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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
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· Jul 25
Republicans have proven time and again they will stop at nothing!
As the 2nd term of the Trump regime comes to an end you will see the most heinous crimes yet!
Put a pin in it!!!
As the 2nd term of the Trump regime comes to an end you will see the most heinous crimes yet!
Put a pin in it!!!
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Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organization – here’s why that’s sheer hypocrisy | Devi Sridhar
Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organization – here’s why that’s sheer hypocrisy | Devi Sridhar
There’s a lesson here for the UK and the anti-WHO Nigel Farage – Trump attacks it in public, but in private he knows he still needs it, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organization – here’s why that’s sheer hypocrisy | Devi Sridhar
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The EU must start drawing up concrete plans to cope with life on a continent made 4 degrees Celsius hotter by climate change, the bloc’s scientific advisers have said.
Start planning for catastrophic global warming, top advisers tell EU
Europe is heading for extreme levels of warming and the EU must make detailed plans to adapt, official report warns.
www.politico.eu
February 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM
The EU must start drawing up concrete plans to cope with life on a continent made 4 degrees Celsius hotter by climate change, the bloc’s scientific advisers have said.
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("How weird is it that we now live in a world where Walmart is the lesser evil?") It's commie-JVL in today's Triad:
You *Can* Do Something To Hurt the Oligarchs
Boycotts, strikes, and the Abstinence Fallacy.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
("How weird is it that we now live in a world where Walmart is the lesser evil?") It's commie-JVL in today's Triad:
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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.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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On one hand, Trump says he was “totally” or “completely” exonerated in the Epstein files about 200 times in 30 seconds.
On the other, last year the FBI internally flagged a victim they’d interviewed saying he forced her as a minor to give him oral sex & punched her
www.instagram.com/reel/DU10Cia...
On the other, last year the FBI internally flagged a victim they’d interviewed saying he forced her as a minor to give him oral sex & punched her
www.instagram.com/reel/DU10Cia...
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
On one hand, Trump says he was “totally” or “completely” exonerated in the Epstein files about 200 times in 30 seconds.
On the other, last year the FBI internally flagged a victim they’d interviewed saying he forced her as a minor to give him oral sex & punched her
www.instagram.com/reel/DU10Cia...
On the other, last year the FBI internally flagged a victim they’d interviewed saying he forced her as a minor to give him oral sex & punched her
www.instagram.com/reel/DU10Cia...
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I think this is paywalled but you can get the gist www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
Georgia Army veteran deported by ICE after 50 years in U.S.
Godfrey Wade was arrested by immigration authorities following a traffic stop and was deported because of minor criminal violations from 20 years ago.
www.ajc.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I think this is paywalled but you can get the gist www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
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Yes, the Trump-Epstein files.
Donald Trump is so focused on putting his name on everything, so let's grant him his wish by calling them the Trump-Epstein files.
This is a massive cover-up by Trump and his cronies, and I won’t stop until we hold them accountable.
This is a massive cover-up by Trump and his cronies, and I won’t stop until we hold them accountable.
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Yes, the Trump-Epstein files.
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Newsom responds to Marsha…
February 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Newsom responds to Marsha…
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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.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
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Here’s a story about him with no paywall: www.military.com/daily-news/h...
Army Veteran Deported Despite Pending Appeal: 'He Served This Country'
“He served. He did what he was supposed to do. And now he’s not even here.”
www.military.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Here’s a story about him with no paywall: www.military.com/daily-news/h...
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Oh?
This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.
apnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Oh?
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This sounds exactly like lawmakers saying they’re not banning abortion, they’re just requiring a 48-hour waiting period and two trips to the clinic
Chip Roy on Fox News tries to explain why the SAVE America Act won't actually prevent women from voting
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This sounds exactly like lawmakers saying they’re not banning abortion, they’re just requiring a 48-hour waiting period and two trips to the clinic
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Trumpism with a human face is still Trumpism.
Rubio Offers Europe Trumpism With a Human Face
All the talk of friendship and partnership masked a deeper hostility.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Trumpism with a human face is still Trumpism.
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A clip that will be used for many years to come.
Trump: I have nothing to hide. I have been exonerated. I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I have been totally exonerated on Epstein.
February 17, 2026 at 3:09 AM
A clip that will be used for many years to come.
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All of this.
I still think the best way to think of the ending of US AID is as the single worst genocide committed by any one US presidential administration.
even given all the horrific things the US has done, it's not really that close. 750k dead already; expected 14 million.
even given all the horrific things the US has done, it's not really that close. 750k dead already; expected 14 million.
this is exactly why I am absolutely not willing to overlook anyone who was once “advocating for ending USAID” as merely committing a little oopsie-daisy-booboo, by the way
February 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
All of this.
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Can someone remind me why this is not our guy for 2028? Young, speaks well, drops truth bombs, handsome (sorry it’s an advantage)….??
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Can someone remind me why this is not our guy for 2028? Young, speaks well, drops truth bombs, handsome (sorry it’s an advantage)….??
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Incompetence just trashing everything especially the planet.
After a year of spectacular deregulation, “the United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Incompetence just trashing everything especially the planet.
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The Pentagon just failed its 8th consecutive audit and still got approved for a $1 TRILLION budget without blinking so I'm gonna need every corrupt hypocritical politician complaining about made up food stamp fraud and forcing drug tests and work requirements on poor people to shut up forever. Thx.
February 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The Pentagon just failed its 8th consecutive audit and still got approved for a $1 TRILLION budget without blinking so I'm gonna need every corrupt hypocritical politician complaining about made up food stamp fraud and forcing drug tests and work requirements on poor people to shut up forever. Thx.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Q: “Recent news reports have discussed the possibility that Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski are in a close personal relationship. Is that a bad look?”
Trump: “I don't know about that…I'll find out about it.”
Trump: “I don't know about that…I'll find out about it.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Q: “Recent news reports have discussed the possibility that Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski are in a close personal relationship. Is that a bad look?”
Trump: “I don't know about that…I'll find out about it.”
Trump: “I don't know about that…I'll find out about it.”
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Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
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The Trump administration wants to control the US by rewriting the country’s past.
This President’s Day, check out @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social cover story for our latest print issue of Mother Jones:
This President’s Day, check out @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social cover story for our latest print issue of Mother Jones:
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Trump administration wants to control the US by rewriting the country’s past.
This President’s Day, check out @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social cover story for our latest print issue of Mother Jones:
This President’s Day, check out @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social cover story for our latest print issue of Mother Jones:
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FALSE!
The office of the First Partner has existed through multiple admins — nothing new (other than name change)
Wildfire prevention and response investments have grown to billions under the Governor’s leadership
The First Partner receives no salary from the state
A total swing and miss here!
The office of the First Partner has existed through multiple admins — nothing new (other than name change)
Wildfire prevention and response investments have grown to billions under the Governor’s leadership
The First Partner receives no salary from the state
A total swing and miss here!
February 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
FALSE!
The office of the First Partner has existed through multiple admins — nothing new (other than name change)
Wildfire prevention and response investments have grown to billions under the Governor’s leadership
The First Partner receives no salary from the state
A total swing and miss here!
The office of the First Partner has existed through multiple admins — nothing new (other than name change)
Wildfire prevention and response investments have grown to billions under the Governor’s leadership
The First Partner receives no salary from the state
A total swing and miss here!
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.
Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.
Our priorities are so fucked.