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bomb threats have become one of the most common tools of the republican party and no one wants to say it but its true
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
bomb threats have become one of the most common tools of the republican party and no one wants to say it but its true
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@governorwalz.mn.gov Starting tomorrow, you need to provide a National Guard escort so these kids can go to school. You begged them to stay away from schools, and you explained that the situation would get explosive if they didn’t. They were in the parking lot of Liam’s school his first day back.
This news comes after 25 Columbia Heights parents and at least three students have been detained in the past few weeks.
Columbia Heights Public Schools closes due to 'credible threat'
This news comes after 25 Columbia Heights parents and at least three students have been detained in the past few weeks.
www.kare11.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov Starting tomorrow, you need to provide a National Guard escort so these kids can go to school. You begged them to stay away from schools, and you explained that the situation would get explosive if they didn’t. They were in the parking lot of Liam’s school his first day back.
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NEW: Who was John Pond?
This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond.
Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM
This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond.
Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
NEW: Who was John Pond?
This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond.
Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM
This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond.
Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM
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FT Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley’s infamous exchange with the convicted sex offender about the Disney character. ft.trib.al/v96AYiz
February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
FT Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley’s infamous exchange with the convicted sex offender about the Disney character. ft.trib.al/v96AYiz
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February 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
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Spoiler, Phil doesn't have a great track record. 😏
#GroundhogDay HAS ARRIVED:
#PunxsutawneyPhil stepped into the frigid morning air and saw his shadow, which legend has it that we'll see 6 more weeks of #winter.
Will he be right this year or can you put away all your winter gear?
www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/what-wi...
[Photo: This is NOT Phil.]
#PunxsutawneyPhil stepped into the frigid morning air and saw his shadow, which legend has it that we'll see 6 more weeks of #winter.
Will he be right this year or can you put away all your winter gear?
www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/what-wi...
[Photo: This is NOT Phil.]
What Will Punxsutawney Phil’s Six-Week Weather Prediction Be?
Every February 2, we anxiously await groundhog Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of spring’s arrival, but how accurate is he?
www.ncei.noaa.gov
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Spoiler, Phil doesn't have a great track record. 😏
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Good praxis to say it anyhow. www.offmessage.net/p/the-goal-m...
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Good praxis to say it anyhow. www.offmessage.net/p/the-goal-m...
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It's as though there's some actual accountability unless you live in a predators' oligarchy.
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It's rather dizzying how much more responsive to the Epstein file releases at least some European countries have been than the US.
I'm not surprised, mind.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
I'm not surprised, mind.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
George Mitchell’s name removed from US-Ireland scholarship after Epstein files release
Scholarship was set up in name of Belfast Agreement broker
www.irishtimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
It's as though there's some actual accountability unless you live in a predators' oligarchy.
bsky.app/profile/empt...
bsky.app/profile/empt...
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Radley Balko: The "violent criminal illegal alien" that agents were pursuing when they killed Alex Pretti has been in the US for 20 yrs. He had one misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct (domestic assault) eight years ago that was expunged from his record. He did not have a deportation order.
Agents were pursuing an immigrant when they killed Alex Pretti. Now, he shares his story.
"I was there. I saw everything," Jose Huerta Chuma, who remains in hiding, told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Radley Balko: The "violent criminal illegal alien" that agents were pursuing when they killed Alex Pretti has been in the US for 20 yrs. He had one misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct (domestic assault) eight years ago that was expunged from his record. He did not have a deportation order.
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when you're planning on ending democracy but don't want the people to know until it's too late:
Jodi Kantor in the NY Times reports that the Chief Justice requested Court employees sign nondisclosure agreements in November 2024 - moving to formal contracts requiring silence/confidentiality after Trump was reelected: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
when you're planning on ending democracy but don't want the people to know until it's too late:
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Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize.
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize.
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
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Steven Spielberg joined the EGOT club with a Grammy win for the film “Music by John Williams." It joins his three Oscars, four Primetime Emmys (and many more daytime Emmys) and a Tony he won as a producer of the musical “A Strange Loop.”
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Steven Spielberg joined the EGOT club with a Grammy win for the film “Music by John Williams." It joins his three Oscars, four Primetime Emmys (and many more daytime Emmys) and a Tony he won as a producer of the musical “A Strange Loop.”
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
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People dying from bad weather, it's very MAGA!
Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.
Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
People dying from bad weather, it's very MAGA!
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Olivia Dean: "I guess I want to say I'm up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant, I wouldn't be here... I'm a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated"
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Olivia Dean: "I guess I want to say I'm up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant, I wouldn't be here... I'm a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated"
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Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US
February 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US
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Full Bad Bunny speech
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Full Bad Bunny speech
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Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
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Elon Musk is mentioned 1500 times so far in the Epstein files.
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
In the last 48 hours, Musk's reactions to the Epstein release show exactly why he bought Twitter.
He's used the platform to call coverage of his emails with Epstein as "lies," elevated his fans who have defended him, and gotten positive reinforcement from his AI chatbot.
He's used the platform to call coverage of his emails with Epstein as "lies," elevated his fans who have defended him, and gotten positive reinforcement from his AI chatbot.
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Elon Musk is mentioned 1500 times so far in the Epstein files.
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
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multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
cbsn.ws
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
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Young Republicans, especially college Republicans, are an overt violent fascist movement that thirsts for blood. The future of politics is us against this, which is why it sucks so much when our own politicians try to minimize who these guys are and what they want.
the Republican Party will get worse before it gets worse, but God willing it will also get a whole lot smaller
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Young Republicans, especially college Republicans, are an overt violent fascist movement that thirsts for blood. The future of politics is us against this, which is why it sucks so much when our own politicians try to minimize who these guys are and what they want.
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Manufacturing Consent...with underage girls
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Manufacturing Consent...with underage girls
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In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
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It is unprecedented because it is expressly forbidden by the constitution -- the only specifically enumerated cause of action for impeachment and removal.
WSJ: “.. The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company."
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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February 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
It is unprecedented because it is expressly forbidden by the constitution -- the only specifically enumerated cause of action for impeachment and removal.