Operation Epstein files is underway, God help us all

On Feb. 28, 1933, Berlin, the Reichstag (parliament) building caught fire, a key event in the creation of a Nazi-controlled state. Hitler began with a decree “for the Protection of the People and the State,” which dispensed with all protection of political, personal, and property rights.

On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an African American teen walking home from a trip to a convenience store, is fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer patrolling the townhouse community of the Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida

On February 25, 1870, American clergyman, educator, and politician Hiram Rhodes Revels was sworn in to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.

On February 23, 1954, a group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receive the first injections of the new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. Thanks to the vaccine, by the 21st century polio cases were reduced by 99 percent worldwide.

Someone sent me this drone video of our beautiful little seaside town, it will look much different after tonight’s blizzard. www.facebook.com/reel/1401898...

And here’s our periodic reminder that the “president” of the United States just randomly makes shit up, and feeds the people propaganda. Imagine the outrage from the right if Biden posted this

On February 20, 1939, six and a half months before Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, Madison Square Garden hosted a rally to celebrate the rise of Nazism in Germany. Inside, more than 20,000 attendees raised Nazi salutes toward a 30-foot-tall portrait of George Washington flanked by swastikas

“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.” This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate." #TrumpSyndicate

On February 19, 1910, Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is freed from her first periods of forced isolation and goes on to cause several further outbreaks of typhoid in the New York area

On February 18, 1965, Church deacon Jimmie Lee Jackson is beaten and shot during a peaceful march in Marion, Alabama. His death 8 days later inspires the Selma to Montgomery marches.

On February 16, 2024, Russian activist and politician Alexei Navalny, who gained international recognition as a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, dies in prison at age 47.

On Valentine's Day, 1990, 3.7 billion miles away from the sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft takes a photograph of Earth. The picture, known as Pale Blue Dot, depicts our planet as a nearly indiscernible speck roughly the size of a pixel

Friday the 13th was originally a sacred day of the Divine Feminine in many pagan traditions, celebrating fertility, love, and lunar cycles before being considered unlucky. "Friday" honored goddesses like Venus and Frigg, while the number 13 represented the 13 lunar and menstrual cycles in a year.

Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, is released from prison after 27 years on February 11, 1990.

Ratified on February 10, 1967, following the JFK assassination, the 25th Amendment establishes clear procedures for presidential succession, vice-presidential vacancies, and handling presidential incapacity

A classic “Nor’easter” storm that brought a severe blizzard to New England finally subsides on February 8, 1978, and the region begins to dig out from under several feet of snow. Over the previous 72 hours, some areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts had received as many as 55 inches of snow.

Our “president” is highlighting his racism to distract us from the fact that he’s a pedophile. Completely disgusting

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt announces a plan to expand the Supreme Court to as many as 15 judges, allegedly to make it more efficient. Critics immediately charged that Roosevelt was trying to “pack” the court and thus neutralize Supreme Court justices hostile to his New Deal.

Ratified on February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". It aimed to secure voting rights for newly emancipated African American men

Thoughts and prayers to the families, friends and those affected by the loss of the Lily Jean. A community mourns with you

On February first, 2003, while returning to Earth from an orbital mission, the U.S. space shuttle Columbia broke up catastrophically at an altitude of about 40 miles (60 km) over Texas, killing all seven crew members.

On January 31, 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in America. The amendment read, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

If it isn’t obvious to everyone, trump is using every means possible to sow division and doubt about our elections, in an attempt to influence the midterms. If this Georgia “investigation” doesn’t worry you, it should

On January 29, 1929, The Seeing Eye, the first US school to train guide dogs for people with vision impairment, opens in Tennessee. For reporters skeptical of the idea, co-founder Morris Frank showcased his own dog, Buddy, on busy New York streets.

After the 2020 election, Georgia went through at least two verified recounts, costing the state over a million dollars. This poses two questions; what was the legal basis for a search warrant, and why is our Director of National Intelligence involved in this?

On January 28 in 1986, the U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Florida, killing all seven aboard, including high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who had been chosen as the first American civilian to travel in space.

On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.

On January 24, 1972, local farmers on Guam discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who fought in World War II, still hiding in the jungle—26 years after the official end of the war.

Meanwhile, at The Board of Peace…

On January 22, 1973, The U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most momentous decisions, ruling in Roe v. Wade that a Texas statute criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a woman's constitutional right of privacy. It was overturned in 2022.

Little Yellow Riding Hood. Rated R for excessive barking and random room-clearing farts

Yeah, NATO’s article 5 (collective defense clause) has only been enacted once, in defense of America after 9/11. Try again, dumbass

On January 21, 1968, In a “broken arrow” nuclear incident, an American B-52 bomber with four nuclear warheads crashes into a fjord in Greenland, releasing widespread radiation. The crew had been forced to eject due to an accidental cabin fire.

Just to clarify; our demented mob boss “president” has the IQ of a house plant

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964.

On January 17, 2021, Aleksey Navalny returned to Russia after recovering in Germany from an assassination attempt, according to an investigation, by the Russian government. One of Vladmir Putin's most prominent critics, Navalny was arrested and imprisoned. He died in a Russian prison in 2024.

They called him “sleepy Joe” because we could actually fucking sleep at night

Where’s the video of the second boat strike, killing survivors clinging to wreckage?

On January 15, 2009, a potential disaster turns into a heroic display of skill and composure when Captain Chesley Burnett (Sully) Sullenberger III safely lands the plane he was piloting on New York City’s Hudson River after a bird strike caused its engines to fail.

On January 14, 1784, The Continental Congress ratified the Peace of Paris, which formally ended the American Revolution (though fighting had long since ended) and recognized the independence of the United States.

“Heroes aren't born – they're cornered." — James Belushi

In the midst of depression and a steep decline in his musical career, legendary country singer Johnny Cash arrives to play for inmates at California's Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968. The concert and the subsequent live album launched him back into the charts and re-defined his career.

On January 9th, 1861, A Union merchant ship, the Star of the West, is fired upon by cadets from the South Carolina Military Academy as it tries to deliver supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina; considered to be the first shots fired in US Civil War

One of the most widely ridiculed and memorable gaffes in the history of the United States Presidency occurred in Japan on the evening of January 8, 1992, when President George H.W. Bush vomits on the Prime Minister of Japan.

Our “president” can use the military to invade a sovereign nation, seize their natural resources, sell them and pocket the money. It would be great if someone like SCOTUS or Congress could weigh in on this, otherwise we’re pirates now

Any moment now: trump “I just want to see Venezuela succeed”

A fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, kills more than 600 people on December 30, 1903. It was the deadliest theater fire in U.S. history. Blocked fire exits and the lack of a fire-safety plan caused most of the deaths.

It was one year ago today that we lost President Jimmy Carter at age 100. He’s now reunited with his beloved Rosalynn, Godspeed shipmate

In case anyone missed that rambling, utterly insane “Presidential Address” last night, here’s a summary: