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Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
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Amen; and as our friend Jelani Cobb has so insightfully pointed out, Obama’s campaign speeches actually drew on the Jackson campaign template.
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Amen; and as our friend Jelani Cobb has so insightfully pointed out, Obama’s campaign speeches actually drew on the Jackson campaign template.
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THE ROAD (2009) you sit through so much horror and then Duvall gives that one gesture when he talks about his son and really, that could have been the whole movie. And, I’m gonna be using his line “It’s foolish to ask for luxuries in times likes these” a lot, going forward (the “luxury” was death).
February 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
THE ROAD (2009) you sit through so much horror and then Duvall gives that one gesture when he talks about his son and really, that could have been the whole movie. And, I’m gonna be using his line “It’s foolish to ask for luxuries in times likes these” a lot, going forward (the “luxury” was death).
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Hey new york city, can anybody help out this poor little cat?
This super sweet female young cat was found in Bushwick. She's currently staying on a terrace because the cats living in that house are not very friendly, and she is looking for either a foster or a forever home. If anyone can help, please send me a DM
February 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Hey new york city, can anybody help out this poor little cat?
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Lenders to commercial real estate owners are reaching breaking point—calling in tens of billions of dollars in loans.
Lenders to Commercial Real Estate Owners: Pay Up Now
The delinquency rate for office building owners jumped to a record high last month.
on.wsj.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Lenders to commercial real estate owners are reaching breaking point—calling in tens of billions of dollars in loans.
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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
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4. The purpose of the 2017 campaign was to “trigger“ liberals and journalists with a purportedly innocuous phrase.
The Barr campaign appears to have similar goals.
Barr concludes the ad by stating, “I’m Andy Barr, and I approve this message to give woke liberals something else to cry about.”
The Barr campaign appears to have similar goals.
Barr concludes the ad by stating, “I’m Andy Barr, and I approve this message to give woke liberals something else to cry about.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
4. The purpose of the 2017 campaign was to “trigger“ liberals and journalists with a purportedly innocuous phrase.
The Barr campaign appears to have similar goals.
Barr concludes the ad by stating, “I’m Andy Barr, and I approve this message to give woke liberals something else to cry about.”
The Barr campaign appears to have similar goals.
Barr concludes the ad by stating, “I’m Andy Barr, and I approve this message to give woke liberals something else to cry about.”
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2. In the ad, Barr speaks directly to the camera and declares, “It’s not a sin to be white.”
The language used by Barr is a variation of the phrase “It’s OK to be white,” which has been adopted by white supremacists.
It has been designated as a “hate slogan“ by the Anti-Defamation League.
The language used by Barr is a variation of the phrase “It’s OK to be white,” which has been adopted by white supremacists.
It has been designated as a “hate slogan“ by the Anti-Defamation League.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
2. In the ad, Barr speaks directly to the camera and declares, “It’s not a sin to be white.”
The language used by Barr is a variation of the phrase “It’s OK to be white,” which has been adopted by white supremacists.
It has been designated as a “hate slogan“ by the Anti-Defamation League.
The language used by Barr is a variation of the phrase “It’s OK to be white,” which has been adopted by white supremacists.
It has been designated as a “hate slogan“ by the Anti-Defamation League.
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1. Major corporations — including General Motors, State Farm, JPMorgan Chase, Delta, and Microsoft — are bankrolling a political ad from Senate candidate Andy Barr featuring a white nationalist slogan.
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
1. Major corporations — including General Motors, State Farm, JPMorgan Chase, Delta, and Microsoft — are bankrolling a political ad from Senate candidate Andy Barr featuring a white nationalist slogan.
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Now considered one of the finest authors of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen Imes, the biracial daughter of a Danish seamstress and a Black cook from the Danish West Indies, was also a public health nurse and a respected nurse administrator in New York City.
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Now considered one of the finest authors of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen Imes, the biracial daughter of a Danish seamstress and a Black cook from the Danish West Indies, was also a public health nurse and a respected nurse administrator in New York City.
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
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People are saying, "There will be no more elections!" when there are literally elections happening right now. The US of A is big and there are lots of elections.
I voted this morning in my Democratic primary, which in my district is likely to determine the final winners. Despite predictions to the contrary, the polling place was not surrounded by Gestapo. Turns out elections aren't over forever after all.
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
People are saying, "There will be no more elections!" when there are literally elections happening right now. The US of A is big and there are lots of elections.
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The Colbert thing seems like an obvious first attempt at blocking candidate interviews on talk shows altogether which makes sense when the 2028 election will be one of several possible charismatic people against a guy who handles live interviews like a kid who shit their pants during a spelling bee
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The Colbert thing seems like an obvious first attempt at blocking candidate interviews on talk shows altogether which makes sense when the 2028 election will be one of several possible charismatic people against a guy who handles live interviews like a kid who shit their pants during a spelling bee
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Re: Nick Shirley’s big California *expose*
February 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Re: Nick Shirley’s big California *expose*
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As an attorney with occasional experience with the Equal Time rule, I can explain what's going on here and how the FCC's Brandon Carr is leveraging his position to force late night and daytime talk show hosts to exclude Democratic candidates.
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
As an attorney with occasional experience with the Equal Time rule, I can explain what's going on here and how the FCC's Brandon Carr is leveraging his position to force late night and daytime talk show hosts to exclude Democratic candidates.
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
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Sorry your health insurance went up so much, we had to give a few trillion $ to psychopathic techbro overlords who invested it in AI data centers that pollute our air & water, drive up our electricity costs, and power AI that hallucinates, atrophies our frontal lobes, & hooks us on fake girlfriends.
Sorry your health insurance costs so much more this year, we needed to make fancy airplanes for illiterate dog-murderers
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Sorry your health insurance went up so much, we had to give a few trillion $ to psychopathic techbro overlords who invested it in AI data centers that pollute our air & water, drive up our electricity costs, and power AI that hallucinates, atrophies our frontal lobes, & hooks us on fake girlfriends.
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“‘I hope they don’t arrest us because the 13th is Valentine’s Day, and I want to be there,’” a son told his mother ahead of an recent ICE check in at 26 Fed.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/c...
After an ICE Arrest, a Scarred Family Returns to 26 Federal Plaza
Ingrid and her two young children, one of them a U.S. citizen, had gone for a routine check-in, only to spend the holidays trapped in a hotel room awaiting their seemingly inevitable deportation. This...
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
“‘I hope they don’t arrest us because the 13th is Valentine’s Day, and I want to be there,’” a son told his mother ahead of an recent ICE check in at 26 Fed.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/c...
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From all-night food crawls to hosting iftars, here's everything you need to know to observe or celebrate Ramadan with friends and family.
I’m a food reporter who’s fasting for Ramadan. Here’s my guide to observing and celebrating in Philadelphia
www.inquirer.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
From all-night food crawls to hosting iftars, here's everything you need to know to observe or celebrate Ramadan with friends and family.
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In my view, one of the trickier parts of being trans — even more so a few decades ago before there was broader social recognition of our existing — is communicating to cis folks just how *real* our experience is.
February 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
In my view, one of the trickier parts of being trans — even more so a few decades ago before there was broader social recognition of our existing — is communicating to cis folks just how *real* our experience is.
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“.. Perhaps Bessent wouldn’t have been so flippant if the testimony had come after the flood of data last week, which laid bare the challenges facing ordinary Americans ..”
- @bobburgess.bsky.social
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
- @bobburgess.bsky.social
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
February 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
“.. Perhaps Bessent wouldn’t have been so flippant if the testimony had come after the flood of data last week, which laid bare the challenges facing ordinary Americans ..”
- @bobburgess.bsky.social
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
- @bobburgess.bsky.social
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Master class for orators right here.
RIP Jesse. www.instagram.com/revjjackson/...
Rev Jesse Jackson Sr | #ThrowbackTuesday to when Rev. Jesse Jackson had us all laughing on Saturday Night Live as he read Green Eggs and Ham with his signature... | Instagram
2,010 likes, 83 comments - revjjackson on October 8, 2024: "#ThrowbackTuesday to when Rev. Jesse Jackson had us all laughing on Saturday Night Live as he read Green Eggs and Ham with his signature...
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February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Master class for orators right here.
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The headline doesn't even begin to describe how wildly unethical the background of this story is, which is that the survivor only shared the story with one person- her psychiatrist- who is Kamel Doud's wife
His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle has become about much more than literary ethics.
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The headline doesn't even begin to describe how wildly unethical the background of this story is, which is that the survivor only shared the story with one person- her psychiatrist- who is Kamel Doud's wife
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Worth remembering, amidst all the critique (some justified, some not) of social media and internet, it is able to subvert the different gatekeeping power of traditional media
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Worth remembering, amidst all the critique (some justified, some not) of social media and internet, it is able to subvert the different gatekeeping power of traditional media