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How to Get Mad King Trump's Tiny Fingers Off the Nuclear Button www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-...
How to Get Mad King Trump's Tiny Fingers Off the Nuclear Button | Common Dreams
The president's diminished mental state increases the danger he might impulsively order a civilization-ending nuclear strike all by himself.
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An angry, impulsive or simply demented President could initiate the destruction of human life on earth with no legal constraints.
Sound like anyone we know?
Sound like anyone we know?
“We object to the technology we build being used to power state violence around the world,”
www.googlers-against-ice.com
www.googlers-against-ice.com
Googlers Demand: Worker Safety & ICE Contract Transparency
www.googlers-against-ice.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
“We object to the technology we build being used to power state violence around the world,”
www.googlers-against-ice.com
www.googlers-against-ice.com
More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
Noah Smith nails it
February 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Noah Smith nails it
In 2024, Trump won 15 percent of Black voters. Now he compares them to apes.
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
In 2024, Trump won 15 percent of Black voters. Now he compares them to apes.
It's the Democracy, stupid
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Democracy, Election Interference, and Tulsi in Georgia
Plus: What You Missed This Week From The Bulwark, and dispatches from Springfield, OH
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
It's the Democracy, stupid
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Turns out, a large majority of Americans don't approve of Trump's violent racist ICE attacks on our communities. Democrats should absolutely run on that
@democrats.senate.gov
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@democrats.senate.gov
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Yes, Democrats should run on ICE
Elliott and David Nir talk about 2026 strategy, the special election in Texas, and, voters' anxieties about the economy and democracy
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Turns out, a large majority of Americans don't approve of Trump's violent racist ICE attacks on our communities. Democrats should absolutely run on that
@democrats.senate.gov
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
@democrats.senate.gov
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How the MAHA movement is destroying public health in the US
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0b0...
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0b0...
The parents, one advocate of the state law told Dutton, could simply keep their kids out of day care or seek some other sort of communal care outside of schools or day cares, where students wouldn’t be required to be vaccinated.
link.propublica.net
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
How the MAHA movement is destroying public health in the US
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0b0...
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0b0...
You love to see it! Congress and regulators team up to lower prescription drug costs, an embattled wind farm has the wind at its back, Maryland becomes a sanctuary state, and more. www.levernews.com/you-love-to-...
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Super Bowl Calls Off ICE Blitz
The NFL takes a stand, Big Pharma middlemen taste justice, windmills get a boost, and one state protects its immigrants.
www.levernews.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
You love to see it! Congress and regulators team up to lower prescription drug costs, an embattled wind farm has the wind at its back, Maryland becomes a sanctuary state, and more. www.levernews.com/you-love-to-...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Big Oil's climate lies are fueling the insurance affordability crisis — and the costs are falling on disaster survivors and residents.
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
New bill aims to allow California AG to sue oil companies for disaster costs
“We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag,” said the author of the measure.
www.fresnobee.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Big Oil's climate lies are fueling the insurance affordability crisis — and the costs are falling on disaster survivors and residents.
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
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The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
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Donald Trump cannot rig or cancel the 2026 elections, whether or not he wants to. We are going to have free and fair electrons, and every indication is that Democrats will win in a big blue wave.
katu.com/news/local/w...
katu.com/news/local/w...
Wyden, Merkley introduce bill to bar ICE and CBP facial recognition use
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is holding a press conference with several groups ahead of the U.S. Senate taking up debate on the funding for DHS.
katu.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Donald Trump cannot rig or cancel the 2026 elections, whether or not he wants to. We are going to have free and fair electrons, and every indication is that Democrats will win in a big blue wave.
katu.com/news/local/w...
katu.com/news/local/w...
Thanks, MAGA
Dangerous brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sout...
Dangerous brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sout...
Brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina
The South Carolina measles outbreak has triggered rare but serious brain swelling in some children
www.scientificamerican.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Thanks, MAGA
Dangerous brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sout...
Dangerous brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sout...
ICE is ‘weaponizing your private data,’ Oregon senator warns
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
ICE is buying Americans' private data from 'sleazy' brokers, Oregon senator warns
“That means that they can track your location, where you go, what you do and especially who you talk to," U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said.
www.oregonlive.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:22 AM
ICE is ‘weaponizing your private data,’ Oregon senator warns
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
But at least he's also a convicted sex criminal, and serial con man.
Trump is a racist.
If you have had any doubts about that up to this point then shame on you.
If you have had any doubts about that up to this point then shame on you.
February 7, 2026 at 6:13 AM
But at least he's also a convicted sex criminal, and serial con man.
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Trump is a racist.
If you have had any doubts about that up to this point then shame on you.
If you have had any doubts about that up to this point then shame on you.
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Trump is a racist.
If you have had any doubts about that up to this point then shame on you.
If you have had any doubts about that up to this point then shame on you.
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It seems that the proclivity toward serious criminality (felonies) is far higher among ICE and CBP agents than among immigrants taken as a whole. Stats on this subject are persistent and offer the same results.
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
It seems that the proclivity toward serious criminality (felonies) is far higher among ICE and CBP agents than among immigrants taken as a whole. Stats on this subject are persistent and offer the same results.
Wyden, Merkley introduce bill to bar ICE and CBP facial recognition use
katu.com/news/local/w...
katu.com/news/local/w...
Wyden, Merkley introduce bill to bar ICE and CBP facial recognition use
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is holding a press conference with several groups ahead of the U.S. Senate taking up debate on the funding for DHS.
katu.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Wyden, Merkley introduce bill to bar ICE and CBP facial recognition use
katu.com/news/local/w...
katu.com/news/local/w...
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Brutal New Poll Wrecks Trump’s Main Lies About ICE newrepublic.com/post/206200/... via @newrepublic.com
Brutal New Poll Wrecks Trump’s Main Claim on ICE
Donald Trump and his aides keep insisting that everyone is happy about ICE’s activities.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Brutal New Poll Wrecks Trump’s Main Lies About ICE newrepublic.com/post/206200/... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Condemned Over 'Racist' And 'Disgusting' Video Of Obamas: 'There's No Bottom'
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump Condemned Over 'Racist' And 'Disgusting' Video Of Obamas: 'There's No Bottom'
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office called on "every single Republican" to denounce the president over the clip.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Trump Condemned Over 'Racist' And 'Disgusting' Video Of Obamas: 'There's No Bottom'
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
First they attack the Capitol. Then Trump pardons them. Then they do more crimes
Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries
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Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries
apnews.com/article/capi...
Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries
A New York man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge in connection with a death threat aimed at U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
apnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 AM
First they attack the Capitol. Then Trump pardons them. Then they do more crimes
Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries
apnews.com/article/capi...
Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries
apnews.com/article/capi...
This is literal mob-style theft
Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit newrepublic.com/post/206211/... via @newrepublic.com
Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit newrepublic.com/post/206211/... via @newrepublic.com
Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit
Scott Bessent says American taxpayers will pay the president if he sues the IRS.
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This is literal mob-style theft
Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit newrepublic.com/post/206211/... via @newrepublic.com
Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit newrepublic.com/post/206211/... via @newrepublic.com