Of course, they all knew, but now we know that they knew

BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

I was aboard the Waesche last week when it stopped in Juneau en route to the Bering Sea and talked to the executive officer as well as the chief of staff for the Arctic District. I wish I'd known this at the time; it didn't come up in our interview. #akleg

OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone.... Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!! ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>

Winter-to-date temperature departure from normal. Currently on track to be the 2nd warmest winter on record (1895-present).

“.. officials knew the amount of force — be it lethal force or non-lethal efforts to physically restrain or subdue people or neutralize threats — used by ICE officers was rapidly rising after .. Trump took office and that incidents were occurring nationwide.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

“.. The past couple of weeks have shown that the improvement in the U.S. macro picture isn’t enough to bring the dollar back to early January levels,” Pesole told clients this morning. @fortune.com #$DXY fortune.com/2026/02/16/s...

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These unamerican unconstitutional goons

NIAID staffers ordered to remove #biodefense, #pandemic preparedness language on website Experts say the move will hobble the United States’ ability to respond to future infectious disease threats. www.cidrap.umn.edu/b...#biodefense,#pandemicPhoto: US National Guard, Ben Houtkooper / Flickr cc

“I am too scared to drive my 5-year-old daughter to school in my husband’s car. I’m terrified ICE will detain me and our daughter will end up alone,” she said. “This is just as scary as the war in Ukraine, except now we don’t have Dmytro with us..." www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...

I’ve taken on PJM and their reckless price hikes for years — and this is just our latest win. I will never stop working to lower energy costs for Pennsylvanians.

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. “God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision... www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”

An American-made hunger crisis. A worsening cholera epidemic. Our reporters journeyed to some of the places most devastated by Trump’s dismantling of foreign aid. They spoke to hundreds of people who witnessed and experienced how political appointees cut programs in arbitrary ways:

This is why electrification means more energy security: In 2024, ~81% of EU electricity came from locally sourced fuels (57% excluding nuclear). Just 19% relied on imported fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are mostly imported. Source @ember-energy.org

The administration fired thousands of federal employees, most of them probationary (in part because they made firing these employees easier). But one category of employee increased substantially from Dec 2024 to Dec 2025: political appointees. www.ms.now/opinion/fede...

An accurate description of much of what's playing out. But humans are not mindless automatons, programmed to relentlessly kill off life on Earth, and most of the destruction is down to power structures that value only profit. We HAVE the capacity to put the gear into reverse. Rewilding is how.

Two other stories. First, Rubio gives a speech on the importance of European security to the USA, and does not mention Russia, Ukraine or the greatest war in Europe since 1945 once in the text. Excuse me if I remain a pessimist. Plus a Ukrainian article worth reading.

“The Russian way of war, which too many brain-dead propagandists like to present as some inexorable steam-roller of suffering that cannot be beaten, is actually not effective as a long-term strategy. The Russian way of fighting actually contains the seeds of Russian defeat.” link 👇

Nothing to see here…just more criminals buying their way out prison.

JIMMY KIMMEL: "I propose that we should think about adding his name to the Epstein files... it will heretofore be known as the Trump-Epstein Files." TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES it is. Pass it on.

NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11

Trends in February #Arctic sea ice concentration from 1979 to 2025... The largest declines are found in the marginal ice zone (e.g., Barents Sea (Atlantic sector)). Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

Breaking News: The Trump administration is releasing the funds it had frozen for a $16 billion rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey, government lawyers told a judge.

They went to Jared

Uncertainty is not your friend: In a new paper published in One Earth, scientists argue that uncertainties in climate projections mean Earth system components could be at a higher risk than we think of reaching crucial tipping points. 🌊 eos.org/articles/ear...

Interesting fact about the speed skating oval, located in Rho just north of Milan: it's the first-ever temporary speed skating track in the world. It was built specifically for these Olympics in a trade fair hall and once they're done, the ice is getting melted.

Last month observed temperatures more than 5°C above the 1981-2010 average across Greenland and the eastern Canadian Arctic. This was associated with a negative N(AO) large-scale circulation pattern, which contributed to ridging over the region. Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5.

In the meantime… 🇺🇦🤬🇪🇺 …remembering is NOT a crime!!! bsky.app/profile/noel...

Such a powerful image in Le Monde. (The writing on the plane says "Neutral athletes") Cartoon by: Letton Gatis Sluka

Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Jenkins Twp. Supervisors Deny Forza Holdings Rezoning, Announce Proposed Data Center Ordinance In Luzerne County www.timesleader.com/news/1732444...

The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.

“.. for those of us who, in our younger years, revered America as a shining city upon a hill, .. this is quite a painful period. “..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.” @peter-wehner.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Four months after the raid, federal prosecutors have not filed criminal charges against anyone who was arrested. Nearly all of the immigrants have already been deported. We’ve interviewed 15 immigrants detained that night; all denied gang membership.

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A full 25% of all global car sales are now plugin EVs. China is rewriting the book on automaking. And altering the global commerce and politics woven around energy.

Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Electricity Prices Increased 46.1% From 2018 to 2025, More Than Other PJM States, Largely Due To Pennsylvania's Reliance On Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation [PaEN] tinyurl.com/2x9z9ecs

Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025. Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Ten years ago today, #SCOTUS issued five unsigned and unexplained 5-4 rulings granting emergency applications to block President Obama’s Clean Power Plan—a completely unprecedented move that helped to usher in the Court’s modern … (mis)adventures … with its shadow docket. Me in today’s “One First”:

Immigration agents across the United States have committed serious human rights violations with impunity. These include extrajudicial killings, mass detentions, and forced deportations. Here’s what you can do to take action: amnesty.ca/urgent-actio...

open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... “Begin with a plea to keep up the marches, the protests, the smartphone imaging, the whistles, the angry shouts, the massive turnout across the nation in cities large and small that make clear that working Americans are fed up with DHS…”

Organizers in Minnesota have transformed crisis into action and tragedy into solidarity. Join us on Thursday to hear from MN community leaders and learn from their model of resisting authoritarianism: bit.ly/resistreimagineMN