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people of patterns. A citizen for statecraft.

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ICE’s only tools are violence and intimidation. They will attack you, and they will threaten you with legal consequences, but when it comes to actually imposing those consequences they’re actually on a pathetic nationwide losing streak.

21.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

I would just like to point out that 46 year old Adam Andretti finished 12th in his NASCAR Truck debut, and Marco Andretti’s best Truck Series finish was 18th in 8 starts (plus a DNQ).

21.02.2026 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Costco believes in business.

21.02.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today was the first time Sara has heard Fishman play the vacuum cleaner.

21.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
Oscar Piastri driving the 2026 McLaren MCL40 during Bahrain F1 pre-season testing. McLaren completed the most laps over the course of the six days.

Oscar Piastri driving the 2026 McLaren MCL40 during Bahrain F1 pre-season testing. McLaren completed the most laps over the course of the six days.

Total lap count after six days of Bahrain #F1 testing:

McLaren - 817
Haas - 794
Williams - 790
Ferrari - 745
Racing Bulls - 734
Mercedes - 714
Audi - 711
Alpine - 677
Red Bull - 672
Cadillac - 586
Aston Martin - 334

20.02.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You pay more for clothes and food while Trump’s tech buddies keep their profits.

21.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🀷🏼

21.02.2026 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7272    πŸ” 1931    πŸ’¬ 861    πŸ“Œ 207

what do you mean they didn't realize this before

21.02.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2764    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 10
Dead Skull

Dead Skull

90s dead shirt gifted to me

21.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scott hates women

21.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

INDEPENDENT Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

21.02.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4669    πŸ” 798    πŸ’¬ 162    πŸ“Œ 73

anyone else feel like banksy abandoned us when we needed him the most

21.02.2026 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Mural of boy climbing broken ladder to a street sign that says Hope Street

Mural of boy climbing broken ladder to a street sign that says Hope Street

Glasgow street art ❀️🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

21.02.2026 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Story of Capital book

The Story of Capital book

James Folta, Lit Hub, Most Anticipated Books of 2026:

"Harvey’s ability to entangle the dense work and make it legible is unparalleled, and I’m looking forward to this new book about Marx’s influential economic text, and what Harvey has to teach about its lessons."

21.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that they want to increase military spending by 500bln but stopped aid to Ukraine and whinge about why Biden sent about 130bln over a few years illustrates how deeply pro-russian the Trump administration is. And hypocritical.

21.02.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ‘€The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

21.02.2026 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 19942    πŸ” 7327    πŸ’¬ 439    πŸ“Œ 368
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.

Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own handsβ€”and tearing them down.

20.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4665    πŸ” 1621    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 225
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Prediction markets want to eat the news The fix is in.

A cynic might suggest that the move to embed betting markets in newsrooms is mere marketing: an attempt to signal that these are somehow different from, and superior to, casinos. www.theverge.com/business/881...

20.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve?

If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days?

If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built?

It's a tax. That's all it is.

20.02.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8769    πŸ” 2579    πŸ’¬ 532    πŸ“Œ 136
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Love a good mail day.

20.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Campaigning to raise the legal limit to .10 because I'm a decimalpilled metricmaxxer

20.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bars for drunk driving lol

20.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Good idea

21.02.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm into working class realism but I'm also a liberal arts snob

21.02.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ohio bbq rocks

21.02.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Q: Why couldn't you just work with Congress to come up with a plan?

TRUMP: I don't have to. I have the right to do tariffs and I've always had the right to do tariffs. It's all been approved by Congress, so there's no reason.

20.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1274    πŸ” 352    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 108

Tulsi Gabbard going to show up as the FBI raids John Roberts office?

20.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2042    πŸ” 378    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 15
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Q: You've mentioned multiple times foreign influence over the Supreme Court. Do you have evidence of that?

TRUMP: You're gonna find out

20.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1658    πŸ” 426    πŸ’¬ 471    πŸ“Œ 240
A black dog looks through a fence.

A black dog looks through a fence.

When you have knocked your ball through the fence and your servant is too slow going round to retrieve it for you.

20.02.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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