Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.

The University if Houston joins in the contest of which Texas University can destroy higher education fastest. aaup-texas.org/blog/f/uh-pr... cc: @texasaaup.bsky.social

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Now with ALT text! 'Cos everyone deserves access to the cool memes A napkin doodle from famous "Fox Trot" cartoonist Bill Amend, commenting on current events

We endorsed @jamestalarico in September 2025, but we are announcing just a handful of Endorsements this morning. For US Senate we endorse James Talarico. Because we need a warrior to fight the Christian Nationalist front who also speaks with a Democratic Progressive Populist voice. #TxVotes

Jesus Christ these people are monsters.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.

Jackson, on the Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention in 1984.

My latest for Liberal Currents. A substantial portion of conservatives want to be rich people in a poor country because it affords them a greater sense of hierarchy and power. We misunderstand that at our peril, but making it clear and not affording them the benefit of the doubt could save us.

I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.

Brilliant. Moving.

As of this morning, only one of the men who was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel that fateful evening is still living. Since Brother Jesse passed at 84 this morning.

If there are still people to reflect on what is happening now in a 100 years, they will have a damning view of the easy ride the far right was given by the mainstream elite Incredible how the institutions we were told would protect us from fascism did not simply crumble but opened the gates

President Trump keeps threatening to unilaterally impose rules (like voter ID requirements) on upcoming elections. Monday’s "One First" explains why—whether as a matter of constitutional law, existing federal statutes, or simple, practical logistics—his (ominous) threats are ultimately empty ones:

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Hard to believe that those from that 12 percent are showing up in a college class. But ….

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

AI can only look backward. True synthesis with an eye on the present is an act of creation.

The S.Ct may have final say on the law. But, district courts are the finders of fact.

This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

Just a reminder that virtually the entire Republican party, and absolutely the entire Trump White House, is actively covering for this.

Good grief

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

🎯 Why are so many companies, governments, and public officials still using his Nazi, porn site?

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A great and disturbing conversation about our failure to hold Epstein and his confederates accountable and corruption at the DOJ. /1

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A great example of: "Why?" "Because" www.texastribune.org/2026/02/14/t...

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Such disappointment was a core 70s experience

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wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that

Interesting, litter boy

The evangelicals stand with Trump because they share his resentments.

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

In a democracy, leaders don’t choose their voters

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Yes. This is it. Some people believe their politics; other people adopt politics as an excuse to hurt other people for fun and tell themselves it’s for a good cause and they can’t be blamed. The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.

Early voting for the Texas 2026 primaries begins Tuesday. Here’s what to know.

A woman was found dead under the rubble of her house in Odesa, Ukraine, after Russian drone bombed it. She was my mom’s age, I notice from reports. Good thing my mom’s dead already so I don’t need to worry about her being bombed by a Russian drone anymore. Valentine’s Day in Ukraine.

Administrative subpoenas are for use with regulated entities. 1. DHS does not regulate social media companies. 2. Even if it did, individual accounts are, under the First Amendment, not subject to regulation.

no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.

Thinking about how doordash mirrors the rest of the economy in that if I want some chicken nuggets I can make it like 20 people's problem for the low price of none of them being able to afford rent.

happy bday to iconic Frederick Douglass, born into slavery on plantation, MD, 1818 “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, & yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning....

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Happy Valentine's Day! The National Capital Planning Commission has opened the public comment period on the East Wing Modernization Project, including the proposed construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition to the White House complex. Written comments are due March 4, 2026 at Noon ET.