Mena Burke
@menaburke.bsky.social
Soccer/football; history; sanity; beagles; too much coffee; percussion; reading (not the fc); women’s sports. Crystal Palace FC. Washington Spirit. Also - FC Wimbledon fan by marriage
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Natural-born American from a place with over three million US citizens illustrates "immigration."
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Natural-born American from a place with over three million US citizens illustrates "immigration."
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About 200 gathered at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing ICE in Minneapolis’ East Isles neighborhood. The sculpture, originally to be exhibited as Team USA’s entry to a competition in Stillwater, was destroyed because organizers believed it made a political statement, according to MPR.
February 8, 2026 at 1:43 AM
About 200 gathered at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing ICE in Minneapolis’ East Isles neighborhood. The sculpture, originally to be exhibited as Team USA’s entry to a competition in Stillwater, was destroyed because organizers believed it made a political statement, according to MPR.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
What the heck conservative Catholics, never heard God helps those who help themselves?
Get your vaccines.
What the heck conservative Catholics, never heard God helps those who help themselves?
Get your vaccines.
Multiple potential measles exposures in DC: Check sites and dates
DC Health said Saturday it was notified of multiple people with confirmed cases of measles who visited a variety of locations in the District. Officials did not specify exactly how many infected peopl...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM
www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
What the heck conservative Catholics, never heard God helps those who help themselves?
Get your vaccines.
What the heck conservative Catholics, never heard God helps those who help themselves?
Get your vaccines.
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This guy got beaten by a bunch of masked thugs whose salaries are paid by our taxes simply for being Mexican. Help him out.
February 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This guy got beaten by a bunch of masked thugs whose salaries are paid by our taxes simply for being Mexican. Help him out.
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Last November, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper because it showed that COVID vaccines work for all ages. Several papers published in Vaccine have been cited selectively by RFK Jr to mislead the public about vaccines. Now Vaccine is in the news again.
February 6, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Last November, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper because it showed that COVID vaccines work for all ages. Several papers published in Vaccine have been cited selectively by RFK Jr to mislead the public about vaccines. Now Vaccine is in the news again.
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Have I ever mentioned how surreal it is to be an Editor-in-Chief of a journal called Vaccine right now?
www.science.org/content/arti...
It’s pretty wild, at least by typical academic journal editorial office standards.
www.science.org/content/arti...
It’s pretty wild, at least by typical academic journal editorial office standards.
Controversial Danish vaccine research group faces new allegations
Researchers say they couldn’t find complete data for 10 trials that together enrolled tens of thousands of children in Guinea-Bissau
www.science.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Have I ever mentioned how surreal it is to be an Editor-in-Chief of a journal called Vaccine right now?
www.science.org/content/arti...
It’s pretty wild, at least by typical academic journal editorial office standards.
www.science.org/content/arti...
It’s pretty wild, at least by typical academic journal editorial office standards.
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How do people think we can host World Cup matches here?
Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling
Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.
www.jsonline.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
How do people think we can host World Cup matches here?
Trump Republicans are the Epstein Class.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Trump Republicans are the Epstein Class.
Vance and Usha really are terrible.
February 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Vance and Usha really are terrible.
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Canadian figure skater Maddie Schizas had to email her professor asking for an extension because she's competing at the Olympics😅
She even attached the press release as proof.
#MilanoCortina2026
She even attached the press release as proof.
#MilanoCortina2026
February 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Canadian figure skater Maddie Schizas had to email her professor asking for an extension because she's competing at the Olympics😅
She even attached the press release as proof.
#MilanoCortina2026
She even attached the press release as proof.
#MilanoCortina2026
JD and Usha are really entitled fools.
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
JD and Usha are really entitled fools.
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So the FBI was specifically required to redact images of Trump and Rubio? No wonder Rubio has been so horrible about toeing the Trump live to kill peoples snd destroy Stare and our alliances. It’s his version of protection « money. »
In March 2025, the FBI discusses internally Pam Bondi’s “clear and specific guidance" to redact images of "former U.S. Presidents, Secretary of State, and other celebrities."
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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So the FBI was specifically required to redact images of Trump and Rubio? No wonder Rubio has been so horrible about toeing the Trump live to kill peoples snd destroy Stare and our alliances. It’s his version of protection « money. »
In March 2025, the FBI discusses internally Pam Bondi’s “clear and specific guidance" to redact images of "former U.S. Presidents, Secretary of State, and other celebrities."
February 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
So the FBI was specifically required to redact images of Trump and Rubio? No wonder Rubio has been so horrible about toeing the Trump live to kill peoples snd destroy Stare and our alliances. It’s his version of protection « money. »
ICE are terrorizing people
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
ICE are terrorizing people
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Ohio State University has to put a disclaimer on their websites that they may still accidentally mention protected class status on OSU websites, which is now prohibited by the Republican state government of Ohio. What a state. Ohio is a mess.
February 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Ohio State University has to put a disclaimer on their websites that they may still accidentally mention protected class status on OSU websites, which is now prohibited by the Republican state government of Ohio. What a state. Ohio is a mess.
What is VAR if not for this
February 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
What is VAR if not for this
Trump and his friend of rapists (possibly worse, we won’t know until Congress hauls her in to testify or she’s investigated) wife are truly horrible people.
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Trump and his friend of rapists (possibly worse, we won’t know until Congress hauls her in to testify or she’s investigated) wife are truly horrible people.
They’re so cute!
No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again.
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
They’re so cute!
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There's something very ominous about how the stubborn adherence to "norms" is resulting in looking the other way at highly abnormal behavior
it's kind of depressing that no one on the Democratic side of Congress has written to the state department to ask about the meeting with AB seperatists
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
There's something very ominous about how the stubborn adherence to "norms" is resulting in looking the other way at highly abnormal behavior
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Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
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One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
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Another US lethal strike on a boat, this one in the eastern Pacific. Total attacks now up to 38, killing at least 128.
As with previous boat bombings, in violation of US law and international treaties, without any causus beli, when the US wasn’t attacked, and hasn’t even advanced stated goals.
As with previous boat bombings, in violation of US law and international treaties, without any causus beli, when the US wasn’t attacked, and hasn’t even advanced stated goals.
February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Another US lethal strike on a boat, this one in the eastern Pacific. Total attacks now up to 38, killing at least 128.
As with previous boat bombings, in violation of US law and international treaties, without any causus beli, when the US wasn’t attacked, and hasn’t even advanced stated goals.
As with previous boat bombings, in violation of US law and international treaties, without any causus beli, when the US wasn’t attacked, and hasn’t even advanced stated goals.
The wind is no joke today.
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The wind is no joke today.
Fernandes with a lovely pass for the assist to Summerville with a nice finish to just get it over the sliding keeper.
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Fernandes with a lovely pass for the assist to Summerville with a nice finish to just get it over the sliding keeper.
Botstein’s links to Epstein were known for awhile. That Bard still hasn’t gotten rid of Botstein is an indictment of Bard.
BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
February 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Botstein’s links to Epstein were known for awhile. That Bard still hasn’t gotten rid of Botstein is an indictment of Bard.