Peter Benn
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Peter Benn
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Slava Ukraini!
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When I worked in the Middle East in the 1990s, an Egyptian doctor (3ducated in the US) told me that powerful Emiratis and Saudis abducted poor children to use them as sex slaves, organ donors or for snuff videos. I thought he was full of shit.

And here we are.
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Thread by Thomas Massie:
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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The ‘American Sovereignty’ ads trying to convince us ICE is full of family people are not working. We can see that ICE is made up of vicious sadistic thugs who want to hurt anyone not like them. They are hired for their cruelty and ignorant stupidity.
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Ronald Hicks, the new cardinal-archbishop of New York, expresses his wild enthusiasm for Bad Bunny and his Super Bowl halftime performance, and he does so en español (claro).
February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The Firebrand Report Newsletter 2/10/26: The African Spotlight and more.
open.substack.com/pub/thefireb...
The Firebrand Report Newsletter 2/10/26: The African Spotlight and more.
The Firebrand Report: Critical Domestic and Geopolitical News, Live Reporting, and Newsletter
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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I bought a set of windshield wiper blades for $75 the other day. They were Bosch top of the line but that’s crazy. I asked the clerk if that was because of tariffs. She said yes. We both laughed and rolled our eyes! 🙄
February 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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There's a reason that they've hidden the real GDP numbers since Trump took office.

They *started* with a measure that was going to tank them: DOGE.

Their vile immigration policies have impacted many industries, the insane tariff policies hitting all of them.

This admin is (no hyperbole): Evil.
The Modern GOP: A Synthesis of Neutral Evil and Chaotic Evil
Extrapolating Neutral Evil and Chaotic Evil Into Real-World Political Behavior in the Modern GOP If you’re short on time, here’s the executive summary of the next nine pages: The GOP has functionally ...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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My company uses lots BLS data. We’re having a meeting next month where our data guru will tell us how the numbers are being messed with. Should be interesting. Will we continue to use the data? Or will we look at alternatives that now will be better data than government data? Glad I’m retiring soon.
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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No worries. Canada just put money down on more F-35s despite our PM telling us we were moving away from the US.

Oh, and Leon Black is part of the financing group for a billion dollar LNG terminal that will be fully owned by Western LNG owned by Blackstone.

Canada is following you into fascism.
February 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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All the prices were up again today at the grocery. China advises limiting US exposure. We've tanked the economy, we're killing hundreds of thousands of people via bailing on USAID. Trump, his administration, and his tech bros have made billions. We're at war with the nicest state in the Midwest.
February 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Remember, the shitty jobs numbers you see from this administration are their fake numbers. The real numbers are much, much worse.
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Mueller is exactly right.

We are seeing things that this lying sack of sh*t administation cannot fraud up

Credit delinquencies hit highest level since 2009

www.statista.com/chart/35562/...
Infographic: Credit Card Delinquency Rises to Highest Level Since 2011
This chart shows the share of credit card debt in the U.S. that is more than 90 days past due.
www.statista.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Digging ‘Mueller, She Wrote’ more and more….
LISTEN: There are a lot of folks out here working tirelessly to get the truth out there. Replying to us that nothing matters because there'll be no consequences is not only incorrect, but it belittles the work we do. It's insulting and shortsighted. Stop following us if you don't want the info.
February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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I recently read and recommend Sibylle Grimbert's The Last of Its Kind, translated by Aleshia Jensen. A reflective, tragic tale of an 1830s naturalist who captures a great auk, then bonds with it. As he realizes the species is going extinct, he loses faith in science, humanity, everything. #booksky
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Not enough people know about how insurance companies are funding AI-driven datacenter buildouts
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Always read @vermontgmg.bsky.social. This one is exceptional.
On U.S. self-immolation & Trump’s destruction of 6 bedrock principles: immigrants, govt support of education/research, frictionless trade access, commitment to rule of law, firm geopolitical alliances, prudent independent monetary policy.
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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22:55 | 10/02

Approximate flight routes of our UAVs:

🔴Red arrow – directions of movement of strike UAVs;

🔵Purple arrow – directions of movement of unmanned surface vessels (USVs);

According to Russian sources, around 80 drones and 6 USVs were reported;
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Multiple election deniers are cited in this affidavit by name or can be identified: Kurt Olsen, Clay Parikh & Kevin Moncla.

All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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2) 2000 years. You have no idea of history at all. You live in a bubble or one of the many activists intent in bashing Israel to the end of the world.

You are a victim, as I said. A victim of the learned hatred for Jews which destroys people's lives and minds like yours.

Israel and Jews are
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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4) The crux of the plan was to enlarge Transjordan and Egypt for British and American imperial purposes ( military bases , access to Haifa for oil pipeline , access to Suez) and deprive the Jews of a sustainable and defendable state.
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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The real history of the creation of the modern state of Israel is not what Jew haters have been spewing for decades. Israel was NOT created as a result of western imperialism. In fact, the Jews decolonized the land and kicked out the western imperialists who were doing
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Even the internet's favorite dog account calls out Ring video cameras what they are: Mass surveillance.
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM