Richard Halliday
@rthalliday.bsky.social
“Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy. “ Husband. Parent. Believer in defending democracy, loving your neighbor (which includes strangers), and vehemently against fascism. Fight the fights worth fighting, not just the ones we think we can win.
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February 12, 2026
February 12, 2026
In a ceremony at the White House yesterday, surrounded by coal industry leaders, lawmakers, and miners, President Donald J.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
February 12, 2026
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They’ll no longer need to wear masks once we know their identities.
Small European Website Is Exposing US Immigration Agents via @theguardian.com ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Small European Website Is Exposing US Immigration Agents via @theguardian.com ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 AM
They’ll no longer need to wear masks once we know their identities.
Small European Website Is Exposing US Immigration Agents via @theguardian.com ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Small European Website Is Exposing US Immigration Agents via @theguardian.com ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Beware the Corporate Democrats Trying to Hijack the Party!
Flush with money from Silicon Valley bros and venture capitalists, new "centrist" groups are emerging within the Democratic Party to stem the tide of progressives.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Flush with money from Silicon Valley bros and venture capitalists, new "centrist" groups are emerging within the Democratic Party to stem the tide of progressives.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Beware the Corporate Democrats Trying to Hijack the Party!
Flush with money from Silicon Valley bros and venture capitalists, new "centrist" groups are emerging within the Democratic Party to stem the tide of progressives.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Flush with money from Silicon Valley bros and venture capitalists, new "centrist" groups are emerging within the Democratic Party to stem the tide of progressives.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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The DHS funding deadline is tomorrow — and a bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. We need Democrats to keep holding the line by refusing to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation. Let’s get to work.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The DHS funding deadline is tomorrow — and a bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. We need Democrats to keep holding the line by refusing to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation. Let’s get to work.
On Lincoln’s birthday, @hcrichardson.bsky.social writes about how he came to reason out the insanity of human enslavement. I’m not convinced the country would not have been well served to punish the traitors who did believe in slavery and started the Civil War by putting them to death.
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
On Lincoln’s birthday, @hcrichardson.bsky.social writes about how he came to reason out the insanity of human enslavement. I’m not convinced the country would not have been well served to punish the traitors who did believe in slavery and started the Civil War by putting them to death.
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
Another page out of Project 2025 to steal democracy. Call your Senators now.
🚨BREAKING: The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
House GOP passes sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions, sends measure to Senate
The GOP’s push for the measure was driven by blatantly false claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Another page out of Project 2025 to steal democracy. Call your Senators now.
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The GOP is pursuing new voter suppression legislation modeled on the infamous SAVE Act. This series of bills would end registration by mail and add new ID requirements that could prevent millions of eligible voters from registering. Congress needs to hear from us: indivisible.org/actions/stop...
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The GOP is pursuing new voter suppression legislation modeled on the infamous SAVE Act. This series of bills would end registration by mail and add new ID requirements that could prevent millions of eligible voters from registering. Congress needs to hear from us: indivisible.org/actions/stop...
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social, in today's Letter, highlights the powerful message of diversity and unity that #BadBunny had during the Superbowl. This, in vast contrast to both the US governments historically racist and pro-oligarchical approach to states and territories like Puerto Rico. 1/
February 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social, in today's Letter, highlights the powerful message of diversity and unity that #BadBunny had during the Superbowl. This, in vast contrast to both the US governments historically racist and pro-oligarchical approach to states and territories like Puerto Rico. 1/
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The SAVE Act is a literal poll tax for married women who changed their last name.
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The SAVE Act is a literal poll tax for married women who changed their last name.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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We the People must start demanding the removal of the Donald Trump/Jeffrey Epstein Administration and the entire MAGA Congress, without exception, House and Senate.
MAGA Trump and his MAGA Supreme Court and his MAGA Congress are stealing the people's money and destroying America in broad daylight.
MAGA Trump and his MAGA Supreme Court and his MAGA Congress are stealing the people's money and destroying America in broad daylight.
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
We the People must start demanding the removal of the Donald Trump/Jeffrey Epstein Administration and the entire MAGA Congress, without exception, House and Senate.
MAGA Trump and his MAGA Supreme Court and his MAGA Congress are stealing the people's money and destroying America in broad daylight.
MAGA Trump and his MAGA Supreme Court and his MAGA Congress are stealing the people's money and destroying America in broad daylight.
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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 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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February 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The SAVE Act is the first step in taking the right to vote away from, among other people, women. MAGA told us they would do it. We should believe them, and act accordingly. Call your reps today.
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The SAVE Act is the first step in taking the right to vote away from, among other people, women. MAGA told us they would do it. We should believe them, and act accordingly. Call your reps today.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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We are all responsible.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
We are all responsible.