ProTip (AKA alt_localgov)
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I’m not new, I’m just new *here*. You know me, I know you. The sun’ll come out tomorrow.
I guess sometimes you ethnic cleanse for the lolz
REPORTER: “Where, or when, does the president believe he’s been falsely called racist?”
LEAVITT: “You’re kidding, right?”
LEAVITT: “You’re kidding, right?”
February 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I guess sometimes you ethnic cleanse for the lolz
If I enact a policy meant to lower my weight and instead it gives me a big fat ass, that doesn’t mean eating a dozen donuts a day was a reasonable attempt at health and wellness. It means I wanted to eat a dozen donuts a day and I lied to myself and the world about what I knew would happen if I did.
Hassett on the notion that tariffs are regressive: "The bottom line is Trump policies are meant to onshore production and create jobs, and those jobs aren't there for Jeff Bezos, they're meant for people who didn't have a job before. So they're by definition the people at the bottom."
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
If I enact a policy meant to lower my weight and instead it gives me a big fat ass, that doesn’t mean eating a dozen donuts a day was a reasonable attempt at health and wellness. It means I wanted to eat a dozen donuts a day and I lied to myself and the world about what I knew would happen if I did.
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Counterpoints: It's not a great question, and you do know the answer.
BARTIROMO: Could the president just implement an executive order to get the SAVE Act across the finish line going into the midterms?
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
February 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Counterpoints: It's not a great question, and you do know the answer.
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That we would end up following the fate of Athens and Rome was the single most obsessive fear of America's founders.
February 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
That we would end up following the fate of Athens and Rome was the single most obsessive fear of America's founders.
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The Trump admin and FCC don’t want you to watch this Stephen Colbert interview with Texas Rep. James Talarico, who is running for Senate.
That means you should probably go watch it. Texans - early voting starts today!
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
That means you should probably go watch it. Texans - early voting starts today!
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 3:03 AM
The Trump admin and FCC don’t want you to watch this Stephen Colbert interview with Texas Rep. James Talarico, who is running for Senate.
That means you should probably go watch it. Texans - early voting starts today!
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
That means you should probably go watch it. Texans - early voting starts today!
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
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Is he saying that violent criminals are ALSO working in low-wage jobs that now Americans can fill? That's kind of...nuts.
JD Vance: "What we have consistently said is that we want to deport violent criminals, people who came in under the Biden administration, and get them out of the country so Americans' wages can go up."
February 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Is he saying that violent criminals are ALSO working in low-wage jobs that now Americans can fill? That's kind of...nuts.
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This is straight nazi shit. Don't you dare come at me for using that word.
There are more people in ICE camps right now than the nazis had in their camps in 1938.
This is a humanitarian crisis and we are pleading for help from anyone who can hear us.
There are more people in ICE camps right now than the nazis had in their camps in 1938.
This is a humanitarian crisis and we are pleading for help from anyone who can hear us.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
This is straight nazi shit. Don't you dare come at me for using that word.
There are more people in ICE camps right now than the nazis had in their camps in 1938.
This is a humanitarian crisis and we are pleading for help from anyone who can hear us.
There are more people in ICE camps right now than the nazis had in their camps in 1938.
This is a humanitarian crisis and we are pleading for help from anyone who can hear us.
The is how you fail Intermediate Macroeconomics.
1. It isn’t true
The wealthiest, combined, dominate assets and income but DO NOT represent a majority of consumption
2. It’s not the point, and here’s why
Pro-/re-gressivity is measured relative to the income of the individual. See below.
1. It isn’t true
The wealthiest, combined, dominate assets and income but DO NOT represent a majority of consumption
2. It’s not the point, and here’s why
Pro-/re-gressivity is measured relative to the income of the individual. See below.
February 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The is how you fail Intermediate Macroeconomics.
1. It isn’t true
The wealthiest, combined, dominate assets and income but DO NOT represent a majority of consumption
2. It’s not the point, and here’s why
Pro-/re-gressivity is measured relative to the income of the individual. See below.
1. It isn’t true
The wealthiest, combined, dominate assets and income but DO NOT represent a majority of consumption
2. It’s not the point, and here’s why
Pro-/re-gressivity is measured relative to the income of the individual. See below.
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Their “but the stock market/our stock portfolios” reasoning remains strong.
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Their “but the stock market/our stock portfolios” reasoning remains strong.
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Ok, sorry for the delay on this one, but I had to do extra research and networking on this one because, shocker, I don’t know everything about every department at SSA and phone rep training is not something I have had to do. Obviously this is not the correct way to handle this so let’s dive in. 😬😬😬
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Ok, sorry for the delay on this one, but I had to do extra research and networking on this one because, shocker, I don’t know everything about every department at SSA and phone rep training is not something I have had to do. Obviously this is not the correct way to handle this so let’s dive in. 😬😬😬
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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🎶🎵 Another one bites the dust 🎵🎶
Tricia "that's just bad journalism" McLaughlin is stepping down.
It's been a whirlwind of lies and incompetence but hey - we had some terrible times. It's not me, Tricia. It's you. It's always been you.
Buh-bye! 🫶
It's been a whirlwind of lies and incompetence but hey - we had some terrible times. It's not me, Tricia. It's you. It's always been you.
Buh-bye! 🫶
EXCLUSIVE: DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, one of the most vocal defenders of Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, is stepping down.
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
🎶🎵 Another one bites the dust 🎵🎶
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That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.sunjournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
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Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
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Skydance, parent co of Paramount & CBS, complied in advance. FCC chair, Brendan Carr is flexing so CBS barred Colbert from airing his interview with TX Senate candidate, Rep. James Talarico
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Skydance, parent co of Paramount & CBS, complied in advance. FCC chair, Brendan Carr is flexing so CBS barred Colbert from airing his interview with TX Senate candidate, Rep. James Talarico
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
Therefore, don't share this link of the Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social
It'll make Carr mad
Do not obey in advance
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Do not obey in advance
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Here it is, your moment of zen.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Here it is, your moment of zen.
Any state that agrees to this should have all their votes thrown out. Surrendering election administration to a dictator violates the fundamental social contract of the Constitution in several ways, not the least of which is surrendering state sovereignty and the rights of their voters.
I assume the plan is to "analyze" voter files the same way DOGE treated federal grants: prompt an LLM with racist conspiracy theories and cancel everything the machine picks
The DOJ has asked states to agree to sign a secret agreement “in connection w/ handing over their full voter files.” The agreement says that “the DOJ will ‘test, analyze, & assess states’ [voter rolls]’ & send each participating state a list of voters who must be removed within 45 days.” 2/5/26 …1/
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Any state that agrees to this should have all their votes thrown out. Surrendering election administration to a dictator violates the fundamental social contract of the Constitution in several ways, not the least of which is surrendering state sovereignty and the rights of their voters.
The argument was that capital formation was critical to success, that if you wanted bigger actions, that required fewer decision makers, that somehow these handful of people were doing is a favor by buffering us from destabilizing levels of income … The argument was bullshit.
February 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The argument was that capital formation was critical to success, that if you wanted bigger actions, that required fewer decision makers, that somehow these handful of people were doing is a favor by buffering us from destabilizing levels of income … The argument was bullshit.
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The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.
What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger?
Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s…
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.
Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
✅ The killing
✅ Of another
✅ With malice
✅ Aforethought
- More people will die
- It’s certain, not speculative
- He’s doing this on purpose
- Well ahead of time
Those are the elements of murder.
You don’t have to know which people you’re killing in order for it to qualify as murder.
✅ Of another
✅ With malice
✅ Aforethought
- More people will die
- It’s certain, not speculative
- He’s doing this on purpose
- Well ahead of time
Those are the elements of murder.
You don’t have to know which people you’re killing in order for it to qualify as murder.
Jonathan Cohn: "This was not a decision to reject the Moderna vaccine. It was a refusal even to think about approving it." That's right. Consideration would lead directly to approval. And RFKJr isn't having that.
This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like
A shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:22 AM
✅ The killing
✅ Of another
✅ With malice
✅ Aforethought
- More people will die
- It’s certain, not speculative
- He’s doing this on purpose
- Well ahead of time
Those are the elements of murder.
You don’t have to know which people you’re killing in order for it to qualify as murder.
✅ Of another
✅ With malice
✅ Aforethought
- More people will die
- It’s certain, not speculative
- He’s doing this on purpose
- Well ahead of time
Those are the elements of murder.
You don’t have to know which people you’re killing in order for it to qualify as murder.
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Here's Randy Fine, who always puts out such pleasant tweets, committing actual voter fraud.
February 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Here's Randy Fine, who always puts out such pleasant tweets, committing actual voter fraud.
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As if that were a bad thing…
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
As if that were a bad thing…
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Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats.
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Note: Allegations of racial profiling aren’t just coming from congressional Democrats.
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Over the past month, Cardinal Cupich, who oversees the Archdiocese of Chicago, has repeatedly claimed that his own priests have been racially profiled by DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
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Sunday funday vibes
February 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Sunday funday vibes