WinterSchminter
@winterscminter.bsky.social
Actually, I'm nobody, Retired from career in Canadian electrical utility. Happiest being mom and grandma. Not a Christian Nationalist.
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So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 19, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Note dictator face and eagle motif.
February 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Note dictator face and eagle motif.
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After Democrats regain the House majority, the myriad investigations into Pam Bondi and the Bondi DOJ will be *gargantuan*.
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NEWS: The FBI interviewed an Epstein victim who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was underage not once — but at least FOUR times. But the document that shows those additional interviews appears to have been deleted from the DOJ website. substack.com/home/post/p-...
DOJ Removed Record of Multiple FBI Interviews with Underage Trump Accuser, Epstein Data Shows
The FBI spoke at least four times with a woman who credibly accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor, Epstein files show. That document is no longer accessible on the DOJ website.
substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM
After Democrats regain the House majority, the myriad investigations into Pam Bondi and the Bondi DOJ will be *gargantuan*.
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Can you say cover-up?
February 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Can you say cover-up?
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NEWS: The FBI interviewed an Epstein victim who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was underage not once — but at least FOUR times. But the document that shows those additional interviews appears to have been deleted from the DOJ website. substack.com/home/post/p-...
DOJ Removed Record of Multiple FBI Interviews with Underage Trump Accuser, Epstein Data Shows
The FBI spoke at least four times with a woman who credibly accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor, Epstein files show. That document is no longer accessible on the DOJ website.
substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:28 PM
NEWS: The FBI interviewed an Epstein victim who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was underage not once — but at least FOUR times. But the document that shows those additional interviews appears to have been deleted from the DOJ website. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Listen closely to every word of this
February 19, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Listen closely to every word of this
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Here's How Democrats Can Resist Trump Even as a Minority
Instead of playing possum or the usual politics, former Republican strategist Kurt Bardella recommends Democrats give the spotlight to Epstein's survivors and victims of ICE after Trump's SOTU.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
Instead of playing possum or the usual politics, former Republican strategist Kurt Bardella recommends Democrats give the spotlight to Epstein's survivors and victims of ICE after Trump's SOTU.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
February 19, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Here's How Democrats Can Resist Trump Even as a Minority
Instead of playing possum or the usual politics, former Republican strategist Kurt Bardella recommends Democrats give the spotlight to Epstein's survivors and victims of ICE after Trump's SOTU.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
Instead of playing possum or the usual politics, former Republican strategist Kurt Bardella recommends Democrats give the spotlight to Epstein's survivors and victims of ICE after Trump's SOTU.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
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The Press Secretary confirms: Donald Trump posted the racist video of the Obamas.
Q: The president just said on Truth Social it would be a 'big mistake' for UK to hold over control of Diego Garcia, but the State Dept said the US supports that handover
LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.
LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.
February 19, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The Press Secretary confirms: Donald Trump posted the racist video of the Obamas.
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Thomas Friedman in NYT asserting that Israel is a messianic apartheid state engaged in ethnic cleansing.
February 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Thomas Friedman in NYT asserting that Israel is a messianic apartheid state engaged in ethnic cleansing.
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this is how trade policy gets made now. not through economic/natsec reports or cost-benefit analyses, but through backdoor ballroom "donations" and cable-news pleas www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
Fox's Brian Kilmeade pleads with Trump to drop tariffs on clothing
www.mediamatters.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
this is how trade policy gets made now. not through economic/natsec reports or cost-benefit analyses, but through backdoor ballroom "donations" and cable-news pleas www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Bari Weiss and CBS has done a tremendous job repeatedly never learning what the Streisand Effect is.
Last night when Colbert did this segment, he reported that the Talarico interview had gotten 3.2 million views. It's now at 6.2 million. I think they tape right around now, so that means it got at least as many views on the second day. This is the biggest bed-shitting I've seen in a while.
Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Bari Weiss and CBS has done a tremendous job repeatedly never learning what the Streisand Effect is.
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When you're a star, they let you do it.
Trump: “If these radical left lunatic Democrats would come and say, 'Please help us, please,' We'd stop crimes all over the place…Sometimes we have to force ourselves upon them because they are so bad.”
February 18, 2026 at 9:22 PM
When you're a star, they let you do it.
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What’s needed, required, is a thorough investigation by some responsible body.
I don’t comment on the Epstein files much because I have no idea what’s true, what’s not, separating fact from internet rumor from spurious allegations is all but impossible.
Something like the J6 Committee is needed.
I don’t comment on the Epstein files much because I have no idea what’s true, what’s not, separating fact from internet rumor from spurious allegations is all but impossible.
Something like the J6 Committee is needed.
Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
February 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
What’s needed, required, is a thorough investigation by some responsible body.
I don’t comment on the Epstein files much because I have no idea what’s true, what’s not, separating fact from internet rumor from spurious allegations is all but impossible.
Something like the J6 Committee is needed.
I don’t comment on the Epstein files much because I have no idea what’s true, what’s not, separating fact from internet rumor from spurious allegations is all but impossible.
Something like the J6 Committee is needed.
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“People have a tendency to believe falsehoods over facts, especially if they were dramatic and personal.”
February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“People have a tendency to believe falsehoods over facts, especially if they were dramatic and personal.”
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Here’s a fantastic book on the subject by my brilliant colleague @kkdumez.bsky.social. Also check out the series on Prime -‘Shiny, Happy People’, she appears in the 1st season.
February 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Here’s a fantastic book on the subject by my brilliant colleague @kkdumez.bsky.social. Also check out the series on Prime -‘Shiny, Happy People’, she appears in the 1st season.
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“.. Other reputable sources have produced similar findings, including Harvard Business School; Yale’s Budget Lab; the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German think tank; and the Congressional Budget Office.”
@politico.com 🤡
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
@politico.com 🤡
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
“.. Other reputable sources have produced similar findings, including Harvard Business School; Yale’s Budget Lab; the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German think tank; and the Congressional Budget Office.”
@politico.com 🤡
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
@politico.com 🤡
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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I have never bawled my head off from watching dance before, but this had me sobbing uncontrollably.
This tribute to Renee Good & Alex Pretti dipicting #ICELawlessness is something EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN NEEDS TO SEE!
Bravo to the dancers of Hungryman Productions & choreographer Mathew Steffens!
This tribute to Renee Good & Alex Pretti dipicting #ICELawlessness is something EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN NEEDS TO SEE!
Bravo to the dancers of Hungryman Productions & choreographer Mathew Steffens!
February 18, 2026 at 10:52 AM
I have never bawled my head off from watching dance before, but this had me sobbing uncontrollably.
This tribute to Renee Good & Alex Pretti dipicting #ICELawlessness is something EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN NEEDS TO SEE!
Bravo to the dancers of Hungryman Productions & choreographer Mathew Steffens!
This tribute to Renee Good & Alex Pretti dipicting #ICELawlessness is something EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN NEEDS TO SEE!
Bravo to the dancers of Hungryman Productions & choreographer Mathew Steffens!
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One day Elmo is really gonna crash out on someone in one of these interviews, and it will be warranted 😂
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 PM
One day Elmo is really gonna crash out on someone in one of these interviews, and it will be warranted 😂
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Notable how the richest people are falling over themselves to buy media / social media for the express purpose of making them more bigoted, even if it means the elites losing money.
If the public was interested in bigotry, elites wouldn't need to do that, the market would reward bigotry.
If the public was interested in bigotry, elites wouldn't need to do that, the market would reward bigotry.
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Notable how the richest people are falling over themselves to buy media / social media for the express purpose of making them more bigoted, even if it means the elites losing money.
If the public was interested in bigotry, elites wouldn't need to do that, the market would reward bigotry.
If the public was interested in bigotry, elites wouldn't need to do that, the market would reward bigotry.
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The thing you notice moving between working class and elite circles is the working class is pretty integrated? Not saying they're not bigoted or are woke or whatever, but just if you work at a normal job, your coworkers and thus friends are multiracial. But the elite is way, way whiter.
February 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The thing you notice moving between working class and elite circles is the working class is pretty integrated? Not saying they're not bigoted or are woke or whatever, but just if you work at a normal job, your coworkers and thus friends are multiracial. But the elite is way, way whiter.
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The left is left solely with scolding because the right holds the power to literally kill en masse, which apparently means we are the meanies, not the Gestapo.
I find it frustrating that the left has been characterized as more prone to scolding when the right’s entire culture is built on an openly insidious kind of scolding
February 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The left is left solely with scolding because the right holds the power to literally kill en masse, which apparently means we are the meanies, not the Gestapo.
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To the extent it existed, the nativist era of consolidated European whiteness Trump and his allies pine for — the era of “greatness” they’d like to resurrect — was an anomaly and an outlier in U.S. history. www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
Opinion | The right’s obsession with American "heritage" is all about who get to be seen as "white"
Philip Bump: What Elon Musk was really getting at when he incorrectly claimed “American culture” is of “English-Scotts-Irish origin.”
www.ms.now
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
To the extent it existed, the nativist era of consolidated European whiteness Trump and his allies pine for — the era of “greatness” they’d like to resurrect — was an anomaly and an outlier in U.S. history. www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
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This richest man alive is responsible for the deaths of nearly a million of the poorest people alive. And he's telling us he's just getting started.
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
This richest man alive is responsible for the deaths of nearly a million of the poorest people alive. And he's telling us he's just getting started.