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For all of Bluesky's culture problems -- and I think we can be honest and note that it does have them -- I really do find it intensely distressing how many people have chosen to actively remain on X, a website basically explicitly designed to drag everyone who uses it to the right

23.02.2026 01:30 — 👍 1145    🔁 148    💬 8    📌 14
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

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

22.02.2026 12:13 — 👍 23711    🔁 8375    💬 621    📌 438

Patel grifting that trip to the Olympics had to be painful for Noem to watch. She was probably looking for a way to get there and justify it, but the DHS shutdown combined with the timing of Mile High Club jet story made the optics too much even for the Trump admin in her case.

22.02.2026 23:38 — 👍 2471    🔁 412    💬 74    📌 9

How long before what looked like a "shotgun and a fuel can" turns out to be a leaf blower.

22.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago Company behind ChatGPT last year flagged Jesse Van Rootselaar’s account for ‘furtherance of violent activities’ ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has said it considered alerting Canadian police last year about the activities of a person who months later committed one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history. OpenAI said last June the company identified the account of Jesse Van Rootselaar via abuse detection efforts for “furtherance of violent activities”. Continue reading...

OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago

21.02.2026 03:36 — 👍 123    🔁 47    💬 16    📌 15

There are currently three empty seats but they will likely go back to the liberals in the spring.

18.02.2026 16:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

Don't post links to the nazi platform.

18.02.2026 15:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

BREAKING: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, per POLITICO.

Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions.

16.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 354    🔁 76    💬 17    📌 27

Are ES&S voting machines the federally required voting machines yet?

15.02.2026 03:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

15.02.2026 01:10 — 👍 14009    🔁 4660    💬 274    📌 114

have the people describing vegas as glamorous been there

15.02.2026 03:00 — 👍 271    🔁 8    💬 19    📌 0

Usually when you ask it was in 1997.

15.02.2026 03:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Goldman Sachs’ Top Lawyer Resigns After Epstein Files Reveal Emails To ‘Uncle Jeffrey’ The latest Epstein files dump included multiple email conversations spanning several years in which Kathryn Ruemmler referred to Epstein as “Uncle Jeffrey.”

The latest Epstein files dump included multiple email conversations spanning several years in which Kathryn Ruemmler referred to Epstein as “Uncle Jeffrey.”

13.02.2026 08:30 — 👍 3206    🔁 1168    💬 251    📌 112

Amazing how they can capture a whole ass oil tanker but never one of those little boats to bring back some evidence and maybe charge someone with a crime.

14.02.2026 05:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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US military kills 3 in latest attack on boat in the Caribbean At least 130 people have been killed in US attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since September.

At least 130 people have been killed in US attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since September.

14.02.2026 02:00 — 👍 135    🔁 100    💬 17    📌 14

He realized that Gavin Newsom is going to beat him in the 2028 Republican Primary.

14.02.2026 05:02 — 👍 300    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0

I mean, you answered your own question.

14.02.2026 05:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still remains extremely suspicious that they lowered the flag right over Donald so he could take that bloody fist raise photo right after being “shot” instead of racing him out of there. Why?

14.02.2026 01:04 — 👍 1617    🔁 241    💬 166    📌 21
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13.02.2026 12:25 — 👍 22433    🔁 9479    💬 942    📌 562
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“The second day they gave them tacos.”

Candace Owens says the TP USA/Kid Rock halftime show (that drew far fewer eyeballs than Bad Bunny) was pre-taped with an audience paid to cheer — and, incredibly, they fed them… tacos.

13.02.2026 23:15 — 👍 1443    🔁 502    💬 110    📌 60

Is that his real nose.

14.02.2026 05:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is what Kristi Noem said when this incident happened: “What we saw last night in Minneapolis was an attempted murder of federal law enforcement.”

13.02.2026 19:35 — 👍 3930    🔁 1476    💬 240    📌 63
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Bondi just told the world that as long as you’re super wealthy and help prop up the stock market, you can get away with literally anything in the United States and she will not prosecute you‼️

14.02.2026 05:02 — 👍 31    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0

He deranged rant about the DOW didn't come out of nowhere, she knows the market would tank if she took down all the CEOs in those files.

14.02.2026 05:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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interesting thing going on on truth social right now is the amount of people disagreeing with trump on pam bondis hearing, they’re so pissed off by her performance lol

14.02.2026 04:36 — 👍 2238    🔁 229    💬 117    📌 24

Miller already has a place picked out in Argentina, just like his ancestors.

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14.02.2026 00:59 — 👍 12525    🔁 5307    💬 393    📌 247

Well the grand jury evidence was under seal by Trump's DOJ and up held by Trump's judges, but Biden probably also didn't want to sink him until after the election because he figured he'd be the easiest republican to beat.

14.02.2026 04:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The community note is the icing on the cake.

13.02.2026 13:25 — 👍 11692    🔁 2557    💬 523    📌 115

remember when centrists would call you an insane person if you said jeff bezos ownership is going to run the washington post into the ground

13.02.2026 16:29 — 👍 3234    🔁 390    💬 27    📌 7

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