@samwech.bsky.social
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Exactly. Russian broadcasting media today are leading with Rubio's election campaigning on the stump with Viktor Orbán. "Your victory is ours," Rubio is quoted as saying. "Он наш," says the Russian reporter, "he's ours."
February 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Exactly. Russian broadcasting media today are leading with Rubio's election campaigning on the stump with Viktor Orbán. "Your victory is ours," Rubio is quoted as saying. "Он наш," says the Russian reporter, "he's ours."
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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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Columbia University has punished two people affiliated with its dental college after documents released by the Justice Department revealed that they had bypassed the normal process to help Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend gain admission. nyti.ms/4qIcCLI
Columbia Punishes 2 Who Helped Epstein’s Girlfriend Enter Dental College
The release of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein has sent ripples through the worlds of business, politics and academia, including at Columbia, where he helped his girlfriend gain entry.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Columbia University has punished two people affiliated with its dental college after documents released by the Justice Department revealed that they had bypassed the normal process to help Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend gain admission. nyti.ms/4qIcCLI
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US had almost *no* job growth in 2025.
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, but labor market growth stalled in 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs last year, far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs that were added in 2024.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
US had almost *no* job growth in 2025.
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Hiring numbers were revised down by over a million jobs.
Largest annual revision in over 20 years.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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A New York Times op-ed last week boasted libertarians "told you so" about Trump.
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
Opinion | Libertarians warned about executive power. Only a few actually warned about Trump.
Anthony L. Fisher: A recent New York Times op-ed showed the blind spot many libertarians still have for President Donald Trump.
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A New York Times op-ed last week boasted libertarians "told you so" about Trump.
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
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FWIW, we reported Bari had made the decision to keep him two weeks ago: www.status.news/p/peter-atti...
CBS Quietly Decides to Retain Peter Attia as Contributor Despite Epstein Fallout, Network Staffers Say
CBS Quietly Decides to Retain Peter Attia as Contributor Despite Epstein Fallout, Network Staffers Say
Attia was introduced by Bari Weiss in late January as a new CBS contibutor only to be featured in the Epstein documents tranche released by the DOJ days later.
The post CBS Quietly Decides to Retain Peter Attia as Contributor Despite Epstein Fallout, Network Staffers Say first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
FWIW, we reported Bari had made the decision to keep him two weeks ago: www.status.news/p/peter-atti...
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"DSA, is carpetbagger, lifetime GOP, only moved to IL to oust Democrats and who missed a candidate forum to stay in CA wit with 'elite' donors Kat Abracadabra the best you can do?"
DSA: "Yes, our 2nd best is a racist, rape-victim-blaming Blackwater mercenary in Maine with an SS tattoo."
DSA: "Yes, our 2nd best is a racist, rape-victim-blaming Blackwater mercenary in Maine with an SS tattoo."
Kat Abughazaleh officially doomed in her bid for Congress: www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Justice Democrats Endorse Kat Abughazaleh In Illinois Race
www.huffpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"DSA, is carpetbagger, lifetime GOP, only moved to IL to oust Democrats and who missed a candidate forum to stay in CA wit with 'elite' donors Kat Abracadabra the best you can do?"
DSA: "Yes, our 2nd best is a racist, rape-victim-blaming Blackwater mercenary in Maine with an SS tattoo."
DSA: "Yes, our 2nd best is a racist, rape-victim-blaming Blackwater mercenary in Maine with an SS tattoo."
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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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NewsNation marketed itself as "unbiased" news only to take a visible right turn.
“A lot of people within the network believe that the network has gone hard right to appeal to Trump and Brendan Carr,” a former staffer told @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/newsnation...
“A lot of people within the network believe that the network has gone hard right to appeal to Trump and Brendan Carr,” a former staffer told @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/newsnation...
NewsNation’s Audience of One
The Nexstar-owned cable outfit has visibly tilted right, staffing up on former Fox News personalities in what insiders believe to be an effort to smooth its expansion plans.
www.status.news
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
NewsNation marketed itself as "unbiased" news only to take a visible right turn.
“A lot of people within the network believe that the network has gone hard right to appeal to Trump and Brendan Carr,” a former staffer told @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/newsnation...
“A lot of people within the network believe that the network has gone hard right to appeal to Trump and Brendan Carr,” a former staffer told @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news www.status.news/p/newsnation...
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The @bostonglobe.com opinion page this morning is headlined by white supremacist Richard Hanania, whose racist views have been smoothed over in recent months by centrists
February 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The @bostonglobe.com opinion page this morning is headlined by white supremacist Richard Hanania, whose racist views have been smoothed over in recent months by centrists
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Not to mention that HIS OWN CAMPAIGN FINANCE DIRECTOR RESIGNED BECAUSE SHE SAID HE WAS LYING ABOUT NOT KNOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TATTOO.
February 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Not to mention that HIS OWN CAMPAIGN FINANCE DIRECTOR RESIGNED BECAUSE SHE SAID HE WAS LYING ABOUT NOT KNOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TATTOO.
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...when he supposedly DID finally find out, was his immediate response to apologize profusely and IMMEDIATELY make arrangements to have it altered/removed?
No.
Watch the entire segment about the tattoo (starts around 19 min in, lasts around 8 minutes).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMnc...
No.
Watch the entire segment about the tattoo (starts around 19 min in, lasts around 8 minutes).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMnc...
Graham Platner Shares Newly Resurfaced Video, Addresses Controversies and Talks Running For Senate
YouTube video by Pod Save America
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
...when he supposedly DID finally find out, was his immediate response to apologize profusely and IMMEDIATELY make arrangements to have it altered/removed?
No.
Watch the entire segment about the tattoo (starts around 19 min in, lasts around 8 minutes).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMnc...
No.
Watch the entire segment about the tattoo (starts around 19 min in, lasts around 8 minutes).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMnc...
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When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This week at Democracy Docket: The worst voter suppression bill ever passed, and an FBI raid built on conspiracy theories
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress' worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When the U.S. House passed the SAVE Act last year, historians told us it was Congress’ worst attack on voting rights ever. Well, this week the House approved an even worse one. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Pompous, self aggrandizing bullshit.
The Biden administration tried to accommodate these loud and wrong fucks and these Cosplay Socialist shitheads simply moved the goalposts.
Then they became single issue voters who told people not to vote for Democrats.
Saboteurs are not swing voters.
The Biden administration tried to accommodate these loud and wrong fucks and these Cosplay Socialist shitheads simply moved the goalposts.
Then they became single issue voters who told people not to vote for Democrats.
Saboteurs are not swing voters.
February 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Pompous, self aggrandizing bullshit.
The Biden administration tried to accommodate these loud and wrong fucks and these Cosplay Socialist shitheads simply moved the goalposts.
Then they became single issue voters who told people not to vote for Democrats.
Saboteurs are not swing voters.
The Biden administration tried to accommodate these loud and wrong fucks and these Cosplay Socialist shitheads simply moved the goalposts.
Then they became single issue voters who told people not to vote for Democrats.
Saboteurs are not swing voters.
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So apparently there's a whole guy at the New Republic absolutely dedicated to minimizing the significance of actual Nazi tattoos. Gross. @alexshephard.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Graham Platner Isn’t Just Surviving. He’s Leading.
Having weathered last fall’s scandals, the oyster farmer is in a strong position against Governor Janet Mills as Maine’s Democratic Senate primary begins in earnest.
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
So apparently there's a whole guy at the New Republic absolutely dedicated to minimizing the significance of actual Nazi tattoos. Gross. @alexshephard.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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Ask yourself: why would this administration want to delete references to Medgar Evers’ racist assassin being a racist? Why might that be?
I challenge anyone in this administration or Congress to defend this.
I challenge anyone in this administration or Congress to defend this.
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Ask yourself: why would this administration want to delete references to Medgar Evers’ racist assassin being a racist? Why might that be?
I challenge anyone in this administration or Congress to defend this.
I challenge anyone in this administration or Congress to defend this.
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Katie Britt, who supposedly was moved to tears by the detention of 5-year-old Minnesota boy Liam Ramos: "There is no one better on interior enforcement than President Trump"
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Katie Britt, who supposedly was moved to tears by the detention of 5-year-old Minnesota boy Liam Ramos: "There is no one better on interior enforcement than President Trump"
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More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking in its scale and brutality” in Sudan's Darfur region in late October, according to the United Nations.
At least 6,000 killed over 3 days during RSF attack on Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed more than 6,000 people in three days during an assault on el-Fasher, the U.N. Human Rights Office has said.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking in its scale and brutality” in Sudan's Darfur region in late October, according to the United Nations.
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President Trump called U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess a "loser" after Hess voiced concern about political turmoil in the U.S. Gold medal U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she's faced online hate and threats after advocating for LGBTQ rights.
As US Olympians call for tolerance and LGBTQ rights, some face Trump attacks and online hate
President Trump called U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess a "loser" after Hess voiced concern about political turmoil in the U.S. Gold medal U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she's faced online hate and threats after advocating for LGBTQ rights.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 1:34 PM
President Trump called U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess a "loser" after Hess voiced concern about political turmoil in the U.S. Gold medal U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn says she's faced online hate and threats after advocating for LGBTQ rights.
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From @theathletic.com: The Olympics’ store has sold out of the T-shirt that features artwork from the 1936 Berlin Games, which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis used to promote their antisemitic and racist regime.
Olympic store sells out of controversial T-shirt promoting Adolf Hitler’s 1936 Games
An IOC spokesperson said they "acknowledge the historical issues of 'Nazi propaganda'" related to the Berlin competition.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
From @theathletic.com: The Olympics’ store has sold out of the T-shirt that features artwork from the 1936 Berlin Games, which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis used to promote their antisemitic and racist regime.
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
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White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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Mehdi Hasan calls Gaza "the single biggest progressive issue of our time."
And yet, as soon as Trump won the 2024 election him and most of the other big leftist social media accounts moved on to other things.
And yet, as soon as Trump won the 2024 election him and most of the other big leftist social media accounts moved on to other things.
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Mehdi Hasan calls Gaza "the single biggest progressive issue of our time."
And yet, as soon as Trump won the 2024 election him and most of the other big leftist social media accounts moved on to other things.
And yet, as soon as Trump won the 2024 election him and most of the other big leftist social media accounts moved on to other things.
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WATCH: Former Stanford pro-Palestinian activist Taryn Thomas says campus protest culture after Hamas's October 7 Massacre pushed her to reassess Israel, antisemitism, and what she calls “cult-like” dynamics inside student movements.
www.jpost.com/podcast/jpos...
www.jpost.com/podcast/jpos...
Former pro-Palestinian activist explains leaving movement | The Jerusalem Post
Thomas said that October 7 marked a turning point, not immediately because of what she saw in the media, but because of what she did not see.
www.jpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
WATCH: Former Stanford pro-Palestinian activist Taryn Thomas says campus protest culture after Hamas's October 7 Massacre pushed her to reassess Israel, antisemitism, and what she calls “cult-like” dynamics inside student movements.
www.jpost.com/podcast/jpos...
www.jpost.com/podcast/jpos...