The Mean Progressive
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I’m mean to fascists. Otherwise, I’m lovely.
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Women have been leading the opposition to Donald Trump’s second presidency, playing key roles in resistance efforts. In Springfield, the original group of Ohio "wine moms," called Red, Wine & Blue, stepped up to the plate. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/16/t...
The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield. • Ohio Capital Journal
Women have been leading the opposition to Donald Trump’s second presidency, playing key roles in resistance efforts. In Springfield, a group of Ohio "wine moms" called Red, Wine & Blue stepped up to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Women have been leading the opposition to Donald Trump’s second presidency, playing key roles in resistance efforts. In Springfield, the original group of Ohio "wine moms," called Red, Wine & Blue, stepped up to the plate. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/16/t...
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Right before Trump’s return to the WH, Bolts ran this fascinating Q&A with a historian of immigration detention.
It feels so relevant right now, amid the semantic discourse of what to call the ICE centers, to understand how all this has evolved.
Highly recommend:
boltsmag.org/the-past-and...
It feels so relevant right now, amid the semantic discourse of what to call the ICE centers, to understand how all this has evolved.
Highly recommend:
boltsmag.org/the-past-and...
The Past and Present of Immigration Detention: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
A historian of migrant detention responds to questions from Bolts readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail immigrants, and how it's evolving.
boltsmag.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Right before Trump’s return to the WH, Bolts ran this fascinating Q&A with a historian of immigration detention.
It feels so relevant right now, amid the semantic discourse of what to call the ICE centers, to understand how all this has evolved.
Highly recommend:
boltsmag.org/the-past-and...
It feels so relevant right now, amid the semantic discourse of what to call the ICE centers, to understand how all this has evolved.
Highly recommend:
boltsmag.org/the-past-and...
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"ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive." theconversation.com/ice-and-bord...
ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive
In Minnesota, can constitutional protections withstand the actions of a federal government seemingly intent on aggressively violating the rule of law?
theconversation.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive." theconversation.com/ice-and-bord...
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🧊✈️ SPOTTED IN SAN DIEGO 👀
😲 A GlobalX jet (tail:N570TA) arrives to San Diego to pick up a load of humans in chains for transport to Mexico 🇲🇽
😲 A GlobalX jet (tail:N570TA) arrives to San Diego to pick up a load of humans in chains for transport to Mexico 🇲🇽
February 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
🧊✈️ SPOTTED IN SAN DIEGO 👀
😲 A GlobalX jet (tail:N570TA) arrives to San Diego to pick up a load of humans in chains for transport to Mexico 🇲🇽
😲 A GlobalX jet (tail:N570TA) arrives to San Diego to pick up a load of humans in chains for transport to Mexico 🇲🇽
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Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Trump nominating this Holocaust-minimizing white nationalist for a top state department job hasn’t been a big enough story.
Will @SenatorHagerty help confirm him?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Will @SenatorHagerty help confirm him?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Trump nominating this Holocaust-minimizing white nationalist for a top state department job hasn’t been a big enough story.
Will @SenatorHagerty help confirm him?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Will @SenatorHagerty help confirm him?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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School officials, voting rights groups push back after DHS visits Dayton high school ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/10/s...
School officials, voting rights groups push back after DHS visits Dayton high school • Ohio Capital Journal
Investigators from the Department of Homeland Security showed up at a Dayton area career tech high school to investigate allegations of voter fraud.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
School officials, voting rights groups push back after DHS visits Dayton high school ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/10/s...
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For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
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Reminder that Elon Musk is in the Epstein files and has already been named by one of the survivors. Anyone still using X is helping a pedophile succeed.
February 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Reminder that Elon Musk is in the Epstein files and has already been named by one of the survivors. Anyone still using X is helping a pedophile succeed.
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Do former DOGE employees have the type of access to SSA’s database that wld allow them to make changes? I ask bc there seems to be no transparency, & Trump & Musk now want states to purge voters from the rolls by using the “SAVE” system to compare data in the rolls to the data in SSA’s database. 1/
For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
February 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Wait what? Michael Flynn’s brother, Charles Flynn, is a Senior Advisor at Peter Thiel’s Palantir?? h/t @nadja72638243.bsky.social on X… 1/
February 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Wait what? Michael Flynn’s brother, Charles Flynn, is a Senior Advisor at Peter Thiel’s Palantir?? h/t @nadja72638243.bsky.social on X… 1/
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Eight years of Jeffrey Epstein Coverage by the Miami Herald
How we got here
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/eight-year...
How we got here
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/eight-year...
Eight years of Jeffrey Epstein coverage
The Miami Herald's original series, videos, timeline and more
jkbjournalist.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Eight years of Jeffrey Epstein Coverage by the Miami Herald
How we got here
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/eight-year...
How we got here
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/eight-year...
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“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
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“I am too scared to drive my 5-year-old daughter to school in my husband’s car. I’m terrified ICE will detain me and our daughter will end up alone,” she said. “This is just as scary as the war in Ukraine, except now we don’t have Dmytro with us..."
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart
Dmytro Kulyk is facing deportation as refugees become the Trump administration’s latest target.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:50 PM
“I am too scared to drive my 5-year-old daughter to school in my husband’s car. I’m terrified ICE will detain me and our daughter will end up alone,” she said. “This is just as scary as the war in Ukraine, except now we don’t have Dmytro with us..."
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
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WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
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OBAMA: “The Filibuster blocks us from making government effective, which makes people think it’s corrupt and not caring about them — giving folks like Trump an opening.”
Obama makes the case for ABOLISHING THE FILIBUSTER
Full @briantylercohen.bsky.social interview: youtu.be/uI-hgSE5QIw?...
Obama makes the case for ABOLISHING THE FILIBUSTER
Full @briantylercohen.bsky.social interview: youtu.be/uI-hgSE5QIw?...
February 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
OBAMA: “The Filibuster blocks us from making government effective, which makes people think it’s corrupt and not caring about them — giving folks like Trump an opening.”
Obama makes the case for ABOLISHING THE FILIBUSTER
Full @briantylercohen.bsky.social interview: youtu.be/uI-hgSE5QIw?...
Obama makes the case for ABOLISHING THE FILIBUSTER
Full @briantylercohen.bsky.social interview: youtu.be/uI-hgSE5QIw?...
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The GOP wants to “DOGE” the 2026 election. Tell your Senators NO. #NoOnSAVE
😳 The “SAVE” system at the heart of the GOP’s Save America Act was “expanded” by DOGE & the DHS to “check the citizenship status of all U.S. citizens w/o providing info on how this was accomplished or the accuracy of the resulting tools. Early reports suggest an error rate as high as 17%” 8/2025 1/
February 14, 2026 at 5:18 AM
The GOP wants to “DOGE” the 2026 election. Tell your Senators NO. #NoOnSAVE
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Fannie Lou Hamer's niece is proud to see her aunt's Presidential Medal of Freedom on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
"We don’t need to wipe this history clean. I know there are a lot of efforts underway right now to rewrite the stories, but we need to keep telling the stories.”
"We don’t need to wipe this history clean. I know there are a lot of efforts underway right now to rewrite the stories, but we need to keep telling the stories.”
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Medal of Freedom Now Displayed at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Fannie Lou Hamer’s posthumously-awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Fannie Lou Hamer's niece is proud to see her aunt's Presidential Medal of Freedom on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
"We don’t need to wipe this history clean. I know there are a lot of efforts underway right now to rewrite the stories, but we need to keep telling the stories.”
"We don’t need to wipe this history clean. I know there are a lot of efforts underway right now to rewrite the stories, but we need to keep telling the stories.”
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Hi friends,
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Hi friends,
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
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🚨BREAKING: In a big win for Virginia Democrats’ efforts to counter President Donald Trump’s GOP gerrymanders in other states, the Virginia Supreme Court said the state can hold its special election on the redistricting plan. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In victory for Democrats, Virginia Supreme Court says redistricting vote can go forward
Voters will get to decide on a proposed “10-1” map that could deliver four more Democratic seats in Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a big win for Virginia Democrats’ efforts to counter President Donald Trump’s GOP gerrymanders in other states, the Virginia Supreme Court said the state can hold its special election on the redistricting plan. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The GOP’s “Save America Act” requires states to implement voter purge programs using data from sources that experts call unreliable, such as DHS’s SAVE program (which DOGE “overhauled”) & the SSA’s # Verification System (despite DOGE’s mishandling of SSA data). How did this crap pass the House??
Here’s my new & expanded summary of the GOP’s so-called “Save America Act.” I expanded it to add more info re the Act’s proposed voter purge program, which seems to have been inspired by whatever “DOGE” did to DHS & SSA databases. Pls tell ur Senators to vote NO on this horror: 202-224-3121. TY. 1/
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The GOP’s “Save America Act” requires states to implement voter purge programs using data from sources that experts call unreliable, such as DHS’s SAVE program (which DOGE “overhauled”) & the SSA’s # Verification System (despite DOGE’s mishandling of SSA data). How did this crap pass the House??
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Of all the terrible things the Trump administration has done, this might just be the worst. It'll be tied up in court immediately, of course, but if SCOTUS blesses it, we are screwed—if we aren't already.
Trump repeals finding that lets the EPA regulate climate-warming emissions
Environmental groups' response: See you in court.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Of all the terrible things the Trump administration has done, this might just be the worst. It'll be tied up in court immediately, of course, but if SCOTUS blesses it, we are screwed—if we aren't already.
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The New York representative is now the lead House sponsor of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Child Care for Every Community Act, The 19th has exclusively learned. Ocasio-Cortez replaces original House sponsor Mikie Sherrill, who is now the governor of New Jersey.
AOC and Warren join forces in high-profile child care push ahead of midterms
As Republicans urge Americans to have more children but offer few supportive policies, Democrats believe reducing child care costs could be a winning message.
19thnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The New York representative is now the lead House sponsor of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Child Care for Every Community Act, The 19th has exclusively learned. Ocasio-Cortez replaces original House sponsor Mikie Sherrill, who is now the governor of New Jersey.