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The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

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As another one falls, she may not be someone from the administration but the more people that fall the more will start falling from the administration as well. Already the calls for Lutnick to resign are coming from inside the house.
February 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Iced Americano at my favorite coffee shop on the planet, Day’s in Louisville
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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🧵 ICYMI: Here's a little roundup of our latest coverage of the struggle against ICE in Minnesota, starting with some good clean fun at the Whipple Federal Building, where protesters hucked sex toys at federal agents and state police Monday

unicornriot.ninja/2026/dozens-...
Dozens Arrested After Throwing Dildos at ICE Outside Whipple Federal Building - UNICORN RIOT
Police in riot gear arrested up to 54 protesters on Feb. 7 at the Whipple Federal Building following a day of actions that culminated in protesters throwing hundreds of dildos.
unicornriot.ninja
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Pentagon Confirms First U.S. Troop Death In Operation Southern Spear — The Pentagon confirmed the first publicly disclosed U.S. military death tied to Operation Southern Spear, the campaign targeting drug-running boats. The announcement highlights the risks of U.S. maritime…
Pentagon Confirms First U.S. Troop Death In Operation Southern Spear
www.zerohedge.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Voters back a Democratic deal on DHS funding.--GElliottMorris.
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Voters back a Democratic deal on DHS funding.--GElliottMorris.
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women & girls apparently knew no bounds, whether they actually slept with the women on offer or simply shared Epstein’s fantasies in order to gain influence or funding."
“The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds, whether they actually slept with the women on offer or simply shared Epstein’s fantasies in order to gain influence.”
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Vought faces threats apparently linked to Project 2025 role, source says

"Documents show USAID funds redirected for Vought's security detail.

"USAID will cease to exist in September after Trump ordered it shuttered".

All those kids dead--to protect this old goat?
USAID money that saved people’s lives now reallocated to create a paid entourage for the guy who promised to put federal employees in trauma
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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I am as disappointed in Kier Starmer as any person could be.

In what universe does a Labour leader think imprisoning protesters because he doesn’t like their cause is defensible?

Starmer is as much Israel’s bitch as that asshole in the WH.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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CW: animal neglect

This is Reba. She was surrendered to a shelter extremely malnourished with every bone in her body visible. She needs emergency care to survive, including a feeding tube for nutritional support. You can donate to her care below ❤️‍🩹

1510.fan/reba-bsd
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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hi, cis folks!

if you’re in kansas, please call & tell your state senator & representative that revoking trans people’s documents & setting bounties on trans folks using the bathroom is fucked. tell them to support a veto—yes, even republicans.

contact info: reps.fyi

find talking points in the QP
The Kansas State Legislature just passed SB 244, an extremist bill which cruelly targets trans people and their access to restrooms and accurate identity documents.

Kansans: The time to act is NOW. 🚨

Contact your legislators and urge them to SUPPORT the veto of SB 244: tinyurl.com/2m77hbkk
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Good. Our pressure is working. We don’t have to accept an ever-expanding surveillance state. Now Ring needs to go further: End facial recognition now.
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Zelensky met with Iranian Crown Prince in exile Reza Pahlavi at the Munich Security Conference. Pahlavi thanked him for supporting Iran's people at Davos citing 40,000 killed 300,000 wounded and 40,000 jailed in protests.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Zelensky met with Iranian Crown Prince in exile Reza Pahlavi at the Munich Security Conference. Pahlavi thanked him for supporting Iran's people at Davos citing 40,000 killed 300,000 wounded and 40,000 jailed in protests.
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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"A jury in Florida found the man guilty of five charges, including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16...

"He tried to silence one victim by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for Jan. 6 defendants...

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
February 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
"..commercial real estate is sucking wind right now, just about the only way to make money is to leverage political connections to become involved..AI data centers and deportation infrastructure,” said Jeff Hauser, executive director of the Revolving Door Project.."
"Flint Development is involved in another property deal with ICE, in El Paso... Flint Development recently stripped information about its executive team from its website; those details were available as recently as December, before its dealings with DHS became public..."

jacobin.com/2026/02/ware...
Real Estate Brokers Are Profiting From Warehouse Sales to ICE
Lucrative deals selling empty warehouses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine are being quietly facilitated by a handful of powerful real esta...
jacobin.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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"Flint Development is involved in another property deal with ICE, in El Paso... Flint Development recently stripped information about its executive team from its website; those details were available as recently as December, before its dealings with DHS became public..."

jacobin.com/2026/02/ware...
Real Estate Brokers Are Profiting From Warehouse Sales to ICE
Lucrative deals selling empty warehouses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine are being quietly facilitated by a handful of powerful real esta...
jacobin.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
#AMAZON⬇️

"We had whistles. They had guns,’ Becca Good said of the day that ICE agents killed her wife, Renée.. tricked out with military gear, staying in Hilton hotels and renting Enterprise cars, with technological support from Palantir and Amazon Web Services."

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Amna A. Akbar | In South Minneapolis
ICE have gone from wearing tactical army gear to Midwestern civilian garb; I have even seen photos of agents in...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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So it looks like the US seized Maduro to protect Chinese oil interests in Venezuela. It certainly was not to free the Venezuelan people as they are still being brutalised by the continuation of the Maduro regime.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
US trying to avoid "damaging" Chinese deals in Venezuela, energy secretary says
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said during a trip to Venezuela on Wednesday legitimate deals by legitimate Chinese companies will be fine in Venezuela, but the Trump administration is trying to av...
www.reuters.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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yes, this sentence stuck out to me as unintentionally ironic given a) well, yes, that's rather the point isn't it? and b) Puck's whole business model seems to be predicated on becoming the house journal for the plutocratic class
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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🚨EPSTEIN'S SECRET FAMILY OFFICE REVEALED 🚨

Paul Barrett was Jeffrey Epstein's longtime private banker at JPMorgan

What has never been reported until now: he set up a family office to trade on Epstein's behalf in the last years of the sex offender's life as.ft.com/r/8101f34a-f...
‘We made a lot of money working together’: Jeffrey Epstein’s in-house trader revealed
[FREE TO READ] Private banker quietly became paedophile financier’s money manager in his final years
as.ft.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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The Korean edition of EMPIRE OF AI is out — and this one is really special. 🥹

It was translated by my dear friend Boyoung Lim, who played a crucial role in making my book possible in the first place.

product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S0002...
February 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM