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This Day in Labor History: February 7, 1894. Gold miners near Cripple Creek, Colorado walked off the job, leading to one of the biggest victories for organized labor in the Gilded Age after the state of Colorado intervened on the side of the workers. The key to victory: the power of the state!
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This Day in Labor History: February 7, 1894. Gold miners near Cripple Creek, Colorado walked off the job, leading to one of the biggest victories for organized labor in the Gilded Age after the state of Colorado intervened on the side of the workers. The key to victory: the power of the state!
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An FBI witness recounts Justice Thomas raping a 4 or 5-year-old girl.
Have reviewed thousands of documents from the Epstein Files.
I have located one and only one Black child rapist, a sole Black child abuser,
amidst the entire avalanche of disgustingness:
Justice Clarence Thomas.
Zero surprise there. Gross.
I have located one and only one Black child rapist, a sole Black child abuser,
amidst the entire avalanche of disgustingness:
Justice Clarence Thomas.
Zero surprise there. Gross.
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
An FBI witness recounts Justice Thomas raping a 4 or 5-year-old girl.
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trump creating the incentive and permission structure for democrats to do insane 2010-era gerrymandering of their own may turn out to be one of the biggest self-owns of all time. dems are now pretty likely to emerge with an advantage from the 2025-26 redistricting wars
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
trump creating the incentive and permission structure for democrats to do insane 2010-era gerrymandering of their own may turn out to be one of the biggest self-owns of all time. dems are now pretty likely to emerge with an advantage from the 2025-26 redistricting wars
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This story should be retitled. The US is actually funding pro-Putin think tanks, ones that want to end European democracy.
Lets be honest about this.
Lets be honest about this.
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe ft.trib.al/rg4IDIC
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe
State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations
ft.trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This story should be retitled. The US is actually funding pro-Putin think tanks, ones that want to end European democracy.
Lets be honest about this.
Lets be honest about this.
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If this is true--it cements the US-Russian alliance. The USA becomes formally the enemy of freedom. Own up to this Republicans.
⚡️Zelensky says Russia presented $12 trillion economic plan to US, called 'Dmitriev package.'
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
"We clearly state that Ukraine will not support even potential agreements about us without us," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
If this is true--it cements the US-Russian alliance. The USA becomes formally the enemy of freedom. Own up to this Republicans.
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Here's the new Lancet paper on international deaths from aid cuts. This includes aid cuts from other donors - not just the USA. Range is 9.4 million deaths to 22.6 million deaths by 2030, depending on depth of cuts. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Impact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding to 2030: retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysis
ODA funding has played a decisive role in reducing preventable mortality across LMICs
over the past two decades, and the abrupt withdrawal of this support threatens to
cause millions of avoidable deat...
www.thelancet.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Here's the new Lancet paper on international deaths from aid cuts. This includes aid cuts from other donors - not just the USA. Range is 9.4 million deaths to 22.6 million deaths by 2030, depending on depth of cuts. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Minneapolis residents are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods. Called filter blockades, they’re pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets, and they’ve already earned the ire of Trump border czar Tom Homan (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Neighbors: Blockades are pop-up parties that also slow down ICE agents
Organizers are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods: pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets. Tom Homan, the Trump administration border cza...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Minneapolis residents are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods. Called filter blockades, they’re pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets, and they’ve already earned the ire of Trump border czar Tom Homan (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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White Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. People are calling it “ICE fishing.”
My city kicks so much ass.
Also, the fact that this is working on ICE agents tells you everything you need to know.
My city kicks so much ass.
Also, the fact that this is working on ICE agents tells you everything you need to know.
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
White Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. People are calling it “ICE fishing.”
My city kicks so much ass.
Also, the fact that this is working on ICE agents tells you everything you need to know.
My city kicks so much ass.
Also, the fact that this is working on ICE agents tells you everything you need to know.
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oh so like they’re literally ALL in those files
(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
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Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM
oh so like they’re literally ALL in those files
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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BREAKING: The Nebraska Legislature has approved a bill lowering Nebraska’s minimum wage from $15 an hour to $13.50 for young workers, and slowing down minimum wage increases for others.
February 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
BREAKING: The Nebraska Legislature has approved a bill lowering Nebraska’s minimum wage from $15 an hour to $13.50 for young workers, and slowing down minimum wage increases for others.
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This TrumpRx website is a sick joke for anyone who needs these meds bsky.app/profile/drer...
📈TrumpRx price for acid reflux drug Protonix💊= $200, with no generic options offered. Generic version of this common acid reflux pantoprazole drug at Walmart and Safeway= just $10-12. Price inflation => 18x. Don’t fall for the scam.
February 7, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This TrumpRx website is a sick joke for anyone who needs these meds bsky.app/profile/drer...
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BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
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These are the worst people empowered to do the worst possible things.
I really do not see how we can have a functioning democracy & keep DHS.
I really do not see how we can have a functioning democracy & keep DHS.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
These are the worst people empowered to do the worst possible things.
I really do not see how we can have a functioning democracy & keep DHS.
I really do not see how we can have a functioning democracy & keep DHS.
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Fun thought experiment: Imagine if Biden told Ted Cruz he would withhold funds for a new highway overpass in Dallas until Cruz agreed to name the entire Texas interstate system after him.
Once again, this would be a Defcon 1 level scandal for any other president and spark weeks of intense media coverage and calls for impeachment.
For Trump, it is merely a Thursday.
For Trump, it is merely a Thursday.
February 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Fun thought experiment: Imagine if Biden told Ted Cruz he would withhold funds for a new highway overpass in Dallas until Cruz agreed to name the entire Texas interstate system after him.
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This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
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NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
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We reviewed more than 100 Minnesota license plates attached to immigration enforcement vehicles in recent weeks.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
Swapped, covered and removed: The license plate tactics ICE is using in Minnesota
The Department of Homeland Security defends secretive practices as safety measures.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
We reviewed more than 100 Minnesota license plates attached to immigration enforcement vehicles in recent weeks.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
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In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court allowed California to use its new, voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 election — a decision that clears the way for Democrats to counter Trump’s redistricting gains in Texas.
SCOTUS allows California to use new congressional map in 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use its new, voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 election, clearing the way for Democrats to counter President Donald Trump’s redistr...
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court allowed California to use its new, voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 election — a decision that clears the way for Democrats to counter Trump’s redistricting gains in Texas.
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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New on MS NOW:
According to a White House official: "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
Just hours ago, Karoline Leavitt defended the racist post. Now it's been taken down.
According to a White House official: "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
Just hours ago, Karoline Leavitt defended the racist post. Now it's been taken down.
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
New on MS NOW:
According to a White House official: "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
Just hours ago, Karoline Leavitt defended the racist post. Now it's been taken down.
According to a White House official: "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
Just hours ago, Karoline Leavitt defended the racist post. Now it's been taken down.
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NEW: Trump has deleted the racist video he posted depicting the Obamas as monkeys after the press secretary defended it saying it was not racist, just a meme depicting democrats as characters from the Lion King. So which is it?
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
NEW: Trump has deleted the racist video he posted depicting the Obamas as monkeys after the press secretary defended it saying it was not racist, just a meme depicting democrats as characters from the Lion King. So which is it?
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Nationalizing elections, as President Trump has suggested, makes them less safe, says the Republican head of the Colorado County Clerks Association.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Nationalizing elections, as President Trump has suggested, makes them less safe, says the Republican head of the Colorado County Clerks Association.
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The hims and hers company is at it again; my comments included about this SuperBowl ad
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Super Bowl spot will promote a cancer test that can produce false results
The telehealth firm is running an ad during Sunday’s game pitching its platform as a way to access health services enjoyed by the wealthy, such as a controversial test to detect cancer with a simple b...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The hims and hers company is at it again; my comments included about this SuperBowl ad
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