The big new @pewresearch.org poll found Trump’s approval down to 37%, a number shrinking ever-closer to his hard-core quarter-of-America cult, those who still “support all or most of Trump’s policies” (27%), still say he “respects US democratic values” (25%) and “acts ethically in office” (21%).

The ante was raised after South Carolina began its growing measles outbreak. In the jargon of classic Time Magazine [Backwards Ran Sentences h/t Thomas Vinceguerra]: not to be outdone is this maniac.

Good, @60Minutes.bsky.social. And good for you, Rand Paul, the one non-cowardly non-retiring Republican U.S. Senator.

Last night’s opening SNL opening sketch about ICE in Minneapolis was A+ smart and funny. As was the sketch about the mother who finally realized Trump “is bad for the country.” And more. Exceptionally good episode. Bravo. youtu.be/D3L7AjNfTKM?...

(Bloomberg) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to protect India’s economy from Donald Trump’s tariffs is coming into sharper focus. @bloomberg.com 🇮🇳 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

No jokes, please.

“This ought to be the final nail in the coffin of congressional Republicans’ breathless efforts to gin up impeachment charges against a judge whose only actual sin, as it turns out, was to decline to roll over when the government defied one of his orders, and then lied about it.” Me @ “One First”:

FT Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley’s infamous exchange with the convicted sex offender about the Disney character. ft.trib.al/v96AYiz

China does Tesla a dirty. @bloomberg.com #$TSLA www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

RENMAC: “.. Respondent commentary was not as upbeat as we would have guessed given the strong ISM Manufacturing PMI for January. Concerns about weak sales and another round of tariffs.” 👀

WSJ: “.. The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company." @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

“.. At least $31 million was also slated to flow to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff ..”

“.. Democrat and machinist union leader Taylor Rehmet won the special election Saturday .. a stunning upset that injected a fresh and urgent sense of a panic into the GOP from the Texas Capitol to the White House ..” @texastribune.org #SSD9 www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...

You could add up all the corruption in US history from every Administration and not even sniff Trump’s year in office. Every other President in history gets impeached unanimously for this. Every one.

“.. In a Trump +17 district, Republicans had to go all out and still lost this race. .. Tonight’s results prove that no Republican seat is safe.” @nytimes.com #SSD9 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

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This email was sent 4 years, 6 months after Epstein pleaded guilty

About those pinky promises 🎀 that were made to curry favor, post-Liberation Day: Reality is setting in. @piie.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.piie.com/research/pii...

“.. Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, board a flight, Feb. 1, 2026, from San Antonio back to their home in Minneapolis after a federal judge ordered that they be released from a Texas immigration detention facility.” (via ABC) abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-li...

Abu Dhabi poured a secret $500 million into Trump’s company. Then Abu Dhabi got the highest end AI chips that it had coveted (which could then go to China). & the Trumps took steps to try to cover it up. This should rank among the greatest US scandals ever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥.

Those are some serious special-election margin flips. 👀 @gelliottmorris.com #SD9 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/blue-wave-...

“.. I could have done that I guess if I wanted, but I didn’t,” he said. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

can’t listen to a word from his smirking lying face, or from literally the entire administration… read only.

This regime is "high off their own supply." They think because a DHS Twitter post depicting ICE/CBP tear gassing people gets a lot of likes (Russian bots??), it translates to IRL Good to see there are some decent people still in the GOP and I believe Democrat Taylor Rehmet's win is evidence of that

Not even a year. 😳👇

Thank you @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for bringing Liam back to his friends and families. He endured more than any 5-year-old ever should. Now more than ever, we need to get ICE out of Minnesota.

Ummm like we’re like not even friends. We only hung out like twice. I don’t even KNOW her. But you know like I love her but like we don’t know each other. We just hung out a few times. Oh my god you’re obsessed with me

I’m going with 4: He’s dumb

Three possible solutions in order of likelihood: 1. He’s lying 2. He has dementia 3. He doesn’t write his own posts

“I don’t know anything about it” says the guy who posted 3x about it on Friday and Saturday

Liam goes home… www.instagram.com/reel/DUOW4_E...

Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs “This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me

“.. the largest expansion of such detention capacity in US history.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declared on Friday that the Department of Justice is “illegitimate” under President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

IS THIS IN THE DOCUMENTARY OR NO?!?

NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012. Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier. 1/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Last year, Lutnick said in an interview that he visited Epstein’s home around 2005 and was so troubled by what he saw that he decided never to associate with him again. “So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy.” 2/6

I reached Lutnick on his cell phone today. He said he could not comment because he had not seen the documents, claimed that he had “spent zero time with” Epstein, and then hung up. 4/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

The records suggest that the island meeting with Lutnick and Epstein did occur. A day after it was supposed to happen, an Epstein assistant forwarded Lutnick a message from Epstein. “Nice seeing you,” it said. 5/6

Emergency Pivot episode — @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com share their thoughts on @donlemonofficial.bsky.social's arrest: youtube.com/watch?v=G51U9ksElNM&feature=youtu.be

One by one, they're coming after our most fundamental freedoms, our basic rights. Systematically. Using every tool at their disposal. Freedom of expression. The right to assembly. The right to vote. They have been since Day 1. We're in serious trouble, folks. Fight back or lose them forever.

There are 1400 mentions of DOGE founder Elon Musk in the Epstein files.

MARTY BARON, just last week: “.. I think we’re in for a very rough patch, because I do think that Trump does want to imprison journalists ..” @postbaron.bsky.social @cnn.com @camanpour.bsky.social

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