@rgonzale.bsky.social
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WATCH: “That’s not America. That’s not Tennessee. I’m ashamed of those sons of bitches.”
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 PM
WATCH: “That’s not America. That’s not Tennessee. I’m ashamed of those sons of bitches.”
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
A decorated veteran from a family of soldiers warns Republican anti-immigrant Stephen Miller bills are creating a “Gestapo”.
(Bonus: turns out this patriot is a Holler fan 🎉)
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Donald Trump lost the United States its biggest and most loyal trade partner. Great work.
February 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Donald Trump lost the United States its biggest and most loyal trade partner. Great work.
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Yes.
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Yes.
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
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The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
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There's plenty wrong with organized religion, so I'm not defending the institution itself here...but the idea of faith has brought comfort to so many people and it really sucks that the right wing has turned it into such a warped form of itself.
Warnock: "Jesus is a victim of identity theft in American politics and culture"
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
There's plenty wrong with organized religion, so I'm not defending the institution itself here...but the idea of faith has brought comfort to so many people and it really sucks that the right wing has turned it into such a warped form of itself.
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Make polling place hours 9:07 AM to 9:11 AM and you must arrive on a unicycle.
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Make polling place hours 9:07 AM to 9:11 AM and you must arrive on a unicycle.
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their vision for the world is an unending series of stops and detentions while the state figures out whether or not your presence or actions are permissible, and then, if everything checks out, you can be on your way.
Sen. Mike Rounds on concerns that women will be disenfranchised by the SAVE America Act: "If you get married, you show them your marriage certificate and you're on your way once again"
February 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
their vision for the world is an unending series of stops and detentions while the state figures out whether or not your presence or actions are permissible, and then, if everything checks out, you can be on your way.
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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"Here are Republican 'family values' for your children in 2026:
- allowing them to be murdered in schools
- making it easier for them to die of communicable diseases
- putting them to work rather than educating them
- hiding the identities of those who traffick and rape them"
- allowing them to be murdered in schools
- making it easier for them to die of communicable diseases
- putting them to work rather than educating them
- hiding the identities of those who traffick and rape them"
Florida: we deported all your hard working employees, but have no fear, we're bringing back child labor to fix it.
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"Here are Republican 'family values' for your children in 2026:
- allowing them to be murdered in schools
- making it easier for them to die of communicable diseases
- putting them to work rather than educating them
- hiding the identities of those who traffick and rape them"
- allowing them to be murdered in schools
- making it easier for them to die of communicable diseases
- putting them to work rather than educating them
- hiding the identities of those who traffick and rape them"
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CBS didn't want you to see a Stephen Colbert interview. Colbert published it anyway.
https://bit.ly/3OdqtMx
https://bit.ly/3OdqtMx
CBS Surrenders to Trump
The network tried to bury an interview critical of Trump. Stephen Colbert made it an indictment of the administration’s assaults on the First Amendment.
bit.ly
February 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
CBS didn't want you to see a Stephen Colbert interview. Colbert published it anyway.
https://bit.ly/3OdqtMx
https://bit.ly/3OdqtMx
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
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So about that White House pretense that Trump hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing (via @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) substack.com/home/post/p-...
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
So about that White House pretense that Trump hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing (via @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) substack.com/home/post/p-...
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PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.
Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...
I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...
I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.
Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...
I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...
I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
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We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
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"General, you're listening to a machine. Do the world a favor and don't act like one" should be the definitive movie quote for the era we're in.
February 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
"General, you're listening to a machine. Do the world a favor and don't act like one" should be the definitive movie quote for the era we're in.
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“I believe the scorpion will have no choice but to not sting the frog because it’s so common sense.”
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“I believe the scorpion will have no choice but to not sting the frog because it’s so common sense.”
Exhibit 847 why Musk and these Trumper assholes should keep Star Trek and Starfleet out of their fucking mouths.
Consider this Account the Bridge and leave any bigotry at the door. There is no room for this.
Kirk lays down the law.
Kirk lays down the law.
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Exhibit 847 why Musk and these Trumper assholes should keep Star Trek and Starfleet out of their fucking mouths.
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Consider this Account the Bridge and leave any bigotry at the door. There is no room for this.
Kirk lays down the law.
Kirk lays down the law.
February 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Consider this Account the Bridge and leave any bigotry at the door. There is no room for this.
Kirk lays down the law.
Kirk lays down the law.
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Gives the game away to redefine "American culture" as "English-Scotts-Irish." There was never any point where that was the American culture; it exists solely as a mythical past invented by white nationalists to justify their actions.
Heck, if you asked the Founders, they'd say, "you mean British?"
Heck, if you asked the Founders, they'd say, "you mean British?"
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Gives the game away to redefine "American culture" as "English-Scotts-Irish." There was never any point where that was the American culture; it exists solely as a mythical past invented by white nationalists to justify their actions.
Heck, if you asked the Founders, they'd say, "you mean British?"
Heck, if you asked the Founders, they'd say, "you mean British?"
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I’m actually personally really enjoying people go to the wall on this stuff who don’t know what any of the words they’re using mean aside and think, for example, that “Scotch-Irish” means “people from Scotland and Ireland”
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I’m actually personally really enjoying people go to the wall on this stuff who don’t know what any of the words they’re using mean aside and think, for example, that “Scotch-Irish” means “people from Scotland and Ireland”
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Regina Martínez Lorenzo is the first Mexican woman to compete in Olympics cross-country skiing.
Other racers waited at the finish line to hug her. Brazil’s Bruna Moura, an 3 medalists, Karlsson, Ebba Andersson of Sweden, and Jessie Diggins from the US.
She learned to ski while in med school in MN.
Other racers waited at the finish line to hug her. Brazil’s Bruna Moura, an 3 medalists, Karlsson, Ebba Andersson of Sweden, and Jessie Diggins from the US.
She learned to ski while in med school in MN.
Glad you brought this up - this Mexican is the first and only in this sport, and everyone was impressed by her determination - the USA gold medalists were so sweet, she removed her skis and hugged her dearly. The MSNBC cut out all of it. Why? That's the best of the #Olympics! empathy and love.
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Regina Martínez Lorenzo is the first Mexican woman to compete in Olympics cross-country skiing.
Other racers waited at the finish line to hug her. Brazil’s Bruna Moura, an 3 medalists, Karlsson, Ebba Andersson of Sweden, and Jessie Diggins from the US.
She learned to ski while in med school in MN.
Other racers waited at the finish line to hug her. Brazil’s Bruna Moura, an 3 medalists, Karlsson, Ebba Andersson of Sweden, and Jessie Diggins from the US.
She learned to ski while in med school in MN.
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Back on my bullshit at Broadview #abolishice
February 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Back on my bullshit at Broadview #abolishice