Arlene
@asireno.bsky.social
Artist (oils, acrylic and watercolor), lover of Science Fiction and all space exploration, Crocheter.
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Rather than turn former Honduran President Hernández over to immigration officials when he was released from prison just four years into a 45-year sentence for allowing traffickers to export more than 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S, the Trump administration paid to transport him to a posh NYC hotel.
Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando Hernández Given Special Treatment
After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Rather than turn former Honduran President Hernández over to immigration officials when he was released from prison just four years into a 45-year sentence for allowing traffickers to export more than 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S, the Trump administration paid to transport him to a posh NYC hotel.
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January core goods prices are now “1.6% higher than January 2025. The pace of increase in these prices is not, in itself, alarming but the trend is unmistakably upwards. Until this measure of price increases stabilizes .., no one can claim that peak tariff pressures have passed ..” #CPI
January core goods prices are now “1.6% higher than January 2025. The pace of increase in these prices is not, in itself, alarming but the trend is unmistakably upwards. Until this measure of price increases stabilizes .., no one can claim that peak tariff pressures have passed ..” #CPI
February 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
BREAN:
January core goods prices are now “1.6% higher than January 2025. The pace of increase in these prices is not, in itself, alarming but the trend is unmistakably upwards. Until this measure of price increases stabilizes .., no one can claim that peak tariff pressures have passed ..” #CPI
January core goods prices are now “1.6% higher than January 2025. The pace of increase in these prices is not, in itself, alarming but the trend is unmistakably upwards. Until this measure of price increases stabilizes .., no one can claim that peak tariff pressures have passed ..” #CPI
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Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
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NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:31 PM
NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
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No, Donald Trump cannot implement voting changes via Executive Order. He may try but if he does, he we will sue and we will win.
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 1:39 PM
No, Donald Trump cannot implement voting changes via Executive Order. He may try but if he does, he we will sue and we will win.
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At least 10 Democratic-leaning states are using their own money to help people buy Obamacare health plans, at least partially replacing the federal tax credits that expired at the end of last year.
via @stateline.org
via @stateline.org
Some states are helping to make Obamacare plans more affordable
At least 10 Democratic-leaning states are using their own money to help people buy Obamacare health plans, at least partially replacing the federal tax credits that expired at the end of last year.
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
At least 10 Democratic-leaning states are using their own money to help people buy Obamacare health plans, at least partially replacing the federal tax credits that expired at the end of last year.
via @stateline.org
via @stateline.org
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If you’re okay with human beings and their children suffering in inhumane conditions, fearing the future, and having their right to due process ignored, you don’t have to tell me your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
February 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
If you’re okay with human beings and their children suffering in inhumane conditions, fearing the future, and having their right to due process ignored, you don’t have to tell me your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
The fact that you’re okay with those things tells me everything about your religious beliefs.
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Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.
“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 7:40 PM
Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.
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Corrections Officers and ICE goons have started patrolling the Dilley, Texas ICE Concentration Camp, confiscating children’s drawings, letters, and arts and crafts materials to prevent further leaks of the abhorrent conditions in the camp (February 17, 2026).
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Corrections Officers and ICE goons have started patrolling the Dilley, Texas ICE Concentration Camp, confiscating children’s drawings, letters, and arts and crafts materials to prevent further leaks of the abhorrent conditions in the camp (February 17, 2026).
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Minnesota Investigators Say FBI Refusing to Share Evidence in Alex Pretti’s Killing
Minnesota Investigators Say FBI Refusing to Share Evidence in Alex Pretti’s Killing
Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Monday the FBI has formally notified investigators that their agency will not receive access to evidence in the killing of Alex Pretti. Pretti was shot...
www.democracynow.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Minnesota Investigators Say FBI Refusing to Share Evidence in Alex Pretti’s Killing
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Right-wing influencers like Johnson were primarily taking aim at homeless and transitional housing — and exaggerating their “findings.” It’s a strategy state election officials have long been aware of. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rig...
Right-wing influencers are going viral claiming voter fraud. The problem? They’re wrong
“A lot of this is about homeless people, or people who are in sort of dire situations financially, living in buildings that are condemned… and moving, and therefore the building no longer exists. But ...
www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Right-wing influencers like Johnson were primarily taking aim at homeless and transitional housing — and exaggerating their “findings.” It’s a strategy state election officials have long been aware of. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rig...
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Jesus Christ these people are monsters.
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Jesus Christ these people are monsters.
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"Constitutional conservative" is and always has been a dog whistle for "Nazi."
Where are those "strict Constitutionalists" now? I'm calling bs!
February 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"Constitutional conservative" is and always has been a dog whistle for "Nazi."
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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With no Colorado River deal in sight, risk of federal action intensifies. Here’s what that means.
With no Colorado River deal in sight, risk of federal action intensifies. Here's what that means.
Colorado River states are mired in stalled negotiations over the river's future. Another missed deadline makes federal action more likely.
coloradosun.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
With no Colorado River deal in sight, risk of federal action intensifies. Here’s what that means.
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An Idaho legislator is calling on Idaho’s congressional delegation to protect public access to public lands and oppose efforts to sell federal public lands.
via @idahocapitalsun.com
via @idahocapitalsun.com
Idaho legislator calls on Congress to protect public access to public lands
An Idaho legislator is calling on Idaho’s congressional delegation to protect public access to public lands and oppose efforts to sell federal public lands.
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
An Idaho legislator is calling on Idaho’s congressional delegation to protect public access to public lands and oppose efforts to sell federal public lands.
via @idahocapitalsun.com
via @idahocapitalsun.com
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17 February 1944 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Juliska Revesz, was born in Pecs.
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. She was 5 months old.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. She was 5 months old.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
17 February 1944 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Juliska Revesz, was born in Pecs.
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. She was 5 months old.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. She was 5 months old.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
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CBS is a sock puppet of the regime
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 12:23 PM
CBS is a sock puppet of the regime
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Your faith should have nothing to do with how you govern. Your morality should have everything to do with how you govern.
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Your faith should have nothing to do with how you govern. Your morality should have everything to do with how you govern.
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Thank you to everyone who signed up. More today!
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Thank you to everyone who signed up. More today!
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The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. https://to.pbs.org/4rkRgVv
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader of Civil Rights Movement for decades, dies at 84
Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday.
to.pbs.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. https://to.pbs.org/4rkRgVv
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In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling back on vaccine studies. In Texas, a small company canceled plans to build a factory that would have created new jobs manufacturing a technology used in vaccines. In San Diego, another manufacturing company laid off workers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling back on vaccine studies. In Texas, a small company canceled plans to build a factory that would have created new jobs manufacturing a technology used in vaccines. In San Diego, another manufacturing company laid off workers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling back on vaccine studies. In Texas, a small company canceled plans to build a factory that would have created new jobs manufacturing a technology used in vaccines. In San Diego, another manufacturing company laid off workers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling back on vaccine studies. In Texas, a small company canceled plans to build a factory that would have created new jobs manufacturing a technology used in vaccines. In San Diego, another manufacturing company laid off workers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...