“Experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer than to right themselves by abolishing an evil government. But after a long train of abuses, when the leader seeks to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government.”

Every American needs to watch this:

Great Superbowl Cake

"The All-American Halftime Show is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom." Hmmm...seems maybe like an agenda.

The Smithsonian has taken down details about Trump’s impeachments from an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and replaced the original painting with one of him standing in the Oval Office with two fists on the Resolute Desk. Tell me we’re not a dictatorship

It’s probably only a matter of time until each of us is harassed for being here. Congress has granted administrative subpoena power to some federal agencies. They don’t need a judge’s sign-off. These agencies can demand documents without probable cause nor an ongoing investigation against you.

It occurs to me that along with everything else MAGA + GOP does that has been projecting, we can add one more thing to the list: FAKE NEWS. Conservative-aligned tech oligarchs are about to unleash AI and ensure that social media and video “news” production will include a large amount of deep fakes

They aren’t going to stop until there are consequences. Their notion of democracy is a relatively small number of people with "skin in the game" (read: the ownership class) get to have all the say and everyone else has to live with what they want. What sort of consequences should there be?

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

BG: "Dear Melinda, I cannot explain, but I need you to take these antibiotics for the next seven days." Clippy: "It looks like you're writing a letter!"

dozens of women have accused him of sexual misconduct including rape and assaulting children and when you see him speak this way you know he doesn't even care to deny it, because he doesn't think he did anything wrong

the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades

they're trying to be coy about salivating over the prospect of raping women, they'll contest that but if pushed to explain, that's exactly what they would describe. forced pregnancy of any kind, by a man or by the state, is gender-based violence

New York Times editor David Enrich: “We’ve made a decision institutionally that we’re not going to give airtime to FBI tipline allegations involving Trump and his relationship with Epstein.” The entire fucking file are allegations!That’s the point! The NYT is that chickenshit?!?

In case it wasn’t clear what the plans are.

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

French diplomacy: “Fake news receives 70% more retweets than the facts. When algorithms prioritize user engagement over reliability, disinformation becomes systemic. Regulating platforms means protecting information. Source: MIT Media Lab”

So at least two important politicians were so ashamed of being featured in the Epstein files that they took responsibility for their actions and resigned. They weren't American politicians, of course.

Steve Bannon: “We‘re gonna have ICE surround the polls…We’ll never again allow an election to be stolen.” In case anyone was still un-fucking-clear.

I get how the product keys could slip through, but the names of victims in dozens of documents? Do these people not know how to Ctrl + F? Is it possible the DOJ is so unsophisticated that it has no software that would flag images of the names? Have they never redacted anything before?

Street art in Paris

This ghoul makes music for men who have their kids’ names tattooed on their arms, but no visitation rights.

“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred—particularly where the SOLE TASK ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication.”

True leadership. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...

The movie: a flop, a bribeumentary, a biogrift, a conoir. The military parade: embarrassing The arch? Vanity amok. Will need 24/7 security from spray painters. The White House: wrecked. Kennedy Center: Closed for lack of acts. Everything he touches turns to shit.

Oh so now I guess the Economist and European Generals are now being “histrionic” and “alarmist,” and have “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” just like all of us who warned that if you elect the Orange Shitstain again, you’re gonna get an Orange Shitshow. Kamala Harris deserves ~77 million apologies.

Is there some bone in your body that thinks we'll elect a Democrat in 2028 and the entire world will breathe a sigh of relief and everything will go back to the way it was? This insane notion that somehow things can go back to normal is only going to make the transition more painful. Acceptance.

NATO is already dead. That's a given. American soft power is gone. That's a given. The only remaining card we have is world reserve currency status, and that's on the ropes. Once it starts to move, it's over; no one can actually control the markets at that level. When the shift happens, buckle up.

“Davos intensified the trends and clarified the rift (or, as Carney put it in his speech, the “rupture”), to the point where they are now not just thinking about taking steps like these but *actually* taking them.”

The deputy AG said they’re done reviewing the Epstein Files because jelly bellied cuntwaffling is exhausting & they’re tired of redacting Trump, who was never on the Island & is completely exonerated after being mentioned thousand of times by ppl he never ever ever knew. Ever.

“Davos intensified the trends and clarified the rift (or, as Carney put it in his speech, the “rupture”), to the point where they are now not just thinking about taking steps like these but *actually* taking them.”

France is pushing state workers to stop using Zoom to “guarantee the security, confidentiality and resilience of public electronic communications.” Germany has been moving public-sector workflows away from Microsoft-dependent infrastructure toward open-source / European-controlled solutions. Good.

“To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children,” Portland mayor Keith Wilson wrote on Saturday night.

I haven’t seen it. I hope you don’t, either. But let's be real about what's going on here. My purpose today is less to highlight this inane excuse for a film than to talk about its real excuse. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/melania-the-film-the-shame

Just a reminder, since the MAGAt administration continues its mendacious sanewashing of history.

Wind River (2017) which highlights rape + injustices suffered by indigenous persons and women, was nominated for 27 awards and won 17. It was made with a budget of $11M and earned $43M worldwide. That Amazon paid Melania Trump $40M was OBVIOUSLY a bribe/payment for favors from the Orange Menace.

I really hope AI will burst like the tulip mania 1634-1637. Besides it being very disruptive, AI just spits out what it finds on the internet, truth and facts are eroding, data centers use ungodly amounts of resources, a few gazillionaires make money, and the rest of the world suffers for it.

1. What happened was not what happened. 2. The real problem is your reaction. 3. Words matter, which is why we will choose yours for you. 4. Do not document or record our operations. It makes us look bad. 5. Speaking truth to power is allowed, but only if power is not present.

“To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children,” Portland mayor Keith Wilson wrote on Saturday night.

I just want to put MAGA on notice: There will be no hiding behind the "Constitution" when the balance of power shifts towards liberal baddies and our evil aims for "universal healthcare" and "equal rights." You've used the Constitution like toilet paper. You've destroyed its power to constrain.

There's a lot to love about this review. Probably my favorite line: “As first lady, children will always remain my priority,” she coos, and you can almost picture her coaxing them into her little gingerbread house. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Here’s some nice art. Artist: James Ellingboe “Tempest.”

“Disagreement is a sign of diversity.” “Fascism grows up and seeks for consensus by exploiting and exacerbating the natural fear of difference. The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders.” “Thus fascists are racist by definition.”

Distrust of the intellectual world has always been a symptom of Ur-Fascism, from Goering’s alleged statement (“When I hear talk of culture I reach for my gun”) to the frequent use of such expressions as “degenerate intellectuals,” “eggheads,” “effete/elite snobs.”

I have often thought of the knitting community as occupying the forefront of resistance movements worldwide. #grandmasofantifa 😂 🤣 Pictured: Bonnets Rouges from the French Revolution & ‘Melt the ICE’ hats. Let’s do more than just wear similar hats. It’s time to end this kleptocratic oligarchy.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free