@oaklander94611.bsky.social
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.
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/...
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"Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president. But perhaps history is quietly teaching us a sober lesson in the fact that his time in office was bracketed by two of our worst presidents: James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson."
Rubio to Europe: We Hit You Because We Love You
But America’s allies aren’t interested in an abusive relationship.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president. But perhaps history is quietly teaching us a sober lesson in the fact that his time in office was bracketed by two of our worst presidents: James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson."
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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February 15, 2026
February 15, 2026
The Trump administration’s white nationalist project was on full display this weekend at the 62nd Munich Security Conference that took place from February 13 to 15, 2026.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
February 15, 2026
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If you can't bring yourself to care about immigrants, at least care about the millions of native-born Americans who rely on immigrants.
Why Trump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma
It’s immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries who care for our elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
If you can't bring yourself to care about immigrants, at least care about the millions of native-born Americans who rely on immigrants.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
I've stopped thinking about 'surviving' Trump and am now focused on these next three years as building a new base for American democracy. There is opportunity in every disaster. Trump is a gift for inspiring social outrage. May we harness that to build a more equitable country.
February 16, 2026 at 7:21 AM
I've stopped thinking about 'surviving' Trump and am now focused on these next three years as building a new base for American democracy. There is opportunity in every disaster. Trump is a gift for inspiring social outrage. May we harness that to build a more equitable country.
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If ice wasn’t terrorizing their communities they would not have to wear masks. Their police do not have to wear mask. If ice treated people respectfully and lawfully they would not have to hide their faces.
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
If ice wasn’t terrorizing their communities they would not have to wear masks. Their police do not have to wear mask. If ice treated people respectfully and lawfully they would not have to hide their faces.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
February 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
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Study Finds 100% Of Relationships Last Forever https://theonion.com/study-finds-100-of-relationships-last-forever-1849744218/
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Study Finds 100% Of Relationships Last Forever https://theonion.com/study-finds-100-of-relationships-last-forever-1849744218/
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Reupping from exactly 2 years ago:
"Vladimir Putin killed my friend Alexei Navalny this week."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
"Vladimir Putin killed my friend Alexei Navalny this week."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny dreamed of a free Russia. Barbaric dictators such as Putin can kill men, but they cannot kill ideas.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Reupping from exactly 2 years ago:
"Vladimir Putin killed my friend Alexei Navalny this week."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
"Vladimir Putin killed my friend Alexei Navalny this week."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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If the Democrats nominate @astroterry.bsky.social they will have a massively good shot at winning TX-9, a district they drew to be Republican. We have a shot to make Texas far more blue, and this is important. Vote Virts!
Honored to be endorsed by the @HoustonChron for Congressional District 9 in Texas- I will fight to level the playing field for the working people in our district!
CD9 is ground zero in the gerrymandering wars so let’s WIN this seat together!
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
CD9 is ground zero in the gerrymandering wars so let’s WIN this seat together!
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
Democrats should rally behind Terry Virts in the 9th Congressional District
Democrats should rally behind astronaut Terry Virts in the 9th Congressional District, writes the editorial board.
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
If the Democrats nominate @astroterry.bsky.social they will have a massively good shot at winning TX-9, a district they drew to be Republican. We have a shot to make Texas far more blue, and this is important. Vote Virts!
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as always, the proper stance when trump and the goons sue is “fuck you, make me”
UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
as always, the proper stance when trump and the goons sue is “fuck you, make me”
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"I don't see any reason why we can't do what we did with opiates, what we did with tobacco. We need to regulate Big Tech," Scott Galloway tells Tim Miller. "All the problems you're talking about are fixable, and the illusion of complexity is what Big Tech wants you to be overrun with."
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
"I don't see any reason why we can't do what we did with opiates, what we did with tobacco. We need to regulate Big Tech," Scott Galloway tells Tim Miller. "All the problems you're talking about are fixable, and the illusion of complexity is what Big Tech wants you to be overrun with."
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What if the biggest conspiracy is our government’s refusal to believe more than a 1000 women (and children) for many decades?
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What if the biggest conspiracy is our government’s refusal to believe more than a 1000 women (and children) for many decades?