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cincyfish.bsky.social

@cincyfish.bsky.social

This shows the level of corruption at the DOJ. Pains were taken to find and redact the names of co-conspirators and other men named in the Epstein documents, but the names, and even nude photos, of the victims were left un-redacted.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files

www.nytimes.com

February 3, 2026 at 11:16 AM

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Raphael Satter

@raphae.li

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.

The chatbot still produces sexualized images —

even when told the subjects don’t consent.

even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.

even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.

www.reuters.com/business/des...

Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent

Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.

www.reuters.com

February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM

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Le Monde in English

@english.lemonde.fr

Paris prosecutors raid French offices of Elon Musk's X

The search is part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offenses, including reports that the AI chatbot Grok helped disseminate Holocaust denial content and sexual deepfakes.

www.lemonde.fr

February 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM

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M Meerkat

@kackbro.bsky.social

NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......

February 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM

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Sarah Longwell

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

Reminder that this is the guy Trump sent to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, who was then moved to club fed days later.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.

February 3, 2026 at 2:07 AM

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Colin Ventura

@colinwoodart.bsky.social

A very tiny owl, hand carved from boxwood. Work in progress.

#woodcarving #carving #woodworking #birdart #owl #miniature #miniaturecarving #woodwork #art #sculpture

A very tiny wood carving of an owl,in light yellow wood. Side view, with its head turned to face the viewer. Small black eyes. Perched on a post. Held between the thumb and finger of a hand. The bird is just larger the size of a thumbnail. Grey slate background.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM

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The Independent

@the-independent.com

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes and more

www.independent.co.uk

February 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM

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Governor Tim Walz

@governorwalz.mn.gov

This should have been the case long before they killed two Americans.

Border patrol agents should never have been sent in masks and camo to wreak havoc and aimlessly run around a state 1,500 miles from the Southern border.

apnews.com/article/immi...

Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says

The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.

apnews.com

February 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.

Citizen Snippy △ @citizensnippy.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.

An absolute enemy of humanity.

"I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible."
- Peter Thiel

February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM

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❀༻𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕫𝕚𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕖༺❀

@schultziepie.bsky.social

Didn’t think I could love
Jason Kelce any more! 🙌🏼
#badbunny
#pinks

February 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM

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Nana Boricua 🇺🇸🇵🇷 💙🌴🌊

@nana-mary.bsky.social

You know who isn’t in the Epstein Files? Presidents Joe Biden and Barrack Obama. Probably why they live rent free in some republican heads.

Licknick is more disgusting for telling that bs story to cover his butt.

#Pinks #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
youtu.be/r4h4VfI7HEM?...

Trump makes Lutnick FALL GUY in EPSTEIN DUMP?!!

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

youtu.be

February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝

@beserioususa.bsky.social

February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social

my "it's not a crime to party with mr epstein" t shirt is raising questions etc

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.

February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR)
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President
Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8
U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United
States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS
holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.?
eSec Noem
I just met with the President.
I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.
Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views
' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783).
2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l.

So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word)
"damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary
Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90
Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination).
Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or
entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching
Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software
engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology
department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of
the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law.
Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome
of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a
substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a
stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See
Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI.

Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not
cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959
lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things— in the public interest is not one of them.
For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under
5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.

February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News

@froomkin.bsky.social

NYT, WaPo, AP, all simply ignoring it. I guess they just consider it demented ranting. But wait, wouldn't that be worth reporting, too? There is no logic to how these people think.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15h

The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.

February 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’

Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.

www.democracydocket.com

February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Jessica Price

@delafina777.bsky.social

So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes

Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease

www.science.org

September 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM

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Not Your Negress

@notyournegro.blacksky.app

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh shhhhiiiiiiit.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

Bill and Hillary Clinton now agree to testify before Congress

It's a stunning change of heart for the former first couple as a contempt vote loomed.

www.politico.com

February 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM

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Angry

@angrystaffer.bsky.social

1. Trump can’t federalize elections and he knows that.

2. That doesn’t mean he won’t try, so what are WE going to do when he inevitably does?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM

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Lawrence

@ldog562.bsky.social

Karma' catches up with everyone.....
newrepublic.com/post/206029/...

ICE Arrests Right-Wing Influencer After He Defends Trump Crackdown

Junior Pena posted about his support for President Trump’s immigration policies.

newrepublic.com

February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

ICE is now claiming it can arrest people without a warrant.

This comes after another internal memo asserting ICE agents can forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant.

Hello? Democrats cannot let these blatantly unconstitutional actions continue. Not another penny for ICE.

February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM