Ty Nelsen
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“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
February 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
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There’s only 1 person in Congress who doesn’t trade stocks, doesn’t take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. That’s me. And it should be the standard.
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
There’s only 1 person in Congress who doesn’t trade stocks, doesn’t take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. That’s me. And it should be the standard.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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Dr. Annie Andrews on one reason why she’s challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham: “There’s one way to stop the spread of measles—vaccinations. I’m a pediatrician—and a measles outbreak is surging in my home state of South Carolina. This was all preventable, and we need to be honest about how we got here.”
Opinion | I’m a South Carolina pediatrician. This measles outbreak was preventable.
Dr. Annie Andrews: I’m a pediatrician — and a measles outbreak is surging in my home state of South Carolina. This was all preventable, and we need to be honest about how we got here.
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Dr. Annie Andrews on one reason why she’s challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham: “There’s one way to stop the spread of measles—vaccinations. I’m a pediatrician—and a measles outbreak is surging in my home state of South Carolina. This was all preventable, and we need to be honest about how we got here.”
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Accepting treason, tax increases, tariffs, racism, grift, rape, pedophilia, child abuse, lying, excessive vacationing, fraud, & 34 felony counts from a white president, but not healthcare from a black one, tells you how sick America has become.
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Accepting treason, tax increases, tariffs, racism, grift, rape, pedophilia, child abuse, lying, excessive vacationing, fraud, & 34 felony counts from a white president, but not healthcare from a black one, tells you how sick America has become.
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Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
Support science on Bluesky.
Tell any of the scientists you know who have remained on the site everyone still calls Twitter, even though it's nothing like Twitter.
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
February 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Support science on Bluesky.
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Appalling.
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Appalling.
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New in PN: Trump is clowning his evangelical base
"Trump now knows religious conservatives and their motivations well enough that he doesn’t feel a need to perform anymore. Like his supporters, he’s stopped pretending he’s anything but his worst self."
"Trump now knows religious conservatives and their motivations well enough that he doesn’t feel a need to perform anymore. Like his supporters, he’s stopped pretending he’s anything but his worst self."
Trump is clowning his evangelical base
He's not even bothering to pretend anymore.
www.publicnotice.co
February 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM
New in PN: Trump is clowning his evangelical base
"Trump now knows religious conservatives and their motivations well enough that he doesn’t feel a need to perform anymore. Like his supporters, he’s stopped pretending he’s anything but his worst self."
"Trump now knows religious conservatives and their motivations well enough that he doesn’t feel a need to perform anymore. Like his supporters, he’s stopped pretending he’s anything but his worst self."
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When a person who tried to steal an election with an orchestrated insurrection tells you he’s going to protect future elections, you’re fucked. The time to deal with him is now America. The rest of us are doing our part. Your turn.
Sincerely,
The Free World
Sincerely,
The Free World
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
When a person who tried to steal an election with an orchestrated insurrection tells you he’s going to protect future elections, you’re fucked. The time to deal with him is now America. The rest of us are doing our part. Your turn.
Sincerely,
The Free World
Sincerely,
The Free World
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Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
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I cannot over-emphasize how important it will be for people to make a plan to vote early in-person this year.
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I cannot over-emphasize how important it will be for people to make a plan to vote early in-person this year.
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RFK is using his position to push things that have never shown any benefit in autism & have shown serious harms, including numerous dead kids thru the years. Why push for things known to harm instead of looking for things that could actually provide benefit? Because the harmful things are profitable
February 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
RFK is using his position to push things that have never shown any benefit in autism & have shown serious harms, including numerous dead kids thru the years. Why push for things known to harm instead of looking for things that could actually provide benefit? Because the harmful things are profitable
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
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Trump wants to change voting. His ICE are making cities dangerous. The economy is bad. We've lost myriad allies. He's redesigning the WH in and out. He's ripped history out of D.C.'s museums. He's fired countless workers. He's joined at Putin's hip. I could go on, but I think there's a point.
February 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Trump wants to change voting. His ICE are making cities dangerous. The economy is bad. We've lost myriad allies. He's redesigning the WH in and out. He's ripped history out of D.C.'s museums. He's fired countless workers. He's joined at Putin's hip. I could go on, but I think there's a point.
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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Good time to reup this post from last month.
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Good time to reup this post from last month.
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I'm not sure this gets said enough but, the President of the USA appears to be severely mentally ill and unfit for office.
February 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I'm not sure this gets said enough but, the President of the USA appears to be severely mentally ill and unfit for office.
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This has all been public for a couple of decades. It's Thiel’s client Vance’s job to bring this to completion if Trump doesn't suffice. (2/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This has all been public for a couple of decades. It's Thiel’s client Vance’s job to bring this to completion if Trump doesn't suffice. (2/2)
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“84% of Americans believe government investment in scientific research is worth it.
Turns out science funding isn't a fringe issue at all.”
Turns out science funding isn't a fringe issue at all.”
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“84% of Americans believe government investment in scientific research is worth it.
Turns out science funding isn't a fringe issue at all.”
Turns out science funding isn't a fringe issue at all.”
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"But beyond the economic advantages, there is something of much greater importance happening with the EU-India deal: It’s a major step toward economic divorce from the United States by the major global economies." #econsky #finsky
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-world-...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-world-...
The World Files for Economic Divorce from America
What you do when your (trading) partner is abusive
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
"But beyond the economic advantages, there is something of much greater importance happening with the EU-India deal: It’s a major step toward economic divorce from the United States by the major global economies." #econsky #finsky
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-world-...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-world-...
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Deployments torch budgets: $93M monthly. #econsky
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Deployments torch budgets: $93M monthly. #econsky
Let's get real. The constitution already prohibits warrantless search and seizure, protects free assembly, etc. Judges orders are being ignored daily. Passing another law they plan to ignore (Epstein files anyone?) just feels like legitimatizing the foundational endeavor.
Here's Senator Chris Murphy's extended discussion of this group of restrictions on ICE:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Let's get real. The constitution already prohibits warrantless search and seizure, protects free assembly, etc. Judges orders are being ignored daily. Passing another law they plan to ignore (Epstein files anyone?) just feels like legitimatizing the foundational endeavor.