Happy Valentine

Reducing human value to what we can be trained to do is straight up technofascism. Every fascism has its suhumans. To technofascists, humans are the subhumans.

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.

The SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. bit.ly/4rA2p4R

Charges against Former Prince Andrew must be dropped if it’s determined that raping teenagers was an official act.

by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett)

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk newrepublic.com/post/206857/... via @newrepublic.com

Pritzker demands a $1,700 refund per family for the people of Illinois after Trump's tariffs were ruled unconstitutional.

Dems, pay attention. This is your midterms message.

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's emergency tariff power on a 6-3 vote. The opinion, at least on first read, looks to be *very bad* for the president.

The White House Plan B was to try and invoke other authority to do the same tariffs, but the Court's language seems to say that won't fly.

Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes."

“Christians across the country..should ask hard questions about the work of ICE and its harmful impact on Christian communities who worship the same Lord..Christians should reject double standards when we identify threats to Christian worship and community in this country.”

Read this today:

Arresting Andrew The King of England’s brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was taken into custody today by British police.

“The cult of Trump may have temporarily derailed the rule of law in the U.S., at least for its leader, but it can still be restored; indeed, the public is clamoring for that when it comes to the Epstein Files.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

U2 - One Life At A Time (Lyric Video)

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Former Prince Andrew’s arrest, Yoon Suk Yeol’s sentence and the power of accountability In many democracies, criminal suspects are often held accountable — even if they’re politically powerful, even if they’ve served at the highest levels.

In rapid succession:
- former British royal arrested
- former Korean president sentenced
- former Norwegian PM charged
- former French and Brazilian presidents imprisoned

And then there’s Trump and the Republican-appointed justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.

U2 - One Life At A Time (Lyric Video)

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YouTube video by U2 U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video)

U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video) youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...

February 17, 2026 Trump’s White House website welcomes visitors with a pop-up that reads: “WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE!” But on this heavy news day a year into Trump’s second term, it is increasingly clear that as his re...

“At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, Sec of State Marco Rubio’s endorsement of white Christian nationalism does not appear to have swayed European countries to abandon their defense of democracy and join the U.S.’s slide toward authoritarianism.”

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‘Residential protesting’ could be a crime in Minnesota under new GOP proposal A bill that’s backed by a coalition of GOP lawmakers set to be proposed at the start of the upcoming session would make “residential protesting" punishable under Minnesota law.

The GOP is once again showing its disdain for the Constitution.

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MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: Pres. Obama: "We're going to get through this"

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: On Presidents' Day Obama used words Trump doesn't understand like ‘decency' and 'kindness' youtu.be/NArPLZtp6W0?...

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

“False herring” is stupid, but the most dishonest & manipulative word here is “now.” As if this is some novelty. But warrants for entering homes, like cops who show their faces & badges, is how we’ve done things for 250 years. The radical novelty is suggesting we STOP doing these things.

The average everyday Jane or Joe in 2026 is struggling to pay bills and put food on the table.

But the Dow is over 50K.🙄

The average Jane or Joe do not own stocks.

Stop voting for out of touch candidates.

*sip*☕️

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

Tulsi Gabbard Is Every Bit the Grifter We Thought She Was Turns out that staffing your administration with cranks isn’t the brightest idea.

Tulsi Gabbard Is Every Bit the Grifter We Thought She Was

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Postcard — a color photograph of Midtown looking down on Madison Square Garden. The Chrysler Building is straight past MSG and the Empire State Building on the right.

NYC circa 1970

February 13, 2026 At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...

“ICE are planning to spend $38.3 billion to buy warehouses across the country to become processing centers that can hold 1,000 to 1,500 detainees at a time before funneling them into 8 megacenters that can hold 10,000 detainees each.”

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... by @hcrichardson.bsky.social

NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.

The government keeps doing it nonetheless.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

🚨 Dept of Homeland Security is sending tech companies administrative subpoenas for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ICE agents

Google, Meta & Reddit complied

🎁 @nytimes.com

YouTube video by Slaxl Guns N Roses: Don't Cry Live | The Ritz 1987

I’ve never seen a quality live video clip of this song with Adler on drums, before now.

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Absolutely perfect that this racist asshole goes nuts on people who notice his racism

The files were largely still making their way through the court system when Biden was in office. It’s not clear to me that he *could* have released them.

I think he certainly would have if he could, if for no other reason than Trump is mentioned about a million times.