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"The political ineptitude of the magnates of industry and finance was no less than that of the generals and led to the mistaken belief that if they coughed up large enough sums for Hitler he would be beholden to them."
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 237)
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 237)
Can Tim Cook now get his 24-karat slab of gold back from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apple warned by FTC over alleged lack of conservative news
The tech giant is facing pressure over claims that its news app does not feature articles from conservative outlets.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"The political ineptitude of the magnates of industry and finance was no less than that of the generals and led to the mistaken belief that if they coughed up large enough sums for Hitler he would be beholden to them."
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 237)
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 237)
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Some personal news
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Some personal news
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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Leslie Wexner is one of the 10 co-conspirators named by the FBI during the 2019 arrest of Epstein.
He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.
Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.
Both men are alive.
How come they've never been asked to testify?
He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.
Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.
Both men are alive.
How come they've never been asked to testify?
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Leslie Wexner is one of the 10 co-conspirators named by the FBI during the 2019 arrest of Epstein.
He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.
Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.
Both men are alive.
How come they've never been asked to testify?
He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.
Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.
Both men are alive.
How come they've never been asked to testify?
Reposted by Paul Flahive
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz urged Americans to get vaccinated against measles, one of the strongest endorsements of the vaccine from a top health official in the Trump administration, which has repeatedly undermined confidence in vaccine safety. Oz's comments come amid a large measles outbreak in South Carolina.
Oz Offers Forceful Call for Measles Vaccination
The comments by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director come as South Carolina grapples with a large measles outbreak.
nyti.ms
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Dr. Mehmet Oz urged Americans to get vaccinated against measles, one of the strongest endorsements of the vaccine from a top health official in the Trump administration, which has repeatedly undermined confidence in vaccine safety. Oz's comments come amid a large measles outbreak in South Carolina.
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“When you lose freedom, you lose everything,” pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai told 60 Minutes in 2019. Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law. cbsn.ws/4a6p0A1
Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations in 2019 | 60 Minutes Archive
60 Minutes reported from Hong Kong in 2019, when months of pro-democracy demonstrations turned increasingly violent. Jimmy Lai, a media company owner and democracy advocate, spoke with Holly Williams at the time about criticizing the Chinese government. Lai, now 78, was arrested in 2020, and convicted on Monday in a landmark national security trial of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“When you lose freedom, you lose everything,” pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai told 60 Minutes in 2019. Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law. cbsn.ws/4a6p0A1
A couple of franchisees for Keller Williams are beefing over properties which has the massive realtor in court.
“We don’t know why we are here...Frankly, it’s harming our reputation.”
www.statesman.com/business/art...
“We don’t know why we are here...Frankly, it’s harming our reputation.”
www.statesman.com/business/art...
Dallas realty team says listings held hostage in Keller Williams dispute
A Dallas real estate team sued Keller Williams–affiliated firms, claiming they blocked access to $3 million in home listings and commissions as the group tried to leave the brokerage.
www.statesman.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A couple of franchisees for Keller Williams are beefing over properties which has the massive realtor in court.
“We don’t know why we are here...Frankly, it’s harming our reputation.”
www.statesman.com/business/art...
“We don’t know why we are here...Frankly, it’s harming our reputation.”
www.statesman.com/business/art...
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Warner: "There is a very real threat without reforms at ICE that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations. And people say, 'Why would that matter if they're all American citizens?' We've seen ICE discriminate against Latinos ... you don't need to do a lot to discourage people from voting"
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Warner: "There is a very real threat without reforms at ICE that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations. And people say, 'Why would that matter if they're all American citizens?' We've seen ICE discriminate against Latinos ... you don't need to do a lot to discourage people from voting"
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Remember Tulsi’s testimony in March that the intel community did NOT think Iran was building a nuke, then in June Trump said he didn’t care what she’d said & that she was wrong, then days later Tulsi publicly says Iran was “within weeks to months” of a nuke. Whistleblower complaint was filed in May.
WSJ adds to the Guardian's reporting abt Tulsi whistleblower complaint It pertains at least in part to Iran.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Remember Tulsi’s testimony in March that the intel community did NOT think Iran was building a nuke, then in June Trump said he didn’t care what she’d said & that she was wrong, then days later Tulsi publicly says Iran was “within weeks to months” of a nuke. Whistleblower complaint was filed in May.
Reposted by Paul Flahive
"According to sources...video and photo posts to the president’s Truth Social account go through layers of approval. Trump signs off on the content posted, but he often does not find...these clips himself...it takes a village...to create the federal government’s racist propaganda operation."
BREAKING: Madman President Promotes Racist Video of the Obamas as Apes
Trump’s policies and actions are fueled by explicit racism and election denial. The Obama-ape video encompasses both.
zeteo.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"According to sources...video and photo posts to the president’s Truth Social account go through layers of approval. Trump signs off on the content posted, but he often does not find...these clips himself...it takes a village...to create the federal government’s racist propaganda operation."
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February 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Whoa. Remind me not to mess with this lady.
VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Whoa. Remind me not to mess with this lady.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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BREAKING: A federal judge blocks immigration agents from arresting people in Oregon without warrants unless there's a risk of escape.
ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules
A judge says U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless they are likely to escape. U.S.
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge blocks immigration agents from arresting people in Oregon without warrants unless there's a risk of escape.
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"Are you saying the survivors are being identified and the potential abusers are being protected?"
"That is exactly my point."
Epstein survivor Jess Michaels on survivors’ names and personal information being published in the Epstein files.
#Newsnight
"That is exactly my point."
Epstein survivor Jess Michaels on survivors’ names and personal information being published in the Epstein files.
#Newsnight
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"Are you saying the survivors are being identified and the potential abusers are being protected?"
"That is exactly my point."
Epstein survivor Jess Michaels on survivors’ names and personal information being published in the Epstein files.
#Newsnight
"That is exactly my point."
Epstein survivor Jess Michaels on survivors’ names and personal information being published in the Epstein files.
#Newsnight
Reposted by Paul Flahive
Homan abruptly wraps up the news conference and walks away
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Homan abruptly wraps up the news conference and walks away
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CNN’s @kaitlancollins.bsky.social : “What would you say to the Epstein survivors?”
TRUMP: “You are so bad… You are the worst reporter... I’ve never seen you smile.”
A terrible human. Makes so much sense that he and Epstein were tight.
(And the other reporters say nothing. Cowards, all.)
TRUMP: “You are so bad… You are the worst reporter... I’ve never seen you smile.”
A terrible human. Makes so much sense that he and Epstein were tight.
(And the other reporters say nothing. Cowards, all.)
February 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
CNN’s @kaitlancollins.bsky.social : “What would you say to the Epstein survivors?”
TRUMP: “You are so bad… You are the worst reporter... I’ve never seen you smile.”
A terrible human. Makes so much sense that he and Epstein were tight.
(And the other reporters say nothing. Cowards, all.)
TRUMP: “You are so bad… You are the worst reporter... I’ve never seen you smile.”
A terrible human. Makes so much sense that he and Epstein were tight.
(And the other reporters say nothing. Cowards, all.)
Reposted by Paul Flahive
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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Kelly will ask a federal judge to block the Pentagon's proceedings to demote his rank because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.
Senator Kelly to ask judge to block Trump's 'retribution' campaign
Kelly will ask a federal judge to block the Pentagon's proceedings to demote his rank because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Kelly will ask a federal judge to block the Pentagon's proceedings to demote his rank because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders.