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Trade agreements are some very targeted and niche tax cuts, a few bureaucratic easements, some regulatory commitments and a business friendly investment rule or two.
It's ok that this doesn't turn countries into the Galactic Federation or upend geopolitical realities.
It's still good!
It's ok that this doesn't turn countries into the Galactic Federation or upend geopolitical realities.
It's still good!
February 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Trade agreements are some very targeted and niche tax cuts, a few bureaucratic easements, some regulatory commitments and a business friendly investment rule or two.
It's ok that this doesn't turn countries into the Galactic Federation or upend geopolitical realities.
It's still good!
It's ok that this doesn't turn countries into the Galactic Federation or upend geopolitical realities.
It's still good!
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Especially from people with a track record of being (in the kindest construction) indifferent between liberalism and fascism at the ballot box, “you have to earn my vote” means “my vote cannot be earned”
Hasan isn’t going to vote for any Democrat in 2028. It has nothing to do with Newsom.
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Especially from people with a track record of being (in the kindest construction) indifferent between liberalism and fascism at the ballot box, “you have to earn my vote” means “my vote cannot be earned”
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"Are they brazen enough? Does John Roberts feel invulnerable enough at this point that the Court can just say black is white, up is down, and climate is not a problem? That’ll be interesting to watch."
"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA
"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
"Are they brazen enough? Does John Roberts feel invulnerable enough at this point that the Court can just say black is white, up is down, and climate is not a problem? That’ll be interesting to watch."
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"Hold on, we actually allow a failsafe"
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
Chip Roy on Fox News tries to explain why the SAVE America Act won't actually prevent women from voting
February 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"Hold on, we actually allow a failsafe"
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
The failsafe: Having a birth certificate, ID, and being willing to sign an affidavit on penalty of perjury.
This is what gendered administrative burdens look like.
academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
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So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
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I am not convinced that this event exists. If you load in the data from station IU.MAKZ (Makanchi, Kazakhstan) at this time point, this is the signal. I am guessing that it is noise. The KNDC event has only two stations. This and closeby MK31. The ISC doesn't have it isc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/web-...
February 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I am not convinced that this event exists. If you load in the data from station IU.MAKZ (Makanchi, Kazakhstan) at this time point, this is the signal. I am guessing that it is noise. The KNDC event has only two stations. This and closeby MK31. The ISC doesn't have it isc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/web-...
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Translation: We can’t do what we want to do legally.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Translation: We can’t do what we want to do legally.
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The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
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It’s a lie. It’s propaganda.
We asked www.PAXIS.app to sum it up:
ICE did not “find 3,364 missing children”. They updated contact info.
Why? To serve paperwork, secure court dates, and deport.
Not rescue. Deportation prep.
Call it what it is: a lie.
Stand up: www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
We asked www.PAXIS.app to sum it up:
ICE did not “find 3,364 missing children”. They updated contact info.
Why? To serve paperwork, secure court dates, and deport.
Not rescue. Deportation prep.
Call it what it is: a lie.
Stand up: www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
February 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
It’s a lie. It’s propaganda.
We asked www.PAXIS.app to sum it up:
ICE did not “find 3,364 missing children”. They updated contact info.
Why? To serve paperwork, secure court dates, and deport.
Not rescue. Deportation prep.
Call it what it is: a lie.
Stand up: www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
We asked www.PAXIS.app to sum it up:
ICE did not “find 3,364 missing children”. They updated contact info.
Why? To serve paperwork, secure court dates, and deport.
Not rescue. Deportation prep.
Call it what it is: a lie.
Stand up: www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
The State Department has ordered nonprofit public libraries to stop taking passport applications, cutting off a popular local service.
apnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This scheme to make passports harder to obtain comes as Republicans are trying to make passports one of the few documents that can be presented in order to be permitted to register to vote.
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The sole purpose of field sobriety tests is to manufacture incriminating evidence. It is not possible to "pass" them if the cop doesn't want you to pass them.
Breathalyzers are more objective, so they get used less
bsky.app/profile/mkbi...
Breathalyzers are more objective, so they get used less
bsky.app/profile/mkbi...
So, is there a reason that US cops don't use breathlyser's as a first filter versus this ridiculous set of sobriety tests?
February 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The sole purpose of field sobriety tests is to manufacture incriminating evidence. It is not possible to "pass" them if the cop doesn't want you to pass them.
Breathalyzers are more objective, so they get used less
bsky.app/profile/mkbi...
Breathalyzers are more objective, so they get used less
bsky.app/profile/mkbi...
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"To allege that interpreting the Clean Air Act in an open-ended way is some sort of violation of law is ridiculous. I don’t think anybody involved here is confused about the legal merits. Everybody on the right knows that they’re playing Calvinball here and that this is all bullshit." — @volts.wtf
"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA
"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"To allege that interpreting the Clean Air Act in an open-ended way is some sort of violation of law is ridiculous. I don’t think anybody involved here is confused about the legal merits. Everybody on the right knows that they’re playing Calvinball here and that this is all bullshit." — @volts.wtf
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
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Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
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Remember those old photos of choking smog hanging over LA and NYC in the 70s? Well get ready for that again
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Remember those old photos of choking smog hanging over LA and NYC in the 70s? Well get ready for that again
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can you imagine if the establishment press treated this madness with the same scorn reserved for progressives advocating for affordable housing regulation?
Dude is quickly climbing the ranks of Most Dangerous Man Alive
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
can you imagine if the establishment press treated this madness with the same scorn reserved for progressives advocating for affordable housing regulation?
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The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
Trump administration formally denies Minnesota investigators access to evidence in Alex Pretti shooting
Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
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Minnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets. Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand. The families of the deceased deserve better.
www.keyc.com/2026/02/16/f...
www.keyc.com/2026/02/16/f...
FBI denies BCA access to evidence in Minnesota ICE-involved shooting investigations
Despite the FBI's refusal to cooperate, the BCA has reaffirmed its commitment to conducting thorough, independent, and transparent investigations into all three incidents.
www.keyc.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Minnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets. Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand. The families of the deceased deserve better.
www.keyc.com/2026/02/16/f...
www.keyc.com/2026/02/16/f...
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As a White House ethics lawyer I told staff:
“Be allergic to free stuff” and not to even accept a can of soda from someone with business before the White House.
So how has the story of a UAE royal making a deal worth nearly $200m to the Trump family fallen out of news? www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
“Be allergic to free stuff” and not to even accept a can of soda from someone with business before the White House.
So how has the story of a UAE royal making a deal worth nearly $200m to the Trump family fallen out of news? www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | How much money has Trump made as president? The answer should worry us all.
Ian Bassin: As an Obama White House lawyer, I counseled staff to behave like they are allergic to free stuff. What the Journal report describes threatens not just the public trust but also our nationa...
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
As a White House ethics lawyer I told staff:
“Be allergic to free stuff” and not to even accept a can of soda from someone with business before the White House.
So how has the story of a UAE royal making a deal worth nearly $200m to the Trump family fallen out of news? www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
“Be allergic to free stuff” and not to even accept a can of soda from someone with business before the White House.
So how has the story of a UAE royal making a deal worth nearly $200m to the Trump family fallen out of news? www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
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Along these lines, I've been reading @profmsinha.bsky.social's book on Reconstruction and I strongly recommend it:
www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Se...
www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Se...
February 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Along these lines, I've been reading @profmsinha.bsky.social's book on Reconstruction and I strongly recommend it:
www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Se...
www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Se...
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This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
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“In less than a year, DHS has attacked the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 14th amendments to the US Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus, the independent judiciary, and much more,” states David Bier before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee.
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“In less than a year, DHS has attacked the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 14th amendments to the US Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus, the independent judiciary, and much more,” states David Bier before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee.
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri