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⛰️🐾🐕 Love the outdoors. Routinely roam the wilderness with my old man dog & his 3-legged sidekick.
We are all part of the same compost heap.
⛰️🐾🐕 Love the outdoors. Routinely roam the wilderness with my old man dog & his 3-legged sidekick.
We are all part of the same compost heap.
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In case you find yourself in need of this information:
Recording and Documenting Police and Federal Agents
The First Amendment protects your right to record and document law enforcement and federal agents performing their duties in public.
www.aclu.org
🧵of ACLU info regarding your rights in various scenarios.
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“Here’s the bottom line: DHS is buying warehouses across the country to build out concentration camps for caging and deporting immigrants, and WEXMAC TITUS is allowing them to be operational in a matter of weeks.”
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
“Here’s the bottom line: DHS is buying warehouses across the country to build out concentration camps for caging and deporting immigrants, and WEXMAC TITUS is allowing them to be operational in a matter of weeks.”
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New — I wrote about WINNING for a change!
We won our FOIA lawsuit for body cam footage of DOGE raid on US Institute of Peace
The judge ruled DC Metropolitan Police must share all un-redacted footage from the March 2025 raid.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 11:28 PM
New — I wrote about WINNING for a change!
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New paper this week by V-Dem's director, @silindberg.bsky.social, on the the current wave of autocratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
www.tandfonline.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
New paper this week by V-Dem's director, @silindberg.bsky.social, on the the current wave of autocratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
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In this interview with @paulrosenberg.bsky.social, I discuss a Scandinavian tool for protecting democracy: Parliament-initiated audits of democracy carried out by independent researchers
Currently, I direct such an audit in Denmark & discuss the challenges to liberal democracy in the 21st century 👇
Currently, I direct such an audit in Denmark & discuss the challenges to liberal democracy in the 21st century 👇
Today @paulrosenberg.bsky.social argues that Americans should learn from the Danish government's "multi-year “Power and Democracy study” to analyze how Denmark’s democracy is functioning, what challenges it faces, and what can be done to improve it." www.liberalcurrents.com/america-if-y...
America, If You’re Listening: Denmark’s Example for Fixing Liberal Democracy
Talking to Michael Bang Peterson on Denmark's recurring process of self-examination.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
In this interview with @paulrosenberg.bsky.social, I discuss a Scandinavian tool for protecting democracy: Parliament-initiated audits of democracy carried out by independent researchers
Currently, I direct such an audit in Denmark & discuss the challenges to liberal democracy in the 21st century 👇
Currently, I direct such an audit in Denmark & discuss the challenges to liberal democracy in the 21st century 👇
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Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.
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Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges GOP to Protect Public Lands www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...
Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges GOP to Protect Public Lands www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...
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Lobbyists for the Tony Blair Institute privately urged the EU to support and join Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, an initiative which started life as a council to oversee Gaza & sprawled since into a rival to the UN
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Lobbyists for the Tony Blair Institute privately urged the EU to support and join Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, an initiative which started life as a council to oversee Gaza & sprawled since into a rival to the UN
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Connecticut has the weirdest birds.
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Connecticut has the weirdest birds.
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Let’s be clear: the SAVE America Act is an effort to make voting harder for eligible Americans. It is not about election security. It is about restricting access to the ballot & deciding who gets to participate in our democracy. Tell Senators to oppose it: lwv.org/save-act @lwvus.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Let’s be clear: the SAVE America Act is an effort to make voting harder for eligible Americans. It is not about election security. It is about restricting access to the ballot & deciding who gets to participate in our democracy. Tell Senators to oppose it: lwv.org/save-act @lwvus.bsky.social
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For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
n.pr
February 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
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a happy and prosperous year of the horse to all!
February 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
a happy and prosperous year of the horse to all!
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Took my new extra wide-angle lens out to practice tonight before my first Churchill #aurora tour next week. The lights gave me something to work with :)
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Took my new extra wide-angle lens out to practice tonight before my first Churchill #aurora tour next week. The lights gave me something to work with :)
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Lots of questions remain about this incident in El Paso. Meanwhile, the administration has not engaged in a serious way with questions that get at how a laser system was temporarily transferred to DHS and used by CBP, all in a manner to which FAA objected.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Lots of questions remain about this incident in El Paso. Meanwhile, the administration has not engaged in a serious way with questions that get at how a laser system was temporarily transferred to DHS and used by CBP, all in a manner to which FAA objected.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
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🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands say they're confident that Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a lethal toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. www.gov.uk/government/news/jo...
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death
Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands say they're confident that Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a lethal toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. www.gov.uk/government/news/jo...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Some thoughts on what de-magafication of our institutions might look like when this nightmare is over (free post) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Excising the Cancer in Our Institutions
We need to start thinking about how we are going to separate the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Some thoughts on what de-magafication of our institutions might look like when this nightmare is over (free post) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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Current lead story on #BBCWorldService -
"Epibatidine can be found naturally in dart frogs in the wild in South America. Dart frogs in captivity do not produce this toxin and it is not found naturally in Russia."
"Epibatidine can be found naturally in dart frogs in the wild in South America. Dart frogs in captivity do not produce this toxin and it is not found naturally in Russia."
#BBCNews - Russia killed opposition leader Alexei #Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin, called epibatidine, being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, the Foreign Office said.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin, called epibatidine, being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, the Foreign Office said.
Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using toxin from dart frog, UK says
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin, called epibatidine, being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, the Foreign Office said.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Current lead story on #BBCWorldService -
"Epibatidine can be found naturally in dart frogs in the wild in South America. Dart frogs in captivity do not produce this toxin and it is not found naturally in Russia."
"Epibatidine can be found naturally in dart frogs in the wild in South America. Dart frogs in captivity do not produce this toxin and it is not found naturally in Russia."
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Senator Mark Kelly at MSC: “A form of PTSD is what we’re getting from our former friends.”
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Senator Mark Kelly at MSC: “A form of PTSD is what we’re getting from our former friends.”
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One way of identifying democratic backsliding is that "ordinary politics" stories like this coexist with stories like this one (www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...) or this one (www.reuters.com/legal/govern...) or this one (cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...) which are each obviously, wildly autocratic
Here's why Republicans are facing an uphill battle, particularly for retaining control of the House.
5 glaring warning signs for Republicans in this year's midterm elections
Here's why Republicans are facing an uphill battle, particularly for retaining control of the House.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One way of identifying democratic backsliding is that "ordinary politics" stories like this coexist with stories like this one (www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...) or this one (www.reuters.com/legal/govern...) or this one (cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...) which are each obviously, wildly autocratic
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“Have you ever had somebody come to your job and tell you to do a job that you’re already doing? Well, that is what Kristi Noem just did to the State of Arizona and my office.”
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit
DHS Secretary Noem visits Phoenix, claims Arizona election fraud but can't provide examples as state officials rebuke false claims
azmirror.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
“Have you ever had somebody come to your job and tell you to do a job that you’re already doing? Well, that is what Kristi Noem just did to the State of Arizona and my office.”
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
story via @jerodmacevoy.com
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I’m at the Boston federal court this AM for a hearing on the suit from AAP and other groups challenging a slew of changes to vaccine policies – which could affect the forthcoming ACIP meeting and the change to the childhood vaccine schedule
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I’m at the Boston federal court this AM for a hearing on the suit from AAP and other groups challenging a slew of changes to vaccine policies – which could affect the forthcoming ACIP meeting and the change to the childhood vaccine schedule
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Taking food and medicine from needy people overseas to pay for Russ Vought's security detail is sadly par for the course for these folks. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Taking food and medicine from needy people overseas to pay for Russ Vought's security detail is sadly par for the course for these folks. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...