Kristi Noem told a preposterous story demonizing immigrants about a cannibal who ate other people and then began to eat himself. Now, officials from federal law enforcement agencies — including Noem’s own Department of Homeland Security — say the entire story was fabricated.

John Oliver details the right-wing cesspool that is Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjCM...

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending *** As of the end of January, there have been no convictions."

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_YP...

It means many afternoons spent poring though its pages while dreaming about the future.

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ef...

The state board of elections found Elon Musk’s PAC sent illegally prefilled ballot applications. newrepublic.com/post/206857/...

“Reforms” Didn’t End Police Violence in 2020 and They Won’t End ICE Violence Now truthout.org/articles/ref...

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbHB...

The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

The message from the DOJ is unmistakable: Justice is no longer the objective. Retribution is.

Another great sad cartoon from @deadder.bsky.social

Lee, who represents a mother and her five children confined at Dilley for eight months, said the 5-year-old twins are hardly eating and the 9-year-old is verbalizing suicidal thoughts. Schooling is virtually non-existent and even urgent medical care has been denied.

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/19/i...

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfOK...

Many of these companies or their executives have made significant political donations, lobbied on a law that is massively boosting ICE’s budget, hired former ICE officials, or sometimes all of the above. www.pogo.org/investigates...

In recent weeks, he has started expressing his desires for the 2026 midterm elections out loud. If Trump were to have it his way, we wouldn’t “even have an election.” Since that is not an option, his preferred second choice is for Republicans to “take over the voting in at least 15 places.”

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-z6...

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” -James Baldwin

A federal judge, evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” ordered the Trump administration on Monday to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia. www.cnn.com/2026/02/16/p...

The party of "limited government" is now investigating school districts over student walkouts against ICE. www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-s...

Imagine, the week before the election, Trump giving a speech in which he says that “evidence” of “Democrat cheating” is so overwhelming that he has no choice but to declare martial law and delay the elections. Unlikely? Perhaps, but far from impossible. newrepublic.com/article/2065...

“Let's just call this what it is. Donald Trump's administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV, because all Trump does is watch TV,” Colbert said. youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA?...

Today's #DavidBowie: youtu.be/Z8XrsvbV90c?...

What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar Daily

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLc...

ICE & DHS are shitshows that need to be abolished. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...

A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside. www.democracynow.org/2026/2/10/mi...

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wL9...

Jen Bateman: "Generative AI and other AI 'tools' constitute an existential threat to the economy, individual autonomy, human creativity, human freedom, human life, and our future." jcb8mn.com/blog/2026/02...

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

This is a safe place! Post a #Superman

MAGA influencer Nick Fuentes: "So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women. And we'll sort it out." www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, a Mexican-American artist whose work centers immigrant experiences, said the school closed his show without notice. hyperallergic.com/university-o...

Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option. www.govexec.com/management/2...

We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.

Reminder: “The SAVE America Act” is not saving us from anything real — and was born out of the lies of a malignant narcissist who incited an insurrection. 🇺🇸 Thank you for coming to our TED Talk. www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...

Today's #DavidBowie: youtu.be/S4R8HTIgHUU?...

New in PN: Trump is clowning his evangelical base "Trump now knows religious conservatives and their motivations well enough that he doesn’t feel a need to perform anymore. Like his supporters, he’s stopped pretending he’s anything but his worst self."

get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship

If our Christianity causes us to protect the powerful and ignore the powerless, that’s when we know we are following someone other than Jesus.

NEW: President Donald Trump suggested he would issue an executive order attempting to impose a nationwide photo ID requirement for voting, a requirement to show proof of citizenship for registration, and a ban on mail voting ahead of the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

ABC: “The acting head of ICE says two of its officers appear to have made "untruthful statements" about shooting a migrant in Minnesota and may face federal charges for their actions.” abcnews.com/US/prosecuto...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.

The U.S. Department of Justice, citing evidence inconsistent with its earlier allegations, dropped felony charges against two men accused of assaulting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent before the agent shot one of the men in the leg. truthout.org/articles/doj...

Today's #DavidBowie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6zc...

The Trump administration is dramatically expanding an effort to revoke U.S. citizenship for foreign-born Americans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.