Trump in September: "We obliterated Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity, making it impossible for them to have a nuclear weapon." Trump now: We need to obliterate it better this time.

I like the Wordle bot when it tells me I'm not stupid, just unlucky.

Lina Khan for president is legit the greatest idea I've seen from Bluesky in a long time. Sadly, she was born in London. But maybe she could be the de facto president, like Stephen Miller?

First Amendment rights are defended by blue state leaders, and attacked by red state leaders. One of so many reasons not to live in a red state. Affluent, mobile residents will leave. Red states will lose population in the coming years, and become poorer. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...

Support for abolishing ICE continues to tick up, now polling at +5 vs. +2 the week before. They're breaking out "MAGA supporters" as a separate category now, with 17% of them in favor of abolishing ICE! Along with 78% of Dems and 47% of independents. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

"Who do you think received the most votes in the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump?" 68% of Republicans say Trump (Biden won by over 7 million votes.) d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

WSJ is so frustrating. On the one hand, great reporting on the chaos inside Kristi Noem's DHS. But then their top editorial denies climate science. 🤦‍♂️ www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

"The experience that tech workers have had over the past year, of watching AI go from 'helpful tool' to 'does my job better than I do', is the experience everyone else is about to have." "This might be the most important year of your career." Really good heads up. shumer.dev/something-bi...

Tech stocks getting pummeled, but "ugly shoes are still in style". Croc's stock up 21% today, a gain of about $1 billion. www.barrons.com/articles/cro...

Bondi was "fantastic at yesterday’s Hearing on the never ending saga of Jeffrey Epstein, where the one thing that has been proven conclusively ... was that President Donald J. Trump has been 100% exonerated of their ridiculous Russia, Russia, Russia" Trump crashes out in support of Bondi's crashout

I didn't think @realDonaldTrump could surprise me anymore. But this one did. Here's the poaster in chief, reminding us that accused pedophiles gotta stick together.

The wealthiest 10% own 93% of the stock market. So when Bondi says "focus on the stock market, not the pedophilia," she's telling us that the regime is enriching the oligarchs, not just protecting them from felony charges. Quite a flex.

Duffy: "Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace" "Another person familiar with the situation": "test of anti-drone technology" El Paso congresswoman: "information coming from the administration does not add up" What are they hiding with their inept lies? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

We're still waiting for the release of 3 million Epstein files. Think what you saw so far is bad? Think again. You've only seen HALF of the files. The half that Trump's DoJ decided to show you. The REALLY bad stuff is still under wraps.

"The review will only be of the 3 million files currently available to the public, not the extensive trove of more than 6 million documents in total that the DOJ says it has in its possession" Don't get distracted by the files they've released The half they've withheld hold the really awful stuff!

Stating the obvious here, but... Leavitt's explanation might, just might, hold water if the two apes were Obama and Biden. Or Tim Walz and JB Pritzker. Those would be high-profile Dems to target, disregarding race, no? Michelle Obama's inclusion makes it blatant gutter racism.

Textbook competitive authoritarianism: "the best way to defend against potential attempts to overturn the election results [is] to win by indisputable margins—across the board" "a strategy that requires them to win by landslides to win at all is really just a strategy for losing most of the time"

On ICE's attempted murder of Miramar Martinez. A lot of her testimony, with commentary from Lawrence O'Donnell. She went from teaching at a Montessori school one day to getting shot five times. To the hospital, then federal detention. Smeared as a domestic terrorist, then released without charges.

Bitcoin tanked again today, but the Trump meme coin tanked even worse. Down 17% today, and more than 95% from its peak price over $70. Now it's at an all-time low $3.44. 😂 Melania was only down 12% today. To 11 cents.

"The meek shall inherit the earth." Matthew 5:5 I'm not a religious person, but I'm thinking it doesn't look so good for Donald.

A very bad day for crypto

Dario Amodei's recent essay, "The Adolescence of Technology," is a great read. He views "powerful AI" as being a couple years away, meaning AI "is smarter than a Nobel Prize winner across most relevant fields: biology, programming, math, engineering, writing". Then considers the risks to humanity.

The bloodbath in large growth - and rotation to small value - continues.

It's true. AI is replacing scientists. Demis Hassabis at DeepMind solved the previously intractable protein folding problem using AI, earning the Nobel prize for chemistry without chemistry experience. For him just one challenge on the way to artificial general intelligence. Excellent documentary

The computer memory shortage is truly insane. Bought this exact 16GB desktop memory kit in mid-2024 for $38: www.bestbuy.com/product/cors... Now $161?! 👀

Yesterday's rout of US large-cap growth stocks (and rotation into value and small-cap) continues this morning. This is just today:

How Susan Collins gets special treatment for Maine. The regime essentially bribes Mainers by easing up on the terror and the Project 2025 cuts, in the hope that they'll reelect Collins in November. Don't take the bribe, Maine! Vote for democracy!

Chicago Tribune on @katmabu.bsky.social "frequent presence at protests" "behaved more like a performance artist than a congressional candidate" "behavior won’t produce much of anything positive in Congress. Other than TikTok videos" We need this! Leaders like Kat protesting and exposing fascism!

"fears that new developments in artificial intelligence will supplant software reverberated through the stock market Tuesday" App makers dropped, as well as companies that "provide some form of legal tools or research databases". Adobe -7% Intuit -11% Equifax -12% www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

New YouGov survey with several questions about the Pretti murder. "Do you think the federal immigration agents were justified or not justified in shooting Alex Pretti in Minneapolis?" 22% yes including 47% Rs vs. 30% yes including 64% Rs for Renee Good The martyrs are turning the tide.

Langhorne Slim: "We the People (F**k the Man)" Love this!

"ICE operations in Springfield could begin this week. The matter now rests in the lap of U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes. She is expected to make a decision, perhaps before Tuesday, on whether the Trump administration acted lawfully in ending TPS for the Haitians." ICE occupation of Ohio pending.

Minnesota: When is the reign of terror gonna end so we don't have to fear for our lives when we go outside? Maine's newspaper: ICE tells us that they're only doing targeted enforcement, just like they did under Biden. Is it true? Hmm... 🤦🤮

"I personally found the bribery artful and cinematic ... a real tour de force of corruption ... two thumbs up!" Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta did a hilarious takedown of the Melania movie on The Daily Show. At the 7:20 mark in this video:

It's a "conveyor belt". Legal immigrants are being swept up in Minnesota and transported to Texas faster than courts can act. Including 5-year-old Liam and the 2-year-old girl. Conditions are horrific at the Dilley concentration camp, where Liam is sick and not allowed to see a doctor.

New from ICE on Bluesky. Our brave officers are murdering people on the streets of Minneapolis, but millions of Americans still love us. Thank you, patriots. You mean the world to us. 🤮

Hey Kristi Noem! I found the worst of the worst for you. Get the sex criminals out of the country! Should be easy to find them: You employ them! Excellent thread:

Reddit post on the horrific conditions in the Dilley concentration camp where Liam is being held. "he's sick, the camp where he's held is on lockdown, kids can't leave their rooms even to see a doctor, and his hat has been confiscated" 😢💔 www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/co...

Boulder, Colorado protesting ICE with a five-mile run on Sunday:

I've seen the Bruce Springsteen "Streets of Minneapolis" audio going around, but haven't seen the official lyric video posted. This is the one to watch, interleaving video of Springsteen performing and video and still shots of ICE violence and anti-ICE protests. Must watch. Really, really good.

ICE, F**K You - A Protest Song for Minneapolis Really good song, and incredibly inspiring video montage of protests. Brought tears to my eyes by the end. This YouTuber writes Dropkick Murphys type punk rock protest songs, then makes heavy use of AI to produce them. Great work.

Truly inspiring

From last summer in Los Angeles. Bovino is disgusting. Video legitimacy confirmed: bsky.app/profile/elio...

Homan "vowed to stay until 'the problem's gone'". The problem will stay until the problem is gone? Beatings will continue until morale improves.

ICE joined Bluesky. 110,000+ of you blocked them. I followed, just to see why they're here. It's garden-variety propaganda, smearing captured brown people, asserting that they're terrorists, rapists, etc., etc. All without due process. Par for the course. You're not missing anything.

Replaced the cracked windshield wiper fluid reservoir on my Subaru today. No big deal. Couple hours work. I thought how fortunate I am. Many families have had their vehicles destroyed by ICE. Many have had a parent abducted by ICE. For the fortunate, life goes on. For others, life is over. 😢

The mother's desperation. The confusion among the ICE agents. The teenager running away and getting tackled. The baby, who doesn't understand her family is being destroyed. Heartbreaking.

Alex Pretti had previously been tackled by ICE and had a rib broken, and was in ICE's supposed "domestic terrorists" database. Homan admitted they were compiling this database of enemies of the state. Then McLaughlin lied about it. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...

Always fun to peruse the latest Economist/YouGov polling data. "Did Donald Trump deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize?" Dems: 2% yes / 93% no Rs: 61% yes / 20% no Whatever stupid crap he spouts, his cult supports him. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

Rolling Stone in September 2024: It's fascism. The Atlantic, 16 months later: Yes, it's fascism.