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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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Rachel Maddow

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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.

“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...

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Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center

The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...

www.dallasnews.com

February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM

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Ilhan Omar

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Today we lost a giant. Rev. Jesse Jackson proved that a national political movement could be built from bold progressive ideals and an unshakable vision of radical love and justice. May he rest in power.

February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM

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Sherrilyn Ifill

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Lifting up the life of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson. Hard to lay out the range of his work and contributions and how much he inspired. They are leaving us one by one, exhorting us to pick up the mantle with courage & determination. Justice work is a lifelong commitment. Thank you Rev. Jackson.

February 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM

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When the worst day in Canada is curling scandal, the nostalgia is overwhelming.

'A sad day' - curling cheating row at Winter Games unsettles Canadians.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

'A sad day' - curling cheating row at Winter Games unsettles Canadians

Both men's and women's Canadian curling teams have been accused of cheating at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

www.bbc.com

February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM

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NASA will fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket for the 2nd time on Feb. 19. Will it leak again?

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NASA will fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket for the 2nd time on Feb. 19. Will it leak again?

If all goes well, Artemis 2 could launch as soon as March 6.

www.space.com

February 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM

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Kyle Griffin

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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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Kyle Cheney

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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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emptywheel

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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.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 2d

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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God

@thegodpodcast.com

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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Mueller, She Wrote

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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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Kinley 🦋 Brenda

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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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Kai Ryssdal

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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

Wayne Smith 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️

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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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The Kyiv Independent

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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.