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Home of the Brave
about 7 hours ago
Howard Lutnick went to Jeffrey Epstein's island 5 days before Lutnick and Epstein went into business together. 12/23/2012 — Lutnick goes to Epstein's island. 12/28/2012 — Lutnick and Epstein sign a stock purchase agreement.
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NBC News
about 6 hours ago
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
https://nbcnews.to/3ZjOfbU
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Mark Jacob
about 7 hours ago
It's been obvious for years that Trump and the people around him are traitors.
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Clay Bennett
about 7 hours ago
2/8/2026- The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/fe...
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Karen K. Ho
about 9 hours ago
part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not
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Mother Jones
about 7 hours ago
Camo and hats for jungle combat do not make sense in American cities. But they are key to dressing for the war ICE has imagined.
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ICE’s theater of war
Camo and hats for jungle combat do not make sense in American cities. But they are key to dressing for the war ICE has imagined.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/how-ice-dresses-cbp-minneapolis-military-theater-of-war/
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Leah McElrath
about 9 hours ago
Here’s a slightly clearer version with AltText—and the link to the original:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)
about 11 hours ago
In terms of paper waste, maybe, but ebooks aren'tthe solution. Speaking as a librarian, ebooks are the bane of my fucking existence. I can buy 10 MMPB for the cost of 1 restricted access temporary license ebook. See:
bsky.app/profile/book...
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R.W.W. Greene (He/him)
about 7 hours ago
A gift from me, but you might not like it:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/02/jan-6-ex-nypd-officer-capitol-police-attack/685325/?gift=BkNRLzZqODUijt5_1Q3KOxnfsi8dIQyRtICEQZ3tIuw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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God
about 7 hours ago
They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
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Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Please reply with the copy/pasted text of the error message you got, and a filepath pointer to the log file."
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Chris Geidner
about 8 hours ago
I'm reading this decision more closely today, and Jones's opinion is extremely bad on the merits, but it's also just so cruel at points.
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Bill Kristol
about 9 hours ago
If they’re going to name a NY landmark after Trump, how about the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest sewage treatment facility in NYC, in Brooklyn? As for the D.C. area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility, in northeast D.C.?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds
Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since he returned to office.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708
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jamelle
about 10 hours ago
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opinion/trump-obama-video-apes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.vKKi.YyyTPNX6x0r4&smid=url-share
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Sanho Tree
5 days ago
🚨Epstein introduced Melania to Donald.🚨 “The unnamed woman, a former model who worked as Epstein’s assistant for a year from 2005-06, made the claim in July 2019, three days after her old boss was arrested by the FBI. The 11-page, heavily redacted document was…uncovered on Monday.”
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Epstein Assistant Told Feds He Introduced Melania to Trump, Files Reveal
The claim was made to agents and prosecutors before Epstein died—and it is a crime to lie to the feds.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-assistant-told-feds-he-introduced-melania-to-trump-files-reveal/
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Karl Bode
about 8 hours ago
somebody should inform the Politico/CNN/Axios/NYT brunchlord media establishment that corruption has hollowed out public safety, labor rights, and consumer protection, opening the door to decades of mass suffering and death I feel like that might be an interesting story
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Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds
The Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/under-trump-epas-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-collapses-report-finds/
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emptywheel
about 9 hours ago
The Guardian has a rough outline of what the Tulsi whistleblower complaint is about: NSA found someone close to Trump in contact with foreign intelligence, and rather than doing something about that, Tulsi brought the report to Susie Wiles.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️
about 9 hours ago
Kim Philby rose to head of counter espionage at MI6 while also being a spy for the Soviet Union. Tulsi Gabbard might have that beat.
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Tyler King
about 9 hours ago
The White House has opened the only marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Cod, to commercial fishing for the first time since Obama protected the waters a decade ago.
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Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in protected area off New England
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation reopening a huge swath of the Atlantic to commercial fishing.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-seafood-fishing-environment-oceans-d5db9550ab64a6dc2d3b83305965646d
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Bill Kristol
about 11 hours ago
“Buried in a footnote of Ghislaine Maxwell’s court filing, she makes the bombshell claim that there are twenty-five accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein who entered into secret settlements and that there are four unnamed employee co-conspirators of Epstein.”
open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bombshell Filing Raises Questions About Epstein’s Hidden Network
For more access to expert legal analysis, official court documents and breaking news coverage only available here at the intersection of law and politics, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.Le...
https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelpopok/p/ghislaine-maxwells-bombshell-filing?r=1emko
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Steve Herman
about 11 hours ago
NYT - Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Renee Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/renee-good-investigation-minnesota-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.CJxe.SpOpQHCs78hj&smid=url-share
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Mike Heffley
about 10 hours ago
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opinion/trump-obama-video-apes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.ZlPZ.woN9D5H8pfpQ&smid=bs-share
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Angry
3 days ago
Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
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Steve Vladeck
about 14 hours ago
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
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208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/208-the-fifth-circuit-jumps-the-immigration
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Tableaudefare
about 10 hours ago
tinyurl.com/24x6h9m9
. Please read. This is from my Mankato Free Press today. We are under siege here.
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A small town under ICE occupation
BETSY FROILANDTHE DAILY YONDER On a sub-zero day in Willmar, Minnesot
https://tinyurl.com/24x6h9m9
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Puff the Magic Hater
about 11 hours ago
My latest: Applauding community defense is not enough. We are organizing resistance to a concentration camp regime. The front lines are everywhere. (Plus resources and my must-reads list!)
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When the Headlines Change but the Violence Doesn’t
“This is not a cruel novelty project. It’s infrastructure, designed for permanence and expansion.”
https://organizingmythoughts.org/when-the-headlines-change-but-the-violence-doesnt/
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Kelly
about 22 hours ago
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota. This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats. They hate the helpers. Which is why must keep helping.
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Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-tow-truck-driver-returns-abandoned-vehicles-ice-arrests/
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Abu Aardvark
about 10 hours ago
It sparks at least a little joy every time I figure out how to disable one of the new AI features in my email or phone.
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Scott Horton
about 10 hours ago
In which Jeffrey Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald Trump was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.
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Tom Roberts
about 11 hours ago
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
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Laura Belin
about 22 hours ago
New post by Al Charlson: The real story for U.S. soybean producers is the shift in worldwide trade relationships since Donald Trump’s 2018 tariffs on China.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/06/3...
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$30.88 per acre won't cover long-term loss of export markets
Al Charlson: The real story for U.S. soybean producers is the shift in worldwide trade relationships since Trump’s 2018 tariffs on China.
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/06/30-88-per-acre-wont-cover-long-term-loss-of-export-markets/
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Will Stancil
2 days ago
I think people don't really understand what the bottom half of the American electorate looks like in terms of political knowledge. What has happened in the extreme-turnout elections of recent years is that decisive numbers of these people have started voted in presidential cycles
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Mother Jones
1 day ago
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
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What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption runs far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/democrats-dhs-ice-reform-graff-cbp/
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Laura Belin
about 24 hours ago
I asked Taylor Wettach, the Democrat running for Iowa state auditor, if there are any particular agencies or programs he would want to audit if elected. "One big area of focus," he said, would be "following the money on the school voucher program."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHT...
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Taylor Wettach: Follow the money on Iowa's school voucher program
YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHTuwZwGNQ
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Musicology Duck
1 day ago
did Mitch McConnell ever get released from the hospital
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Chris Geidner
1 day ago
This is bad enough, yes, that I could even see this going differently en banc. Not definitely, it's the Fifth Circuit, but I could see the votes for it. From more at Law Dork, here are the reasons why 160 different judges have reached a different conclusion than Jones and Duncan:
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The Daily Beast
1 day ago
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
https://trib.al/jTJ7IDc
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The Tennessee Holler
about 23 hours ago
Good Q @SarahKSilvermam
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Gabe Small
1 day ago
GOP always cries unfair when they lose a fight they picked
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Omri Marian
about 23 hours ago
If you think the 5th Cir. decision will only cause folks who entered illegally to be detained with no due process and no remedy (which is unconscionable on its own), you have not been paying attention. They are going to try to normalize mass warrantless detentions of EVERYONE they want detained.
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digby
about 23 hours ago
It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
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Aaron Rupar
2 months ago
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives?r=bgo2&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
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Maxine Joselow
1 day ago
Friday night news dump: Trump just opened a marine national monument to commercial fishing. Environmentalists worry that fishing in the area could damage sensitive ecosystems and habitats for endangered whales and other species. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
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Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/climate/trump-monument-fishing-northeast-canyons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.rqh9.miCIaUeHceg7&smid=url-share
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Saskia Popescu
1 day ago
“Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.” -
@amymaxmen.bsky.social
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Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
https://www.wired.com/story/public-health-workers-are-quitting-over-assignments-to-guantanamo/
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Scoutprime
1 day ago
Wisconsin is really vulnerable to measles. We rank 48th in the nation for measles vaccination and the vaccination rate falls below that which is needed for herd immunity.
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Jenny Cohn
1 day ago
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
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Charles Johnson
1 day ago
Minneapolis is still being terrorized by Trump’s thug army. The mainstream media wants to move on, but nothing has really changed there.
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Matthew Cortland, Esq (they)
1 day ago
Please do not come into my replies to tell me the old saw about "republicans, democrats, and appropriators" — ICE is abducting children to use as bait, even the laws of war prohibit that.
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