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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher
George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher
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"Aside from a few nods to the Marquis de Lafayette, most basic textbook histories of the Revolutionary War typically overlook, minimize, or erase its transnational scope and complexity..."
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They Turned the World Upside Down
American patriots began a conflict that spread around the globe.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"Aside from a few nods to the Marquis de Lafayette, most basic textbook histories of the Revolutionary War typically overlook, minimize, or erase its transnational scope and complexity..."
www.americanheritage.com/they-turned-...
www.americanheritage.com/they-turned-...
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"Judge orders US to provide CA ICE detainees with medical care, attorneys and blankets."
Shouldn't have taken a court order!!
😡😡😡
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Shouldn't have taken a court order!!
😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Judge orders US to provide California ICE detainees with medical care, attorneys and blankets
Order comes after seven people in California City facility allege they were denied medications, food and sanitation
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
"Judge orders US to provide CA ICE detainees with medical care, attorneys and blankets."
Shouldn't have taken a court order!!
😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Shouldn't have taken a court order!!
😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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We are doomed as a country.
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
We are doomed as a country.
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"There will be no negotiations in Moscow or Minsk. I cannot come to negotiations with Putin in the capital of a country that is the aggressor in this war." - Zelenskyy.
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"There will be no negotiations in Moscow or Minsk. I cannot come to negotiations with Putin in the capital of a country that is the aggressor in this war." - Zelenskyy.
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My 70 year old dad, whose favorite band is The Righteous Brothers, just informed me that he enjoyed the Bad Bunny show bc even though he didn’t understand the words, “it seemed like everyone on stage was having a good time!” So there ya go lol.
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
My 70 year old dad, whose favorite band is The Righteous Brothers, just informed me that he enjoyed the Bad Bunny show bc even though he didn’t understand the words, “it seemed like everyone on stage was having a good time!” So there ya go lol.
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Black Beauty Meteorite: Meteorite NWA 7034, more commonly known as Black Beauty contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. It fell to Earth from Mars, and could reveal clues about the Red Planet's watery past. www.livescience.com/space/mars/m...
Martian meteorite that fell to Earth is full of ancient water, new scans reveal
A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. The rock, which fell to Earth from Mars, could reveal clues about the Red Pla...
www.livescience.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Black Beauty Meteorite: Meteorite NWA 7034, more commonly known as Black Beauty contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. It fell to Earth from Mars, and could reveal clues about the Red Planet's watery past. www.livescience.com/space/mars/m...
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You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.
February 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM
You gotta admit, the staffers in the background keeping it real are the best part.
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“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
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💙💙💙 AUGGIE 💙💙💙
this senior baby should be home surrounded by love. Let's help this dog out. Please read and repost his bio.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
👇💙💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
www.petfinder.com/dog/auggie-f...
this senior baby should be home surrounded by love. Let's help this dog out. Please read and repost his bio.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
👇💙💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
www.petfinder.com/dog/auggie-f...
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
💙💙💙 AUGGIE 💙💙💙
this senior baby should be home surrounded by love. Let's help this dog out. Please read and repost his bio.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
👇💙💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
www.petfinder.com/dog/auggie-f...
this senior baby should be home surrounded by love. Let's help this dog out. Please read and repost his bio.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
👇💙💙👇💙👇💙👇💙👇
www.petfinder.com/dog/auggie-f...
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People are too dumb for the Epstein Files site. I keep seeing people just sharing a screenshot of them searching a word/name and being like "SEE?!" as if that proves something. You have to actually read the files.
February 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
People are too dumb for the Epstein Files site. I keep seeing people just sharing a screenshot of them searching a word/name and being like "SEE?!" as if that proves something. You have to actually read the files.
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For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
The mass market paperback is vanishing
The mass market paperback — born in 1935, boomed after WWII — is vanishing from airports, drugstores, and groceries.
boingboing.net
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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It's NOT a new tactic. She's repeatedly done the same thing, which @raskin.house.gov noted at the start of the hearing.
🤡Pam Bondi🤡 has put together a "Burn Book" of attacks on Democrats, which she brings to all of her hearings.
Relying on her Burn Book has been her tactic from day 1.
#EpsteinFiles
🤡Pam Bondi🤡 has put together a "Burn Book" of attacks on Democrats, which she brings to all of her hearings.
Relying on her Burn Book has been her tactic from day 1.
#EpsteinFiles
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
It's NOT a new tactic. She's repeatedly done the same thing, which @raskin.house.gov noted at the start of the hearing.
🤡Pam Bondi🤡 has put together a "Burn Book" of attacks on Democrats, which she brings to all of her hearings.
Relying on her Burn Book has been her tactic from day 1.
#EpsteinFiles
🤡Pam Bondi🤡 has put together a "Burn Book" of attacks on Democrats, which she brings to all of her hearings.
Relying on her Burn Book has been her tactic from day 1.
#EpsteinFiles
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Breaking on MSNOW right now: the DOJ is tracking the search histories of Congresspeople in the unredacted Epstein files, and Pam Bondi is using those search histories in her Burn Book today.
This is surveillance of Democratic lawmakers as the review the Epstein files, and it is chilling.
This is surveillance of Democratic lawmakers as the review the Epstein files, and it is chilling.
February 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Breaking on MSNOW right now: the DOJ is tracking the search histories of Congresspeople in the unredacted Epstein files, and Pam Bondi is using those search histories in her Burn Book today.
This is surveillance of Democratic lawmakers as the review the Epstein files, and it is chilling.
This is surveillance of Democratic lawmakers as the review the Epstein files, and it is chilling.
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LOL Moskowitz just taunted Bondi: “Give me your best. I want it from the Burn Book.”
And that shut Bondi up and Moskowitz drew a big ZERO on poster board LOL.
And that shut Bondi up and Moskowitz drew a big ZERO on poster board LOL.
February 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
LOL Moskowitz just taunted Bondi: “Give me your best. I want it from the Burn Book.”
And that shut Bondi up and Moskowitz drew a big ZERO on poster board LOL.
And that shut Bondi up and Moskowitz drew a big ZERO on poster board LOL.
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Jared Moskowitz: I'm from Florida, I take my family to Disney World, not Epstein Island.
Now invites her to give him the burn book attack.
Now invites her to give him the burn book attack.
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Jared Moskowitz: I'm from Florida, I take my family to Disney World, not Epstein Island.
Now invites her to give him the burn book attack.
Now invites her to give him the burn book attack.
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Tom Kean Jr. voted with Republicans to shield Trump’s tariffs from accountability. Tariffs raise prices for all of us, and he tried to block Congress from even challenging them. All while your family foots the bill.
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Tom Kean Jr. voted with Republicans to shield Trump’s tariffs from accountability. Tariffs raise prices for all of us, and he tried to block Congress from even challenging them. All while your family foots the bill.
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the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
The DOJ is still obstructing justice, and the MSM is still failing to do its job. They should be demanding that Pedo Protector and clearly deranged DonOld tRump resign his office.
#MAGAPedoProtectors
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
The DOJ is still obstructing justice, and the MSM is still failing to do its job. They should be demanding that Pedo Protector and clearly deranged DonOld tRump resign his office.
#MAGAPedoProtectors
the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse
there’s no justice in sight, and it’s fucking infuriating
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
The DOJ is still obstructing justice, and the MSM is still failing to do its job. They should be demanding that Pedo Protector and clearly deranged DonOld tRump resign his office.
#MAGAPedoProtectors
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
The DOJ is still obstructing justice, and the MSM is still failing to do its job. They should be demanding that Pedo Protector and clearly deranged DonOld tRump resign his office.
#MAGAPedoProtectors
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I’ve watched a lot of congressional hearings over the last 40 years. This performance by Bondi is the single most unprofessional, non-responsive, reprehensible and obnoxious I have ever seen from any witness who has testified before any committee of either chamber.
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I’ve watched a lot of congressional hearings over the last 40 years. This performance by Bondi is the single most unprofessional, non-responsive, reprehensible and obnoxious I have ever seen from any witness who has testified before any committee of either chamber.
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People talking about terrible teachers and gender bias in STEM fields & I can remember when the anatomy teacher tried to keep a girl from going on a field trip to Chico State to view a cadaver. Her mom raised absolute hell & now that girl has a Ph.d in molecular biology and leads R&D.
February 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
People talking about terrible teachers and gender bias in STEM fields & I can remember when the anatomy teacher tried to keep a girl from going on a field trip to Chico State to view a cadaver. Her mom raised absolute hell & now that girl has a Ph.d in molecular biology and leads R&D.
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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The FAA has now abruptly reversed course and says the air space closure over El Paso has been lifted.
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The FAA has now abruptly reversed course and says the air space closure over El Paso has been lifted.
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The US Women’s Hockey team is terrifying.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 AM
The US Women’s Hockey team is terrifying.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.
They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far.
Their opponents?
One.