Mark's Spot
@markmckechnie.bsky.social
Just trying to find a nice corner of the internet unmolested by oligarchs. Vegetarian for a livable climate. Solar powered. Equity. Justice. Science. 3rd Gen ANTIFA
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Pinned
Trump is lying.
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A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
February 2, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.
Go Seahawks.
Go Seahawks.
How has Todd Blanche not been disbarred?
February 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
How has Todd Blanche not been disbarred?
"In 2017, amid the #MeToo movement, six women, including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour over several years. Allegations included unwanted sexual advances and misconduct on film sets and in private settings."
Director of Melania Trump’s upcoming documentary accused of sexual assault, named in Epstein files — Who is Brett Ratner? - The Times of India
US News: The director of the documentary about US President Donald Trump's wife, Melania, has been accused of sexual harassment and has also been mentioned in .
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"In 2017, amid the #MeToo movement, six women, including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour over several years. Allegations included unwanted sexual advances and misconduct on film sets and in private settings."
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“U.S. District Judge Fred Biery excoriated the federal government, saying the case ‘has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.’” www.ms.now/news/liam-ra...
Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father from ICE detention center
A photo of Ramos wearing a bunny hat and a Spider-Man backpack as he was being detained went viral, sparking national criticism.
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“U.S. District Judge Fred Biery excoriated the federal government, saying the case ‘has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.’” www.ms.now/news/liam-ra...
The only reason Trump wanted to be president again was to have immunity for past crimes and then commit more crimes to enrich himself.
He's already made $1.4B in the first year and looking for $10B more, directly from taxpayer pockets.
Bribery and self dealing right before our eyes....
He's already made $1.4B in the first year and looking for $10B more, directly from taxpayer pockets.
Bribery and self dealing right before our eyes....
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The only reason Trump wanted to be president again was to have immunity for past crimes and then commit more crimes to enrich himself.
He's already made $1.4B in the first year and looking for $10B more, directly from taxpayer pockets.
Bribery and self dealing right before our eyes....
He's already made $1.4B in the first year and looking for $10B more, directly from taxpayer pockets.
Bribery and self dealing right before our eyes....
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"Penn climate scientists warn global warming will ‘exacerbate storms’ following record snowfall" by Norah Findley for The #DailyPennsylvanian: www.thedp.com/article/2026...
Penn climate scientists warn global warming will ‘exacerbate storms’ following record snowfall
Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Leigh Stearns said that there is “a lot of evidence” that extreme climatic events will worsen in the future.
www.thedp.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Penn climate scientists warn global warming will ‘exacerbate storms’ following record snowfall" by Norah Findley for The #DailyPennsylvanian: www.thedp.com/article/2026...
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Federal agents received a memo asking them to collect identifying information on protesters & so-called agitators, CNN has reported.
Last week, a masked ICE agent warned a woman filming their activities that her info would be entered into a “nice little database." trib.al/RmPsOnm
Last week, a masked ICE agent warned a woman filming their activities that her info would be entered into a “nice little database." trib.al/RmPsOnm
January 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Federal agents received a memo asking them to collect identifying information on protesters & so-called agitators, CNN has reported.
Last week, a masked ICE agent warned a woman filming their activities that her info would be entered into a “nice little database." trib.al/RmPsOnm
Last week, a masked ICE agent warned a woman filming their activities that her info would be entered into a “nice little database." trib.al/RmPsOnm
"Musk has been harshly critical of those linked to Epstein, but the newly released emails appear to contradict his own longstanding denial of any ties of his own."
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 AM
"Musk has been harshly critical of those linked to Epstein, but the newly released emails appear to contradict his own longstanding denial of any ties of his own."
Trump wants you and me to give him $10 billion of our money... GTFOH!
January 31, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Trump wants you and me to give him $10 billion of our money... GTFOH!
People either don't want to see the Melania movie or don't want to be seen going to the Melania movie.
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 AM
People either don't want to see the Melania movie or don't want to be seen going to the Melania movie.
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Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reveal how it apportions taxpayer money, including information it apparently tried to hide through spend plans in footnotes.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
Court once again shuts down OMB attempts to keep spending secret - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to reveal legally binding plans to spend congressionally appropriated funds today in a lawsuit brought by CREW against OMB and OMB's Director Russell Vought.
www.citizensforethics.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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notice how after ilhan omar was attacked by a maga true believer parroting donald trump, the mainstream media didnt kick off a multi-day orgy about how trump and other republicans need to change their tone and "lower the temperature"?
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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"It’s time to wake up. Trump seems keen on influencing the vote in states that will decide margins in 2026 and the outcome in 2028. And that he has the FBI participating in his effort is a terrifying demonstration of just how many guardrails he has steamrolled..."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump Is Still Obsessed with Stealing Elections
The FBI’s seizure of Georgia ballots is as much about future elections as past ones.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"It’s time to wake up. Trump seems keen on influencing the vote in states that will decide margins in 2026 and the outcome in 2028. And that he has the FBI participating in his effort is a terrifying demonstration of just how many guardrails he has steamrolled..."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Check out my latest: Why is the EPA ignoring the health benefits of reducing ozone and fine PM? Doing so is the key to its broader anti-environmental strategy. newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/trump-is-m...
Trump Is Making It A Lot Easier for Polluters to Pollute
The Trump EPA’s new policy on Clean Air Act benefits, explained.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Check out my latest: Why is the EPA ignoring the health benefits of reducing ozone and fine PM? Doing so is the key to its broader anti-environmental strategy. newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/trump-is-m...
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Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
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Protesters, including Walter Masterson, confront Congressman Tom Suozzi, a key Democrat whose vote helped secure passage of the Department of Homeland Security’s $64.4 billion funding bill. @waltermasterson.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Protesters, including Walter Masterson, confront Congressman Tom Suozzi, a key Democrat whose vote helped secure passage of the Department of Homeland Security’s $64.4 billion funding bill. @waltermasterson.bsky.social
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HBO’s Watchmen series was both an incredible exploration of America’s racist past (the Tulsa race massacre) and a very prescient depiction of its white supremacist re-entrenchment future. Certainly worth a watch.
I remember viewing Watchmen & thinking
wow
this is so UNREALISTIC
wow
this is so UNREALISTIC
January 29, 2026 at 2:37 AM
HBO’s Watchmen series was both an incredible exploration of America’s racist past (the Tulsa race massacre) and a very prescient depiction of its white supremacist re-entrenchment future. Certainly worth a watch.
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"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social
The investigation is the coverup
Trump's "pivot" on Pretti is just a head fake.
www.publicnotice.co
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 PM
"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 AM
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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"Fear not those without papers, but those without conscience."
--Amanda Gorman
--Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman honors Alex Pretti in new poem
The poet, who earlier this month wrote a poem honoring Renee Good, paid tribute to the 37-year-old ICU nurse fatally shot by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis on Saturday.
www.ms.now
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"Fear not those without papers, but those without conscience."
--Amanda Gorman
--Amanda Gorman
"This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips," Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala told local media. "It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt."
Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics
U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE unit is unwelcome in Milan Cortina.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 AM
"This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips," Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala told local media. "It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt."
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Chris Murphy on Kristi Noem: “She’s unqualified, but so will the next DHS secretary. The name on the on the door of DHS doesn’t really matter. This is an operation being run by the president and Stephen Miller.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of homeland security.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Chris Murphy on Kristi Noem: “She’s unqualified, but so will the next DHS secretary. The name on the on the door of DHS doesn’t really matter. This is an operation being run by the president and Stephen Miller.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...