Linda Maggie Martz
@twistedtho.bsky.social
Believer in unity and progress for a brighter future both in the US and across the world. Together, we can create meaningful change through kindness, collaboration, and understanding.
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The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.
February 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.
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Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
Unlike last fall's record shutdown, the closures will be confined, as only agencies under DHS will be affected.
Unlike last fall's record shutdown, the closures will be confined, as only agencies under DHS will be affected.
What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend
Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire Saturday as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
Unlike last fall's record shutdown, the closures will be confined, as only agencies under DHS will be affected.
Unlike last fall's record shutdown, the closures will be confined, as only agencies under DHS will be affected.
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🚨In December 2016, Epstein invited Bill Gates to his island and informed him that “new administration people” were visiting.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
🚨In December 2016, Epstein invited Bill Gates to his island and informed him that “new administration people” were visiting.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
This was sent exactly one month before Trump was inaugurated for his first term.
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Holy crap. New investigative reporting out of Arizona finds voucher fraud is 20x worse than the voucher lobby claims.
www.12news.com/article/news...
www.12news.com/article/news...
Voucher supporters say Empowerment Scholarship fraud is 1%. New records peg misspending closer to 20%.
12News obtained Education Department records showing that one in five ESA purchases—such as cellphones, TVs, and diamond rings—were on the "unallowable" list.
www.12news.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Holy crap. New investigative reporting out of Arizona finds voucher fraud is 20x worse than the voucher lobby claims.
www.12news.com/article/news...
www.12news.com/article/news...
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The government has time to defend an ICE shooting on TV, but not to answer the Good family’s letters to preserve evidence in Renee’s killing. No outreach, no accountability, and reported talk of investigating her grieving wife instead. That’s how authoritarian systems treat state violence.
Lawyer for Renee Good's family: There has been no outreach at all from the United States government to the Renee Good family. We have asked for the government to preserve all the evidence in this case. They are not responding to us.
February 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The government has time to defend an ICE shooting on TV, but not to answer the Good family’s letters to preserve evidence in Renee’s killing. No outreach, no accountability, and reported talk of investigating her grieving wife instead. That’s how authoritarian systems treat state violence.
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I am confused…does Noem have a security blanket she travels with??
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I am confused…does Noem have a security blanket she travels with??
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The GOP knows it lost.
The Virginia Supreme Court allowed the referendum to go forward and set a briefing schedule for April. "Fast tracked."😂
The Virginia Supreme Court allowed the referendum to go forward and set a briefing schedule for April. "Fast tracked."😂
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The GOP knows it lost.
The Virginia Supreme Court allowed the referendum to go forward and set a briefing schedule for April. "Fast tracked."😂
The Virginia Supreme Court allowed the referendum to go forward and set a briefing schedule for April. "Fast tracked."😂
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NEW: Minneapolis residents aren't buying that ICE is finally ending its campaign of terror in their communities, despite border czar Tom Homan declaring the surge is over.
“This is a good day for sure, but I don’t trust the fuckers." www.huffpost.com/entry/what-m...
“This is a good day for sure, but I don’t trust the fuckers." www.huffpost.com/entry/what-m...
Minnesota Says ICE Won’t Be Defeated Until This Thing Happens
The mood in Minneapolis may not be what you would expect.
www.huffpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
NEW: Minneapolis residents aren't buying that ICE is finally ending its campaign of terror in their communities, despite border czar Tom Homan declaring the surge is over.
“This is a good day for sure, but I don’t trust the fuckers." www.huffpost.com/entry/what-m...
“This is a good day for sure, but I don’t trust the fuckers." www.huffpost.com/entry/what-m...
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It is literally zero surprise that they knew their hand-picked climate deniers weren’t putting out real science.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Documents offer new details about the origins of the EPA's attempt to deregulate pollution
MS NOW has reviewed documents revealed as a result of an earlier lawsuit filed last August by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
www.ms.now
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It is literally zero surprise that they knew their hand-picked climate deniers weren’t putting out real science.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
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Rep Prez Eisenhower understood this. Rep Prez Teddy Roosevelt understood this. Rep Prez Lincoln understood this. Why do modern day Republicans not understand this? Because modern GOP are, truly, “Republicans In Name Only.” It’s time to call them out for the RINOs they are @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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 6:49 PM
Rep Prez Eisenhower understood this. Rep Prez Teddy Roosevelt understood this. Rep Prez Lincoln understood this. Why do modern day Republicans not understand this? Because modern GOP are, truly, “Republicans In Name Only.” It’s time to call them out for the RINOs they are @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.
He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.
He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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House Democrats have been clear: ICE should operate just like any other law enforcement agency.
Reform ICE now!
Reform ICE now!
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
House Democrats have been clear: ICE should operate just like any other law enforcement agency.
Reform ICE now!
Reform ICE now!
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Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.
What Energy Secretary Wright gets wrong about the grid
Chris Wright trashed solar and wind for not providing much power during Winter Storm Fern — and ignored basic facts about how much renewables contribute…
www.canarymedia.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.
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The chief executives of the largest U.S. banks together raked in $258 million in compensation for 2025, a 21% rise from the year earlier. on.wsj.com/4rdTiGZ
Here’s What the Big Bank CEOs Got Paid in 2025
The chief executives of six of the largest banks were each awarded $40 million or more.
on.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
The chief executives of the largest U.S. banks together raked in $258 million in compensation for 2025, a 21% rise from the year earlier. on.wsj.com/4rdTiGZ
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As if Putin possessed some magical power over Trump...
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
As if Putin possessed some magical power over Trump...
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We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
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The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
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Turns out “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Turns out “They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.
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Frost: When the people can't trust their government, that is the sign of a backsliding democracy. And it's part of the reason why people like Kristi Noem should not be in these positions anymore.
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Frost: When the people can't trust their government, that is the sign of a backsliding democracy. And it's part of the reason why people like Kristi Noem should not be in these positions anymore.
Ohhh oky
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Ohhh oky
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Out of the hundreds of essays I have written and published in the last few years, the ones that make MAGA incredibly angry aren’t about abortion or guns or trans rights.
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Out of the hundreds of essays I have written and published in the last few years, the ones that make MAGA incredibly angry aren’t about abortion or guns or trans rights.
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...