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Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
Trump Justice Department Poised to Preserve Ticketmaster Monopoly - The American Prospect
Settlement talks on a monopolization case against Live Nation are under way, with Kellyanne Conway and other MAGA lobbyi
prospect.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
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The list of states rejecting the DOJ’s demands for unredacted voter rolls continues to grow — and the latest addition is West Virginia.
Secretary of State Kris Warner called the department’s attempt to acquire voters’ private data "unlawful," refusing to hand over the requested information.
Secretary of State Kris Warner called the department’s attempt to acquire voters’ private data "unlawful," refusing to hand over the requested information.
‘DOJ doesn’t have authority to run a state’s elections’: West Virginia’s GOP election chief pushes back on voter roll grab
“State law is clear: voter lists are available in a redacted format from my office, but I'll not be turning over any West Virginian's protected information,” Secretary of State Kris Warner said in a s...
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The list of states rejecting the DOJ’s demands for unredacted voter rolls continues to grow — and the latest addition is West Virginia.
Secretary of State Kris Warner called the department’s attempt to acquire voters’ private data "unlawful," refusing to hand over the requested information.
Secretary of State Kris Warner called the department’s attempt to acquire voters’ private data "unlawful," refusing to hand over the requested information.
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First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...
Voting: A Right, Not A Privilege, For Now
Republicans want to change that with the SAVE Act
joycevance.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...
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February 12, 2026
February 12, 2026
In a ceremony at the White House yesterday, surrounded by coal industry leaders, lawmakers, and miners, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
February 12, 2026
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Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
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BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
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"They went into Minneapolis with the assumption that we'd see the equivalent of George Floyd...they wanted to provoke this. And the discipline that freedom-loving Americans have shown in this—I think it's been incredible."
Adam Kinzinger on Minnesotans refusal to take the bait.
Adam Kinzinger on Minnesotans refusal to take the bait.
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 AM
"They went into Minneapolis with the assumption that we'd see the equivalent of George Floyd...they wanted to provoke this. And the discipline that freedom-loving Americans have shown in this—I think it's been incredible."
Adam Kinzinger on Minnesotans refusal to take the bait.
Adam Kinzinger on Minnesotans refusal to take the bait.
Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
February 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary in the special election to fill the U.S. House seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary
Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary in the special election to fill the U.S. House seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
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"I feel grateful that I got this privilege of being a federal employee. But I wear my uniform home because I’m too scared not to. I could be targeted."
I’m a Minneapolis postal worker. This is what I saw.
Come rain, shine, tear gas, or ICE shootings, postal worker Bianca Sonnenberg is delivering the mail.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
"I feel grateful that I got this privilege of being a federal employee. But I wear my uniform home because I’m too scared not to. I could be targeted."
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Honoring President Lincoln’s birthday in Illinois today.
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Honoring President Lincoln’s birthday in Illinois today.
Evidence Shows Feds Lied To Justify Shooting Marimar Martinez, Lawyer Says blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/11/e...
Evidence Shows Feds Lied To Justify Shooting Marimar Martinez, Lawyer Says
Body-camera footage shows Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum yanking his steering wheel toward Marimar Martinez's car, hitting her car, before getting out of his car and shooting her.
blockclubchicago.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Evidence Shows Feds Lied To Justify Shooting Marimar Martinez, Lawyer Says blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/11/e...
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“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable
The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.
www.ms.now
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
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“I followed the rules. I’ve done great in the community. I’ve never abused any of the conditions of the stay or of my supervision…I’m so scared, I cannot go back."
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
He fled torture in Uganda. ICE is trying to send him back.
People like Pastor Steven Tendo “are exactly who our asylum system is meant to protect.”
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“I followed the rules. I’ve done great in the community. I’ve never abused any of the conditions of the stay or of my supervision…I’m so scared, I cannot go back."
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
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Google plans to integrate its AI model, Gemini, into its shopping services. This could allow Google and its partners to violate consumer privacy and manipulate consumers into spending more and paying higher prices.
I’m pushing for answers.
I’m pushing for answers.
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Google plans to integrate its AI model, Gemini, into its shopping services. This could allow Google and its partners to violate consumer privacy and manipulate consumers into spending more and paying higher prices.
I’m pushing for answers.
I’m pushing for answers.
"The less funding for ICE and Border Patrol, the better," @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social. "I think that's really where the power is... I'm fine with restrictions, but the restrictions are really less important than the funding."
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Countries pushing accountability over the Epstein Files ⬇️
UK, Norway, Sweden, Slovakia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ireland
Meanwhile the U.S. President is telling Americans to move on after he appears 38,000 times with dozens of friends and associates.
It’s time for accountability!
UK, Norway, Sweden, Slovakia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ireland
Meanwhile the U.S. President is telling Americans to move on after he appears 38,000 times with dozens of friends and associates.
It’s time for accountability!
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Countries pushing accountability over the Epstein Files ⬇️
UK, Norway, Sweden, Slovakia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ireland
Meanwhile the U.S. President is telling Americans to move on after he appears 38,000 times with dozens of friends and associates.
It’s time for accountability!
UK, Norway, Sweden, Slovakia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ireland
Meanwhile the U.S. President is telling Americans to move on after he appears 38,000 times with dozens of friends and associates.
It’s time for accountability!
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Playing politics with disaster relief funding is a new low, even for the Trump Administration.
Let’s call it for what it really is: a politically motivated decision that punishes thousands of Illinois families in a critical moment of need.
Let’s call it for what it really is: a politically motivated decision that punishes thousands of Illinois families in a critical moment of need.
Trump administration denies Illinois appeal for summer storms disaster relief
In two letters sent to President Donald Trump last year, Gov. JB Pritzker said the intense rainfall overwhelmed Chicago’s sewer system on the Southwest Side as well as in Cicero and other suburbs, hur...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Playing politics with disaster relief funding is a new low, even for the Trump Administration.
Let’s call it for what it really is: a politically motivated decision that punishes thousands of Illinois families in a critical moment of need.
Let’s call it for what it really is: a politically motivated decision that punishes thousands of Illinois families in a critical moment of need.
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NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
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What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
Few national Democrats have pushed back as forcefully against Trump’s authoritarian crackdown. There’s a reason for that.
www.motherjones.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
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A couple invited Bad Bunny to their wedding. He suggested they be part of his halftime show instead.
Yes, there was a real wedding during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show featured a real wedding. About five minutes into the performance at Levi's Stadium, a couple was married on stage.
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 AM
A couple invited Bad Bunny to their wedding. He suggested they be part of his halftime show instead.