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Computer programmer for nearly 50 years...blogger mostly about nukes (I knew three Manhattan Project scientists). Animator (mostly technical animations). Some comedy bits were played on the Dr. Demento Show & Pacifica stations, years ago. Comic-Con 25+yrs.

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I have YT on in the background, a loop of people reacting to bands they're not familiar with.

One guy listening to Green Day: "I didn't know this would be so political..."

My brother in Christ, if you did not want politics in your music, you picked the wrong genre & definitely the wrong band.

17.02.2026 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 415    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Rep. Ro Khanna Just Said :UN human rights experts just concluded the Epstein files may have "crimes against humanity." The DOJ continues a cover-up. Here's what needs to happen now:

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Now tell me why senate republican absolutely would say this .

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U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive. In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.

No survivors of U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats have been rescued. "...the Coast Guard confirmed that it was roughly 45 hours before a flight arrived at the search area. ....a pattern of what appear to be imitation [rescues]... have not saved a single survivor.โ€ theintercept.com/2026/02/17/b...

18.02.2026 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Paging MAGA Senator from Oklahoma, absolute bully and multi-millionaire, Markwayne Mullin, who has supported ICE's terror tactics while promoting his status as a Cherokee citizen.

18.02.2026 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Hartford, CT clergy tell ICE: โ€˜Lay down your armsโ€™ The faith leaders said they had โ€œheard Godโ€™s call.โ€

"We have heard God's call, and so we are here now to shout out with one unified voice: stop the cruelty and the inhumanity,โ€ said Rev. Allie Perry. โ€œLove is the only way."

In Hartford, CT clergy tell ICE: โ€˜Lay down your armsโ€™

www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...

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A 3x5 grid of brightly colored portraits of people killed by ICE. the names:

Genry Ruiz-Guillen 
1995-2025

Serawit Gezahegn Dejene 
1979-2025

Maksym Chernyak
1980-2025

Juan Alexis Tineo Martinez (no portrait)
~1980-2025

Brayan Garzรณn Rayo
1997-2025

Nhรฒn Ngoc Nguyแบฝn
1970-2025

Marie Ange Blaise
1980-2025

Abelardo Avellaneda-Delgado
1957-2025

Jesรบs Molina-Veya
1980-2025

Johnny Noviello
1975-2025

Isidro Pรฉrez
~1950-2025

Tien Xuan Phan
1970-2025

Chaofeng Ge
1992-2025

Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Varga
1993-2025

Oscar Rascรณn Duarte
1966-2025

A 3x5 grid of brightly colored portraits of people killed by ICE. the names: Genry Ruiz-Guillen 1995-2025 Serawit Gezahegn Dejene 1979-2025 Maksym Chernyak 1980-2025 Juan Alexis Tineo Martinez (no portrait) ~1980-2025 Brayan Garzรณn Rayo 1997-2025 Nhรฒn Ngoc Nguyแบฝn 1970-2025 Marie Ange Blaise 1980-2025 Abelardo Avellaneda-Delgado 1957-2025 Jesรบs Molina-Veya 1980-2025 Johnny Noviello 1975-2025 Isidro Pรฉrez ~1950-2025 Tien Xuan Phan 1970-2025 Chaofeng Ge 1992-2025 Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Varga 1993-2025 Oscar Rascรณn Duarte 1966-2025

this is incredible. portraits of everyone killed by ICE in 2025 (first half, the artist is working on the second)

many of them were young enough to be my younger siblings.

all of them stolen from us by white supremacist nazis.

from grafera.zone/archive/blog...

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We won't let ICE and CBP get away with their unlawful brutality in Minnesota.

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BREAKING
The Tr*mp White House is going to defy a federal court order to allow Pope Leoโ€™s top ally Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Catholic clergy to enter the Chicago-area ICE facility for Ash Wednesday Mass.

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Students in South Arlington walked out of class to protest ICE.

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2/18/2026 - TN

A passionate citizen is interrupted by sheriff's deputies as he pleads with County officials not to allow an ICE concentration camp

โ€œI feel much safer with undocumented immigrants than I EVER will with ICE agentsโ€

"An ICE detention center would be a stain on Wilson County!"

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Detroit police chief plans to "terminate" two officers who contacted Border Patrol amid traffic stops Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison says the two incidents happened in the last few months, on Dec. 16, 2025, and Feb. 9, 2026.

Cops in places with policies against coordinating with ICE are pretending to call ICE for "translation services" which of course prompts the feds to drive over & kidnap the non-english-speaking person without being explicitly tipped off that they might be undocumented www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...

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ICE Issued Confident Announcements About Warehouse Purchases in Two States. Neither Was True. As the beleaguered agency rushes to open detention facilities across the country, it can't seem to get its own announcements right.

Much more here on ICE reversing course (and retracting their initial statements) on two proposed Trump prison camps, from the indispensible team at Project Salt Box:

projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/ice-issued...

18.02.2026 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1120    ๐Ÿ” 408    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

And if Trump is apart of that, we can remove him.

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This is what 2005 felt like btw

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Epstein gave elites what they desired most Connections to power and money, and, sometimes, sex
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Nobody should be under illusion that this regime only wants to deport illegal immigrants.

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JUST IN: Les Wexner submitted a written statement to House Oversight ahead of his testimony on Jeffrey Epstein.

In the letter, Wexner says he was โ€œnaiveโ€ and duped by Epstein, calls him a โ€œcon man,โ€ and insists he cut ties nearly two decades ago and had no knowledge of Epsteinโ€™s criminal conduct.

18.02.2026 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2902    ๐Ÿ” 993    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 810    ๐Ÿ“Œ 200
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Hoax my ass๐Ÿค”

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

#TrumpEpsteinFiles

18.02.2026 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2551    ๐Ÿ” 923    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 130    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

The US position, the premise of the White House's statements, is that Ukraine doesn't have agency, Ukrainians are wrong to do a version of "give me liberty or give me death," Ukraine's president doesn't speak for them, and America's goal is make them surrender.

Which is basically Russia's position.

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lowkey believe far more people would be speaking out about trump publicly if we had single payer health care and everyone wasn't scared to death of being fired

18.02.2026 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 415    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

18.02.2026 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14726    ๐Ÿ” 3125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 354    ๐Ÿ“Œ 396
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Holy shit.

A lot of people have suggested this, but I donโ€™t think Lieu would make the allegation unless he had seen some evidence.

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 'Land of Hope and Dreams' U.S. Tour - Rolling Stone

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Proud of Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid for leading the charge to repeal Illinoisโ€™ anti-BDS law.

As the only Palestinian American serving in the Illinois General Assembly, he has shown real courage in taking on attacks to our fundamental freedoms. Weโ€™re in this fight with him.

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NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ˜‚

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