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MUST WATCH! Sir Ian McKellen ends this wonderful interview on Stephen Colbert’s Show by performing a speech Shakespeare wrote that is VERY TIMELY for today! This is why art matters! @katiecouric.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jerilryan.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
MUST WATCH! Sir Ian McKellen ends this wonderful interview on Stephen Colbert’s Show by performing a speech Shakespeare wrote that is VERY TIMELY for today! This is why art matters! @katiecouric.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jerilryan.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
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PSA: You can opt out of the face screening camera at airport security BUT you have to tell them before they scan your ID. When you walk up say "I'd like to opt out of the facial recognition screening."
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
PSA: You can opt out of the face screening camera at airport security BUT you have to tell them before they scan your ID. When you walk up say "I'd like to opt out of the facial recognition screening."
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
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The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
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This deserves to be spread as far and wide as what happened to Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This deserves to be spread as far and wide as what happened to Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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somebody should inform the Politico/CNN/Axios/NYT brunchlord media establishment that corruption has hollowed out public safety, labor rights, and consumer protection, opening the door to decades of mass suffering and death
I feel like that might be an interesting story
I feel like that might be an interesting story
Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds
The Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
somebody should inform the Politico/CNN/Axios/NYT brunchlord media establishment that corruption has hollowed out public safety, labor rights, and consumer protection, opening the door to decades of mass suffering and death
I feel like that might be an interesting story
I feel like that might be an interesting story
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BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM
BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
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NO TAXPAYER BAILOUTS FOR THE CRYPTO SPECULATORS AND CON ARTISTS.
If you gambled and lost, don’t ask the American people to bail you out.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
If you gambled and lost, don’t ask the American people to bail you out.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
NO TAXPAYER BAILOUTS FOR THE CRYPTO SPECULATORS AND CON ARTISTS.
If you gambled and lost, don’t ask the American people to bail you out.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
If you gambled and lost, don’t ask the American people to bail you out.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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This
It's extremely disrespectful to people who care about the issue of rampant sexual abuse in our society, especially survivors, to say the Epstein files are a distraction from anything. They're one of many disasters that need attention. If you don't care, great that you benefit from rape culture.
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This
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The State Department instructed employees not to cite reports on human rights abuses from NGOs that don’t comply with Trump’s DEI or anti-trans stances. “Gender ideology and DEI ideology perpetuate practices categorized by the State Department as human rights abuses.”
State Department Bars Citations of Human Rights Reports From NGOs Promoting DEI
This guidance could deem groups like Amnesty International as not “credible” on human rights violations.
buff.ly
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The State Department instructed employees not to cite reports on human rights abuses from NGOs that don’t comply with Trump’s DEI or anti-trans stances. “Gender ideology and DEI ideology perpetuate practices categorized by the State Department as human rights abuses.”
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This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
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PSA: The U.S. Postal Service has announced a change to their postmark date system, which could impact filing taxes, mailing important government documents, and voting.
February 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
PSA: The U.S. Postal Service has announced a change to their postmark date system, which could impact filing taxes, mailing important government documents, and voting.
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I wrote about how the women Epstein and co victimized have been minimized and ignored as individuals even in popular discourse about the very abuse they endured—and how the legal system has punished them and other women, not helped them, for daring to come forward.
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
Even the most famous victims are silenced
From the Epstein files to Amber Heard, we obsess over victims while denying their own right to speak.
spitfirenews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I wrote about how the women Epstein and co victimized have been minimized and ignored as individuals even in popular discourse about the very abuse they endured—and how the legal system has punished them and other women, not helped them, for daring to come forward.
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
spitfirenews.com/p/even-the-m...
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LFG
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
(1/2 🧵)
(1/2 🧵)
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
LFG
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
Creulty and fear are the point theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants
ICE agents dropped customized ace of spades playing cards, recalling a practice by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.
theintercept.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Creulty and fear are the point theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
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I LOVE THIS
In Minneapolis, people are literally singing resistance before marching to the hotels where ICE agents are staying—inviting them to defect and join us in solidarity. It’s an action rooted in compassion, courage, and collective humanity. Transforming fear into shared power.
February 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I LOVE THIS
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My family was imprisoned behind barbed wire and armed guards by our own government.
Not for what they did. But because of who they were. I was born in that internment camp.
My family history lives with me every day. It drives me to fight for my neighbors—for their rights and for their dignity.
Not for what they did. But because of who they were. I was born in that internment camp.
My family history lives with me every day. It drives me to fight for my neighbors—for their rights and for their dignity.
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
My family was imprisoned behind barbed wire and armed guards by our own government.
Not for what they did. But because of who they were. I was born in that internment camp.
My family history lives with me every day. It drives me to fight for my neighbors—for their rights and for their dignity.
Not for what they did. But because of who they were. I was born in that internment camp.
My family history lives with me every day. It drives me to fight for my neighbors—for their rights and for their dignity.
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Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein Files 5,000 more times than abortion is mentioned in the Bible.
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein Files 5,000 more times than abortion is mentioned in the Bible.
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Time for us to get even louder
Bernie Dismantles NIH Director On Live TV, Warren Demands Congress “Grow A Spine” Over Midterm Election Theft, and AOC Blasts Trump’s Epstein Cover-Up
Three leaders, multiple fronts, one mission: accountability
www.dworkinsubstack.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Time for us to get even louder
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Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm
White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tom McClintock keeps telling people that if they don't like ICE, they should change the law. Screw that. We're going to change the lawmaker so that we can change the law.
#ChangeTheLaw #PoliticalChange #TomMcClintock #ICEReform #ChangeIsComing #Immigration #Minneapolis
#ChangeTheLaw #PoliticalChange #TomMcClintock #ICEReform #ChangeIsComing #Immigration #Minneapolis
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Tom McClintock keeps telling people that if they don't like ICE, they should change the law. Screw that. We're going to change the lawmaker so that we can change the law.
#ChangeTheLaw #PoliticalChange #TomMcClintock #ICEReform #ChangeIsComing #Immigration #Minneapolis
#ChangeTheLaw #PoliticalChange #TomMcClintock #ICEReform #ChangeIsComing #Immigration #Minneapolis
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Rep. Ted Lieu never “blanches” at truth and accountability.
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Rep. Ted Lieu never “blanches” at truth and accountability.