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Tim Murphy
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Retired. Hubby(51 yr) dad, gramp, Antifa scum, politics, golf addict, bush pilot. Proud MN Iron Ranger. Christian, not Cult. Don’t let the bastards get you down. Sober. Libtard. Vermin. No DM unless I know you. #Resist #FightForDemocracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇵🇦 🇺🇦
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I’m trying to wrap my head around the fact that we, the United States of America, are going to allow a *traitor* to occupy the While House - OUR house.

This debacle has gone beyond anything I could imagine. And it will get worse - much worse.
This bum should have his own suite at Alligator Alcatraz. 🐊
February 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Much of the middle class is already squeezed out of home ownership. New vehicles are next.

I haven’t purchased a spanking new vehicle since 2002. Too expensive, and a poor investment.
“.. About 1 in 5 new auto loans have monthly payments of at least $1,000, S&P Global said, projecting that share could double by year’s end.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Are there degrees of evil? Because this seems to be a whole new level. 🤬
February 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Minneapolis police are investigating after a fire damaged the memorial to Renee Macklin Good in south Minneapolis on Tuesday night.

The police department said the fire was reported at about 8:45 p.m. and was extinguished before officers arrived.
Police investigating after fire damages Renee Macklin Good memorial in Minneapolis
Minneapolis police are investigating after a fire damaged the memorial to Renee Macklin Good in south Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
www.mprnews.org
February 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Brain cells.
What's Trump giving up for lent?
February 18, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Pro Tip: Listen to the pros👇🏼
The unfounded move by HHSGov against mRNA vaccines will hurt our future potent immune therapy vs cancer. Another point of progress for triple-negative breast cancer with individualized neoantigen mRNA vaccines today

Adds to pancreatic, renal cell, melanoma reports
nature.com/articles/s41...
Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC - Nature
In a phase 1 trial, personalized mRNA vaccines tailored to individual tumour mutations in triple-negative breast cancer induced robust, long-lasting T cell responses and improved prognosis.
nature.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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The unfounded move by HHSGov against mRNA vaccines will hurt our future potent immune therapy vs cancer. Another point of progress for triple-negative breast cancer with individualized neoantigen mRNA vaccines today

Adds to pancreatic, renal cell, melanoma reports
nature.com/articles/s41...
Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC - Nature
In a phase 1 trial, personalized mRNA vaccines tailored to individual tumour mutations in triple-negative breast cancer induced robust, long-lasting T cell responses and improved prognosis.
nature.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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Seattle Seahawks decline White House invitation! 💙🏈💚
February 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Stephen Colbert, with grace and humor, is making his network overlords look like the most pathetic cowards imaginable, and that’s what they are. The last two nights have been a masterclass in courage and precise examples of how everyone should deal with this stupid administration.
February 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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He blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder. He told a rally crowd about a golfer’s penis size. He claimed he coined a word that’s been around since 1599. He said Portland, OR, doesn't have stores anymore.
Trump is out of his mind – and he has the nuclear codes.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
50 ways Trump is out of his mind
MAGA and the media must stop laughing off this dangerous situation
www.stopthepresses.news
February 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Sounds like home!👇🏼
Orbán claims to protect Hungary, but he is actually looting it.

He is the most corrupt leader in Europe, and his betrayal has made Hungary weak and poor while its neighbors thrive.

He is just a traitor with a full bank account
February 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Well I thought it was very romantic 🥰 😳 😆
So basically the point of RFK Jr’s video was to promote improved health outcomes by encouraging men to ride a stationary bike in a sauna shirtless in jeans while your male friend does pushups next to you in shorts before you jump into a hot tub together?
February 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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BREAKING: Our campaign raised $2.5 million in 24 hours after the FCC banned our Colbert interview.
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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The RNC filed a lawsuit in Michigan to rip away the voting rights of military families. What an insult to the brave men and women who defend America and sacrifice so much to keep us safe.

We’re fighting back in the courts.
February 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/h...

Public outcry makes a difference!
mRNA vaccines have huge potential for a variety of diseases.
FDA reverses course and will review new mRNA flu shot, company says | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and will review a new mRNA flu vaccine from Moderna, the pharmaceutical company said Wednesday,
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 394

The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 394
February 17, 2026
trumptyrannytracker.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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If you make states with the fewest passport holders red and those with the most blue, it looks like a map of presidential results. But Republicans are angling for the SAVE Act anyway. www.ms.now/opinion/save...
February 18, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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🇺🇸 This iconic NYT photo of Abigail Spanberger speaks to this moment in America. She is the first woman to lead the state in its nearly 250 yrs of existence, and won by the largest margin in six decades.
Come November, Trump's soulless Republicans are going to pay dearly for their attack on decency.
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Fuck “equal time.” MAGA has entire networks that cater only to their propaganda.
The FCC did indeed send a "letter of inquiry" to ABC about "The View" earlier this month, signaling an investigation into whether "equal time" rules were violated. Now, it's important to emphasize that the FCC's enforcement powers are really quite limited...
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A polite way of saying that Pam Bondi is Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer with the full weight of the DOJ behind her.

The corruption is mind boggling.
February 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
They want to deport violent criminals so bad that they’re willing to kill American citizens to get it done. Man, that’s dedication!
JD Vance: "What we have consistently said is that we want to deport violent criminals, people who came in under the Biden administration, and get them out of the country so Americans' wages can go up."
February 18, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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Sad with the loss of Speaker Hortman.

Seeing Senator John Hoffman return did put a smile on my face. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/17/m...
Minnesota Legislature gavels in, honors Melissa Hortman, absent for first time in 20 years • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota lawmakers walked into the Capitol Tuesday for the first time in over 20 years without Rep. Melissa Hortman, among the state’s most influential elected officials this century who was respecte...
minnesotareformer.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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Ya think?
Trump supporters' extreme views driven by personal insecurity: research
Trump supporters' extreme views driven by personal insecurity: research
PsyPost reports that a new study published in the journal Advances in Psychology suggests that White people who personally perceive themselves as ranking at the bottom of the racial economic hierarchy or “tied” with Black Americans were the most likely to support President Donald Trump. Previous research identified a phenomenon known as “last place aversion,” where people fear being at the very bottom of a social hierarchy — and Trump voters apparently feel the sting of smallness more acutely than others, whether or not they are actually at the bottom rung of the ladder. Surprisingly, researchers found that these attitudes were not driven by actual poverty. The researchers controlled for objective indicators of socioeconomic status, such as income and education levels. They found that belonging to the “last place” profile predicted Trump support and anti-DEI attitudes regardless of how much money or education the participant actually had. “We … [expected] a subset of non-Hispanic, white Americans who feel ‘last place.’ That said, we expected this profile to be more likely among working class individuals,” Cooley told PsyPost. “However, perceiving oneself to be ‘last place’ was not associated with the lowest objective income nor the lowest objective education among the White Americans in our samples.” The United States currently exhibits a significant racial wealth gap with economic statistics consistently showing that the average white family holds considerably more wealth than the average Black or Hispanic family. But despite this reality, surveys indicate that many white Americans feel they are “personally falling behind” in terms of status without realistically weighing the resources at their disposal. “This line of research was motivated by recent political trends among some white Americans, including support for DEI bans, alignment with alt-right ideology, and endorsement of political violence in pursuit of political goals (e.g., January 6th),” said study authors Erin Cooley and Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, associate professors of psychology at Colgate University and the University of Virginia, respectively. “Many of these attitudes are not only extreme but also anti-democratic, raising questions about how such views can coexist with identities centered on being ‘most American’ (e.g., white nationalist belief systems).” The tool researchers used to assess personal status was a box measure called the “Perceived Self-Group Hierarchy.” Participants viewed a diagram representing a status ladder based on money, education, and job prestige, and they were asked to place markers representing themselves, white people, Black people, Asian people, and Hispanic people onto this ladder. Researchers found a consistent link between this “last place” profile and specific political views. “White Americans who fit this profile reported the highest levels of support for Donald Trump throughout the campaign season. They also expressed the strongest intention to vote for him. When surveyed the day after the election, this group was the most likely to report having cast their ballot for Trump,” PsyPost reports. This same group of insecure white people also showed “the strongest opposition to DEI programs, favoring policies that would ban such initiatives in universities.” Additionally, they showed higher alignment with alt-right ideologies, agreeing more frequently with statements such as “White people are generally under attack in the U.S.” and “The government threatens my personal rights.”
dlvr.it
February 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Jefferson’s fear was well founded. I think we’re past the harbingers point and well into actual tyranny.
"The people of Minnesota and millions of ordinary Americans across the nation have rallied in opposition to what Jefferson feared, 'the harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression.'"
American Principles in the Age of MAGA Nihilism
Why the Trump administration fears authentic patriotism.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM