Timmothy Frink
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An enigma wrapped in a mystery encasing a soft nougat center and enrobed in chocolate. he/him
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
about 13 hours ago
February 14, 2026
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February 14, 2026
On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-14-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
1 day ago
February 13, 2026
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February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-13-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
2 days ago
February 12, 2026
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February 12, 2026
In a ceremony at the White House yesterday, surrounded by coal industry leaders, lawmakers, and miners, President Donald J.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-12-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
4 days ago
February 11, 2026
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February 11, 2026
On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-11-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
4 days ago
February 10, 2026
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February 10, 2026
As of yesterday, members of Congress who sit on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees can see unredacted versions of the Epstein files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already released.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-10-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
5 days ago
February 9, 2026
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February 9, 2026
Last night’s thirteen-minute Super Bowl half-time show featuring Bad Bunny had more watchers than any other halftime show in history: an estimated 135 million watched live, while millions more have st...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-9-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
7 days ago
February 8, 2026
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February 8, 2026
On February 9, 1950, Senator Joe McCarthy (R-WI) stood up in front of the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, at a gathering to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-8-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
7 days ago
February 7, 2026
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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...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-7-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
8 days ago
February 6, 2026
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February 6, 2026
Late last night, President Donald J.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-6-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
9 days ago
February 5, 2026
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February 5, 2026
The past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats, who are demanding accountability from the Trump administration, and Republicans trying to hide what the administration is up to.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5-2026
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this is apparently my spirit animal. i think i have a pipe or two in that shape (looks like a cherrywood).
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10 days ago
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4 centuries, still resonates.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
11 days ago
February 4, 2026
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February 4, 2026
On the heels of last weekend’s special election in Texas, President Donald J.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-4-2026
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Gabe
11 days ago
New Penny Arcade for your Wednesday.
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/0...
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Liver Me Timbers - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/02/04/liver-me-timbers
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
11 days ago
February 3, 2026
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February 3, 2026
Yesterday, the day before Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, U.S.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3-2026
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huzzah, new furnace is installed and we have heat again!
13 days ago
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Phil Plait
13 days ago
Holy moly. Show this to anyone who says, "Wow, it's cold. So much for global warming!"
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Zack Davisson
14 days ago
The Ancient War continues
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"The administration is openly working to replace American multiculturalism with white nationalism, launching raids by federal agents to terrorize Brown and Black Americans as well as white Americans who reject MAGA ideology."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
14 days ago
January 31, 2026
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January 31, 2026
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-31-2026
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this is an excellent unit of measurement for snow
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15 days ago
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jamelle
15 days ago
stephen miller just a few posts away from recreating the "mudsill" theory from first principles
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NY Times Pitchbot
15 days ago
Source: DOJ to release Epstein files in theaters showing Melania so that they can be sure that no one will see them.
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McSweeney's
16 days ago
"I am my own original sin. One someone is always willing to forgive. Until enough of you demand that I be better."
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I’m Still Your America
Hey, patriot. It’s been a week. As ICE spreads terror through the streets, and Teacup Eichmann presided over the murder of yet another innocent civ...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
15 days ago
January 30, 2026
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January 30, 2026
As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere, officials from the Trump administration today tried to shift the public narrativ...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-30-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
16 days ago
January 29, 2026
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January 29, 2026
Public outrage over the violence of federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-29-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
17 days ago
January 28, 2026
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January 28, 2026
Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-28-2026
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nothing better in the world than waking up when it's 8F / -13C outside, getting out from under your warm cocoon of blankets and finding out your furnace died overnight. wait, no, sorry, i meant this fucking sucks.
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earworm:
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When Will You Die? - They Might Be Giants (Official Video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
https://youtu.be/kSQ8tZ35t4U?si=qxoCXI_IVGdcd8PK
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remembering these people think empathy is a sin...
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18 days ago
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don't you people know that i might lose money?
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chickadees remain absolutely fucking adorable.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
18 days ago
January 27, 2026
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January 27, 2026
The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning at the hands of federal agents has put wind in the sails of those trying to rein in the Trump administration at the same time it has sent t...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-27-2026
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Henning
19 days ago
Happy 6th "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" anniversary to those who celebrate!
#Geology
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
20 days ago
January 26, 2026
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January 26, 2026
Yesterday President Donald J.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
20 days ago
January 25, 2026
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January 25, 2026
As the nation mourned the killing of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday at the hands of federal officials in Minneapolis, President Donald J.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-25-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
22 days ago
January 24, 2026
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January 24, 2026
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-24-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
22 days ago
January 23, 2026
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January 23, 2026
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-23-2026
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Minnesota Star Tribune
23 days ago
Thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. The wind chill was 30 below during the march. Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.
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an excellent take here that gets to the heart of the problem. because it's true: and so on:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur?CMP=share_btn_url
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
23 days ago
January 22, 2026
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January 22, 2026
Vice President J.D.
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Aaron Rupar
24 days ago
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
24 days ago
January 21, 2026
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January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-21-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
25 days ago
January 20, 2026
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January 20, 2026
World leaders are gathered at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which is taking place from January 19 to January 23.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-20-2026
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madness
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26 days ago
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spaaaaaace caaaaaaat...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
28 days ago
January 18, 2026
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January 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-18-2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
28 days ago
January 17, 2026
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January 17, 2026
After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-17-2026
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in a sane world, saying that owning greenland was "psychologically important" to you would get the 25th amendment invoked.
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this hits. and just because signs are there, you may not know how to read them as someone neurotypical would. a story: 1/6
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