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I can see why you would say so. But, just as Scott is fighting for Ramona, so Stancil is fighting for liberal democracy. Just as Scott's world is built, at some fundamental level, so he cannot have a normal thing, a girlfriend, without a series of hilariously undermotivated fights with weirdos ...

08.02.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d probably be ok but I simply do not want to die because a spotless Childcrusher 5000 GTX pickup truck driven by a moron squashed me on my bicycle, id be so fucking mad

08.02.2026 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two things the Epstein Files show us:

1) Billionaires must be taxed out of existence.

2) Money must be severely regulated in politics.

08.02.2026 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 134    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Who's at the epicenter of the Epstein files?

08.02.2026 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 246    ๐Ÿ” 109    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO โ€œFor 280 days we havenโ€™t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA:

lataco.com/captive-loti...

08.02.2026 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8527    ๐Ÿ” 4830    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 407    ๐Ÿ“Œ 329

crickets from the free speech crowd, of course

08.02.2026 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3212    ๐Ÿ” 836    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Goodโ€™s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Goodโ€™s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

08.02.2026 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.

07.02.2026 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2335    ๐Ÿ” 1092    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

this guy sounds like a real piece of shit

08.02.2026 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2406    ๐Ÿ” 226    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

โ€œThe Epstein classโ€ is a keeper.

07.02.2026 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3603    ๐Ÿ” 711    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
People watch people speak next to a snow sculpture with a blindfold that says โ€œIce Outโ€.

People watch people speak next to a snow sculpture with a blindfold that says โ€œIce Outโ€.

People gather around a snow sculpture that has hands displaying sign language

People gather around a snow sculpture that has hands displaying sign language

People hold candles as speakers speak at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing the presence of ICE

People hold candles as speakers speak at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing the presence of ICE

People set luminaries on snowy ground to spell โ€œICE out 4 Goodโ€ at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing ICE.

People set luminaries on snowy ground to spell โ€œICE out 4 Goodโ€ at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing ICE.

About 200 gathered at an unveiling of a snow sculpture denouncing ICE in Minneapolisโ€™ East Isles neighborhood. The sculpture, originally to be exhibited as Team USAโ€™s entry to a competition in Stillwater, was destroyed because organizers believed it made a political statement, according to MPR.

08.02.2026 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
daviss

@daviss

3h

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More from outside the Whipple federal building this afternoon where ICE vehicles and agitators had expired dicks thrown at them.

The Whipple building is being used as a holding area for those detained by federal agents as well as where the agents work out.

Later on the Minnesota State Patrol made multiple arrests after the Hennepin County Sheriffs Department declared it an unlawful assembly.

Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026

STOP

NO HUNAN PEING IS ILLEGAL

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How do we know when a dick has expired?

daviss @daviss 3h X More from outside the Whipple federal building this afternoon where ICE vehicles and agitators had expired dicks thrown at them. The Whipple building is being used as a holding area for those detained by federal agents as well as where the agents work out. Later on the Minnesota State Patrol made multiple arrests after the Hennepin County Sheriffs Department declared it an unlawful assembly. Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026 STOP NO HUNAN PEING IS ILLEGAL 2 723 76 1.2K ๅฃ โ†‘ Linda Higgins @LindaIHiggins X.com How do we know when a dick has expired?

This is called getting Higgs'd.

08.02.2026 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This regime is putting more time and money into deporting a five year old than protecting the hundreds of children harmed by Epstein & those around him.

Liam Ramos is a target because he represents hope.

The Epstein predators are getting a pass because they have money & power.

07.02.2026 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 321    ๐Ÿ” 124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

LOL no that man did not just quit his job after decimating the paper. Mmmmm.

07.02.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2032    ๐Ÿ” 140    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

He was brought in to gut the post and turn it into right wing slop and now that he has, he's leaving with a mission accomplished.

07.02.2026 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 419    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

07.02.2026 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37389    ๐Ÿ” 10708    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 827    ๐Ÿ“Œ 563
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Pro-Trump Billionaire on Gaza Board of Peace Linked to Jeffrey Epstein in Newly Released DOJ Files
Marc Rowan, a billionaire private equity founder appointed by Donald Trump to help oversee Gaza's reconstruction, had multiple phone and email exchanges with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly released U.S. Justice Department documents. Rowan denies any business relationship with Epstein

U.S. News Pro-Trump Billionaire on Gaza Board of Peace Linked to Jeffrey Epstein in Newly Released DOJ Files Marc Rowan, a billionaire private equity founder appointed by Donald Trump to help oversee Gaza's reconstruction, had multiple phone and email exchanges with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly released U.S. Justice Department documents. Rowan denies any business relationship with Epstein

The rot is deep.

www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

07.02.2026 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 236    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Keep pushing Norm.

08.02.2026 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2112    ๐Ÿ” 422    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

"His farewell email, which was terse, thanked only Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, and did not mention journalists at the newspaper."

once again tapping the sign reminding you all to support billionaire free news.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

08.02.2026 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 502    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

The blame also lies with the clout chaser apologists who tell fact checkers to stop ruining everyoneโ€™s fun or tell people it doesnโ€™t matter if popular posts are actually lies or who cares.

Facts actually matter!! Even when the lies reinforce your belief system!!!!!

bsky.app/profile/kevi...

08.02.2026 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In your daily installment of "everyone is 12," JD Vance has to take a plane full of dino nuggets with him because his palate is too sophisticated for Italy

08.02.2026 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.

โ€œRenee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,โ€ Becca Good said. โ€œYou know my wifeโ€™s name and you know Alexโ€™s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you donโ€™t know โ€” their families are hurting just like mine, even if they donโ€™t look like mine.โ€

07.02.2026 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11566    ๐Ÿ” 3679    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 104

i have complicated feelings about the red scare because a) the second red scare mostly targeted random innocent people and also b) the reason there was no one guilty left to target is that the first red scare mostly swept up all the soviet agents trying to infiltrate america

07.02.2026 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 231    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

"Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable." - @anildash.com

www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...

30.07.2025 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 352    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

Tucker Carlson on the right

07.02.2026 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Boston Globe headline:

ICEโ€™s growing surveillance state

ICE has constructed a digital dragnet that captures and retains massive amounts of data about all of us, citizens and noncitizens alike.

By Edward J. Markey

Screenshot of Boston Globe headline: ICEโ€™s growing surveillance state ICE has constructed a digital dragnet that captures and retains massive amounts of data about all of us, citizens and noncitizens alike. By Edward J. Markey

Big Brother isnโ€™t fiction anymore.

ICE is building a digital dragnetโ€”facial recognition, plate readers, mass dataโ€”tracking all of us.

No oversight. No accountability.

We must stop ICE now. My op-ed in the Boston Globe.

07.02.2026 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 179    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Given the competence Bezos has demonstrated running the Post, I don't know that I'd advise getting on one of his rockets.

07.02.2026 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

This seems not great ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...

07.02.2026 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Thereโ€™s no good strategic reason for how Virginia Democrats drew districts 2 and 3.

3rd District Rep. Bobby Scott or Dem legislators who want to run to succeed the 78-year-old incumbent whenever he retires seemingly wanted to keep it heavily blue for their own self interest at the 2ndโ€™s expense

07.02.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Virginia Dems' congressional map would likely go 10-1 Dem in a Dem wave, but it has one big flaw: VA-02 is just Harris+1 while neighboring VA-03 wastes Dems at Harris+31.

On this hypothetical map, VA-03 would stay plurality-Black while VA-02 would be Harris+7: davesredistricting.org/join/cbfa749...

07.02.2026 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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