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“Many have said civic virtue and sacrifice for the common good are dead. Those commentators have been proven wrong. The people of Minnesota and across the nation have rallied in opposition to “the harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/american-v...
www.thebulwark.com/p/american-v...
American Principles in the Age of MAGA Nihilism
Why the Trump administration fears authentic patriotism.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“Many have said civic virtue and sacrifice for the common good are dead. Those commentators have been proven wrong. The people of Minnesota and across the nation have rallied in opposition to “the harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/american-v...
www.thebulwark.com/p/american-v...
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Letters sent by @epic.org yesterday calling on the FTC and nine states to investigate and block Meta's plan to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Letters sent by @epic.org yesterday calling on the FTC and nine states to investigate and block Meta's plan to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
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🔊 Rubio calls ‘troubling’ a report by five European allies blaming Russia for killing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs. He says Washington has no reason to question it. Hear more on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/46JI19d
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🔊 Rubio calls ‘troubling’ a report by five European allies blaming Russia for killing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs. He says Washington has no reason to question it. Hear more on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/46JI19d
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We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
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UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
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You’ve taken your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, and to a family:
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theatln.tc/K3Fno0Fa
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
You’ve taken your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, and to a family:
theatln.tc/K3Fno0Fa
theatln.tc/K3Fno0Fa
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Calling Dems' minimal demands "unreasonable," Homan:
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
Homan: "When they say 'stop racial profiling' -- that's just not occurring. ICE will briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling."
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Calling Dems' minimal demands "unreasonable," Homan:
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
- says racial profiling is "just not occurring," contrary to many videos everyone has seen
- lies about "assaults" against officers to justify masks
- says "they all have placards" about what agency they're working for, suggesting that's enough
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Leon Botstein, president of @bardcollege.bsky.social, has repeatedly made public statements about his relationship with the pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that have turned out to be misleading, incomplete, or untrue. I'm going to make a thread to compile them all here.
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Leon Botstein, president of @bardcollege.bsky.social, has repeatedly made public statements about his relationship with the pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that have turned out to be misleading, incomplete, or untrue. I'm going to make a thread to compile them all here.
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While Donald Trump is wrecking our alliances and dismantling the stable world America helped create, California will always be a trusted, reliable partner.
Instead of bending a knee to authoritarianism, California is proving that democracy remains our best bet for the future.
Instead of bending a knee to authoritarianism, California is proving that democracy remains our best bet for the future.
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
While Donald Trump is wrecking our alliances and dismantling the stable world America helped create, California will always be a trusted, reliable partner.
Instead of bending a knee to authoritarianism, California is proving that democracy remains our best bet for the future.
Instead of bending a knee to authoritarianism, California is proving that democracy remains our best bet for the future.
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"Reasonable Suspicion"
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
"Reasonable Suspicion"
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'Social media queen' Jutta Leerdam uses growing spotlight to inspire young girls to try speed skating reut.rs/4tAQvt6
'Social media queen' Jutta Leerdam uses growing spotlight to inspire young girls to try speed skating
With more than six million Instagram followers and a growing spotlight on her, Olympic champion Jutta Leerdam said on Sunday that social media is not a distraction but a platform she hopes to use to inspire young girls to take up speed skating.
reut.rs
February 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
'Social media queen' Jutta Leerdam uses growing spotlight to inspire young girls to try speed skating reut.rs/4tAQvt6
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While Europe is holding pedophiles accountable, this gentleman seems to think if the pedophile protectors in America don't get their shit together, people are going to start hunting these child-rapists and torturers down like allied Troops hunted down the Nazis. 😳👇
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
While Europe is holding pedophiles accountable, this gentleman seems to think if the pedophile protectors in America don't get their shit together, people are going to start hunting these child-rapists and torturers down like allied Troops hunted down the Nazis. 😳👇
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Squirrelly non-answers like this are why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov approvals are lowest of the major Dems
(From @wajali.bsky.social )
(From @wajali.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Squirrelly non-answers like this are why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov approvals are lowest of the major Dems
(From @wajali.bsky.social )
(From @wajali.bsky.social )
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OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
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Trump and his administration want Americans to move on from Epstein. Meanwhile, other nations are taking the sex trafficking scandal seriously.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Trump and his administration want Americans to move on from Epstein. Meanwhile, other nations are taking the sex trafficking scandal seriously.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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"When Musk & Hegseth argue that a racially diverse nation is inherently weak, they're not returning us to some long-established American tradition from which we've recently strayed. They are, instead, parroting the exact same propaganda that Nazi Germany promoted against America during WW II."
Elon's racist little post made me mad enough to write about it at CAMPAIGN TRAILS.
Diversity Is Our Strength
This morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns
There's ...
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February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
"When Musk & Hegseth argue that a racially diverse nation is inherently weak, they're not returning us to some long-established American tradition from which we've recently strayed. They are, instead, parroting the exact same propaganda that Nazi Germany promoted against America during WW II."
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Musk is a malevolent force in American life, driven by white nationalism and incredibly influential given his obscene wealth. He's a supervillain.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Musk is a malevolent force in American life, driven by white nationalism and incredibly influential given his obscene wealth. He's a supervillain.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
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Professor @sarasilverstein.bsky.social is someone to whom I listen on issues of health and history. This essay helps us to situate the present American health drama in the history of health care, and thereby to see much more clearly what we face.
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
Consumptive Capitalism
On MAHA and Expensive Suffering -- A Guest Post by Sara Silverstein
snyder.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Professor @sarasilverstein.bsky.social is someone to whom I listen on issues of health and history. This essay helps us to situate the present American health drama in the history of health care, and thereby to see much more clearly what we face.
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...
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Tom Homan says this federal force will stay "for a short period of time" to protect immigration agents who remain as the sweeping crackdown draws down. n.pr/4kCsQEx
Trump's border czar says a 'small' security force will stay in Minnesota
Tom Homan says this federal force will stay "for a short period of time" to protect immigration agents who remain as the sweeping crackdown draws down.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Tom Homan says this federal force will stay "for a short period of time" to protect immigration agents who remain as the sweeping crackdown draws down. n.pr/4kCsQEx
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The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
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They don’t vote, @RepTimBurchett — the point of having armed masked ICE goons at the polls is to intimidate brown people who CAN vote.
We’d say you probably know this, but you seem to not know a whole lot about much of anything.
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
We’d say you probably know this, but you seem to not know a whole lot about much of anything.
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
They don’t vote, @RepTimBurchett — the point of having armed masked ICE goons at the polls is to intimidate brown people who CAN vote.
We’d say you probably know this, but you seem to not know a whole lot about much of anything.
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
We’d say you probably know this, but you seem to not know a whole lot about much of anything.
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
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North Korea's Kim opens new Pyongyang housing district for families of fallen soldiers, KCNA says reut.rs/3OtmviF
North Korea's Kim opens new Pyongyang housing district for families of fallen soldiers, KCNA says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the completion ceremony of a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of troops who died in overseas military operations, state media KCNA said on Monday.
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February 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
North Korea's Kim opens new Pyongyang housing district for families of fallen soldiers, KCNA says reut.rs/3OtmviF
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Fuckin sick weirdos.
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Fuckin sick weirdos.
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NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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