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My profile pic. here is me with a statue of my mentor, Dr. Herman B (no period) Wells. He was President and Chancellor of Indiana University.

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Hate sells.

It’s their brand.

21.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

Joanne: Hope you're soon on the mend.

22.02.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They still have NO IDEA what it is.

A vapid meaningless racist red flag.

21.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 240    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@maddow.bsky.social

21.02.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgiaβ€”by Elon Musk The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search.

But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.

newrepublic.com/post/206857/...

20.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6511    πŸ” 3186    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 133
Gov. Pritzker's letter to Donald Trump demanding a refund on tariffs.

Gov. Pritzker's letter to Donald Trump demanding a refund on tariffs.

Cut the check, Donald Trump.

20.02.2026 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7906    πŸ” 1531    πŸ’¬ 171    πŸ“Œ 122

β€œControversial” = things MAGA doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear.

20.02.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters."

Radley Balko: The Democrats' demands to "reform" Trump's immigration thugs aren't reforms at all. They're already the law, the Constitution, and widely accepted police practices. And in a free society, they'd never be negotiable.

17.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 530    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7
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Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: β€œI was trafficked to a lot of types of different men β€” billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”

15.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4360    πŸ” 1930    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 95
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A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep - YouTube Sleepless and united. Usually live between 10:00 and 11:00 ET -- but it depends on when I go to sleep! (Or if I go to sleep). Not every night. But...I'll be ...

Not beaming in tonight to offer β€œSome Thoughts For Those Who Can’t Sleep.”

Fighting off a cold.

But tomorrow?

See you there.
Around 10:30 PM ET.

m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

15.02.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

Hey folks:

Here's last night's episode of "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep" -- on the Bondi.....performance.

www.youtube.com/live/kb_RCeM...

12.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
Gary Kasparov:
As I wrote, if you think a massive US Gulag is being built just for illegal immigrants, along with a federal paramilitary force as large as the Marines, you're a fool. Billions in unaccountable cash from Venezuelan oil, shock troops, and detention camps. This is not a drill.

Gary Kasparov: As I wrote, if you think a massive US Gulag is being built just for illegal immigrants, along with a federal paramilitary force as large as the Marines, you're a fool. Billions in unaccountable cash from Venezuelan oil, shock troops, and detention camps. This is not a drill.

11.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 982    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 18

Asking people to define things is SUCH an easy ask.

How do you define a β€œsanctuary city?”

11.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Republicans only care about the deficit when Democrats are in charge …

America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026. Total national debt has surpassed $38.5 trillion, with annual interest payments.

11.02.2026 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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Building the camps The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.

When 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€” πŸ‘ 5530    πŸ” 2799    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 199

Women:

Remember yourself at 16, 14, 11, 10, and even 9.

Then think about grown men molesting you.

At 10 or so, you’re in the fourth or fifth grade.

When I was in the fourth grade, I was thinking about our school play.

10.02.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 3
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.

09.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 403    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 13
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RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are β€œpoisoning children.”

β€’ A doc sued for prescribing a debunked autism therapy
β€’ A man who says vaccines are β€œpoisoning children”
β€’ A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits

This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research

www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

09.02.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 957    πŸ” 430    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 28
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Way to go, Nanook! πŸ€—πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‰

09.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For those asking:

Did I go to brunch today?

Yes.
Yes, I did.

09.02.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 393    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 1
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Just an extraordinary performance for Democrats tonight in the Louisiana special election β€” winning a Trump +13 seat with a 38-point overperformance.

This is how a wave starts, folks.

08.02.2026 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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February 7, 2026 Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be a...

February 7, 2026

08.02.2026 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1152    πŸ” 424    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 91

Innnnnnteresting.

08.02.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4
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A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep -- February 6 Edition YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

Some of my thoughts about the racist so-called β€œmeme” posted by DJT.

www.youtube.com/live/hC-bAJQ...

07.02.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!

05.02.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first exchange this year

Today, after a long wait, 157 Ukrainians came back, including 7 civilians.

A little girl greets them.

πŸ“Ή:valera.glyhov/TikTok

05.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1502    πŸ” 310    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 20
β€œUnconscionable,” Jon thought as he found an email address online for the lead prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, who was named in the story. Peering through metal-rimmed glasses, Jon opened Gmail on his computer monitor.

β€œMr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,” he wrote. β€œErr on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.”

That was it. In five minutes, Jon said, he finished the note, signed his first and last name, pressed send and hoped his plea would make a difference.

Five hours and one minute later, Jon was watching TV with his wife when an email popped up in his inbox. He noticed it on his phone.

β€œGoogle,” the message read, β€œhas received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.”

β€œUnconscionable,” Jon thought as he found an email address online for the lead prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, who was named in the story. Peering through metal-rimmed glasses, Jon opened Gmail on his computer monitor. β€œMr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,” he wrote. β€œErr on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.” That was it. In five minutes, Jon said, he finished the note, signed his first and last name, pressed send and hoped his plea would make a difference. Five hours and one minute later, Jon was watching TV with his wife when an email popped up in his inbox. He noticed it on his phone. β€œGoogle,” the message read, β€œhas received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.”

A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.

A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.

New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

03.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2759    πŸ” 1304    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 73

"Nearby, a six-year-old wondered if the unicorn she saw marching earlier was ok. "

03.02.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1778    πŸ” 558    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5
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February 2, 2026 It has been a very long time since we took the night off.

February 2, 2026

03.02.2026 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2019    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 5

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