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The Daily Beast: The White House marked Presidents’ Day with a dark message highlighting Trump’s grievance-fueled retribution campaign. Today, America woke up to a federal holiday honoring U.S. presidents AND this sinister social media post from the current president ⬇️
Vile…absolutely vile.
February 17, 2026 at 3:14 AM
‼️‼️Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice.‼️‼️
Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis
Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take do...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Mind-boggling corruption⚠️Sen. Elizabeth Warren has asked the Senate to condemn & reverse the sale of 500,000 advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates, after The Wall St Journal reported that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE, also known as the “Spy Sheikh,”…
February 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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With measles spreading, secret police in the streets and pedophiles ruling the land, why not destroy our ability to breathe, as well?

From CNN: ⚠️The Trump administration has delivered a major blow to US climate policy. Thursday, it finalized rules that REVOKE the EPA’s ability to…
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
⚠️Senate Dems have refused to advance a Homeland Security funding bill after Repubs declined to put guardrails on ICE ie no masks, wearing mandatory body cams & limiting arrests at sensitive locales (like schools). Repubs prefer a gov. shutdown rather than any efforts to control DJT’s private police.
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Andrea Junker—political commentator:“You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if SHE FEARS ABSOLUTELY NO CONSEQUENCES, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. This should shake everyone to their core.“
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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⚠️A Warning from Aaron Rupar:
“While Americans should welcome Trump’s rapidly increasing unpopularity and must do everything they can to constrain him, including by going to the polls to vote against his GOP stooges, realism requires a recognition that…
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The FDA refuses to review the Moderna application for the 1st mRNA-based flu vaccine, already accepted for review in the EU, Canada & Australia.
Current vaccine skepticism is chilling an industry that’s been researching the mRNA technology’s use for cancer, other diseases & future pandemics.
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A MUST read… Considering just the last few news cycles…The scale of destruction and debasement is naturally overwhelming. And that is by design.”
Venality and Vanity
Painting the full picture of a despotic regime
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 AM
A Gallup Poll out today shows American optimism is at its lowest in nearly 2 decades. Aside from the terrible economy, could it be the hatred Trump stokes daily? The suffering of children? Seeing innocent citizens harassed, beaten & killed by masked federal agents?
No wonder America is depressed‼️
February 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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TRAGIC ➡️ “American universities…face a threat to their independence unmatched in modern U.S. history. By conditioning federal research grants on ideological conformity—and threatening investigations, funding freezes and intrusive oversight—the Trump administration has…
Opinion | Universities are sending Trump a dangerous message
Higher education is under attack. Drop the appeasement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Rick Wilson on Susan Collins:

Those “who stuck with Trump after the first term, the COVID deaths, the electoral massacre, the endless chain of crimes and corruption, and now, the Epstein Coverup have a poster girl, and it’s Susan Collins…
February 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Heads are rolling across Europe. The governments of the U.K., Norway, Slovakia, Poland, Sweden, France are all investigating, firing and/or demanding the resignations of officials implicated in the Epstein files.

Only in the U.S. are we doing F¥€KING NOTHING‼️
When Accountability Is a Foreign Concept
Resignations, firings, and investigations connected to Epstein abound abroad
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Laura Bassett, GQ columnist and freelance journalist, who writes about politics, gender, and culture re: the backlash against Trump for his racist post picturing the Obamas as apes:
February 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is about to lapse and another government shutdown is looming.

Why? Because Democrats are pushing for reforms that make immigration enforcement safer, more lawful, and reflective of human decency & accountability, asking for…
February 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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HYPOCRISY, thy name is Trump!

Despite Trump’s fake anger over Bad Bunny’s half-time show, it was the chosen entertainment at his own Mar-a-Lago Super Bowl party‼️‼️…
February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Article II [Section 4], which generally describes the executive branch, specifies: the “PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND ALL CIVIL OFFICERS of the United States” SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE IF CONVICTED IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF “TREASON, BRIBERY OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.”
We must act⚠️
The National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center serves as America's leading platform for constitutional education and debate.
constitutioncenter.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Rep. Mark Amodei, sole Republican in Nevada's US House delegation & Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who represents a heavily Republican seat in Georgia, became the 30th & 31st House Repubs to announce they won’t seek reelection.
That makes them part of a steady stream of rats fleeing the GOP's sinking ship.
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Article II [Section 4], which generally describes the executive branch, specifies: the “PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND ALL CIVIL OFFICERS of the United States” SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE IF CONVICTED IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF “TREASON, BRIBERY OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.”

We must act⚠️
The National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center serves as America's leading platform for constitutional education and debate.
constitutioncenter.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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What the Hell is Trump is doing?

Daily Kos answers: “This week made one thing painfully clear: Trump is governing for himself, not the country. hoarding campaign cash to protect himself, pretending he has no idea why voters are fed up, wrecking beloved cultural institutions out of pure ego and…
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Uh…THIS ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
When JD Vance appeared on the big screen at the Olympics opening ceremony, audible boos rippled across the crowd. What started as scattered jeering grew louder and louder.

Fitting.

open.substack.com/pub/reallyam...
BREAKING: JD Vance Booed at Olympics, Trump Scrubs Racist Post, and NYC Defies ICE
The world tuned in for fireworks, flags, and figure skating.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
WHAT?? Work on the Gateway Tunnel—a $16 billion railway channel being built across the Hudson, that’s vital to the economy of NY & the northeastern US—has stopped. Trump cut off the funding.
Why? He wants Penn Station & Dulles Airport re-named for him but was told NO by NY Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Trump wants cities to rename infrastructure in exchange for federal funding: report
Chuck Schumer declined to put the president’s name on New York’s Penn Station, saying he did not have the authority
share.google
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The Trump administration is pushing ahead with the purchase of warehouses it plans to convert into “immigration jails.”

Here’s the list of places that Trump has chosen for these concentration camps.

Unlike the Germans, we won’t be able to say we had no idea.
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Reposted
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM