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Hi! Just a quick note to (potential) followers. I don't really post much. I mostly repost and comment on others' threads, so don't expect a lot of novel content from me. Otherwise, welcome!
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Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
LUTNICK: You're going to see enormous manufacturing job growth coming over the course of 2026
REED: We haven't seen it yet
REED: We haven't seen it yet
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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New from @jlbuch.bsky.social: “That facility is, like, terrible, horrible. There’s a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And they’re putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.”
How Trump's ICE Is Locking Up Longtime Texans with Paths to Legal Status
The case of one Houston man, nearly deported to India after a quarter-century here, shows what happens when prosecutorial discretion is abandoned.
www.texasobserver.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
New from @jlbuch.bsky.social: “That facility is, like, terrible, horrible. There’s a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And they’re putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.”
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Translation of the last sentence: “Contrary to what you think this story does not end with Home Alone, recast as a horror movie where my nannies leave one or more of my children with my pedophile business partner”
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Translation of the last sentence: “Contrary to what you think this story does not end with Home Alone, recast as a horror movie where my nannies leave one or more of my children with my pedophile business partner”
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
And here's today's NYT headline on an article about reform proposals that enjoy supermajority support but that are disliked by Mike Johnson. The article provides no polling about the proposals.
MORE: www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...
MORE: www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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She is welcome to caucus with the only pro-democracy party in the Senate at any time. Until then, this is meaningless.
New: Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes out against the SAVE Act, the Trump-backed election bill www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes out against Trump's election bill, with a warning to her party
The Alaskan reminded her fellow Republicans that they claimed to oppose any new federal election laws just a few years ago, insisting that the issue should be left to states.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
She is welcome to caucus with the only pro-democracy party in the Senate at any time. Until then, this is meaningless.
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Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
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Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino opened a hearing on Capitol Hill by calling the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good "unacceptable and preventable."
Live: ICE director vows to release body cam footage
The heads of ICE and Border Patrol are testifying before a House committee in Washington.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino opened a hearing on Capitol Hill by calling the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good "unacceptable and preventable."
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It didn’t matter to Lutnick that Epstein was a known sex offender.
Lutnick still lunched with Epstein, brought his wife and kids around Epstein, and went into business with Epstein.
That’s the reality.
Abuse of women, girls, kids has not been a dealbreaker in media, banking, or politics.
Lutnick still lunched with Epstein, brought his wife and kids around Epstein, and went into business with Epstein.
That’s the reality.
Abuse of women, girls, kids has not been a dealbreaker in media, banking, or politics.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It didn’t matter to Lutnick that Epstein was a known sex offender.
Lutnick still lunched with Epstein, brought his wife and kids around Epstein, and went into business with Epstein.
That’s the reality.
Abuse of women, girls, kids has not been a dealbreaker in media, banking, or politics.
Lutnick still lunched with Epstein, brought his wife and kids around Epstein, and went into business with Epstein.
That’s the reality.
Abuse of women, girls, kids has not been a dealbreaker in media, banking, or politics.
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Congress has the tools to compel Ghislaine Maxwell to testify publicly.
It just needs the will to use them, writes former federal prosecutor @weissmann.substack.com
www.justsecurity.org/131180/congr...
It just needs the will to use them, writes former federal prosecutor @weissmann.substack.com
www.justsecurity.org/131180/congr...
Congress Can Give Epstein Survivors the Investigation They Deserve
Congress has the tools to provide answers, if it only has the will to do so. It must continue to seek justice for Epstein's victims.
www.justsecurity.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Congress has the tools to compel Ghislaine Maxwell to testify publicly.
It just needs the will to use them, writes former federal prosecutor @weissmann.substack.com
www.justsecurity.org/131180/congr...
It just needs the will to use them, writes former federal prosecutor @weissmann.substack.com
www.justsecurity.org/131180/congr...
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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'"unfair editing" complaints were never actually about editing... This is what an attack on press freedom looks like. It’s not a single dramatic moment. It’s a slow accretion of pressure... The lesson is: make us look good, or face the consequences'- @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/09/n...
NBC Hid The Boos For JD Vance. Where’s Trump’s ‘Unfair Editing’ Lawsuit?
If you watched NBC’s prime time broadcast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, you saw Vice President JD Vance in the stands at San Siro Stadium in Milan with his wife, Usha. Th…
www.techdirt.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
'"unfair editing" complaints were never actually about editing... This is what an attack on press freedom looks like. It’s not a single dramatic moment. It’s a slow accretion of pressure... The lesson is: make us look good, or face the consequences'- @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/09/n...
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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The secret police need special privileges that put them above the law because they're the real victims here, says the party of limited government and individual liberties
RON JOHNSON: In Central America, if you become a police chief, the drug cartels send you a DVD w/ a video of your family going to church or school...that's what ICE agents are facing
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The secret police need special privileges that put them above the law because they're the real victims here, says the party of limited government and individual liberties
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Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
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Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
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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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Because when I start a patient on Adderall I don't bother to ask about their sleeping habits. It's how we get more of those sweet pharma kickbacks. Jay might know this if he actually took care of patients.
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Because when I start a patient on Adderall I don't bother to ask about their sleeping habits. It's how we get more of those sweet pharma kickbacks. Jay might know this if he actually took care of patients.
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Very excited that @gelbach.bsky.social & I will be publishing "Bruen's Tenth Amendment Problem" in the @uchilrev.bsky.social!
Our central arg is that Bruen's erasure of unexercised powers violates the 10th Am's preservation of existing State power. Comments welcome!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Our central arg is that Bruen's erasure of unexercised powers violates the 10th Am's preservation of existing State power. Comments welcome!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Very excited that @gelbach.bsky.social & I will be publishing "Bruen's Tenth Amendment Problem" in the @uchilrev.bsky.social!
Our central arg is that Bruen's erasure of unexercised powers violates the 10th Am's preservation of existing State power. Comments welcome!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Our central arg is that Bruen's erasure of unexercised powers violates the 10th Am's preservation of existing State power. Comments welcome!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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“American Indian” is not an offensive term and the weirdos who searched through my tens of thousands of posts to try and find something they could use to label me a racist are not acting in good faith. The game of trying to set up rhetorical tripwires to attack people you hate is incredibly toxic.
When members of a marginalised group tell you to stop using a term to refer to them, it’s not hard to just… be gracious and stop doing it. Which is much easier and makes you look a lot better than doubling down on a racist term and telling the people who find it offensive that they’re wrong.
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“American Indian” is not an offensive term and the weirdos who searched through my tens of thousands of posts to try and find something they could use to label me a racist are not acting in good faith. The game of trying to set up rhetorical tripwires to attack people you hate is incredibly toxic.
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Our lead continues to grow! Let's keep the momentum going — donate today at ericswalwell.com and help us build a new California!
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Our lead continues to grow! Let's keep the momentum going — donate today at ericswalwell.com and help us build a new California!
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This is like something out of a horror movie, my god
We are in a small community outside Minneapolis and a child arrived to an empty house on Friday. No parents, ice kidnapped them and just leave children to wander alone after school
February 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is like something out of a horror movie, my god
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Nope. Send her back to max and let her rot.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer says his client will only speak if Trump grants her clemency
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Nope. Send her back to max and let her rot.