Scout
@bsbduck.bsky.social
Hopeful person. Strongly believe government should help everyone toward the Common Good.
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Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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"The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session Tuesday to consider legislation to ban private persons, corporations, property owners or third-party contractors from gaining permits to operate detention centers in the county...."
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
County executive addresses rumors of ICE office opening in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session on Tuesday to consider legislation about the purchase, similar to a move that Howard County made to prevent a private detention center in...
www.wbaltv.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session Tuesday to consider legislation to ban private persons, corporations, property owners or third-party contractors from gaining permits to operate detention centers in the county...."
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...
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"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
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A bill to strengthen punishment for child sex trafficking is moving through the Colorado legislature with strong bipartisan support... as a GOP state rep claims there are pedophile rings in the Colorado legislature
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
A bill to strengthen punishment for child sex trafficking is moving through the Colorado legislature with strong bipartisan support... as a GOP state rep claims there are pedophile rings in the Colorado legislature
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JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
Excellent interview
@ezraklein.bsky.social writes about the "class solidarity" of the Epstein class & @anandwrites.bsky.social says modern courage is taking them on & being willing to burn the bridge.
Rep. Massie & I are fighting to hold the Epstein class accountable.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
Rep. Massie & I are fighting to hold the Epstein class accountable.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/o...
Opinion | What Ro Khanna Learned From the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Excellent interview
Cruel
February 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Cruel
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Abstract Landscape | Helen Frankenthaler
oil and charcoal on sized, primed canvas
oil and charcoal on sized, primed canvas
February 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Abstract Landscape | Helen Frankenthaler
oil and charcoal on sized, primed canvas
oil and charcoal on sized, primed canvas
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February 15, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Hope everybody is having a great Valentine's Day. I finally finished this one.
currently untitled, 2026, mixed media on upcycled wood, 50 cm. x 42 cm.
#artforsale #abstractart #painting
currently untitled, 2026, mixed media on upcycled wood, 50 cm. x 42 cm.
#artforsale #abstractart #painting
February 15, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Hope everybody is having a great Valentine's Day. I finally finished this one.
currently untitled, 2026, mixed media on upcycled wood, 50 cm. x 42 cm.
#artforsale #abstractart #painting
currently untitled, 2026, mixed media on upcycled wood, 50 cm. x 42 cm.
#artforsale #abstractart #painting
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Schedule for February 16-22
Monday-Friday
H Street and 16th St by Lafayette Park 1-3pm.
‼️ Saturday Join Large rally for Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial at 2pm (organized by many orgs)
Sunday Lafayette Park 1-3pm
Call your members of Congress.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Monday-Friday
H Street and 16th St by Lafayette Park 1-3pm.
‼️ Saturday Join Large rally for Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial at 2pm (organized by many orgs)
Sunday Lafayette Park 1-3pm
Call your members of Congress.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Schedule for February 16-22
Monday-Friday
H Street and 16th St by Lafayette Park 1-3pm.
‼️ Saturday Join Large rally for Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial at 2pm (organized by many orgs)
Sunday Lafayette Park 1-3pm
Call your members of Congress.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Monday-Friday
H Street and 16th St by Lafayette Park 1-3pm.
‼️ Saturday Join Large rally for Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial at 2pm (organized by many orgs)
Sunday Lafayette Park 1-3pm
Call your members of Congress.
#CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
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🇵🇱🇺🇦 Tusk on Ukraine: Even the Nobel Peace Prize would not be enough.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
February 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Tusk on Ukraine: Even the Nobel Peace Prize would not be enough.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
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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
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.
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My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
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Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”
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Also, note that even other huge waves of European immigrants aren’t included in Musk’s monocultural vision, such as Italian, German and Jewish immigrants from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The American Multiculture
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The MAGA Monoculture.
The American Multiculture
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The MAGA Monoculture.
February 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Also, note that even other huge waves of European immigrants aren’t included in Musk’s monocultural vision, such as Italian, German and Jewish immigrants from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The American Multiculture
>
The MAGA Monoculture.
The American Multiculture
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The MAGA Monoculture.
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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What Peter Thiel Saw In Jeffrey Epstein
"Both believed that civilization was collapsing and that democratic norms were failing. And both did their part to help bring about these apocalyptic fantasies."
"Both men saw crypto as a weapon."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"Both believed that civilization was collapsing and that democratic norms were failing. And both did their part to help bring about these apocalyptic fantasies."
"Both men saw crypto as a weapon."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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.
www.thenation.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
What Peter Thiel Saw In Jeffrey Epstein
"Both believed that civilization was collapsing and that democratic norms were failing. And both did their part to help bring about these apocalyptic fantasies."
"Both men saw crypto as a weapon."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"Both believed that civilization was collapsing and that democratic norms were failing. And both did their part to help bring about these apocalyptic fantasies."
"Both men saw crypto as a weapon."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Obama gets his first touch of the All-Star game
February 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Obama gets his first touch of the All-Star game
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UPDATE: “Don Huffines, a former Republican Texas senator who is now campaigning to become the state’s comptroller, bought disgraced Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico after the child sex trafficker and molester died.”
(his son works at the White House)
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/d...
(his son works at the White House)
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/d...
February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
UPDATE: “Don Huffines, a former Republican Texas senator who is now campaigning to become the state’s comptroller, bought disgraced Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico after the child sex trafficker and molester died.”
(his son works at the White House)
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/d...
(his son works at the White House)
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/d...
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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No better way to spend the weekend than hosting a “Congress on Your Corner” in Old Town Fort Collins!
No pre-screened questions or attendees — just thoughtful conversations with constituents, passing through on a Sunday afternoon, about building a better path for our country.
No pre-screened questions or attendees — just thoughtful conversations with constituents, passing through on a Sunday afternoon, about building a better path for our country.
February 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
No better way to spend the weekend than hosting a “Congress on Your Corner” in Old Town Fort Collins!
No pre-screened questions or attendees — just thoughtful conversations with constituents, passing through on a Sunday afternoon, about building a better path for our country.
No pre-screened questions or attendees — just thoughtful conversations with constituents, passing through on a Sunday afternoon, about building a better path for our country.
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A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This week at Democracy Docket: The worst voter suppression bill ever passed, and an FBI raid built on conspiracy theories
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress' worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...