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Orwell Would Cringe
Trump’s assault on the First Amendment continues
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February 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
February 18, 2026
Today Illinois governor J.B.
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February 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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He blamed Rob Reiner for his own murder. He told a rally crowd about a golfer’s penis size. He claimed he coined a word that’s been around since 1599. He said Portland, OR, doesn't have stores anymore.
Trump is out of his mind – and he has the nuclear codes.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
50 ways Trump is out of his mind
MAGA and the media must stop laughing off this dangerous situation
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February 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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So many people leaving MAGA…there is a new country song about it. Let’s make it #1.
February 18, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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We are off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸

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February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Major media have decided that openly racist members of Congress are normal now, not worth writing about.
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan

AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Here’s my list of 50 reasons why Trump is mentally unfit to be president. Share this with any family and friends who still make excuses for the mad king.
50 ways Trump is out of his mind
MAGA and the media must stop laughing off this dangerous situation
www.stopthepresses.news
February 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Words & Phrases
‘Greatest’?
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February 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Who Is Detaching Whom?
The "Reverse Nixon" Was More A "Reverse Mao Zedong"
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February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
February 16, 2026
On February 13 and 14, President Donald J.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Donald Trump’s vision is a sickness on the national soul. Its cruel pessimism misses the very point of America. On this Presidents Day, we remember what the job is, and those Presidents who lifted up our nation. My latest:

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The best way to honor the American Presidency is to kick Donald Trump out of office
Every day, he dishonors the Presidency and spits on the very idea of America
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February 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Well played.
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Also really useful as Trump's favorables go underwater with white people (!!!).

Build some momentum.
Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men. This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. This is because almost everyone else is already off the Trump train.
"I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again"
Notes on changing brains. And Brians.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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I’ve seen this person get retweeted by MAGA influencers like Benny Johnson. He’s not kidding. This is a real political goal he is pursuing. He has 425,000 followers on Facebook.
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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Mike Luckovich
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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February 16, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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I'll take Frederick Douglass over Elon Musk
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Presidents Day
How to Trump-proof the presidency
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February 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Consumptive Capitalism
On MAHA and Expensive Suffering -- A Guest Post by Sara Silverstein
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February 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM