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House Republicans are on an Epstein vacation

Which...I'm assuming this means Link can't get on blacksky, thus proving this is a centralized network where in fact it does matter how the main PDS is operating?

(Please let me know if I'm wrong on that btw! I'm just wondering if this is one of those "you proved yourself wrong" situations)

So, it’s clear this shit is no better than X.

Trump Official Gave Free Tickets to GOP Group to Heckle Black Artist Kennedy Center interim president Richard Grenell made sure to invite a group of MAGA Republicans to musician Yasmin Williams’s performance after the two had an argument.

“This was the culmination of months of antagonism from Grenell. In April, Williams emailed the interim president asking him if Trump’s overhaul of the center would lead to any logistical changes. She described what he sent back as “absolutely insane.””

Social proof isn't merely real, it's one of the most persuasive tools that exists to shape "common sense" & with it action. People do (& say) the things people like them do (& say).
Essential reading:

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Spain approves ‘total’ arms embargo in Israel * * *

"The Spanish government approves a “total” arms embargo on Israel, part of a package of measures aimed at halting what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called “the genocide in Gaza.”"

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Again, this is a broad coalition of people across the ideological spectrum whose top concern is making sure everyone rues and laments the “Woke Times” forever. It’s very much akin to the myths around “Negro misrule” in Reconstruction, which justified Jim Crow.

gives lie to the whole “but no one knew they were like that back then” (also would be nice to see someone bring her book back out)

U.S. President Donald Trump receives mostly negative ratings in a new Pew Research Center survey of 24 nations. More than half in 19 of these countries say they lack confidence in Trump’s leadership of world affairs.

Where confidence in Trump exceeds lack of confidence:
Hungary, India, Israel, Nigeria, Kenya

Where lack of confidence is greater:
Canada, UK, Greece, Poland, Italy, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, Australia, Turkey, South Africa, Mexico

1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning.

Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.

A statement from Kamala D. Harris: Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city. Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump Administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division. This Administration’s actions are not about public safety —they’re about stoking fear. Fear of a community demanding dignity and due process. Protest is a powerful tool — essential in the fight for justice. And as the LAPD, Mayor, and Governor have noted, demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful. I continue to support the millions of Americans who are standing up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms.

My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.

This is how a river dies… No one on Earth could contain an oil spill in the Amazon where Lula wants to drill!

Please sign petition to Lula to not drill in the Amazon: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

10 car train. (that's the max length that the stations were all built to accommodate). Picture is a little blurry, but it says 10 car train. Nice pic! Thx 🙏

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies.

In Denmark:

- Health care and college are free.  

- The starting wage is $22/hr.

- Paid parental leave is 1 year.

- Paid vacation is 6 weeks.  

- All workers get pensions.

The U.S. government claims on Reyes Mota’s I-213 form, a document the Department of Homeland Security uses to support that someone is deportable, that he “may be a Tren de Aragua associate.” But in those same documents, the government says he has no criminal records or immigration history in the United States. The government also uses someone else’s last name in several parts of the document, identifies him with female pronouns, and uses two different unique identification numbers that immigration authorities use to keep track of individuals, raising questions about the reliability of Trump officials’ accusations against him.

This is all it takes for the government now to make someone disappear

from the r/fednews subreddit, reactions to how they should reply to phony stark’s email to federal workers telling them to detail what they did last week If you end up replying don't give them an opportunity to evaluate your performance based on the reply: This week I accomplished: • 100% of the tasks and duties required of me by my position description • 100% of the work product that my manager and I have agreed to • 100% of the duties and performance elements that are used to evaluate my performance • 100% of the deliverables requested of me by my direct supervisor. • I exceeded expectations in the delivery of the above Details available upon a formal request from my direct supervisor. this is good enough to confuse the Al they're going to use to analyze 2.4 million emails. A human might understand it's a troll, a computer will just say this person did well.

yes. love it. do this.

By the way, people should understand that the admin doesn't have to shoot or gas people to kill them. If you pile people in military-run camps in Gitmo and the Panamanian jungle without adequate food or healthcare and just wait, people will die

‘BORDER CZAR’ DOUBLES DOWN ON ASKING IF DOJ SHOULD PROSECUTE AOCFOR INFORMING IMMIGRANTS OF THEIR RIGHTS "I'm asking the Department of Justice, who are the prosecutors and decide who they prosecute and what the standards of that prosecution is," Tom Homan said after suggesting "AOC’s gonna be in trouble now" By PETER WADE FEBRUARY 16,2025

Someone show Homan my viral piece educating my fellow immigrants of their rights against ICE: www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

Let him try to prosecute me, a literal human rights lawyer, for upholding due process of law & rights afforded to *ALL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY* under our US Constitution.

We need to normalize naming these people.

You have a responsibility to name this person. Like, for a @nytimes.com reporter to be that incompetent is a danger to the nation, considering how important the Times still is. It's like a surgeon who doesn't know you need to wash hands between taking a poop and doing surgery.

I’d almost say they’re half right, thanks to John Wilkes Booth.

The Union/US didn’t want Jim Crow, but Booth’s bullet effectively ended the Union plan for Reconstruction so abruptly & so early, that it was entirely usurped by Confederate policy makers.

The CSA (insurgency) “did” Jim Crow.

Another extraordinary exchange just now about "animus" in the court hearing on trasngender members of the military:

A screenshot of a text excerpt from a court proceeding, showing a conversation between Judge Reyes and Jason C. Lynch about an executive order that defines “sex” strictly as male or female. Judge Reyes challenges this definition, noting that there are roughly 30 different intersex variations and citing examples such as XXX chromosomes, androgen insensitivity, and five-alpha reductase deficiency. Judge Reyes emphasizes that not everyone fits neatly into an XX or XY pattern, concluding that the executive order’s premise—that there are only two sexes—is biologically incorrect.

Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in Brazil Former president is charged by attorney general following police report that accused him of organising a conspiracy to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking power.

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

This is beyond absurd.

Where is the national outrage?
Imagine the outrage if the roles were reversed?
Why isn't Brafman being charged with a hate crime?
Does his incompetence excuse his anti-Arab racism?

I simply cannot express how reckless this is. We must demand justice & accountability.

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