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Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.

Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.

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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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February 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."
Trump administration must restore slavery exhibit at Philly's President’s House, federal judge rules
The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."
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February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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2. In the ad, Barr speaks directly to the camera and declares, “It’s not a sin to be white.”

The language used by Barr is a variation of the phrase “It’s OK to be white,” which has been adopted by white supremacists.

It has been designated as a “hate slogan“ by the Anti-Defamation League.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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3. “It’s OK to be white,” sometimes abbreviated as IOTBW, was popularized on the notoriously racist message board 4chan in 2017.

It was then adopted by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

Former KKK grand wizard David Duke, a prominent white supremacist, promoted the campaign.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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4. The purpose of the 2017 campaign was to “trigger“ liberals and journalists with a purportedly innocuous phrase.

The Barr campaign appears to have similar goals.

Barr concludes the ad by stating, “I’m Andy Barr, and I approve this message to give woke liberals something else to cry about.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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5. Barr decries “woke liberals,” the ad features a still image of a Black man in a Martin Luther King Jr. t-shirt, holding a sign that reads “Stay Woke America.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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6. Barr’s campaign announced it would spend $1 million to promote the ad across Kentucky on broadcast, cable, and digital platforms. Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is Black, is Barr’s top Republican primary opponent.
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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7. Barr’s Senate campaign has raised nearly $1.4 million from PACs, including dozens of PACs representing corporations and trade associations.

A Popular Information review of Barr’s filings with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) revealed contributions from at least 67 major corporations.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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8. Popular Information contacted all 67 corporate PAC donors to Barr’s Senate campaign for comment, including Ally Bank, Goldman Sachs, Toyota, TD Bank, Comcast, AllState, Delta, Capital One, and American Express.

All either declined to comment or did not respond.
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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1. Major corporations — including General Motors, State Farm, JPMorgan Chase, Delta, and Microsoft — are bankrolling a political ad from Senate candidate Andy Barr featuring a white nationalist slogan.
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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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 )
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Watch the full interview: youtu.be/uI-hgSE5QIw
Barack Obama BREAKS SILENCE on Trump's ape video, Bad Bunny, and 2028 election
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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February 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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@barackobama.bsky.social praises those who protest ICE "with the truth and with cameras and with peaceful protest and with shining a light on the behavior that, in the past, we've seen in authoritarian countries and dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Lawmakers renewed their push to pass the SAVE Act, which would block millions of Americans from voting. It failed before — and it must fail again. Tell Congress to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4tmVIor
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein's December 20, 2016 email to Bill Gates: "come to visit the island. new administration people visiting."

What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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New on the docket today: DOJ asks the 4th Circuit to intervene and shield Elon Musk + other Trump admin officials from having to testify in litigation over DOGE's role in dismantling USAID last year buff.ly/RNI0rUB

Previously on the Maryland judge who rebuffed the administration: buff.ly/SXqKQ8S
February 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”

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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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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.
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM