Rachel Levy
@rachellevy.bsky.social
Teacher, parent, writer, ed ldshp & policy PhD, former candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates, local Dem chair, staffer to everyone's favorite Virginia state senator, jigsaw puzzler. I ask a lot of questions. Sometimes I make people angry. (she/her)
How Former N.Y.C. Schools Chief Joel Klein Became Friendly With Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
End of an era, indeed.
Not good that we are losing the Richmond Free Press.
Not good that we are losing the Richmond Free Press.
End of an Era: The Richmond Free Press Announces Final Edition
➤ 68 days until the redistricting referendum on April 21, 2026
blackvirginianews.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
End of an era, indeed.
Not good that we are losing the Richmond Free Press.
Not good that we are losing the Richmond Free Press.
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ICE has forfeited that claim thanks to its own behavior and leadership. It’s not a “legitimate law enforcement agency.” Defund ICE.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
ICE has forfeited that claim thanks to its own behavior and leadership. It’s not a “legitimate law enforcement agency.” Defund ICE.
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Clear as day analysis of points that major US media simply pretend not to comprehend.
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Clear as day analysis of points that major US media simply pretend not to comprehend.
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The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
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As of today, Trump has made himself the single greatest threat to our pale blue dot now drawing breath on is surface. youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g?...
Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
YouTube video by carlsagandotcom
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
As of today, Trump has made himself the single greatest threat to our pale blue dot now drawing breath on is surface. youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g?...
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An incredible, and incredibly timely, read as I sit at the hospital with my newborn and as measles flares in SC, UT, AZ and beyond.
February 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
An incredible, and incredibly timely, read as I sit at the hospital with my newborn and as measles flares in SC, UT, AZ and beyond.
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The beclowning of the executive branch continues apace.
Ah well 🤷♀️
“Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.”
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
“Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.”
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The beclowning of the executive branch continues apace.
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About 400 people, including U.S. citizens and children, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
About 400 people, including U.S. citizens and children, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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Now have all the votes in Virginia’s SD-39
Dems hold it +65%
Was Harris +55%/Spanberger +66%
Standard caveats regarding special election turnout etc.
But Virginia looks closer to 2025 in 2026 than 2024
Important implications for Redistricting referendum (Pending legal case)
Dems hold it +65%
Was Harris +55%/Spanberger +66%
Standard caveats regarding special election turnout etc.
But Virginia looks closer to 2025 in 2026 than 2024
Important implications for Redistricting referendum (Pending legal case)
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Now have all the votes in Virginia’s SD-39
Dems hold it +65%
Was Harris +55%/Spanberger +66%
Standard caveats regarding special election turnout etc.
But Virginia looks closer to 2025 in 2026 than 2024
Important implications for Redistricting referendum (Pending legal case)
Dems hold it +65%
Was Harris +55%/Spanberger +66%
Standard caveats regarding special election turnout etc.
But Virginia looks closer to 2025 in 2026 than 2024
Important implications for Redistricting referendum (Pending legal case)
As it should be.
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 AM
As it should be.
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The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. And it's the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on free speech. trib.al/4LCP0Jn
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. And it's the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on free speech. trib.al/4LCP0Jn
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In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Art is powerful
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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Let's pick this up again concerning PR's electrical grid. Just a few days ago:
"The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island."
Maeve Allsup
February 5, 2026
www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
"The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island."
Maeve Allsup
February 5, 2026
www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Let's pick this up again concerning PR's electrical grid. Just a few days ago:
"The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island."
Maeve Allsup
February 5, 2026
www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
"The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island."
Maeve Allsup
February 5, 2026
www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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The NFL announces that next year's Super Bowl halftime performer will be Zohran Mamdani.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The NFL announces that next year's Super Bowl halftime performer will be Zohran Mamdani.
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"During In Living Color’s first season, a marketing impresario approached Fox with an idea that would stick it to CBS, the NFL rights holder and Super Bowl carrier that Murdoch had in his sights: a special episode of In Living Color that would air opposite the Super Bowl intermission."
time to remind everybody that the Super Bowl halftime show only exists in this grandiose fashion because a tv show called "In Living Color" stole the ratings from the NFL; the execs notoriously said, "get me Michael Jackson's agent" and thus began all the pomp
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘We stole the Super Bowl audience’: how In Living Color pulled off the greatest heist in US TV history
Turning Point USA is plotting its own half-time broadcast in defiance of Bad Bunny – but one of TV’s Blackest shows already perfected the alt-cast in 1992
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
"During In Living Color’s first season, a marketing impresario approached Fox with an idea that would stick it to CBS, the NFL rights holder and Super Bowl carrier that Murdoch had in his sights: a special episode of In Living Color that would air opposite the Super Bowl intermission."
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Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
grateful to work at a place that always lets me write about how much i love gay women
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Amber Glenn, a queer icon from Texas, is about to make Olympic history
The American figure skater's unapologetic queerness feels more important than ever.
www.chron.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
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Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness
MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
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DOGE comes for the data wonks.
Statistical agency budgets in the US had already been falling but DOGE has started to dismantle them. At a time of big change when accurate data (eg on the impact of tariffs) will be more important than ever
economist.com/united-state...
Statistical agency budgets in the US had already been falling but DOGE has started to dismantle them. At a time of big change when accurate data (eg on the impact of tariffs) will be more important than ever
economist.com/united-state...
April 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
DOGE comes for the data wonks.
Statistical agency budgets in the US had already been falling but DOGE has started to dismantle them. At a time of big change when accurate data (eg on the impact of tariffs) will be more important than ever
economist.com/united-state...
Statistical agency budgets in the US had already been falling but DOGE has started to dismantle them. At a time of big change when accurate data (eg on the impact of tariffs) will be more important than ever
economist.com/united-state...
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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
This explains a lot.
"...a warming Arctic can cause a high-altitude ribbon of air called the polar vortex to stretch and wobble. That wobble can affect the flow of the jet stream that controls much of the atmospheric conditions over the United States, causing waves of high and low pressure..."
"...a warming Arctic can cause a high-altitude ribbon of air called the polar vortex to stretch and wobble. That wobble can affect the flow of the jet stream that controls much of the atmospheric conditions over the United States, causing waves of high and low pressure..."
What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This explains a lot.
"...a warming Arctic can cause a high-altitude ribbon of air called the polar vortex to stretch and wobble. That wobble can affect the flow of the jet stream that controls much of the atmospheric conditions over the United States, causing waves of high and low pressure..."
"...a warming Arctic can cause a high-altitude ribbon of air called the polar vortex to stretch and wobble. That wobble can affect the flow of the jet stream that controls much of the atmospheric conditions over the United States, causing waves of high and low pressure..."
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WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
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DID YOU KNOW?
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
Donate Your Miles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
DID YOU KNOW?
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
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The Trump administration has fused a social-media worldview with authoritarian tendencies—and in this “clicktatorship,” Donald Moynihan argues, “judgment and decision making are hyper-responsive to what’s happening on the far-right internet.” theatln.tc/YNTAAR0n
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The Trump administration has fused a social-media worldview with authoritarian tendencies—and in this “clicktatorship,” Donald Moynihan argues, “judgment and decision making are hyper-responsive to what’s happening on the far-right internet.” theatln.tc/YNTAAR0n