TsarReed
@tsarreed.bsky.social
Progressive just trying to make the world a better place. Who’s with me? In Vietnam until current Admin killed my project. (Permanent residence in Denver.)
Love sports, exploring countries and cultures, the outdoors. Plus platforms to waste precious time!
Love sports, exploring countries and cultures, the outdoors. Plus platforms to waste precious time!
An entire administration built on covering up crimes. Of all types.
Watergate, but if someone was killed.
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
February 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
An entire administration built on covering up crimes. Of all types.
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Come join us for a day of history at GettysGear/Great Gettysburg Addresses!
February 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Come join us for a day of history at GettysGear/Great Gettysburg Addresses!
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Something is deeply awry with a nation that can give a popular vote majority to a moral degenerate who did not hide his authoritarian plans. But we shouldn’t act as though public opinion hasn’t shifted since the 2024 election.
How Big Is MAGA, Really?
Trump is governing like he has a huge mandate. The numbers disagree.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Something is deeply awry with a nation that can give a popular vote majority to a moral degenerate who did not hide his authoritarian plans. But we shouldn’t act as though public opinion hasn’t shifted since the 2024 election.
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The cruelty is sickening. The lawlessness is terrifying.
New: Trump's administration tonight told a Boston judge that his proposal that it issue a student visa to a Babson College student it deported to Honduras in violation of a court order is "unfeasible" and said ICE declines to facilitate her return. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration won't let student deported to Honduras return
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday called a judge's proposal that the government issue a student visa to a college student it deported to Honduras in violation of a court order "unfeasi...
www.reuters.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The cruelty is sickening. The lawlessness is terrifying.
Huzzah!!!!!🎉 🥳 🙌
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, DOUGHBOYS (1930)
🎤 #BusterKeaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice 🎶 & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/doug...
#PublicDomainDay
🎤 #BusterKeaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice 🎶 & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards.
Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/doug...
#PublicDomainDay
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Huzzah!!!!!🎉 🥳 🙌
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The underfunding of social infrastructure has also led the philanthropic/nonprofit sector in the US to grow to fill in the gaps. And while supporting that sector might seem like a way for privileged people to do good with their money, it gives privileged people huge power over that sector, as well.
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The underfunding of social infrastructure has also led the philanthropic/nonprofit sector in the US to grow to fill in the gaps. And while supporting that sector might seem like a way for privileged people to do good with their money, it gives privileged people huge power over that sector, as well.
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In the US, and because of how we underfund social infrastructure, public institutions are heavily privilege dependent--their reputations and resources hinge on the support they get from affluent (White) people, which hinges on letting those people break rules.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Avoiding Us versus Them: How Schools’ Dependence on Privileged “Helicopter” Parents Influences Enforcement of Rules - Jessica McCrory Calarco, 2020
As privilege-dependent organizations, U.S. public schools have an interest in catering to higher-SES White families. But, what happens when privileged families’...
journals.sagepub.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
In the US, and because of how we underfund social infrastructure, public institutions are heavily privilege dependent--their reputations and resources hinge on the support they get from affluent (White) people, which hinges on letting those people break rules.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Having spent almost two decades studying how US institutions cater to people with privilege, this does not surprise me at all.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
www.politico.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Having spent almost two decades studying how US institutions cater to people with privilege, this does not surprise me at all.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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More about the Swedish Baroness Marika Stjernstedt. From the Swedish Newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" on October 28th, 1915. They say that she was the first civilian woman to visit the French Front. Could it have been like that? @ri315e.bsky.social @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social English translation below.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
More about the Swedish Baroness Marika Stjernstedt. From the Swedish Newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" on October 28th, 1915. They say that she was the first civilian woman to visit the French Front. Could it have been like that? @ri315e.bsky.social @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social English translation below.
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I have written a small article about the Swedish contribution to the rebuild of the French villages on the battlefield after the Great War. Read it through the link below:
www.westernfront.se/2026/02/07/s...
www.westernfront.se/2026/02/07/s...
February 7, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I have written a small article about the Swedish contribution to the rebuild of the French villages on the battlefield after the Great War. Read it through the link below:
www.westernfront.se/2026/02/07/s...
www.westernfront.se/2026/02/07/s...
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International travel rose 4% in 2025 around the world
It fell 4.2% in the United States
Trump take tourism www.jezebel.com/trump-crushe...
It fell 4.2% in the United States
Trump take tourism www.jezebel.com/trump-crushe...
Splinter: Trump Crushed U.S. Tourism
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
www.jezebel.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
International travel rose 4% in 2025 around the world
It fell 4.2% in the United States
Trump take tourism www.jezebel.com/trump-crushe...
It fell 4.2% in the United States
Trump take tourism www.jezebel.com/trump-crushe...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell. The location was at a site where collecting fossils on reservation land without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell. The location was at a site where collecting fossils on reservation land without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
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(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
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Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
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This is overriding a ballot initiative approved by voters.
BREAKING: The Nebraska Legislature has approved a bill lowering Nebraska’s minimum wage from $15 an hour to $13.50 for young workers, and slowing down minimum wage increases for others.
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
This is overriding a ballot initiative approved by voters.
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He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
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The behavior typical of every FIFA Peace Prize winner.
JUST IN: Trump says he won't apologize for a now-deleted racist post depicting the Obamas after backlash from Republicans.
Trump shares racist video depicting the Obamas as monkeys
The White House defended Trump's post, saying it was "from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle."
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The behavior typical of every FIFA Peace Prize winner.
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Obviously Elon Musk doesn't support our 1st amendment rights.
🚨JD Vance was just booed at the Olympics in Italy. X just took our video down.
See the moment below. They are INTERNATIONALLY despised.
Subscribe and share widely. America should not be an embarrassment on the world stage:
See the moment below. They are INTERNATIONALLY despised.
Subscribe and share widely. America should not be an embarrassment on the world stage:
JD Vance BOOED at the Olympics
See the moment: They are despised internationally.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Obviously Elon Musk doesn't support our 1st amendment rights.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Harriet Tubman risked everything to free 70+ enslaved people & never lost a passenger. In the face of authoritarianism, we honor her courage & resistance. Freedom isn’t given—it’s fought for. #BlackHistoryMonth #HarrietTubman #Resistance #Democracy #NeverAgain #FreedomFighter
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Harriet Tubman risked everything to free 70+ enslaved people & never lost a passenger. In the face of authoritarianism, we honor her courage & resistance. Freedom isn’t given—it’s fought for. #BlackHistoryMonth #HarrietTubman #Resistance #Democracy #NeverAgain #FreedomFighter
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I know it’s tired, but surely the faculty at the university of Austin and all signatories of the Harper’s letter will rise up against this vicious assault on freedom of expression— as well as the Atlantic masthead
A BYU alumnus and two faculty members entered the job fair wearing pro-immigrant T-shirts with messages like “I stand with immigrants" and “The kingdom of God has no borders.”
An administrator told them to leave, saying BYU is “politically neutral,” and that if they refused they would be arrested.
An administrator told them to leave, saying BYU is “politically neutral,” and that if they refused they would be arrested.
Utahns take to the streets outside of BYU to protest Border Patrol’s presence at campus job fair
Border Patrol's inclusion at a BYU job fair sparks protests off campus, with some demonstrators saying the immigration crackdown doesn't fit with LDS Church principles.
www.sltrib.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I know it’s tired, but surely the faculty at the university of Austin and all signatories of the Harper’s letter will rise up against this vicious assault on freedom of expression— as well as the Atlantic masthead
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The most "don't threaten me with a good time" of all time
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The most "don't threaten me with a good time" of all time
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Yikes. This is what measles does. It's incredibly infectious. Make sure you're up to date on your vaccinations! Talk to your doctor.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
Oh boy. “The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are investigating potential measles exposure in two UF classes following two confirmed cases in the county.
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
Measles exposure reported in two University of Florida classes, university says
The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are investigating potential measles exposure in two UF classes following two confirmed cases in the county.
www.news4jax.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Yikes. This is what measles does. It's incredibly infectious. Make sure you're up to date on your vaccinations! Talk to your doctor.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
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DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND MATH
There are 330 million ppl in the US
There are 330 million ppl in the US
Dr Oz: "We project that America will lose about 100 million pounds this year, which will make folks a lot healthier."
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND MATH
There are 330 million ppl in the US
There are 330 million ppl in the US
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February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Laser focus on the critical issues for Americans.
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Laser focus on the critical issues for Americans.