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Retired psychotherapist, retired rower, practicing artist, grandmother, fervent blue politics, breast cancer survivor. Not in that order. Or any order at all.

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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

The Trump regime doesn't want you to see this interview.

18.02.2026 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Jeff Bezos gets philanthropy award at Vatican even as ex-wife gives away more money Ex-wife MacKenzie Scott giving away her billions at a faster clip, according to observers

Lol

18.02.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 17
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The open racism you guys have emboldened, megyn

16.02.2026 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17168    πŸ” 3065    πŸ’¬ 748    πŸ“Œ 172
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Analysis Finds Elon Musk’s Social Media Activity Is Indecipherable From a White Supremacist Elon Musk’s recent social-media activity has amplified rhetoric aligned with white-nationalist talking points and conspiracy theories about demographic change, according to a new analysis.

Elon was, is and will die an old school South African racist.
β€œWe’re not talking about some random garbage-poster spewing hate from an anonymous social media account,” he writes. β€œWe’re talking… about the richest man in the world, a man who wields a massive megaphone.”

17.02.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!!

The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!!

#ICE

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

16.02.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3179    πŸ” 1543    πŸ’¬ 398    πŸ“Œ 115
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"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances.

reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...

16.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7194    πŸ” 3266    πŸ’¬ 340    πŸ“Œ 174
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Read and share all over..he nails it

16.02.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 20134    πŸ” 8462    πŸ’¬ 429    πŸ“Œ 407

A fun thing to do is look at Amazon’s price history tool.

Prices remain steady on most things over the last 30 days. Toggle it to 90 and almost everything spiked 30%

16.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5524    πŸ” 1658    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 23

1. I would vote for anyone who could win a Democratic primary in 2028
2. I will vote for the most credible left candidate in the primary
3. The two-party system is bad and we should replace it with proportional representation
4. The presidency is bad and we should replace it with a Prime Minister

17.02.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4780    πŸ” 524    πŸ’¬ 459    πŸ“Œ 78
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Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference β€” my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.

16.02.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11841    πŸ” 3963    πŸ’¬ 423    πŸ“Œ 193
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Petitioner's Physical Deterioration at NWIPC
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Petitioner alleges, and Respondents do not dispute, that he was in good health when he
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entered ICE detention. See Dkt. No. I-9 (DHS Form I-213) at 2 ("The subject claims good
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health"). Eighth months later, hospital records show that Petitioner's health has declined to
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include two partial foot amputations, a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (a type of inflammatory
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bowel disease ("IBD")),? acute blood loss anemia, a kidney injury, a severe vitamin D deficiency
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and dramatic unintended weight loss. Dkt. No. 16 at 3.

A. Petitioner's Physical Deterioration at NWIPC 8 Petitioner alleges, and Respondents do not dispute, that he was in good health when he 9 entered ICE detention. See Dkt. No. I-9 (DHS Form I-213) at 2 ("The subject claims good 10 health"). Eighth months later, hospital records show that Petitioner's health has declined to 11 include two partial foot amputations, a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (a type of inflammatory 12 bowel disease ("IBD")),? acute blood loss anemia, a kidney injury, a severe vitamin D deficiency 13 and dramatic unintended weight loss. Dkt. No. 16 at 3.

While Respondents largely do not address the conditions of Petitioner's confinement in responding to this claim, they argue elsewhere that "the medical care [Petitioner] has received is constitutionally adequate." Dkt. No. 22 at 15. But the record here compels a finding that, on the preponderance of the evidence, Petitioner's medical care, and denial of medical care, included objectively unreasonable failures of care that more likely than not resulted in permanent
disability, including the loss of his toe and part of his foot. The Court bases this finding on the
following facts:

While Respondents largely do not address the conditions of Petitioner's confinement in responding to this claim, they argue elsewhere that "the medical care [Petitioner] has received is constitutionally adequate." Dkt. No. 22 at 15. But the record here compels a finding that, on the preponderance of the evidence, Petitioner's medical care, and denial of medical care, included objectively unreasonable failures of care that more likely than not resulted in permanent disability, including the loss of his toe and part of his foot. The Court bases this finding on the following facts:

Respondents have made no showing that the extreme restrictions on Petitioner's liberty and health created by his custodians' decisions, ineptitude, and denial of care are not excessive in relation to its asserted purpose of "protecting the public and enforcing U.S. immigration laws."
There is no indication that these interests could not have been just as easily served without
ignoring his cries of pain for hours, or without declining to see him as his bone was eaten away
by infection. There is no indication that these interests could not have been served while bringing
Petitioner to the hospital for imaging when a GI appointment could not be scheduled quickly (or
contracting with additional external providers), while filling his prescriptions, or while treating
him with appropriate medication based on his actual diagnosis. And finally, there is no indication that these interests cannot be served by subjecting Petitioner to alternatives to detention under appropriate conditions of release while he pursues outside treatmentβ€” an argument raised in the
habeas petition but completely ignored by Respondents. Dkt. No. 1 9 61.
In sum, the length of Petitioner's detention does not support a finding that it is excessive
in relation to its purpose, but the conditions of his detention do. Under the unique facts of this case, the extreme consequences of Respondents' unreasonable treatment of Petitioner constitute deprivations so excessive that the conditions of detention alone take Respondents' detention of
Petitioner out of the realm of constitutional civil detention and render it punitive.

Respondents have made no showing that the extreme restrictions on Petitioner's liberty and health created by his custodians' decisions, ineptitude, and denial of care are not excessive in relation to its asserted purpose of "protecting the public and enforcing U.S. immigration laws." There is no indication that these interests could not have been just as easily served without ignoring his cries of pain for hours, or without declining to see him as his bone was eaten away by infection. There is no indication that these interests could not have been served while bringing Petitioner to the hospital for imaging when a GI appointment could not be scheduled quickly (or contracting with additional external providers), while filling his prescriptions, or while treating him with appropriate medication based on his actual diagnosis. And finally, there is no indication that these interests cannot be served by subjecting Petitioner to alternatives to detention under appropriate conditions of release while he pursues outside treatmentβ€” an argument raised in the habeas petition but completely ignored by Respondents. Dkt. No. 1 9 61. In sum, the length of Petitioner's detention does not support a finding that it is excessive in relation to its purpose, but the conditions of his detention do. Under the unique facts of this case, the extreme consequences of Respondents' unreasonable treatment of Petitioner constitute deprivations so excessive that the conditions of detention alone take Respondents' detention of Petitioner out of the realm of constitutional civil detention and render it punitive.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of a man who had been in immigration detention due to "objectively unreasonable failures of care that more likely than not resulted in permanent disability, including the loss of his toe and part of his foot."

16.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 612    πŸ” 302    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 14
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$4 BILLION β€” So corrupt.

There is no debating this. Anyone who says otherwise is telling on themselves.

16.02.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 17150    πŸ” 5333    πŸ’¬ 536    πŸ“Œ 223

Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.

16.02.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6914    πŸ” 2280    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 43
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A gargantuan scale of corruption Only a fool would be surprised to discover that Jared Kushner is at the center of a growing scandal around highly sensitive national security matters.

A gargantuan scale of corruption
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

13.02.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.

Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.

12.02.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 179

Salt and vinnies for me.

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Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.

06.02.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2281    πŸ” 1034    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 29

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.

It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

06.02.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 20417    πŸ” 5929    πŸ’¬ 388    πŸ“Œ 197
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#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

05.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9330    πŸ” 3636    πŸ’¬ 364    πŸ“Œ 154

🚨Status Coup News just ended their Livestream in Minneapolis. They said that the ICE raids have NOT slowed down at all. They are documenting them daily. We cannot listen to Tom Homan when he feeds us the illusion that they are stepping back at all. We must keep the pressure HIGH on ICE.
#FUCKICE

06.02.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5426    πŸ” 2028    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 65
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

06.02.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 21464    πŸ” 9482    πŸ’¬ 1496    πŸ“Œ 773

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

06.02.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 31113    πŸ” 9132    πŸ’¬ 968    πŸ“Œ 318
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Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark sent a tip to the FBI accusing Trump of authorizing his murder:

β€œI have reason to believe he was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Present Trump authorized is murder.β€œ

05.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7615    πŸ” 2797    πŸ’¬ 320    πŸ“Œ 210

"power holds no value unless it is exercised"

04.02.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4602    πŸ” 796    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 7
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Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...

04.02.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 18331    πŸ” 5773    πŸ’¬ 844    πŸ“Œ 304

There’s too much time between now and the midterms. Either the military needs to not follow his illegal, unconstitutional, international law violating actions OR Congress needs to STOP him.We are at a breaking point.
#impeach #military #coup #endthis

Military leaders, please stop this madman!

19.01.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8531    πŸ” 2522    πŸ’¬ 411    πŸ“Œ 141

I think The Epstein Files are Really Really bad.

I mean BAD.

07.01.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2137    πŸ” 487    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 25

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