Oh, cool networking on the island.....

Thank you for keeping the rest of us out here (in l.A.) informed. Good Work is Good Trouble.

The foundational reason to destroy the Republican Party: As the Whig Party went extinct in 1855 to make room for the pro-abolitionist party, i.e. the Republican Party; so now the Neo-Fascist Republican Party should expire to make room for American democracy. No one will miss the Whig Party, either.

There is really only question left to ask of DJT: "How much of our planet, its people, life forms, and natural splendor are you willing or actively going to take down with you as your now certainfailure continues to unfold?"

Where's Stephen Miller. I think he has a decent shot at the role...

Doesn't THE cogent question then become, "Why did Pam Bondi do nothing on the Epstein case as Florida AG between 2011 and 2019? Were there any incentives to NOT do anything? Any political directives? Don't we need to study the Bondi Files?

Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte

Pam Bondi couldn’t even come prepared for her own staged temper tantrum. this is the nation’s “top law enforcement” official btw 🤡 maybe she became a lawyer because the acting career didn’t work out!!

This is a very interesting political cartoon. It works almost as an animated film. Every time we see it, week after week, nothing changes; and yet, it gets richer and more meaningful. It should just be posted every week, or month, as if to say...the more things change the more they are the same.

“Sadhu!” — an expression in Buddhism that means “well done.”

Yes!

Just amazing that Raskin has to say this....

This chart marks an inverse relationship to democracy in the United States. If you want democracy, reverse this growth pattern. It is really simple. The GOP did this. We can undo it.

Pretty good report on the Monks and the March for Peace: apnews.com/article/budd...

Thread by Thomas Massie:

Just so you'll know: "An F.B.I. search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday shows that a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga., was set off by a leading election denier in the Trump administration and relied heavily on claims...that have been widely debunked" ~ NYT

I don't even think Joe McCarthy was this crazy!

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) kicked things off by demanding a congressional inquiry into the NFL and NBCUniversal, insisting executives should be questioned about their “prior knowledge” of what he called sexually explicit content. He labeled the performance “pure smut”

Funny how MAGA melted down over the Bad Bunny halftime show when this official Trump ad from 2020 was in Spanish and featured both the Mexican and Puerto Rican flags

“If we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those three million files,” Khanna said. “Why are they protecting these rich and powerful men? People I call part of the ‘Epstein class’?”

This is the statement I want to here:

WATCH - @repstansbury.bsky.social : “The 🇺🇸 government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking and influence-peddling scandal in history, and Trump is right at the center of it— and the person who knows what’s going on is trying to invoke the 5th to buy her clemency.”

Minnesota's response is among the most beautiful examples of real-life antifascism I have ever seen. And it’s why, as deeply horrifying as these last few weeks have been, I am actually optimistic about the survival of American democracy. — TNR's Aaron Regunberg. trib.al/0QT5fX2

This seems reasonable to me; keep the pressure on....

Why not call them by their real name: Concentration Camps

I stand with this guy:

This seems like a mandatory thing that must happen...and be installed on billboards, updating the crime totals by region....

These 800+ are my latest heroes. De-commission ICE.

Well Done: Bring the War Home!

This should be posted every week until his indictment is served,,,,

I think he's much closer to 'neocriminalismo'

This provides the important context for the vileness of what little Bezos is doing to The Washington Post.

Though I myself would be more inclined to think of Trump's style to be NeoCriminalism: myshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/economy/trump-history-newroyalism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlA.bRMi.lzNntTXu6SAC&smid=url-share

Hmmm?

Pamela Jo Bondi is protecting pedophiles. She is disgusting and needs to be investigated.

Follow the money, not the gaslighting

Your entire federal government is lying to you; to us all. Not just Trump. What sort of government openly falsifies so much of what it’s doing? No wonder they don’t believe in democracy. They know they are doing reprehensible things.

The Kennedy Center has been in continuous operation for 55 years. Trump and Ric Grenell destroyed it in one year by making it so toxic that nobody will perform there. Now they have to shut it down like a Trump casino.

To be sure:

"Curtailing the funding and operations of ICE and the Border Patrol is not just a civil liberties issue. They pose a threat not just to civil but to political liberties. Dealing with the threat to free and fair elections is THE fight—for 2026, and 2027 and 2028." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

A message to the media: stop calling it a "healthcare crisis." Call it the "Republican healthcare crisis." Stop calling it an "immigration debate." Call it "Republican terror and violence." Be accurate. #FundHealthcareStopICE

I called both my Senators to urge them to stop any additional funding for ICE. Tell the Senate: "Not a penny more for ICE brutality." indivisible.org/actions/ice-...

People are so creative—

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

This is good news. And a novel idea: in an Emergency”, muster your National Guard to defend and assist your citizens. After all, isn’t it supposed to be a Citizens’ Army?

They’ve lowered their mask.

no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch

Matt Wuerker to the rescue:

Constantly Exposing Trump's Insanity and Criminality Will Force the Release of the Epstein Files purely as a matter of self-preservation for those helping to hide them for Donald Trump.

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles