whats up with the wave of resignations today?

15% being republicans seems like something to be concerned about, no?

The very concept that the White House has any say in this would make any actual conservative have an apoplectic fit

I know it seems pretty hard to believe for some reason, but it looks like the FBI at some point really did want to pursue a criminal child sex trafficking investigation into Donald Trump based on what this woman told them (and may have been able to corroborate to some extent)

SCOOP: An X account called Johnny MAGA with 300k followers that described the Obamas-as-apes video as "a masterpiece" appears to be a sockpuppet account for a White House rapid-reaction staffer. @makenakelly.bsky.social has all the details:

so in conclusion, the state of the union is actually very bad because a man who tried to end democracy is using the government to personally enrich himself and his buddies while executing citizens and noncitizens alike

good shit

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

i dont say this as a defense of patel, but is it shocking? most people who are kidnapped by strangers are killed and she lived in an area where it could be very difficult to find a body. this feels like a predictable outcome to me

it’s so crazy when people say bluesky doesn’t matter because not enough people use it like have you really not had a private livejournal community with like 200 active members drive the direction your entire life?

wow lol mazel tov to buck house for this coverage

This is a little silly if you know how courts actually work and no I won’t be more specific because I think betting on Supreme Court outcomes is a pathology that should not be encouraged.

we are going to win

Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

send me the results of the message test "donald trump unilaterally imposed tariffs that cost the average family thousands of dollars in 2025. the supreme court ruled they were illegal all along"

It is pretty telling that it comes as something of a surprise that the Supreme Court sided with the Constitution over Trump.

fingers crossed its the second time he misses you know what

The Pulitzer board sometimes issues special citations — eg for the videographer at the George Floyd murder, or for journalists covering Gaza and Ukraine. They could do that this year, to ameliorate the error made years ago in not awarding Brown a Pulitzer Prize. www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...

this is 45 minutes into this speech. i almost feel bad for the soldiers

is it just me or is he really sweaty

lol

American Jews: hey, there’s a lot of antisemitism happening under the cover of pro-Palestine rhetoric and it’s increasingly hard to tell the difference between pro-Palestine people and actual Nazis y’all: you’re just covering for Israel

His glittering glass art on 50,000 square feet of walls and buildings across the city has defined the spirit of Philadelphia.

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Think of you Virginia, without you, none of this would be happening. Feeling very sad she’s not here to see the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

already my life motto

Please read this article, in which I sound very awesome.

*writing down "Dog Olympics" in my idea book*

My consistent observation of the Trump administration is that these people just fundamentally don’t want to do a real job and would prefer to just podcast all day every day.

sorry, why is the FBI doing pr tours talking to citizens?

Across Philadelphia, churches and neighborhood groups are preparing to confront U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if the federal agency undertakes a large-scale deployment of agents.

"stuff"

Wishing a meaningful & reflective Mark Wahlberg 40 Day Challenge to all who observe.

The air time on the second shot is incredible

including jasmine crockett in this is genuinely funny

Your regular reminder that since August of last year, Mr. Abrego has agreed to be deported to Costa Rica, but the Trump admin refuses to do so because they want to instead punish him by sending him to an African country that will most likely detain and then deport him to El Salvador for the admin.

Gotta be galling for CBS News to be scooped by everyone when they have direct access to the key players in this story! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

wow

This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

sorry, a new york post headline is now evidence of facts?

Not only did the administration not accomplish its stated goal of targeting Somali fraud, it caused the US attorneys who were actually prosecuting the fraud to resign in disgust

Some personal news

Let’s get ready to rumble

"probably not"

This guy has no fucking juice. People need to realize standing up to him works and catering to him does not.

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.