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Highly educated, GenX, Dad, IT & Cybersecurity pro, Political, Liberal AF, Democrat, Antifa, Feminist, & 🖕🏽 Patriarchy

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Wayne Smith 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @wayneesmith.bsky.social · Jan 28
For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.

Reject antisemitism, hate, division, isolation, and political gamesmanship. 🫶🏼✊🏼🫵🏼
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Thomas J. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, stepped down from his role as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation — becoming the latest person felled by an association with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
Tom Pritzker, Citing Epstein Connection, Steps Down as Hyatt’s Executive Chairman
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Rest in peace Reverend Jessy L. Jackson.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84.

apnews.com/article/jess...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
Jackson was a major contributor to the Civil Rights Movement and helped it accomplish many of its goals.
apnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow.

www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow
Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Rest in peace and awareness, Robert Duvall.
An image of an elder man in a dark suit and tie.
February 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Make a right on Abysmal and just past Purgatory.
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.
gilduran.com Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d
A strange find from the Epstein files:

A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."

Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Email to Jeffrey Epstein in which Vincenzo Iozzo shares rumor that Peter Thiel was bankrolling weev. From: Vincenzo lozzo Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:11 PM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: hedge funds strategy discussion not sure if you had time to think about this or the company, but to add =ne data point I've heard rumors that Thiel (who I believe you know) was =ankrolling this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev to do similar things. Now that dude is not only an idiot but also =ompletely nuts so I have no way to confirm whether that's actually true =r not, but anyway I figured I'd let you know On 15/nov/2014, at 12:48, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to call > On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Vincenzo lozzo neumminia =rote: > yeah phone works too and if it sounds plausible then we could talk =ore in person. Do you have my number? Or shall I call you? > Mine is: > Thank you :) > On 15/nov/2014, at 12:43, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > Of course or phone /Skype later > > > On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Vincenzo lozzo > =rote: > > oh btw the trick to all of this on the regulatory side might very > =ikely be "currencies", which would make a lot of sense based on the > =iscussions we had a few months back
February 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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Karoline Leavitt: “We’re moving on from Epstein.” The Internet: “The fuck you are.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Democrats should propose amendments to the SAVE act that require the government to furnish free IDs to all eligible voters before requiring them, automatically register all people to vote, expand mail-in voting, and create a national voting holiday. Then watch republicans block them.
February 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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🦋GREAT NEWS!!🦋

The #BreakfastCrew will be back February 23rd at 8:00am EST, Mon-Fri. Weekends off.

I want to thank you for your patience and understanding while I took some time off from the daily morning posts.

I’ve missed all of you!!🥰 Let’s continue building our BlueSky 🦋 Community!
#BlueCrew
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Morons

Morons are in charge

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted

www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
www.npr.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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⚡️Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says.

The Alpha unit of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) destroyed half of Russia's stockpile of the coveted Pantsir air defense system, the SBU announced Feb. 14.
Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says
The Alpha unit of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) destroyed half of Russia's stockpile of the coveted Pantsir air defense system, the SBU announced Feb. 14.
kyivindependent.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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Timeline cleanser 🫶

Never forget when Steve Irwin settled a fight between two kookaburras by speaking their language.
February 15, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application — The New Republic
The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.
apple.news
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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ICE and Border Patrol have been using facial recognition technology in our cities to target and threaten immigrants, people of color, and anyone documenting their abuses.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
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February 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Voluntarily—and vigorously—raises hand.
February 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM