Lee Franke
@leefranke.bsky.social
Dad of 2. 2 Dogs, 2 cats, 2 kids.
Marine 0311. 84-91.
Aggie Band Class of '87
Connoisseur of Dad jokes
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Marine 0311. 84-91.
Aggie Band Class of '87
Connoisseur of Dad jokes
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Hearing that RFK Jr
went fossil hunting with Jeffrey Epstein
in the Dakotas in 2012
has really damaged my opinion of Jeffrey Epstein:
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
went fossil hunting with Jeffrey Epstein
in the Dakotas in 2012
has really damaged my opinion of Jeffrey Epstein:
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Hearing that RFK Jr
went fossil hunting with Jeffrey Epstein
in the Dakotas in 2012
has really damaged my opinion of Jeffrey Epstein:
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
went fossil hunting with Jeffrey Epstein
in the Dakotas in 2012
has really damaged my opinion of Jeffrey Epstein:
www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-biza...
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It’s not a troubled newspaper, it’s owed by the second richest man on earth who could fund it forever and not notice the cost. This is an intentional self-inflicted wound.
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.
trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It’s not a troubled newspaper, it’s owed by the second richest man on earth who could fund it forever and not notice the cost. This is an intentional self-inflicted wound.
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brought my kid to a classmate's birthday party at a bowling alley that's been in business for over 70 years. it has no smoking allowed and that feels like a desecration of its psychic energy, like being forbidden to pray at the Sistine Chapel
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
brought my kid to a classmate's birthday party at a bowling alley that's been in business for over 70 years. it has no smoking allowed and that feels like a desecration of its psychic energy, like being forbidden to pray at the Sistine Chapel
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Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
The shape of this doggo kills me. Just pure fluffy and a tiny head.
This is Kinako. She is a phenomenally proportioned pup proving that bulbous is beautiful. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: nao77001048)
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The shape of this doggo kills me. Just pure fluffy and a tiny head.
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
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Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers including a message written in the snow
Winter Olympics Team GB skier targets ICE with graphic message written in snow
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers including a message written in the snow
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Puerto Rican rapper to follow Grammy victory and anti-ICE speech with show on most-watched US TV event of the year
‘It’s gonna be a huge party’: Bad Bunny set for Super Bowl stage as Trump skips event
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Puerto Rican rapper to follow Grammy victory and anti-ICE speech with show on most-watched US TV event of the year
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Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
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Well, they’re fucking deporting him now. So what are you going to do about it, Senator?
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Well, they’re fucking deporting him now. So what are you going to do about it, Senator?
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In clip amplifying false claim that Trump won 2020 election, the Obamas’ faces are superimposed on bodies of apes
Trump shares video with racist imagery of Barack and Michelle Obama in late-night posting spree
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
In clip amplifying false claim that Trump won 2020 election, the Obamas’ faces are superimposed on bodies of apes
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"The people tearing these loved ones apart are often the very same people who have spent so much of the past several years lecturing the American people, and in particular American women, about the importance of parenthood and family," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social.
Republicans are the party of separating and destroying families | Moira Donegan
Their ‘pro-family’ rhetoric is a cynical and hollow sham
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"The people tearing these loved ones apart are often the very same people who have spent so much of the past several years lecturing the American people, and in particular American women, about the importance of parenthood and family," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social.
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Illegally withholding billions in transportation infrastructure funding to get shit named after you isn’t just an instantly impeachable offense, it should get you laughed out of public life forever.
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Illegally withholding billions in transportation infrastructure funding to get shit named after you isn’t just an instantly impeachable offense, it should get you laughed out of public life forever.
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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“For the first time in a very long time, Democrats were operating as a team, moving in the same direction with the same goal, and that’s to win an election.”
New from Tyler Hicks: What can we learn from the historic upset in Tarrant County?
New from Tyler Hicks: What can we learn from the historic upset in Tarrant County?
Does Taylor Rehmet’s Victory Foreshadow an Anti-MAGA Wave?
As the dust settles, Texas Dems and GOP weigh the lessons from the shock upset in Senate District 9.
www.texasobserver.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
“For the first time in a very long time, Democrats were operating as a team, moving in the same direction with the same goal, and that’s to win an election.”
New from Tyler Hicks: What can we learn from the historic upset in Tarrant County?
New from Tyler Hicks: What can we learn from the historic upset in Tarrant County?
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Mangione faces trial in state and federal court after being charged with murdering healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Judge sets Luigi Mangione state murder trial date for June ahead of federal case
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Mangione faces trial in state and federal court after being charged with murdering healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
This is how you know Olympic athletes are a different type of person
Wada is to investigate claims ski jumpers are injecting acid into their penises to game the suit-measuring system
‘Penis injection’ claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
This is how you know Olympic athletes are a different type of person
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Anonymous insider alleges director of national intelligence withheld classified information for political reasons
Republicans dismiss whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Anonymous insider alleges director of national intelligence withheld classified information for political reasons
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Severe lack of public defenders has meant people charged with crimes have been routinely unable to fight their cases
Oregon must dismiss more than 1,400 cases due to attorney shortage, court rules
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Severe lack of public defenders has meant people charged with crimes have been routinely unable to fight their cases
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This is Milo. He has the reflexes of a sloth and the composure of a statue. Learning catch is going to take a minute. 12/10 (TT: milocrazy8)
February 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This is Milo. He has the reflexes of a sloth and the composure of a statue. Learning catch is going to take a minute. 12/10 (TT: milocrazy8)
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This is Zephyr. He is a professionally trained bed bug detector. When he recognizes the scent of live bed bugs, he gives an alert by sitting and smiling exuberantly at his handler. We're pretty sure no one has ever been more excited to find bed bugs in their life. 13/10 (TT: emmercrew)
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This is Zephyr. He is a professionally trained bed bug detector. When he recognizes the scent of live bed bugs, he gives an alert by sitting and smiling exuberantly at his handler. We're pretty sure no one has ever been more excited to find bed bugs in their life. 13/10 (TT: emmercrew)
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Trump’s “new tone”
This is CNN
This is CNN
February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Trump’s “new tone”
This is CNN
This is CNN
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Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
February 5, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats
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Whoa! This is really disturbing. This website was so helpful!!
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Whoa! This is really disturbing. This website was so helpful!!