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Lifelong, left-coast democrat. Follow back resister. Twitter exile. #NAFO. Slava Ukraine. Hoping for unity between democratic left and center left. Unsolicited DM = automatic block.
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reposting this again because i hate what Trump's got in store for these people.
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This brought back memories of conversations. Thanks as always for the great @ngumenyuk.bsky.social for seeing the essential.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
Opinion | When Will This War End? The Question Is Meaningless.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This brought back memories of conversations. Thanks as always for the great @ngumenyuk.bsky.social for seeing the essential.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
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I think the idea is to get everyone to hate us so that we can complain that we are the victims.
During her 11 months as the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has wasted millions of dollars and done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters, and to America’s ability to communicate with the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I think the idea is to get everyone to hate us so that we can complain that we are the victims.
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Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
February 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
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🚨🔅Scott Galloway's Brutal Take on the "Epstein Class" – They've Damaged America
Why Should You Care About Epstein? Because You're Not in the "Epstein Class"
Jim Acosta 2/15/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GI...
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinGate
#EpsteinAndTrump
#EpsteinClass
Why Should You Care About Epstein? Because You're Not in the "Epstein Class"
Jim Acosta 2/15/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GI...
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinGate
#EpsteinAndTrump
#EpsteinClass
Scott Galloway's Brutal Take on the "Epstein Class" – They've Damaged America
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🚨🔅Scott Galloway's Brutal Take on the "Epstein Class" – They've Damaged America
Why Should You Care About Epstein? Because You're Not in the "Epstein Class"
Jim Acosta 2/15/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GI...
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinGate
#EpsteinAndTrump
#EpsteinClass
Why Should You Care About Epstein? Because You're Not in the "Epstein Class"
Jim Acosta 2/15/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GI...
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinGate
#EpsteinAndTrump
#EpsteinClass
Here is the interview that was banned on Stephen Colbert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Here is the interview that was banned on Stephen Colbert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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Sunrise Minnesota 🍎
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Sunrise Minnesota 🍎
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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking for you today:
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February 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking for you today:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 166
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 89
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Active Voting Rights Cases: 166
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 89
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No one cares that you will never vote for Newsom or Harris or whomever -
Seriously- No one cares!
We need to be focused on the midterms.
duh!🙄
Seriously- No one cares!
We need to be focused on the midterms.
duh!🙄
February 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
No one cares that you will never vote for Newsom or Harris or whomever -
Seriously- No one cares!
We need to be focused on the midterms.
duh!🙄
Seriously- No one cares!
We need to be focused on the midterms.
duh!🙄
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The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in. n.pr/4qM6KAZ
3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them
The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in.
n.pr
February 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in. n.pr/4qM6KAZ
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This is not America.
This is why Democrats voted NO on more funding for ICE. And we will continue to do so until ICE is reined in and the violence ends.
This is why Democrats voted NO on more funding for ICE. And we will continue to do so until ICE is reined in and the violence ends.
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This is not America.
This is why Democrats voted NO on more funding for ICE. And we will continue to do so until ICE is reined in and the violence ends.
This is why Democrats voted NO on more funding for ICE. And we will continue to do so until ICE is reined in and the violence ends.
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Trump can't steal the midterms.
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
Trump Can’t Steal the Midterms
The case for being vigilant without panicking.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Trump can't steal the midterms.
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
February 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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"Love is the natural north star to look for in any character’s life. What we’re trying to find is what has driven them off-course. What has made them doubtful, uncertain of themselves and others, wary, wounded, lost." - David Corbett
This month's post on Writer Unboxed explores how tracing the effects of moments of helplessness in a character's life doesn't always lead us to their core need.
When Friday the 13th Meets Valentine’s Day
This is the second month in a row where the post I anticipated writing has been preempted by events—this time, by the calendar. Given the conjunction of two of the year’s most emotionally cha…
writerunboxed.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"Love is the natural north star to look for in any character’s life. What we’re trying to find is what has driven them off-course. What has made them doubtful, uncertain of themselves and others, wary, wounded, lost." - David Corbett
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"On the Second Anniversary of his Murder, Remembering Alexei Navalny" michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/on-the-sec...
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"On the Second Anniversary of his Murder, Remembering Alexei Navalny" michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/on-the-sec...
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The late David Golumbia saw weev (real name: Andrew Auernheimer) as a linchpin in Silicon Valley's turn toward fascism. He spends nearly a whole chapter on weev in "Cyberlibertarianism: The Right Wing Politics of Digital Technology."
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The late David Golumbia saw weev (real name: Andrew Auernheimer) as a linchpin in Silicon Valley's turn toward fascism. He spends nearly a whole chapter on weev in "Cyberlibertarianism: The Right Wing Politics of Digital Technology."
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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Tim and I do a deep dive on Rubio's attempt to put lipstick on the pig of the administration’s ethnonationalism.
BLUF: Lincoln was right, and Trump/Vance/Rubio are wrong.
And Marco's comments today with Orban shows what side he's on. The un-American side.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
BLUF: Lincoln was right, and Trump/Vance/Rubio are wrong.
And Marco's comments today with Orban shows what side he's on. The un-American side.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Bill Kristol: The Administration’s Stupid Ethnonationalism
The white Anglo-Saxon supremacy in Trumpland is so over the top that even child-of-Cuban-immigrants Marco Rubio claims America’s common cultural heritage is European.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Tim and I do a deep dive on Rubio's attempt to put lipstick on the pig of the administration’s ethnonationalism.
BLUF: Lincoln was right, and Trump/Vance/Rubio are wrong.
And Marco's comments today with Orban shows what side he's on. The un-American side.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
BLUF: Lincoln was right, and Trump/Vance/Rubio are wrong.
And Marco's comments today with Orban shows what side he's on. The un-American side.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Sign up at swingleft.com and find a distrist near you.
February 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Sign up at swingleft.com and find a distrist near you.
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The ominous sign the Gulf Stream is nearing COLLAPSE: One of the ocean's saltiest regions has become 30% less salty - and it could wreak havoc on major circulation systems
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
The ominous sign the Gulf Stream is nearing COLLAPSE
One of the ocean's saltiest regions has become 30 per cent less salty - sparking fears the Gulf Stream could be inching closer to a catastrophic collapse.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
The ominous sign the Gulf Stream is nearing COLLAPSE: One of the ocean's saltiest regions has become 30% less salty - and it could wreak havoc on major circulation systems
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...