John Jackson
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Historian of scientific racism. Here's how to find all my stuff:
https://www.johnpjacksonjr.com/
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This is a modest list of resources on ICE and how to melt it.
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I agree with this article while disagreeing with the headline. It assumes Rogan had first thoughts. I assumes Rogan thinks at all rather than just opening his mouth and vomit out words.
www.publicnotice.co/p/rogan-trum...
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Manosphere podcasters have second thoughts
What have they wrought?
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/rogan-trump-schulz-theo-von
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The punishment described here is a bunch of old farts in their 70s are "forced" to retire and enjoy their quiet and peaceful lives. This is justice?
www.jezebel.com/larry-summer...
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Epstein Resignations Rock the Academic World, Including Harvard Director and Nobel Laureate
The Epstein files just keep prompting more resignations in the academic world, including Harvard's Larry Summers and Columbia's Richard Axel.
https://www.jezebel.com/larry-summers-richard-axel-resignations-epstein-files-connections-academia-professors-accusations
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Lies, Lies, everywhere a lie Blocking out the scenery breakin' my mind.
www.factcheck.org/2026/02/fact...
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Abuses continue in Minnesota. Don't believe the lies about ICE ending operations there.
lydamorehouse.dreamwidth.org/742173.html
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lydamorehouse | Turning Away
https://lydamorehouse.dreamwidth.org/742173.html
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Somehow this reminds me of MAGAts who try to decode the increasingly incoherent Trump: "It must mean something. It is impossible it is just nonsense." Even when we know it is just nonsense.
www.openculture.com/2026/02/an-i...
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An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published
Imagine you could talk to Hieronymus Bosch, the authors of the Book of Revelation, or of the Voynich Manuscript—a bizarre 15th century text written in an uncrackable code; that you could solve centuri...
https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/an-introduction-to-the-codex-seraphinianus.html
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“No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.” “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!”
emptywheel.net/harmeet-dhil...
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The jump between 1500 and 1400 is huge.
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6 days ago
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Child predator, Howard Lutnick's sons stand to profit from tariff refunds because those tariffs were illegal. It is almost as if they knew they would be illegal and had daddy push for them so they could make bank on the outcome. Fuck these guys.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
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Trump Secretary Silent as Sons Poised to Make Bank From End of Tariffs
The Supreme Court ruling has helped the family of one man in particular: the architect behind Trump’s tariffs.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-secretary-silent-sons-poised-213852683.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9rYWdpLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALzMh_eociPxG313WfZ7P5yX5L6gyaxJ_YmVTT5X3OYW5mW3RmR4tIslCkMH-dMpyYVU-vqaXqTzUJ4AJgq1DJglYD38BEXx7QRFE8qC6g8N85dZz3fhc1WLpTKZCr1vEpZA5R3qVt4oiPNrUrQB1QraAm8nyjRk5fzEhnTa7SW1
6 days ago
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What are the odds the sundowning President will not give the State of the Union address at all?
6 days ago
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DoJ has decided not to pursue those who sexually abuse children just because they have written and photographic evidence that such abuse occurred. Instead they are going to make sure Lansing schools don't mention that gay people exist.
www.fox47news.com/neighborhood...
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Lansing Schools among the 3 Michigan school districts under federal review in curriculum investigation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that its Civil Rights Division has launched an investigation into the Lansing School District and two other Michigan districts.
https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/downtown-old-town-reo-town/lansing-schools-among-the-3-michigan-school-districts-under-federal-review-in-curriculum-investigation
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Interesting. The Big Ugly Bill may be unconstitutional.
www.justsecurity.org/129908/congr...
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Not bad considering she was working with a less-than-cooperative GOP.
bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
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Fact check: How Gretchen Whitmer delivered — and didn’t — on her promises - Bridge Michigan
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made 14 promises during her 2025 State of the State address. Here’s how she did.
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fact-check-how-gretchen-whitmer-delivered-and-didnt-on-her-promises/
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Just think: If we hadn't kicked the British out in 1776, our billionaire sex predators could also be facing consequences for their crimes.
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Former Prince Andrew arrested
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested today by police investigating misconduct in public office. Investigators simultaneously raided Windsor Castle, near London, and the roy...
https://open.substack.com/pub/boingboing/p/former-prince-andrew-arrested?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Rhuta Bhayga
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Children are wise.
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"Republican lawmaker hits upon an expensive way to make their constituents sicker: Says denying vaccine effectiveness and hiking up healthcare costs 'not doing enough to spread disease.'"
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Got raw milk? Michigan proposal would legalize wider sales - Bridge Michigan
Republican-backed bills would allow Michigan farmers to sell unpasteurized milk directly to consumers. Critics contend there would be health risks, but supporters say consumers should be able to decid...
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/got-raw-milk-michigan-proposal-would-legalize-wider-sales/
9 days ago
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Fuck these guys.
crooksandliars.com/2026/02/fbi-...
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FBI Officially Says It Won't Give Local Investigators Evidence In DHS Shooting Cases
The FBI has officially notified Minnesota officials that it will not provide evidence from the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti to local law enforcement.
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/02/fbi-officially-says-it-wont-give-local
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More "pro life" in action.
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
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March for Life attendees may have been exposed to measles, DC Health warns
D.C. health officials are contacting people possibly exposed to measles at the March for Life in January, as confirmed cases rise nationwide.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/08/nx-s1-5705972/measles-march-for-life-dc-reagan-national-union-station-metro
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And we have no idea how much of that money is simply gone.
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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10 days ago
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"Pro Life" in action.
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11 days ago
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My "Representative" Tom Barrett, who called the cops when someone used toddler chalk on the sidewalk outside his office, and is a Trump loyalist, apparently is going after high school kids who protest ICE. He'd be a bully is he wasn't such a sad little man.
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The SAVE act is an abomination. But, the red states are BY FAR the least likely to have a passport. Only 5 states have "Enhanced" driver's licenses, none of them red. If the Act passes, the GOP has just disenfranchised a lot of their electorate.
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About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
https://www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-billionaires-eugenics-project-harvard-academia-john-brockman
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@emptywheel.bsky.social
continues to offer the best insights into the fight against the authoritairan-wannabe regime in Washington DC.
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Minnesota Demolishes Stephen Miller's Theory of Force - emptywheel
Stephen Miller attempted to subjugate Minnesota with force. He didn't win. Everyone lost.
https://emptywheel.net/minnesota-demolishes-stephen-millers-theory-of-force/
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The Dow hit 50,000!
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"Did you hear that! The Dow just hit 50,000!"
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My latest letter to my "Representative" Tom Barrett.
democracyandme.bearblog.dev/to-tom-barre...
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To Tom Barrett, February 13, 2026
Tom Barrett's Newsletter, Friday, February 13, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) runs out of money in less than 48 hours. If Congress doesn’t...
https://democracyandme.bearblog.dev/to-tom-barrett-february-13-2026/
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Bumbling Barbie has apparently lost the wingnut media. tick, tick, tick....
www.mediamatters.org/pam-bondi/sh...
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“She is not to be trusted”: Right-wing media turn on Pam Bondi as Trump’s Epstein scandal grows
As fallout from the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to grow, right-wing media have set the sights of their blame on Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi’s testimony ...
https://www.mediamatters.org/pam-bondi/she-not-be-trusted-right-wing-media-turn-pam-bondi-trumps-epstein-scandal-grows
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"Let’s be clear. They are engaged in a program of ethnic cleansing. Anyone who is foreign born is on the chopping block. And most of them are non-white."
digbysblog.net/2026/02/12/d...
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https://digbysblog.net/2026/02/12/did-you-think-they-were-just-going-after-non-citizens/
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She's made it smell really bad!
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15 days ago
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Ya can't deport an omelette without breaking a few eggs and children!
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-dea...
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6 Deaths in ICE Custody and 2 Fatal Shootings: A Horrific Start to 2026 - American Immigration Council
2026 has already seen a shocking number of deaths tied to ICE. This includes fatalities in detention as well as shootings involving agents.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-deaths-shootings-2026/
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Big Petey Hegseth "neutralizing threats" with his new war system.
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There is nothing, NOTHING, so idiotic that macho shitheads won't do it provided you call it a "sport."
www.jezebel.com/runit-sport-...
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The Stupidest Sport of All Time Has Been Found: Professional Concussion Receiving
Runit is a "collision sports" league that simply involves two men running full speed at each other. A 19-year-old has already died doing it.
https://www.jezebel.com/runit-sport-stupid-concussions-injuries-collision-sports-run-nation-championship-rules-prize-money
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Do you think MAGA Catholics who've sung the Ave Maria now are saying how un-American it is because it is not in in English? Should the Pope open a help line for them?
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Carl Quintanilla
18 days ago
JUDGE JOHNSTON: “Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s interpretation of the law, American citizens could be subject to the same .. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution.”
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I'm all for abolishing ICE, but I've been frustrated by the lack of an actual legislative method to do so. This seems like the kind of mechanism we need to start the process. Oh, and nepo baby, Bloody Bill Kristol is still a pinhead.
emptywheel.net/bill-kristol...
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"Judge finds that even though it is Trump's DOJ, it must still follow the law"
www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...
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Judge swats down Trump administration’s pursuit of Michigan voter data
The Trump administration is now 0-for-3 in court cases over its requests for confidential voter data.
https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/02/10/trump-justice-department-lawsuit-voter-rolls-data-dismissed-judge-hala-jarbou-jocelyn-benson/
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" It’s the lowest circle of the culture war: not just bigoted, but bigoted and terminally dull. Worst of all worlds."
www.jezebel.com/turning-poin...
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I Wasted 30 Minutes of My Life Watching the Turning Point USA Halftime Show So You Don’t Have To
It’s hard to mount a culture war when your big counteroffensive looks like a youth-group lock-in made up of kids who found God in a megachurch but lost their personality somewhere in suburban Atlanta....
https://www.jezebel.com/turning-point-usa-halftime-show-recap
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"Former employees of the second most wealthy man on the planet have to rely on a GoFundMe to get them home after being abandoned in far far flung foreign locales. Talk about callous."
digbysblog.net/2026/02/09/t...
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https://digbysblog.net/2026/02/09/theyre-worried-about-looking-callous/
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Let's start a rumor that Trump is organizing an alternative winter Olympics. Kid Rock will do the shooting competition. And that's it because all the other events are "too European."
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https://digbysblog.net/2026/02/08/the-year-in-racism/
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Huge sports day, of course! Magnus Carlsen v. Alireza Firouzia in the World Speed Chess Championship! I'm not sure who the halftime show is though.
www.youtube.com/live/LDVhPqR...
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SCC FINAL: Magnus vs. Alireza For The Speed Chess Crown! Hikaru v. Denis For Third Place Match!
YouTube video by Chess.com
https://www.youtube.com/live/LDVhPqRlKro?si=Y6ydfAs-1T0gaUZi
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Here on sports day, let us remember 8-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Ray Ewry as a reminder of how fleeting fame is.
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If one absolutely must football today, this is the way to do it.
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www.justsecurity.org/130972/exper...
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Expert Survey on DHS, CBP, and ICE Reforms
Experts detail targeted reforms and legislative pathways Congress could enact to improve ICE and CBP accountability.
https://www.justsecurity.org/130972/expert-survey-dhs-cbp-ice-reforms/
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LIck Elon's boots and win big prizes as long as you are a white supremacist!
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Musk turns bigotry into a contest with cash prizes
This certainly undermines any of his arguments that the EU's fine for X being a platform for hatred is unfounded.
https://open.substack.com/pub/boingboing/p/musk-turns-bigotry-into-a-contest?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle
21 days ago
Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
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This is exactly right. Please refer to Epstein's plane as the Humbert Humbert express.
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Trans News Network
21 days ago
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger.
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Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
https://transnews.network/p/epstein-backed-prominent-anti-trans-figures
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