@barbaraclaire.bsky.social
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Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in air strikes across the Gaza Strip late on Saturday and into Sunday, according to the health ministry. Just another day in Netanyahus' "ceasefire." www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-1...
Israel kills 10 Palestinians in Gaza bombing ahead of 'Board of Peace' meeting
Death toll in Gaza hits 600 since ceasefire was signed in October, amid hundreds of Israeli violations
www.middleeasteye.net
February 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in air strikes across the Gaza Strip late on Saturday and into Sunday, according to the health ministry. Just another day in Netanyahus' "ceasefire." www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-1...
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It’s annoying that Obama bailed out banks while millions were foreclosed on, which created backlash conditions for Trump’s ascent — and Obama now only does interviews with worshipful influencers guaranteed to never ask him even one uncomfortable question about this.
February 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
It’s annoying that Obama bailed out banks while millions were foreclosed on, which created backlash conditions for Trump’s ascent — and Obama now only does interviews with worshipful influencers guaranteed to never ask him even one uncomfortable question about this.
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Really wish people in my neck of the woods would pay attention to stuff like this
There’s also a progressive candidate running who HASN’T taken money from Palantir partners @mikesacks.bsky.social :
www.mikesacksforcongress.com
www.mikesacksforcongress.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Really wish people in my neck of the woods would pay attention to stuff like this
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Trump recently suggested that he is getting ready to issue a new anti-voting executive order. Last time he issued one, we sued and won. If he does it again, we will sue and win. Trump knows this. It is why he and his allies hate and attack me.
I will never back down or stop fighting for democracy.
I will never back down or stop fighting for democracy.
February 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Trump recently suggested that he is getting ready to issue a new anti-voting executive order. Last time he issued one, we sued and won. If he does it again, we will sue and win. Trump knows this. It is why he and his allies hate and attack me.
I will never back down or stop fighting for democracy.
I will never back down or stop fighting for democracy.
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The Affluent Class/Elite Media panic over AI eliminating all the white collar jobs is legit, but it’s interesting how it contrasts with the same Affluent Class/Elite Media a generation ago not caring much about NAFTA/neoliberalism killing off blue-collar jobs & mowing down the entire working class.
February 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Affluent Class/Elite Media panic over AI eliminating all the white collar jobs is legit, but it’s interesting how it contrasts with the same Affluent Class/Elite Media a generation ago not caring much about NAFTA/neoliberalism killing off blue-collar jobs & mowing down the entire working class.
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Just one of the worst developments in American society in a long time
Adam Silver — who in 2014 became the 1st acting commissioner of a major US sports league to reverse his opposition to sports betting & call for its legalization — now says:
"We need a better handle, no pun intended, on all the different activity that's happening out there." x.com/Sportico/sta...
"We need a better handle, no pun intended, on all the different activity that's happening out there." x.com/Sportico/sta...
x.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Just one of the worst developments in American society in a long time
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Reminder: Joy is a form of resistance to Trump’s fascism. That is why he wants to silence comedians.
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Reminder: Joy is a form of resistance to Trump’s fascism. That is why he wants to silence comedians.
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Wired magazine has a lot to answer for here, too. They promoted edge a lot and a lot also most of the people who wrote for the edge.
February 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Wired magazine has a lot to answer for here, too. They promoted edge a lot and a lot also most of the people who wrote for the edge.
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This is an important piece. Epstein was a consummate social climber and courted academics as a way of building social clout. Brockman and “the edge” illuminate just how that worked.
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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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 2:14 PM
This is an important piece. Epstein was a consummate social climber and courted academics as a way of building social clout. Brockman and “the edge” illuminate just how that worked.
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I said it, and it’s true. rollcall.com/2026/02/12/e...
February 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I said it, and it’s true. rollcall.com/2026/02/12/e...
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This is a huge glaring issue right now. Courts generally ARE doing fairly well, even including significant number of Trump appointees. The corruption is concentrated in scotus.
Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is a huge glaring issue right now. Courts generally ARE doing fairly well, even including significant number of Trump appointees. The corruption is concentrated in scotus.
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At the Munich Security Conference this weekend, I told a hard truth. There is no ceasefire in Gaza. The assault continues. Palestinians continue to die. And Trump is issuing glossy brochures about fake future Gaza real estate deals instead of working to end the war.
February 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
At the Munich Security Conference this weekend, I told a hard truth. There is no ceasefire in Gaza. The assault continues. Palestinians continue to die. And Trump is issuing glossy brochures about fake future Gaza real estate deals instead of working to end the war.
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This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
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The eyes of the world have turned away, but Gaza is still starving and the West Bank is still being annexed piece by piece in blatant violation of international law.
February 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The eyes of the world have turned away, but Gaza is still starving and the West Bank is still being annexed piece by piece in blatant violation of international law.
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When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This week at Democracy Docket: The worst voter suppression bill ever passed, and an FBI raid built on conspiracy theories
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress' worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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My law firm is now litigating 85 voting and election cases in 40 states. This is the largest number of cases in the most states we have ever handled at one time. And, while Big Law firms mostly sit idly by, the need to protect elections in court is only growing.
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
My law firm is now litigating 85 voting and election cases in 40 states. This is the largest number of cases in the most states we have ever handled at one time. And, while Big Law firms mostly sit idly by, the need to protect elections in court is only growing.
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A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside.
“I Have Never Felt So Much Fear”: Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley, TX
A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside, such as being served contaminated food, with children and...
www.democracynow.org
February 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside.
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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
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Obama gave Homan a medal!!!
February 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Obama gave Homan a medal!!!
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he could have shut down DHS but he deported more than Bush
February 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
he could have shut down DHS but he deported more than Bush
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"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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DHS has begun purchasing warehouses to detain tens of thousands of immigrants.
The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son.
Cashing in on cruelty.
The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Empty Warehouses, Secret Deals: Insiders Poised To Profit From Trump’s Deportation Boom
As the Trump administration hunts for massive detention sites, politically connected real estate brokers are lining up t
www.levernews.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
DHS has begun purchasing warehouses to detain tens of thousands of immigrants.
The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son.
Cashing in on cruelty.
The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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There isn’t much left of USAID after Trump and Vought worked together to dismantle the agency last year. Just around 100 staff members are left to close out all operations by September.
Russell Vought raided USAID budgets he helped gut to pay for his own security
The White House budget office reportedly set aside $15 million of remaining funds to protect the Project 2025 guy, according to Reuters.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
There isn’t much left of USAID after Trump and Vought worked together to dismantle the agency last year. Just around 100 staff members are left to close out all operations by September.
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This is concerning, that a rep feels they must post this. A lot in our coalition has felt the same way and worried about it, but didn’t think we’d be here publicly.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This is concerning, that a rep feels they must post this. A lot in our coalition has felt the same way and worried about it, but didn’t think we’d be here publicly.
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Finally, a prospective 2028 Democratic presidential candidate is explicitly articulating and amplifying FDR's long-forgotten warning.
Finally.
sirota.substack.com/p/aoc-amplif...
Finally.
sirota.substack.com/p/aoc-amplif...
AOC Amplifies FDR's Forgotten Warning
Finally, a few top Democrats are explicitly arguing that working-class economic populism is needed to stave off authoritarianism and defend democracy.
sirota.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Finally, a prospective 2028 Democratic presidential candidate is explicitly articulating and amplifying FDR's long-forgotten warning.
Finally.
sirota.substack.com/p/aoc-amplif...
Finally.
sirota.substack.com/p/aoc-amplif...