Chris Persky
@thegreatpersky.bsky.social
Childless Cat Man Pro Science Pro Choice Pro Democracy Reject Project 2025 I pay for good journalism and give it away. Merchant of love oil. Hapless actor. Be of good cheer! The North will rise again!! https://www.sexualecstasy.org/?cp
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There’s only 1 person in Congress who doesn’t trade stocks, doesn’t take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. That’s me. And it should be the standard.
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
There’s only 1 person in Congress who doesn’t trade stocks, doesn’t take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. That’s me. And it should be the standard.
"The most radical action in a capitalist society is non-participation". Scott Galloway
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Resist and Unsubscribe
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February 17, 2026 at 4:43 AM
"The most radical action in a capitalist society is non-participation". Scott Galloway
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I love Frank. I would add "income disparity" to his list.
February 16, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I love Frank. I would add "income disparity" to his list.
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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The last verse of Hannah’s aging poet-grandfather in the play, Night of the Iguana, by Tennessee Williams:
"O Courage, could you not as well
Select a second place to dwell,
Not only in that golden tree
But in the frightened heart of me?"
"O Courage, could you not as well
Select a second place to dwell,
Not only in that golden tree
But in the frightened heart of me?"
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 AM
The last verse of Hannah’s aging poet-grandfather in the play, Night of the Iguana, by Tennessee Williams:
"O Courage, could you not as well
Select a second place to dwell,
Not only in that golden tree
But in the frightened heart of me?"
"O Courage, could you not as well
Select a second place to dwell,
Not only in that golden tree
But in the frightened heart of me?"
This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews with physicians, including those who have cared directly for patients with measles.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews with physicians, including those who have cared directly for patients with measles.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"We compiled and reviewed every case we could find of agents holding citizens against their will, whether during immigration raids or protests. While the tally is almost certainly incomplete, we found more than 170 such incidents."
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 AM
"We compiled and reviewed every case we could find of agents holding citizens against their will, whether during immigration raids or protests. While the tally is almost certainly incomplete, we found more than 170 such incidents."
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr..
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr..
Orlando judge suspects foul play by ICE agents, orders 2 Venezuelans freed www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/12/o...
Orlando judge suspects foul play by ICE agents, orders 2 Venezuelans freed
The federal judge said in both cases ICE agents filed questionable paperwork that made him rule the detainees should be freed.
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Orlando judge suspects foul play by ICE agents, orders 2 Venezuelans freed www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/12/o...
She won't even look at the victims. What a vile human being.
I truly believe this is all going to come back to them as karma.
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 AM
She won't even look at the victims. What a vile human being.
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There IS evidence and why don’t you want to investigate, Pam???? Protecting your Pedo President you sycophant, terrible AG.
Best Bondi-Own of the Day
(Of course she self-owns daily)
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February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
There IS evidence and why don’t you want to investigate, Pam???? Protecting your Pedo President you sycophant, terrible AG.
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
www.brennancenter.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
The President of Moldova Maia Sandu is right. Her response to the Nobel Peace Prize nomination shows moral clarity and true leadership.
February 8, 2026 at 2:50 AM
The President of Moldova Maia Sandu is right. Her response to the Nobel Peace Prize nomination shows moral clarity and true leadership.
Which Half Time Show will you watch?
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Which Half Time Show will you watch?
“This is potentially destroying all of the progress that we have made, working together between local and federal law enforcement officials in a very coordinated way, to actually go after the worst of the worst.” Brian O’Hara, Minneapolis Police Chief
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
“This is potentially destroying all of the progress that we have made, working together between local and federal law enforcement officials in a very coordinated way, to actually go after the worst of the worst.” Brian O’Hara, Minneapolis Police Chief
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...