Kandis
@queenkandis.bsky.social
Loves: genre fiction, critical TV analysis, liberal politics, novelty cocktails, and Austin TX (sometimes). Contributor at ForeverYoungAdult.com (she/her)
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30 countries use mail voting
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
30 countries use mail voting
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Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
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February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
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Okay now let’s fire some more men
BREAKING:
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Okay now let’s fire some more men
I can kind of see it.
David Boreanaz is your new Jim Rockford. Get all the details on NBC's reboot pilot.
David Boreanaz To Star In The Rockford Files Reboot Pilot At NBC - TVLine
www.tvline.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I can kind of see it.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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Reminder that this is a *friendly* question from a GOP Senator — and Lutnick still fumbles it all!
I will never get over how the Trump admin is almost universally the least curious people you could appoint to public life.
I will never get over how the Trump admin is almost universally the least curious people you could appoint to public life.
KENNEDY: The Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction & responsible for defining what it means to be poor, is that right?
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Reminder that this is a *friendly* question from a GOP Senator — and Lutnick still fumbles it all!
I will never get over how the Trump admin is almost universally the least curious people you could appoint to public life.
I will never get over how the Trump admin is almost universally the least curious people you could appoint to public life.
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Reitz is opposed to anyone who doesn’t support White Nationalism.
He has no trouble with candidates who want to make sure that there are no people of color who hold elected office in this country.
He must lose his bid for TXAG.
He has no trouble with candidates who want to make sure that there are no people of color who hold elected office in this country.
He must lose his bid for TXAG.
Texas attorney general candidate says if he wins, he’d try to revoke Democratic leader Gene Wu's citizenship www.texastribune.org/2026/02/09/t...
Texas AG candidate says he’d denaturalize Dem Rep. Gene Wu
Aaron Reitz, who is running for Texas attorney general, issued the threat after an interview of Wu was shared online of him discussing non-white voting strength.
www.texastribune.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Reitz is opposed to anyone who doesn’t support White Nationalism.
He has no trouble with candidates who want to make sure that there are no people of color who hold elected office in this country.
He must lose his bid for TXAG.
He has no trouble with candidates who want to make sure that there are no people of color who hold elected office in this country.
He must lose his bid for TXAG.
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Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
US judges dismiss lawsuits accusing fantasy author Neil Gaiman of sexual assault in New Zealand
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
It IS imprisonment. Without due process.
Congressmember @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social criticizes conditions at an ICE jail in Texas where hundreds of immigrant families are held — including kids as young as 2 months old.
"None of them have committed any crime. … There’s cameras everywhere. Their movements are controlled. It’s like prison."
"None of them have committed any crime. … There’s cameras everywhere. Their movements are controlled. It’s like prison."
February 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It IS imprisonment. Without due process.
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Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
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Each data center can “drink” as much as an entire community. Yet Texas does not require data center operators to disclose projected water use or report actual consumption. This makes research difficult and limits visibility for water-stressed municipalities.
The Texas AI Boom Is Outpacing Water Regulations
Each data center can “drink” as much as an entire community. Yet, Texas does not require these tech firms to disclose projected or actual water consumption.
www.texasobserver.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Each data center can “drink” as much as an entire community. Yet Texas does not require data center operators to disclose projected water use or report actual consumption. This makes research difficult and limits visibility for water-stressed municipalities.
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That’s what the right wingers were so scared of? Joy, culture, inclusiveness? You bunch of pathetic little bitch babies 🙄
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
That’s what the right wingers were so scared of? Joy, culture, inclusiveness? You bunch of pathetic little bitch babies 🙄
Apparently, the orange plague joined the rest of America in skipping the Kid Rock performance.
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Apparently, the orange plague joined the rest of America in skipping the Kid Rock performance.
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“If you hide that there’s A.I., it sells just fine,” she said. “Eventually, readers will not care.”
PLEASE CARE
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
PLEASE CARE
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“If you hide that there’s A.I., it sells just fine,” she said. “Eventually, readers will not care.”
PLEASE CARE
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
PLEASE CARE
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
Imagine not being concerned with school funding when you’re a U.S. public school kid watching the world burn.
Students choosing to walk are counted absent, and that can have an impact on school funding for each district.
School walkouts continue despite state funding warning
On Friday, more students from across Central Texas continued protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). KXAN received multiple videos showing students protesting.
www.kxan.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Imagine not being concerned with school funding when you’re a U.S. public school kid watching the world burn.
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NGL, I enjoyed both of them.
love this juxtaposition on the best selling books of the week from Bookshop.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 AM
NGL, I enjoyed both of them.
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These motherfuckers are gonna lose so big and deep in their souls they know it.
It's up to us to ensure they're replaced by those that represent the demands of the people.
It's up to us to ensure they're replaced by those that represent the demands of the people.
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
These motherfuckers are gonna lose so big and deep in their souls they know it.
It's up to us to ensure they're replaced by those that represent the demands of the people.
It's up to us to ensure they're replaced by those that represent the demands of the people.
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From the San Antonio Express News:
February 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
From the San Antonio Express News:
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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And unless it's a cost-free government ID, it's a POLL TAX. If you have to pay the government for a document that you must have to vote, that is a POLL TAX.
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process. bit.ly/4cikrkp
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
And unless it's a cost-free government ID, it's a POLL TAX. If you have to pay the government for a document that you must have to vote, that is a POLL TAX.
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And if we get kids to just skip high school and start working at 13, imagine the economic growth!
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
And if we get kids to just skip high school and start working at 13, imagine the economic growth!
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If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
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Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.