Secretoriginz
@secretoriginz.bsky.social
Writer, occasional artist, wannabe visionary.
I was instantly reminded of a scene from the prison series OZ, where a prisoner talks about a tactic for getting the drop on another prisoner by first making them comfortable.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Tuesday that the justices on the court "get along well" despite their different viewpoints and believes it's "a model for learning how to disagree without being disagreeable."
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court justices "get along well": "A model for learning how to disagree"
Ketanji Brown Jackson told "CBS Mornings" that the justices "have learned how to adapt to being in an environment with people who have very strongly held but different views."
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February 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I was instantly reminded of a scene from the prison series OZ, where a prisoner talks about a tactic for getting the drop on another prisoner by first making them comfortable.
Scripted dramas are WAY under utilized in the effort to shape public awareness of issues. And not just regarding the current state of things but where society could go if we had the collective will.
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Scripted dramas are WAY under utilized in the effort to shape public awareness of issues. And not just regarding the current state of things but where society could go if we had the collective will.
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I’ve got to hand it to The Pitt for increasing awareness. I’ve posted about Freedom House for about five years now and it’s never gotten people’s attention like it has now that they included it in a story line.
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I’ve got to hand it to The Pitt for increasing awareness. I’ve posted about Freedom House for about five years now and it’s never gotten people’s attention like it has now that they included it in a story line.
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Rep. Nellie Pou (D-N.J.) with one of the grimmest questions of this hearing, to ICE chief Lyons:
"Will you provide us with a list of people ICE has transferred from New Jersey to other states, so I can inform their families where they are?"
Lyons says yes.
"Will you provide us with a list of people ICE has transferred from New Jersey to other states, so I can inform their families where they are?"
Lyons says yes.
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Rep. Nellie Pou (D-N.J.) with one of the grimmest questions of this hearing, to ICE chief Lyons:
"Will you provide us with a list of people ICE has transferred from New Jersey to other states, so I can inform their families where they are?"
Lyons says yes.
"Will you provide us with a list of people ICE has transferred from New Jersey to other states, so I can inform their families where they are?"
Lyons says yes.
We also would have accepted "The Pedo Files".
It's time to call them what they are: The Trump Files.
(AXIOS) - Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that, when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
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www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
We also would have accepted "The Pedo Files".
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As ICE and CBP testify in Congress, we have updated our tracker of deaths at the hands of immigration enforcers. 25 have been killed with another 18 seriously injured, and there have also been 44 deaths in ICE/CBP custody.
Wondering if this will come up at the hearing.
prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
Wondering if this will come up at the hearing.
prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect
ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.
prospect.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
As ICE and CBP testify in Congress, we have updated our tracker of deaths at the hands of immigration enforcers. 25 have been killed with another 18 seriously injured, and there have also been 44 deaths in ICE/CBP custody.
Wondering if this will come up at the hearing.
prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
Wondering if this will come up at the hearing.
prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
Republican Tactics 101: Treat your enemy's strengths as weaknessss & your own weaknesses as strengths. Also, Republicans don't argue what THEY believe. They argue what they want OTHERS to believe.
February 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Republican Tactics 101: Treat your enemy's strengths as weaknessss & your own weaknesses as strengths. Also, Republicans don't argue what THEY believe. They argue what they want OTHERS to believe.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Go after the little fish & turn them all to bring down the big fish.
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Go after the little fish & turn them all to bring down the big fish.
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Mamdani: “His name keeps popping up on the list for a reason”
Crockett: "We're on his ass"
Stansbury: ”Other countries are demanding accountability & forcing leaders to step down over the mere stain of association with Epstein — the fight for justice continues”
Crockett: "We're on his ass"
Stansbury: ”Other countries are demanding accountability & forcing leaders to step down over the mere stain of association with Epstein — the fight for justice continues”
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Mamdani: “His name keeps popping up on the list for a reason”
Crockett: "We're on his ass"
Stansbury: ”Other countries are demanding accountability & forcing leaders to step down over the mere stain of association with Epstein — the fight for justice continues”
Crockett: "We're on his ass"
Stansbury: ”Other countries are demanding accountability & forcing leaders to step down over the mere stain of association with Epstein — the fight for justice continues”
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
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NASHVILLE Rep. @jasonlpowell.bsky.social brought his BENITO BOWL shirt to the Progressive Caucus presser today to show love for Bad Bunny’s halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
NASHVILLE Rep. @jasonlpowell.bsky.social brought his BENITO BOWL shirt to the Progressive Caucus presser today to show love for Bad Bunny’s halftime show
Google "Banking on Bondage". It's a report the ACLU compiled on private prisons somewhere around 2010-2912, I think? Very eye opening stuff.
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Google "Banking on Bondage". It's a report the ACLU compiled on private prisons somewhere around 2010-2912, I think? Very eye opening stuff.
All of these exposed people need to be spilling their guts about everything they know in the hope that they'll get some leniency. That's how the dominos fall.
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
All of these exposed people need to be spilling their guts about everything they know in the hope that they'll get some leniency. That's how the dominos fall.
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Exclusive: Democratic governors to boycott bipartisan White House dinner after Trump excluded two of their colleagues.
Democratic governors to boycott White House dinner
More than a half dozen Democrats said Donald Trump disinviting two of their colleagues is the latest example of administration's 'chaos and division.'
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Exclusive: Democratic governors to boycott bipartisan White House dinner after Trump excluded two of their colleagues.
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This was not an inevitability.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This was not an inevitability.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
Republicans became the toxic people they are by sacrificing any ideal just to win. If we follow the save path, then we'll end up letting in more Sinemas, Fettermans & Manchins just to chalk up some short sighted technical wins while losing our identity & all sense of actual purpose.
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Republicans became the toxic people they are by sacrificing any ideal just to win. If we follow the save path, then we'll end up letting in more Sinemas, Fettermans & Manchins just to chalk up some short sighted technical wins while losing our identity & all sense of actual purpose.
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This is true, and even if we get rid of Trump, we still have to reckon with the fact that a substantial proportion of US economic and political elites were *eager* to jump on the fascism train. They will still be the same people when Trump is gone.
The political dynamics of 2025 were shaped by Democrats and Republicans over-reading Trump's victory in the same way. That turns out to be a problem for a LOT of rich and powerful people who made a very large bet on the theory that MAGA had won the culture war. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has Lost The Culture
And his greediest collaborators are awakening to the fact that they made a terrible bet.
www.offmessage.net
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is true, and even if we get rid of Trump, we still have to reckon with the fact that a substantial proportion of US economic and political elites were *eager* to jump on the fascism train. They will still be the same people when Trump is gone.
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In 1947 the US War Department released “Don’t Be a Sucker,” now archived by the National Archives. It shows how fascism grows through fear lies and scapegoating. This should not be history. It is a reminder our government once wanted remembered.
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
In 1947 the US War Department released “Don’t Be a Sucker,” now archived by the National Archives. It shows how fascism grows through fear lies and scapegoating. This should not be history. It is a reminder our government once wanted remembered.
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Why does Lutnick still have his job?
The GOP is defending pedophiles and their friends...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
The GOP is defending pedophiles and their friends...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations
Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Why does Lutnick still have his job?
The GOP is defending pedophiles and their friends...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
The GOP is defending pedophiles and their friends...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
But they had less than ¼ of the US population. Not exactly comparing apples to apples.
February 10, 2026 at 6:17 AM
But they had less than ¼ of the US population. Not exactly comparing apples to apples.
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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It was a raid as shocking as it was extraordinary: Last month, the FBI entered the main election operations center of Fulton County, Georgia, and seized records — including ballots — from the 2020 presidential vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Designed to intimidate’: Fulton County official decries FBI raid in court filing
The FBI showed “callous disregard” for numerous constitutional rights through the raid, the county alleged.
www.democracydocket.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
It was a raid as shocking as it was extraordinary: Last month, the FBI entered the main election operations center of Fulton County, Georgia, and seized records — including ballots — from the 2020 presidential vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Ever heard of an air gapped laptop?
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Ever heard of an air gapped laptop?