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Michael Namikas
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Author of The Tupac Encyclopedia - Volume 1, now on sale on Amazon.
Loves music, film, and pugs. FDT.
http://www.michaelnamikas.com
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?

Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Rap City episode from the summer of 96. Great watch. Don’t skip the commercials youtu.be/F-egANjVs5I?...
Rap City: Top 10 (1996)
YouTube video by Grustle Media
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February 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A Chicago teen who fought for her father's release from immigration detention while she was battling stage 4 cancer, has died abcnews.com/US/teen-call...
Teen who called for dad's release from ICE custody dies of cancer
A Chicago teen who fought for her father's release from immigration detention while she was battling stage 4 cancer, has died, a representative for her family says.
abcnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Can’t believe we are still doing this
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Insight: Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. reut.rs/4qzZRCE
Insight: Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
reut.rs
February 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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The US is creating a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Trump's & Rubio's blockade is punishing the Cuban people, not the regime.

We must learn from 6 decades of failed Cuba-policy & reverse course.
Cuba’s Food and Water Supplies Threatened Under U.S. Pressure, U.N. Says
Mexico, Chile and other countries said they were rushing aid to the Caribbean island, but economists said it would do little to alleviate the crisis
www.wsj.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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It's unchartered, but we can see the terrain: the territory ahead includes masked secret police taking people to concentration camps but not new vaccines. That's our reward for a system in which fewer than 20 people, all of them deranged and malicious, control over $3 trillion.
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering

The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
One of my favorite romantic songs by Tupac - the original “Happy Home” with Michel’le youtu.be/NHfV-w_Sw6o?...
2Pac - Happy Home (Original) (Alternate Version) (CDQ)
YouTube video by LengCentral9mm
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February 15, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Glad this is getting covered, but also… Completely surreal to read the NYT report on this as recently disclosed info, and just an allegation. This happened to every observer I know! It happened to me twice! I have it on video both times! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
February 14, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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how we got here
February 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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NEW: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention

9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Hegseth blew up another boat and killed more people. We have no idea who they were or what they were doing because it’s just “trust me, bro” while we kill people.
February 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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New: Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the US (list in replies) abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools | CNN Politics
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign again...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Excerpt from The Tupac Encyclopedia - Volume 1 about All Eyez On Me (1/2)
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Two interesting things here on an All Eyez On Me press release with a slightly different tracklist: details re: "2 My Unborn" and "How Do U Want It" has Y?N-Vee instead of K-Ci & JoJo
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Longtime allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary, have launched a new effort to repeal laws that for decades have required children to be vaccinated against measles, polio and other diseases before they enter day care or kindergarten. nyti.ms/4tPTU7E
RFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schools
Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Tupac’s All Eyez On Me turns THIRTY YEARS old today music.apple.com/us/album/all...
All Eyez On Me by 2Pac on Apple Music
Album · 1996 · 27 Songs
music.apple.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM