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Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.

Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Democrats should propose amendments to the SAVE act that require the government to furnish free IDs to all eligible voters before requiring them, automatically register all people to vote, expand mail-in voting, and create a national voting holiday. Then watch republicans block them.
February 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Hundreds of judges across the nation have ruled over 4,400 times that President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement arm is detaining people unlawfully, according to a new Reuters review of court documents.

And that’s just since October.
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.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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IS THIS 👇 BIG BROTHER, OR
GESTAPO SHIT ?........
February 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Somehow, all the programs that help the majority of Americans are decried as “wasteful spending,” but the ones that help billionaires aren’t…

Funny how that works.
February 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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And Republicans are telling us that the economy is doing great?

www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Oregon business bankruptcies hit a 12-year high
Bankruptcies rose almost four times faster here than they did nationwide.
www.oregonlive.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Donald Trump ran for President saying he would lower costs “on day one.”

What's happened since he took office a year ago? Costs are up, up, up.
February 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Leading with strength, generosity and compassion has been good for Americans and the world, but Donald Trump has abandoned these values. It’s no surprise when it’s what he’s doing at home too — abandoning working Americans to enrich himself and his billionaire buddies.
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Islam, Christianity, women & scarves

If modesty is obedience to God, and obedience requires sincere intention, then coerced compliance undermines the spiritual value of the act.

Forcing women to cover their heads is an act that cannot be defended, even within religion!
February 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Check out Resist and Unsubscribe to hit the worst corporations with targeted boycotts that hurt their bottom line.
www.profgalloway.com/resist-and-u...
Resist and Unsubscribe | No Mercy / No Malice
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested today. Targeting journalists is not about enforcing the law, but shaping reality. History reflects a brutal truth: When you begin arresting journalists, ...
www.profgalloway.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Trump's Attack on Clean Energy is Really an Attack on AFFORDABLE Energy!
youtu.be/CP87Yp15qGE?...
Trump's Attack on Clean Energy is Really an Attack on AFFORDABLE Energy!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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Why Tim Cook pisses me off the most.
Scott Galloway: Time to Send a Message to the CEOs
In addition to protesting and voting, we have another option hiding in plain sight against this administration: our economic power.
www.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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"The tech companies can choose whether or not to provide the information...

"Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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ICE needs to go.
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Who's up for a Community Meeting? Let's jump on Substack live at 8:30 pm ET.

And here’s hoping you can join us on 2/24 for the “State of the Swamp” event in DC (counter-programming to the Orange Autocrat's SOTU) being put on by the great @milestaylor.bsky.social
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LIVE SOON: State of the Union? Nope. Join us for a pro-democracy "State of the Swamp" event!
Starting Feb 14 at 8:30 PM EST
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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