MKSutherland
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For the record, bc it can’t be stated enough —
In 2008, Epstein PLED GUILTY to a **REDUCED CHARGE** of PROCURING A CHILD FOR PROSTITUTION.
Regardless of whether or not Dr. Oz engaged in criminal wrongdoing, in 2016, he invited an ADMITTED pedophile to a dinner party.
For Valentines Day.
In 2008, Epstein PLED GUILTY to a **REDUCED CHARGE** of PROCURING A CHILD FOR PROSTITUTION.
Regardless of whether or not Dr. Oz engaged in criminal wrongdoing, in 2016, he invited an ADMITTED pedophile to a dinner party.
For Valentines Day.
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 AM
For the record, bc it can’t be stated enough —
In 2008, Epstein PLED GUILTY to a **REDUCED CHARGE** of PROCURING A CHILD FOR PROSTITUTION.
Regardless of whether or not Dr. Oz engaged in criminal wrongdoing, in 2016, he invited an ADMITTED pedophile to a dinner party.
For Valentines Day.
In 2008, Epstein PLED GUILTY to a **REDUCED CHARGE** of PROCURING A CHILD FOR PROSTITUTION.
Regardless of whether or not Dr. Oz engaged in criminal wrongdoing, in 2016, he invited an ADMITTED pedophile to a dinner party.
For Valentines Day.
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The largest Habitat for Humanity project in the West (Hope Springs in Greeley, CO) just lost $1M in federal funds.
Plans for 40 homes this year are scaled back to 20. Let's make it 21.
We've raised $40k tonight! I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: give.greeleyhabitat.org/campaigns/43...
Plans for 40 homes this year are scaled back to 20. Let's make it 21.
We've raised $40k tonight! I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: give.greeleyhabitat.org/campaigns/43...
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
The largest Habitat for Humanity project in the West (Hope Springs in Greeley, CO) just lost $1M in federal funds.
Plans for 40 homes this year are scaled back to 20. Let's make it 21.
We've raised $40k tonight! I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: give.greeleyhabitat.org/campaigns/43...
Plans for 40 homes this year are scaled back to 20. Let's make it 21.
We've raised $40k tonight! I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: give.greeleyhabitat.org/campaigns/43...
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Imagine being the magistrate judge who signed off on that warrant, reading this.
I called up one of the White House "special government employees" linked to the Fulton County ballot seizure.
I ended up on the phone for nearly two hours.
It got weird. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
I ended up on the phone for nearly two hours.
It got weird. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Imagine being the magistrate judge who signed off on that warrant, reading this.
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Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG:
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG:
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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Fun fact: Clay Parikh joined a petition with fellow crank, Rick Weible, to force a South Dakota county to do a recount in 2024. Weible is one of the Rockland County conspiracy theorists claiming 2024 was stolen... by Donald Trump
www.projectminnesota.com/more-countie...
bsky.app/profile/jlra...
www.projectminnesota.com/more-countie...
bsky.app/profile/jlra...
Clay Parikh does not want to talk about who he is working with inside the White House. However, in an extraordinary and extensive conversation with TPM, he had a lot to say about many other things. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Fun fact: Clay Parikh joined a petition with fellow crank, Rick Weible, to force a South Dakota county to do a recount in 2024. Weible is one of the Rockland County conspiracy theorists claiming 2024 was stolen... by Donald Trump
www.projectminnesota.com/more-countie...
bsky.app/profile/jlra...
www.projectminnesota.com/more-countie...
bsky.app/profile/jlra...
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
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Take it easy Will. You’re a hero to 99% of the people on here just like everyone else dealing with what’s going on in Minnesota.
I can’t imagine the volume of trash being thrown at you but you have a lot of support maybe not all as vocal as the relentless noise.
Be safe.
I can’t imagine the volume of trash being thrown at you but you have a lot of support maybe not all as vocal as the relentless noise.
Be safe.
February 12, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Take it easy Will. You’re a hero to 99% of the people on here just like everyone else dealing with what’s going on in Minnesota.
I can’t imagine the volume of trash being thrown at you but you have a lot of support maybe not all as vocal as the relentless noise.
Be safe.
I can’t imagine the volume of trash being thrown at you but you have a lot of support maybe not all as vocal as the relentless noise.
Be safe.
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People, you don't need my permission to be wrong about things
You're correct, Tom. I admit. I said "authoritarianism" when I meant "fascism". It still seems difficult for you to say, and I understand your reasons, but
I just feel as if with everything happening, you've almost softened your stance 👇🏽 from almost 3 years ago.
youtu.be/nW0UkoEJY5A?...
I just feel as if with everything happening, you've almost softened your stance 👇🏽 from almost 3 years ago.
youtu.be/nW0UkoEJY5A?...
Tom Nichols on Trump’s Recent Rhetoric: “An Actual Fascist Has Shown Up” | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 4:38 AM
People, you don't need my permission to be wrong about things
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Yikes here are the numbers for the past 12 months. Everything is pretty much dead except healthcare/social assistance. Note that healthcare growth is largely not about the business cycle -- it's about the aging of the population and more elderly people needing care.
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Yikes here are the numbers for the past 12 months. Everything is pretty much dead except healthcare/social assistance. Note that healthcare growth is largely not about the business cycle -- it's about the aging of the population and more elderly people needing care.
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This is like FDR saying "Hey, this isn't our problem, the Germans should have stopped Hitler in 1933"
Yes, maybe they should have. But that didn't happen. So here we are.
Yes, maybe they should have. But that didn't happen. So here we are.
She’s right but ignores the fact that the GOP has already been take by fascist leadership. So who wasn’t prepared first?
February 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is like FDR saying "Hey, this isn't our problem, the Germans should have stopped Hitler in 1933"
Yes, maybe they should have. But that didn't happen. So here we are.
Yes, maybe they should have. But that didn't happen. So here we are.
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So, a vote for someone who hates Trump and will caucus with the Dems, and someone who will caucus with Mike Johnson, is "more of the same?"
Look, I'm not telling you how to vote, but maybe read a book, or even a paragraph, about how Congress works.
Look, I'm not telling you how to vote, but maybe read a book, or even a paragraph, about how Congress works.
That's a bleak choice. Either way, it's a vote for more of the same.
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 AM
So, a vote for someone who hates Trump and will caucus with the Dems, and someone who will caucus with Mike Johnson, is "more of the same?"
Look, I'm not telling you how to vote, but maybe read a book, or even a paragraph, about how Congress works.
Look, I'm not telling you how to vote, but maybe read a book, or even a paragraph, about how Congress works.
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When we pay our debt to society, our rights should be restored (as they are in my state of Michigan)
No taxation without representation
No taxation without representation
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
When we pay our debt to society, our rights should be restored (as they are in my state of Michigan)
No taxation without representation
No taxation without representation
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These people are heroes you have never heard of. 🙌🙏🫶💪👏✊️👇
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
These people are heroes you have never heard of. 🙌🙏🫶💪👏✊️👇
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"humanity is made distinct, mostly, by its love of making little guys."
A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
"humanity is made distinct, mostly, by its love of making little guys."
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This argument - that "more carbon dioxide is good for plants" - is an enormous pile of debunked horseshit.
More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere gets you:
Toxic algal blooms
groundwater acidification (and thus soil acidification)
massive crop failures from climate destruction
More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere gets you:
Toxic algal blooms
groundwater acidification (and thus soil acidification)
massive crop failures from climate destruction
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This argument - that "more carbon dioxide is good for plants" - is an enormous pile of debunked horseshit.
More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere gets you:
Toxic algal blooms
groundwater acidification (and thus soil acidification)
massive crop failures from climate destruction
More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere gets you:
Toxic algal blooms
groundwater acidification (and thus soil acidification)
massive crop failures from climate destruction
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I was so glad one of the Congress people said -you don’t want to be compared to Gestapo, don’t act like them.
Their fake outrage is getting really old.
Their fake outrage is getting really old.
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I was so glad one of the Congress people said -you don’t want to be compared to Gestapo, don’t act like them.
Their fake outrage is getting really old.
Their fake outrage is getting really old.
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"Don't call us Gestapo"
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 AM
"Don't call us Gestapo"
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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“Republicans are over here being straight-up mercenaries,” Longwell said. “Democrats give everybody Fridays off and talk about work-life balance.” She apologized for yelling into the phone. Democrats “are not built for when the fascists come." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Democrats Aren’t Built for This
They say they want to save democracy. First they’ll need to get out of their own way.
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“Republicans are over here being straight-up mercenaries,” Longwell said. “Democrats give everybody Fridays off and talk about work-life balance.” She apologized for yelling into the phone. Democrats “are not built for when the fascists come." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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ICE racially profiled Edith, a Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota woman and severely brutalized her after ripping her from her vehicle!
The goal is only 2k, we can surpass that!
Venmo: @MsEdith2015 CashApp: $MsEdith2015
Paypal: clsalsjr@gmail.com
gofundme.com/f/standing-with-edith-against-injustice
The goal is only 2k, we can surpass that!
Venmo: @MsEdith2015 CashApp: $MsEdith2015
Paypal: clsalsjr@gmail.com
gofundme.com/f/standing-with-edith-against-injustice
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
ICE racially profiled Edith, a Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota woman and severely brutalized her after ripping her from her vehicle!
The goal is only 2k, we can surpass that!
Venmo: @MsEdith2015 CashApp: $MsEdith2015
Paypal: clsalsjr@gmail.com
gofundme.com/f/standing-with-edith-against-injustice
The goal is only 2k, we can surpass that!
Venmo: @MsEdith2015 CashApp: $MsEdith2015
Paypal: clsalsjr@gmail.com
gofundme.com/f/standing-with-edith-against-injustice
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@gunnyjkj.bsky.social
Then there's this Bullsh🤬t
Then there's this Bullsh🤬t
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
@gunnyjkj.bsky.social
Then there's this Bullsh🤬t
Then there's this Bullsh🤬t
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The Border Patrol agent who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez once wrote that his superiors, like Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino, supported him "big time."
Now officials say the agent "was placed on administrative leave." UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Now officials say the agent "was placed on administrative leave." UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
DHS says Border Patrol agent was 'placed on administrative leave' after shooting Chicago woman 5 times
Attorneys for Marimar Martinez claim newly released evidence shows feds lied about her shooting last fall. Martinez plans to pursue a Federal Torts Claim Act complaint against Homeland Security and Ag...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The Border Patrol agent who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez once wrote that his superiors, like Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino, supported him "big time."
Now officials say the agent "was placed on administrative leave." UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Now officials say the agent "was placed on administrative leave." UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Zelenskyy is confirmed to speak at the Munich Security Conference.
On behalf of his country, he will also accept the “Ewald von Kleist Award, which is dedicated to the brave Ukrainian people”.
On behalf of his country, he will also accept the “Ewald von Kleist Award, which is dedicated to the brave Ukrainian people”.
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Zelenskyy is confirmed to speak at the Munich Security Conference.
On behalf of his country, he will also accept the “Ewald von Kleist Award, which is dedicated to the brave Ukrainian people”.
On behalf of his country, he will also accept the “Ewald von Kleist Award, which is dedicated to the brave Ukrainian people”.