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Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 ([email protected])
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Organizer, activist, messy Xennial, former agent of chaos, former RRT, friend to all animals, LGBTQIA+ ally, social justice warrior, political junkie, Titi, Eastern PA forest sprite.

Be prepared for some political profanity...

#GardenSky #DogSky #GoBirds
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I like teams that don't lend their plane to our fascist government for deporting people.
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Korey Dropkin is adorable.
February 11, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**

He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Fuck you, Maga Mike.
Breaking MS NOW:

In a major defeat for Mike Johnson, 3 House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress' ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs.

The final tally was 214-217, with 3 Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.
House Republicans revolt over GOP’s attempt to hand Trump Congress’ tariff authority
In a rare defeat, three House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress’ ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs.
www.ms.now
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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In the face of fascism, “Fuck you. Make me.” continues to be the right move.
Helluva statement from Colorado Rep Crow (D) on the Trump administration's failure to indict him and others
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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And if they did something to her they undoubtedly threatened her and her family so she wouldn't tell.
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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RULE VOTE FAILS, 217-214.

Three Republicans- Thomas Massie, Kevin Kiley, and Don Bacon - buck the party to allow floor consideration of measures to end Trump's tariffs.

The first such measure, likely on Canada tariffs, could come up as soon as tomorrow
Republicans have been holding this vote open for 40 minutes or so, but the holdouts- Massie, Kiley, Bacon, reportedly left the Capitol. The absent Republican is Greg Murphy (R-NC), who has missed a lot of time since a mid December surgery.

Not clear why Johnson is still holding this vote open
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
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 2:57 AM
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They might as well study bloodletting
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
Auspicious Omens and Excellent Insubordination
I started this out as a letter to a friend who's feeling down about where we as a nation are at in this moment, and I am still learning how this newsletter thing works so thought I could use the newsl...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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I needed this. I bet you do too.
In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
Auspicious Omens and Excellent Insubordination
I started this out as a letter to a friend who's feeling down about where we as a nation are at in this moment, and I am still learning how this newsletter thing works so thought I could use the newsl...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
D.C. grand juries still killin it.
What an ugly assault on First Amendment and on Congress.

Thankfully, thwarted.

"A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort."

Shame on DOJ.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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The Trump admin has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument. apnews.com/article/ston...
Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument. That's angering activists who see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country’s first national monument...
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Kris Harrison is a “father” who drank a bottle of wine and got into an argument about Trump with his 23-year-old daughter.

He shot and killed her.

Today, a Texas grand jury failed to indict him.
British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'
Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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Rep. Delia Ramirez has been an incredible leader during these dark times.
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
They're Letting Cancer Patients Die to Fund Concentration Camps

www.thefarce.org/theyre-letti...
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Another Olympian, Svea Irving, comes out against the pedophile führer and his murderous ICE Nazis. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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The numbers speak for themselves
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.

That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, according to two ICE officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operations.
ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars
Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Refuse to stay silent. Demand that your Rep vote NO on the SAVE Act 2.0—a dangerous voter suppression bill.
Speak up. https://action.demcast.com/a/stop-save-act-20?snw=2&ref=7f8255cd-444d-4f05-b22b-9561c46ef7d2
Contact your Members of Congress!
I refused to stay silent. Just demanded my Rep vote NO on the SAVE Act 2.0--a dangerous voter suppression bill. Speak up.
action.demcast.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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BREAKING: The brother of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre wants Prince Andrew dragged in front of Congress to answer questions. Good. Make him sit there and explain himself.
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM