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Ernest Hemingway's three words on how bankruptcy occurs also applies to how democracy is lost: "Gradually, then suddenly."
When DHS officials repeat the rote lie that they are targeting only the worst criminals cite their own data: late 2025/early 2026: less than 14% arrested were charged with or convicted of violent crimes, with violent convictions at only 5%. 73% of those detained: no criminal conviction at all.
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
When DHS officials repeat the rote lie that they are targeting only the worst criminals cite their own data: late 2025/early 2026: less than 14% arrested were charged with or convicted of violent crimes, with violent convictions at only 5%. 73% of those detained: no criminal conviction at all.
'Mr. Olsen, who is a lawyer, was considered by people in the first Trump administration to be a fringe menace.
In the second Trump administration, he is the director of “election security and integrity...'
Madness, sheer madness.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
In the second Trump administration, he is the director of “election security and integrity...'
Madness, sheer madness.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Trump’s Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
'Mr. Olsen, who is a lawyer, was considered by people in the first Trump administration to be a fringe menace.
In the second Trump administration, he is the director of “election security and integrity...'
Madness, sheer madness.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
In the second Trump administration, he is the director of “election security and integrity...'
Madness, sheer madness.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
There has been an '“uptick in abductions” — which refer to arrests of both immigrant community members and legal observers — following Homan’s takeover...'
Don't be fooled by the cosmetic draw down in the number of masked agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
Don't be fooled by the cosmetic draw down in the number of masked agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
theintercept.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
There has been an '“uptick in abductions” — which refer to arrests of both immigrant community members and legal observers — following Homan’s takeover...'
Don't be fooled by the cosmetic draw down in the number of masked agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
Don't be fooled by the cosmetic draw down in the number of masked agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/i...
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to gain access to Michigan’ unredacted statewide voter registration list. Another BIG victory for our clients and voters. Another stunning defeat for Pam Bondi. www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...
🚨 United States v. Benson
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to gain access to Michigan’ unredacted statewide voter registration list. Another BIG victory for our clients and voters. Another stunning defeat for Pam Bondi. www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...
"Courts losing jurisdiction over election evidence. A president demanding ownership of foreign infrastructure. Epstein co-conspirators shielded by government redactions... The system isn’t bending. It’s breaking."
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Trump Melts Down As Judge Issues Grave Warning
Trump Posts Unhinged Meltdown at Canada, Massie Names Epstein Co-Conspirators, White House Lashes Out at Bari Weiss
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
"Courts losing jurisdiction over election evidence. A president demanding ownership of foreign infrastructure. Epstein co-conspirators shielded by government redactions... The system isn’t bending. It’s breaking."
open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...
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Jamie Raskin said he reviewed an email sent from Epstein to co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell that was a forwarded conversation between Epstein’s lawyers and lawyers for Donald Trump.
The DOJ (illegally) redacted Trump's name in the public files.
What else are they hiding?
The DOJ (illegally) redacted Trump's name in the public files.
What else are they hiding?
Rep. Raskin Confirms ‘Troubling’ And ‘Unnecessary’ Epstein File Redactions
www.huffpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Jamie Raskin said he reviewed an email sent from Epstein to co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell that was a forwarded conversation between Epstein’s lawyers and lawyers for Donald Trump.
The DOJ (illegally) redacted Trump's name in the public files.
What else are they hiding?
The DOJ (illegally) redacted Trump's name in the public files.
What else are they hiding?
Leaders who boast of success in rolling back science while trashing our Constitutional rights are doomed to the trash heap of history. The question is: does that happen before or after the annihilation of what we nostalgically call the social compact?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Leaders who boast of success in rolling back science while trashing our Constitutional rights are doomed to the trash heap of history. The question is: does that happen before or after the annihilation of what we nostalgically call the social compact?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
"These state officials wonder whether the feds are trying to do what Trump has accused others of doing: rig an election."
Duh.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Duh.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
‘The Trust Has Been Absolutely Destroyed’
Some state election officials say they no longer trust their federal partners.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
"These state officials wonder whether the feds are trying to do what Trump has accused others of doing: rig an election."
Duh.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Duh.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
"The Roosevelt Republicans are in retreat. The indoor Republicans have arrived.
In the past year or so, this new conservative vanguard has rolled out the most boldly anti-environment agenda in modern American history."
But clean air and water? Not so much.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
In the past year or so, this new conservative vanguard has rolled out the most boldly anti-environment agenda in modern American history."
But clean air and water? Not so much.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | MAGA Elites Who Live on Their Phones Are Ruining the Outdoors
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
"The Roosevelt Republicans are in retreat. The indoor Republicans have arrived.
In the past year or so, this new conservative vanguard has rolled out the most boldly anti-environment agenda in modern American history."
But clean air and water? Not so much.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
In the past year or so, this new conservative vanguard has rolled out the most boldly anti-environment agenda in modern American history."
But clean air and water? Not so much.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
This is not a movie, much less a documentary, it is the world's most expensive (and shallow, self-serving) brochure.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Amazon MGM Goes on Offense as ‘Melania’ Gets Sacked at Super Bowl Box Office
The first lady's documentary fell off a steep 67 percent in its second weekend, prompting Amazon MGM to go on the offensive and stress that the film is sparking huge interest among Prime Video subscri...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is not a movie, much less a documentary, it is the world's most expensive (and shallow, self-serving) brochure.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Eichmanns are everywhere but are “latent in a democracy,” [while] in a “dictatorship of the left or right, they become deadly in an instant...
It is democracy that is the protection against mass murder and the depravity of the most savage animal on the planet: the human being."
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It is democracy that is the protection against mass murder and the depravity of the most savage animal on the planet: the human being."
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Adolf Eichmanns everywhere
MAGA is a vessel of evil led by a depraved and corrupt criminal named Donald Trump.
shorturl.at
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Eichmanns are everywhere but are “latent in a democracy,” [while] in a “dictatorship of the left or right, they become deadly in an instant...
It is democracy that is the protection against mass murder and the depravity of the most savage animal on the planet: the human being."
shorturl.at/fa2Ow
It is democracy that is the protection against mass murder and the depravity of the most savage animal on the planet: the human being."
shorturl.at/fa2Ow
'As one Vermont infantryman wrote from a Confederate prison camp, “Here is where I can see human nature in its true light.”'
But also: 'Born of Civil War suffering, international humanitarian law demands... that we recognize cruelty as a choice.'
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
But also: 'Born of Civil War suffering, international humanitarian law demands... that we recognize cruelty as a choice.'
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Deadlier Than Gettysburg
How the cruelty of the Confederacy’s prison camps gave rise to the rules of war
www.theatlantic.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
'As one Vermont infantryman wrote from a Confederate prison camp, “Here is where I can see human nature in its true light.”'
But also: 'Born of Civil War suffering, international humanitarian law demands... that we recognize cruelty as a choice.'
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
But also: 'Born of Civil War suffering, international humanitarian law demands... that we recognize cruelty as a choice.'
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: With the way that these files have been handled…I feel like I have to get through hours at a time, because it’s just too much. This is years. Every week there’s some big thing that interrupts the flow of my life, in a way where I feel completely paralyzed.
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: With the way that these files have been handled…I feel like I have to get through hours at a time, because it’s just too much. This is years. Every week there’s some big thing that interrupts the flow of my life, in a way where I feel completely paralyzed.
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The president had his DOJ raid an election office and prosecute political opponents while he threatens to take over elections, Sadly, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:04 AM
The president had his DOJ raid an election office and prosecute political opponents while he threatens to take over elections, Sadly, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day.
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"Donald Trump has found a new way to shake down American cities, and it’s both unconstitutional and breathtakingly corrupt."
open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...
open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...
Trump Launches New Extortion Campaign Against Blue Cities
Trump holds funding hostage, assaults political opponents, and Bari Weiss' Epstein problem
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"Donald Trump has found a new way to shake down American cities, and it’s both unconstitutional and breathtakingly corrupt."
open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...
open.substack.com/pub/rawstory...
"U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled that “extraordinary circumstances justify” compelling Musk and two former USAID officials, Peter Marocco and Jeremy Lewin, to be deposed in a lawsuit." It's about time Musk was forced to spill the beans.
newrepublic.com/post/206223/...
newrepublic.com/post/206223/...
Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled that “extraordinary circumstances justify” compelling Musk and two former USAID officials, Peter Marocco and Jeremy Lewin, to be deposed in a lawsuit." It's about time Musk was forced to spill the beans.
newrepublic.com/post/206223/...
newrepublic.com/post/206223/...
"The Big Lie is back... This time, it’s not one election at stake: it’s all American elections, which, Trump tell us, should be 'nationalized' and managed by Republicans to fight the kinds of fraud and interference which deprived him of his 2020 win.'
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
The Big Lie (Foreign Interference Version), Is Back, And Now All U.S. Elections Are At Stake
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
"The Big Lie is back... This time, it’s not one election at stake: it’s all American elections, which, Trump tell us, should be 'nationalized' and managed by Republicans to fight the kinds of fraud and interference which deprived him of his 2020 win.'
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
"The US Constitution makes perfectly clear that the states are not agents of the federal government, as has been claimed...
The states are sovereign, and the states administer elections. The states created the Union, and the Union is bound by the Constitution. Case closed."
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The states are sovereign, and the states administer elections. The states created the Union, and the Union is bound by the Constitution. Case closed."
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A proposal: burn Donald Trump in effigy
The United States has free and fair elections.
shorturl.at
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
"The US Constitution makes perfectly clear that the states are not agents of the federal government, as has been claimed...
The states are sovereign, and the states administer elections. The states created the Union, and the Union is bound by the Constitution. Case closed."
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The states are sovereign, and the states administer elections. The states created the Union, and the Union is bound by the Constitution. Case closed."
shorturl.at/kZMK7
"The general public may not have known who Epstein was, but elites did. They knew he was a criminal sex offender and that he was a creep—and that’s precisely why so many of them kept hanging out with him."
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Trump and Musk Knew Exactly Who Jeffrey Epstein Was
Epstein was a convicted sex offender with a reputation for throwing parties with underage girls. That was precisely his appeal to some of the country’s richest and most powerful people.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"The general public may not have known who Epstein was, but elites did. They knew he was a criminal sex offender and that he was a creep—and that’s precisely why so many of them kept hanging out with him."
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
"Since May 2025, the DOJ has ordered 44 states and the District of Columbia to hand over voter rolls, though it has no statutory right to them. Many states, including Minnesota, have resisted." And other ricochets of the Big Lie.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Trump’s New Threats to American Elections
The reasons to worry about election integrity are becoming more urgent.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
"Since May 2025, the DOJ has ordered 44 states and the District of Columbia to hand over voter rolls, though it has no statutory right to them. Many states, including Minnesota, have resisted." And other ricochets of the Big Lie.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
This is what House Republicans mean by "election integrity": erecting barriers that make voting harder and less accessible for parts of the electorate typically opposed to their candidates.
Which is precisely what their "voting bill" is designed to do.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Which is precisely what their "voting bill" is designed to do.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
The Many Problems with the GOP-Backed Voting Bill
The legislation would impose harmful election rules nationwide, and it targets DC for the worst of them.
www.brennancenter.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:52 AM
This is what House Republicans mean by "election integrity": erecting barriers that make voting harder and less accessible for parts of the electorate typically opposed to their candidates.
Which is precisely what their "voting bill" is designed to do.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Which is precisely what their "voting bill" is designed to do.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
How cringe when the very people who tried to "stop the steal" that never happened pretend to be all in on "election integrity" even as L'Orange urges them to "nationalize elections."
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 AM
How cringe when the very people who tried to "stop the steal" that never happened pretend to be all in on "election integrity" even as L'Orange urges them to "nationalize elections."
"Gabbard has spent outsized time on political projects for Trump... [including] a separate effort promoting [bogus and debunked] claims that Barack Obama and senior officials sought to create a false narrative that Russia had attempted to help Trump’s 2016 campaign."
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Tulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiry separate from FBI investigation
Exclusive: Trump endorsed national intelligence director’s sweeping review by sending her on Georgia raid last week
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February 4, 2026 at 4:49 AM
"Gabbard has spent outsized time on political projects for Trump... [including] a separate effort promoting [bogus and debunked] claims that Barack Obama and senior officials sought to create a false narrative that Russia had attempted to help Trump’s 2016 campaign."
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