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Democracy is the way. Truth and justice matter.
Russia can end the war today by leaving Ukraine.
Less proud to be an American than I used to be. I really thought we were better than this.
#IStandWithUkraine #NAFO Fellas fan
Russia can end the war today by leaving Ukraine.
Less proud to be an American than I used to be. I really thought we were better than this.
#IStandWithUkraine #NAFO Fellas fan
"There is still no legislation authorizing any tariff rebate, tariffs remain in legal limbo, and Trump has no authority to issue checks to the public. Despite this, the email continues to use official-sounding language that mimics a gov't benefit while functioning solely as a campaign solicitation."
Trump’s Imaginary Tariff Check Just Landed in Inboxes Again
The email is a scam and Trump keeps running it
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The email is a scam and Trump keeps running it
meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Imaginary Tariff Check Just Landed in Inboxes Again
The email is a scam and Trump keeps running it
meidasnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"There is still no legislation authorizing any tariff rebate, tariffs remain in legal limbo, and Trump has no authority to issue checks to the public. Despite this, the email continues to use official-sounding language that mimics a gov't benefit while functioning solely as a campaign solicitation."
Oops.
Making up a cite from the seminal “making up cites” case, you simply love to see it
February 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Oops.
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Tfw the judge is scrutinizing your nine-line sentence
February 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Tfw the judge is scrutinizing your nine-line sentence
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The interesting thing is that organizers at both prayer breakfasts clearly *still* try to be bipartisan, except that Trump’s speeches at the event just repeatedly derail those efforts.
I wrote about the origins of the National Prayer Breakfast in ONE NATION UNDER GOD as a deliberately non-partisan event that sought to transcend party politics, so watching Trump treat it like a campaign event is always a little odd.
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The interesting thing is that organizers at both prayer breakfasts clearly *still* try to be bipartisan, except that Trump’s speeches at the event just repeatedly derail those efforts.
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Questions around Chinese ownership of U.S. assets did not end with the recent deal for TikTok’s U.S. operations. U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim have called for a review of SpaceX to determine if Chinese investors hold stakes in the rocket maker
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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The perfect way to enable other crimes is to focus all law enforcement on immigration
The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota says his short-staffed office has been abandoning "pressing and important priorities" to manage the flood of immigration cases.
Daniel Rosen says his office is buckling under the crushing weight of emergency lawsuits filed by immigrants detained by ICE.
Daniel Rosen says his office is buckling under the crushing weight of emergency lawsuits filed by immigrants detained by ICE.
Top Minnesota prosecutor says ICE cases are sidelining ‘pressing priorities’
The office has been swamped with cases stemming from Operation Metro Surge.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The perfect way to enable other crimes is to focus all law enforcement on immigration
Marsha Blackburn is quite competitive for at least two titles:
Most corrupt and dishonest senator, and dumbest senator.
I realize there's a lot of competition for these.
And she blocks every single measure regarding election security every single time they come up for a vote.
Most corrupt and dishonest senator, and dumbest senator.
I realize there's a lot of competition for these.
And she blocks every single measure regarding election security every single time they come up for a vote.
Here’s @tennessean reporter @Vivian_E_Jones calling out governor hopeful @MarshaBlackburn for spewing education privatization talking points to a privatization vouchers/charters lobbyist propaganda arm — As she ducks local press and actual citizens and debates 🤔
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Marsha Blackburn is quite competitive for at least two titles:
Most corrupt and dishonest senator, and dumbest senator.
I realize there's a lot of competition for these.
And she blocks every single measure regarding election security every single time they come up for a vote.
Most corrupt and dishonest senator, and dumbest senator.
I realize there's a lot of competition for these.
And she blocks every single measure regarding election security every single time they come up for a vote.
These war-mongers probably cheat at sports, too. They shouldn't be allowed to play, but if they are they should be tested daily for drugs.
⚡️ Several Russian athletes are cleared for the Winter Olympics despite new reports linking them to military groups and pro-war activity.
Russian “Neutral” Olympians Cleared for Winter Games Despite Links to Pro-War Activities
Russian athletes cleared to compete at the Winter Olympics face scrutiny over connections to pro-war figures, as noted by BBC Sport.
united24media.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
These war-mongers probably cheat at sports, too. They shouldn't be allowed to play, but if they are they should be tested daily for drugs.
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Acting like $59k from a casino PAC for a state rep race and $2 million from crypto PAC for a congressional race are the same is both intellectually lazy and dishonest.
Guess which one he demonizes???
Guess which one he demonizes???
But like, instead of making up shit about our candidates, we can talk about real shit, like James Talarico taking $59,000 from the Adelson's PAC to legalize gambling in Texas. Truly, a people-oriented goal!
In 2024 Republican multi-billionaire Miriam Adelson was Donald Trump’s third biggest donor and James Talarico’s biggest donor. . .
In 2024 Republican multi-billionaire Miriam Adelson was Donald Trump’s third biggest donor and James Talarico’s biggest Stories in a couple of national media outlets recently tried to paint rising y...
theaustinindependent.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Acting like $59k from a casino PAC for a state rep race and $2 million from crypto PAC for a congressional race are the same is both intellectually lazy and dishonest.
Guess which one he demonizes???
Guess which one he demonizes???
The billionaires are becoming increasingly resentful of the fact that struggling citizens are becoming increasingly resentful of billionaires.
Cameron Barr: I won't deny that Trump's threats to his business interests are part of the story, but my guess that that it's not that really Bezos has suddenly become a coward, it's that like Elon et al. he has just come to share Trump's grievances and resentments
Jeff Bezos Must Sell the Washington Post
Mass layoffs undermine his promises to protect a great American institution.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The billionaires are becoming increasingly resentful of the fact that struggling citizens are becoming increasingly resentful of billionaires.
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The status of Missouri’s new 7-1 Republican gerrymander remains unclear, with several lawsuits still on the docket.
Missouri’s GOP Gerrymander Is Still Tangled Up in Court
Five months after its initial passage, Missouri’s redrawn congressional map remains in limbo.
www.cookpolitical.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The status of Missouri’s new 7-1 Republican gerrymander remains unclear, with several lawsuits still on the docket.
"Trump alleged that the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference - prepared by folks he associates with the “deep state” including former CIA Director John Brennan - included underlying source materials proving outcome-determinative foreign election interference:"
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
"Trump alleged that the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference - prepared by folks he associates with the “deep state” including former CIA Director John Brennan - included underlying source materials proving outcome-determinative foreign election interference:"
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Nazi concentration camps had INCINERATORS —- WTF.
⛓️CONCENTRATION CAMPS & INCINERATORS—D.H.S. is setting up a huge network of camps. They are converting the U.S. as a region for ‘expeditionary military deployment’ & no-bid no-public-comment contracts to build a “ghost network” of 10,000-person concentration camps. Jesus. Thread 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Nazi concentration camps had INCINERATORS —- WTF.
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Two things are true 1.) Informed observers, including many if not most elected Republicans, know how this regime is going to end, it's just a question of when and how. 2.) It's up to the rest of the country to fight them to a draw until they collapse or are turned out of office via elections. 1/2
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Two things are true 1.) Informed observers, including many if not most elected Republicans, know how this regime is going to end, it's just a question of when and how. 2.) It's up to the rest of the country to fight them to a draw until they collapse or are turned out of office via elections. 1/2
Never let them think they've been forgiven.
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Never let them think they've been forgiven.
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Guys, I think I found the file about Trump.
February 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Guys, I think I found the file about Trump.
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Again, there's a straight line from this back to the ugliest parts of our history & people who do this should be shamed off the national media & shunned from polite society & American politics. In fact, they should be asked to resign immediately for violating their oaths of office.
Again, there’s a straight line between this appalling nonsense straight back to the failure of Reconstruction & we simply shouldn’t tolerate it anymore. People who do this should be shamed off the national media and never invited back. And forced to resign for violating their oaths of office. Enough
There is a straight line from the failure of Reconstruction to "We don't need to count everyone's vote in the 2000 election" to "People from places like Madison & Milwaukee aren't real Wisconsinites & shouldn't have their votes count" to "ICE can murder people in cold blood in our cities."
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Again, there's a straight line from this back to the ugliest parts of our history & people who do this should be shamed off the national media & shunned from polite society & American politics. In fact, they should be asked to resign immediately for violating their oaths of office.
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I would like WI politicians to stop lying about the existence of mass voter fraud & stop insinuating people in cities are not real people & don't deserve to have their votes count. They've been doing it for at least 20 years & it's ugly & we shouldn't tolerate it.
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/u...
February 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I would like WI politicians to stop lying about the existence of mass voter fraud & stop insinuating people in cities are not real people & don't deserve to have their votes count. They've been doing it for at least 20 years & it's ugly & we shouldn't tolerate it.
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/u...
Fortunately here in California everyone (even Hispanic citizens) can vote safely from the comfort of their own homes and mail in their ballots, which is probably the most hack-proof form of voting there is. Everyone should have this right. Trump wants to force you to wait in lines for a machine.
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Fortunately here in California everyone (even Hispanic citizens) can vote safely from the comfort of their own homes and mail in their ballots, which is probably the most hack-proof form of voting there is. Everyone should have this right. Trump wants to force you to wait in lines for a machine.
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"There is no evidence that the election was marred by fraud in 2020, in Fulton County or elsewhere in Georgia. A hand-count of all ballots confirmed the result shortly after the election." www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Fact-checking Trump's interview with NBC News
Trump made several false or misleading claims on topics ranging from the economy to immigration to elections during an Oval Office interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"There is no evidence that the election was marred by fraud in 2020, in Fulton County or elsewhere in Georgia. A hand-count of all ballots confirmed the result shortly after the election." www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
A smart country would fund the hell out of education rather than giving all the money to billionaires and corporations.
Negotiations are expected to continue Thursday between San Francisco Unified School District leaders and the district's teachers' union. nbcbay.com/fyXFGQ4
February 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A smart country would fund the hell out of education rather than giving all the money to billionaires and corporations.
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
"We are now in a system of competitive authoritarianism. And it’s just about whether we manage to take our democracy back from that."
On the pod, @ryanenos.bsky.social is so good on Harvard pulling back from surrender to Trump, and on need for institutions to fight:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
On the pod, @ryanenos.bsky.social is so good on Harvard pulling back from surrender to Trump, and on need for institutions to fight:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Trump Spirals Into Crazed Fury After Harvard Humiliates Him Very Badly
As Trump rages at Harvard over leaks that he’s backtracking in his fight with the university, a Harvard political scientist explains why the stakes in this battle are far bigger than they seem.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Unsurprising. At this point more than half of Americans also don't want to be ruled by a mentally unstable octogenarian dictator.
What a shock. Greenlanders don't want to be ruled by a mentally unstable octogenarian dictator.
February 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Unsurprising. At this point more than half of Americans also don't want to be ruled by a mentally unstable octogenarian dictator.
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No 10 defies calls to sack Morgan McSweeney over Mandelson appointment www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No 10 defies calls to sack Morgan McSweeney over Mandelson appointment
Amid warnings McSweeney’s survival would leave his position ‘untenable’, PM apologises to Epstein’s victims for appointing Mandelson as US ambassador
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
No 10 defies calls to sack Morgan McSweeney over Mandelson appointment www.theguardian.com/politics/202...