We are off the cliff, folks. πΊπΈ
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Finding Threads more compelling than Bluesky, unfortunately!
We are off the cliff, folks. πΊπΈ
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Tomorrow morning at 9 ET: joking Katie Phang Mary L Trump and me for a Substack Live. joycevance.substack.com/p/join-katie...
18.02.2026 20:01 β π 440 π 98 π¬ 14 π 4The US is dragging Europe back to the days of white supremacism. Our leaders are playing along | Shada Islam
19.02.2026 05:50 β π 230 π 89 π¬ 16 π 8New Mexico is pursuing long-overdue answers by investigating Jeffrey Epsteinβs Zorro Ranch through a new subcommittee that was just created by the New Mexico House.
Iβve got the details, including why the stateβs AGβs Office stopped investigating Epstein back in 2019.
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A short overview of how Peter Thiel and Palantir have been systematically weaponizing your data.
Against you.
Compounding the crimes of annihilation and theft.
19.02.2026 05:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0JUST IN: Les Wexner submitted a written statement to House Oversight ahead of his testimony on Jeffrey Epstein.
In the letter, Wexner says he was βnaiveβ and duped by Epstein, calls him a βcon man,β and insists he cut ties nearly two decades ago and had no knowledge of Epsteinβs criminal conduct.
Bondi clearly lied to Congress which is a crime & is punishable with 5 years in prison, when she said that there is no evidence the Convicted FElon committed crimes in Epstein files.
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Thereβs a lot to investigate and report on from todayβs stunning deposition of Les Wexner. But hereβs something I canβt get over.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. Thatβs outrageous and unforgivable.
Itβs obvious that there are many many questions after Wexnerβs testimony. But did Rep. @robertgarcia.bsky.social forget this? www.ms.now/news/greene-...
18.02.2026 23:15 β π 7608 π 2750 π¬ 138 π 151Thank you, U2, for refusing to look away & carving Renee Goodβs name into the loudspeaker of the world when the regime would rather bury her twice. βAmerican Obituaryβ is a siren: a Minneapolis mom, shot in the head by ICE, smeared as a domestic terrorist while the state calls the bullet law & order
18.02.2026 23:06 β π 258 π 125 π¬ 4 π 6The Fox News chyron reads "Latest Dem hoax" at the same time that Brendan Carr confirms that yes, the FCC would've "enforced the law" and gone after CBS had Colbert aired his interview with Talarico on TV
19.02.2026 02:18 β π 9849 π 3140 π¬ 658 π 224β.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus β¦
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.β
Brendan Carr, head of the FCC, wrote the chapter on it in Project 2025. Itβs hard to know whatβs worse: The administrationβs efforts to intimidate journalists or CBSβs willingness to cave in. Read here to understand the issues: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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May be paywalled
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
As Israelβs President visits Australia, genocide continues in Gaza and serious legal concerns remain unanswered. Weβre calling on the government to uphold Australian and international law: Detain and investigate Isaac Herzog. βοΈ Add your name getup.to/j7VPehkC5qpSa
06.02.2026 02:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And now - The Trump Kennedy Centre
05.02.2026 21:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just heard about this org in a Lock and Code podcast with Cory Doctorow
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
04.02.2026 14:24 β π 19473 π 5634 π¬ 416 π 289Public outcry pushed DOJ to investigate the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota. But can we trust the outcome? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/5S-Wgd
04.02.2026 03:28 β π 1078 π 319 π¬ 91 π 9But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melaniaβs vanity project.
04.02.2026 16:42 β π 14417 π 5076 π¬ 941 π 365If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
04.02.2026 20:15 β π 9431 π 1774 π¬ 871 π 105The newsroom Bezos once poured money into and celebrated as a proud achievement already lost 400 people in the last three years.
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