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Peter Thiel the anti-christ and #EpsteinFiles

You and all your coven people steal the sun at night! DON'T YOU?
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#GalSquad

Trump also fired 1300 people that process passports, so there will be a bottleneck. All voter suppression efforts. It looks like the SAFE Act will pass as Susan Collins is flipping her vote to yet. Get prepared NOW. Do not procrastinate, get your paperwork in order ASAP, so you can vote.

If one of the provisions in the "Save Act" voter suppression bill is required for some to get a passport, how does this help?

The Antidemocratic Zealots Presiding Over Trump’s Makeover of US History The administration’s sketchily funded Freedom 250 project, which will oversee the celebration of America’s semiquincentennial, is a pageant of right-wing extremism.

The Antidemocratic Zealots Presiding Over Trump’s Makeover of US History

The admin’s sketchily funded Freedom 250 project, which will oversee the celebration of America’s semiquincentennial, is a pageant of right-wing extremism.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Bypass: archive.is/202602131911...

Well, damn. I still think they eat a lot of it. 😅

Woah! Fun fact! Thanks!

That's chilling.

It's in the Cava bag, Tom Homan has it lmao 🤣

State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.

The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on and that has run smoothly for years.

apnews.com/article/pass...

Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.

Trump Admin Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night 😂

Maybe Mark Kelly & other dissident members of Congress are hiding the sun in a big bag.

@petridishes.bsky.social writes hilariously brilliant humor pieces 👏

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#epsteinfiles

What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aversion to democracy.

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What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein

In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aversion to democracy.
@davidfutrelle.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Trump Nominates Insurrectionist & Apostle of Ethnic Cleansing for The State Department you mean @nytimes.com

Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

The FAA, citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new tech being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

Bypass: archive.is/202602141024...

Judges have rebuked Trump’s mass detention of immigrants thousands of times A new Reuters investigation found hundreds of judges intervening in the prolonged detention of immigrants without criminal records.

A new Reuters investigation found hundreds of judges intervening in the prolonged detention of immigrants without criminal records. And they're not just Democratic appointees.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Dept

Jeremy Carl, Trump’s nominee to lead the State Dept’s outreach to international orgs, had a rough confirmation hearing, but he stood by his views on “whiteness.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Bypass: archive.is/202602132248...

Donald Trump’s Disingenuous Promise to Champion Free Speech It is Donald Trump’s systematic campaign to stamp out dissent and punish those who disagree with him that will be remembered as among the most singularly un-American aspects of his disruptive tenure.

“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country”
Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798.

www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

‘Highly likely’ that rare poison killed Putin nemesis Navalny, Europeans say Toxin found in poison dart frogs probably killed Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison, five countries announced on the two-year anniversary of his death.

‘Highly likely’ that rare poison killed Putin nemesis Navalny, Europeans say
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Bypass: archive.is/202602141516...

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

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6:30PM PT (right after the @thefive8.bsky.social !!)

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This piece attempts to offer a comprehensive look at what's wrong with the theory of persuasion that the Dem consultant class is broadly still in thrall to, and why the events of the last year call for a major reassessment. Please check it out:

Lawyers of Chicago woman shot by federal agents say documents show how DHS lies about investigations Attorneys for a woman shot multiple times by a Border Patrol agent last year in Chicago say newly-released videos, texts and emails show how the Trump administration mishandles investigations and spre...

“I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” the text read.

Attorneys for woman shot by Border Patrol release records that contradict government account | AP News share.google/6v7FKZ8zmhXZ...

Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner Reference in Intercepted Communication

Some context on the potential insignificance of this one.

"Some administration critics, who have reviewed the report and have considered the underlying intelligence to be significant, also agreed that Ms. Gabbard did not act improperly by restricting distribution of the report."

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Offshores, Epstein, & the Reputational Economy (Part One) A discussion with "Capital Without Borders" author Brooke Harrington

Offshores, Epstein, & the Reputational Economy (Part One)
@gregolear.bsky.social @ebharrington.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...

The MAGA-friendly European think tanks Trump wants to fund The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing.

Institutes of Mass Destruction

US State Department officials have held early talks about government funding with representatives of the new MAGA-supporting French think tank Western Arc and Britain’s Free Speech Union
www.politico.eu/article/maga...

a rat is laying on a bed with a plaid blanket ALT: a rat is laying on a bed with a plaid blanket

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The ads I get while reading about all this corruption are perfect for the occasions. I have that going for me. @5gw.bsky.social lol #Swamp bsky.app/profile/trcf...