@camofarc.bsky.social
Historian, Statistician, IT Pro. Activist. Thank god we have independent media and national activist groups, the real fighters and defenders of democracy.
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"Perhaps that’s why the best way to mourn the Rev. Jesse Jackson is to continue to put in the hard work — because the fight for our rights, for civil rights, for human rights is unyielding, just as Jackson was."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Legacy
The civil rights icon had a unique way of raising candidates and galvanizing the vote.
contrarian.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"Perhaps that’s why the best way to mourn the Rev. Jesse Jackson is to continue to put in the hard work — because the fight for our rights, for civil rights, for human rights is unyielding, just as Jackson was."
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This looks like an amazing lineup! Free to stream or get tickets for DC. www.defiance.org/sotu
Join us for the real State of the Union event — DEFIANCE.org
Opposition figures, current & former elected officials, celebrities, and other leaders will gather to tell the TRUTH and to counter Donald Trump’s lies. They’ll lay out how Trump’s historic abuses of ...
www.defiance.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This looks like an amazing lineup! Free to stream or get tickets for DC. www.defiance.org/sotu
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Minnesota lawmakers paid tribute to former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were shot and killed in June.
📸: Renée Jones Schneider and Alex Kormann
📸: Renée Jones Schneider and Alex Kormann
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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From Hopium:
- We must keep standing up for our neighbors, get ICE to focus on criminals, and leave the rest of us alone
- DHS overpaid Russian $100m for ICE warehouse
- Welcoming the year of The Fire Horse
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www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/standing-u...
- We must keep standing up for our neighbors, get ICE to focus on criminals, and leave the rest of us alone
- DHS overpaid Russian $100m for ICE warehouse
- Welcoming the year of The Fire Horse
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www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/standing-u...
Standing Up For Our Neighbors, DHS Overpays Russian $100m for ICE Warehouse, Welcoming The Year Of The Fire Horse
We need to keep making our calls everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
From Hopium:
- We must keep standing up for our neighbors, get ICE to focus on criminals, and leave the rest of us alone
- DHS overpaid Russian $100m for ICE warehouse
- Welcoming the year of The Fire Horse
👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/standing-u...
- We must keep standing up for our neighbors, get ICE to focus on criminals, and leave the rest of us alone
- DHS overpaid Russian $100m for ICE warehouse
- Welcoming the year of The Fire Horse
👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/standing-u...
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Uhhhhh hey quick question.
Seems like this would apply to women. So, married men wouldn’t need to bring in their marriage certificate?
Because EXTRA requirements to vote for any group of voters is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Thanks!
Seems like this would apply to women. So, married men wouldn’t need to bring in their marriage certificate?
Because EXTRA requirements to vote for any group of voters is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Thanks!
Sen. Mike Rounds on concerns that women will be disenfranchised by the SAVE America Act: "If you get married, you show them your marriage certificate and you're on your way once again"
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Uhhhhh hey quick question.
Seems like this would apply to women. So, married men wouldn’t need to bring in their marriage certificate?
Because EXTRA requirements to vote for any group of voters is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Thanks!
Seems like this would apply to women. So, married men wouldn’t need to bring in their marriage certificate?
Because EXTRA requirements to vote for any group of voters is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Thanks!
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Linda Davis, a K-8 special education teacher, was killed today after ICE pursued a driver fleeing a traffic stop in Georgia.
Linda Davis is one of many people who have died after coming into contact with ICE. The government doesn't record these deaths, but we do.
Linda Davis is one of many people who have died after coming into contact with ICE. The government doesn't record these deaths, but we do.
A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured
ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Linda Davis, a K-8 special education teacher, was killed today after ICE pursued a driver fleeing a traffic stop in Georgia.
Linda Davis is one of many people who have died after coming into contact with ICE. The government doesn't record these deaths, but we do.
Linda Davis is one of many people who have died after coming into contact with ICE. The government doesn't record these deaths, but we do.
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Journalist arrested in MN:
"The attack on the press did not start or end with my arrest. Mario Rivera, an independent journalist covering ICE arrests, was held in jail for more than 100 days, then deported. Janice Shortel was sprayed with chemical agents while covering ICE protests"
"The attack on the press did not start or end with my arrest. Mario Rivera, an independent journalist covering ICE arrests, was held in jail for more than 100 days, then deported. Janice Shortel was sprayed with chemical agents while covering ICE protests"
February 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Journalist arrested in MN:
"The attack on the press did not start or end with my arrest. Mario Rivera, an independent journalist covering ICE arrests, was held in jail for more than 100 days, then deported. Janice Shortel was sprayed with chemical agents while covering ICE protests"
"The attack on the press did not start or end with my arrest. Mario Rivera, an independent journalist covering ICE arrests, was held in jail for more than 100 days, then deported. Janice Shortel was sprayed with chemical agents while covering ICE protests"
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Today, I'm proud to announce that we've erased over $1.1 billion in medical debt for more than half a million Illinoisans.
No one should be forced to choose between life-saving care and feeding their families.
Stay tuned for more news on affordability in Illinois tomorrow.
No one should be forced to choose between life-saving care and feeding their families.
Stay tuned for more news on affordability in Illinois tomorrow.
February 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Today, I'm proud to announce that we've erased over $1.1 billion in medical debt for more than half a million Illinoisans.
No one should be forced to choose between life-saving care and feeding their families.
Stay tuned for more news on affordability in Illinois tomorrow.
No one should be forced to choose between life-saving care and feeding their families.
Stay tuned for more news on affordability in Illinois tomorrow.
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When an attorney general responds to questions about Epstein victims by touting the Dow, something is very wrong. @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss Bondi’s congressional testimony on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/lKZr85
February 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
When an attorney general responds to questions about Epstein victims by touting the Dow, something is very wrong. @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss Bondi’s congressional testimony on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/lKZr85
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EFTA has helped expose a web of influence
Epstein's tentacles reached every corner—across party lines & borders
Some are losing jobs & facing investigations, but the fight for accountability is FAR from over
@democracydefendersfund.org will continue working to ensure the truth comes out -TN
Epstein's tentacles reached every corner—across party lines & borders
Some are losing jobs & facing investigations, but the fight for accountability is FAR from over
@democracydefendersfund.org will continue working to ensure the truth comes out -TN
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
EFTA has helped expose a web of influence
Epstein's tentacles reached every corner—across party lines & borders
Some are losing jobs & facing investigations, but the fight for accountability is FAR from over
@democracydefendersfund.org will continue working to ensure the truth comes out -TN
Epstein's tentacles reached every corner—across party lines & borders
Some are losing jobs & facing investigations, but the fight for accountability is FAR from over
@democracydefendersfund.org will continue working to ensure the truth comes out -TN
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“If this guy isn’t impeached and removed, what’s the point to the whole Constitution? You can’t have a fucking criminal running the government for his own benefit screwing the people. And that’s what we have.”
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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"As diversionary battles flare across the national political landscape—immigration raids, diplomatic missteps, cascading legal losses, and Epstein fallout—one operation stands apart. Donald Trump is making his move where it matters most: elections."
Trump’s Election Move Has Begun
A national bid for voter-roll control.
harrylitman.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
"As diversionary battles flare across the national political landscape—immigration raids, diplomatic missteps, cascading legal losses, and Epstein fallout—one operation stands apart. Donald Trump is making his move where it matters most: elections."
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February 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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🚨BREAKING: A former Trump campaign lawyer who sought to throw out thousands of Wisconsin ballots in 2020 joined the Justice Department’s lawsuit demanding the state’s full, unredacted voter rolls Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wisconsin election denier joins DOJ’s case seeking state’s voter rolls
The DOJ’s voting section has been fundamentally reshaped by a series of hires tied to post-2020 election denial.
www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
🚨BREAKING: A former Trump campaign lawyer who sought to throw out thousands of Wisconsin ballots in 2020 joined the Justice Department’s lawsuit demanding the state’s full, unredacted voter rolls Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Epstein Cover-up: The FBI Interviewed a Credible Trump Accuser
In what should be headline news, investigative reporter Roger Sollenberger uncovers an FBI slideshow & internal emails that reveal they know women who credibly accused Trump of sexual assault.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
In what should be headline news, investigative reporter Roger Sollenberger uncovers an FBI slideshow & internal emails that reveal they know women who credibly accused Trump of sexual assault.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The Epstein Cover-up: The FBI Interviewed a Credible Trump Accuser
In what should be headline news, investigative reporter Roger Sollenberger uncovers an FBI slideshow & internal emails that reveal they know women who credibly accused Trump of sexual assault.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
In what should be headline news, investigative reporter Roger Sollenberger uncovers an FBI slideshow & internal emails that reveal they know women who credibly accused Trump of sexual assault.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
www.kens5.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Recently released emails reveal an “Epstein class” — an elite that schemes to remain as unaccountable for sexual crimes as it does for corporate ones. These files resonate because they lay bare how the real divides in our country fall along the lines of class.
The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Recently released emails reveal an “Epstein class” — an elite that schemes to remain as unaccountable for sexual crimes as it does for corporate ones. These files resonate because they lay bare how the real divides in our country fall along the lines of class.
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The full FBI interviews of a woman who claimed Trump and Epstein sexually assaulted her are missing. @ninaburleigh.bsky.social — and asks the critical question: Where the fuck are the rest of the interviews? — in this week's American Freakshow.
"Protect Source"
Where Are The FBI’s Missing Interviews with a Woman Who Named Trump?
www.americanfreakshow.news
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The full FBI interviews of a woman who claimed Trump and Epstein sexually assaulted her are missing. @ninaburleigh.bsky.social — and asks the critical question: Where the fuck are the rest of the interviews? — in this week's American Freakshow.
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Mamdani: "$5.4 billion is a very steep mountain to climb ... We want to work with Albany to raise personal income taxes by 2% on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year and to raise corporate taxes on the most profitable corporations."
February 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Mamdani: "$5.4 billion is a very steep mountain to climb ... We want to work with Albany to raise personal income taxes by 2% on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year and to raise corporate taxes on the most profitable corporations."
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
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Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
February 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Since October, federal courts have ruled more than 4,400 times that ICE is illegally jailing immigrants.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
Now the agency wants to spend $38B to turn warehouses across the country into detention camps.
Remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies running these camps.
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President Trump keeps threatening to unilaterally impose rules (like voter ID requirements) on upcoming elections.
Monday’s "One First" explains why—whether as a matter of constitutional law, existing federal statutes, or simple, practical logistics—his (ominous) threats are ultimately empty ones:
Monday’s "One First" explains why—whether as a matter of constitutional law, existing federal statutes, or simple, practical logistics—his (ominous) threats are ultimately empty ones:
210. The President's Lack of Power Over Elections
President Trump keeps insisting that he can unilaterally change the rules for voting in the midterms. It's not just that he's *wrong*; it's that there's no mechanism through which he could even *try.*
www.stevevladeck.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
President Trump keeps threatening to unilaterally impose rules (like voter ID requirements) on upcoming elections.
Monday’s "One First" explains why—whether as a matter of constitutional law, existing federal statutes, or simple, practical logistics—his (ominous) threats are ultimately empty ones:
Monday’s "One First" explains why—whether as a matter of constitutional law, existing federal statutes, or simple, practical logistics—his (ominous) threats are ultimately empty ones: