BREAKING: E Jean Carroll has her money. www.ms.now/news/e-jean-...

Curiously, In their story, the Washington Post opted not to use the photo in which Mitch is holding today's Washington Post.

counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them

Not sure why the FBI would be involved with a heart attack.

Google may be approaching a tipping point of enshittification.

Folks, we are REOPENING VOTING for The Wisconsin Democratic Primary Ranked-Choice Voting Experiment! We've collected the data and made some minor modifications following David Crowley's departure from the race. You can now rank the candidates 1-5. www.therecombobulationarea.com/p/the-wiscon...

Mitch McConnell has outlived the MOU. Or has he?

this is a great article. I saw the portrait of the black curtains in the doge palace a few years ago, and someone explained the story briefly, but learned a lot more about it here.

Alito's argument – that counting ballots after Election Day means "the electorate’s choice does not occur on election day, and the federal election-day statutes are violated" – is some of the dumbest reasoning I have ever seen. The "choice" doesn't occur at the time of counting!

For some reason I really wanted Culver's shrimp today. Perhaps I'm an elite like @katmabu.bsky.social

NEW Trust in Media 2026 Poll Americans are sharply divided along party lines in how much they trust the news reported by dozens of national media organizations yougov.com/en-us/articl...

This is such a perfect example of traditional journalism's own inherent bias towards treating both sides of every argument as equally worthy. The results could be evidence of left-leaning bias -- or a consequence of only one side having facts & evidence on its side. 1/

Please god let this close the portal to Hell the Cubs opened in 2016

Corporate needs you to find the difference between these pictures

Tim Apple is gone, but Tim Onion forever @bencollins.bsky.social

You know what would be hilarious? If this is the last story Infowars ever publishes.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

How do you celebrate becoming the first women’s hockey player to win four national titles?

NEW: WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social reports:

Wired’s top editor, Katie Drummond, has transformed the publication into a bright spot for Condé Nast with aggressive political reporting. Here's how.

As climate change accelerates, local experts say the date Wisconsin's Lake Mendota freezes over is getting later, making safe conditions for activities that rely on snow and ice harder to predict. n.pr/3ODwqCz

BREAKING: A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows “Abolish ICE,” clearly linking the humorous pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, won the city’s annual snowplow naming contest, officials announced. @wttw.bsky.social

Good news: The Wisconsin Assembly advanced its anti-SLAPP bill to the the Senate. Legislatures in red, blue, and purple states understand there's nothing partisan about protecting journalists, activists, and everyone else from anti-speech lawfare.

Madison, Wisconsin — 2026 Built in 1917, the Wisconsin State Capitol is a Beaux-Arts masterpiece constructed materials such as Algerian onyx, Italian marble, and Wisconsin granite. Designed by George B. Post, its massive dome is one of the largest masonry domes in the world. FORWARD!

She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today.

Everyone has had a coworker like this, who is in over their head and shouts to mask their incompetence.

Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.

The stalwart alt-weekly @chicagoreader.com, which has served the city for a half century, returns to print today in a new monthly format. I talked to new EIC Sarah Conway about what Chicagoans can expect from this new era for @blockclubchi.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/04/i...

10/10 ICE protest sign

"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ

If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot

This hit so fucking hard today.

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

was forwarded this by some Minnesota people; sharing here

Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.

Unless the *federal government* very quickly commits to a clear and credible investigation and to hold wrongdoers accountable, all hell is about to break loose. But we have every indication that is what they want so they can further escalate and declare an insurrection.

Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened:

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.

There's an election on April 7 in Madison, with a primary on Feb. 17. Here's who's running for what, by @liamberan.bsky.social: isthmus.com/news/news/wh...

At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report: An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”

Completely crazy-making to watch the Trump admin and their MAGA sycophants rewrite history in realtime - and reach millions with it - despite crystal clear video evidence that directly contradicts their narrative:

This the right call. Please check in with neighbors who may need support with childcare.

Wrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.

Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.

This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.