.
The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek speaks with Bill Browder, investor and longtime sanctions advocate, about why Western sanctions have so far failed to change Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior.
Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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February 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Everyone who is interested in the Ukraine invasion by Russia should watch this interview.
Our government should have listened to Bill Browder a long time ago.
Our government should have listened to Bill Browder a long time ago.
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This is HUGE.
February 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
This is HUGE.
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I talk in this piece about how right wing podcasters were weaponized against Amber Heard (see: Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens) and the connections to Epstein's publicist now begs the question: were they fed this information intentionally?
I think we all know the answer.
I think we all know the answer.
February 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I talk in this piece about how right wing podcasters were weaponized against Amber Heard (see: Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens) and the connections to Epstein's publicist now begs the question: were they fed this information intentionally?
I think we all know the answer.
I think we all know the answer.
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Long before we knew about the shared connections to Epstein, I wrote this.
It's the dehumanization, indeed.
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It's the dehumanization, indeed.
newsletterwithecm.substack.com/p/its-the-de...
It's the Dehumanization, Bitches
Amber Heard, Misogyny, and the End of Another American Myth
newsletterwithecm.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Long before we knew about the shared connections to Epstein, I wrote this.
It's the dehumanization, indeed.
newsletterwithecm.substack.com/p/its-the-de...
It's the dehumanization, indeed.
newsletterwithecm.substack.com/p/its-the-de...
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I have been thinking about this a lot.
Publicists who represented Johnny Depp during his 2022 trial against Amber Heard charged Jeffrey Epstein five figures a month for representation during 2017, according to invoices in the Epstein Files. Their PR strategies for Epstein reflect the later MeToo backlash. spitfirenews.com/p/epstein-jo...
The Epstein-Johnny Depp-Justin Baldoni connection
These men shared some of the same crisis publicists and PR strategies.
spitfirenews.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I have been thinking about this a lot.
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Man, expectations are so low and I understand. People have been so beaten down politically that they think that nothing will be changed. But WE are the ones who have to push them to enact the policies they commit to. Nothing will 'just happen.'
February 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Man, expectations are so low and I understand. People have been so beaten down politically that they think that nothing will be changed. But WE are the ones who have to push them to enact the policies they commit to. Nothing will 'just happen.'
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I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.
Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries
The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.
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A good thing about expressing our value commitments clearly, say ‘no kids in cages’ as opposed to just ‘this is outrageous,’ is it leads you to ask—where else might kids be caged.
February 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
A good thing about expressing our value commitments clearly, say ‘no kids in cages’ as opposed to just ‘this is outrageous,’ is it leads you to ask—where else might kids be caged.
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Vive la France 🇫🇷
France opens Epstein probes into human trafficking and tax fraud
France has launched wide-ranging investigations into human trafficking and financial fraud among contacts of the late convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following the release of a trove of fi...
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Vive la France 🇫🇷
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Trump Administration Removes Nearly 9,000 Active Duty and 5,700 Reserve Transgender Troops from U.S. Military
Trump Administration Removes Nearly 9,000 Active Duty and 5,700 Reserve Transgender Troops from U.S. Military
On December 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released detailed figures confirming that an estimated 8,980 active-duty service members and 5,727 reservists who identify as transgender are subject to separation under the Trump administration’s military policy change. This figure — drawn from Department of Defense-level surveys and demographic estimates — represents a subset of the total number of American troops impacted by presidential policy.
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February 18, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Trump Administration Removes Nearly 9,000 Active Duty and 5,700 Reserve Transgender Troops from U.S. Military