@sigmundine.bsky.social
The times they are a-changin’ so get ready. Shit’s gonna hit the fan 🐝💛 I block stupid people.
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BETTER YET, LET'S GET THROUGH THE FUCKING MIDTERMS HAPPENING *THIS YEAR* BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN TO START HAND-WRINGING OR FINGER-POINTING ABOUT WHO WE'LL NEVER VOTE FOR IN 2028.
Hey Bluesky, let’s have a frigging primary before we decide which end of the Democratic Party doesn’t vote for the other end’s candidate in the general.
February 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
BETTER YET, LET'S GET THROUGH THE FUCKING MIDTERMS HAPPENING *THIS YEAR* BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN TO START HAND-WRINGING OR FINGER-POINTING ABOUT WHO WE'LL NEVER VOTE FOR IN 2028.
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I'll believe ICE and CBP are out of Minneapolis when the citizens of Minneapolis say so, and not one second before.
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I'll believe ICE and CBP are out of Minneapolis when the citizens of Minneapolis say so, and not one second before.
I look forward to never seeing this guy’s bare legs and shrek head again
“Trump hasn’t defied a single court order” is a wild thing to say
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I look forward to never seeing this guy’s bare legs and shrek head again
This poor woman was killed. May her murderers and abusers be brought to justice.
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This poor woman was killed. May her murderers and abusers be brought to justice.
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📣 #ILLINOIS Democrats need your help!
--These are SWING districts (yes, even in a blue state)
--Donations go directly to the candidates
--Nothing donated via this page goes to me
--You can opt out of sharing email/phone w/the campaigns
Donate today! #Blue26
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--These are SWING districts (yes, even in a blue state)
--Donations go directly to the candidates
--Nothing donated via this page goes to me
--You can opt out of sharing email/phone w/the campaigns
Donate today! #Blue26
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Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
📣 #ILLINOIS Democrats need your help!
--These are SWING districts (yes, even in a blue state)
--Donations go directly to the candidates
--Nothing donated via this page goes to me
--You can opt out of sharing email/phone w/the campaigns
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/ilblu...
--These are SWING districts (yes, even in a blue state)
--Donations go directly to the candidates
--Nothing donated via this page goes to me
--You can opt out of sharing email/phone w/the campaigns
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/ilblu...
I’m waiting to find out how many members of our vaunted media or their owners show up in the Epstein Files. The way they’ve boosted Trump the last few decades tells me, we may be in for some surprises.
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I’m waiting to find out how many members of our vaunted media or their owners show up in the Epstein Files. The way they’ve boosted Trump the last few decades tells me, we may be in for some surprises.
Just a couple of years ago we enjoyed an underrated president who brought unemployment down to the lowest levels seen since Bill Clinton’s tenure.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Just a couple of years ago we enjoyed an underrated president who brought unemployment down to the lowest levels seen since Bill Clinton’s tenure.
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The fact that they are too lazy to vote is what is most disappointing of all
If they truly were a citizen valuing their home and what they’ve built they’d do the simplest of all their duties
Esp the ones in more privileged areas
If they truly were a citizen valuing their home and what they’ve built they’d do the simplest of all their duties
Esp the ones in more privileged areas
And just a side note: If voters stopped being idiots, every election would stop being life-or-death. Voters CREATE these situations with their failure to vote, and their consistent wasting of votes on 3rd parties, or actually voting for the "death" party.
February 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The fact that they are too lazy to vote is what is most disappointing of all
If they truly were a citizen valuing their home and what they’ve built they’d do the simplest of all their duties
Esp the ones in more privileged areas
If they truly were a citizen valuing their home and what they’ve built they’d do the simplest of all their duties
Esp the ones in more privileged areas
When I invite you to block me and you respond with more of your drivel, do you think I’ll take the time to read it? 😆
a man in an american flag costume is pointing his finger at the word blocked
ALT: a man in an american flag costume is pointing his finger at the word blocked
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
When I invite you to block me and you respond with more of your drivel, do you think I’ll take the time to read it? 😆
Reading Robert Duvall’s wife is 41 years younger than him set off a train of thought and a memory of my little 8 year old son, commenting on a friend who was dating a woman 30 years younger. “It’s like, he’s a grown up man holding a little tiny baby and saying ‘I’m going to marry you one day.”
February 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Reading Robert Duvall’s wife is 41 years younger than him set off a train of thought and a memory of my little 8 year old son, commenting on a friend who was dating a woman 30 years younger. “It’s like, he’s a grown up man holding a little tiny baby and saying ‘I’m going to marry you one day.”
I have written and called my own governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, to do the same.
"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I have written and called my own governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, to do the same.
Robert Duvall was 41 years old when his wife was born.
Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Robert Duvall was 41 years old when his wife was born.
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Once again, Susan Collins has caved to Trump and is supporting efforts to rig the rules and silence voters.
Maine has one of the highest voter participation rates nationwide –– and as Senator, I'll fight like hell to protect your right to vote from attacks on our democracy.
Maine has one of the highest voter participation rates nationwide –– and as Senator, I'll fight like hell to protect your right to vote from attacks on our democracy.
February 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Once again, Susan Collins has caved to Trump and is supporting efforts to rig the rules and silence voters.
Maine has one of the highest voter participation rates nationwide –– and as Senator, I'll fight like hell to protect your right to vote from attacks on our democracy.
Maine has one of the highest voter participation rates nationwide –– and as Senator, I'll fight like hell to protect your right to vote from attacks on our democracy.
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Happy President’s Day
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Happy President’s Day
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Our mainstream news media is owned by the alt-right oligarchs, the same ones who bought the presidency for the bloated toad - our news is whitewashed & repressed.
Our news won’t even air coverage of Italians physically protesting & attacking ICE in Milan! Italia is responding as WE should be!
Our news won’t even air coverage of Italians physically protesting & attacking ICE in Milan! Italia is responding as WE should be!
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Our mainstream news media is owned by the alt-right oligarchs, the same ones who bought the presidency for the bloated toad - our news is whitewashed & repressed.
Our news won’t even air coverage of Italians physically protesting & attacking ICE in Milan! Italia is responding as WE should be!
Our news won’t even air coverage of Italians physically protesting & attacking ICE in Milan! Italia is responding as WE should be!
Love
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Love
May I add, this is why we have a monster like Trump in power.
I am "thoroughly delighted" by children's laughter, puppies frolicking, and a perfectly caramelized Crème brûlée. I do not need to be delighted by a politician. I need them to have values that (basically) align with mine and to be competent. This is the petulant trantrum of a of a spoiled toddler. 👇
February 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
May I add, this is why we have a monster like Trump in power.
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My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
No lies spoken. She just couldn’t cover it all!
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 11, 2026 at 1:18 PM
No lies spoken. She just couldn’t cover it all!
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"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
There are too many smug men overwhelmed by their own mediocre intelligence.
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
There are too many smug men overwhelmed by their own mediocre intelligence.
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The Triumph of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
The Triumph of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican artist’s Super Bowl performance was a reclamation and a reminder that, after more than 500 years of colonization, seguimos aquí.
www.thecut.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The Triumph of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
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I am regularly asked what specifically blue states and Congress should do to protect the midterm elections.
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I am regularly asked what specifically blue states and Congress should do to protect the midterm elections.
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
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'The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not. The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information.'
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:52 AM
'The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not. The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information.'