Mina
@minerva1.bsky.social
American woman with wide-ranging interests.
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It doesn’t say it as directly, but at its core all of this stuff is Calhounism and Dred Scott: An assertion that the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were conceived in purely racial terms and to include exclusively the white race.
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:07 AM
It doesn’t say it as directly, but at its core all of this stuff is Calhounism and Dred Scott: An assertion that the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were conceived in purely racial terms and to include exclusively the white race.
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UK government: “consistent, collaborative work has confirmed through laboratory testing that the deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuador dart frogs (epibatidine) was found in samples from Alexei Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death” www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin
UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
UK government: “consistent, collaborative work has confirmed through laboratory testing that the deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuador dart frogs (epibatidine) was found in samples from Alexei Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death” www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
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So comically absurd to see him talk about the value of cultural exchange and foreign accomplishments while in the next breath condemning foreign influence and free exchange. What a weak mind
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
So comically absurd to see him talk about the value of cultural exchange and foreign accomplishments while in the next breath condemning foreign influence and free exchange. What a weak mind
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i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
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rubio’s invocation of “western civilization” — defined here as racial and religious chauvinism, if not outright supremacy — is a rejection of the more egalitarian and universalistic notions that came out of america’s two revolutions.
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
rubio’s invocation of “western civilization” — defined here as racial and religious chauvinism, if not outright supremacy — is a rejection of the more egalitarian and universalistic notions that came out of america’s two revolutions.
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Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power. trib.al/NS4Lf8H
Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power. trib.al/NS4Lf8H
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“Aides said [Trump] talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Chief of Staff John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter.” —Miles Taylor, who worked for the first Trump Administration.
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“Aides said [Trump] talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Chief of Staff John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter.” —Miles Taylor, who worked for the first Trump Administration.
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“.. The exchanges include invitations to private residences, introductions to diplomats .. They also show Epstein repeatedly encouraged Barrack to move communications to encrypted messaging apps, records of which are not part of the government release.”
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“.. The exchanges include invitations to private residences, introductions to diplomats .. They also show Epstein repeatedly encouraged Barrack to move communications to encrypted messaging apps, records of which are not part of the government release.”
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New: The family of Don Huffines, a former Republican Texas senator who is now campaigning to become the state’s comptroller, bought the disgraced Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico after the child sex trafficker and molester died.
Don Huffines’ family bought Epstein's ranch after his death
Huffines' campaign said the candidate’s family bought the ranch at a public auction four years after Jeffrey Epstein died.
www.texastribune.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
New: The family of Don Huffines, a former Republican Texas senator who is now campaigning to become the state’s comptroller, bought the disgraced Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico after the child sex trafficker and molester died.
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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
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“In August 2011, Barrack emailed Epstein and said ‘just saw Sultan who likes you a lot! I told him you are the best that you are a first class brain inside of a first class human being! Miss u.’”
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
www.cbsnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
“In August 2011, Barrack emailed Epstein and said ‘just saw Sultan who likes you a lot! I told him you are the best that you are a first class brain inside of a first class human being! Miss u.’”
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
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In November 2013 a Ukrainian protest comprising thousands of college students became a Euromaidan of millions.
Normal men and women without strong political views faced down paramilitary thugs in the freezing cold.
Asked why, they said the same thing he does.
"They're beating our children."
Normal men and women without strong political views faced down paramilitary thugs in the freezing cold.
Asked why, they said the same thing he does.
"They're beating our children."
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
In November 2013 a Ukrainian protest comprising thousands of college students became a Euromaidan of millions.
Normal men and women without strong political views faced down paramilitary thugs in the freezing cold.
Asked why, they said the same thing he does.
"They're beating our children."
Normal men and women without strong political views faced down paramilitary thugs in the freezing cold.
Asked why, they said the same thing he does.
"They're beating our children."
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When the autocrats in power label oversight a “hoax,” they’re not protecting the truth; they’re protecting themselves.
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
When the autocrats in power label oversight a “hoax,” they’re not protecting the truth; they’re protecting themselves.
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
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www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Every day it becomes clearer that capitulation (Columbia, Perkins Coie, etc) was the wrong strategy
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Every day it becomes clearer that capitulation (Columbia, Perkins Coie, etc) was the wrong strategy
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"I never want to see a child run away from our own government ever again"
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"I never want to see a child run away from our own government ever again"
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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A young violinist was nervous about meeting with Jeffrey Epstein due to his 2008 child sex abuse conviction. Epstein reassured her by noting his friendship with @bardcollege.bsky.social’s Leon Botstein, and set up a dinner between Botstein and the musician. She soon became one of Epstein’s victims.
Epstein Used Botstein’s Prestige and Connections to Recruit and Support One of His Victims, a Violinist from Europe - The Daily Catch
Jeffrey Epstein utilized his burgeoning relationship with Bard College President and American Symphony Orchestra Conductor Leon Botstein in 2013 to procure perks for a young violinist who ultimately b...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A young violinist was nervous about meeting with Jeffrey Epstein due to his 2008 child sex abuse conviction. Epstein reassured her by noting his friendship with @bardcollege.bsky.social’s Leon Botstein, and set up a dinner between Botstein and the musician. She soon became one of Epstein’s victims.
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Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison two years ago, was most likely poisoned by a toxin found in a South American frog, the Foreign Ministries of Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday in a joint statement.
Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say
Traces of the toxin were found in the body of the Russian dissident Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in prison two years ago, five governments said in a joint statement.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison two years ago, was most likely poisoned by a toxin found in a South American frog, the Foreign Ministries of Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday in a joint statement.
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Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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“Among independents — who tend to decide elections — there is an even wider gap between those who say Bad Bunny is a better representative of America (46%) and those who say Trump (27%).”
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Poll: Who better represents America? More Americans say Bad Bunny than Trump.
The new Yahoo/YouGov survey was conducted right after the Puerto Rican rapper's Super Bowl halftime performance, which the president described as "an affront to the Greatness of America."
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February 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
“Among independents — who tend to decide elections — there is an even wider gap between those who say Bad Bunny is a better representative of America (46%) and those who say Trump (27%).”
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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