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"The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Naziism was their failure to unite against it." -William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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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:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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:
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MAGA is determined to run every states’ voter rolls through a “DOGE”-connected voter purge system with an insanely high “error” rate. Wonder why.
😳 The “SAVE” system at the heart of the GOP’s Save America Act was “expanded” by DOGE & the DHS to “check the citizenship status of all U.S. citizens w/o providing info on how this was accomplished or the accuracy of the resulting tools. Early reports suggest an error rate as high as 17%” 8/2025 1/
February 14, 2026 at 6:23 AM
MAGA is determined to run every states’ voter rolls through a “DOGE”-connected voter purge system with an insanely high “error” rate. Wonder why.
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Thanks to Susan Collins, Rs now claim to have secured 51 votes in the Senate & will thus move into the phrase of pressuring Senators to nuke the filibuster. If this pressure campaign succeeds, their voter suppression bill, the Save America Act, becomes law. Thread. #NoOnSave
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Thanks to Susan Collins, Rs now claim to have secured 51 votes in the Senate & will thus move into the phrase of pressuring Senators to nuke the filibuster. If this pressure campaign succeeds, their voter suppression bill, the Save America Act, becomes law. Thread. #NoOnSave
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Biden never said he was just serving 1 term & regardless of how she became the nominee, Harris would've made a far better president than the worthless POS we're stuck with again thanks to non-voters refusing to make the pragmatic decision & vote for the candidate who wasn't a felon or a rapist.
February 14, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Biden never said he was just serving 1 term & regardless of how she became the nominee, Harris would've made a far better president than the worthless POS we're stuck with again thanks to non-voters refusing to make the pragmatic decision & vote for the candidate who wasn't a felon or a rapist.
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This is an administration at war with our children:
“…regardless of whether they are an adult or teenager. If you are arrested, you will spend the weekend in a federal detention facility. We have plenty of bed space.”
“…regardless of whether they are an adult or teenager. If you are arrested, you will spend the weekend in a federal detention facility. We have plenty of bed space.”
Ah, I see. Bill “Not Legally the FA US Attorney” Essayli sent out the goon squad to menace a crowd of Jewish activists standing in solidarity with their neighbors on Shabbat because an ICE agent broke from his group, tried to arrest a high schooler, and got wrecked by a bunch of teens earlier today
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
This is an administration at war with our children:
“…regardless of whether they are an adult or teenager. If you are arrested, you will spend the weekend in a federal detention facility. We have plenty of bed space.”
“…regardless of whether they are an adult or teenager. If you are arrested, you will spend the weekend in a federal detention facility. We have plenty of bed space.”
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We could've had a liberal majority SCOTUS that would've overturned Citizens United, declared partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional & refused to hear Dobbs, but voters blew it in 2014 when they handed the GOP the Senate & 2016 with the SCOTUS majority on the ballot.
STOP LETTING REPUBLICANS WIN.
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STOP LETTING REPUBLICANS WIN.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
We could've had a liberal majority SCOTUS that would've overturned Citizens United, declared partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional & refused to hear Dobbs, but voters blew it in 2014 when they handed the GOP the Senate & 2016 with the SCOTUS majority on the ballot.
STOP LETTING REPUBLICANS WIN.
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STOP LETTING REPUBLICANS WIN.
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Palestinian artist Marah Khaled al-Za’anin turned her tent in Gaza City into an art gallery, displaying her drawings and paintings across the walls and ceiling.
www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/...
Palestinian artist Marah Khaled al-Za’anin turned her tent in Gaza City into an art gallery, displaying her drawings and paintings across the walls and ceiling.
www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/...
This Palestinian artist turned her tent in Gaza into a gallery
Palestinian artist Marah Khaled al-Za’anin turned her tent in Gaza City into an art gallery, displaying her drawings and paintings across the walls and ceiling.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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Palestinian artist Marah Khaled al-Za’anin turned her tent in Gaza City into an art gallery, displaying her drawings and paintings across the walls and ceiling.
www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/...
Palestinian artist Marah Khaled al-Za’anin turned her tent in Gaza City into an art gallery, displaying her drawings and paintings across the walls and ceiling.
www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/...
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Thank you Joyce for your thoughtful coverage of this case. And thanks also to Judge Boasberg for doggedly pursuing a case that the Trump administration has done everything it could to bury.
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Thank you Joyce for your thoughtful coverage of this case. And thanks also to Judge Boasberg for doggedly pursuing a case that the Trump administration has done everything it could to bury.
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This is extremely important to read and share
SAVE and MEGA are about removing Democratic votes from the voter rolls in massive numbers just before the elections
Pair that with threats of ICE agents deployed at strategic locations and you have an actual "rigged and stolen" election
SAVE and MEGA are about removing Democratic votes from the voter rolls in massive numbers just before the elections
Pair that with threats of ICE agents deployed at strategic locations and you have an actual "rigged and stolen" election
10/ An absolutely chilling scenario. @maxflugrath.bsky.social x.com/maxflugrath/...
February 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM
This is extremely important to read and share
SAVE and MEGA are about removing Democratic votes from the voter rolls in massive numbers just before the elections
Pair that with threats of ICE agents deployed at strategic locations and you have an actual "rigged and stolen" election
SAVE and MEGA are about removing Democratic votes from the voter rolls in massive numbers just before the elections
Pair that with threats of ICE agents deployed at strategic locations and you have an actual "rigged and stolen" election
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THEY THINK ALIKE. That’s why Trump admires Orban and Putin.
But Trump simply isn’t near as smart as either. They both play him for the moron sycophant he is.
But Trump simply isn’t near as smart as either. They both play him for the moron sycophant he is.
February 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
THEY THINK ALIKE. That’s why Trump admires Orban and Putin.
But Trump simply isn’t near as smart as either. They both play him for the moron sycophant he is.
But Trump simply isn’t near as smart as either. They both play him for the moron sycophant he is.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
interc.pt
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
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Sorry, it was Willow the cat’s fault. We tried to stop her.
February 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Sorry, it was Willow the cat’s fault. We tried to stop her.
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A generation of children is being trained to hate MAGA.
And MAGA is doing the training.
The trauma of now will live on.
And MAGA is doing the training.
The trauma of now will live on.
February 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
A generation of children is being trained to hate MAGA.
And MAGA is doing the training.
The trauma of now will live on.
And MAGA is doing the training.
The trauma of now will live on.
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Roughly 2 USAIDs
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Roughly 2 USAIDs
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10/ An absolutely chilling scenario. @maxflugrath.bsky.social x.com/maxflugrath/...
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 AM
10/ An absolutely chilling scenario. @maxflugrath.bsky.social x.com/maxflugrath/...
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263 Days until the midterms.
Let’s vote like our lives depend on it. For reals.
Let’s vote like our lives depend on it. For reals.
February 14, 2026 at 3:03 AM
263 Days until the midterms.
Let’s vote like our lives depend on it. For reals.
Let’s vote like our lives depend on it. For reals.
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TIRRC: “Over 40 anti-immigrant bills in Tennessee this year — we should all be incredibly alarmed.”
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7pNR...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7pNR...
February 14, 2026 at 2:41 AM
TIRRC: “Over 40 anti-immigrant bills in Tennessee this year — we should all be incredibly alarmed.”
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7pNR...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7pNR...
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“I think we are one big step into dictatorship already.”
Neoconservative scholar Robert Kagan: "The only people willing to stand up to Trump are average Americans in Minneapolis and God bless them. But certainly not Congress."
Shout out to average Americans with more courage than Congress!! ✊🏼
Neoconservative scholar Robert Kagan: "The only people willing to stand up to Trump are average Americans in Minneapolis and God bless them. But certainly not Congress."
Shout out to average Americans with more courage than Congress!! ✊🏼
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
“I think we are one big step into dictatorship already.”
Neoconservative scholar Robert Kagan: "The only people willing to stand up to Trump are average Americans in Minneapolis and God bless them. But certainly not Congress."
Shout out to average Americans with more courage than Congress!! ✊🏼
Neoconservative scholar Robert Kagan: "The only people willing to stand up to Trump are average Americans in Minneapolis and God bless them. But certainly not Congress."
Shout out to average Americans with more courage than Congress!! ✊🏼
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Two murders later, ICE is ending its occupation of Minnesota..
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Two murders later, ICE is ending its occupation of Minnesota..
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Will there ever be real justice? For the Epstein class, and for all the atrocities of this administration and their goons?
February 14, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Will there ever be real justice? For the Epstein class, and for all the atrocities of this administration and their goons?
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Trump and his Administration want to make an example out of me so they can scare Americans like you and keep you from speaking out against him.
The most patriotic thing any of us can do right now is to keep speaking up.
The most patriotic thing any of us can do right now is to keep speaking up.
February 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Trump and his Administration want to make an example out of me so they can scare Americans like you and keep you from speaking out against him.
The most patriotic thing any of us can do right now is to keep speaking up.
The most patriotic thing any of us can do right now is to keep speaking up.
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![KABAS: So many comparisons have made between the current state of US immigration terror and Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and I've seen some say that kind of seeks to absolve this country of its own history of racial terror and genocide. In the hearings this week with ICE and CBP and USCIS, you said you have “no respect for inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol.” How did it feel to publicly and explicitly draw that connection?
REP. RAMIREZ: I knew that I was going to make them very uncomfortable. I'm not talking about just the DHS directors there—I meant my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. And I say this often, ‘Courage is not the absence of fear. It’s the willingness to act despite the fear.’ I'm a little scared [in that moment], because if I'm being blunt with you, every time I speak there's a death threat. And yet I thought it was so important, as a daughter of immigrants, as a proud representative of Illinois-3, as someone who has been calling out what they do, to be able to look evil in the eye and call them what they are.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreieyek3u7oka3cei3fdsxn2u7wyxj64s6uxl5kk7dx5zuu3wqr4vue@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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After more than a century of devastation from deadly blight, the iconic American chestnut tree could be brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to novel genomic tools and carefully bred hybrids, a Science study finds.
📄: https://scim.ag/46OnUqi
#SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4rgtx93
📄: https://scim.ag/46OnUqi
#SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4rgtx93
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
After more than a century of devastation from deadly blight, the iconic American chestnut tree could be brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to novel genomic tools and carefully bred hybrids, a Science study finds.
📄: https://scim.ag/46OnUqi
#SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4rgtx93
📄: https://scim.ag/46OnUqi
#SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4rgtx93