TspofCourage2025
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Apathy kills democracy. If not us, who? If not now, when? Be creative. Peacefully but courageously resist. Never give up. Support The Democratic Party and those who break through the gaslighting & corruption while we still have a democracy.
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Thought we should check in on the total list of legislative flips during Trump 2.0. The tally so far (including tonight):
Democrats: 26 flips
Republicans: 0 flips
Democrats: 26 flips
Republicans: 0 flips
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On this week’s “Money Talks”: what, if anything, would it take for investors to “sell America”?
‘Sell America’: is US market supremacy under threat?
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, Donald Trump has tested the grit of investors
econ.st
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
On this week’s “Money Talks”: what, if anything, would it take for investors to “sell America”?
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Trump said he’s seeking $1 billion in “damages” from Harvard University after the New York Times reported that his administration had backed off demands for $200 million to satisfy accusations of wrongdoing by the Ivy League institution. bloom.bg/4actPGU
📷️: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg
📷️: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg
February 3, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Trump said he’s seeking $1 billion in “damages” from Harvard University after the New York Times reported that his administration had backed off demands for $200 million to satisfy accusations of wrongdoing by the Ivy League institution. bloom.bg/4actPGU
📷️: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg
📷️: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg
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Australia’s social-media ban is the first of its kind—but evidence from drug and alcohol bans suggests it could work, Keith Humphreys and Jonathan Caulkins argue.
A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good
Australia’s experiment is the first of its kind, but the evidence from alcohol, drug, and other bans is promising.
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Australia’s social-media ban is the first of its kind—but evidence from drug and alcohol bans suggests it could work, Keith Humphreys and Jonathan Caulkins argue.
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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Commission sues Trump administration over refusal to restore New York tunnel funding reut.rs/4ajbSGK
Commission sues Trump administration over refusal to restore New York tunnel funding
The commission overseeing a massive $16 billion Hudson River tunnel, the linchpin of rail travel between New York and New Jersey, filed suit late on Monday to force the Trump administration to restore funding just days before it is set to halt construction.
reut.rs
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Commission sues Trump administration over refusal to restore New York tunnel funding reut.rs/4ajbSGK
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“I cannot, of course, deny that these men are surprised that this is the law; they really are surprised that there is any such thing as law.”
- Prosecutor Robert H Jackson, Nuremberg opening address.
Child sex trafficking rings have always been illegal. These people have no idea what’s coming.
- Prosecutor Robert H Jackson, Nuremberg opening address.
Child sex trafficking rings have always been illegal. These people have no idea what’s coming.
February 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
“I cannot, of course, deny that these men are surprised that this is the law; they really are surprised that there is any such thing as law.”
- Prosecutor Robert H Jackson, Nuremberg opening address.
Child sex trafficking rings have always been illegal. These people have no idea what’s coming.
- Prosecutor Robert H Jackson, Nuremberg opening address.
Child sex trafficking rings have always been illegal. These people have no idea what’s coming.
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Cruelty is big business
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Cruelty is big business
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Jon Stewart ripped into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for apparently trying to shut down the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case without any justice served to anyone involved.
Stewart Slams DOJ for Letting Epstein Files ‘Motherf***ers’ Off Easy
Stewart accused the DOJ of “running interference” for those in the Epstein files.
trib.al
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Jon Stewart ripped into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for apparently trying to shut down the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case without any justice served to anyone involved.
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No way
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 AM
No way
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This Thursday at 5 pm PST. This is a remote training.
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · Indivisible
On 1/24/26, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in ...
www.mobilize.us
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This Thursday at 5 pm PST. This is a remote training.
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Attacking our communities—including children—is absolutely unacceptable. Peaceful protest is our Constitutional right. Don’t take Trump’s bait.
ICE out of Oregon.
ICE out of Oregon.
Feds at Portland ICE facility again deploy chemical agents against protesters
The federal response to Sunday protesters was not as immediately severe as the reaction Saturday.
www.oregonlive.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Attacking our communities—including children—is absolutely unacceptable. Peaceful protest is our Constitutional right. Don’t take Trump’s bait.
ICE out of Oregon.
ICE out of Oregon.
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No one is above the law, and my new bill with @merkley.senate.gov makes sure of that.
Read more about the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act ⬇️
Read more about the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act ⬇️
Salinas, Merkley Lead New Bill to Hold ICE, CBP Accountable for Abusing Americans’ Constitutional Rights
Today, Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley introduced new legislation to hold U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) lia...
salinas.house.gov
February 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
No one is above the law, and my new bill with @merkley.senate.gov makes sure of that.
Read more about the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act ⬇️
Read more about the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act ⬇️
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Justice for Yorlenys!!
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
the level of violent misogyny required for DHS to call a rape victim a "prostitute" like this is mind boggling www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Justice for Yorlenys!!
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
Neither Luis nor Yorlenys are gang members. We knew they weren't the minute Tricia McLaughlin and her lying ass tried to claim they were.
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‘No justification’: Portland City Councilors condemn federal use of tear gas at weekend protest
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-city-councilors-respond-federal-use-tear-gas-weekend-protest/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-city-councilors-respond-federal-use-tear-gas-weekend-protest/?cid=bluesky_
‘No justification’: Portland City Councilors condemn federal use of tear gas at weekend protest
Portland’s mayor and City Council have expressed outrage over the federal deployment of tear gas at a family-friendly event outside the ICE building, and are demanding quicker action to pass …
www.koin.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 AM
‘No justification’: Portland City Councilors condemn federal use of tear gas at weekend protest
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-city-councilors-respond-federal-use-tear-gas-weekend-protest/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-city-councilors-respond-federal-use-tear-gas-weekend-protest/?cid=bluesky_
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For clarity, "IRS engineers" in the above screenshot actually means DOGE goons who gave themselves the spurious title of IRS engineer.
DOGE infiltrated government to give public money, and the power to hunt human beings, to the broligarchs who sent them
DOGE infiltrated government to give public money, and the power to hunt human beings, to the broligarchs who sent them
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 AM
For clarity, "IRS engineers" in the above screenshot actually means DOGE goons who gave themselves the spurious title of IRS engineer.
DOGE infiltrated government to give public money, and the power to hunt human beings, to the broligarchs who sent them
DOGE infiltrated government to give public money, and the power to hunt human beings, to the broligarchs who sent them
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Spending the public's money without public oversight. It's not just a financial crime.
When someone is trying to hide from democracy they are almost always doing something else deeply disturbing.
When someone is trying to hide from democracy they are almost always doing something else deeply disturbing.
February 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Spending the public's money without public oversight. It's not just a financial crime.
When someone is trying to hide from democracy they are almost always doing something else deeply disturbing.
When someone is trying to hide from democracy they are almost always doing something else deeply disturbing.
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"A blank check to Palantir" is not just a figure of speech either
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 6:19 AM
"A blank check to Palantir" is not just a figure of speech either
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Judge blocks DHS from ending deportation protections for 350,000 Haitians one day before they were set to lapse
Judge blocks DHS from ending deportation protections for 350,000 Haitians one day before they were set to lapse
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, granting a last-minute reprieve to 350,000 immigrants who were set to lose protections on Tuesday.
cbsn.ws
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Judge blocks DHS from ending deportation protections for 350,000 Haitians one day before they were set to lapse
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David Rothkopf unpacks why the president is trying in vain to outrun the publicly growing evidence about his relationship with the sex offender.
The Glaring Epstein Files Issue Trump Can’t Escape
David Rothkopf unpacks why the president is trying in vain to outrun the publicly growing evidence about his relationship with the sex offender.
trib.al
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
David Rothkopf unpacks why the president is trying in vain to outrun the publicly growing evidence about his relationship with the sex offender.
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Every Homeland Security officer on the ground, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday.
Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis to get body-worn camera, Noem says
very Homeland Security officer on the ground, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras.
www.dallasnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Every Homeland Security officer on the ground, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday.
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Last fall, Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security to help oversee election security.
(Published Aug. 2025)
(Published Aug. 2025)
She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Last fall, Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security to help oversee election security.
(Published Aug. 2025)
(Published Aug. 2025)
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The Justice Department said Monday that it had taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
Justice Department says it's taken down Epstein-related files that may have had victim information
The Justice Department says it has taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The Justice Department said Monday that it had taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
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Renters often fear they are throwing away money by handing it to landlords, while buyers build up home equity. But property is not the only investment available
Is it better to rent or buy?
Much depends on long-term interest rates
econ.st
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Renters often fear they are throwing away money by handing it to landlords, while buyers build up home equity. But property is not the only investment available