ββ¦.although there was not a leaf on that farm that did not make her want to scream, it rolled itself out before her in shameless beauty. It never looked as terrible as it was and it made her wonder if hell was a pretty place too.β
-Beloved, Toni Morrison
#EpsteinFiles
20.02.2026 20:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Morrison writes about suffering and survival, always, but with the insistence that suffering does not ennoble and survival is not a clean thing. One might come through but not necessarily intact.
-NYT article on Toni Morrison
20.02.2026 20:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
She wanted to enshrine not only how her characters suffered but how they survived, with what rituals, what attentiveness to one another, to beauty, to language. βBelovedβ was born out of such considerations.
-NYT article on Toni Morrison
20.02.2026 20:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The US Department of Justice issued an arrest warrant for Emirati national Hind Al-Owais after documents surfaced allegedly linking her to the trafficking of underage girls through an entity connected to Dubai ports.
She was reportedly arrested at her residence in the United States.
20.02.2026 19:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A quick primer on NSPM-7 : Anyone espousing a sweeping range of political beliefs that conflict with the #MAGA agenda should be considered a potential terrorist.
It instructs the FBIβs Joint Terrorism Task Forces, the Treasury Department, and the IRS to pursue criminal probes.
20.02.2026 16:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
β’ #LesWexner denied any knowledge of Maria Farmer or her alleged assault by #JeffreyEpstein at his Ohio estate, but Annie Farmer noted that Maria possessed a driverβs license listing Wexnerβs address, raising questions about his claim.
-Aaron Parnas
20.02.2026 15:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The King said that the royal family supported a full investigation: βLet me state clearly: the law must take its course.β
Oh, the irony. The country with a king still subscribes to the belief that no man is above the law.
-Joyce Vance
#Epstein #Andrew
20.02.2026 03:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Police in St. Paul are investigating an immigration arrest last month that left a man with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain. Immigration agents have claimed his injuries were caused by him βrunning into a wall,β but itβs a false narrative agents beat him during the arrest.
20.02.2026 02:35 β π 3533 π 870 π¬ 74 π 22
19.02.2026 19:33 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
#SocialSecurity workers are issuing a warning: higher-ups at the SSA are ordering them to hand over sensitive information to #ICE. This completely undermines the trust Americans place in Social Security, a bedrock institution for our families.
19.02.2026 19:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#DHS intends to purchase a $70M luxury jet for #KristiNoemβs travel. The jet features a bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat screen TVs, and a bar. Officials are trying to justify it as necessary for deportation operations and cabinet travel.
-Meidas
19.02.2026 19:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#Trump announced he will be transferring $10 billion dollars from the U.S. government to this βBoard of Peace,β which many warn is a giant slush fund that is under Trumpβs control. Moves like this are supposed to require congressional approval. #Congress, do your job.
-Meidas
19.02.2026 19:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#LesWexnerβs #Epstein deposition is over.
Not a single Republican showed up. Not one. Testimony was taken about the financial lifeblood of his operation & #Republicans boycotted it at the direction of #Trump & #MikeJohnson.
They do not want the money trail exposed.
-Meidas+
19.02.2026 13:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.
18.02.2026 22:27 β π 22684 π 5954 π¬ 807 π 269
If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President.
19.02.2026 12:45 β π 5650 π 1221 π¬ 205 π 66
BREAKING: The White House Press Secretary just announced the Trump regime is "working very hard to root out" Americans exercising their 1st Amendment right to free speech.
19.02.2026 04:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
As one lawmaker said: βNew Mexico is acting where the federal government is failing to do so.β
A resolution has been fast-tracked to create a truth commission to investigate allegations of sexual assault, trafficking, and criminal activity at #Epsteinβs Zorro Ranch.
-Mary Trump
19.02.2026 03:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Every authoritarian project survives by making the unacceptable feel routine. Once cruelty becomes policy, people stop reacting to it like an emergency & start reacting to it like weather. Camps become βfacilities.β Abuse becomes βincidents.β
-Closer To The Edge
19.02.2026 03:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Fascism advances because people are comfortable, distracted, anesthetized, and trained to mistake civility for virtue.
-Closer to The Edge
19.02.2026 03:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
BREAKING: Not a single Republican showed up for Les Wexnerβs deposition today β the billionaire longtime Epstein associate whose name appears repeatedly in the files.
Zero. Oversight. From the GOP.
18.02.2026 20:38 β π 30 π 10 π¬ 0 π 0
Direct Allegation : Congressman Ted Lieu has officially broken the silence, claiming that the unredacted #Epstein files contain graphic evidence of #DonaldTrump engaging in the sexual assault of minors.
18.02.2026 20:36 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin OβLeary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, βObama: Dems need to avoid scolding and βvirtue-signaling.ββ The post quotes OβLeary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
17.02.2026 21:00 β π 36482 π 11102 π¬ 1001 π 366
Tomorrow, the Oversight Committee will have the opportunity to question Les Wexner about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Survivors told us from day one: follow the money. That is exactly what we intend to do.
18.02.2026 04:08 β π 13743 π 3463 π¬ 375 π 131
Get Your Freak On,Pam Bondage !
18.02.2026 10:48 β π 6508 π 2075 π¬ 537 π 183
Mar-a-Lagoβa party for prostitutes.
18.02.2026 13:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"When I see #JDVance's eyeliner face, | literally feel ill. My body feels like when you have been spooked, and you feel like, 'Oh, something could go wrong here, or something's dangerous.' He's a human being, allegedly, but he exudes demon energy."
-Adam Miller
18.02.2026 13:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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