#Humanrights #lawyers Zainab Mazari-Hazir & Hadi Ali Chattha, were #sentenced to 17 years in #prison on January 24.
What was their crime? Between 2021 and 2025, they #tweeted about #Pakistan #military #abuse of #people in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/02/20/pakistan-jails-two-lawyers-for-17-years-over-old-tweets/

Pakistan jails two lawyers for 17 years over old tweets

Two Pakistani human rights lawyers received 17-year sentences under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) after criticizing military abuses online, raising concerns about due process and free expression.

Global Voices

Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland to escape Trump. Did it work? – The Washington Post

Rosie O’Donnell’s life in exile

She moved to Ireland to escape Trump. Did it work? Today at 5:00 a.m. EST

For Rosie O’Donnell, the first Trump administration was tough enough. She had to distance herself from the second one. (Doreen Kilfeather / For The Washington Post)

For Rosie O’Donnell, the first Trump administration was tough enough. She had to distance herself from the second one. (Doreen Kilfeather/For The Washington Post), 16 min

By Geoff Edgers

DUBLIN — “Welcome to Ireland, Rosie,” said the woman walking toward her as she headed back from the store on Halloween night with candy. The passerby — a total stranger to Rosie O’Donnell — added blithely: “We hate him, too.”

Everyone here seems to recognize the American entertainer and know why she left the United States to move here in January.

“I felt on the verge of crying when I was there, when he got elected,” O’Donnell told an Irish television audience during a talk show appearance in March. Rosie O’Donnell

She’s a sensitive soul, a giant exposed nerve who has posed, successfully, for most of her life and career as a brassy Long Island toughie. Donald Trump’s first administration took an emotional toll on the die-hard liberal, even as she tweeted and marched and spit invective against the president every chance she got.

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#DieHardLiberal #DonaldTrump #EscapingTrump #Ireland #LeftUSBecauseOfTrump #Marched #RosieODonnell #SpitInvective #TheWashingtonPost #Tweeted

Minnesota House Democratic leader dead after targeted shooting; Democratic senator also shot | Alabama Reflector

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appearing emotional at a press conference, said they were killed in an apparent “politically motivated assassination.”

Alabama Reflector

someone probably just #tweeted something #stupid like

"#mumble #rap implies the existence of #discord and #teamspeak rap"

thank #God I don't see that nonsense on my #Mastodon protected Timelime

A #GOP #Congressman #Tweeted A #ShadyVance #Image That Must Be Seen To Be Believed. Vance in Collins’ photo was edited to have a sharper jawline and an ever-so-slight bronze in his facial hair.

Rep. #MikeCollins earned major #mockery for his Wednesday morning #post

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-collins-jd-vance-photo-edit_n_66fda116e4b0d70dcaa01899

A GOP Congressman Tweeted A JD Vance Image That Must Be Seen To Be Believed

Rep. Mike Collins earned major mockery for his Wednesday morning post.

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The Sound of Silence? J.K. Rowling Has Not Tweeted in 12 Blissful Days

Has Imane Khelif’s cyberbullying lawsuit cast the ol’ Silencio spell on the author?

Them.

Can we just forget I #Tweeted that? 😂😂😂

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis failed in his presidential campaign, and that is a good thing.

It was not, however, without a cost. His hate-filled #authoritarianism was given a national stage for more than a year through his ill-fated presidential campaign — and the harm he has caused in #Florida is ongoing.
His cause wasn’t exactly defeated, either, as much as it was adopted by many members of the #Republican Party”
#extremism #racist #woke #antiLGBTQ #abortion #bookban #desantis

Sen. Marsha Blackburn complains that Biden is catching too many terrorists | Boing Boing

Is Sen. Marsha Blackburn (M-TN) harboring terrorists in her voluminous hair? That might explain why she is so upset that the Biden administration is much better at apprehending terrorists than Trum…

Boing Boing
Is there a new verb? #birdsite #tweeted
Gay lobbyist's shocking allegation against acting speaker Patrick McHenry tracks with his anti-LGBTQ+ record - Queerty

McHenry, who's made opposing same-sex rights one of his signature stances, is being accused of banning an out gay lobbyist from his office.

Queerty