It should not be lost amid the current idiocy of CBS kiboshing Colbert's interview over "equal time" that the current president *hosted SNL as a candidate* www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/a...

“As a lawyer, I feel most strongly about the least-discussed benefit: Eliminating bus fares can clear junk cases out of our court system, lowering the crushing caseloads that prevent our judges, prosecutors and public defenders from focusing their attention where it’s most needed.”

I remember it. RIP #JesseJackson

The courage and strength of Gisèle Pelicot is astonishing. ❤️

CBS further beshits itself.

What a great thread. I will be looking for this book! I found the essay itself fascinating and imagine it could be very helpful for both English teachers of undergrads and secondary school students.

A very good piece. If not for the Catholic so-called “pro-life” (& #Catholics who were willing to pay into & front for it) the U.S. would not be living under a merciless, violent, fascist dictatorship today.

Bruenig gave an interview defending the choice and says what's already clear from the text. I have a feeling, though, that presenting these medical facts as part of a fictional scenario vastly dilutes its impact. If it's made up, would anyone change their minds? www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...

“…it was reported that Vice President J. D. Vance would be accompanied by a gang of ICE thugs when he visits Milan for the Winter Olympic Games … 1/ > jacobin.com/2026/02/euro...

Despite his later denial, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wanted to keep a line open to Jeffrey Epstein. Emails between the two suggest that the world of the Big Tech elite is less a back room of evil geniuses than rich dullards discussing goofy ideas.

“‘Only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this lethal toxin to target Navalny during his imprisonment in a Russian penal colony…this toxin…is not found naturally in Russia.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

1/“The Francis and Leo fandoms are right to be jittery. The dictator, on whose dice the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops blew, in each run-up to three elections, may well crush any chance for free, legitimate elections in 2028. > open.substack.com/pub/indiethe...

Grandstanding. open.substack.com/pub/indiethe...

here is the book. highly recommend it. wwnorton.com/books/978132...

Love this thing!

I’m pleased to share Fence’s annotation of The Poetry Project’s wonderful Spring 2026 reading series lineup! 💌 Attend these readings at The Parish Hall at St. Mark's Church in New York City, or tune into the free livestream on The Poetry Project’s YouTube channel. www.poetryproject.org ✨

I love this poem. x.com/poetsorg/sta...

This is good, definitive in staking the anti- Christofascism claim, but it is likely that the “softer” underbelly — Timothy Dolan, Robert Barron — VPOTUS Vance, & ‘soft trad’ “liberal” Catholics have done as much damage, effectively abetting guys like Yarvin et al. x.com/sarahrmacdon...

Jared Kushner is a private citizen who has billions in investments from foreign governments. He has no formal role in the Trump administration and is not subject to any ethics rules. So WHY is he meeting with Israel’s president alongside Pres. Trump and two cabinet secretaries?

I asked Attorney General Pam Bondi whether she would create a federal-state-local task force to investigate the horrific abuses perpetrated through Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring. Her prolonged response: *crickets*

“She went cheap for power,” the friend decided, and now she has only one question left. “Was it worth it?” —Stephanie McCrummen for The Atlantic

What an important piece this is. If news outlets had covered/had sufficient resources to cover religion properly, we (in US) might not be living under dictatorship w/ groups like NAR mustering for the apocalypse & second coming, etc.

if you google the piece in question the guy who wrote it is very clearly steamed that i am where i am professionally

Evil men like Epstein are, in the simplest form, obsessed with eugenics because they believe that their ill-gotten gains are the product of some innate superiority.

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

I originally thought this motto was a warning to the American people. Now I see it was a promise to Donald Trump.

1/“‘When President Grover Cleveland inaugurated the Statue of Liberty in 1886, he spoke of the colossus as “keeping watch and ward before the open gates of America,’ not a ‘fierce and war-like god > www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-trump-...

Read this stunning essay about Toni Morrison’s work, humor, signifying, the dozens. By Namwali Serpell . www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.

“The airport said in a statement that the restriction had been issued ‘on short notice’ and that it was waiting for additional guidance from the F.A.A. In a notice, the F.A.A. said the federal government’ may > www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

This is good! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

From 2025–I’m just catching it now.

A new book by journalist Danny Funt, Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling, tracks the legalization of sports betting.  🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/sports-betting-reshaped-newsrooms-and-its-a-little-gross-now-here-come-the-prediction-markets/

“Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, a senior European intelligence official said.” apnews.com/article/russ...

The best insurance against dirty tricks is landslide margins of victory.

The habeas cases are piling up. Delays are forcing ‘non-flight risk petitioners who were once permitted to remain in their communities until their cases were heard are now imprisoned for months. www.propublica.org/article/habe...

A crisis is rapidly developing in Cuba, as the Trump admin.'s efforts to block fuel from reaching the island have become increasingly effective since an exec. order threatened tariffs on any country trading with Cuba. Mexican Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum has buckled under the pressure & halted oil...

“On Monday The Irish Times reported that Culleton, an Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years, has been held by Ice since being arrested last September.” 1/ www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.” From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

“Last year…two former senior Washington Post editors — Leonard Downie, the paper’s top editor for 17 years, and Bob Kaiser, who spent more than a half-century at the newspaper…emailed Mr. Bezos, urging him to replace Mr. Lewis. Mr. Bezos never responded.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

“A product of wealth and privilege who spent forty years in the rarefied world of business and entertainment …Trump peddled himself as a neophyte outsider—because it was better to be thought an all-American racist renegade than a transnational career criminal…” lithub.com/sarah-kendzi...

“As Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for the New York Times, pointed out, Bezos could cover five years of the Post’s $100m annual losses by dipping into his earnings from a single week.”

The man literally dropped Puerto Rico into the middle of the Superbowl. Fucking brilliant.

1/“The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action…a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not. The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information. Women exist at tge periphery…1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Thank the so-called “pro-life” movement, #MAGA #Christians , #MAGA #Catholics, & “liberal” so-called “right to life” #VichyCatholics for giving us the so-called “pro-life,” so-called “president” & the regime that unleashed this: www.yahoo.com/news/article...