Brad Reed
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1/ Sometime in the next few months I expect we'll be bombarded with op-eds along the lines of, 'My Friendship With Jeffrey Epstein Was a Mistake--But Do I Really Deserve To Be Canceled For It?'
And the response should be, 'Yes, motherfucker, you do.'
And the response should be, 'Yes, motherfucker, you do.'
Just to reiterate: The time has never been better for a real left wing populist revolt.
People hate Big Tech and Trump has foolishly joined himself to them at the hip.
People hate Big Tech and Trump has foolishly joined himself to them at the hip.
February 18, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Just to reiterate: The time has never been better for a real left wing populist revolt.
People hate Big Tech and Trump has foolishly joined himself to them at the hip.
People hate Big Tech and Trump has foolishly joined himself to them at the hip.
Actual Popularism would recommend Democrats come out in favor of Bernie's data center moratorium.
It's funny they don't do that however.
Much easier to throw trans kids under the bus.
It's funny they don't do that however.
Much easier to throw trans kids under the bus.
February 18, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Actual Popularism would recommend Democrats come out in favor of Bernie's data center moratorium.
It's funny they don't do that however.
Much easier to throw trans kids under the bus.
It's funny they don't do that however.
Much easier to throw trans kids under the bus.
Big Tech: We can't regulate AI, it might inhibit important innovations
The Innovations:
www.fastcompany.com/91493794/met...
The Innovations:
www.fastcompany.com/91493794/met...
Meta patents AI that lets dead people post from the great beyond
Meta’s latest patent outlines AI that could mimic dead users’ activity across Facebook and Instagram, but the company says there are no plans to use the technology.
www.fastcompany.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Big Tech: We can't regulate AI, it might inhibit important innovations
The Innovations:
www.fastcompany.com/91493794/met...
The Innovations:
www.fastcompany.com/91493794/met...
My Bluesky experience is perfectly fine because if someone is an asshole, they get blocked and I never think about them ever again.
February 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
My Bluesky experience is perfectly fine because if someone is an asshole, they get blocked and I never think about them ever again.
Reposted by Brad Reed
Counterpoint: The story of the Trump era is in part a story of the collapse of any idea of public civic virtue, and the left needs to respond by reclaiming the language of character and morality. For many, this moral language is going to come from religion, and we need to be comfortable with that.
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Counterpoint: The story of the Trump era is in part a story of the collapse of any idea of public civic virtue, and the left needs to respond by reclaiming the language of character and morality. For many, this moral language is going to come from religion, and we need to be comfortable with that.
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I think sometimes folks on the left forget that the most successful progressive leader in American history was a Baptist minister who used Christian faith to argue for racial and economic justice.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
February 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I think sometimes folks on the left forget that the most successful progressive leader in American history was a Baptist minister who used Christian faith to argue for racial and economic justice.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
They think that art is simply propaganda. And that's why they suck at creating it.
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
They think that art is simply propaganda. And that's why they suck at creating it.
Hard, hard, hard disagree with this.
We atheists/agnostics are a teensy, tiny minority. Appealing only to us will result in our preferred party suffering a 90-10 defeat.
I'd much rather have progressive evangelicals out there so the ground isn't ceded solely to the assholes.
We atheists/agnostics are a teensy, tiny minority. Appealing only to us will result in our preferred party suffering a 90-10 defeat.
I'd much rather have progressive evangelicals out there so the ground isn't ceded solely to the assholes.
February 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Hard, hard, hard disagree with this.
We atheists/agnostics are a teensy, tiny minority. Appealing only to us will result in our preferred party suffering a 90-10 defeat.
I'd much rather have progressive evangelicals out there so the ground isn't ceded solely to the assholes.
We atheists/agnostics are a teensy, tiny minority. Appealing only to us will result in our preferred party suffering a 90-10 defeat.
I'd much rather have progressive evangelicals out there so the ground isn't ceded solely to the assholes.
The entire point is it can't be traced I thought.
Eric Trump: "There is nothing in finance that can't be done more transparently on blockchain technology"
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The entire point is it can't be traced I thought.
Manchin sucked but I was always willing to cut him some slack because he lived in a deep red state.
Fetterman is more like Sinema: Just a shameless, selfish opportunist. I will not be shocked to see him become an AI data center lobbyist after his Senate career mercifully ends after 2028.
Fetterman is more like Sinema: Just a shameless, selfish opportunist. I will not be shocked to see him become an AI data center lobbyist after his Senate career mercifully ends after 2028.
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Manchin sucked but I was always willing to cut him some slack because he lived in a deep red state.
Fetterman is more like Sinema: Just a shameless, selfish opportunist. I will not be shocked to see him become an AI data center lobbyist after his Senate career mercifully ends after 2028.
Fetterman is more like Sinema: Just a shameless, selfish opportunist. I will not be shocked to see him become an AI data center lobbyist after his Senate career mercifully ends after 2028.
I couldn't vote for Fetterman again. Otherwise I agree.
I find it really incredible that the concept of “vote blue no matter who” is so hard for some to grasp. It doesn’t mean “all Democrats are good.” It means “vote for the Democrat against the Republican.”
In their November races, Fetterman, Masto, Platner, Booker, Newsom are the correct choices
In their November races, Fetterman, Masto, Platner, Booker, Newsom are the correct choices
No, let’s say the quiet part out loud:
Vote Blue, No Matter Who itself has been a failure of a test. Very clearly, we need to better evaluate politicians we’re supporting blindly.
John Fetterman, Graham Platner & his tattoo, Catherine Cortez Masto, Corey Booker, GAVIN NEWSOM?!?
Think! Critically!
Vote Blue, No Matter Who itself has been a failure of a test. Very clearly, we need to better evaluate politicians we’re supporting blindly.
John Fetterman, Graham Platner & his tattoo, Catherine Cortez Masto, Corey Booker, GAVIN NEWSOM?!?
Think! Critically!
February 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I couldn't vote for Fetterman again. Otherwise I agree.
The judge who signed this warrant still ought to be ashamed. Everyone knows not to trust these pig fuckers .
A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
Fulton Co elections expert: “In all 5 areas identified by ... the [search warrant] affidavit, there are a multitude of false or misleading statements or omissions. ... Once ... corrected, the affidavit loses any basis in reality.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The judge who signed this warrant still ought to be ashamed. Everyone knows not to trust these pig fuckers .
Again: Where is Congress.
TRUMP MOVES CLOSER TO A MAJOR WAR WITH IRAN - AXIOS
February 18, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Again: Where is Congress.
As someone who was raised Christian, I'm so pissed these assholes are claiming Jesus in the name of of white supremacy. That shit has nothing to do with the New Testament.
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
As someone who was raised Christian, I'm so pissed these assholes are claiming Jesus in the name of of white supremacy. That shit has nothing to do with the New Testament.
The promoted content on X The Everything App right now is:
1. AOC is a bimbo who lacks the deep geopolitical knowledge to lead the free world, unlike our current highly knowledgeable president Donald Trump.
2. Jeffrey Epstein did nothing wrong.
Vote accordingly.
1. AOC is a bimbo who lacks the deep geopolitical knowledge to lead the free world, unlike our current highly knowledgeable president Donald Trump.
2. Jeffrey Epstein did nothing wrong.
Vote accordingly.
February 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The promoted content on X The Everything App right now is:
1. AOC is a bimbo who lacks the deep geopolitical knowledge to lead the free world, unlike our current highly knowledgeable president Donald Trump.
2. Jeffrey Epstein did nothing wrong.
Vote accordingly.
1. AOC is a bimbo who lacks the deep geopolitical knowledge to lead the free world, unlike our current highly knowledgeable president Donald Trump.
2. Jeffrey Epstein did nothing wrong.
Vote accordingly.
I can't believe the man behind Trump University would do something like this.
February 18, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I can't believe the man behind Trump University would do something like this.
Reposted by Brad Reed
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter
YouTube video by Lana Del Rey - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
One long-lasting and, frankly, sad legacy of the Epstein saga is whenever there's a public figure whose work I admire, I have a thought in the back of my head: 'Yeah but how long until I learn they were taking flights to Pedo Island?'
February 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
One long-lasting and, frankly, sad legacy of the Epstein saga is whenever there's a public figure whose work I admire, I have a thought in the back of my head: 'Yeah but how long until I learn they were taking flights to Pedo Island?'
God can Conor Lamb or someone just announce a primary challenge right now even though we're years away?
Fetterman on Maria Bartiromo's show: "At the end of the day, showing basic ID to vote is a very reasonable idea"
February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
God can Conor Lamb or someone just announce a primary challenge right now even though we're years away?
The fact that the GOP has been trying to censor Talarico interviews while boosting the campaign of Crocket shows you who they think is an actual threat to win.
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the GOP has been trying to censor Talarico interviews while boosting the campaign of Crocket shows you who they think is an actual threat to win.
Reposted by Brad Reed
this is why it's so damn important that the Ellisons not be allowed to buy Warner Bros Discovery. if they're willing to do this to CBS and their portfolio of streaming & cable, imagine what they'll do if they're allowed to buy 3x the amount of channels they already have.
NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
this is why it's so damn important that the Ellisons not be allowed to buy Warner Bros Discovery. if they're willing to do this to CBS and their portfolio of streaming & cable, imagine what they'll do if they're allowed to buy 3x the amount of channels they already have.
Rupert Murdoch looks like a responsible steward of the free press in comparison.
this is why it's so damn important that the Ellisons not be allowed to buy Warner Bros Discovery. if they're willing to do this to CBS and their portfolio of streaming & cable, imagine what they'll do if they're allowed to buy 3x the amount of channels they already have.
NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Rupert Murdoch looks like a responsible steward of the free press in comparison.
Luce can see where the ball is going.
Either the AI Bros succeed in the goals and it generates a mass populist backlash.
Or the AI Bros fail in their goals, which will crash the economy... and generate a mass populist backlash.
Newsom is NOT the guy you want there when it happens.
Either the AI Bros succeed in the goals and it generates a mass populist backlash.
Or the AI Bros fail in their goals, which will crash the economy... and generate a mass populist backlash.
Newsom is NOT the guy you want there when it happens.
“History might look back on the Trump years as the moment Silicon Valley’s broligarchs took control of our future. Newsom is uncomfortably close to the tech billionaires. Middle America on the other hand seems to be ripe for AI populism.” Me on the Dem early front runner. as.ft.com/r/60533d91-8...
It’s Gavin Newsom’s show for now
[FREE TO READ] But America’s Democratic voters will be a much tougher sell for the California governor than foreigners
as.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Luce can see where the ball is going.
Either the AI Bros succeed in the goals and it generates a mass populist backlash.
Or the AI Bros fail in their goals, which will crash the economy... and generate a mass populist backlash.
Newsom is NOT the guy you want there when it happens.
Either the AI Bros succeed in the goals and it generates a mass populist backlash.
Or the AI Bros fail in their goals, which will crash the economy... and generate a mass populist backlash.
Newsom is NOT the guy you want there when it happens.
It is simply insane how Putin has destroyed so much to gain so little.
👏 Ukraine regains over 200 sq km in five days – AFP
Ukraine regains over 200 sq km in five days – AFP
Ukraine’s defence forces regained 201 square kilometres of territory between 11 and 15 February, marking their fastest advance in more than two and a half years, according to AFP analysis of ISW data.
www.pravda.com.ua
February 17, 2026 at 7:28 AM
It is simply insane how Putin has destroyed so much to gain so little.