Oh great. Another war. Israel and U.S. at the forefront of it. Because of “weapons of mass destruction.” It’s 2003 all over again. U.S. is participating in Israeli strikes against Iran, AP reports www.latimes.com/world-nation...

His Board of Peace 🙄

Not a hoax

Friday roundup - Defense Secretary rips best-performing AI out of defense systems; pulls military personnel from receiving top education - DHS Secretary created security vulnerabilities at airports (WSJ report) - HHS Secretary is detached from reality⬇️

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

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Cabinet of Horrors.

The law of unintended consequences. We will see how long this policy lasts after Wall Street starts calling Trump.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 317. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Source: the DOD appears to have accepted OpenAI's safety red lines, which were similar to Anthropic's, to deploy OpenAI's tech in classified settings (Maria Curi/Axios) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Source: Sam Altman told employees the DOD is willing to let OpenAI build its own "safety stack" and won't force OpenAI to comply if its model refuses a task (Sharon Goldman/Fortune) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Instead of a government of humble and public-spirited officials, we see a leadership marked by arrogance and narcissism. Instead of a culture of truth-seeking, we live in a civic milieu dominated by a cynical, credulous, cultish political movement fueled by lies.

Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in dispute over AI safety apnews.com/article/anth...

NEW: Minnesota's top federal judge is threatening to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt if they continue defying court orders in immigration cases. "One way or another, ICE will comply." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

This pattern of targeting civil servants for doing their jobs is hollowing out federal agencies of experienced professionals—damage that will take decades to repair. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Sean Duffy is crushing his regulatory enforcement role of the airline industry, James.

Clinton: It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate. One of the most vile bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet.

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Hillary Clinton didn't know Epstein. Melania Trump did. When will Melania Trump testify? www.ms.now/the-last-wor...

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Congress and the courts are refusing to give Trump what he wants, so he’s concocting a new plan to seize control of the election. Here’s what you need to know: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Didn’t watch the State of the Union address? Here’s everything you need to know about it. And you’ll definitely want to know. Here’s your response to anyone who says he was presidential last night: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

BREAKING on MS NOW: The FBI has fired at least 7 FBI agents and support staff as a result of their role in Trump's classified documents. The people fired are said to have participated in some way in pulling phone records of Patel and Susie Wiles during that investigation.

Make America Limp Again.

I have some thoughts on the president’s speech www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Breaking: Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and professor, just announced that he was resigning as a co-director of a flagship neuroscience institute at Columbia University because of his friendship with Jeffery Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/n...

"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team

Spanberger: "Trump continues to cede economic power and technological strength to Russia, bow down to China, bow down to a Russian dictator, and make plans for a war with Iran…Is the president working to keep Americans safe both at home and abroad? We all know the answer is no."

Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "In his speech tonight, the president did what he always does — he lied, he scapegoated, and he distracted. He offered no real solutions to our nation's pressing challenges, so many of which he is actively making worse."

SPANBERGER: “His reckless trade policies have forced 🇺🇸 families to pay $1,700+ each in tariff costs. Even though the supreme court struck these tariffs down, the damage has been done. Meanwhile, the president is planning for new tariffs, another massive tax hike on your family.”

Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "The scale of the corruption is unprecedented. There's the cover up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation's capital."

Gov. Spanberger: "In his farewell address, George Washington warned us about the possibility of 'cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men' rising to power. But he also encouraged us, all Americans, to unite in a common cause to move this nation forward."

Warnock: "We heard tonight the rumblings of a desperate man who's trying to present case he can for the midterms. It was half lies, half grievances. He knows he is quickly losing power."

Best quote I heard tonight was Gov Abigail Spanberger on Trump’s immigration policy: “Every minute spent sowing fear is a minute not spent investigating murders, crimes against children, or the criminals defrauding seniors of their life savings.”

Rep. Omar continues the yearly tradition of someone interrupting the State of the Union by yelling something true and accurate at Trump: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

President Trump’s calls for an insider trading ban for members of Congress received bipartisan applause, followed by partisan squabbling during the State of the Union. “How about you first!” Rep. Mark Takano yelled. “You’re the most corrupt president!” Rep. Rashida Tlaib also said. bit.ly/479yw3f

Prices are not “down” for Americans. While Trump and his billionaire friends get richer, working families are stretching every dollar to cover food, rent, and gas. He needs to come back to reality and work with us to actually bring down costs.

Prices are up, and families are struggling because Trump’s tariffs raised their bills by more than $1,000 last year. He just lost at the Supreme Court and doubled down on tariffs anyway. Trump can’t admit when he’s wrong, and Americans are literally paying the price.

For those wanting the link: www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Sources: DoD told Anthropic it will invoke the Defense Production Act or label Anthropic a "supply chain risk", if not given unfettered Claude access by Friday (Axios) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Israel has him on his knees, if he proceeds.

In 1992, Kris Kristofferson comforted Sinéad O'Connor when she was booed off the stage at a Bob Dylan anniversary concert. He later wrote this for her. May we all have her courage. May we all tell the truth.

One of the fundamental character traits that always stands out when it comes to Mike Johnson is cowardice. He has zero integrity or courage. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Major update: We can confirm that DOJ scrubbed allegations of Trump abusing children from the Epstein Files. Trump approval rating tanks ahead of State of Union address as even Republicans believe he may not be up for the job. I’ll be watching the speech so you don’t have to.

NEWS: The woman who told the FBI that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a child "refused to cooperate" with the FBI against him, according to an email in the Epstein database; in a previously unreported file, her name was initially unredacted. substack.com/@sollenberge...

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU