NEW: In the Soviet Union, the leaders counted on the public becoming cynical & apathetic about their brazen lies & obvious corruption. As I write in my OUR LAND newsletter, Trump wants America to slip into the same fog. link.motherjones.com/public/43992... Subscribe to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com.

⚡️Zelensky says Russia presented $12 trillion economic plan to US, called 'Dmitriev package.' President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.

This story should be retitled. The US is actually funding pro-Putin think tanks, ones that want to end European democracy. Lets be honest about this.

This is what leadership looks like.

This!

“… I don’t see this story as primarily about Trump. It’s about this world of men in elite society and their treatment of young women.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...

Measles was eliminated in 2000. Now? Back in 43 states. Not because science failed, but because leaders chose lies over public health. Vaccines work. Misinformation kills. A preventable disease is returning, and accountability matters. Stay informed. Follow @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for more.

The number of food poisoning incidents in Canada from milk has declined dramatically since pasteurization became mandatory in 1991. globalnews.ca/news/1165264...

Don't believe the doubtmongering... This.👇 Research hailing the benefits of the COVID-19 shot keeps coming www.sciencenews.org/article/bene... EG: "The percentage of newborns who were preterm was also lower for people vaccinated..." And "...adults had a lower risk of death from any cause."

Quick, snap writing assignments, everyone!

Just 393.3 billion rubles in oil and gas revenue for Russia's budget in January. That is the lowest figure since the 2020 Covid oil price crash - in nominal terms, not considering inflation etc.

It’s not about whether to talk to Ru or not, it’s about what to say. If reopening diplomacy means trying to find compromise w Pu, Merz is right that’s useless. But if Europe warns Pu that the longer he wages war, the worse Ru’s defeat would be, maybe it’s worth it. Ofc, such talk should be backed up

Sweden and Denmark will jointly purchase air defense systems for Ukraine. Sweden will finance nearly 200 million euros to buy Tridon systems developed by BAE Systems Bofors, while Denmark will contribute more than 46 million euros, officials said to Ukrinform. #Ukraine

The president who has believes that Italian military satellites were used to hack voting machines in a joint CIA-Chinese operation has sent his intelligence chief to look for evidence of voter fraud. What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

🇺🇸 The U.S. is actively dismantling its own soft power

Dr Mark Hyman, who claimed he reduced his biological age by 20 years, brought on as a contributor, reports Jason Wilson. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Eight refineries are funneling $500m–$1bn a day to Moscow by buying Russian oil. Sanction them, and Putin’s war economy collapses within six months says @billbrowder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The worst thing about the ongoing ”peace negotiations” and Trump’s Greenland gambit is that they distract from Russia’s ongoing humanitarian warfare. Happy to report that @lapatina.bsky.social and friends have been busy delivering emergency batteries around Kyiv ! A good way to help ⬇️

It turns out that talking about Russia's corrosive influence on the West and talking about Epstein isn't either or.

It all makes sense now. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Ukraine has history. Ukraine has culture. Ukraine has people. Ukraine is NOT Russia. Ukraine is Ukraine!! Slava Ukraini!

Melania director Brett Ratner pictured cuddling woman in Epstein files

There were two main stories. First, there was a great report (with link to download) released by CSIS which detailed just how the Russian military and economy is struggling. Second, there were numerous signs of Trump's desire to work with Putin, including family photos. Enjoy.

“ from being a great power marching to victory, Russia is a “declining power” making tiny advances at a shockingly high cost.”

Marine Le Pen is funded by Russia. "meeting yesterday with the French right wingers, including Le Pen, her husband, about refinancing the National Front Party because apparently a good part of their money comes from Russia. Two thoughts here, these guy seemed like idiots, pure Ruritania"

A reminder that those who took for granted that Trump victory would be the end of Ukraine were wrong. Ukraine continues to hold Ru off despite the fact that Trump ended US aid. Ukraine has innovated and developed its military capacity, Europe has stepped up, and Ru is weaker than many assume.

HAPPENING NOW IN MILAN Hundreds of people have gathered at Piazza XXV Aprile in Milan for an anti-ICE protest. This comes after it was announced an ICE unit will deploy to Italy for the Winter Olympics. Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said that ICE would not be welcome in his city.

„Putin has fired his missiles, and the people of Ukraine are sitting in bitter cold and darkness. And now that everything is destroyed and the missiles are used up, he sells Trump on "not firing at cities for a week" as a great, benevolent gesture. It doesn't get more cynical than that.“ Nico Lange

The big lie is not Trump's lie about the 2020 election. No, the big lie is the combined lying about Russia.

Americans need to fight back now if they want to save their democracy.

Hi All, a new piece. The word "victory" is not used about Ukraine nearly as much as it should. People have fallen for the Trump-Putin narrative of Russian strength too often. Ukraine and its partners need to think in terms of victory, and this is what that means. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

"Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform" from Admiral Bill McRaven www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Zelensky said Ukraine will not accept compromises that violate its territorial integrity and that no deal on Donbas exists. He said Russia stopped prisoner exchanges, warned about dangerous territorial precedents, did not rule out delaying the next Ukraine Russia meeting. #Ukraine

⚡️'They are not very interested' – Russia halts POW exchanges, Zelensky says. "They do not feel that it gives them anything," Zelensky said.

When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?

The Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals aligning with ICE are “prying Christianity further and further away from the ethic and teachings of Jesus,” Peter Wehner argues.

"The most disturbing possibility is that the president is creating a militia which answers only to himself ... Abroad, from El Salvador to the Philippines, would-be despots often turn the army and the police against their people in the name of keeping order." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

"Mr Trump once urged a mob to storm the Capitol ... This year, the argument runs, he could claim that immigrants are trying to vote illegally, post menacing ICE agents at polling stations and so frighten Democrat-supporting ethnic minorities into staying at home."

MAGA: We want our money back Ukraine: Fine. Give us our nukes back & we'll call it even.

Canada should absolutely reduce our reliance on American military equipment and work closer with Europe to protect ourselves from a rogue US administration. nationalpost.com/opinion/john...

He treats it like a family photo www.thetimes.com/article/e9fd...

Exactly right. The press enables Trump by ignoring his authoritarianism, narcissism, and deteriorating mental state despite his egregious behaviour.

Absolutely necessary when EU has pro-Putin members like Orban.

Trump's "Peace Council" and their democracy index score.

Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.

What Rutte does not seem to get is that the USA will not defend Europe anyway. Doesnt matter what Europe wants. And of course Europe can defend itself.