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The Grammys. The Olympics. The Super Bowl. The message is that the world loves diversity. Don’t let the billionaires tell you otherwise.
February 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The Grammys. The Olympics. The Super Bowl. The message is that the world loves diversity. Don’t let the billionaires tell you otherwise.
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open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup... “Wherever the government is doing something helpful or useful — anything that might make a regular person say, “Thanks, federal government” — it has been targeted for termination.”
The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump's war on usefulness
Wherever government does something helpful, the regime wants to kill it.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup... “Wherever the government is doing something helpful or useful — anything that might make a regular person say, “Thanks, federal government” — it has been targeted for termination.”
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There is nobody on planet earth who is more deliberately blissfully uninformed than Mike Johnson.
Q: There's reporting that federal judges are increasingly frustrated with DHS for defying court orders in cases involving ICE detainees. Should the administration be able to miss deadlines?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not gonna comment on a report I haven't seen. That's the first I've heard of it.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not gonna comment on a report I haven't seen. That's the first I've heard of it.
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
There is nobody on planet earth who is more deliberately blissfully uninformed than Mike Johnson.
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JUDGE JOHNSTON: “Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s interpretation of the law, American citizens could be subject to the same .. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution.”
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February 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
JUDGE JOHNSTON: “Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s interpretation of the law, American citizens could be subject to the same .. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution.”
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Kristi Noem: "We've got the wall under construction. We've already contracted out over $13 billion in construction contracts ... it will be completed by January 2028."
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Kristi Noem: "We've got the wall under construction. We've already contracted out over $13 billion in construction contracts ... it will be completed by January 2028."
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Garbarino: "It is a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might be personally offensive to the president or vice president."
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Garbarino: "It is a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might be personally offensive to the president or vice president."
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here i was stupidly thinking trump's *last* treasury secretary was peak "out of touch elitist"
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
here i was stupidly thinking trump's *last* treasury secretary was peak "out of touch elitist"
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the multimillionaire treasury secretary talking about how he visited the billionaire pedophile's private island with his wife, kids, and multiple nannies sounds like something you'd write in a novel and throw it out for absurd unrealism and yet howard lutnick exists.
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
the multimillionaire treasury secretary talking about how he visited the billionaire pedophile's private island with his wife, kids, and multiple nannies sounds like something you'd write in a novel and throw it out for absurd unrealism and yet howard lutnick exists.
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It sounds like Lutnick doesn't realize that his job involves anything other than kissing Donald Trump's rear.
KENNEDY: The Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction & responsible for defining what it means to be poor, is that right?
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
LUTNICK: I don't know
K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?
L: I don't know
K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
It sounds like Lutnick doesn't realize that his job involves anything other than kissing Donald Trump's rear.
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Some warehouse owners have even backed out of sales after learning how the properties might be used. It feels like something bigger is unfolding, and it doesn’t sit right. Please pay attention. Why would this many warehouses be needed to hold people?
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Some warehouse owners have even backed out of sales after learning how the properties might be used. It feels like something bigger is unfolding, and it doesn’t sit right. Please pay attention. Why would this many warehouses be needed to hold people?
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We just shared the link from NBC about three warehouses being bought to house immigrants, but it now looks like we seriously underreported how many are being purchased. Based on information many of you have shared, the number appears to be over 26.
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
We just shared the link from NBC about three warehouses being bought to house immigrants, but it now looks like we seriously underreported how many are being purchased. Based on information many of you have shared, the number appears to be over 26.
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"we left with all of my children" is an insane thing to say in this context. are you suggesting that you might have considered leaving one of your daughters on the Epstein Island??????
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"we left with all of my children" is an insane thing to say in this context. are you suggesting that you might have considered leaving one of your daughters on the Epstein Island??????
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these hearings are getting cool lmao
McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
these hearings are getting cool lmao
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interviewed Ramirez about her plans to dismantle DHS, abolish ICE, and put money towards housing and health care for communities ICE is terrorizing. www.publicnotice.co/p/delia-rami...
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
interviewed Ramirez about her plans to dismantle DHS, abolish ICE, and put money towards housing and health care for communities ICE is terrorizing. www.publicnotice.co/p/delia-rami...
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it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc
February 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
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KNOTT: Why is it that there is so much tension in Minneapolis/St Paul right now?
SCOTT: Because paid agitators are actively trying to stop law enforcement action. Without that, you wouldn't even have any idea most of these arrests were taking place
SCOTT: Because paid agitators are actively trying to stop law enforcement action. Without that, you wouldn't even have any idea most of these arrests were taking place
February 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
KNOTT: Why is it that there is so much tension in Minneapolis/St Paul right now?
SCOTT: Because paid agitators are actively trying to stop law enforcement action. Without that, you wouldn't even have any idea most of these arrests were taking place
SCOTT: Because paid agitators are actively trying to stop law enforcement action. Without that, you wouldn't even have any idea most of these arrests were taking place
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There is unanimous public condemnation of what happened at Epstein's properties.
Why, apart from Epstein & Maxwell, has no-one else been indicted for their actions?
Only Andrew, Sarah & Mandelson seem to have come under serious media scrutiny & that's in the UK.
A US judicial disgrace.
Why, apart from Epstein & Maxwell, has no-one else been indicted for their actions?
Only Andrew, Sarah & Mandelson seem to have come under serious media scrutiny & that's in the UK.
A US judicial disgrace.
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
There is unanimous public condemnation of what happened at Epstein's properties.
Why, apart from Epstein & Maxwell, has no-one else been indicted for their actions?
Only Andrew, Sarah & Mandelson seem to have come under serious media scrutiny & that's in the UK.
A US judicial disgrace.
Why, apart from Epstein & Maxwell, has no-one else been indicted for their actions?
Only Andrew, Sarah & Mandelson seem to have come under serious media scrutiny & that's in the UK.
A US judicial disgrace.
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Imagine Trump not being able to enact any of his insane policies, he'd go mad - impotently texting at the unfairness of it all.
That could be reality if America votes for Democrats in the midterms.
Lame Duck Trump.
Sounds good, doesn't?
That could be reality if America votes for Democrats in the midterms.
Lame Duck Trump.
Sounds good, doesn't?
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Imagine Trump not being able to enact any of his insane policies, he'd go mad - impotently texting at the unfairness of it all.
That could be reality if America votes for Democrats in the midterms.
Lame Duck Trump.
Sounds good, doesn't?
That could be reality if America votes for Democrats in the midterms.
Lame Duck Trump.
Sounds good, doesn't?
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If the Epstein files provide evidence that Trump sexually assaulted or raped anyone & prosecutors decide to indict him, the great news is that the SC's ruling that a President can't be indicted for his official duties won't protect him.
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If the Epstein files provide evidence that Trump sexually assaulted or raped anyone & prosecutors decide to indict him, the great news is that the SC's ruling that a President can't be indicted for his official duties won't protect him.
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This is obviously not targeted enforcement. And we still don’t know how many children they’ve taken.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This is obviously not targeted enforcement. And we still don’t know how many children they’ve taken.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
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February 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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on merit, not favoritism or retaliation. Without independent review, employees who speak up about problems, report waste or misconduct, or simply fall out of favor could have far fewer options to defend themselves. That weakens accountability and makes the entire federal workforce more vulnerable.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
on merit, not favoritism or retaliation. Without independent review, employees who speak up about problems, report waste or misconduct, or simply fall out of favor could have far fewer options to defend themselves. That weakens accountability and makes the entire federal workforce more vulnerable.
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A new proposal from the Trump administration would take away one of the main safeguards federal employees have when they are fired. It would strip an independent review board of its power to hear appeals from terminated workers and block those employees from taking their cases to court.
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
A new proposal from the Trump administration would take away one of the main safeguards federal employees have when they are fired. It would strip an independent review board of its power to hear appeals from terminated workers and block those employees from taking their cases to court.
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Gravity is powerful:
"What has changed is not Trump’s racism (which is the same as it ever was) but Trump’s poll numbers (which have dropped precipitously)"
"What has changed is not Trump’s racism (which is the same as it ever was) but Trump’s poll numbers (which have dropped precipitously)"
"Republicans are looking for ways to distance themselves from Trump as the midterms approach. That’s a dynamic which Democrats, and all Trump opponents, can exploit — not least because Trump, as he has made clear, is not going to stop being racist."
The blowback to Trump's racist video reveals his weakness
Even his allies don't want to be anywhere near him.
www.publicnotice.co
February 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Gravity is powerful:
"What has changed is not Trump’s racism (which is the same as it ever was) but Trump’s poll numbers (which have dropped precipitously)"
"What has changed is not Trump’s racism (which is the same as it ever was) but Trump’s poll numbers (which have dropped precipitously)"