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OuterBoroPrincess
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Black woman who votes. I work to keep my cats in the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed.
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White people clamoring for the Obamas, I have a real question: do you look around and see how it’s *only y’all* with this expectation?
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Gabon suspends social media 'for spreading false information'
Gabon suspends social media 'for spreading false information'
The media regulator said the ban would be in place "until further notice".
www.bbc.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Tomorrow, the Oversight Committee will have the opportunity to question Les Wexner about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Survivors told us from day one: follow the money. That is exactly what we intend to do.
February 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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Imagine claiming he's on his way to the presidency AFTER knowing the racist comment he made against Allred. People like Paul is why Black voters cannot depend on you to do the right thing and don't trust white voters, left and right. Just fuck us huh? As always, racism is not your deal breaker
If you missed James Talarico on Lawrence O'Donnell tonight, DVR the rerun or catch it online. If he wins the primary and then the Senate seat, I have no doubt he is on his way to the Presidency in the next 20 years. He was extraordinarily impressive. 💯💯💯
February 18, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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Good morning.
Just a friendly reminder that at no point in American history have white Christians, let alone white people, as a large collective, ever been behind social justice and meaningful racial progress. You may want to understand why because those reasons are why we are here now.
February 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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BREAKING: I obtained text messages in which an aide to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, acknowledged she "had an affair with our boss."

2 sources said the affair was an "open secret" in the office. The staffer died by suicide last year. @expressnews.com:

www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Tony Gonzales had affair with aide who set herself on fire, ex-staffer says
Months before her death, Regina Santos-Aviles texted a fellow Gonzales staffer saying she had an affair with the congressman. He has ducked questions about it.
www.expressnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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“To notice the difficulty of reading Black literature is to acknowledge the difficulty of rendering Black lives. And to call Black life difficult is not simply to describe the hardship of being Black in an anti-Black world. Complexity, ingenuity, beauty—all are contained within Blackness…”
A Heartbreaking Work of Swaggering Genius
Namwali Serpell’s study of Toni Morrison – Omari Weekes
www.bookforum.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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There have been two years of approximately 99 million libelous lists falsely accusing everyone who likes Dems of supporting genocide, and @support.bsky.team leaves them all up, yet they block one of the very few lists attempting to address the rampant antisemitism on this app.
So somebody didn't like my "people who use zionist as a slur at me when I'm talking about literally anything else" list and Bluesky has blocked it from your view.
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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'He did it for us': US soldier recalls Jesse Jackson's efforts to free him and two other POWs
'He did it for us': US soldier recalls Jesse Jackson's efforts to free him and two other POWs
In 1999, Jesse Jackson flew to Yugoslavia to help free three US soldiers captured during the Kosovo War.
www.bbc.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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A new VA new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment itself.

Veterans speak out:
Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment.
www.stripes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Outta the chaotic shelter.
Off Death Row.
Now I feel safe.
Adopt don't Shop
Foster if you are able
Repost the Death Row Dogs
February 18, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Mine seemed (to 16) like a humorless, colorless, lifeless nonentity—until we got to parallel parking. Then it was like David Foster Wallace explaining the art of the tennis serve.

I owe him a lot honestly
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named

wait for it

Mr. Streetman

... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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February 18, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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If I send you this, it means I smoked meth and stole your catalytic converter and I’m escaping on an exercise bike
February 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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Today the Minnesota House gaveled into session for the first time since we lost Speaker Hortman, Mark, and Gilbert.

In the spirit of Melissa, we commit to doing our work with humility, grace, and compassion.
February 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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As kids, me & my friends after watching "Delirious" would go around saying "Jesse, you can win."

“I saw Jesse Jackson in the gym working out getting in shape when he ran for President."
February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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What’s the WORST song to get beat up to? I’ll go first:

“Optimistic” x Sounds of Blackness
February 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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One thing I take from the Psalmist is that it’s canonical to bully God a little.

“They say you can’t do it, Lord. I don’t say that, but they say that. Will you let them talk about you like that, Lord, or are you gonna show up?”
February 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Bring back calling unknown people “Jack.” Like, “Listen, Jack. I’m not taking any guff from you.”
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Jackson, who died Tuesday, worked to diversify the electorate and brought Black women into Democratic politics who ascended to positions of power.
‘He gave me my wings’: Jesse Jackson opened doors for Black women in politics
Jackson, who died Tuesday, worked to diversify the electorate and brought Black women into Democratic politics who ascended to positions of power.
19thnews.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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"Law" under Trump; lawyers inside USCIS were handed pre-written memos and told they had 10 minutes to read them and respond.

When the lawyers said the memos had problems, they were told to ignore them anyway because the admin doesn't care what the law says.
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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The United States' national debt is set to balloon to $64 trillion over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday, citing a jump in annual deficits that owes in part to tax cuts enacted by President Trump. | ABC

abcnews.com/Business/us-...
US debt projected to reach $64 trillion in a decade, nonpartisan group says
The United States' national debt is set to balloon to $64 trillion over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.
abcnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
We’ll have to wait at least 3 years for *sustained* reporting on the national debt to be back in headlines.
The United States' national debt is set to balloon to $64 trillion over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday, citing a jump in annual deficits that owes in part to tax cuts enacted by President Trump. | ABC

abcnews.com/Business/us-...
US debt projected to reach $64 trillion in a decade, nonpartisan group says
The United States' national debt is set to balloon to $64 trillion over the next 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.
abcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Why yes, I am the base.

No, I don’t vote frequently, I constantly shit on the party, and threaten to withhold my support at seemingly every perceived slight.

Why do you ask?
February 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Trump’s new rule will make our nursing shortage worse and raise health care costs for everyone.
February 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Bingo. That's also the election where Progressives listened to Ed Schultz and other MSNBC voices to sit out and teach President Obama a lesson because he didn't deliver their special unicorns.
February 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM