dave
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he/him - immune to taunt - retire hanlon’s razor - pack the court - outstanding online acquaintance
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Nazis
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Nazis
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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reminder that as insurrectionists and domestic enemies of the United States, all Republicans everywhere are constitutionally banned from holding or seeking public office, so every position they hold they hold illegitimately, and every vote they receive should be deemed invalid
Trump: “The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple — They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired … There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!“
February 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
reminder that as insurrectionists and domestic enemies of the United States, all Republicans everywhere are constitutionally banned from holding or seeking public office, so every position they hold they hold illegitimately, and every vote they receive should be deemed invalid
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Ten years ago today, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, kicking off one of the greatest crimes committed against democracy when Mitch McConnell invented a pretense to deny President Obama a nominee, and everyone in power and media just shrugged and acted like he could do that.
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Ten years ago today, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, kicking off one of the greatest crimes committed against democracy when Mitch McConnell invented a pretense to deny President Obama a nominee, and everyone in power and media just shrugged and acted like he could do that.
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In a disgraceful waste of time, Trump just tried and failed to indict 6 of my colleagues for a video reminding service members to refuse *illegal* orders.
Apparently, saying "follow the law" is a prosecutable offense but being in the Epstein files...that’s another story
Apparently, saying "follow the law" is a prosecutable offense but being in the Epstein files...that’s another story
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
In a disgraceful waste of time, Trump just tried and failed to indict 6 of my colleagues for a video reminding service members to refuse *illegal* orders.
Apparently, saying "follow the law" is a prosecutable offense but being in the Epstein files...that’s another story
Apparently, saying "follow the law" is a prosecutable offense but being in the Epstein files...that’s another story
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Jury nullification is real and it is your friend
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Jury nullification is real and it is your friend
what curtain tho
Ignore the pedophiles behind the curtain
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
what curtain tho
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Tim Cook’s bribes really paying off.
Apple News is the latest media property to be warned by a Trump-appointed regulator over charges of liberal bias. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he’s “not the speech police” but warned Apple that its choice of articles could violate the law.
Trump’s campaign against ‘left-wing’ media finds a new target: Apple News
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson wrote a letter to Apple that warned the company its choice of articles in Apple News could violate the law.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Tim Cook’s bribes really paying off.
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House Republicans passed the SAVE Act 2.0 – which will prevent millions of Americans from voting by requiring in-person proof of citizenship to register to vote AND, in many cases, to cast a ballot. The Senate must STOP this voter suppression bill.
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
House Republicans passed the SAVE Act 2.0 – which will prevent millions of Americans from voting by requiring in-person proof of citizenship to register to vote AND, in many cases, to cast a ballot. The Senate must STOP this voter suppression bill.
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Just saying, if that is the current situation here in the United States—having not been our situation for 200+ years—such that law enforcement cannot operate without concealing their identities, then obviously the ruling party, the Republicans, has failed and must thrown out of office and disbanded.
Ron Johnson: "In Central America, I found out that if you become the new police chief, you get a DVD from the friendly drug cartel with your children and wife going into school and church ... there's such a demand for unmasking ICE officers, but they've been doxxed."
February 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Just saying, if that is the current situation here in the United States—having not been our situation for 200+ years—such that law enforcement cannot operate without concealing their identities, then obviously the ruling party, the Republicans, has failed and must thrown out of office and disbanded.
I don’t believe you dot gif
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I don’t believe you dot gif
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I'll believe it when I fucking see it.
The immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is ending, said Tom Homan, the border czar for President Donald Trump.
“I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said.
“I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said.
Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end
Homan addressed reporters Thursday morning at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, the base for the ongoing federal immigration operation in Minnesota.
www.mprnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I'll believe it when I fucking see it.
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Particularly since easier access to rape of all kinds and enhanced immunity from any consequence has been revealed beyond shadow of doubt as one of the primary —if not the sole—motivations behind the drive to acquire vast wealth.
A billionaire should be presumed a serial rapist.
A billionaire should be presumed a serial rapist.
If your response to the question “What are you going to do about the rapists?” is “Let me tell you how much richer the rich people are,” then you answered the question and your answer is “Nothing.”
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Particularly since easier access to rape of all kinds and enhanced immunity from any consequence has been revealed beyond shadow of doubt as one of the primary —if not the sole—motivations behind the drive to acquire vast wealth.
A billionaire should be presumed a serial rapist.
A billionaire should be presumed a serial rapist.
It maddens me how people have become convinced that “ad hominem” is Latin for “he cal’t me a name and I didn’t wike it”, and not short for “argumentum ad hominem” which is something else
You know what? Let me give y'all a fucking example.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
As I repeatedly emphasize to my students: the presence of a fallacy in discourse does not render the broader argument irrelevant and many "fallacies" are premised on a given network of cultural meanings. One could make a valid and sound argument for why someone is "bitchmade" and use it effectively.
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It maddens me how people have become convinced that “ad hominem” is Latin for “he cal’t me a name and I didn’t wike it”, and not short for “argumentum ad hominem” which is something else
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You know what? Let me give y'all a fucking example.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
As I repeatedly emphasize to my students: the presence of a fallacy in discourse does not render the broader argument irrelevant and many "fallacies" are premised on a given network of cultural meanings. One could make a valid and sound argument for why someone is "bitchmade" and use it effectively.
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
You know what? Let me give y'all a fucking example.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
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To be clear: this was the result of incompetence at the highest levels of the administration.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
To be clear: this was the result of incompetence at the highest levels of the administration.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
Next for me and my team is ensuring our community gets all the answers we deserve and that no other community has to deal with what we had to endure.
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If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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Ada Lovelace was/is/will always be right: “The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform.” Every AI dude seems to forget that some instructions have unintended consequences. But intention isn’t all that matters.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Ada Lovelace was/is/will always be right: “The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform.” Every AI dude seems to forget that some instructions have unintended consequences. But intention isn’t all that matters.
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To me the chatbots pose zero interesting questions about the ‘nature of selfhood’ but dozens about the nature of manipulation. Here the Claude team pretends they are programming the robot for ethical responses but they land on one that is false and disingenuous.
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
To me the chatbots pose zero interesting questions about the ‘nature of selfhood’ but dozens about the nature of manipulation. Here the Claude team pretends they are programming the robot for ethical responses but they land on one that is false and disingenuous.
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a bunch of people who work for AI companies and largely paid in vesting stock options are overwhelmed by the magnitude and depth of what they've created. everyone else is a curmudgeon or otherwise a confused hater. truly this is an irreconcilable intellectual dilemma.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
a bunch of people who work for AI companies and largely paid in vesting stock options are overwhelmed by the magnitude and depth of what they've created. everyone else is a curmudgeon or otherwise a confused hater. truly this is an irreconcilable intellectual dilemma.
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She really just said why are you talking about the mass coverup of child rape when you should be talking about money
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
She really just said why are you talking about the mass coverup of child rape when you should be talking about money
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🚨J. Gordon Mitchel = Jim MacKay🚨
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
🚨J. Gordon Mitchel = Jim MacKay🚨