Sarah Finley
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'Give a man a mask and he will show his true face' -Oscar Wilde
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Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
(Published Dec. 2025)
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
(Published Dec. 2025)
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
(Published Dec. 2025)
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
(Published Dec. 2025)
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Britney Spears has sold off some of her rights tied to her catalog to music company Primary Wave, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.
Britney Spears Sells Music Rights to Primary Wave
Britney Spears has sold off some of her rights tied to her catalog to music company Primary Wave, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Britney Spears has sold off some of her rights tied to her catalog to music company Primary Wave, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.
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TMZ founder Harvey Levin revealed Tuesday night that there has been new "activity" in a Bitcoin account tied to the kidnapping of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie.
Possible ransom breakthrough as first Bitcoin 'activity' seen in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping
TMZ founder Harvey Levin revealed Tuesday night that there has been new "activity" in a Bitcoin account tied to the kidnapping of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie.Appearing on CNN, Levin told anchor Erin Burnett on her show "OutFront" that investigators monitoring the ...
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 1:02 AM
TMZ founder Harvey Levin revealed Tuesday night that there has been new "activity" in a Bitcoin account tied to the kidnapping of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie.
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The SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote.
More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents, effectively meaning they wouldn't be able to cast their ballots.
More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents, effectively meaning they wouldn't be able to cast their ballots.
How this Trump-backed bill could impact 21 million voters ahead of midterms
The Brennan Center estimates that more than 21 million Americans could be impacted if the SAVE America Act goes through.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote.
More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents, effectively meaning they wouldn't be able to cast their ballots.
More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents, effectively meaning they wouldn't be able to cast their ballots.
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BREAKING: FBI releases new images showing masked and armed subject in Nancy Guthrie search
For tips call the Pima County Sheriff Department 520-351-4900 or 9-1-1
For tips call the Pima County Sheriff Department 520-351-4900 or 9-1-1
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
BREAKING: FBI releases new images showing masked and armed subject in Nancy Guthrie search
For tips call the Pima County Sheriff Department 520-351-4900 or 9-1-1
For tips call the Pima County Sheriff Department 520-351-4900 or 9-1-1
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Wall Street attorney Brad Karp, who represented Epstein’s business associate, Leon Black, also coordinated surveillance on the woman
Jeffrey Epstein plotted with lawyer to try to have woman deported, documents reveal
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Wall Street attorney Brad Karp, who represented Epstein’s business associate, Leon Black, also coordinated surveillance on the woman
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Corteva will discontinue a mixture of Agent Orange and glyphosate, but another of its herbicides will still use Vietnam war-era defoliant
US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Corteva will discontinue a mixture of Agent Orange and glyphosate, but another of its herbicides will still use Vietnam war-era defoliant
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Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
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Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility.
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility.
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
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R.I.P. Cake founding guitarist Greg Brown
Cake Founding Guitarist Greg Brown Has Died
Greg Brown, the founding guitarist for Cake, has died. The band’s social media account announced the news today, saying he passed “after a brief illness.” “It is with heavy hearts that we share the ne...
stereogum.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
R.I.P. Cake founding guitarist Greg Brown
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Homeland Security is monitoring anti-ICE Reddit posts, an intelligence bulletin leaked to me reveals:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
Homeland Security Spies on Reddit Users
Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Homeland Security is monitoring anti-ICE Reddit posts, an intelligence bulletin leaked to me reveals:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
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Note: Over on Xitter Laura Rozen wonders if the person is Ric Grenell, which would like up with a bunch of things (including current urgency).
The Guardian has a rough outline of what the Tulsi whistleblower complaint is about: NSA found someone close to Trump in contact with foreign intelligence, and rather than doing something about that, Tulsi brought the report to Susie Wiles.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Note: Over on Xitter Laura Rozen wonders if the person is Ric Grenell, which would like up with a bunch of things (including current urgency).
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lolol
February 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
lolol
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AWFUL news tonight. This blesses the “mandatory” detention in the 5th Circuit without bond (and little chance at habeas) of every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
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It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
AWFUL news tonight. This blesses the “mandatory” detention in the 5th Circuit without bond (and little chance at habeas) of every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
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A jury found that Uber must pay $8.5 million to a woman who said one of its drivers raped her. Read more: https://cnn.it/3MlUpFk
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 AM
A jury found that Uber must pay $8.5 million to a woman who said one of its drivers raped her. Read more: https://cnn.it/3MlUpFk
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Rapper Lil Jon’s son, 27-year-old Nathan Smith, is believed to be dead after police recovered a body from a Georgia pond
Lil Jon’s Son Believed To Be Dead After Police Recover Body From Pond Near Residence
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Rapper Lil Jon’s son, 27-year-old Nathan Smith, is believed to be dead after police recovered a body from a Georgia pond
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This is really crucial in understanding today's right wing: it is an arena in which you can get attention, and become famous, without any skill or insight or knowledge. All you have to do is say outrageous shit.
So it's become a collection bin for all these failed, flailing narcissists.
So it's become a collection bin for all these failed, flailing narcissists.
Learned from the Posting Through It podcast just how many MAGA-era influencers turned to politics after failing at more glamorous pursuits — theater, comedy, fashion, TV, movies, music. Knowles, if I’m not mistaken, had dreams of Broadway.
Michael Knowles and the other Daily Wire chuds play act at being celebrities because it’s the thing they actually crave
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This is really crucial in understanding today's right wing: it is an arena in which you can get attention, and become famous, without any skill or insight or knowledge. All you have to do is say outrageous shit.
So it's become a collection bin for all these failed, flailing narcissists.
So it's become a collection bin for all these failed, flailing narcissists.
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Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest found among millions of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that have been released in recent months. https://cnn.it/4kpXml1
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest found among millions of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that have been released in recent months. https://cnn.it/4kpXml1
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President Donald Trump's Thursday night post was deleted Friday and blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation's first Black president and first lady.
https://to.pbs.org/4rVubcf
https://to.pbs.org/4rVubcf
Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it
The Republican president’s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the ...
www.pbs.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
President Donald Trump's Thursday night post was deleted Friday and blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation's first Black president and first lady.
https://to.pbs.org/4rVubcf
https://to.pbs.org/4rVubcf
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We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
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For the first time since Texas criminalized abortion, the state’s medical regulator is instructing doctors on when they can legally terminate a pregnancy to protect the life of the patient. @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
After Years of Silence, Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on How to Legally Provide Abortions
The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief prese...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
For the first time since Texas criminalized abortion, the state’s medical regulator is instructing doctors on when they can legally terminate a pregnancy to protect the life of the patient. @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
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This is complete, self-serving fiction. The Trump-Epstein friendship didn't end over raping young girls. That is *why* it existed in the first place. It ended over, more predictably, money. Donald outbid Epstein on property Epstein had told Donald he was interested in. Epstein never forgave Trump.
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
This is complete, self-serving fiction. The Trump-Epstein friendship didn't end over raping young girls. That is *why* it existed in the first place. It ended over, more predictably, money. Donald outbid Epstein on property Epstein had told Donald he was interested in. Epstein never forgave Trump.
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Russian general Alexeyev shot several times in Moscow attack
Russian general Alexeyev shot several times in Moscow attack
Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev is a senior figure in the main directorate of Russia's military general staff.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Russian general Alexeyev shot several times in Moscow attack