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· Feb 17
There’s an older more sinister threat to American democracy that, despite the common themes and compatibility with various forms of fascism, is uniquely American, built on racism and long repeated myths.
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If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
Important thread.
Sharing a link to the Lincoln letter being referenced
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
Sharing a link to the Lincoln letter being referenced
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
February 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Important thread.
Sharing a link to the Lincoln letter being referenced
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
Sharing a link to the Lincoln letter being referenced
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
While there seem to be several reasons for AB “alienation”, continued division across political party lines where the Conservatives refuse to move toward the centre in order to win seems like a recipe for more “alienation”.
338Canada🍁federal update | February 15, 2026
📊Details here → 338canada.com/federal.htm
⌨️Newsletter → www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...
📊Details here → 338canada.com/federal.htm
⌨️Newsletter → www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...
February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
While there seem to be several reasons for AB “alienation”, continued division across political party lines where the Conservatives refuse to move toward the centre in order to win seems like a recipe for more “alienation”.
Sharing because this was interesting
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Sharing because this was interesting
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I keep hearing about "abundance." Anyone who claims to have an "abundance agenda" who doesn't talk about government-granted patent and copyright monopolies is a liar or a fool. These are deliberate policies designed to create scarcity cepr.net/publications...
My Abundance Agenda
A pragmatic plan for abundance: cutting monopolies, downsizing finance, reforming governance, and broadening opportunity for real shared prosperity.
cepr.net
February 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I keep hearing about "abundance." Anyone who claims to have an "abundance agenda" who doesn't talk about government-granted patent and copyright monopolies is a liar or a fool. These are deliberate policies designed to create scarcity cepr.net/publications...
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If those who claim the authority of law do not obey the law, and the law does not stop them, then they do not have the authority of law, because there is no longer any law.
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
If those who claim the authority of law do not obey the law, and the law does not stop them, then they do not have the authority of law, because there is no longer any law.
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This is great, and I have only one caveat:
I don’t think there can be a final overcoming of state authoritarianism and racial violence. We will have to keep fighting, forever.
I don’t think there can be a final overcoming of state authoritarianism and racial violence. We will have to keep fighting, forever.
Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition. Make MAGA un-American, finally.
steady.page
February 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This is great, and I have only one caveat:
I don’t think there can be a final overcoming of state authoritarianism and racial violence. We will have to keep fighting, forever.
I don’t think there can be a final overcoming of state authoritarianism and racial violence. We will have to keep fighting, forever.
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They do not, in fact, have legitimate grievances.
"I’m not going to demonize or marginalize a million of my fellow citizens when they’ve got legitimate grievances (Regarding Separation)"
🟢 Agree: 59%
⚫️ Disagree: 41%
Read it free: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
🟢 Agree: 59%
⚫️ Disagree: 41%
Read it free: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...
Canadians Call It Treason as Alberta Separatists Face National Backlash
A clear majority agree that turning to the U.S. for assistance in separation is inappropriate
canadianpolling.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
They do not, in fact, have legitimate grievances.
If other ppl are like me then they might not have known about this evil. There’s a book reference in the thread.
I’m sharing this in hopes that more ppl will learn about it and from it.
I’m sharing this in hopes that more ppl will learn about it and from it.
lol why would you block me for pointing out that rich white people have a history of eating people?? Fucking weirdos, I swear!!
February 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If other ppl are like me then they might not have known about this evil. There’s a book reference in the thread.
I’m sharing this in hopes that more ppl will learn about it and from it.
I’m sharing this in hopes that more ppl will learn about it and from it.
But I thought Americans were gonna need passports to vote? Oh … I get it.
U.S. State Department Cancels Americans’ Ability To Get Passports Under New Ban Rule That Blocks Applications At Many Facilities
www.thetravel.com/state-depart...
www.thetravel.com/state-depart...
U.S. State Department Cancels Americans’ Ability To Get Passports Under New Ban Rule That Blocks Applications At Many Facilities
A 50-year-old passport service is under threat from a new Cease-and-Desist issued by the U.S. State Department
www.thetravel.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
But I thought Americans were gonna need passports to vote? Oh … I get it.
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
“to some cops and the unions that represent them, this season of repression promises to extinguish the expectation that police might have to answer to the locally elected officials who allocate their budgets and authorize their mission.”
Dangerous thinking threatening American democracy & freedom.
Dangerous thinking threatening American democracy & freedom.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
Authoritarianism from Below | Stuart Schrader
As National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime
www.nybooks.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
“to some cops and the unions that represent them, this season of repression promises to extinguish the expectation that police might have to answer to the locally elected officials who allocate their budgets and authorize their mission.”
Dangerous thinking threatening American democracy & freedom.
Dangerous thinking threatening American democracy & freedom.
Excellent reporting! Very informative!
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
February 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Excellent reporting! Very informative!
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"It is completely inappropriate to seek to weaken Canada, to go and ask for assistance to break up this country from a foreign power"
🟢 Agree: 81%
⚫️ Disagree: 19%
Read it free: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
🟢 Agree: 81%
⚫️ Disagree: 19%
Read it free: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Canadians Call It Treason as Alberta Separatists Face National Backlash
A clear majority agree that turning to the U.S. for assistance in separation is inappropriate
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"It is completely inappropriate to seek to weaken Canada, to go and ask for assistance to break up this country from a foreign power"
🟢 Agree: 81%
⚫️ Disagree: 19%
Read it free: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
🟢 Agree: 81%
⚫️ Disagree: 19%
Read it free: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
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"Law and order." 🙄
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
"Law and order." 🙄
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I appreciate that the internet has made everyone into an amateur investigative journalist. But actual investigative work requires aggressively checking, double-checking, and trying to poke holes in your own work — not just rushing to publish because you want to believe it's true.
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I appreciate that the internet has made everyone into an amateur investigative journalist. But actual investigative work requires aggressively checking, double-checking, and trying to poke holes in your own work — not just rushing to publish because you want to believe it's true.
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About sheriffs who study at Claremont and read Jeremy Carl as a model for "how immigration works"
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
About sheriffs who study at Claremont and read Jeremy Carl as a model for "how immigration works"
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when MAGA white supremacists like Carl whinge abt passing of 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act they are complaining that it overturned 1924 Johnson-Reed Act, a law limiting immigration to people from Northern Europe, which was drafted by eugenicist Rep. Albert Johnson, with BIG support from the Klan
February 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
when MAGA white supremacists like Carl whinge abt passing of 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act they are complaining that it overturned 1924 Johnson-Reed Act, a law limiting immigration to people from Northern Europe, which was drafted by eugenicist Rep. Albert Johnson, with BIG support from the Klan
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“this is not who we are” is indistinguishable from “this is not who we want to become”; and it’s one of the most powerful rhetorical tools available to any political movement trying to marshal moral authority & civil disobedience against barbarism.
it’s good. ppl should say it.
it’s good. ppl should say it.
February 14, 2026 at 5:26 PM
“this is not who we are” is indistinguishable from “this is not who we want to become”; and it’s one of the most powerful rhetorical tools available to any political movement trying to marshal moral authority & civil disobedience against barbarism.
it’s good. ppl should say it.
it’s good. ppl should say it.
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It’s always Deutsche Bank.
A newly unsealed FBI interview shows an entire Deutsche Bank staff team internally tried to cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2015, after seeing wires to young women. One compliance officer says she was later pushed out and fired after raising the issue. Management kept the accounts open.
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It’s always Deutsche Bank.
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Yesterday the students in one of my classes discussed this excellent 2018 article by historian Chris Bonner which opens with this incredible story of direct action from 1837 that, sadly, hits especially hard in 2026.
February 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Yesterday the students in one of my classes discussed this excellent 2018 article by historian Chris Bonner which opens with this incredible story of direct action from 1837 that, sadly, hits especially hard in 2026.
This thread is 🔥!
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This thread is 🔥!