Was bei AfD-Politiker*innen gut und billig ist, kann bei Epstein-Buddies doch nicht falsch sein.
Das menschelnde Portrait statt analytisch-kritischer Analyse als Modus operandi deutscher Leitmedien.
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Was bei AfD-Politiker*innen gut und billig ist, kann bei Epstein-Buddies doch nicht falsch sein.
Das menschelnde Portrait statt analytisch-kritischer Analyse als Modus operandi deutscher Leitmedien.
Mindestens eines davon bis Mitternacht:
- monstrΓΆses menschliches Verhalten keine Sekunde lang als gesellschaftliche Gegebenheit akzeptieren
- wie einen Muskel trainieren, Gewaltbetroffenen zu glauben
- alles fΓΌhlen
- eine Kerze anzΓΌnden
- crispy Tofu
#MindestensEines
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11.02.2026 22:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Film still from the 2020 Epstein documentary βFilthy Rich,β showing his mansion with palm trees in front of it. The subtitle reads: βand I believe he felt that he would never be caught.β
βand I believe he felt that he would never be caught.β βthis central moment in the first part of the 2020 Epstein documentary βFilthy Richβ on Netflix explains so much - about the past & the ongoing present.
11.02.2026 22:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This image is so incredibly powerful. World Press Photo 2026 material.
11.02.2026 20:00 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
11.02.2026 16:48 β π 9041 π 2539 π¬ 200 π 71Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
11.02.2026 15:45 β π 28709 π 10223 π¬ 1072 π 621read that again
11.02.2026 07:11 β π 49 π 16 π¬ 1 π 1This is the kind of plan you would develop if you wanted to intentionally kill thousands through neglect and disease. Which, if you know history, was how large proportions of people in concentration camps died
The malnutrition and disease killed millions.
These buildings do not have the infrastructure to hold this many people. They are not built for this. From plumbing to HVAC to electrical. This is going to be a humanitarian disaster. One must assume it's intentional. They have no plans for sewage, showers, clean water, or even basic food.
10.02.2026 23:24 β π 850 π 159 π¬ 9 π 4AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are buildingβand have builtβa black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
10.02.2026 01:30 β π 38467 π 13749 π¬ 793 π 557Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
10.02.2026 22:54 β π 26992 π 9601 π¬ 56 π 358When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
11.02.2026 02:24 β π 5306 π 2706 π¬ 93 π 189βSince the day my mom and I get detained in Manhattan NY, my life was instanly paused,β Ariana wrote in her letter from detention after our meeting. βAll kids are being damage mentally, they witness how theβve been treated.β
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Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
10.02.2026 18:44 β π 2605 π 1006 π¬ 53 π 43Einfach mal ΓΌber min. 190 Jahre strategische Ungleichbehandlung von Frauen und nicht-weiΓen Menschen (to put it mildly) hinweg geonkelt.
09.02.2026 15:02 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0NICHT DIE SCHUHE!
10.02.2026 20:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0thrust on left-wing democrats (AOC happens to be Puerto-Rican as well). How ironic-and a good example of MAGA ignorance-that Bad Bunny is of course an American citizen. White supremacy needs to stifle Spanish & all the culture & politics it entails. 2/2
10.02.2026 05:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π§΅ Decrying the Super Bowl by supposedly βnot understanding a wordβ amounted to an attack on Latinx superstars more specifically & Hispanic immigrants more generally, Spanish as anti-ICE language & activism, a commentary on the political dependence of places like Puerto Rico, maybe even a 1/2
10.02.2026 05:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βConnect the dots: the history of sugar is the history of capitalism is the history of race is the history of electrical infrastructure is the history of ICE in our streets.β
10.02.2026 05:16 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
09.02.2026 23:56 β π 2827 π 578 π¬ 48 π 83- the shared histories of the Americas through the study of the cultural production emerging out of historical periods without which the U.S. cannot be understood such as the Mexican-American war (a.k.a. la intervenciΓ³n estadounidense de MΓ©xico) and the cold war, among so many others 3/
09.02.2026 14:05 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
A medium-wide shot shows a man smiling while playing an acoustic guitar in the middle of a tall sugarcane field. He wears a wide-brimmed straw hat and a light-colored long-sleeve shirt. The tall, green stalks of sugarcane rise well above his head, creating a dense, natural backdrop under a clear blue sky. The lighting is warm and bright, suggesting a sunny day.
The show opens with a Jibaro (countryside person in Puerto Rico) playing a guitar in a sugarcane field while wearing a pava (traditional hat worn by Puerto Rican farmers).
Sugarcane was a major cash crop that the US exploited as a colonial power (Domino Sugar)
For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism
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09.02.2026 20:30 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The radio called today to talk about this in their evening news show, but once I finally got out of all the meetings, βtwas too late. Dang, sometimes journalist & academic time donβt align!
09.02.2026 20:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The man turned the stadium into a Caribbean sugar plantation. I am DONE. π₯ποΈ #BadBunny #Superbowl
09.02.2026 01:23 β π 101 π 14 π¬ 0 π 1Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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