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If Donald Trump can illegally add his name to a national memorial, then we should celebrate his greatness by adding his name to all appropriate national monuments far and wide…
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It’s a fascistic, pernicious question and everyone should know the constitutional answer is no.
BARTIROMO: Could the president just implement an executive order to get the SAVE Act across the finish line going into the midterms?
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
February 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
It’s a fascistic, pernicious question and everyone should know the constitutional answer is no.
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This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
February 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is the reason behind the Trump
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content.
If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
March 28 will be the largest nonviolent protest in American history. Find your local No Kings event to stand up for our communities and reject Trump's fear and violence. app.sosha.ai/s/5ATxm5qo
Join me at the next No Kings Day
app.sosha.ai
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
March 28 will be the largest nonviolent protest in American history. Find your local No Kings event to stand up for our communities and reject Trump's fear and violence. app.sosha.ai/s/5ATxm5qo
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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This is the sort of juicy story of government suppressing speech that Bari Weiss loves to cover!
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is the sort of juicy story of government suppressing speech that Bari Weiss loves to cover!
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
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There are concentration camps in the USA. People are being disappeared. One facility has 3,500 people, most of them children.
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
There are concentration camps in the USA. People are being disappeared. One facility has 3,500 people, most of them children.
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
Now, what are we going to do about it?!
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According to The New York Times, Donald's building monuments to himself makes him "an inescapable force."
No.
It simply reminds the world what a pathetic, insecure loser we put in power. And it's humiliating.
No.
It simply reminds the world what a pathetic, insecure loser we put in power. And it's humiliating.
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
According to The New York Times, Donald's building monuments to himself makes him "an inescapable force."
No.
It simply reminds the world what a pathetic, insecure loser we put in power. And it's humiliating.
No.
It simply reminds the world what a pathetic, insecure loser we put in power. And it's humiliating.
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Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
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One notable thing that Pritzker and Newsom have been doing is making the case that immigrants and native-born Americans share in one another's social and economic fates. They've been elevating the visibility of immigrants as a positive national good. This is a model Dems could use more widely:
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
One notable thing that Pritzker and Newsom have been doing is making the case that immigrants and native-born Americans share in one another's social and economic fates. They've been elevating the visibility of immigrants as a positive national good. This is a model Dems could use more widely:
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Accuse me of xenophobic stereotyping all you like, but the last person I'm going to listen to about the real America is a dope-addicted unmarried immigrant who can't even count how many kids he has from God knows how many women.
February 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Accuse me of xenophobic stereotyping all you like, but the last person I'm going to listen to about the real America is a dope-addicted unmarried immigrant who can't even count how many kids he has from God knows how many women.
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Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition. Make MAGA un-American, finally.
steady.page
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
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February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Folks! We're playing Wii golf and raising money for folks in Minnesota facing real financial hardship after the Trump regime's invasion and occupation of the state!
Give here: wilsonfoundationmn.org/2026/02/dona...
Watch here: www.twitch.tv/dennyc13
Give here: wilsonfoundationmn.org/2026/02/dona...
Watch here: www.twitch.tv/dennyc13
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I enjoy sports and politics: always together. I'm on Bluesky, the official app of sports: @dennycarter.bsky.social. I'm writing about bad-faith politics here: https://bad-faith-times.ghost.io/
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February 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Folks! We're playing Wii golf and raising money for folks in Minnesota facing real financial hardship after the Trump regime's invasion and occupation of the state!
Give here: wilsonfoundationmn.org/2026/02/dona...
Watch here: www.twitch.tv/dennyc13
Give here: wilsonfoundationmn.org/2026/02/dona...
Watch here: www.twitch.tv/dennyc13
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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When state courts interpret their own constitutions to offer broader rights, the federal judiciary can't overturn them. A crucial safeguard against authoritarianism.
@kasiawolfkot.bsky.social
@kasiawolfkot.bsky.social
Robust State Constitutionalism Can Protect Rights and Resist Authoritarianism
We need a movement to fully unlock the potential for resistance by states
www.theunpopulist.net
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
When state courts interpret their own constitutions to offer broader rights, the federal judiciary can't overturn them. A crucial safeguard against authoritarianism.
@kasiawolfkot.bsky.social
@kasiawolfkot.bsky.social
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This is devastating, and infuriating.
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
The Kids Aren’t Alright in Dilley
A baby who needs medicine. A toddler whose detained mom may have breast cancer. A suicide attempt.
www.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This is devastating, and infuriating.
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
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When will Republicans, veterans organizations, & retired military officers speak up about this? No president in the history of the Republic has done this. Yet Trump, Vance, & Hegseth do it constantly. It betrays the most important core value of our military-no partisan politics.
February 14, 2026 at 11:59 AM
When will Republicans, veterans organizations, & retired military officers speak up about this? No president in the history of the Republic has done this. Yet Trump, Vance, & Hegseth do it constantly. It betrays the most important core value of our military-no partisan politics.
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The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
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When there’s a mass shooting in the US, Trump rushes to blame the left.
He stokes fear & division and rarely says anything about the victims.
In Canada, all party leaders went to pay their respects in Tumbler Ridge.
They held hands, placed flowers & showed unity.
That’s how it should be done.
He stokes fear & division and rarely says anything about the victims.
In Canada, all party leaders went to pay their respects in Tumbler Ridge.
They held hands, placed flowers & showed unity.
That’s how it should be done.
February 14, 2026 at 4:55 AM
When there’s a mass shooting in the US, Trump rushes to blame the left.
He stokes fear & division and rarely says anything about the victims.
In Canada, all party leaders went to pay their respects in Tumbler Ridge.
They held hands, placed flowers & showed unity.
That’s how it should be done.
He stokes fear & division and rarely says anything about the victims.
In Canada, all party leaders went to pay their respects in Tumbler Ridge.
They held hands, placed flowers & showed unity.
That’s how it should be done.
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
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There is no way Senate Dems should vote for DHS funding while Republicans are threatening to nationalize elections and Trump is threatening to do it by executive order. ICE reforms are no longer enough. Their authoritarianism must be fought with every legislative lever available.
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
There is no way Senate Dems should vote for DHS funding while Republicans are threatening to nationalize elections and Trump is threatening to do it by executive order. ICE reforms are no longer enough. Their authoritarianism must be fought with every legislative lever available.