Mr. Fahrenheit
@mrfahrenheit.bsky.social
IN West Sacramento, CA
she/her
mostly nice, fervently anti-GOP
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken
she/her
mostly nice, fervently anti-GOP
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken
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Starting to think the federal government has no intention of ever paying anyone the money they claimed they would provide.
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DeSantis spent $573 million on immigration. The feds may never pay Florida back
Months after federal officials publicly committed to awarding Florida more than half a billion dollars to cover immigration enforcement costs, attorneys for the federal government appear to be backtra...
floridatrib.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Starting to think the federal government has no intention of ever paying anyone the money they claimed they would provide.
floridatrib.org/2026/02/06/d...
floridatrib.org/2026/02/06/d...
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From a local Michigan guy -->
Blocking the new Detroit-Windsor bridge — as Trump is threatening — would be yet another act of economic self-sabotage
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon
His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
From a local Michigan guy -->
What? Is she 10? FFS
‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein
US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files
‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein
US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files
‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein
US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What? Is she 10? FFS
‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein
US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files
‘You’re a washed-up loser lawyer’: Pam Bondi taunts Democrats over Epstein
US attorney general goes on attack during questioning by House judiciary committee over handling of files
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“This would undoubtedly sow massive chaos in our elections. It would radically alter the way all Americans cast their ballots as elections are already underway. It would completely upend the 2026 election cycle.”
“This would undoubtedly sow massive chaos in our elections. It would radically alter the way all Americans cast their ballots as elections are already underway. It would completely upend the 2026 election cycle.”
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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“This would undoubtedly sow massive chaos in our elections. It would radically alter the way all Americans cast their ballots as elections are already underway. It would completely upend the 2026 election cycle.”
“This would undoubtedly sow massive chaos in our elections. It would radically alter the way all Americans cast their ballots as elections are already underway. It would completely upend the 2026 election cycle.”
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
After a cop got shot, Prairieland ICE protesters face terrorism charges. Will Alex Pretti’s killing sway the jury?
After a cop got shot, Prairieland ICE protesters face terrorism charges. Will Alex Pretti’s killing sway the jury?
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
Trump hit Prairieland ICE demonstrators with terrorism charges. Jurors will take on issues of guns at protests, criminalization of speech.
theintercept.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
After a cop got shot, Prairieland ICE protesters face terrorism charges. Will Alex Pretti’s killing sway the jury?
After a cop got shot, Prairieland ICE protesters face terrorism charges. Will Alex Pretti’s killing sway the jury?
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Minnesota still needs your attention
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Minnesota still needs your attention
The Anti-Homelesness Plot Against the First Amendment
If the Supreme Court takes up Taylor v. Singleton, it could be the sum of all fears for the most vulnerable Americans.
If the Supreme Court takes up Taylor v. Singleton, it could be the sum of all fears for the most vulnerable Americans.
The Anti-Homelesness Plot Against the First Amendment
If the Supreme Court takes up Taylor v. Singleton, it could be the sum of all fears for the most vulnerable Americans.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The Anti-Homelesness Plot Against the First Amendment
If the Supreme Court takes up Taylor v. Singleton, it could be the sum of all fears for the most vulnerable Americans.
If the Supreme Court takes up Taylor v. Singleton, it could be the sum of all fears for the most vulnerable Americans.
The Liberal Case for Public Power
When power is treated as a public good, it becomes cheaper, more reliable, and better positioned to meet the challenges of the future than privately held electrical utilities have ever demonstrated.
When power is treated as a public good, it becomes cheaper, more reliable, and better positioned to meet the challenges of the future than privately held electrical utilities have ever demonstrated.
The Liberal Case for Public Power
When power is treated as a public good, it becomes cheaper, more reliable, and better positioned to meet the challenges of the future than privately held electrical utilities have ever demonstrated.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The Liberal Case for Public Power
When power is treated as a public good, it becomes cheaper, more reliable, and better positioned to meet the challenges of the future than privately held electrical utilities have ever demonstrated.
When power is treated as a public good, it becomes cheaper, more reliable, and better positioned to meet the challenges of the future than privately held electrical utilities have ever demonstrated.
Trump's "Religious Liberty Commission" just got sued for its pro-Christian bias
The challenge, filed by a coalition of interfaith groups, says the commission is violating laws regarding transparency and ideological bias
The challenge, filed by a coalition of interfaith groups, says the commission is violating laws regarding transparency and ideological bias
Trump's "Religious Liberty Commission" just got sued for its pro-Christian bias
The challenge, filed by a coalition of interfaith groups, says the commission is violating laws regarding transparency and ideological bias
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Trump's "Religious Liberty Commission" just got sued for its pro-Christian bias
The challenge, filed by a coalition of interfaith groups, says the commission is violating laws regarding transparency and ideological bias
The challenge, filed by a coalition of interfaith groups, says the commission is violating laws regarding transparency and ideological bias
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It should be illuminating that prosecuting sex trafficking, the thing that prosecutors and police across the country have been using as a cash cow to fund surveillance and weaponry, is actually not something government prosecutors care about at all.
The system does not hold people accountable.
The system does not hold people accountable.
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
It should be illuminating that prosecuting sex trafficking, the thing that prosecutors and police across the country have been using as a cash cow to fund surveillance and weaponry, is actually not something government prosecutors care about at all.
The system does not hold people accountable.
The system does not hold people accountable.
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I have written before that as a category (like all other police propaganda), the "data" on trafficking was unsubstantiated.
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
The Unbearable Vagueness of “Sex Trafficking”
Part 1: The Data?
sheriffs.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have written before that as a category (like all other police propaganda), the "data" on trafficking was unsubstantiated.
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
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they racially profiled some poor delivery driver in Rio Rico is what happened
Man detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance reportedly released
Man detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance reportedly released
Carlos Palazuelos told reporters he was held at a traffic stop Tuesday and claimed to not have heard about the case
A man detained by authorities in Arizona investigating the disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother was released early on Wednesday after several hours of questioning, according to reports.
An individual who identified himself to reporters as Carlos Palazuelos said he was the person held after a traffic stop on Tuesday in Rio Rico, about an hour’s drive from the Tucson area home from where Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on 1 February. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
they racially profiled some poor delivery driver in Rio Rico is what happened
There’s been plenty lately for the far-right anti-voting fringe to sink its teeth into — from the GOP push to pass monster voter suppression legislation to the FBI’s recent raid of a Fulton County, Georgia election office.
newsletters.democracydocket.com/anti-voting-...?
newsletters.democracydocket.com/anti-voting-...?
Anti-voting activists have a new plan to ram through their suppression bill
newsletters.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
There’s been plenty lately for the far-right anti-voting fringe to sink its teeth into — from the GOP push to pass monster voter suppression legislation to the FBI’s recent raid of a Fulton County, Georgia election office.
newsletters.democracydocket.com/anti-voting-...?
newsletters.democracydocket.com/anti-voting-...?
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Couple of years ago I bought a book by the Tennessee photographer Baldwin Lee. Marveled at a few pages, put it on shelf to linger w/ later, only now remembered it. And... these are photos of the Black American South, yes. & they are photographs of EVERYTHING. A few here: www.baldwinlee.com/work/vol1
I — BALDWIN LEE
www.baldwinlee.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Couple of years ago I bought a book by the Tennessee photographer Baldwin Lee. Marveled at a few pages, put it on shelf to linger w/ later, only now remembered it. And... these are photos of the Black American South, yes. & they are photographs of EVERYTHING. A few here: www.baldwinlee.com/work/vol1
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society
From the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
From the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society
I helped create and run the media non-profit Economic Hardship Reporting Project, which the late great Barbara Ehrenreich founded. In a time of journalism lay-offs, newsroom shut downs and right-wi…
lithub.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society
From the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
From the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Abolition, Amnesty, Decriminalization, Open Borders
You may not believe immigration restrictions are racist, but racists believe immigration restrictions are racist.
You may not believe immigration restrictions are racist, but racists believe immigration restrictions are racist.
Abolition, Amnesty, Decriminalization, Open Borders
You may not believe immigration restrictions are racist, but racists believe immigration restrictions are racist.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Abolition, Amnesty, Decriminalization, Open Borders
You may not believe immigration restrictions are racist, but racists believe immigration restrictions are racist.
You may not believe immigration restrictions are racist, but racists believe immigration restrictions are racist.
JFC. Just a trash human being. Irredeemable.
Asked to apologize to rape victims for failing to redact their personal information, the attorney general instead demanded that members of Congress apologize to the president for impeaching him, boasted about the stock market, and declared him the most transparent president in U.S. history.
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
JFC. Just a trash human being. Irredeemable.
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Sounds like a made up story behind a new concept album by The Modern Lovers.
‘Georgescu’s political programme is based on the need to heal Romania by creating a synthetic medieval country, agrarian, artisanal, patriarchal, self-sufficient in organic food, purged of chemicals, purged of modernity, purged of everything and everyone he dislikes.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Meek · Far-Right Wellness Product: Romania’s Far Right
Călin Georgescu’s entire political programme, in so far as he has one, is based on the need to heal Romania by...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Sounds like a made up story behind a new concept album by The Modern Lovers.
It’s easy to understand how some members of the mainstream media, including MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough, enthusiastically declared that “evangelical leaders” had been “forced or shocked” to “speak out against it.” But one should not be fooled by the outliers.
Evangelicals won't dump Trump over his racist Obama video
A few spoke out, but most right-wing Christians quietly support the president's ugly views
www.salon.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It’s easy to understand how some members of the mainstream media, including MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough, enthusiastically declared that “evangelical leaders” had been “forced or shocked” to “speak out against it.” But one should not be fooled by the outliers.
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Alito kinda wants to BE Trump, you can tell by how much he likes attention bsky.app/profile/jayw...
Call me a stickler, but I do not think former Supreme Court clerks who are now practicing lawyers with *multiple cases* pending before the Court should be publishing fawning op-eds about how “kind, humble, thoughtful and selfless” their old boss is
Samuel Alito Is a Great Man, According to a Former Alito Clerk Arguing Cases at the Supreme Court
Ben Aguiñaga, Louisiana’s solicitor general, has appeared before the justices three times this term. In an op-ed, he describes his old boss as “kind, humble, thoughtful and selfless.”
ballsandstrikes.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Alito kinda wants to BE Trump, you can tell by how much he likes attention bsky.app/profile/jayw...
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Keep track of the escalations. The 21-yr-old who's been posting openly white-supremacist, antisemitic graphics for Dept. of Labor just got a giant promotion to run social media for DHS's 222,000 employees. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Keep track of the escalations. The 21-yr-old who's been posting openly white-supremacist, antisemitic graphics for Dept. of Labor just got a giant promotion to run social media for DHS's 222,000 employees. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Just a reminder as Bondi spreads administration bullshit about threats to immigration agents:
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
2025 Was the 2nd Safest Year for Border Patrol and ICE Agents
Being a Border Patrol or ICE agent earns many insults, but words aren’t violence. Neither are they dangerous jobs.
www.cato.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Just a reminder as Bondi spreads administration bullshit about threats to immigration agents:
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves.
www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...
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Probably won't come up at today's hearing, but it should:
Bondi shattering norms by reversing dozens of Biden-era DOJ decisions not to seek the death penalty. The reversals jeopardize the due process rights of defendants, and are angering federal district court judges.
Bondi shattering norms by reversing dozens of Biden-era DOJ decisions not to seek the death penalty. The reversals jeopardize the due process rights of defendants, and are angering federal district court judges.
Pam Bondi Is Pushing Death Sentences for People Spared By Her Predecessor
Trump’s AG is ramping up death penalty prosecutions, targeting defendants previously told they wouldn’t face execution.
theintercept.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Probably won't come up at today's hearing, but it should:
Bondi shattering norms by reversing dozens of Biden-era DOJ decisions not to seek the death penalty. The reversals jeopardize the due process rights of defendants, and are angering federal district court judges.
Bondi shattering norms by reversing dozens of Biden-era DOJ decisions not to seek the death penalty. The reversals jeopardize the due process rights of defendants, and are angering federal district court judges.
I've got one too. Silly bastard.
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I've got one too. Silly bastard.