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The Epstein - Trump files coverup / redactions and threats --
Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Rep. Raskin: "Releasing the names of a lot of victims is either spectacular incompetence and sloppiness on [DOJ's] part or, as a lot of the survivors believe, a deliberate threat to other survivors who are thinking about coming forward."
— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Donald Trump and Pam Bondi have broken the law to protect child rapists every single day since Dec 19 2025. And they got you mad at some nannies and gardeners?
— John Fugelsang (@johnfugelsang.bsky.social) February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
— Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) February 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Bondi said "I'm gonna answer the question the way I want to answer the question" -- that is, by refusing to answer.
— davidrlurie (@davidrlurie.com) February 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Bondi is trying to run out the clock on Massie's questioning by talking over him
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 11, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Bondi should be impeached based solely on her conduct today. Talking money when the topic is Epstein victims should earn her contempt of Congress and disbarment as well. She is a disgrace to the legal profession.
— Jen Rubin (@jenrubin.bsky.social) February 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Distraction: MAGAt white supremacists in uproar over ... Bad Bunny? --
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Trump's domestic terrorist organization /pervs, unarmed women shooters, and torture --
Probably an inflated number anyway (ahem, "suspected") but this is precisely the result guaranteed by Stephen Miller's quotas. Finding gang members / terrorists is hard, and there aren't many. But grabbing green card holders & asylum seekers at court hearings & schools is super easy.
— Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
— Chris Ingraham (@cingraham.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend" "Beers on me"
— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
— Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos (@anamariafortexas.com) February 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Thought exercise --
What if we had an entire foreign policy based on the petty resentments and insecurities of mediocre weak men?
— We Left With All Of My Popehats (@kenwhite.bsky.social) February 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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The great Bruce Hornsby is back with a new album releasing on April 3, "Indigo Park." The album is a collaboration with the late Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt and Ezra Koenig (of Vampire Weekend). Hornsby was a touring member of the Grateful Dead in the early '90s, following his award-winning work with The Range as his backup band. He's a three time Grammy winner, and one of the most creative musicians / composers we have, crossing several musical genres. Here's the soulful title track to his album. Enjoy.
Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman vents on one of the Malignant Fascist's insipid and morally bankrupt flunkies, Commerce Secretary Howard "Nutlick" Lutnick. Read all of Krugman's takedown, "The Banality of MAGA Evil," where later he discusses Nutlick's former firm Cantor Fitzgerald's relationship with a cryptocurrency that's popular with international criminals:
"There are people in positions of great power in the U.S. government engaged in evil conspiracies against everything that is good and decent. Their conspiracies are far more extensive and damaging than almost anyone imagined. But there are no evil masterminds behind this. Only amoral, stupid grifters like Howard Lutnick.
During Trump 47’s first year, Lutnick, the Commerce secretary, was an omnipresent spokesman for Donald Trump’s policies, a constant presence on TV, especially the Sunday talk shows.
He was not impressive in that role. Unlike Scott Bessent, he lacked any hint of gravitas. He doesn’t have Pete Hegseth’s hair. Moreover, Lutnick’s Trump boosterism has been consistently and embarrassingly incompetent.
The only waves he has made are a result of his exceptional combination of stupidity and offensive tone-deafness." (our emphasis)
Yesterday, Nutlick appeared before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee and finally admitted visiting the notorious island of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and of having a social and business relationship with him long after he had previously acknowledged.
(photo: Stupid grifter, left, and deceased child predator)
The Malignant Fascist regime's efforts to intimidate opponents and stifle free speech took a major hit yesterday:
A grand jury in Washington refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter.
The Justice Department opened an investigation into the video featuring Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and four other Democratic lawmakers urging U.S. service members to follow established military protocols and reject orders they believe to be unlawful. All the lawmakers previously served in the military or at intelligence agencies.
Grand jurors in Washington declined to sign off on charges in the latest of a series of rebukes of prosecutors by citizens in the nation’s capital, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter. It wasn’t immediately clear whether prosecutors had sought indictments against all six lawmakers or what charge or charges prosecutors attempted to bring. [snip]
Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who represents Michigan, said late Tuesday that she hopes this ends the Justice Department’s probe.
“Tonight we can score one for the Constitution, our freedom of speech, and the rule of law,” Slotkin said in a statement. “But today wasn’t just an embarrassing day for the Administration. It was another sad day for our country,” she said.
Kelly, a former Navy pilot who represents Arizona, called the attempt to bring charges an “outrageous abuse of power by Donald Trump and his lackies.”
“Donald Trump wants every American to be too scared to speak out against him,” Kelly said in a post on X. “The most patriotic thing any of us can do is not back down.”
In November, the Pentagon opened an investigation into Kelly, citing a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other punishment. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has censured Kelly for participating in the video and is trying to retroactively demote Kelly from his retired rank of captain.
The senator is suing Hegseth to block those proceedings, calling them an unconstitutional act of retribution. During a hearing last week, the judge appeared to be skeptical of key arguments that a government attorney made in defense of Kelly’s Jan. 5 censure by Hegseth. (our emphasis)
It wasn't common knowledge that a Grand Jury had been called to review the video; that in itself is a shocking abuse of power by the MF's lawless U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine "Box o' Wine" Pirro.
This won't stop the MF and his lickspittles from going after critics. But, it's especially outrageous that "Cadet Bone Spurs," who dodged military service and has referred to veterans as "suckers" and "losers," had the tiny brass balls to have his lickspittles pursue charges against these military and intelligence agency veterans -- one an astronaut, no less.
One less distraction from the Epstein - Trump files coverup.
BONUS: Meanwhile, the "Justice" Department is going to the Supreme Court to have seditionist Steve Bannon's conviction for contempt of Congress overturned. Good times.
(Image: l. to r., Democratic Sen Mark Kelly (AZ), Rep. Chris DeLuzio (PA), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (PA), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (MI), Rep. Jason Crow (CO), Rep. Maggie Goodlander (NH) / Claudine Hellmuth, Politico / images via AP)
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"Nobody thought something like this could happen here." -- Wilder, Idaho, farmer David Lincoln. More from the article:
"...The farmers are staring down a real problem. Without enough workers, crops could end up rotting in the fields. The people who know how to do this work are either gone or too frightened to come out.
"Wilder voted overwhelmingly for Trump, supporting his tough stance on immigration. But now that enforcement has arrived at their doorstep, residents are dealing with the messy reality of what those policies actually mean. Supporting strict immigration laws is one thing when it's abstract. It's another thing entirely when your neighbour gets deported and there's nobody left to harvest the fields. The town is caught between its political beliefs and its economic survival."
FAFO from the Leopards Eating People's Faces party.
(h/t democraticunderground.com)
The perpetually aggrieved and petulant Giant Toddler has torpedoed the annual meeting with the Nation's governors:
An annual meeting of the nation’s governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events.
The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, after the White House planned to invite only Republican governors. On Tuesday, 18 Democratic governors also announced they would boycott a traditional dinner at the White House. [Ed.: after the Giant Toddler disinvited Govs. Wes Moore of Maryland and Jared Polis of Colorado!]
“If the reports are true that not all governors are invited to these events, which have historically been productive and bipartisan opportunities for collaboration, we will not be attending the White House dinner this year,” the Democrats wrote. “Democratic governors remain united and will never stop fighting to protect and make life better for people in our states.”
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who chairs the NGA, told fellow governors in a letter on Monday that the White House intended to limit invitations to the association’s annual business meeting, scheduled for Feb. 20, to Republican governors only.
“Because NGA’s mission is to represent all 55 governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event, and it is no longer included in our official program,” Stitt wrote in the letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press.
The governors’ group, which is scheduled to meet from Feb. 19-21, is one of the few remaining venues where political leaders from both major parties gather to discuss the top issues facing their communities. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Trump has “discretion to invite anyone he wants to the White House.”
“It's the people's house,” she said. “It's also the president's home, so he can invite whomever he wants to dinners and events here at the White House.”
Representatives for Stitt and the NGA didn't comment on the letter. Brandon Tatum, the NGA's CEO, said in a statement last week that the White House meeting is an “important tradition” and said the organization was “disappointed in the administration's decision to make it a partisan occasion this year."...
No President in our history has ever put himself above the interests of our country to the extent this malignant narcissist has, not even Dick "Skinny Trump" Nixon in the end. It's such strange and destructive behavior that even the Republican governor of deep red Oklahoma was compelled to speak out about it.
So, the next time you hear a MAGAt lying about how the Malignant Fascist is a "uniter," remember this most recent example of how risible that is.
(Image: the Giant Toddler pedaling away from the NGA meeting.)
The recurring Epstein-Trump files reminder, the sinister Todd Blanche, and the coverup --
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) February 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Bannon knows too much about Trump and Epstein, so Blanche is taking very good care of him to keep him quiet just like with Maxwell. Blanche is the lynchpin- he has assumed full authority given to him by Trump to protect the worst of the worst.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Khanna: "Donald Trump had the FBI scrub those files in March. And the documents we saw already had the redactions of the FBI from March. So we still have not seen the vast majority of documents unredacted that have the survivor statements of the rich and powerful men who committed these crimes."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 10, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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It's the corrupt and demented Malignant Fascist's failing economy, stupid --
“.. Chapter 12 bankruptcies increased for the second year in a row .. a 46% increase from 2024.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.fb.org/market-intel...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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"Trade groups are raising alarms about immigration enforcement wreaking economic havoc. Construction delays threaten higher prices. Suppliers are laying off employees "One concrete company filed for bankruptcy, citing a dropoff in sales because of immigration raids" 🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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The White House just sent a "Don't Panic" email. That'll do it
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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"Off the charts corruption" by the MF --
Off-the-charts corruption. Billions. www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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"While his father Steve Witkoff acts as President Trump’s all-purpose special envoy, 32-year-old Zach Witkoff now heads up World Liberty, which has doled out at least $1.4 billion to both families" extraordinary reporting from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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MAGAt Rep. Ogles must have been ogling another channel "by accident" --
I must have missed the gay porn
— Laura Bassett (@lebassett.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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It literally had a heterosexual wedding, dude
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Andy Ogles was looking very hard for gay porn. He didn't find it. And he was very disappointed.
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Here's the halftime pervert, Ogles. Fits right in with your MAGA cult --
Grand Ole Pedophiles Unearthed video of Kid Rock talking about the Olsen twins, who were 14 years old at the time: "Why is every guy in America waiting for these chicks to turn 18? I mean, you know what I say—if there's grass on the field, play ball!"
— Rachel Bitecofer (@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Loving this reception for the odious JD Vance (a.k.a., JD Bowman, JD Hamel) --
I can listen to JD Vance — the most hated man in Europe after Putin and Trump — getting booed loudly at the Milan Olympics all day long. 🤣🤣
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) February 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Looks like cats rule after all --
Cats secretly rule the world.. 😅
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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The out-of-control narcissism, the victimhood, the dog whistle other-ing ("Barack Hussein Obama" again), the confusion (hmmm... who started the trade wars, Tariff Toddler?), the extortionist demands, the wild fantasies (China will terminate all ice hockey played in Canada and eliminate the Stanley Cup), the sheer malevolent ignorance of this moron playing toddler games with our second biggest trading partner -- if the 25th Amendment was meant for anyone, it was meant for this demented convicted felon and adjudicated sex abuser:
An out-of-control, mad moron has been elected twice to the most powerful office in the world.
Sic transit gloria, America.
BONUS: In "The Cheese is Slipping Off The Cracker, Part 322," Electoral-vote.com's Christopher Bates ("Z") does a deeper dive into the crazy. Good read.
BONUS II: The Canadians know what to call him: "insane."
There was speculation on MS Now this morning about how Republicans are looking for a "fall guy" within the corrupt and deviant Malignant Fascist's regime to show "toughness" and to divert some attention from the MF himself. According to Republican sources, the slime ball most likely to fall is MF sycophant Commerce Secretary Howard "Nutlick" Lutnick, who had a business and social relationship with Jeffrey Epstein for years after it was common knowledge of his sex trafficking of minor girls. Jonathan Lemire commented:
“We haven't seen someone in Washington really take a fall yet — no one in the Trump administration. Now, some of that is because people are trying to weaponize these leaks. I mean, Elon Musk, who, mind you, does appear in these emails himself, he's using them as a cudgel to go after Steve Bannon, who is all over them, you know, and then there's Howard Lutnick, who I've talked to. [snip]
There were a number of Republicans who say, ‘Look, this is abhorrent what he did, also just in terms of political expediency, he's an easy fall guy.' Like if you feel like you need to have a sacrificial lamb next, the guy, he's not particularly well liked in the Trump administration to begin with, though Trump himself is very fond of him. But that hasn't happened yet.” (our emphasis)
It's gratifying to watch the MAGAt rats going after each other with leaks from the pages and pages of the Epstein - Trump files, from Musk getting revenge on Bannon, and now fellow MAGAts going after cocky and dishonest MF cheerleader Nutlick. MAGAt Republicans might think a strategy of shoving a member of the MF's inner circle overboard is smart, but it would only reemphasize that the MF associates with monsters like himself. So go for it.
(photo: Nutlick and his bud Jeffrey)
Jon Stewart hammered the MAGAt snowflakes' reaction to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, TPUSA's competing "mediocrity fest" (which was no competition at all), the Malignant Fascist's vile racist social media post about the Obamas and MAGAt attempts to defend it, and the Malignant Fascist cult's fake outrage over an Olympic skier's mild criticism of what's going on in America. Some great satire about some ludicrous, pathetic things and ludicrous, pathetic people.
This needs to be (and likely is) happening in every State:
In Minnesota, state election officials are gaming out how to respond if armed agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement show up at polling places this November.
In the nation’s capital, congressional Democrats are discussing how to respond if a Republican governor sends National Guard troops into a Democratic stronghold on Election Day to lower turnout.
And in multiple private conversations, former national security and law enforcement officials are considering the best legal strategies to defend the midterm elections against interference by Trump administration officials, including FBI agents seizing voting machines on Election Day.
President Donald Trump’s call for the GOP to “nationalize” elections is spurring many officials, lawyers and lawmakers across the U.S. to bolster their defenses against election interference. While many Republicans brush off the president’s threats, election officials are rushing to organize meetings and conference calls to prepare for scenarios in which Trump might use federal agents, troops or MAGA-aligned local officials to interfere in elections.
“This now belongs in the same category as a power outage, a bomb threat, a weather incident, because it would be irresponsible now for us not to plan what the response would look like,” Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon told MS NOW.
The threat of the Trump administration trying to interfere in the midterm elections is being taken seriously, he said, citing Trump’s deployment of federal agents and military personnel to some American cities and recent calls by his allies for such forces to be placed near polling stations.
“We’ve now gotten to the point, sadly, in 2026 where the process of federal interference with our elections — either directly or indirectly — is something that we have to game out and plan for,” Simon said...
As we've said before, this is a fight for the survival of American democracy, with the other side committed to winning at any cost and denying the equal right to participate in our elections to any and all who oppose them. We've been forewarned, and it's good to see we're getting forearmed. Take the time to contact your State's Governor and Secretary of State to demand they take steps to counter the Malignant Fascist's plans to "nationalize" our elections.
(Image: via Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's X)
The Epstein files coverup / 38,000 times / shielding the abnormal --
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) February 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Rep. Stansbury on the Epstein files: "Congress is controlled by Donald Trump's allies…He is being actively shielded by members of his own party…We need to hold these people accountable. And my message to Donald Trump is we're coming for you. We are not moving on."
— Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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When people like Pam Bondi fearmonger that our "Whole system will collapse" if the full Epstein files are released, they aren't talking about our system itself. They're talking about their place inside the system and control over it. And that should absolutely collapse. Today.
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
BREAKING: “Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell pleaded the Fifth Amendement virtually before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.” www.ms.now/news/ghislai...
— MS NOW (@ms.now) February 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Kid Rock(head)'s T(oilet) P(aper) USA alt- right halftime shit show --
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Imagine making a huge spectacle out of your alternative halftime show to please your Dear Leader only to find out that he chose to watch the real halftime show instead.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Trump influencer Loomer's throwback eugenics / seething contempt / next halftime --
Racist eugenicists from the 1920s: we are so back
— Branden McEuen (@bmceuen.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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The seething contempt Republicans have for Latino-American culture has been on full display over the last 24 hours.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Amazing show, but the mere thought of it making Stephen Miller sad will power my smile for no less than 48 hours.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
— A.R. Moxon (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Trump might not love the "poorly educated" any more --
Enten: "Trump's base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing ... he's underwater by 9 points. That's a 23 point switcheroo."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 9, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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No hablo español. Soy un fascista! --
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
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The Mirror's Christopher Bucktin comments on the unhinged Malignant Fascist's tantrum over the historic and joyful performance of six-time Grammy winner Bad Bunny at yesterday's Super Bowl, and the lame alternative presented by the far-right scammers at Turning Point USA. An excerpt, but the entire article is well worth a read:
"It was less cultural critique than an unhinged ageing uncle shouting at the television - except the television was winning. What made the outburst even more revealing was Trump’s apparent failure to grasp a basic fact: Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is American. Its people are American citizens. The president of the United States attacking an American artist as foreign is not irony; it is Trumpism in its purest form. If it doesn’t look or sound like his America, it doesn’t count.
MAGA’s solution, as ever, was to retreat into a parallel reality. Rather than engage with the halftime show the rest of the world was watching, Trump-aligned groups promoted an 'alternative' performance headlined by Kid Rock - marketed as a wholesome, values-driven counterweight to the NFL’s spectacle.
The guy couldn’t even lip sync to his own song. The audience numbers told their own story. The show drew a fraction of the viewers who tune in to the Puppy Bowl. Not the Super Bowl - the Puppy Bowl, where dogs run around." (our emphasis)
Bucktin point out that the MF's angry critique of the halftime show meant he didn't bother to watch his MAGAt pal Kid Rock, a.k.a. Robert Ritchie, a has-been performer who's never won a Grammy and who was raised in wealthy circumstances in a Detroit suburb, but has manufactured a fake country / bluesy persona.
In watching Bad Bunny's show instead, the MF made a rare right choice along with an estimated 135 million others.
