Mostly Hopeful
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Late-DXed #Autistic educator who is obsessed with her Pomeranians, learning, and fiber arts!
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Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Loud classrooms are a key cause of distress for autistic children.
Schools aren’t designed for autistic children – these are the sensory challenges they face
Loud classrooms are a key cause of distress for autistic children.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Loud classrooms are a key cause of distress for autistic children.
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Why are the comedy team of Witkoff and Kushner the lead negotiators on …. ANYTHING???
No Senate approval. No confirmation process.
The only expertise these two have is the ability to enrich themselves.
No Senate approval. No confirmation process.
The only expertise these two have is the ability to enrich themselves.
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Why are the comedy team of Witkoff and Kushner the lead negotiators on …. ANYTHING???
No Senate approval. No confirmation process.
The only expertise these two have is the ability to enrich themselves.
No Senate approval. No confirmation process.
The only expertise these two have is the ability to enrich themselves.
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It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
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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 5:54 PM
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.
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My law firm intervened in every case DOJ has filed to gain access to states' sensitive voting data. So far we have won several and lost none. But this is going to be a long fight for free and fair elections.
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
My law firm intervened in every case DOJ has filed to gain access to states' sensitive voting data. So far we have won several and lost none. But this is going to be a long fight for free and fair elections.
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Members of Congress need to give the American people the names of those who praised a torture video and wrote about a 9 year old Brazilian child in emails to Epstein. Leak the names to the press
www.axios.com/2026/02/06/e...
www.axios.com/2026/02/06/e...
Members of Congress will have access to unredacted Epstein files
A top House Democrat asked to see the unredacted files to determine if the DOJ improperly withheld any information.
www.axios.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Members of Congress need to give the American people the names of those who praised a torture video and wrote about a 9 year old Brazilian child in emails to Epstein. Leak the names to the press
www.axios.com/2026/02/06/e...
www.axios.com/2026/02/06/e...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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As they say, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
I stumbled upon John Denver in the Mitchell Trio's 1966 recording of "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan."
It speaks to so many things happening today that it gives me new respect for John Denver.
I stumbled upon John Denver in the Mitchell Trio's 1966 recording of "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan."
It speaks to so many things happening today that it gives me new respect for John Denver.
Mitchell Trio feat. John Denver- "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood KKK" 1966 [RITY Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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February 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
As they say, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
I stumbled upon John Denver in the Mitchell Trio's 1966 recording of "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan."
It speaks to so many things happening today that it gives me new respect for John Denver.
I stumbled upon John Denver in the Mitchell Trio's 1966 recording of "Your Friendly Liberal Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan."
It speaks to so many things happening today that it gives me new respect for John Denver.
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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Republicans Are Getting Behind Trump’s Absurd Plan to Nationalize Elections - Esquire
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Republicans Are Getting Behind Trump’s Absurd Plan to Nationalize Elections - Esquire
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Shutting down the Kennedy Center is even more serious than it looks
Trump is showing his desire to control American culture, echoing similar moves by autocrats around the world. And the Kennedy Center is a test case.
Trump is showing his desire to control American culture, echoing similar moves by autocrats around the world. And the Kennedy Center is a test case.
Opinion | Trump's Kennedy Center "renovations" explanation is a fig leaf for something darker
Amid the revelations of the Epstein files and the ICE immigration crackdown, Trump's Kennedy Center renovations might seem minor. They're not.
www.ms.now
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Shutting down the Kennedy Center is even more serious than it looks
Trump is showing his desire to control American culture, echoing similar moves by autocrats around the world. And the Kennedy Center is a test case.
Trump is showing his desire to control American culture, echoing similar moves by autocrats around the world. And the Kennedy Center is a test case.
Right before I turned 40, my life was falling apart. Even after my diagnosis, I still have meltdown moments of overwhelm, but I am getting better at recognizing triggers. If I was diagnosed sooner, I could have had help with accommodations, and possibly prevented some soul-ache.
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Right before I turned 40, my life was falling apart. Even after my diagnosis, I still have meltdown moments of overwhelm, but I am getting better at recognizing triggers. If I was diagnosed sooner, I could have had help with accommodations, and possibly prevented some soul-ache.
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"We live in a country where the mantra of the powerful is 'Move on from the dead.' Move on and don't look too hard at who is responsible. Move on and don't ask questions, because questions challenge impunity. Move forward, because justice is divisive to the unjust." -- THEY KNEW (2022)
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
"We live in a country where the mantra of the powerful is 'Move on from the dead.' Move on and don't look too hard at who is responsible. Move on and don't ask questions, because questions challenge impunity. Move forward, because justice is divisive to the unjust." -- THEY KNEW (2022)
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Authoritarian regimes ALWAYS lie
That is why it is so important and necessary to record and document everything.
That is why it is so important and necessary to record and document everything.
January 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Authoritarian regimes ALWAYS lie
That is why it is so important and necessary to record and document everything.
That is why it is so important and necessary to record and document everything.
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Our democracy has been hijacked by an elite pedophile ring that has always been operating in plain sight. Russian mafia expert @olgalautman.bsky.social and I dig into the horror show of the #EpsteinFiles and how to demand an end to elite criminal impunity www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-tra...
The Torture Syndicate — Gaslit Nation
Our democracy has been hijacked by an elite pedophile ring–one that has always been operating in plain sight. This week, Andrea and Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman dig into the horror show of the re...
www.gaslitnationpod.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Our democracy has been hijacked by an elite pedophile ring that has always been operating in plain sight. Russian mafia expert @olgalautman.bsky.social and I dig into the horror show of the #EpsteinFiles and how to demand an end to elite criminal impunity www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-tra...
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“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, was born on this day in 1913
#BlackHistoryMonth
Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, was born on this day in 1913
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, was born on this day in 1913
#BlackHistoryMonth
Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, was born on this day in 1913
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Never tell a public school teacher that they have no experience. We don’t learn about poverty, hunger, homelessness, crime, and social justice from a book.
We face these issues head on every day in our classrooms.
We face these issues head on every day in our classrooms.
February 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Never tell a public school teacher that they have no experience. We don’t learn about poverty, hunger, homelessness, crime, and social justice from a book.
We face these issues head on every day in our classrooms.
We face these issues head on every day in our classrooms.
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Some years ago, I was chatting with a Retropolis reader, a young history student, and I mentioned there were several dozen people enslaved in New Jersey up until the day the 13th Amendment kicked in in December 1865.
Y’all. He identified every one of them.
njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...
Y’all. He identified every one of them.
njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Some years ago, I was chatting with a Retropolis reader, a young history student, and I mentioned there were several dozen people enslaved in New Jersey up until the day the 13th Amendment kicked in in December 1865.
Y’all. He identified every one of them.
njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...
Y’all. He identified every one of them.
njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...
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The first time Leonard Leo was called an “influencer”
February 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The first time Leonard Leo was called an “influencer”