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Mychal
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I'm on social media with an easily bruised ego. Probably not the best idea.
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Let's turn a phrase against Trump.

TSS = Trump Sycophant Syndrome
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New — This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named “Board of Peace.”

Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.
February 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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The calls for trans people to be quieter as we're wiped out are only going to increase, and you owe it to your sisters and brothers to get louder and louder.
February 19, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Let's turn a phrase against Trump.

TSS = Trump Sycophant Syndrome
February 19, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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A staffer for TX GOP Rep Tony Gonzales said she was having an affair with the congressman before she set herself on fire outside her home last year.
Tony Gonzales had affair with aide who set herself on fire, ex-staffer says
Months before her death, Regina Santos-Aviles texted a fellow Gonzales staffer saying she had an affair with the congressman. He has ducked questions about it.
www.expressnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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“why do you hate technology” as though “technology” were some discrete entity divorced entirely from the context of what it does and what it creates, rather than a category so broad as to constitute reality itself
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Federal judges are literally calling the Trump administration an affront to the laws of man and God

The admin thinks this is evidence of the judiciary's bias, but what it perceives as open hostility from judges is an objective response to open authoritarianism

ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
Federal Judges Can Barely Conceal Their Disgust For the Trump Administration’s Lawlessness
When federal judges are appending Bible verses to their signature blocks, that is generally a sign that democracy is not in a good place.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
February 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com.

At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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We could declare a housing emergency. We could make health care make sense. But the federal government is not doing those things, and people are not happy.
February 18, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Cruel and inhumane treatment by prisons is illegal under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. This includes practices that violate the dignity and basic rights of incarcerated individuals.
February 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM
People talk about marijuana making you lazy. For me, it makes me focus on one thing. I can ONLY focus on one thing but I'm productive at it. :P
February 18, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Limiting location sharing on your devices is a great first step to protect yourself against prying eyes.
February 18, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Today we mourn the loss of a great community organizer and an icon of the civil rights movement.
Jackson's Rainbow Coalition was one of the few bright spots for left-wing politics in the 1980's and showed that there was an appetite for socialist politics and organizing in the Unites States.
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I just discovered Schitts Creek. I know I'm behind the times, but it is great.
February 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The courts, No Kings, and Minnesota are the things that give me hope. Democratic electees do not.
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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So, about the GOP’s argument that you need ID to prove you’re old enough to drink, so why not in order to prevent “voter fraud”? www.ms.now/opinion/save...
February 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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"The centrists called the shots for a long time. But 30 years on, who’s won that economic argument? On the four matters I name above, and a few more, it’s Jackson’s positions that are today ascendant." Excellent @mjtoma.bsky.social piece. newrepublic.com/article/2066...
30 Years Later, It Looks Like Jesse Jackson Won the Economic Argument
The civil rights icon’s progressive ideas were sidelined during the centrist Clinton years, but they’re ascendant in the Democratic Party today.
newrepublic.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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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-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Calling political opponents fascists and mocking victims of political violence? Republicans would NEVER
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
February 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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“Anthony Hudson must immediately retract these comments and issue an apology. We urge the Michigan Republican Party and each of the Republican candidates for governor to join us in condemning these threats.” michigandems.com/migop-silent...
MIGOP Silent as GOP Candidate for Governor Anthony Hudson Threatens to Hang Elected Officials - Michigan Democratic Party
“The Michigan Republican Party did not respond to a request for a response.” LANSING — Republican gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson—who previously incited a hate march in Dearborn—is now…
michigandems.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).

Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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“Mike Rogers is cheerleading Trump’s reckless tariffs that have spiked costs, destroyed manufacturing jobs, and pushed Michigan’s top trading partner to embrace Chinese automakers—and now his price-hiking agenda could force us to pay more at the gas pump.” michigandems.com/price-hike-m...
Price Hike Mike’s Canada Trade Threats Could Raise Michigan Gas Prices - Michigan Democratic Party
LANSING — As multi-millionaire Florida resident Mike Rogers continues to face blowback for supporting his billionaire Moroun family donors’ corrupt scheme to block the Gordie Howe Bridge, FOX 17 West…
michigandems.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM