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Feb 25
The following Democratic lawmakers have publicly been reported as not attending (some at counterโ€‘events, some staying away entirely), but this is not a complete list of all 70 absentees:
1)
Ed Markey (Senator, Massachusetts)
โ€‹Jeff Merkley (Senator, Oregon)
Chris Murphy (Senator, Connecticut)
Tina Smith (Senator, Minnesota)
Chris Van Hollen (Senator, Maryland)
โ€‹Ruben Gallego (Senator, Arizona โ€“ reported as skipping and staying home)
2)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Representative, New York)
โ€‹Yassamin Ansari (Representative, Arizona)
โ€‹Becca Balint (Representative, Vermont)
โ€‹Greg Casar (Representative, Texas)
โ€‹Veronica Escobar (Representative, Texas)
Pramila Jayapal (Representative, Washington)
3)
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Feb 25
In October 2024, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in the case State v. Kyles (2024-Ohio-5038) that Ohio's felony animal cruelty law (R.C. 959.131, often called Goddard's Law) applies to all dogs and cats,
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including strays, community cats, feral cats, and unowned onesโ€”not just household pets or those actively "kept" or owned by someone.

This means stray cats receive the same legal safeguards against serious physical harm or cruelty as owned household pets,
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elevating violations to a fifth-degree felony (rather than a misdemeanor under general animal cruelty laws). The Court interpreted the statute's definition of "companion animal" (which includes "any dog or cat regardless of where it is kept")
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Feb 25
@yarotrof @Shayan86 1).
โ€žOn Mon., Ukrainian drones hit the key Kaleykino station in the Volga region of Tatarstan, which serves the Druzhba pipeline carrying Moscowสผs crude to Eastern Europe and to Russia's main western ports, according to a Ukrainian security official and industry sources.โ€
@yarotrof @Shayan86 2).
Feb. 24, 2026

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@yarotrof @Shayan86 @Reuters Please unroll @threadreaderapp. Thank you in advance ๐“ƒ 
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Feb 25
@notMNKris10

this question is under a thread in which I'm wrapping a series of posts through a network of people

and your question is way more important than that game

hopefully you can gather some degree of my joking but also my seriousness
i'll try a thread here
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@notMNKris10 there was a subtext joke here contained across a couple posts that fits within CogSec and play that I myself don't connect sufficiently to an valid apolistic tradition due to where I live in civilization and the present interfacing of timelines

maybe in a few decades?
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@notMNKris10 outside of the subtext of that other conversation which would not be explainable here to net benefit of either understanding, a bit, or done with the respect of the greater context

your @notMNKris10 being a new believer

this is not a subject I have been queried on yet
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Feb 24
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โ€žIn a letter to the Government Accountability Office and the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Democratic Richard @SenatorDurbin said credible whistleblowers told him that ยป[not only are] the @FBIDirectorKash's
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Directorโ€™s misuse and mismanagement of these aircraft problematic to taxpayers, they materially harm the mission of the very agency he has sworn to leadยซ.
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Durbin revealed that the @FBI's shooting reconstruction team was delayed at least a day after Kirk was shot on a Utah campus in September because of a ยปBureau plane and pilot shortage caused by the Directorโ€™s @Kash_Patel personal flightsยซ.โ€

Feb. 24, 2026
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Feb 24
1/ What is the war in Ukraine even for?, asks a Russian warblogger and paramilitary leader. After four years, the shifting goals of the Russian government have left many of its citizens confused about what its aims are in Ukraine, making it unclear what victory actually means. โฌ‡๏ธ Image
2/ Zakhar Prilepin sums up the complaints of many warbloggers about the vagueness of Russia's objectives:

"Yesterday, I received a lot of congratulations, and the phrase "I wish you victory!" was a common one.

I hope people say it ritualistically, not seriously."
3/ "It's not even that Russia can't win yet. The point is that we don't have such a goal. We're not planning to go to Kyiv, and we're not planning to go to Odesa. This means there will be no demilitarisation or denazification.
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Feb 24
Hi, Iโ€™ll be live-tweeting todayโ€™s Indianapolis City-County Council Rules and Public Policy Committee meeting starting at 5:30 p.m. for #indydocumenters @indydocumenters @mirrorindy.
@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The Rules and Public Policy Committee of the City-County Council handles matters concerning Council procedures and rules, ordinance reviews and revisions, and public policy issues that affect constituents.
@indydocumenters @mirrorindy The Committee consists of: Maggie Lewis, D-District 5, chair - Dan Boots, D-District 3, vice chair - Paul Annee, R-District 22 - Josh Bain, R-District 21 - John Barth, D-District 7 - Ali Brown, D-District 10 - Michael Dilk, R-District 24 - Jared Evans, D-District 17 -
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Feb 24
What if I told you I can effectively prove what many of us already know?

That the social media attacks on Candace Owens are not organic, but rather a coordinated smear campaign bearing all the hallmarks you would expect to find.

Letโ€™s take a walk, shall we? Image
I told Grok to scrape X as thoroughly as possible, and find as many posts similar to this one that it could find. The criteria was that it had to have the image of Candaceโ€™s โ€œBride of Charlieโ€ trailer announcement, and the post had to be hostile towards Candace. I advised that it should at least return dozens of examples, since I had personally seen dozens of these myself today already.Image
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Here we find Grok referencing handy, pertinent case study material from decades passed, that I had absolutely no idea even existed. Neat!โ˜บ๏ธ Image
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Feb 24
If I were #POTUS delivering #SOTU tonight, I would remark on the fourth anniversary of #Putin's invasion of #Ukraine and say, "We will be very happy to facilitate peace talks once Putin has withdrawn from all Ukrainian territory taken since 2014." 1/
"In addition, Putin must agree to Ukraine's sovereign right to belong to the EU and to NATO. Putin must also return all kidnapped Ukrainian children BEFORE talks can take place. He must also agree to fair compensation to the Ukrainians for the damage his invasion has caused." 2/
"It's only fair. And it isn't political." 3/ #Ukraine #Putin #SOTU #POTUS @realDonaldTrump @ChrisCillizza @LisaRemillard @McFaul @SpeakerJohnson @JDVance @SenSchumer @LeaderJohnThune @hakeemjeffries
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Feb 24
Everyone should read this important essay by @jessesingal in the @nytimes.

Then, take a moment to drop a quarter in the โ€œClarence Thomas was rightโ€ jar.

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In todayโ€™s piece, Singal exposes the faux โ€œmedical consensusโ€ on gender drugs & surgeries that influenced countless clinicians . . . but also found its way into court filings.

Donโ€™t forget that one of those cases was litigated by the Biden DOJ and went to the Supreme Court. 2/Image
In 2025, Justice Thomas wrote a concurrence in U.S. v. Skrmetti, taking aim at the Biden DOJโ€™s suggestion that the โ€œexpert consensusโ€ on gender drugs & surgeries should replace the judgment of legislators.

Todayโ€™s article highlights the exact wording Thomas quoted last year. 3/Image
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Feb 24
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โ€žIn secret briefings held in Washington and Silicon Valley, national security officials warned executives from companies like Apple, Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm that China was making plans to retake Taiwan, which Beijing has long considered a breakaway territory.
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A Chinese blockade of Taiwan, the officials said, could choke the supply of computer chips made on the island and bring the U.S. tech industry to its knees.
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Two presidents have tried persuading the industry to change. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. offered financial grants worth billions to improve the domestic production of chips.
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Feb 24
Grace Randolph is live right now and speaking for all black people.

Black people should be grateful this white liberal woman is telling them how to feel right now.
Now she says that the real problem is Nerdrotic and he is the actual reason people are mad at her.
She is now the victim in all of this, and Mr Davidson needs to recognize that he did this to her.
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