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Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.
He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.
He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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During the election, Mike Lee amplified a critique of rap lyrics from Glorilla, Cardi B, and others who were supporting Kamala Harris.
Now, he openly embraces Nicki Minaj as MAGA’s “secret weapon.”
Now, he openly embraces Nicki Minaj as MAGA’s “secret weapon.”
February 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
During the election, Mike Lee amplified a critique of rap lyrics from Glorilla, Cardi B, and others who were supporting Kamala Harris.
Now, he openly embraces Nicki Minaj as MAGA’s “secret weapon.”
Now, he openly embraces Nicki Minaj as MAGA’s “secret weapon.”
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Q: "Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as Attorney General?"
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi…No, I don't have confidence in her. She hasn't gotten any sort of accountability there at DOJ."
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi…No, I don't have confidence in her. She hasn't gotten any sort of accountability there at DOJ."
February 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Q: "Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as Attorney General?"
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi…No, I don't have confidence in her. She hasn't gotten any sort of accountability there at DOJ."
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi…No, I don't have confidence in her. She hasn't gotten any sort of accountability there at DOJ."
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A Reuters report Friday states Russel Vought who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funds that would been fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to pay his U.S. Marshal security through the end of the year.
A Reuters report Friday states Russel Vought who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funds that would been fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to pay his U.S. Marshal security through the end of the year.
February 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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A Reuters report Friday states Russel Vought who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funds that would been fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to pay his U.S. Marshal security through the end of the year.
A Reuters report Friday states Russel Vought who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funds that would been fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to pay his U.S. Marshal security through the end of the year.
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Cuts of at 15% of current staff at CBS News are feared. About 11 producers at CBS Evening News have just taken buyouts variety.com/2026/tv/news...
CBS News Considering New Round of Layoffs, Could Affect at Least 15% of Staff
CBS News Considering New Round of Layoffs, Could Affect At Least 15% of Staff
variety.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Cuts of at 15% of current staff at CBS News are feared. About 11 producers at CBS Evening News have just taken buyouts variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Remember, Pam Bondi was Trump’s 2nd choice to be America’s most rabidly obedient Top Cop; bc he couldn’t get Matt Gaetz. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-attorn...
The Attorney General Who Thought "The Stock Market" Was A Defense Against Sex Trafficking
Future Law School Case Study, Pam Bondi
johnfugelsang.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Remember, Pam Bondi was Trump’s 2nd choice to be America’s most rabidly obedient Top Cop; bc he couldn’t get Matt Gaetz. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-attorn...
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PM Mark Carney
Scholarship to Harvard: graduated magna cum laude. PHd in Economics economics.
Oxford: Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, degrees in economics.
Head of Bank of England.
Trump: 2 yrs Fordham
Dad got him into Wharton. Trump won’t reveal his grades
Scholarship to Harvard: graduated magna cum laude. PHd in Economics economics.
Oxford: Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, degrees in economics.
Head of Bank of England.
Trump: 2 yrs Fordham
Dad got him into Wharton. Trump won’t reveal his grades
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
PM Mark Carney
Scholarship to Harvard: graduated magna cum laude. PHd in Economics economics.
Oxford: Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, degrees in economics.
Head of Bank of England.
Trump: 2 yrs Fordham
Dad got him into Wharton. Trump won’t reveal his grades
Scholarship to Harvard: graduated magna cum laude. PHd in Economics economics.
Oxford: Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, degrees in economics.
Head of Bank of England.
Trump: 2 yrs Fordham
Dad got him into Wharton. Trump won’t reveal his grades
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When I was a teenager and young man, Bill Cosby was the gold standard for a black man, the clean comedian who was still funny. Wealthy.
Turns out he was a piece of shit.
Turns out he was a piece of shit.
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
When I was a teenager and young man, Bill Cosby was the gold standard for a black man, the clean comedian who was still funny. Wealthy.
Turns out he was a piece of shit.
Turns out he was a piece of shit.
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Reup: Don Lemon Hires Minnesota's Top Public Integrity Prosecutor to Defend Against Harmeet Dhillon's Lies
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Don Lemon Hires Minnesota's Top Public Integrity Prosecutor to Defend Against Harmeet Dhillon's Lies - emptywheel
Harmeet Dhillon engaged in all manner of misconduct in pursuing an indictment of Don Lemon "to the end of the earth." And now, Lemon has hired Minnesota's top corruption prosecutor -- the guy who quit...
emptywheel.net
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Reup: Don Lemon Hires Minnesota's Top Public Integrity Prosecutor to Defend Against Harmeet Dhillon's Lies
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"The Kennedy Center is not the house artistic organ of whichever party controls the White House but a bipartisan cultural institution." Well, it's supposed to be, anyway.
New from @sonnybunch.bsky.social:
New from @sonnybunch.bsky.social:
A Day, and a Nation, at the Kennedy Center
From Tchaikovsky to redneck humor: the arts in Trump’s America.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"The Kennedy Center is not the house artistic organ of whichever party controls the White House but a bipartisan cultural institution." Well, it's supposed to be, anyway.
New from @sonnybunch.bsky.social:
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Yes, and then they're like, "I think this is John who works the graveyard shift at the QwikMark on Highway 309. Never liked that guy in high school."
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I liked the ones that posted the Ring doorbell footage and asked Grok to show them the face under the ski mask
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Yes, and then they're like, "I think this is John who works the graveyard shift at the QwikMark on Highway 309. Never liked that guy in high school."
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The sleaze level in the epstein files is enought to gag a maggot. Maybe we should be asking about which of our US oligarchs are NOT in the files
February 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
The sleaze level in the epstein files is enought to gag a maggot. Maybe we should be asking about which of our US oligarchs are NOT in the files
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Is your mouth hanging open, too? Repost Ad infinitum.
Rep Raskin reports he reviewed the full unredacted Epstein Files & Trump's name appears MORE THAN A MILLION TIMES.
We knew of 38K times—meaning we know of only ~3% of Trump's involvement with a convicted child sexual abuser & sex trafficker.
Anyone still unwilling to impeach & remove is complicit.
We knew of 38K times—meaning we know of only ~3% of Trump's involvement with a convicted child sexual abuser & sex trafficker.
Anyone still unwilling to impeach & remove is complicit.
February 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Is your mouth hanging open, too? Repost Ad infinitum.
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Former-Prince Andrew is being investigated by the police—and lost his royal title. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, Trump hasn’t even lost sleep.
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Former-Prince Andrew is being investigated by the police—and lost his royal title. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, Trump hasn’t even lost sleep.
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Over the weekend, I tested a hypothesis that because Trump made the right wing culture that is the core of Red State support for Republicans toxic, his OWN toxicity may make those areas contestable.
emptywheel.net/if-magat-pol...
emptywheel.net/if-magat-pol...
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Over the weekend, I tested a hypothesis that because Trump made the right wing culture that is the core of Red State support for Republicans toxic, his OWN toxicity may make those areas contestable.
emptywheel.net/if-magat-pol...
emptywheel.net/if-magat-pol...
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This isn’t about election integrity.
It’s about making Americans believe democracy can’t be trusted.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
It’s about making Americans believe democracy can’t be trusted.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
This Is How Trump Prepares America to Reject an Election
He’s already telling his supporters the system is rigged, floating unconstitutional ideas, and priming them for chaos if Republicans lose.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This isn’t about election integrity.
It’s about making Americans believe democracy can’t be trusted.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
It’s about making Americans believe democracy can’t be trusted.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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"Trump has created for himself a world in which he never hears a negative word about himself...he thinks himself answerable only to those who...think he can do no wrong...the rest of the country...doesn’t exist."
Great @mjtoma.bsky.social read of the moment:
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
Great @mjtoma.bsky.social read of the moment:
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
The Trump Bubble Is Impregnable for Now—but Boy,
Is It Going to Burst
The president is on a collision course with an accountability moment. Either he or our democracy will prevail.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"Trump has created for himself a world in which he never hears a negative word about himself...he thinks himself answerable only to those who...think he can do no wrong...the rest of the country...doesn’t exist."
Great @mjtoma.bsky.social read of the moment:
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
Great @mjtoma.bsky.social read of the moment:
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
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Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
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"The whole idea of the First Amendment, the idea of the founders, was to hold government to account. I think Jeff Bezos should have known that when he acquired the Post," says former Washington Post Executive Editor @postbaron.bsky.social. "Now he worries about reprisals from Donald Trump." #Velshi
Marty Baron: Bezos gutted The Washington Post because he is ‘worried about reprisals from Trump’
The Washington Post faces more turmoil as the embattled CEO and publisher Will Lewis steps down after a wave of layoffs at the newspaper. The Post’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, declared in 2016, “Democracy dies in darkness,” but critics say he is now turning out the light. Former Executive Editor Marty Baron said, "Things have been made dramatically worse by the behavior of the owner.”
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February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"The whole idea of the First Amendment, the idea of the founders, was to hold government to account. I think Jeff Bezos should have known that when he acquired the Post," says former Washington Post Executive Editor @postbaron.bsky.social. "Now he worries about reprisals from Donald Trump." #Velshi
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He's been saying this from the very first day he decided to get together with Ro Khanna to demand the release of ALL files.
Does he not know that names of the accused rap¡sts are redacted while many survivors are named???
I'm fuckin sick of this bombastic bs‼️
Does he not know that names of the accused rap¡sts are redacted while many survivors are named???
I'm fuckin sick of this bombastic bs‼️
February 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
He's been saying this from the very first day he decided to get together with Ro Khanna to demand the release of ALL files.
Does he not know that names of the accused rap¡sts are redacted while many survivors are named???
I'm fuckin sick of this bombastic bs‼️
Does he not know that names of the accused rap¡sts are redacted while many survivors are named???
I'm fuckin sick of this bombastic bs‼️
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ grant application process has taken a political turn under Trump.
“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story,” said a Republican who led the agency from 2019 to 2024. “And that’s wrong.”
“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story,” said a Republican who led the agency from 2019 to 2024. “And that’s wrong.”
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
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February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ grant application process has taken a political turn under Trump.
“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story,” said a Republican who led the agency from 2019 to 2024. “And that’s wrong.”
“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story,” said a Republican who led the agency from 2019 to 2024. “And that’s wrong.”
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"There’s only one reason why the director of national intelligence would go to the state of Georgia, not the country of Georgia, to investigate purported election violations." That reason has a capital T (which rhymes with P).
Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Investigating the Wrong Georgia?
Sidelined from her real job, she chases Trump conspiracy theories instead of problems overseas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"There’s only one reason why the director of national intelligence would go to the state of Georgia, not the country of Georgia, to investigate purported election violations." That reason has a capital T (which rhymes with P).
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