@finstasky.bsky.social
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DISTURBING: "Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer...Kurt Olsen—now a temporary government employee in the White House."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel
Top U.S. intelligence agencies are cooperating with Kurt Olsen, who worked with Trump to undermine the results of the 2020 election.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
DISTURBING: "Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer...Kurt Olsen—now a temporary government employee in the White House."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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President Mandela said, "there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
President Mandela said, "there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
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Major transport infra projects Trump admin has paused funding for, killed, or refused to let open:
—Howe Bridge (MI/CAN): 2/9/26
—Red Line Ext. (IL): 10/3/25
—Gateway Tunnel (NJ/NY): 10/1/25 & 10/18/25
—Second Ave Subway (NY): 10/1/25
—High-speed rail (CA): 7/16/25
—High-speed rail (TX): 4/14/25
—Howe Bridge (MI/CAN): 2/9/26
—Red Line Ext. (IL): 10/3/25
—Gateway Tunnel (NJ/NY): 10/1/25 & 10/18/25
—Second Ave Subway (NY): 10/1/25
—High-speed rail (CA): 7/16/25
—High-speed rail (TX): 4/14/25
February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Major transport infra projects Trump admin has paused funding for, killed, or refused to let open:
—Howe Bridge (MI/CAN): 2/9/26
—Red Line Ext. (IL): 10/3/25
—Gateway Tunnel (NJ/NY): 10/1/25 & 10/18/25
—Second Ave Subway (NY): 10/1/25
—High-speed rail (CA): 7/16/25
—High-speed rail (TX): 4/14/25
—Howe Bridge (MI/CAN): 2/9/26
—Red Line Ext. (IL): 10/3/25
—Gateway Tunnel (NJ/NY): 10/1/25 & 10/18/25
—Second Ave Subway (NY): 10/1/25
—High-speed rail (CA): 7/16/25
—High-speed rail (TX): 4/14/25
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We saw this pattern in infrastructure cuts during the shutdown, cuts alleging social services fraud, cuts to contractors under DOGE: all targeted to blue states. It is an obviously partisan abuse of power, brazen and on a scale we simply have not seen before. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
We saw this pattern in infrastructure cuts during the shutdown, cuts alleging social services fraud, cuts to contractors under DOGE: all targeted to blue states. It is an obviously partisan abuse of power, brazen and on a scale we simply have not seen before. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-...
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This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
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Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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There are obviously a lot of shameful moments in American history, but Mexico being forced to send militarily protected humanitarian relief to a Cuban population we are starving for now reason, while we all stuff our faces with chicken wings, has to rank among our low moments
🇲🇽 🇨🇺 Mexico has dispatched two Navy logistics ships from Veracruz to Cuba carrying more than 814 tons of humanitarian aid for civilians, under orders from Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum. The shipment includes staple foods & hygiene supplies, with the Papaloapan transporting mixed goods & the Isla Holbox...
February 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
There are obviously a lot of shameful moments in American history, but Mexico being forced to send militarily protected humanitarian relief to a Cuban population we are starving for now reason, while we all stuff our faces with chicken wings, has to rank among our low moments
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once again, I'm overwhelmed by the response. today's newsletter wouldn't be possible without people across the country who trusted me to help them blow the whistle on MLB, a *multi-billion-dollar* business.
followed by readers who prove there is an audience for this kind of sportswriting. 1/
followed by readers who prove there is an audience for this kind of sportswriting. 1/
*new* from me:
As pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, three front office staffers spoke to me about helping Latino baseball players and their families navigate an America ravaged by ICE raids.
They say guidance from MLB has been “minimal” so their teams are getting creative.
As pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, three front office staffers spoke to me about helping Latino baseball players and their families navigate an America ravaged by ICE raids.
They say guidance from MLB has been “minimal” so their teams are getting creative.
How do MLB workers protect Latin players from Trump's ICE raids? By themselves.
Front office staffers told eyeblack about keeping immigrant players safe while league guidance is minimal and "Manfred kisses Trump's ass."
www.readeyeblack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
once again, I'm overwhelmed by the response. today's newsletter wouldn't be possible without people across the country who trusted me to help them blow the whistle on MLB, a *multi-billion-dollar* business.
followed by readers who prove there is an audience for this kind of sportswriting. 1/
followed by readers who prove there is an audience for this kind of sportswriting. 1/
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A story broke last week that everyone should be following: a foreign government official (an Emerati royal) bought a major ownership stake in an incoming US president’s company just days before he took office.
That's truly unprecedented.
That's truly unprecedented.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
A story broke last week that everyone should be following: a foreign government official (an Emerati royal) bought a major ownership stake in an incoming US president’s company just days before he took office.
That's truly unprecedented.
That's truly unprecedented.
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Emerging from his viewing of the UNRELEASED Epstein case files at Justice Dept, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says:
"The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"
"The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Emerging from his viewing of the UNRELEASED Epstein case files at Justice Dept, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says:
"The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"
"The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"
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Trump and his family have gained over $4 billion by using the White House as their own personal grift machine.
Meanwhile, many working families are choosing between paying for health insurance, groceries, or rent.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
Meanwhile, many working families are choosing between paying for health insurance, groceries, or rent.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
Trump is openly cashing in on the presidency
The multibillion-dollar profiteering is snowballing in an anything-goes presidency
www.salon.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Trump and his family have gained over $4 billion by using the White House as their own personal grift machine.
Meanwhile, many working families are choosing between paying for health insurance, groceries, or rent.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
Meanwhile, many working families are choosing between paying for health insurance, groceries, or rent.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
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Recent Olympic reforms are mostly "cosmetic," says author @julesboykoff.bsky.social, who explains why cities are increasingly saying no to hosting the Games.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/olympics_corrupt
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/olympics_corrupt
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Recent Olympic reforms are mostly "cosmetic," says author @julesboykoff.bsky.social, who explains why cities are increasingly saying no to hosting the Games.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/olympics_corrupt
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/olympics_corrupt
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
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In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
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This is a really big, terrifying deal 🧪
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
This is a really big, terrifying deal 🧪
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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in 2026 the Bad People Lose
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
in 2026 the Bad People Lose
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“Just 4 percent viewed it positively. Four percent. If voters had understood that Trump intended to implement this agenda, that knowledge might have mattered. Instead, the press kept telling them it was complicated.”
February 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
“Just 4 percent viewed it positively. Four percent. If voters had understood that Trump intended to implement this agenda, that knowledge might have mattered. Instead, the press kept telling them it was complicated.”
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The Illinois Department of Public Health sidestepped the federal government this week by independently joining the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). It is the second state to do so, after California joined the network last month. trib.al/i2YAAVj
Individual States Join World Health Organization After Trump Drops It
Illinois is the latest state to take this step.
trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The Illinois Department of Public Health sidestepped the federal government this week by independently joining the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). It is the second state to do so, after California joined the network last month. trib.al/i2YAAVj
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States, not the federal government, have the authority to run elections, including maintaining accurate voter rolls. The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to access voter files is a clear attempt to take that power away.
bit.ly/49HOmCY
bit.ly/49HOmCY
Trump Administration Has Sued More than 20 States for Refusing to Turn Over Voter Files
The Justice Department’s attempts to collect sensitive voter information are part of a plan to interfere with elections.
www.brennancenter.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
States, not the federal government, have the authority to run elections, including maintaining accurate voter rolls. The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to access voter files is a clear attempt to take that power away.
bit.ly/49HOmCY
bit.ly/49HOmCY
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ICE CANNOT BE PERMITTED TO BEAT PEOPLE LIKE THIS --
AND THEN LIE ABOUT IT!!
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
AND THEN LIE ABOUT IT!!
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
February 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
ICE CANNOT BE PERMITTED TO BEAT PEOPLE LIKE THIS --
AND THEN LIE ABOUT IT!!
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
AND THEN LIE ABOUT IT!!
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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People don't realize that we all just live in the legislative environment that McConnell built now. That's why the Senate only passes one piece of legislation per year!
February 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
People don't realize that we all just live in the legislative environment that McConnell built now. That's why the Senate only passes one piece of legislation per year!