We’d need a tariff rate of around 75% to replace the income tax. Also foreign countries don’t, you know, forget about it.

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

“Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek ‘likes’ on social media platforms like TikTok.” “‘To give a true homily is to share faith,’ and artificial intelligence ‘will never be able to share faith,’ the pope added.”

This guy should run.

Being an organ donor changes lives. Not just of the recipents and donors, but of the friends and friends and families of both.

This! ——- The King said that the royal family supported a full investigation: “Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.” Oh, the irony. The country with a king still subscribes to the belief that no man is above the law. Happy birthday to the former Prince Andrew, who turned 66 today.

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Hell is empty And all the devils are here. -Wm Shakespeare, The Tempest

This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.

I expected Retta to show up for a new episode of Ugliest House in America.

Thomas Paine proposed a progressive tax on wealth, with the top tax rate being 100%. It's an idea that's as American as Apple Pie. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...

U.S. military posture in the Caribbean is costing billions, according to a Bloomberg analysis. The White House has said the operations around Venezuela didn’t cost taxpayers extra, because the forces involved are already deployed. www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...

What does that last part mean? “…electing the right leaders to lead this country, through the days that we have.” Off to C-SPAN to view the longer segment because this is disturbing.

1/2 More on Ukraine's new national hero being thrown out of the #WinterOlympics I have 2 videos to share from Vladyslav himself. The IOC claimed the Skeleton rider refused to compromise. But Heraskevych gave his terms, PROVED discrimination by the IOC, and it was they that refused to compromise.

2/2 The IOC said that it offered "compromises", allowing Heraskevych to show the helmet during training and in the media zone. Ukraine's squad points out there was no ban on the US skating team remembering teammates killed in an air disaster.

Incidentally, the IOC President Kirsty Coventry says she personally went to the event, but that Heraskevych was not prepared to compromise. The Zimbabwean, who is seen as pro-Russian, would do well to remember the athletes murdered by Russia had no opportuinity to compromise.

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

Visited the Nevada Test Site in 2019 on a history conf tour. Dumb in hindsight ideas tested include: -atomic mortar -large scale excavation for the hext Panama Canal -survivable? houses, bridges, bank vaults -nuclear explosions that blew the wrong way And countless troops exposed to radiation.

86% of imigrants arrested had NOT been charged nor convicted of violent crimes. ~40% only had the crime of overstaying their visa or entering illegally. That includes those brought to America as children who are now productive members of society. We need bipartisan support for path to citizenship!

Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?

Veterans who were homeless or had a recent diagnosis of traumatic brain injury had sharply higher rates of suicide in 2023 than the rest of the veteran population, according to an annual report published Thursday by the Department of Veterans Affairs. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA: lataco.com/captive-loti...

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

This librarian agrees. Take a minute or so to verify - find a published news article, check the bona fides of the person, be skeptical. If you aren’t sure, don’t share.

PORTLAND MAYOR WILSON: “.. To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. … you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Buttigieg on Fox News: "How did this criminal get a pardon from President Trump? Did he contribute to the ballroom project? Did he buy some of that cryptocurrency and make the Trump family wealthier? Why are these many fraudsters getting these pardons?"

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

"In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus famously proclaimed, "No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other." www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

This series of posts is crucial to read.

Es gehen seit über einem Jahr Menschen täglich (wie auch heute) im ganzen Land und in einigen Städten an diversen Stellen um 11:52 Uhr auf die Straße und gedenken 16 Minuten der 16 Opfer von Novi Sad. Der Widerstand ist immer da, sichtbar, spürbar und wird erst enden, wenn die Autokratie endet. 2/2

In #Serbien gibt es keine Massenproteste mehr, weil sich der Widerstand gegen das autokratische Regime in der nächsten Phase befindet. Student*innen und Zivilgesellschaft bereiten sich auf kommende Wahlen vor • Aufbau/Pflege digitaler/physischer Netzwerke • Aufklärungsarbeit • Akquise/Ausbildung 1/2

“The challenge that awaits us does not lie in stopping digital innovation, but in guiding it, in being aware of its ambivalent nature. We are not a species made of biochemical algorithms, defined in advance. Each of us has an irreplaceable and inimitable vocation." - Pope Leo

Saying this as clearly as possible. If the response to the murder of Alex Pretti by any account is to attack Chuck Schumer, The Senate MINORITY Leader who can do almost nothing, rather than attack John Thune, Senate MAJORITY Leader that could end this with the stroke of a pen, unfollow that account.

I don’t see the civillians brandishing a weapon. Bovino is lying.

The state uses religion as a tool to enforce fascism, and they do so badly, all over the world. Most religions boil down to "be good to each other" and most of the religious people I've met in my life know that.

Carney should launch a Super Awesome Board of the Best Peace Ever, just to irritate him.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

You know who sits in front of computer screens and saves lives? 911 operators But this weasel of a man doesn’t realize that the radio dispatchers, suicide/crisis hotline & other workers won’t be replaced by AI. And they coach their children’s teams, drive field trips, volunteer in the community.

"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.

Excellent new piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social on the measles outbreak and how it’s being made worse by the continual undermining of public health by The Regime.

Commentary: The Vance who understood Trump so well a decade ago is apparently a weak man whose lust for power overrode whatever principles he had, if they were ever sincere. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/22/v...

This headline and chaser combo from a month ago is priceless: minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/11/t...

Trump is about to announce his "Board of Peace" at Davos. Several of the inaugural members will not be at the launch due to their outstanding warrants for war crimes. This is 2026.

The Board of Trump. This is a whole new level of saying I need the Nobel Peace prize. Accompanied by grift, of course.

The justices need to check out Dept of Labor and Homeland Security for a reality check. And it’s on Facebook so great for their age demographic.