Decimus
@decimus.bsky.social
𝙳𝚊𝚍, 𝚖𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝙰𝚃𝚂𝙴 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠 𝙱𝙱 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐. 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽
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I'm still SHOCKED by the obscene rise in billionaire election spending since Citizens United in the NYT piece, despite already knowing that election corruption w/ $ was profound. (Recall that BCRA fought dangerous campaign $ in *2002*)
The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.
The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I'm still SHOCKED by the obscene rise in billionaire election spending since Citizens United in the NYT piece, despite already knowing that election corruption w/ $ was profound. (Recall that BCRA fought dangerous campaign $ in *2002*)
The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.
The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.
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This morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs.
The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
February 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This morning, Executive Editor Andrew Julien, citing a "a highly competitive media landscape," told NYDN staff to expect layoffs.
The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
The first cuts are primarily hitting our National Desk, but we're also losing some metro staffers and more cuts are expected — more than 25% of the unionized newsroom.
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#BlackHistoryMonth The Golden Thirteen was a group of Black men who were selected by the US Navy in 1944 to become officers. Well, a dozen were officers, one became a warrant officer. READ: https://open.substack.com/pub/sonsoflibertyofficial/p/blackhistorymonth-the-golden-thirteen
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth The Golden Thirteen was a group of Black men who were selected by the US Navy in 1944 to become officers. Well, a dozen were officers, one became a warrant officer. READ: https://open.substack.com/pub/sonsoflibertyofficial/p/blackhistorymonth-the-golden-thirteen
This was not a corporate change of heart. This was not Platform Ventures suddenly discovering a conscience after secretly negotiating to hand over a publicly subsidized, $80 million warehouse to be converted into a 7,500-bed concentration camp.
BREAKING: Platform Ventures Backs Down From ICE Detention Center Sale After Weeks of Mass Organizing and Protest – The Kansas City Defender
The people won. For now.
kansascitydefender.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
This was not a corporate change of heart. This was not Platform Ventures suddenly discovering a conscience after secretly negotiating to hand over a publicly subsidized, $80 million warehouse to be converted into a 7,500-bed concentration camp.
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
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Virginia State Police have jurisdiction over 78,000 miles of highways and conduct hundreds of thousands of traffic stops a year. Governor Spanberger recently ended a policy that allowed them to make civil immigration arrests.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now.
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Virginia State Police have jurisdiction over 78,000 miles of highways and conduct hundreds of thousands of traffic stops a year. Governor Spanberger recently ended a policy that allowed them to make civil immigration arrests.
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"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said."
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.kut.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said."
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Living her values 👏🏼
Chappell Roan Announces She's Leaving Talent Agency After CEO Is Named In Epstein Files
www.comicsands.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Living her values 👏🏼
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3. And with unions as popular and ever...
and populism as popular as ever...
and solidarity more important than ever...
attacks on unions are a weird look for an ostensible Democrat. judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/cait-conle...
and populism as popular as ever...
and solidarity more important than ever...
attacks on unions are a weird look for an ostensible Democrat. judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/cait-conle...
Cait Conley Campaign Bashes Beth Davidson as 'Far Left Political Operative’ for Work with Emily’s List and Nurses Union.
EXCLUSIVE — In the crowded Democratic primary to decide Mike Lawler’s challenger, Cait Conley’s campaign is working behind the scenes to tar one of her closest competitors, Rockland county legislator ...
judgestreetjournal.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
3. And with unions as popular and ever...
and populism as popular as ever...
and solidarity more important than ever...
attacks on unions are a weird look for an ostensible Democrat. judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/cait-conle...
and populism as popular as ever...
and solidarity more important than ever...
attacks on unions are a weird look for an ostensible Democrat. judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/cait-conle...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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By her own account, the very popular student at University of Mississippi who heads up their TPUSA chapter is a regular consumer of Fuentes’s content. She thinks he’s funny. She and her group are also considered to be some of the more normie conservatives on campus.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
By her own account, the very popular student at University of Mississippi who heads up their TPUSA chapter is a regular consumer of Fuentes’s content. She thinks he’s funny. She and her group are also considered to be some of the more normie conservatives on campus.
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This is a must read. The impact on married women alone is egregious—especially impacting women who are older and more conservative
Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This is a must read. The impact on married women alone is egregious—especially impacting women who are older and more conservative
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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⚡️US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
kyivindependent.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
⚡️US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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The Flint Sit-down Strike might have been the most consequential labor dispute of its time, but it wasn't the only sit-down, not even the first one. This page from Photo-History magazine offers glimpses of the variety of sit-downs that took place around 1937. From the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The Flint Sit-down Strike might have been the most consequential labor dispute of its time, but it wasn't the only sit-down, not even the first one. This page from Photo-History magazine offers glimpses of the variety of sit-downs that took place around 1937. From the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
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BREAKING: An ICE flight just refueled in Ireland again. A local activist pressed police to investigate for human trafficking; the plane took off 30 minutes ago.
Plus, that MAGA billionaire's jet did another ICE flight, this time to Sierra Leone.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
Plus, that MAGA billionaire's jet did another ICE flight, this time to Sierra Leone.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
ICE flight refuels in Ireland again; Irish activist pressed police to investigate
MAGA billionaire’s jet also did another ICE flight, to Sierra Leone.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io
February 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
BREAKING: An ICE flight just refueled in Ireland again. A local activist pressed police to investigate for human trafficking; the plane took off 30 minutes ago.
Plus, that MAGA billionaire's jet did another ICE flight, this time to Sierra Leone.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
Plus, that MAGA billionaire's jet did another ICE flight, this time to Sierra Leone.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
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It will very much be worth your time to read this.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
It will very much be worth your time to read this.
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Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show
Elon Musk’s younger brother and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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My latest on Marimar, but it is already well out of date (she had a press conference today and her shooter was confirmed to be on leave).
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emptywheel.net/el-jefe-supp...
"El Jefe" Supported CBP's Information War and Violent Attack on Marimar Martinez - emptywheel
Back in October, "El Jefe" applauded Charles Exum's shooting of Marimar Martinez and the false claims he used to slander his victim. And yet after it became clear that was all propaganda in November, ...
emptywheel.net
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
My latest on Marimar, but it is already well out of date (she had a press conference today and her shooter was confirmed to be on leave).
emptywheel.net/el-jefe-supp...
emptywheel.net/el-jefe-supp...
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Don’t partying girlfriends HOTUS and Jizzlane look cozy posing with these unfortunate Epstein victims?
February 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Don’t partying girlfriends HOTUS and Jizzlane look cozy posing with these unfortunate Epstein victims?
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BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
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A federal judge ordered the appointment of an external monitor to oversee California’s largest immigration detention facility to ensure detainee’s constitutional rights are being met.
Federal judge orders monitor to oversee California’s largest ICE detention center
A federal judge ordered the appointment of an external monitor to oversee California’s largest immigration detention facility to ensure detainee’s constitutional rights are being met.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
A federal judge ordered the appointment of an external monitor to oversee California’s largest immigration detention facility to ensure detainee’s constitutional rights are being met.
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Reuters: U.S. HOUSE BACKS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD END TRUMP'S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219 TO 211
February 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Reuters: U.S. HOUSE BACKS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD END TRUMP'S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219 TO 211
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In addition to my coverage of the Ken Starr - Epstein relationship, here is a round-up I did of the Texans who were in Epstein's orbit. Like everywhere else, they are elites: businessmen, rich doctors, PR people, academics: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
When Jeffrey Epstein needed help, he turned to these Texas elites
DOJ-released documents highlight Epstein's close ties to powerful and famous Texans.
www.chron.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
In addition to my coverage of the Ken Starr - Epstein relationship, here is a round-up I did of the Texans who were in Epstein's orbit. Like everywhere else, they are elites: businessmen, rich doctors, PR people, academics: www.chron.com/culture/arti...