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"If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth."
-- Václav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless"
-- Václav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless"
Some no doubt believed Trump when he publicly said the US would support them. "Help is on the way" doesn't help the dead, or their survivors.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
Iranians Mourn Slain Protesters With ‘Revolutionary Rage’
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Some no doubt believed Trump when he publicly said the US would support them. "Help is on the way" doesn't help the dead, or their survivors.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
This will tear a hole in your heart.
You thought your unvaccinated daughter had a cold. It could be a week before she's diagnosed with measles. By then, the virus “has multiplied and descended upon her lungs, kidneys, tonsils, and spleen, down to the marrow of her bones.” Elizabeth Bruenig writes about how a child dies of measles:
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
bit.ly
February 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This will tear a hole in your heart.
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Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress cut $180 BILLION in food assistance to create a slush fund for ICE and cut taxes for their wealthy donors.
February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress cut $180 BILLION in food assistance to create a slush fund for ICE and cut taxes for their wealthy donors.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Make America Turkmenistan again
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
February 16, 2026
On February 13 and 14, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Make America Turkmenistan again
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
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Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a leader in organizing college presidents, has proposed Democracy Summer 2026, evoking the heroic Freedom Summer of 1964 that aimed to advance voting rights in Mississippi, now employed to safeguard the midterm elections. From Bob Kuttner:
The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging - The American Prospect
As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.
prospect.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a leader in organizing college presidents, has proposed Democracy Summer 2026, evoking the heroic Freedom Summer of 1964 that aimed to advance voting rights in Mississippi, now employed to safeguard the midterm elections. From Bob Kuttner:
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Thinking about work and wages in the Age of AI, and how "learn to code!" may have been the worst advice of our time. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/the-wages-...
The Wages of AI, 2: Bad Tech Prediction
The latest agentic advances are a new kind of inflation, hitting work.
thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Thinking about work and wages in the Age of AI, and how "learn to code!" may have been the worst advice of our time. thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com/p/the-wages-...
Edelman Trust Barometer: only 21% of Americans think the next generation will be better off.
A year ago that was 30%
Meaning 2025 had a 43% drop in confidence that our kids will have it better than us.
www.edelman.com/trust/trust-...
A year ago that was 30%
Meaning 2025 had a 43% drop in confidence that our kids will have it better than us.
www.edelman.com/trust/trust-...
www.edelman.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Edelman Trust Barometer: only 21% of Americans think the next generation will be better off.
A year ago that was 30%
Meaning 2025 had a 43% drop in confidence that our kids will have it better than us.
www.edelman.com/trust/trust-...
A year ago that was 30%
Meaning 2025 had a 43% drop in confidence that our kids will have it better than us.
www.edelman.com/trust/trust-...
Meta believes your existence is public property (likely for them to monetize)
Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/d...
Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/d...
Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Meta believes your existence is public property (likely for them to monetize)
Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/d...
Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/d...
Good WSJ article - more comprehensive than a simple "sedans are hard to build profitably" comment. (Great pix too.)
gift link:
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
gift link:
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
America Fell Out of Love With the Sedan. Detroit Wants to Bring It Back.
With drivers looking for more affordable options, U.S. automakers are having second thoughts about abandoning the mass-market sedan.
www.wsj.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Good WSJ article - more comprehensive than a simple "sedans are hard to build profitably" comment. (Great pix too.)
gift link:
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
gift link:
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A tale of two screenshots
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
A tale of two screenshots
CONSPIRACY NUT: Pizza and grape soda. It's so obvious!
ME: What?
CN: You never watched "The French Connection?"
ME: Sure, but....
CN: PIZZA! GRAPE SODA! IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE!
ME: Uh....
CN: DON'T YOU WONDER HOW GENE HACKMAN DIED?!?
ME [backing away]
CN: SUBWAYS!!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
ME: What?
CN: You never watched "The French Connection?"
ME: Sure, but....
CN: PIZZA! GRAPE SODA! IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE!
ME: Uh....
CN: DON'T YOU WONDER HOW GENE HACKMAN DIED?!?
ME [backing away]
CN: SUBWAYS!!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
CONSPIRACY NUT: Pizza and grape soda. It's so obvious!
ME: What?
CN: You never watched "The French Connection?"
ME: Sure, but....
CN: PIZZA! GRAPE SODA! IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE!
ME: Uh....
CN: DON'T YOU WONDER HOW GENE HACKMAN DIED?!?
ME [backing away]
CN: SUBWAYS!!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
ME: What?
CN: You never watched "The French Connection?"
ME: Sure, but....
CN: PIZZA! GRAPE SODA! IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE!
ME: Uh....
CN: DON'T YOU WONDER HOW GENE HACKMAN DIED?!?
ME [backing away]
CN: SUBWAYS!!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
LARGE BLUE INSURANCE FIRM HELP LINE: We're not paying for this medication.
ME: What's it's name?
LBIFHL: [name]
ME: That's not a medication. It's the injection pen.
LBIFHL: We're denying that part.
ME: It comes in the pen.
LBIFHL: Your [premium plan we forced you to choose] doesn't cover that.
ME: What's it's name?
LBIFHL: [name]
ME: That's not a medication. It's the injection pen.
LBIFHL: We're denying that part.
ME: It comes in the pen.
LBIFHL: Your [premium plan we forced you to choose] doesn't cover that.
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
LARGE BLUE INSURANCE FIRM HELP LINE: We're not paying for this medication.
ME: What's it's name?
LBIFHL: [name]
ME: That's not a medication. It's the injection pen.
LBIFHL: We're denying that part.
ME: It comes in the pen.
LBIFHL: Your [premium plan we forced you to choose] doesn't cover that.
ME: What's it's name?
LBIFHL: [name]
ME: That's not a medication. It's the injection pen.
LBIFHL: We're denying that part.
ME: It comes in the pen.
LBIFHL: Your [premium plan we forced you to choose] doesn't cover that.
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There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
There are 70,000 people in DHS concentration camps. 3000 are children. Close the camps. Being our neighbors home.
My darling Annabelle:
Do you remember that handsome park near the Minneapolis Art Institute? It was there we were assaulted by wave after wave of humanities majors, wine moms and Unitarian ministers. The whistling of whistles was relentless...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Do you remember that handsome park near the Minneapolis Art Institute? It was there we were assaulted by wave after wave of humanities majors, wine moms and Unitarian ministers. The whistling of whistles was relentless...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The ‘You Can’t Fire Me—I Quit’ Presidency
Trump has a pattern of taking radical steps to deal with what he says are serious problems—and then walking away once he encounters pushback.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
My darling Annabelle:
Do you remember that handsome park near the Minneapolis Art Institute? It was there we were assaulted by wave after wave of humanities majors, wine moms and Unitarian ministers. The whistling of whistles was relentless...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Do you remember that handsome park near the Minneapolis Art Institute? It was there we were assaulted by wave after wave of humanities majors, wine moms and Unitarian ministers. The whistling of whistles was relentless...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Dems need to be clear this is temporary- mostly a reward to fossil fuel interests and the Epstein class. Oh, and dirty power plants for mega-data centers, instead of clean alternatives
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Dems need to be clear this is temporary- mostly a reward to fossil fuel interests and the Epstein class. Oh, and dirty power plants for mega-data centers, instead of clean alternatives
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"Look guys, it's February 1815. Sure he's had some setbacks, but I really think we should get on Napoleon's good side."
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"Look guys, it's February 1815. Sure he's had some setbacks, but I really think we should get on Napoleon's good side."
Epstein's plane was a refurbished 727, with a documented range of about 2,700 miles.
Distance from New York to London ~ 3,400 miles.
Just FYI
Distance from New York to London ~ 3,400 miles.
Just FYI
February 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Epstein's plane was a refurbished 727, with a documented range of about 2,700 miles.
Distance from New York to London ~ 3,400 miles.
Just FYI
Distance from New York to London ~ 3,400 miles.
Just FYI
Free advice for the Democratic Party:
1) Create a "Project 2027" as if you meant it - with specifics about how you'll implement it.
2) Release the 2024 post-mortem instead of hiding it.
3) Put a public cap on consultant payments.
Contributions will rise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
1) Create a "Project 2027" as if you meant it - with specifics about how you'll implement it.
2) Release the 2024 post-mortem instead of hiding it.
3) Put a public cap on consultant payments.
Contributions will rise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Republican Cash Edge Threatens to Swamp Democrats in the Midterms
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Free advice for the Democratic Party:
1) Create a "Project 2027" as if you meant it - with specifics about how you'll implement it.
2) Release the 2024 post-mortem instead of hiding it.
3) Put a public cap on consultant payments.
Contributions will rise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
1) Create a "Project 2027" as if you meant it - with specifics about how you'll implement it.
2) Release the 2024 post-mortem instead of hiding it.
3) Put a public cap on consultant payments.
Contributions will rise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...