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· Nov 12
Glad to be among the thousands moving to Blue Sky. Nice to see you all over here. Hoping to eventually have a fraction of the 60k "followers" we used to have on the artist-formerly-known-as-Twitter.
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Pam Bondi isn't really testifying before Congress. She's performing for Trump. She doesn't give a crap about kids raped by Trump's pal or people murdered by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. It's all a game for money and power. Nothing else matters.
February 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Pam Bondi isn't really testifying before Congress. She's performing for Trump. She doesn't give a crap about kids raped by Trump's pal or people murdered by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. It's all a game for money and power. Nothing else matters.
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NYT: Jeffrey Epstein directed one of his aides to obtain hidden video cameras, apparently to be set up in his home in Palm Beach, according to a recently released 2014 email.
A number of Epstein's victims have said they suspected they were being recorded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
A number of Epstein's victims have said they suspected they were being recorded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Epstein Directed Aide to Obtain Hidden Video Cameras
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
NYT: Jeffrey Epstein directed one of his aides to obtain hidden video cameras, apparently to be set up in his home in Palm Beach, according to a recently released 2014 email.
A number of Epstein's victims have said they suspected they were being recorded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
A number of Epstein's victims have said they suspected they were being recorded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Rep. Balint, granddaughter of a Holocaust victim, walked out after Pam Bondi’s disgusting suggestion that Balint was antisemitic. Bondi’s reaction: SHE LAUGHED.
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Rep. Balint, granddaughter of a Holocaust victim, walked out after Pam Bondi’s disgusting suggestion that Balint was antisemitic. Bondi’s reaction: SHE LAUGHED.
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BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
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🚨BREAKING: Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would let Trump skirt court orders for a short time — for the small price of nationwide legal pandemonium. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The GOP’s Chaotic Bid to Defang the Courts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
🚨BREAKING: Republicans are considering a new judicial requirement that would let Trump skirt court orders for a short time — for the small price of nationwide legal pandemonium. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Alex Pretti's parents keep a box crammed with 200 letters and cards that have poured into their Denver home since their son was shot and killed by immigration agents.
"He's my first born," Susan Pretti said. "He's the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day."
"He's my first born," Susan Pretti said. "He's the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day."
‘No Reason He Should Have Died’: Alex Pretti’s Parents Open Up
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Alex Pretti's parents keep a box crammed with 200 letters and cards that have poured into their Denver home since their son was shot and killed by immigration agents.
"He's my first born," Susan Pretti said. "He's the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day."
"He's my first born," Susan Pretti said. "He's the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day."
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West Virginia’s Republican chief election official denied DOJ’s demand for full access to the state’s voter roll, rejecting what he described as an unlawful attempt to seize the sensitive personal data of individual voters by the Trump administration. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘DOJ doesn’t have authority to run a state’s elections’: West Virginia’s GOP election chief pushes back on voter roll grab
“State law is clear: voter lists are available in a redacted format from my office, but I'll not be turning over any West Virginian's protected information,” Secretary of State Kris Warner said in a s...
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
West Virginia’s Republican chief election official denied DOJ’s demand for full access to the state’s voter roll, rejecting what he described as an unlawful attempt to seize the sensitive personal data of individual voters by the Trump administration. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This horror show of sexual abuse by rich and powerful men who think the law does not apply to them is not going away. Enough is enough. They must be held accountable.
www.americaamerica.news/p/epstein-ac...
www.americaamerica.news/p/epstein-ac...
Epstein, Accountability and the Growing Outrage
My conversation with Lincoln Square's Stuart Stevens as we look ahead to the midterms and the necessity of an overwhelming Democratic victory
www.americaamerica.news
February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This horror show of sexual abuse by rich and powerful men who think the law does not apply to them is not going away. Enough is enough. They must be held accountable.
www.americaamerica.news/p/epstein-ac...
www.americaamerica.news/p/epstein-ac...
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🚨BREAKING: The RNC just filed a new cert petition asking the Supreme Court to reverse a 3rd Circuit's decision that struck down a Pennsylvania law that disqualified undated and misdated ballots. www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
🚨BREAKING: The RNC just filed a new cert petition asking the Supreme Court to reverse a 3rd Circuit's decision that struck down a Pennsylvania law that disqualified undated and misdated ballots. www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
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*None* of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump admin's pitch on why they should indict the Democratic lawmakers who recorded that illegal orders video believed the Justice Department had met the low threshold of probable cause, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
*None* of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump admin's pitch on why they should indict the Democratic lawmakers who recorded that illegal orders video believed the Justice Department had met the low threshold of probable cause, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
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NEW: With a final House vote expected Wednesday, Republicans are intensifying a coordinated push to pass the SAVE America Act, which experts say would be the most restrictive voting bill ever passed and could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘They want illegals to vote’: GOP uses lies in push for SAVE America Act as House prepares final vote
Those false accusations have become the centerpiece of the GOP’s closing argument.
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM
NEW: With a final House vote expected Wednesday, Republicans are intensifying a coordinated push to pass the SAVE America Act, which experts say would be the most restrictive voting bill ever passed and could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Some doctoral student needs to do a major study calculating how many Americans are being killed by the health quackery of Trump, RFK Jr., Dr. Oz and their co-conspirators.
February 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Some doctoral student needs to do a major study calculating how many Americans are being killed by the health quackery of Trump, RFK Jr., Dr. Oz and their co-conspirators.
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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
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Here's the background on the Martinez case, in which the Trump regime dropped charges because they knew their case was built on lies.
Border Patrol agents say 'time to get aggressive' in footage that contradicts claims against Marimar Martinez
Martinez is expected to announce a new lawsuit stemming from her Oct. 4 shooting by a Border Patrol agent at a press conference Wednesday. Her attorneys say newly released evidence will show an agent ...
www.wbez.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Here's the background on the Martinez case, in which the Trump regime dropped charges because they knew their case was built on lies.
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The federal agent who shot Marimar Martinez and joked about it has been placed on leave. This wouldn't have happened if everyone had accepted Homeland Security's blatant lies in this case.
JUST IN: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez, "was placed on administrative leave":
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The federal agent who shot Marimar Martinez and joked about it has been placed on leave. This wouldn't have happened if everyone had accepted Homeland Security's blatant lies in this case.
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In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 AM
In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:
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Reuters: U.S. HOUSE BACKS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD END TRUMP'S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219 TO 211
February 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Reuters: U.S. HOUSE BACKS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD END TRUMP'S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219 TO 211
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My latest. I hope you read, consider and share.👇
The events of the last 24 hours must serve as a wake-up call for a federal judiciary that has grown too comfortable deferring to the executive branch and too slow to hold it accountable. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
The events of the last 24 hours must serve as a wake-up call for a federal judiciary that has grown too comfortable deferring to the executive branch and too slow to hold it accountable. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
Two cases and the grease that breaks democracy
The obvious lesson many are drawing is that ordinary citizens are more reliable protectors of democracy than judges in black robes.
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
My latest. I hope you read, consider and share.👇
The events of the last 24 hours must serve as a wake-up call for a federal judiciary that has grown too comfortable deferring to the executive branch and too slow to hold it accountable. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
The events of the last 24 hours must serve as a wake-up call for a federal judiciary that has grown too comfortable deferring to the executive branch and too slow to hold it accountable. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
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🚨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 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
🚨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/...
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More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Yesterday, voters in Washington state unlocked billions of dollars for school funding.
via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Yesterday, voters in Washington state unlocked billions of dollars for school funding.
via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Trump's IRS improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Trump's IRS improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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I’m sure the lawmakers who were outraged that their toll (phone) records were obtained in the course of a predicated federal investigation through a subpoena are going to back Rep. Jayapal in being outraged at just lawless surveillance of her (and likely others’) search history, right?
"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files. (US Attorney General) Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I’m sure the lawmakers who were outraged that their toll (phone) records were obtained in the course of a predicated federal investigation through a subpoena are going to back Rep. Jayapal in being outraged at just lawless surveillance of her (and likely others’) search history, right?
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Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
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“I have spent my entire career fighting for victims, and will continue to do so,” said Pam Bondi before Congress.
Actually, the only “victim” Bondi really cares about defending is poor, beleaguered Donald Trump.
Actually, the only “victim” Bondi really cares about defending is poor, beleaguered Donald Trump.
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
“I have spent my entire career fighting for victims, and will continue to do so,” said Pam Bondi before Congress.
Actually, the only “victim” Bondi really cares about defending is poor, beleaguered Donald Trump.
Actually, the only “victim” Bondi really cares about defending is poor, beleaguered Donald Trump.