TaraT
@tarat33.bsky.social
World traveler. Canadian roots. Speak a couple of languages. Opinionated. Insatiably curious. Dog lover. Fervent believer that life should be fair. Major women's rights advocate. Huge new alternative music fan.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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I cannot knit, but I would so love one of these hats. I’m glad to see so many knitters here in Evanston!
Red hat knitting gathering in Evanston - over 100 people gathered to knit red hats are raise money.
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I cannot knit, but I would so love one of these hats. I’m glad to see so many knitters here in Evanston!
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They have known for a decade who he is toward female journalists. The only open question is who they are in response.
Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
February 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
They have known for a decade who he is toward female journalists. The only open question is who they are in response.
Surprised? Not really. But still...WTF?!
(Reuters) - A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines. www.reuters.com/world/america...
Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the previously unreported events.
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Surprised? Not really. But still...WTF?!
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TOMORROW: Get trained on the tools you need to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities.
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
TOMORROW: Get trained on the tools you need to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities.
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Wikipedia itself historically relied extensively on the CIA World Factbook due to its public domain status. It still cites it in many articles -- citations like the one highlighted here now point to a "Farewell" article.
Farewell, indeed.
Farewell, indeed.
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Wikipedia itself historically relied extensively on the CIA World Factbook due to its public domain status. It still cites it in many articles -- citations like the one highlighted here now point to a "Farewell" article.
Farewell, indeed.
Farewell, indeed.
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The high school had a Walkout for ICE OUT this afternoon.
We were there to meet them as they approached the intersection.
Fantastic energy. Peaceful resistance. Democracy in action.
So proud of these young people. 💙✌️
#ICEOUT
We were there to meet them as they approached the intersection.
Fantastic energy. Peaceful resistance. Democracy in action.
So proud of these young people. 💙✌️
#ICEOUT
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The high school had a Walkout for ICE OUT this afternoon.
We were there to meet them as they approached the intersection.
Fantastic energy. Peaceful resistance. Democracy in action.
So proud of these young people. 💙✌️
#ICEOUT
We were there to meet them as they approached the intersection.
Fantastic energy. Peaceful resistance. Democracy in action.
So proud of these young people. 💙✌️
#ICEOUT
I thought this was the reason Trump introduced tariffs, so he'd have leverage over key corporate players here in the US as well as trading partners around the world. He loves wielding that power.
Trump grants tariff breaks to 'politically connected' companies, Senate Dems say
The White House's trade policy has "opened the door to corruption," according to a letter from Ron Wyden and Chris Van Hollen.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I thought this was the reason Trump introduced tariffs, so he'd have leverage over key corporate players here in the US as well as trading partners around the world. He loves wielding that power.
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Women who took their spouses’ last names (& others with name changes) could get around the birth certificate problem if they have passports. But not everyone has one. And getting one takes time & $$$. The GOP’s bill doesn’t even offer to cover the expense, making it equivalent to a poll tax.
The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 4, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Women who took their spouses’ last names (& others with name changes) could get around the birth certificate problem if they have passports. But not everyone has one. And getting one takes time & $$$. The GOP’s bill doesn’t even offer to cover the expense, making it equivalent to a poll tax.
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Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm
White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Shocking footage from today, 2/4/26: An ICE vehicle struck a veteran walking with a cane, followed by a violent arrest involving 10+ LAPD and federal goons.
February 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Shocking footage from today, 2/4/26: An ICE vehicle struck a veteran walking with a cane, followed by a violent arrest involving 10+ LAPD and federal goons.
This was the intent. Data is power and they have it.
The Trump administration's disruption of federal data collection is compromising government transparency.
Researchers estimate that over 3,000 data sets are no longer publicly available.
Researchers estimate that over 3,000 data sets are no longer publicly available.
Federal Data Is Disappearing
The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy.
www.notus.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
This was the intent. Data is power and they have it.
So important to expose Trump for "testing out" various ways to steal the mid-terms. Please watch.
All Americans should pay close attention to this.
Trump is trying to cheat in the next election.
Now is the time to mobilize & speak out for democracy.
Trump is trying to cheat in the next election.
Now is the time to mobilize & speak out for democracy.
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
So important to expose Trump for "testing out" various ways to steal the mid-terms. Please watch.
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Sen Markey: an ICE database on protesters is unconstitutional
@markey.senate.gov
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
@markey.senate.gov
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
"Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters
Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.
arstechnica.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Sen Markey: an ICE database on protesters is unconstitutional
@markey.senate.gov
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
@markey.senate.gov
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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He paid himself for a company using shareholder money from another company. His "fortune" is a house of cards. It's a scam.
Elon Musk's net worth just hit $800 billion. How?
One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations.
Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations.
Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
He paid himself for a company using shareholder money from another company. His "fortune" is a house of cards. It's a scam.
Nope. You're not getting away with it this time, Donald.
Child-Rapist and all around Piece of Shit Donald Trump says, "Everyone just needs to get over The Epstein Files." That's what this Criminal actually said. We should tell the Survivors of Rape and Trafficking to just get over it? I'll bet he wants us to stop digging. He's the Rapist/Trafficker.
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Trump says America should move on from Epstein files: 'Get onto something else'
Donald Trump says it's 'time for the country to move on' from the Jeffrey Epstein files, claiming 'nothing came out about me' after new documents were released.
www.aol.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Nope. You're not getting away with it this time, Donald.
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NEW: A rupture between DOJ and ICE has emerged in Minnesota, where overwhelmed prosecutors keep dropping the ball — and saying ICE won't return their messages.
The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained
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www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained
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www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
NEW: A rupture between DOJ and ICE has emerged in Minnesota, where overwhelmed prosecutors keep dropping the ball — and saying ICE won't return their messages.
The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Brilliant! Making order out of the chaotic release of millions of pages.
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Brilliant! Making order out of the chaotic release of millions of pages.
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Jeebus Christmas, this is fucking bananas.
Not only refusing to actually answer, but FOUR nominees, one after the other, insisting on reciting the IDENTICAL SCRIPT for their "response."
Not only refusing to actually answer, but FOUR nominees, one after the other, insisting on reciting the IDENTICAL SCRIPT for their "response."
Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
February 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Jeebus Christmas, this is fucking bananas.
Not only refusing to actually answer, but FOUR nominees, one after the other, insisting on reciting the IDENTICAL SCRIPT for their "response."
Not only refusing to actually answer, but FOUR nominees, one after the other, insisting on reciting the IDENTICAL SCRIPT for their "response."
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While this article claims it was not technically illegal, the fact the speaker of the house was “Dean” of a law school that never opened and claimed that as experience seems morally improper to have on his CV. The Republican way strikes again.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors
Mike Johnson does not typically mention one aspect of his work before being elected to Congress.
www.wsls.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
While this article claims it was not technically illegal, the fact the speaker of the house was “Dean” of a law school that never opened and claimed that as experience seems morally improper to have on his CV. The Republican way strikes again.
Why hasn't the Supreme Court ruled on Tariffs, you ask?
"Right-wing justices don’t want to humiliate Trump, and they’re surely afraid of what will happen if they do."
"Right-wing justices don’t want to humiliate Trump, and they’re surely afraid of what will happen if they do."
Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition
The Supreme Court’s silence says volumes
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Why hasn't the Supreme Court ruled on Tariffs, you ask?
"Right-wing justices don’t want to humiliate Trump, and they’re surely afraid of what will happen if they do."
"Right-wing justices don’t want to humiliate Trump, and they’re surely afraid of what will happen if they do."
US and RUSSIA and CHINA on list
“Every day you see confirmation of this trend, but when you step back you see an organised, relentless, determined assault on all of the checks and balances that are meant to limit executive power in US democracy – a system designed to limit power and protect rights”
“Every day you see confirmation of this trend, but when you step back you see an organised, relentless, determined assault on all of the checks and balances that are meant to limit executive power in US democracy – a system designed to limit power and protect rights”
Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says
Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
US and RUSSIA and CHINA on list
“Every day you see confirmation of this trend, but when you step back you see an organised, relentless, determined assault on all of the checks and balances that are meant to limit executive power in US democracy – a system designed to limit power and protect rights”
“Every day you see confirmation of this trend, but when you step back you see an organised, relentless, determined assault on all of the checks and balances that are meant to limit executive power in US democracy – a system designed to limit power and protect rights”
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The intent here seems to be... OVERLOAD the system, and then ignore Judges, resulting in unchecked mayhem. The problem?? It seems to be working.
"Government lawyer says ‘this system sucks’ as federal judge says ICE is detaining too many people to keep up their cases."
"Government lawyer says ‘this system sucks’ as federal judge says ICE is detaining too many people to keep up their cases."
DOJ lawyer says ‘this job sucks’ after judge accuses ICE of blowing court orders
Government lawyer says ‘this system sucks’ as federal judge says ICE is detaining too many people to keep up their cases
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The intent here seems to be... OVERLOAD the system, and then ignore Judges, resulting in unchecked mayhem. The problem?? It seems to be working.
"Government lawyer says ‘this system sucks’ as federal judge says ICE is detaining too many people to keep up their cases."
"Government lawyer says ‘this system sucks’ as federal judge says ICE is detaining too many people to keep up their cases."