Freda Tepfer
@fstepfer.bsky.social
Native Plant Gardener, Pedestrian Advocate, Active in hyper local politics and nationally an active observer. Erie PA Don't follow me if you don't provide a description, or you are looking for dates or selling stuff, I will block you.
if vance said they are deporting violent criminals that came in under the Biden admin illegally. So why are they going after people who have been here for years.
Is he saying that violent criminals are ALSO working in low-wage jobs that now Americans can fill? That's kind of...nuts.
JD Vance: "What we have consistently said is that we want to deport violent criminals, people who came in under the Biden administration, and get them out of the country so Americans' wages can go up."
February 18, 2026 at 4:39 AM
if vance said they are deporting violent criminals that came in under the Biden admin illegally. So why are they going after people who have been here for years.
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Headings serve as landmarks for users and help them understand how different pieces of information relate to each other. For example, a section with a level 3 headings probably provides information in support of information provided in the previous level 2 heading, and so on.
February 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Headings serve as landmarks for users and help them understand how different pieces of information relate to each other. For example, a section with a level 3 headings probably provides information in support of information provided in the previous level 2 heading, and so on.
really sobering NPR feature on mafia like money lenders taking advantage of businesses dealing with bailing out shipments from tariffs www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...
A shadowy industry is helping small businesses pay tariffs — at a high cost
How about $350,000 within hours? The pitches flood small businesses: "No hidden fees, No BS." These financial lifelines are barely regulated and can turn into trip wires.
www.npr.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
really sobering NPR feature on mafia like money lenders taking advantage of businesses dealing with bailing out shipments from tariffs www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...
National Trust for Historic Preservation encouraging folks to comments March 4, 2026, to National Capital Planning Commission's upcoming hearing on ballroom plans replacing the East Wing. Provides directions how to provide comments. P
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Public Comment Period Open: White House Ballroom Proposal | National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has opened the public comment period on the East Wing Modernization Project, including the proposed construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom additi...
savingplaces.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
National Trust for Historic Preservation encouraging folks to comments March 4, 2026, to National Capital Planning Commission's upcoming hearing on ballroom plans replacing the East Wing. Provides directions how to provide comments. P
savingplaces.org/public-comme...
savingplaces.org/public-comme...
mountain stage radio show live stream live only now livesessions.npr.org/live/mountai...
Live Sessions
Discover new and emerging artists, watch videos and live stream rare in-studio performances and concerts, all curated by Public Radio's best music
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February 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM
mountain stage radio show live stream live only now livesessions.npr.org/live/mountai...
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In the wake of a flood of DOGE directives, Executive Orders, and memos, the pace of changes to the federal workplace has been difficult to record & understand. That’s why we built a tool to track changes, help us advocate for, rebuild, & revitalize the civil service. https://civilservicearchive.org/
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
In the wake of a flood of DOGE directives, Executive Orders, and memos, the pace of changes to the federal workplace has been difficult to record & understand. That’s why we built a tool to track changes, help us advocate for, rebuild, & revitalize the civil service. https://civilservicearchive.org/
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Andrea Pitzer an expert on concentration camps appeared on my SiriusXM show where she warned that history tell us that the massive new ICE detention centers being built will be used to not just imprison migrants--but also Americans who oppose Trump. youtu.be/mnTxt2v1K3Q?...
Expert on concentration camps warns Trump's new ICE detention centers will be used to hold Americans
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Andrea Pitzer an expert on concentration camps appeared on my SiriusXM show where she warned that history tell us that the massive new ICE detention centers being built will be used to not just imprison migrants--but also Americans who oppose Trump. youtu.be/mnTxt2v1K3Q?...
Another great episode of the Slate Amicus Podcast with Dahlia Lithwick
First, she speaks with Linus Chan, who represents Minnesotans detained by ICE,
Excellent real time background
Next Andrea Pitzer, about her chilling and urgent new piece, Building the camps:
slate.com/podcasts/ami...
First, she speaks with Linus Chan, who represents Minnesotans detained by ICE,
Excellent real time background
Next Andrea Pitzer, about her chilling and urgent new piece, Building the camps:
slate.com/podcasts/ami...
Habeas? What Habeas?
ICE’s Surge in Minnesota is not the end of the story.
slate.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Another great episode of the Slate Amicus Podcast with Dahlia Lithwick
First, she speaks with Linus Chan, who represents Minnesotans detained by ICE,
Excellent real time background
Next Andrea Pitzer, about her chilling and urgent new piece, Building the camps:
slate.com/podcasts/ami...
First, she speaks with Linus Chan, who represents Minnesotans detained by ICE,
Excellent real time background
Next Andrea Pitzer, about her chilling and urgent new piece, Building the camps:
slate.com/podcasts/ami...
This is a conversation with Heather Cox Richardson and Jeff Clements on the background of election financing and how we got where we are. Also re constitutional amendment that will a reverse Citizens United
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhS...
American Conversations: Jeff Clements on Citizens United and Campaign Spending Reform
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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February 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This is a conversation with Heather Cox Richardson and Jeff Clements on the background of election financing and how we got where we are. Also re constitutional amendment that will a reverse Citizens United
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhS...
I hope the NBC Olympics Ice Skating commentators are at least a little embarrassed with how heavily they hyped the 8th place finishing supposed front runner.
It would have been so much more enjoyable to watch the skaters without having them constantly compared to their supposed quad god.
It would have been so much more enjoyable to watch the skaters without having them constantly compared to their supposed quad god.
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I hope the NBC Olympics Ice Skating commentators are at least a little embarrassed with how heavily they hyped the 8th place finishing supposed front runner.
It would have been so much more enjoyable to watch the skaters without having them constantly compared to their supposed quad god.
It would have been so much more enjoyable to watch the skaters without having them constantly compared to their supposed quad god.
how can anyone with children as nc grandchildren refuse to take action to curb the impacts of climate change
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
how can anyone with children as nc grandchildren refuse to take action to curb the impacts of climate change
I'd love to see Shapiro primary Fetterman in 2028. I would rather see Shapiro in the Senate than the White House
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I'd love to see Shapiro primary Fetterman in 2028. I would rather see Shapiro in the Senate than the White House
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How to restore public trust in American journalism? That'll be addressed at the Univ. of Mississippi on April 17. Those in the news media are invited -- along with students, educators, policy makers & civic leaders -- to attend at no cost until the capacity limit is reached. Registration opens soon.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
How to restore public trust in American journalism? That'll be addressed at the Univ. of Mississippi on April 17. Those in the news media are invited -- along with students, educators, policy makers & civic leaders -- to attend at no cost until the capacity limit is reached. Registration opens soon.
It astounds me that anyone with children and/or grandchildren can celebrate repealing the endangerment rule.
As expected (just look at Zeldin's face)...
Trump: "We are officially terminating the so-called 'endangerment finding'"
February 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
It astounds me that anyone with children and/or grandchildren can celebrate repealing the endangerment rule.
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As expected (just look at Zeldin's face)...
Trump: "We are officially terminating the so-called 'endangerment finding'"
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
As expected (just look at Zeldin's face)...
I don't remember the show but this is a great way to waste 15 minutes
In honor of Lincoln's Birthday today, and yesterday's centennial of Leslie Nielsen's birth, here's all six opening credits sequences for POLICE SQUAD! (1982).
Police Squad: All Six Intros in One Video
YouTube video by Alan Petersen
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I don't remember the show but this is a great way to waste 15 minutes
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Imagine looking at this guy and thinking, "Yep, that's a representative of a superior culture right there, the thousand-year Reich is just around the corner now that he's in a position of authority," just pudding-brained gelatinous motherfuckers every one of them
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Imagine looking at this guy and thinking, "Yep, that's a representative of a superior culture right there, the thousand-year Reich is just around the corner now that he's in a position of authority," just pudding-brained gelatinous motherfuckers every one of them
You can thank Catherine Cortes MAsto and Jacky Rosen for Emil Bove being on the 3rd Circuit. They refused to support Biden's excellent nominee for 3rd Circuit Adeel Manji
So we have Bove on 3RD circuit and possibly Supreme Court thanks to these two Democratic Senators
So we have Bove on 3RD circuit and possibly Supreme Court thanks to these two Democratic Senators
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
You can thank Catherine Cortes MAsto and Jacky Rosen for Emil Bove being on the 3rd Circuit. They refused to support Biden's excellent nominee for 3rd Circuit Adeel Manji
So we have Bove on 3RD circuit and possibly Supreme Court thanks to these two Democratic Senators
So we have Bove on 3RD circuit and possibly Supreme Court thanks to these two Democratic Senators
I wish self described "Scrappy Little Dyke" REebecca Balint was my Congresswoman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42S....
Becca Balint, D-Vt., discusses the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42S....
Becca Balint, D-Vt., discusses the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I wish self described "Scrappy Little Dyke" REebecca Balint was my Congresswoman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42S....
Becca Balint, D-Vt., discusses the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42S....
Becca Balint, D-Vt., discusses the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
Judges may have found a way to bypass 5th Circuit ruling upholding Trump’s mass detention policy
Two Texas judges, who are bound by the circuit’s ruling, outlined a legal rationale allowing them to continue granting immigrants’ release.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Two Texas judges, who are bound by the circuit’s ruling, outlined a legal rationale allowing them to continue granting immigrants’ release.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judges may have found a way to bypass 5th Circuit ruling upholding Trump’s mass detention policy
Two Texas judges, who are bound by the circuit’s ruling, outlined a legal rationale allowing them to continue granting immigrants’ release.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Judges may have found a way to bypass 5th Circuit ruling upholding Trump’s mass detention policy
Two Texas judges, who are bound by the circuit’s ruling, outlined a legal rationale allowing them to continue granting immigrants’ release.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Two Texas judges, who are bound by the circuit’s ruling, outlined a legal rationale allowing them to continue granting immigrants’ release.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
theintercept.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
Who is this? was sitting behind Pam BOndi at House Judiciary hearings
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Who is this? was sitting behind Pam BOndi at House Judiciary hearings
how does this work can someone explain
“Mr. Morelle moved to commit to the Committee on House Administration.
The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS
At the conclusion of debate on www.c-span.org/congress/bil...,
“Mr. Morelle moved to commit to the Committee on House Administration.
The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS
At the conclusion of debate on www.c-span.org/congress/bil...,
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
how does this work can someone explain
“Mr. Morelle moved to commit to the Committee on House Administration.
The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS
At the conclusion of debate on www.c-span.org/congress/bil...,
“Mr. Morelle moved to commit to the Committee on House Administration.
The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS
At the conclusion of debate on www.c-span.org/congress/bil...,
“Part of the Save America Act
(5) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State election official (including a request related to a process established by a State under paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B)), any head of a Federal department or agency possessing information
(5) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State election official (including a request related to a process established by a State under paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B)), any head of a Federal department or agency possessing information
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
“Part of the Save America Act
(5) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State election official (including a request related to a process established by a State under paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B)), any head of a Federal department or agency possessing information
(5) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State election official (including a request related to a process established by a State under paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B)), any head of a Federal department or agency possessing information