Hello Andrew
@helloandrew.bsky.social
Antifascist, activist, songwriter, filmmaker, humorist, permaculturist.
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I’m so happy to see you again, I missed you so much!
Doctor Gori was right!
Long-time cat person, first-time dog person
Animal rescue & TNR volunteer
Cinephile, TCM loyalist
I’m so happy to see you again, I missed you so much!
Doctor Gori was right!
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Tell congress, no more money for ICE and CBP!
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Tell Congress: No More Money for ICE and CBP
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires at midnight on Friday. Congress must decide how our tax dollars are spent. Last year, Republicans pushed through tens of billions of dollars i...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Tell congress, no more money for ICE and CBP!
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actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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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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1901-1933, Germany won 31 Science Nobels; USA only 7.
Then in 1933 the Nazis destroyed the German universities, sending their scientists fleeing, esp. to America.
Germany's never recovered. Since 1945, USA has received 315 Science Nobels, Germany 52.
Now consider what MAGA aims to do to US unis.
Then in 1933 the Nazis destroyed the German universities, sending their scientists fleeing, esp. to America.
Germany's never recovered. Since 1945, USA has received 315 Science Nobels, Germany 52.
Now consider what MAGA aims to do to US unis.
February 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
1901-1933, Germany won 31 Science Nobels; USA only 7.
Then in 1933 the Nazis destroyed the German universities, sending their scientists fleeing, esp. to America.
Germany's never recovered. Since 1945, USA has received 315 Science Nobels, Germany 52.
Now consider what MAGA aims to do to US unis.
Then in 1933 the Nazis destroyed the German universities, sending their scientists fleeing, esp. to America.
Germany's never recovered. Since 1945, USA has received 315 Science Nobels, Germany 52.
Now consider what MAGA aims to do to US unis.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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A bit long but here’s Marx from the 1844 manuscripts providing an exposition of Goethe and Shakespeare on the power of money that all happens to sum up exactly where we are right now. (Reminded of this passage by Epstein’s capture of prominent academics.)
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women. Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet. Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: "is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/bafkreig4odpf2rmnmzzaiw45dbmsiiltel6wiv4sv32o7ojwdz3vpuf34q@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 AM
A bit long but here’s Marx from the 1844 manuscripts providing an exposition of Goethe and Shakespeare on the power of money that all happens to sum up exactly where we are right now. (Reminded of this passage by Epstein’s capture of prominent academics.)
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Gandalf really is heroic when you consider that there were originally five wizards and one of them turned evil, two of them fucked off and went out east to have orgies, and one is just super into talking to gophers. The one last hope of free peoples was the stoner and that crazy mfer did it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Gandalf really is heroic when you consider that there were originally five wizards and one of them turned evil, two of them fucked off and went out east to have orgies, and one is just super into talking to gophers. The one last hope of free peoples was the stoner and that crazy mfer did it.
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Juana Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen born in Idaho, said she was among those detained. The ACLU said in its news release that her 3-year-old son cried as officers told him to hold on to her pocket.
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Juana Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen born in Idaho, said she was among those detained. The ACLU said in its news release that her 3-year-old son cried as officers told him to hold on to her pocket.
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Admin Officials in the Epstein Files:
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Admin Officials in the Epstein Files:
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
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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.
My Chihuahua Napoleon seems extremely depressed about having to wear diapers due to peeing in the house. ☹️
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
My Chihuahua Napoleon seems extremely depressed about having to wear diapers due to peeing in the house. ☹️
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We are gonna need help getting millions of women their passports.
Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
We are gonna need help getting millions of women their passports.
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In yesterday’s congressional hearing, ICE bristled at being called fascist
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM
In yesterday’s congressional hearing, ICE bristled at being called fascist
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
This story from Idaho alleges they went well beyond fascism-all the way to an American Gestapo
“Parents and children were zip tied at gunpoint”
“officers used racial slurs and sorted..the crowd into groups” based on race
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Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
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Bondi getting appropriately savaged for citing Culver City
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Bondi getting appropriately savaged for citing Culver City
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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This is as big a lie as the one about the 2020 election, probably even more dangerous because so many "normie" Republican officials glommed onto it to curry favor with Trump. Corporate media never exposed it, and an uneducated electorate remains confused.
Bondi shamelessly lies: "Robert Mueller found no evidence of foreign interference in 2016. Have you apologized to President Trump?"
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
This is as big a lie as the one about the 2020 election, probably even more dangerous because so many "normie" Republican officials glommed onto it to curry favor with Trump. Corporate media never exposed it, and an uneducated electorate remains confused.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
Petition: no pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ma...
Do not pardon Ghislaine Maxwell!
Donald Trump refuses to give a straight answer to questions about pardoning Maxwell. Relieving her of her sentence would send a dangerous message to the rich and powerful that they are above even the ...
sign.moveon.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Petition: no pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ma...
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How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE newrepublic.com/article/2059... via @newrepublic.com
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 AM
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE newrepublic.com/article/2059... via @newrepublic.com
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So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
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Cool.
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FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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"Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005."
"it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
"it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005."
"it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
"it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Project Salt Box: How citizen sleuths are monitoring ICE in Maryland
Inside their homes scattered around the Baltimore area, the group of watchdogs is unearthing records, like property filings, contracts, and government procurements, that are otherwise overlooked.
www.thebanner.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Hey Lutnick: Saying you went to Epstein Island but you brought your wife and kids and your nannies and their kids too does not seem like the great exoneration that you seem to think it is.
What kind of parent brings their kids and their nanny‘s kids to a child molester Island?
What kind of parent brings their kids and their nanny‘s kids to a child molester Island?
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Hey Lutnick: Saying you went to Epstein Island but you brought your wife and kids and your nannies and their kids too does not seem like the great exoneration that you seem to think it is.
What kind of parent brings their kids and their nanny‘s kids to a child molester Island?
What kind of parent brings their kids and their nanny‘s kids to a child molester Island?
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Trump has repeatedly claimed ICE targets the “worst of the worst.”
Less Than 14% Of Trump’s ICE Arrests Had Violent Criminal Records, Report Says
Trump has repeatedly claimed ICE targets the “worst of the worst.”
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Trump has repeatedly claimed ICE targets the “worst of the worst.”