dshags
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dshags
@dshags.bsky.social
· Feb 2
a group of people holding american flags in a line
ALT: a group of people holding american flags in a line
media.tenor.com
"If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States." ~Bonnie Wilk, SWEEP by Red Wine & Blue
That's crazy. If you have a Real ID already, that should be sufficient. After going through the process of obtaining a Real ID compliant DL, having to obtain an additional affidavit is outrageous and discriminatory to women.
They are just adding barriers to voter registration and verification.
They are just adding barriers to voter registration and verification.
February 17, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Ah, I see, a poll tax for women. What a steaming pile the GOP is trying to get us to eat. Glad they're dragging out all the mediocre white men to explain it to us little ladies.
February 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Ah, I see, a poll tax for women. What a steaming pile the GOP is trying to get us to eat. Glad they're dragging out all the mediocre white men to explain it to us little ladies.
It's simple, ladies. All you have to do is present your driver's license, and present your birth certificate, and sign an affidavit, and submit the affidavit for review, and there's a pretty good chance your vote will be counted. Now stop getting all hysterical.
February 17, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I should not have to go anywhere to sign anything to vote when I'm already registered to vote now.
February 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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This sounds exactly like lawmakers saying they’re not banning abortion, they’re just requiring a 48-hour waiting period and two trips to the clinic
Chip Roy on Fox News tries to explain why the SAVE America Act won't actually prevent women from voting
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This sounds exactly like lawmakers saying they’re not banning abortion, they’re just requiring a 48-hour waiting period and two trips to the clinic
"...the interview with Talarico would be available on the show’s YouTube channel, but, to more jeering, he further revealed that “the network says I can’t give you URL or a QR code, but I promise you if you go to our YouTube page, you’ll find it.”' ~Stephen Colbert
‘FCC You!’ Stephen Colbert Flays CBS in Defiant Opener for Nixing His Interview with Democratic Lawmaker
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fcc...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fcc...
‘FCC You!’ Stephen Colbert Flays CBS in Defiant Opener for Nixing His Interview with Democratic Lawmaker
Colbert rounded on FCC chair Brendan Carr and CBS network lawyers for "enforcing" the "equal time" rule to prevent the interview airing.
www.mediaite.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"...the interview with Talarico would be available on the show’s YouTube channel, but, to more jeering, he further revealed that “the network says I can’t give you URL or a QR code, but I promise you if you go to our YouTube page, you’ll find it.”' ~Stephen Colbert
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Exactly. "American Freedom" is finally being seen as the myth it always was.
February 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Man. Has anyone done a research on how so many of the people (intellectuals and otherwise) responsible for the sociotechnical project of AI were deeply entangled with Epstein? Cause it seems, um, not immaterial to kind of the whole thing?
Ben Goertzel, popularizer of the term AGI and creator of the Sophia robot, congratulating Jeffrey Epstein the day after Epstein was released from prison.
Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Man. Has anyone done a research on how so many of the people (intellectuals and otherwise) responsible for the sociotechnical project of AI were deeply entangled with Epstein? Cause it seems, um, not immaterial to kind of the whole thing?
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Is this what Trump meant when promising to help Michiganders with affordability? Forcing our residents to pay millions of extra dollars for an obsolete coal plant our residents and even the utility companies don't need or want?
www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...
www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...
Tab for keeping Michigan coal plant open under Trump orders grows to $135M
Utility Consumers Energy is seeking permission to pass an initial $42 million in costs for running the J.H. Campbell coal power plant on to power customers in 11 states.
www.mlive.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Is this what Trump meant when promising to help Michiganders with affordability? Forcing our residents to pay millions of extra dollars for an obsolete coal plant our residents and even the utility companies don't need or want?
www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...
www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...
U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement reut.rs/4rnVzzJ
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84, NBC News reports reut.rs/4am7HuX
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84, NBC News reports
U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing his family.
reut.rs
February 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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You’ll notice the American state media spent more time attacking President Biden’s age and mental ability than they have on Epstein Files, the MAGA regime illegally seizing voter data in Georgia, the White House being bulldozed or the orange felon’s crimes. They failed humanity.
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Will there be a good old-fashioned blockbuster deal this spring?
Never say never.
Our panel weighs in on the MLB players who could get traded, with Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams leading the pack.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
Never say never.
Our panel weighs in on the MLB players who could get traded, with Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams leading the pack.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
February 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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I think so
February 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I think so
Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
NETANYAHU: “Our stock market is up, investments are huge — the war showed the prowess of Israel.”
He wants 10 more years of military aid from 🇺🇸 as they build an independent arms industry.
Israeli strikes just killed 11 in Gaza. 570 since the “ceasefire”. 70,000+ total.
(H/T @dropsitenews.com )
He wants 10 more years of military aid from 🇺🇸 as they build an independent arms industry.
Israeli strikes just killed 11 in Gaza. 570 since the “ceasefire”. 70,000+ total.
(H/T @dropsitenews.com )
February 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
👏 Bravo!
BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
👏 Bravo!
💡Loved my Easy-Bake Oven, a Christmas gift from my Grandma!!
2/16/2010: Ronald Howes, inventor of the Easy-Bake Oven, dies. He worked for Kenner and was inspired to create the toy oven after seeing street food vendors use heat lamps. As of today more than 23 million Easy-Bake Ovens have sold worldwide. #cincinnatihistory
February 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
💡Loved my Easy-Bake Oven, a Christmas gift from my Grandma!!
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"Climate change should be the big story of 2026
Fossil-fuel production/use must be reduced by half by 2030. ..nobody even wants to think about this sword over our heads,what we owe our future generations. Econ actors were already backing away before Trump’s corrupt negligence"
Fossil-fuel production/use must be reduced by half by 2030. ..nobody even wants to think about this sword over our heads,what we owe our future generations. Econ actors were already backing away before Trump’s corrupt negligence"
Climate change should be the big story of 2026
Fossil-fuel production and use must be reduced by half by 2030. And with fear and fatigue—and in an increasingly insecure world—nobody even wants to think about this sword over our heads, and what we ...
www.hilltimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"Climate change should be the big story of 2026
Fossil-fuel production/use must be reduced by half by 2030. ..nobody even wants to think about this sword over our heads,what we owe our future generations. Econ actors were already backing away before Trump’s corrupt negligence"
Fossil-fuel production/use must be reduced by half by 2030. ..nobody even wants to think about this sword over our heads,what we owe our future generations. Econ actors were already backing away before Trump’s corrupt negligence"
2006: Trump told police Maxwell was Epstein’s “operative.” That wasn’t public knowledge. So how did Trump know?
2025: Maxwell denied her role in Epstein’s operation to the Deputy AG. Trump apparently knows that’s false. So why hasn’t his DOJ charged her with lying?
2025: Maxwell denied her role in Epstein’s operation to the Deputy AG. Trump apparently knows that’s false. So why hasn’t his DOJ charged her with lying?
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
💣 No bombs ... no Venezuelans.
El Salvador says it makes record 6.6-ton cocaine seizure
www.upi.com
El Salvador says it makes record 6.6-ton cocaine seizure - UPI.com
twp.ai
February 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
💣 No bombs ... no Venezuelans.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM