NB: this published in mainstream outlet USAToday. Kudos to Editors 4 publishing it. “…people & every entity I can think of should have long ago dropped X... Promoting your product…on a site owned by a guy who thinks “White solidarity is the only way to survive” is several steps beyond problematic.

The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb

Romulus, Michigan "Romulus Mayor Robert A. McCraight said he was telling lawmakers 'at all levels' that a detention center is not permitted and will be opposed by the city..." www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...

Tennessee "No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..." tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...

ICE is terrorizing children at the school bus stop. Goons are running after them until they are finally home. The situation is going out of hand and kids are now afraid of going to school.

He’s amazing. If you don’t believe it just ask him. bsky.app/profile/mind...

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ

Estimates for annual medical-related bankruptcies in the U.S. are cited to range between 500K - 1 million people/households. Medical issues or debt contribute to roughly 2/3rds of all personal bankruptcy filings, driven by high costs, insurance gaps or income loss during illness. So there's that.

"The version of Christianity that Trump's most devout supporters embrace (and he pretends to) has no room for Christ’s actual teachings. Anyone who references Jesus’s declarations to aid the sick, poor, and vulnerable is quickly labeled a socialist and/or antifa."

The Evil goes deep....very deep Peter Thiel exchanged 2,436 emails with Epstein from 2014 to 2019 jmail.world/wiki/peter-t...

Not great! (From @jennycohn.bsky.social )

Keyword: “relevant.” Translation: nothing to see here. No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs. 🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.

I think the idea is to get everyone to hate us so that we can complain that we are the victims.

He is correct

During her 11 months as the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has wasted millions of dollars and done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters, and to America’s ability to communicate with the world www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Notable message from President Zelensky. The USA is clearly putting pressure on Ukraine to hand over more of its land to dictatorial Russia. Good to see the Ukrainian pushback--but the USA should hang its head in shame.

This is called money laundering.

I feel grateful to find an encouraging #photography community on BlueSky But with the unrelenting terror facing my city, I just don’t have the will or desire to share my usual photos. Instead, I encourage you to follow photojournalists like Brandon who are capturing the reality of this moment (1)

MORE DETAILS HERE, including about the victim: "Early Thursday afternoon, a security camera captured Jesus Flores leaving his home to help people on the street suffering from apparent car trouble..." www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot...

Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant | He was observing after Alex Pretti’s killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned... | theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...

Is there any responsible reporting on any of this? Was looking for Star Tribune coverage of the exchange but couldn’t find any.

More white nationalism from the guy we’re letting poison Memphis and drill a hole in Nashville

Wait what? Michael Flynn’s brother, Charles Flynn, is a Senior Advisor at Peter Thiel’s Palantir?? h/t @nadja72638243.bsky.social on X… 1/

the FBI deleted this tweet might’ve hit a little close to home for the director

Musk, like Trump, is a monster. They contribute nothing, and take everything they can.

Ireland is furious that the U.S. is treating one of their citizens, here legally & in process of getting his green card with horrific conditions: filth everywhere, little sanitation, barely fed, locked in a room with 72 other men. Violent guards. Immigrants being strangled. Calling out the U.S.

How are we letting this happen to children? Children are being terrorized. Children are being tortured, deprived of medicine, medical care, potable water & healthy food. We need to do more to stop #ICELawlessness. Tell MAGA neighbors & family what's happening. Download & send them videos. 🧵

It’s a rough moment when you realize any “falling out” between Epstein and Trump was likely because they became competitors and then you have to think about who took over operations after Epstein was imprisoned and then that’s just…a sobering thing to consider.

They keep purposely trying to permanently damage people. This is illegal. And Republicans want this to expand. R's vote for more child torture, kidnappings, home break-ins, beatings, torture, murder, destruction of vehicles and property, theft of property, etc. People vote R if they want fascism.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

Sadly, ICE learned what not to do in Minnesota… they have not left… but are spreading out in disguise tricking and nabbing people before we can respond. We need a new plan….

There is no getting ICE under control. It’s by design to terrorize the population. This is about elections not immigration.

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

I won’t forget. I won’t forgive. “Worst of the worst” is a lie used to justify mass harm. You don’t terrorize this many people to stop a few. This is an attack on Americans, deliberate, cowardly, and unforgivable.

Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution. She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.

California now bypassing Trump to help Ukraine with billions.

@AmbBridgetBrink Trump said yesterday: “Russia wants to make a deal, and Zelensky’s going to have to get moving, otherwise he’s going to miss a great opportunity. He has to move.” Really? As Amb to Ukraine for 3 years, under missiles & drones, I saw that Putin has zero interest in peace.

I think @wajali.bsky.social was clear. He acknowledges the current fight, but asks @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to lead on the long term goal of abolishing ICE. I don’t understand the leader’s reticence on that very simple, and frankly moderate position.

cancelling associates of sex trafficking pedophiles is woke

The word “evil” feels inadequate here

For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.

When people around you don’t know why the government is partially shut down, read them this story. Tell them the government is partially shut down because Republicans insist on THIS continuing and are willing to sacrifice FEMA and the TSA over it.