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Liberal wonky technologist who likes bad dad jokes. Favorite quote: "Beer is proof that G-d loves us and wants us to be happy" -- Benjamin Franklin Favorite political quote from a movie: "We're all in it together" -- Harry Tuttle in Brazil

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If we have free and fair midterm elections, Democrats will likely regain majorities in both the House and Senate.

Hereโ€™s a sampling of what would happen then:

- Impeachments:

Of Trump and some in his cabinet, especially Bondi, Patel, Vought and Noem. Pick any multitude of their crimes.

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15.02.2026 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1581    ๐Ÿ” 424    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 130    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. Itโ€™s always a matter of will not resources.

15.02.2026 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33447    ๐Ÿ” 11477    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 565    ๐Ÿ“Œ 510
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1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course โ€œraceโ€ - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word โ€œcultureโ€ as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.

15.02.2026 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2547    ๐Ÿ” 510    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 316    ๐Ÿ“Œ 484
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Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

15.02.2026 06:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2882    ๐Ÿ” 1389    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64
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ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY ๐Ÿ’ฏ%.......

14.02.2026 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2988    ๐Ÿ” 938    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 155    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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Host: So when Donald Trump walked in, there were women in there who weren't fully clothed.

Hughes: Correct. Women were not fully clothed when Donald Trump came in.

Host: And some of those women were, what, as young as 15?

Hughes: Yeah, as 15 years old.

14.02.2026 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5323    ๐Ÿ” 2057    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 397    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150
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RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

12.02.2026 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3434    ๐Ÿ” 1291    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1193    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2696
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๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ

14.02.2026 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3975    ๐Ÿ” 2220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 133

no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.

14.02.2026 03:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5228    ๐Ÿ” 1883    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55
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With Congress gone, much of DHS is set to run out of' money after midnight Democrats nave refused to fund the department without new restrictions on federal imm gration agents, including requiring them to wear body cameras and tighter rules on warrants.
Today at 14:24 MT

Politics With Congress gone, much of DHS is set to run out of' money after midnight Democrats nave refused to fund the department without new restrictions on federal imm gration agents, including requiring them to wear body cameras and tighter rules on warrants. Today at 14:24 MT

Note the framing here:

Itโ€™s โ€œDemocrats have refused to fundโ€ DHS and not โ€œRepublicans refused to prohibit face masksโ€ or โ€œthe two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.โ€

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

14.02.2026 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3559    ๐Ÿ” 818    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 115
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Supreme Court of Virginia Clears Path for April 21 Redistricting Referendum - Elias Law WASHINGTON, D.C.ย โ€“ย The Supreme Court of Virginia today confirmed that Virginia's redistricting referendum willย proceedย as scheduled on

NEWS: The Supreme Court of Virginia today confirmed that Virginiaโ€™s redistricting referendum will proceed as scheduled on April 21.

Elias Law Group is proud to represent Don Scott, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in this critical case.
elias.law/press-releas...

13.02.2026 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 275    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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โ€œ.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..โ€

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

13.02.2026 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4474    ๐Ÿ” 2309    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 399    ๐Ÿ“Œ 352
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Whoa! Didnโ€™t expect to wake up to this news.

โ€œA year into Trumpโ€™s term, voters say Biden was better.โ€

Trumpโ€™s net approval on the economy is now -18. Thatโ€™s 26 points worse than this point in his first term and a brutal 53 points lower among independents.
1/2

13.02.2026 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3311    ๐Ÿ” 1138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 210    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Hegseth from Punishing Kelly for Video

Judge Leon has written a superb and blistering opinion about Pete Hegsethโ€™s embarrassing attempts to censor Senator Kellyโ€™s political speech. Congratulations to patriot Mark Kelly on this victory and to America on the resurgence of freedom fighting everywhere.

13.02.2026 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1642    ๐Ÿ” 356    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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HAYES: โ€œThe target turned out to be 4 party balloonsโ€ฆ No Mexican cartel drones. Just Border Patrol agents with a borrowed experimental space laser shooting at (party balloons).โ€๐ŸŽช

The Trump regime, folks ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผ- Bondi, Duffy etc all lied about why El Paso airport shut down.๐ŸŽˆ

13.02.2026 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2388    ๐Ÿ” 978    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 119    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.โ€
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"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.โ€ 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

13.02.2026 05:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12438    ๐Ÿ” 6191    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 441    ๐Ÿ“Œ 781

Listen folks, Pam Bondi was Attorney General of Florida from 2011 to 2019 so she's been covering up Epstein's crimes for a loooooong-ass time

12.02.2026 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8158    ๐Ÿ” 2382    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 281    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90
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NEW: โ€œCBS Evening Newsโ€ producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are โ€œevaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.โ€

12.02.2026 03:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11786    ๐Ÿ” 4170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 271    ๐Ÿ“Œ 257
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Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens โ€” NBC News About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.

More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were โ€œsortedโ€ at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...

12.02.2026 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7596    ๐Ÿ” 3962    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 239    ๐Ÿ“Œ 606

i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.

10.02.2026 03:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9325    ๐Ÿ” 2866    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 343    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files Ranking member of House judiciary panel said โ€˜mysterious redactionsโ€™ in files obscured names of abusers

Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

10.02.2026 07:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 734    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Some of the richest people on the planet are using populism in order to enrich themselves beyond all imagination.

Immigration is the hook to get the masses on board, but what these elites really want are government policies which will benefit only the ultra-rich.

08.02.2026 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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> @theatlantic.com

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

08.02.2026 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2001    ๐Ÿ” 876    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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โ€œThe reason Trump didnโ€™t apologize for the Obama post is because he is a small, petty, fragile man who cannot take responsibility for his own actions. And the second reason, frankly, is because he is a racist.โ€

07.02.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4797    ๐Ÿ” 1204    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 233    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
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No lies detected from @ossoff.senate.gov here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

07.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8482    ๐Ÿ” 2391    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 86
nikodim0s on Instagram: "Stumbled across this beautiful song by @jessiemazin the other day, thought iโ€™d have a go at producing it. This to me is protest musโ€ฆ" Stumbled across this beautiful song by @jessiemazin the other day, thought iโ€™d have a go at producing it. This to me is protest music at its finest so it was an honour to give it some extra instrumentation. EAT THE RICH, TAX EM OUT THE WAZOOOO!!!View all 1,578 comments

Sadly sung: "Cause the trillionaires own the billionaires who own the millionaires who owe the trillionaires who own... every-thing"
www.instagram.com/reel/DR1PbaC...

07.02.2026 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

oh dear.

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

07.02.2026 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4831    ๐Ÿ” 1719    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 253    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96
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Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

Billionaires are not your friends.

They never will be.

Never ever.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

07.02.2026 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1785    ๐Ÿ” 638    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

05.02.2026 03:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29055    ๐Ÿ” 6962    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 771    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1227
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Virginia Democrats release proposed map aimed at picking up 4 congressional seats Virginiaโ€™s congressional delegation could look a lot more blue.

๐ŸšจBREAKING: Virginia Democrats just dropped a new congressional map โ€” and it could flip FOUR more House seats blue in 2026.

If courts greenlight it, Virginia voters will decide whether the new map takes effect.

06.02.2026 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1558    ๐Ÿ” 474    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

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