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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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🔊 Rubio calls ‘troubling’ a report by five European allies blaming Russia for killing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs. He says Washington has no reason to question it. Hear more on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/46JI19d
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🔊 Rubio calls ‘troubling’ a report by five European allies blaming Russia for killing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs. He says Washington has no reason to question it. Hear more on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/46JI19d
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here's today's post: "Kristi Noem wants her fucking blanket NOW" — she doesn’t care how.
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Kristi Noem wants her fucking blanket NOW
she doesn’t care how
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February 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
here's today's post: "Kristi Noem wants her fucking blanket NOW" — she doesn’t care how.
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If you want to stay informed about what is happening to voting rights, elections and the courts while also supporting independent pro-democracy media, subscribe now to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
February 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
If you want to stay informed about what is happening to voting rights, elections and the courts while also supporting independent pro-democracy media, subscribe now to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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PBS interviewed THREE U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE agents. One of them was a U.S. veteran. This is absolutely shameful.
youtu.be/lMgCy9ElOsE?...
youtu.be/lMgCy9ElOsE?...
U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
PBS interviewed THREE U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE agents. One of them was a U.S. veteran. This is absolutely shameful.
youtu.be/lMgCy9ElOsE?...
youtu.be/lMgCy9ElOsE?...
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We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
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UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
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None of this is normal
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
None of this is normal
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This was also one of the incidents where DHS had to amend their statement from saying they didn't ziptie "children" to saying they didn't ziptie "young children."
Two stories from Monday highlight the inhumane way the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operates — including the racist ways it inevitably targets U.S. citizens and those with legal status.
Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
AP: apnews.com/article/immi...
Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
AP: apnews.com/article/immi...
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This was also one of the incidents where DHS had to amend their statement from saying they didn't ziptie "children" to saying they didn't ziptie "young children."
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The New York Times gave this raid the NYT treatment the day before the lawsuit was filed — www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u... — but here was the local report from @pfannyyy.bsky.social from the day after the raid. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/10/20/a...
February 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The New York Times gave this raid the NYT treatment the day before the lawsuit was filed — www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u... — but here was the local report from @pfannyyy.bsky.social from the day after the raid. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/10/20/a...
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Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
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You’ve taken your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, and to a family:
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February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
You’ve taken your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, and to a family:
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Calling Dems' minimal demands "unreasonable," Homan:
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
Homan: "When they say 'stop racial profiling' -- that's just not occurring. ICE will briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling."
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Calling Dems' minimal demands "unreasonable," Homan:
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
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This is nuts. Famous and prestigious program. So toxic that it’s now a conservative goal to gut the humanities and universities generally while shoving AI everywhere
Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
February 15, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is nuts. Famous and prestigious program. So toxic that it’s now a conservative goal to gut the humanities and universities generally while shoving AI everywhere
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Everyone should take this serious
To: Jeffrey Epstein
From: John Brockman
Sent: Mon 8/17/2009
Subject: Thiel
'Thiel professes he is unable to engage in "unacceptable compromise, politics", considers democracy failed experiment
doubting "the wisdom of granting women / the poor" voting rights. This portion received hard criticism"
From: John Brockman
Sent: Mon 8/17/2009
Subject: Thiel
'Thiel professes he is unable to engage in "unacceptable compromise, politics", considers democracy failed experiment
doubting "the wisdom of granting women / the poor" voting rights. This portion received hard criticism"
![To: Jeffrey Epsteinfleeyacation©gmail.com]
From: John Brockman
Sent: Mon 8/17/2009 10:20:09 PM
Subject: Re: Thiel
Eastover Farm
I'm on the case re: Thiel. Let's talk tomorrow. I'm at the farm_
But why Thiel (another libertarian type) and not Hon Musk, a truly brilliant physicist who you would benefit from knowing.
'Peter Thiel professes that he is unable to engage in what he terms "unacceptable compromise, politics", considers democracy a failed experiment
drawing into doubt "the wisdom of granting women and the poor" voting rights. This portion received hard criticism I.')."
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February 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Everyone should take this serious
Highly disturbing expose on the Epstein connected “Intellectuals”.
@muellershewrote.com @profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @preetbharara.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
@muellershewrote.com @profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @preetbharara.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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 12:57 PM
Highly disturbing expose on the Epstein connected “Intellectuals”.
@muellershewrote.com @profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @preetbharara.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
@muellershewrote.com @profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @preetbharara.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
www.cbsnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
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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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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
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Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw
February 14, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw
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ICYMI:
I got to speak with someone in Minneapolis/ St. Paul about the REALITY there: ICE agents are still terrorizing people, but she also shared the work she’s doing like countless others to provide mutual aid and help to their communities.
youtu.be/dx6uCnJFD6o?...
I got to speak with someone in Minneapolis/ St. Paul about the REALITY there: ICE agents are still terrorizing people, but she also shared the work she’s doing like countless others to provide mutual aid and help to their communities.
youtu.be/dx6uCnJFD6o?...
BOMBSHELL: Minnesotan EXPOSES Trump’s Latest ICE Scheme
YouTube video by The Contrarian
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Kristi Noem's DHS searches totalitarian states around the globe for ideas. 'In a Feb 11 social media post, the Department of Homeland Security listed oppressive regimes like Cuba and Venezuela among the models for certain law enforcement practices used by ICE agents.' www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
DHS Cites Cuba And Venezuela As Law Enforcement Models For ICE
In a social media post, DHS listed Cuba and Venezuela among the models for certain law enforcement practices used by ICE.
www.forbes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Kristi Noem's DHS searches totalitarian states around the globe for ideas. 'In a Feb 11 social media post, the Department of Homeland Security listed oppressive regimes like Cuba and Venezuela among the models for certain law enforcement practices used by ICE agents.' www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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Does this have anything to do with the new Trump resort in Riyadh?
February 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Does this have anything to do with the new Trump resort in Riyadh?
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this