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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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California's great outdoors is more transit accessible than you think -- I've added trailheads all across the state to Hiking by Transit, ready for your outdoor adventure!
Check it out: hikingbytransit.com
Check it out: hikingbytransit.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:01 AM
California's great outdoors is more transit accessible than you think -- I've added trailheads all across the state to Hiking by Transit, ready for your outdoor adventure!
Check it out: hikingbytransit.com
Check it out: hikingbytransit.com
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Bringing natural consequence to people who have abused their power with barbarous corruption and lawless brutality and cruelty and murder is not an extreme position. It shouldn’t even be a position. It should be a given. It should be a requirement of holding office.
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Bringing natural consequence to people who have abused their power with barbarous corruption and lawless brutality and cruelty and murder is not an extreme position. It shouldn’t even be a position. It should be a given. It should be a requirement of holding office.
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Ouch. The Director of Communications at Yoram Hazony’s Edmund Burke Foundation, which organizes NatCon (the Thiel-backed conference that fueled JD Vance’s political ascendance), has resigned, as explained in this piece that she wrote for Tablet Magazine. 1/29/26… 1/
Yoram Hazony’s 15 Minutes - Tablet Magazine
I helped National Conservatism’s leading intellectual produce the video he now says doesn’t exist. He chose to bury it.
www.tabletmag.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Ouch. The Director of Communications at Yoram Hazony’s Edmund Burke Foundation, which organizes NatCon (the Thiel-backed conference that fueled JD Vance’s political ascendance), has resigned, as explained in this piece that she wrote for Tablet Magazine. 1/29/26… 1/
Neighbor is getting his money's worth out of that giant skeleton he put up last Halloween. In November he put a pilgrim costume on it, then a Santa hat. Now it's wearing pink for Valentine's Day.
I do hope he keeps it going, with some Irish theme next month and then rabbit ears for Easter.
I do hope he keeps it going, with some Irish theme next month and then rabbit ears for Easter.
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Neighbor is getting his money's worth out of that giant skeleton he put up last Halloween. In November he put a pilgrim costume on it, then a Santa hat. Now it's wearing pink for Valentine's Day.
I do hope he keeps it going, with some Irish theme next month and then rabbit ears for Easter.
I do hope he keeps it going, with some Irish theme next month and then rabbit ears for Easter.
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The murder of Medgar Evers was an act of racial terror. That fact is not partisan. It is historical. Calling it anything else is not “restoring truth.” It is erasing it.
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The murder of Medgar Evers was an act of racial terror. That fact is not partisan. It is historical. Calling it anything else is not “restoring truth.” It is erasing it.
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No one should be opposed to this.
February 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
No one should be opposed to this.
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The only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
Flooding the zone with shit, but for the legal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
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One of the best examples of ancient #polychromy that I know of is this terracotta thymiaterion - incense burner - in the form of a group of colorfully dressed women sitting around a wellhead. The iconography reflects a local cult, perhaps of Demeter and Kore. 🏺 1/
4th c. CE. #MetMuseum
📸 me
4th c. CE. #MetMuseum
📸 me
February 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
One of the best examples of ancient #polychromy that I know of is this terracotta thymiaterion - incense burner - in the form of a group of colorfully dressed women sitting around a wellhead. The iconography reflects a local cult, perhaps of Demeter and Kore. 🏺 1/
4th c. CE. #MetMuseum
📸 me
4th c. CE. #MetMuseum
📸 me
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Incredible accounting of all the ways that Trump is trying to rewrite, abolish, bulldoze, destroy America's history and gaslight the public by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Incredible accounting of all the ways that Trump is trying to rewrite, abolish, bulldoze, destroy America's history and gaslight the public by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Instead of bringing down costs, Trump and his Big, Beautiful Bill added over $3 trillion to the debt for a billionaire tax giveaway.
Now, Dr. Oz says you should pay off Trump’s debt bomb instead of retiring after working hard your whole life.
This is dystopian.
Now, Dr. Oz says you should pay off Trump’s debt bomb instead of retiring after working hard your whole life.
This is dystopian.
Dr. Oz suggests Americans should retire later to help pay down the national debt
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Instead of bringing down costs, Trump and his Big, Beautiful Bill added over $3 trillion to the debt for a billionaire tax giveaway.
Now, Dr. Oz says you should pay off Trump’s debt bomb instead of retiring after working hard your whole life.
This is dystopian.
Now, Dr. Oz says you should pay off Trump’s debt bomb instead of retiring after working hard your whole life.
This is dystopian.
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In the full report, we evaluate the effects of low-skilled immigrants, noncitizens, illegal immigrants, and children of immigrants. www.cato.org/white-paper/...
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
In the full report, we evaluate the effects of low-skilled immigrants, noncitizens, illegal immigrants, and children of immigrants. www.cato.org/white-paper/...
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For decades, nativists have sold America this narrative that immigrant welfare is behind our deficits and debt. This figure shows how absurd that is. This is all government expenditures, federal, state, and local, for the last 3 decades. Immigrants are not to blame:
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
For decades, nativists have sold America this narrative that immigrant welfare is behind our deficits and debt. This figure shows how absurd that is. This is all government expenditures, federal, state, and local, for the last 3 decades. Immigrants are not to blame:
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Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge says non-European immigrants have "destroyed our nation, literally": "If you're not a Christian and you're not fully assimilated—I'm talking language, culture, and values—get out of America."
February 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge says non-European immigrants have "destroyed our nation, literally": "If you're not a Christian and you're not fully assimilated—I'm talking language, culture, and values—get out of America."
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Trump is working hard to set/reinforce a frame that connects immigration, financial fraud, & election fraud. He and the right wing propaganda machine will keep producing “evidence” to fit this frame, then use it to justify attempts to suppress voters, kick voters off rolls, and delegitimize results.
Trump: "Minnesota is a mess. There's something in the water up there. I won the 3 three times but I got no credit for it. It's a rigged state. Really rigged badly w/ the Somalians, and the Somalians & the theft. We gotta get 'em out, most of them. 92% don't work. Many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes."
February 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Trump is working hard to set/reinforce a frame that connects immigration, financial fraud, & election fraud. He and the right wing propaganda machine will keep producing “evidence” to fit this frame, then use it to justify attempts to suppress voters, kick voters off rolls, and delegitimize results.
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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 9:04 PM
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.
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This is important to pay attention to. Trump's saying the quiet part of the plan out loud. With the midterms increasingly looking like a bloodbath for the GOP, he's calling on the Republicans to take over the election. This is what an attempt to end democracy looks like. Read @ariberman.bsky.social
Trump goes public with plan to "take over" elections
After the FBI seized 700 boxes of ballots in Georgia, the president calls on Republicans to assert control over voting "in at least 15 places.”
www.motherjones.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is important to pay attention to. Trump's saying the quiet part of the plan out loud. With the midterms increasingly looking like a bloodbath for the GOP, he's calling on the Republicans to take over the election. This is what an attempt to end democracy looks like. Read @ariberman.bsky.social
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My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
Rep. Morrison details her oversight of the federal Whipple building
YouTube video by Rep. Kelly Morrison
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
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Catherine O'Hara as Katharine Hepburn for SCTV.
Genius, genius, genius.
Genius, genius, genius.
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Catherine O'Hara as Katharine Hepburn for SCTV.
Genius, genius, genius.
Genius, genius, genius.