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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

In “Bad Company,” @greenwell.bsky.social brings people who are harmed by private equity squarely into focus through real stories of people whose local newspapers got gutted, whose nursing homes changed overnight, or whose jobs suddenly disappeared after a buyout.

“I would take a bullet for you” is thrown around a lot but reflecting on the past few months and to just talk about one place, it’s nice to see how much evidence there is that Minnesota is full of those people, and that they’re not talking about family, they’re talking about strangers

A powerful decentralized campaign forced Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms ⋆ The Breach A major bank sells its shares in Elbit Systems, in one of Canada’s biggest BDS victories to date

Canadian BDS activists just won a historic victory: Scotiabank, once the largest foreign shareholder in Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer, has dropped all its shares in Elbit Systems.

@desaima.bsky.social and Harrison Samphir report on the years-long pressure campaign that led to divestment.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth

In a blatant violation of NY state and NYC law, NYU Langone has shut down its youth gender clinic and caused a potential forced detransition to its patients. Where is the NY AG and Mayor Mamdani?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...

Millions of eligible voters could lose access to registration under proposed voter suppression bills requiring in-person proof of citizenship. Voting should be accessible and fair — not buried under unnecessary barriers. Tell your Senators to reject these harmful proposals.

YouTube video by IAM Union Union Strong: IAM Local 4538 Members Win Jobs Back at BCPL

A dozen Baltimore County librarians got fired for organizing their union and then won their jobs back with their union. youtu.be/eAMK9ugqqhc

pretty stunning chart

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

Hamat'sa Raven (ca 2012) Beau Dick Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Hamat'sa Raven (ca 2012)
Beau Dick
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

The Pentagon just failed its 8th consecutive audit and still got approved for a $1 TRILLION budget without blinking so I'm gonna need every corrupt hypocritical politician complaining about made up food stamp fraud and forcing drug tests and work requirements on poor people to shut up forever. Thx.

Hubble unscrambles the Egg Nebula An amazing image of a dying star fried my brain

A dying star beams a searchlight into space, illuminating its past.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/hubble-uns...

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Next winter/spring rotavirus season for all of the infants that don’t get vaccinated is going to be an eye opener for a generation of pediatricians that have rarely seen severe dehydration in infants because of this vaccine. EDs and wards will be slammed.

If you want to see some rousing volcanic activity, just check out the current live feed from Kīlauea. 🧪

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

How 2 University Freshman Are Tracking ICE Enforcement Actions Across the Country With ICE Map, Rice University students Jack Vu and Abby Manuel hope to help communities understand where immigration enforcement activity is happening and how it unfolds in real time.

Two Rice University undergrads (freshmen!) built a digital mapping tool to track ICE activity. Students are OK.

www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

The denaturalization project, no matter how it is cloaked in law, is inherently a politically targeted abuse of power until they go after the single most prominent case of naturalization fraud in the country: Elon Musk obtaining his citizenship by lying about his prior immigration status violations.

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God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again

Kelley Robinson, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and more leaders carry the Pride flag into Stonewall National Monument. A headline from the Advocate reads, “Hundreds fill the streets near Stonewall as NYC community members reraised Pride flag Trump ordered removed.” The HRC logo appears.

THEY CAN’T ERASE US, OUR HISTORY, OR OUR STORIES.

These colors DON’T RUN, and neither do we.

More power to you!

I've done a whirlwind speaking circuit these past few days (University of Alabama, Washington & Lee, & UVA)

It continues to be remarkable how many students are taught that originalism is legit or even necessary for legal interpretation...and remains a pleasure to disabuse them of that notion hehehe

magnus robot fighter ... invades the domain of the mastermind whose beasts of steel terrorize north am

the hero we need

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

‘Don’t Forget About Us’: The Gut-Wrenching Letters from Kids in a Texas ICE Detention Center ProPublica published a devastating collection of letters and drawings from eight kids inside the Dilley Processing Immigration Center, which one politician has called a “monstrous machine."

ProPublica published a devastating collection of letters and drawings from eight kids inside the Dilley Processing Immigration Center, which one politician has called a “monstrous machine."
www.jezebel.com/dont-forget-...

We’re going to hell in a hand cart, not a bobsled

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."