Natalee
@natalee53.bsky.social
With fear for our democracy. I dissent.
Justice Sotomayor 7/01/2024
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
6/27/2025
Somewhere in the PNW.
DMs = 🚫
Justice Sotomayor 7/01/2024
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
6/27/2025
Somewhere in the PNW.
DMs = 🚫
Pinned
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Judge Orders U.S. to Facilitate Return of College Student Who Was Deported in Error
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Judge Orders U.S. to Facilitate Return of College Student Who Was Deported in Error
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Judge Orders U.S. to Facilitate Return of College Student Who Was Deported in Error
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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Not tired of winning.🥳
NEWS: The Supreme Court of Virginia today confirmed that Virginia’s redistricting referendum will proceed as scheduled on April 21.
Elias Law Group is proud to represent Don Scott, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in this critical case.
elias.law/press-releas...
Elias Law Group is proud to represent Don Scott, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in this critical case.
elias.law/press-releas...
Supreme Court of Virginia Clears Path for April 21 Redistricting Referendum - Elias Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court of Virginia today confirmed that Virginia's redistricting referendum will proceed as scheduled on
elias.law
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Not tired of winning.🥳
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February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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for better or worse, this will probably be the most successful and compelling argument by communities against ICE concentration camps being built:
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
for better or worse, this will probably be the most successful and compelling argument by communities against ICE concentration camps being built:
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
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interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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You've got to be fuqqing kidding me.
This toad needs to be removed.
This toad needs to be removed.
How utterly embarrassing.
It’s not the pilot’s job to remember cosplay Barbie’s blankie.
It’s not the pilot’s job to remember cosplay Barbie’s blankie.
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
You've got to be fuqqing kidding me.
This toad needs to be removed.
This toad needs to be removed.
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This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)
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Former U.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris pulled up to Alabama State on Thursday.
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Former U.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris pulled up to Alabama State on Thursday.
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
Video c/o:@brothamyles1
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I’m the same age as the Mouse
February 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I’m the same age as the Mouse
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How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller?
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand
The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ...
www.science.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller?
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
1/n
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
1/n
It’s an RNA world. RNA is posited to be the first genetic material, arising 4 billion years ago. It can store information and act as an enzyme. Eventually, it duplicated its information into a more stable form, DNA.
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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🤔 — @votegloriaj.bsky.social pointing out @GovBillLee’s voucher scam is spending a lot more on each private school kid than the state does on public school kids👇🏽
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
🤔 — @votegloriaj.bsky.social pointing out @GovBillLee’s voucher scam is spending a lot more on each private school kid than the state does on public school kids👇🏽
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Examples of "the best government that money can buy" are becoming more depressing. Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted accepted more than $115,000 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, one of 6 people listed as Epstein's co-conspirators, and then voted against releasing the Epstein files.
Husted took donations from Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, then voted to block file release
Campaign records show Sen. Jon Husted took $116,892 from Les Wexner since 2001, including months before voting to block release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents.
tiffinohio.net
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Examples of "the best government that money can buy" are becoming more depressing. Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted accepted more than $115,000 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, one of 6 people listed as Epstein's co-conspirators, and then voted against releasing the Epstein files.
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A 76-year-old veteran and nurse was tackled and detained at the site of Alex Pretti's killing. Agents told him his phone was evidence in an investigation into him assaulting an officer.
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? • Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnson’s ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
minnesotareformer.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
A 76-year-old veteran and nurse was tackled and detained at the site of Alex Pretti's killing. Agents told him his phone was evidence in an investigation into him assaulting an officer.
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
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I would like to know why my Congress person @marilynstrickland.bsky.social refuses to do things like this. I would love to see her in my community fighting ice and meeting with her constituents in Tacoma instead of voting to condemn socialism as evil.
February 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I would like to know why my Congress person @marilynstrickland.bsky.social refuses to do things like this. I would love to see her in my community fighting ice and meeting with her constituents in Tacoma instead of voting to condemn socialism as evil.
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I recently visited the ICE Detention Center in Tacoma, and after meeting with Oregonians in detention I spoke with workers and volunteers at AIDNW. 🧵
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I recently visited the ICE Detention Center in Tacoma, and after meeting with Oregonians in detention I spoke with workers and volunteers at AIDNW. 🧵
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UK Def Min Healey to NATO allies: “We will back you. We will defend you. We will fight with you in this new era of threat and hard power.”
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
UK Def Min Healey to NATO allies: “We will back you. We will defend you. We will fight with you in this new era of threat and hard power.”
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Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
America is being ruled by people who took money from gangsters and while the truth might not set them free, it could save the world
America is being ruled by people who took money from gangsters and while the truth might not set them free, it could save the world
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
America is being ruled by people who took money from gangsters and while the truth might not set them free, it could save the world
www.bettedangerous.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil
America is being ruled by people who took money from gangsters and while the truth might not set them free, it could save the world
America is being ruled by people who took money from gangsters and while the truth might not set them free, it could save the world
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REMINDER: Bette's Speakeasy with Slavenka Drakulić on War Criminals on Trial in The Hague
Bette members—please register for our Sunday Speakeasy with author Slavenka Drakulić, who documented the trials of Yugoslavian war criminals in her book They Would Never Hurt a Fly
Bette members—please register for our Sunday Speakeasy with author Slavenka Drakulić, who documented the trials of Yugoslavian war criminals in her book They Would Never Hurt a Fly
REMINDER: Bette's Speakeasy with Slavenka Drakulić on War Criminals on Trial in The Hague
Bette members—please register for our Sunday Speakeasy with author Slavenka Drakulić, who documented the trials of Yugoslavian war criminals in her book They Would Never Hurt a Fly
www.bettedangerous.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
REMINDER: Bette's Speakeasy with Slavenka Drakulić on War Criminals on Trial in The Hague
Bette members—please register for our Sunday Speakeasy with author Slavenka Drakulić, who documented the trials of Yugoslavian war criminals in her book They Would Never Hurt a Fly
Bette members—please register for our Sunday Speakeasy with author Slavenka Drakulić, who documented the trials of Yugoslavian war criminals in her book They Would Never Hurt a Fly
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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"Meta, Facebook’s parent company, plans to add the feature to its smart glasses, which it makes with the owner of Ray-Ban and Oakley, as soon as this year, according to four people involved with the plans who were not authorized to speak publicly about confidential discussions."
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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This is a 3,600-word piece airing every bit of dirt Noem's detractors have aired in the last year, presumably to try to get her (and Corey) ousted.
2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 AM
This is a 3,600-word piece airing every bit of dirt Noem's detractors have aired in the last year, presumably to try to get her (and Corey) ousted.
2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...