Sue Baird
@suzb.bsky.social
Sign waver and defender of democracy. Indivisible Phoenix. Slava Ukraini. Huge HCR fan.
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#GiftArticle ‘The Price of Admission to Epstein’s World: Silence’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
The Price of Admission to Epstein’s World: Silence
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February 18, 2026 at 7:58 AM
#GiftArticle ‘The Price of Admission to Epstein’s World: Silence’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
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In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 AM
In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
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What’s one way we can rein in ICE?
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
What’s one way we can rein in ICE?
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
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February 15, 2026
February 15, 2026
The Trump administration’s white nationalist project was on full display this weekend at the 62nd Munich Security Conference that took place from February 13 to 15, 2026.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
February 15, 2026
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I love that one of my fave historians @hcrichardson.bsky.social interviewed my fave candidate for my US House district (NC-14) @katebarrcanwin.bsky.social ! Kate's a progressive candidate running in the GOP primary to try & eliminate incumbent GOP Rep Tim Moore's chances for re-election. #ncpol
To follow on to my Kate Barr post yesterday, listen to her explain it. If your unaffiliated in NC-14, I'd be looking real close at pulling an R ballot and voting for her (to get rid of Tim Moore).
www.youtube.com/live/_WwKZH7...
www.youtube.com/live/_WwKZH7...
American Conversations: Kate Barr
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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February 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I love that one of my fave historians @hcrichardson.bsky.social interviewed my fave candidate for my US House district (NC-14) @katebarrcanwin.bsky.social ! Kate's a progressive candidate running in the GOP primary to try & eliminate incumbent GOP Rep Tim Moore's chances for re-election. #ncpol
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Politics Chat, February 17, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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February 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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February 16, 2026
February 16, 2026
On February 13 and 14, President Donald J.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:32 AM
February 16, 2026
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Looking forward to learning more about Kate Barr.
North Carolina. Tomorrow. Tuesday, February 17, 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WwK... @hcrichardson.bsky.social @katebarrcanwin.bsky.social
North Carolina. Tomorrow. Tuesday, February 17, 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WwK... @hcrichardson.bsky.social @katebarrcanwin.bsky.social
American Conversations: Kate Barr
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Looking forward to learning more about Kate Barr.
North Carolina. Tomorrow. Tuesday, February 17, 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WwK... @hcrichardson.bsky.social @katebarrcanwin.bsky.social
North Carolina. Tomorrow. Tuesday, February 17, 2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WwK... @hcrichardson.bsky.social @katebarrcanwin.bsky.social
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gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
We have needed comprehensive immigration reform for decades, including a guest worker program.
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
We have needed comprehensive immigration reform for decades, including a guest worker program.
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Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
February 17, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
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Not her point but it reminds me:
Would a pollster please ask if people think President Trump deserves to be paid $10 billion in damages from our treasury for the leaking of his tax returns?
Would a pollster please ask if people think President Trump deserves to be paid $10 billion in damages from our treasury for the leaking of his tax returns?
February 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Not her point but it reminds me:
Would a pollster please ask if people think President Trump deserves to be paid $10 billion in damages from our treasury for the leaking of his tax returns?
Would a pollster please ask if people think President Trump deserves to be paid $10 billion in damages from our treasury for the leaking of his tax returns?
Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
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Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
This one was personal: I had people in Patton’s Third Army and heard stories about the Battle of the Bulge and Bastogne as a kid, but it’s only with this series the pieces are falling into place.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
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This is an important piece. Epstein was a consummate social climber and courted academics as a way of building social clout. Brockman and “the edge” illuminate just how that worked.
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This is an important piece. Epstein was a consummate social climber and courted academics as a way of building social clout. Brockman and “the edge” illuminate just how that worked.
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February 14, 2026
February 14, 2026
On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
February 14, 2026
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Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."
February 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."
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The Trumpists like to present themselves as defenders of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The Trumpists like to present themselves as defenders of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
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February 13, 2026
February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...
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February 14, 2026 at 5:41 AM
February 13, 2026
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Polling these last two weeks is very clear that Trump has not only lost the argument about ICE, he's also lost it on mass deportation. Country wants him to focus on the criminals and leave the rest of us alone. From new Yahoo/YouGov:
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Polling these last two weeks is very clear that Trump has not only lost the argument about ICE, he's also lost it on mass deportation. Country wants him to focus on the criminals and leave the rest of us alone. From new Yahoo/YouGov:
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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NEW: @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I discuss republican clandestine spying, weaponization of the Justice Department, and failures of Pam Bondi. Never any paywalls, and you can subscribe for free. www.muellershewrote.com/p/heather-co...
Heather Cox Richardson and Allison Gill Discuss Republican Spying and Weaponized Justice
Watch now | A recording from Allison Gill's live video
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February 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
NEW: @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I discuss republican clandestine spying, weaponization of the Justice Department, and failures of Pam Bondi. Never any paywalls, and you can subscribe for free. www.muellershewrote.com/p/heather-co...
We are going to win.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
We are going to win.
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The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
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