MA
@simplyamahzing.bsky.social
Zia / tía / aunt. Come for the women’s sports, stay for the Broadway takes, leave at the politics. (she/her)
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Know that you're not gonna be shocked by which people get the benefit of the doubt (nary a peep even though their baby's abstinance scores are sky high) and who has their family destroyed.
We found over 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.
In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.
Tens of Thousands of Mothers Were Flagged to Police Over Flawed Drug Tests at Childbirth
The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Know that you're not gonna be shocked by which people get the benefit of the doubt (nary a peep even though their baby's abstinance scores are sky high) and who has their family destroyed.
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This is such a bonkers misstatement of the law by Pam Bondi’s terminally online deputy that I really hope this judge-appointed U.S. attorney challenges this.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 AM
This is such a bonkers misstatement of the law by Pam Bondi’s terminally online deputy that I really hope this judge-appointed U.S. attorney challenges this.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
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This can't not fuck you up.
'This Is A 5-Year-Old...': Walkinshaw Reads Letters From Children In ICE Facilities To ICE Head
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:46 AM
This can't not fuck you up.
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”The bravery of the Epstein survivors should be applauded, not ignored by our nation's leaders.”
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
@lofgren.house.gov
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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
@lofgren.house.gov
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February 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
”The bravery of the Epstein survivors should be applauded, not ignored by our nation's leaders.”
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
@lofgren.house.gov
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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
@lofgren.house.gov
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”NOBODY TOLD ME WHERE THE DEVIL LIVED...
... I FOUND HIM HIDDEN IN A HUMAN.”
- Monika Bhatti -
“When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as “animals”, yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.”
- Anthony D. Williams -
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... I FOUND HIM HIDDEN IN A HUMAN.”
- Monika Bhatti -
“When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as “animals”, yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.”
- Anthony D. Williams -
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February 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
”NOBODY TOLD ME WHERE THE DEVIL LIVED...
... I FOUND HIM HIDDEN IN A HUMAN.”
- Monika Bhatti -
“When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as “animals”, yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.”
- Anthony D. Williams -
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... I FOUND HIM HIDDEN IN A HUMAN.”
- Monika Bhatti -
“When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as “animals”, yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.”
- Anthony D. Williams -
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”You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.”
@strandjunker.com
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@strandjunker.com
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February 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
”You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.”
@strandjunker.com
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@strandjunker.com
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The oppressors are like fleas, they don’t know courage.
To feel fear is human, to push on with fear is courageous, and courage is heroic. 💖
To feel fear is human, to push on with fear is courageous, and courage is heroic. 💖
February 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The oppressors are like fleas, they don’t know courage.
To feel fear is human, to push on with fear is courageous, and courage is heroic. 💖
To feel fear is human, to push on with fear is courageous, and courage is heroic. 💖
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”People speak sometimes about the 'bestial' cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky -
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- Fyodor Dostoevsky -
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February 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
”People speak sometimes about the 'bestial' cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky -
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- Fyodor Dostoevsky -
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I spent much of today briefing my fellow members of Congress both in the House and the Senate - this after assuring local leaders and the public that there was no risk to the community. El Pasoans were rightfully alarmed by how the federal government carried all of this out.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I spent much of today briefing my fellow members of Congress both in the House and the Senate - this after assuring local leaders and the public that there was no risk to the community. El Pasoans were rightfully alarmed by how the federal government carried all of this out.
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To be clear: this was the result of incompetence at the highest levels of the administration.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
To be clear: this was the result of incompetence at the highest levels of the administration.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
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People don’t think enough about how this kind of work is why having congressional representatives that will actually work for you is important, even if you have some policy disagreements with them.
After I was informed late last night about the Temporary Flight Restriction that would close El Paso’s airspace for 10 days, my team and I worked through the night and into the morning to get to the bottom of it and then to ensure the TFR was lifted so that normal flight operations could resume.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
People don’t think enough about how this kind of work is why having congressional representatives that will actually work for you is important, even if you have some policy disagreements with them.
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The distinction being made between "migrant" and "taxpayer" is unsurprising, but extremely revealing.
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The distinction being made between "migrant" and "taxpayer" is unsurprising, but extremely revealing.
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Shameful stuff
CBS Evening News inverts its network's own reporting on ICE arrestees’ low rates of violent criminal histories
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Shameful stuff
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Rich guy whose business is entirely, entirely built on both foreign labor and the integration of the descendants of former colonial subjects sees the formal legal equality of those subjects as vile oppression. Story of our age! bsky.app/profile/theg...
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Rich guy whose business is entirely, entirely built on both foreign labor and the integration of the descendants of former colonial subjects sees the formal legal equality of those subjects as vile oppression. Story of our age! bsky.app/profile/theg...
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
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“Last May, as a groundswell built demanding public scrutiny of the Justice Department's records on Epstein, the agency ran into a problem: it had already destroyed its master copy of surveillance video from Epstein's final hours in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.”
Newly released documents show the FBI's scramble to explain last year why it released a screen recording with a missing minute from the night Jeffrey Epstein died, instead of the original footage.
Mystery of the missing minute from Epstein jail solved
Documents that were part of the Epstein files release help explain why a video released from the night of Epstein's death was missing one minute close to midnight.
cbsn.ws
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
“Last May, as a groundswell built demanding public scrutiny of the Justice Department's records on Epstein, the agency ran into a problem: it had already destroyed its master copy of surveillance video from Epstein's final hours in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.”
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In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 AM
In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:
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It turns out that rock bottom has a basement.
Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
February 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM
It turns out that rock bottom has a basement.
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ filmmaker is back after nearly a decade, and is ready to skewer how technology has taken over our lives (even more) in that time: “Why is AI helping me write a song or t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
He’s great and she is a coward who will be reviled, at best, in the history books.
If you missed the exchange between @raskin.house.gov and Pam Bondi today, watch this masterful statement from him on behalf of the Epstein victims:
“You are siding with the perpetrators and you are ignoring the victims. That will be your legacy.”
Repost if you agree she is the worst AG in history.
“You are siding with the perpetrators and you are ignoring the victims. That will be your legacy.”
Repost if you agree she is the worst AG in history.
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
He’s great and she is a coward who will be reviled, at best, in the history books.
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If you missed the exchange between @raskin.house.gov and Pam Bondi today, watch this masterful statement from him on behalf of the Epstein victims:
“You are siding with the perpetrators and you are ignoring the victims. That will be your legacy.”
Repost if you agree she is the worst AG in history.
“You are siding with the perpetrators and you are ignoring the victims. That will be your legacy.”
Repost if you agree she is the worst AG in history.
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 AM
If you missed the exchange between @raskin.house.gov and Pam Bondi today, watch this masterful statement from him on behalf of the Epstein victims:
“You are siding with the perpetrators and you are ignoring the victims. That will be your legacy.”
Repost if you agree she is the worst AG in history.
“You are siding with the perpetrators and you are ignoring the victims. That will be your legacy.”
Repost if you agree she is the worst AG in history.