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February 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM

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the Black Panthers were right

IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK
JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK.
AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS.
THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES.
IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.

February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM

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Crypto Is a Victim of Its Own Success

Bitcoin, which has been plummeting in value, has come to feel less like a rebel upstart, more like an eccentric uncle.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM

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This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters

Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis.

February 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM

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Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night

After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.

The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding

February 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM

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Blue Sky, we need to be able to put longer posts. More words are needed, PLEASE.

February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM

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The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding
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Americans aren’t buying Trumpist gaslighting about the economy

The Conservative Legal Movement Was Ready For Antonin Scalia’s Death

February 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM

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The Conservative Movement Was Ready For Antonin Scalia’s Death
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The sequence of events kicked off by Scalia’s death a decade ago might feel improbable. But the right was waiting for its chance to capture the Court, and didn’t let it go to waste.

Making America Stagnate Again

February 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM

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Making America Stagnate Again
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Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew?

February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM

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What Fabulous Timing for Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval!

Why stop with BLS data and jobs reports?

Bad Bunny’s dancers, Kalshi, and the insider trading problem

February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM

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Bad Bunny’s dancers, Kalshi, and the insider trading problem
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Prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket, are exploding in popularity.

The Banality of MAGA Evil

February 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM

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The Banality of MAGA Evil
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Instead of criminal masterminds we got amoral, stupid grifters like Howard Lutnick

Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda

February 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM

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Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda
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Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.

Trump cabinet member ensnared in Epstein scandal

February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM

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Trump cabinet member ensnared in Epstein scandal
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said his relationship with Epstein was "absolutely done" after a single meeting in 2005. The Epstein files tell a much different story.

No, AI Doesn’t Justify Lower Interest Rates

February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM

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No, AI Doesn’t Justify Lower Interest Rates
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Debunking the latest Trump-minion talking point

How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants

February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM

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How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants
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During a December 2 cabinet meeting, President Trump unleashed a torrent of bigoted invective against Somali migrants.

Seduced by the Louis XIV Treatment

February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM

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Seduced by the Louis XIV Treatment
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What JD Vance and his entourage in Milan teach us about Epstein’s magnetism

February 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM

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Finally, a Halftime Show That Represents Real America!

Isn’t Bad Bunny an American artist? Don’t millions of people love his music? At the Turning Point USA alternative show, we forget about all that.

www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...

February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM

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Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death

The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.

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February 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM

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Undaunted from the Bench
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Undaunted from the Bench

Judge Ana Reyes calls out Trump regime racism

Sam Alito’s Publisher Wants You to Buy the Children’s Books He Just Made It Easier to Ban

February 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM

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Sam Alito’s Publisher Wants You to Buy the Children’s Books He Just Made It Easier to Ban
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The author of Mahmoud v. Taylor is writing a book for a publisher that calls the push to ban books with LGBTQ characters an attack on “one of the most important foundations of a free society.”

Is This Crypto’s Fimbulwinter?

February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM

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Is This Crypto’s Fimbulwinter?
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Political power may not be enough to save the crypto cult

Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition

February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM

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Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition
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The Supreme Court’s silence says volumes

February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM

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Oh, Look, Some More Renovation Projects for Donald Trump!

Is any building safe?