@tdplumer.bsky.social
My profile pic. here is me with a statue of my mentor, Dr. Herman B (no period) Wells. He was President and Chancellor of Indiana University.
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Hey folks:
Here's last night's episode of "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep" -- on the Bondi.....performance.
www.youtube.com/live/kb_RCeM...
Here's last night's episode of "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep" -- on the Bondi.....performance.
www.youtube.com/live/kb_RCeM...
A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Hey folks:
Here's last night's episode of "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep" -- on the Bondi.....performance.
www.youtube.com/live/kb_RCeM...
Here's last night's episode of "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep" -- on the Bondi.....performance.
www.youtube.com/live/kb_RCeM...
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Asking people to define things is SUCH an easy ask.
How do you define a “sanctuary city?”
How do you define a “sanctuary city?”
It always astounding to me how many reporters miss the layup of asking someone using that term to define it precisely.
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Asking people to define things is SUCH an easy ask.
How do you define a “sanctuary city?”
How do you define a “sanctuary city?”
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Republicans only care about the deficit when Democrats are in charge …
America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026. Total national debt has surpassed $38.5 trillion, with annual interest payments.
America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026. Total national debt has surpassed $38.5 trillion, with annual interest payments.
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Republicans only care about the deficit when Democrats are in charge …
America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026. Total national debt has surpassed $38.5 trillion, with annual interest payments.
America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026. Total national debt has surpassed $38.5 trillion, with annual interest payments.
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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Women:
Remember yourself at 16, 14, 11, 10, and even 9.
Then think about grown men molesting you.
At 10 or so, you’re in the fourth or fifth grade.
When I was in the fourth grade, I was thinking about our school play.
Remember yourself at 16, 14, 11, 10, and even 9.
Then think about grown men molesting you.
At 10 or so, you’re in the fourth or fifth grade.
When I was in the fourth grade, I was thinking about our school play.
“Raskin also said that he saw ‘references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story.’“ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration live updates: Lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department
Trump administration live updates: Congress members may begin viewing unredacted Epstein files at DOJ
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Women:
Remember yourself at 16, 14, 11, 10, and even 9.
Then think about grown men molesting you.
At 10 or so, you’re in the fourth or fifth grade.
When I was in the fourth grade, I was thinking about our school play.
Remember yourself at 16, 14, 11, 10, and even 9.
Then think about grown men molesting you.
At 10 or so, you’re in the fourth or fifth grade.
When I was in the fourth grade, I was thinking about our school play.
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Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
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.
cbsn.ws
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
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• A doc sued for prescribing a debunked autism therapy
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories
Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
• A doc sued for prescribing a debunked autism therapy
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits
This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
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For those asking:
Did I go to brunch today?
Yes.
Yes, I did.
Did I go to brunch today?
Yes.
Yes, I did.
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
For those asking:
Did I go to brunch today?
Yes.
Yes, I did.
Did I go to brunch today?
Yes.
Yes, I did.
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Just an extraordinary performance for Democrats tonight in the Louisiana special election — winning a Trump +13 seat with a 38-point overperformance.
This is how a wave starts, folks.
This is how a wave starts, folks.
February 8, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Just an extraordinary performance for Democrats tonight in the Louisiana special election — winning a Trump +13 seat with a 38-point overperformance.
This is how a wave starts, folks.
This is how a wave starts, folks.
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February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026
Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be a...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 AM
February 7, 2026
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Innnnnnteresting.
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Innnnnnteresting.
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The first exchange this year
Today, after a long wait, 157 Ukrainians came back, including 7 civilians.
A little girl greets them.
📹:valera.glyhov/TikTok
Today, after a long wait, 157 Ukrainians came back, including 7 civilians.
A little girl greets them.
📹:valera.glyhov/TikTok
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The first exchange this year
Today, after a long wait, 157 Ukrainians came back, including 7 civilians.
A little girl greets them.
📹:valera.glyhov/TikTok
Today, after a long wait, 157 Ukrainians came back, including 7 civilians.
A little girl greets them.
📹:valera.glyhov/TikTok
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
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"Nearby, a six-year-old wondered if the unicorn she saw marching earlier was ok. "
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 AM
"Nearby, a six-year-old wondered if the unicorn she saw marching earlier was ok. "
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February 2, 2026
February 2, 2026
It has been a very long time since we took the night off.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 AM
February 2, 2026
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I went on Fox News this morning to tell conservatives what is happening to their nation. ICE is out of control - teargassing schools, murdering American citizens, and obliterating the constitutional rights Republicans claim to care about. Every citizen should want this to stop.
February 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I went on Fox News this morning to tell conservatives what is happening to their nation. ICE is out of control - teargassing schools, murdering American citizens, and obliterating the constitutional rights Republicans claim to care about. Every citizen should want this to stop.
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As we observe the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, this is your yearly reminder to be clear in teaching the kids who established it, and why. #tellthemwhatwedid
Don't know the history? Here you go: asalh.org/black-histor... #bhm100 #bhmat100
They can't take what they didn't give.
Don't know the history? Here you go: asalh.org/black-histor... #bhm100 #bhmat100
They can't take what they didn't give.
ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month | About the 2026 Black History Month
93rd Annual Black History Luncheon - February 16, 2019, Washington, DC. It’s the premier event and hottest ticket in the Nation’s Capital in the month of February. And, YOU don’t want to miss it.
asalh.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
As we observe the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, this is your yearly reminder to be clear in teaching the kids who established it, and why. #tellthemwhatwedid
Don't know the history? Here you go: asalh.org/black-histor... #bhm100 #bhmat100
They can't take what they didn't give.
Don't know the history? Here you go: asalh.org/black-histor... #bhm100 #bhmat100
They can't take what they didn't give.
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They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
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I was in the middle of a medical procedure today when “You’re a Rich Girl” came on the low level music in the room. Took me right back to high school. It was all I could do not to move to it. And…that would have been bad.
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I was in the middle of a medical procedure today when “You’re a Rich Girl” came on the low level music in the room. Took me right back to high school. It was all I could do not to move to it. And…that would have been bad.
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"When you were in Denmark, when you were at Davos, what were foreign leaders and diplomats and maybe even business leaders saying to you in private about that conversation?"
"That this is batshit crazy."
@coons.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social:
"That this is batshit crazy."
@coons.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social:
January 30, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"When you were in Denmark, when you were at Davos, what were foreign leaders and diplomats and maybe even business leaders saying to you in private about that conversation?"
"That this is batshit crazy."
@coons.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social:
"That this is batshit crazy."
@coons.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social:
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Prediction: In July, China will “save it” and dictate appointment of the next UNSG.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Prediction: In July, China will “save it” and dictate appointment of the next UNSG.