Chrystia Freeland: There are so many aspects to what we've heard from all of these Epstein emails and texts. But, at the end of the day, it is a terrible story about what rich, powerful men, abetted by some women, do to vulnerable girls and young women.

Our political press *exasperated, pleading*: Sir, would you please walk back that wildly racist— Trump: ABSOLUTELY NOT. I AM A RACIST. *shits himself, wanders off* The NYT: Trump Stands His Ground, Defiantly Pushes Boundaries on Racial Dialogue

Bill Maher on Trump's racist post: If it's a cartoon character, it's okay? That's a rule now? So, it's okay if somebody made a cartoon of Elmer Fudd shooting Charlie Kirk, that would be okay? You fucking hypocrites.

MAGA racists.

Mitch Landrieu: The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is a racist. There's no question about it. He has been his entire life. In this administration, the fish rots from the head... I saw Donald Trump give a speech the other day for 40 minutes, and he sounded like a lunatic.

So he personally admits now that a staffer did not post this without his knowledge

something notable here is that he's actually getting pressed on it, which he normally does not, in part because you actually had Republicans express some outrage today that doesn't happen if there isn't the realization, at some level, that he is now a deeply unpopular drag on all of them

Thank you for your confession.

Trump doubles down on his racist video: I looked at the first part and it was really about voter fraud... Then I gave it to the people. Generally, they look at the whole thing, but I guess somebody didn't.

Jake Tapper: There are no apes in The Lion King. For those wondering, Rafiki is a mandrill.

Jack White: Trump is a racist, a rapist, a felon, a grifter, and a full on dementia sufferer. Arrest this man. Impeach this man. 25th amendment this man. Indict this man. Jail this man.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

Harris Faulkner doesn't know Bad Bunny is an American.

BREAKING: Virginia Democrats have unveiled their plan to pick up four more seats in Congress, giving the public their first look at a map meant to counter President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering gains in GOP-controlled states. www.democracy-docket.com/news-alerts/...

A huge scandal, especially as Trump said he wants Republicans to "take over" state elections. They're trying to rig 2026 and 2028 right in the open.

This is how you know it’s serious. 

I'm not sure why CNN still invites Brianna Lyman on, but at least Abby Phillip completely shut her down: "The Trump campaign had opportunities to challenge this in the courts. They lost. The governor, a Republican, said that there was no fraud in the election."

Richard Blumenthal on Tulsi Gabbard: A lot of us are aghast at the absolute incompetence of his explanation, her being there and there being no responsibility that justifies her going to Georgia and interfering with elections there.

Trump: "I inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country, and now we have almost no inflation." (This is a lie.) "You know what it was for the last three months? 1.2%" (this is also a lie.)

Question: On January 21, 2029, do you see any scenario where you are still president? Trump: I don't know. It would be interesting.

Marc Elias: We have complete cowardice of Republicans in Congress. It's not just Republicans. Where are the corporate leaders of Atlanta? These were the folks who were saying, move the All-Star game over a voter suppression bill in 2021. Where are the corporate leaders in Minneapolis?

Marc Elias: The biggest lie that Donald Trump is telling right now that we cannot normalize is this idea that states operate as his agents. The Constitution does not allow the president to have any role in federal elections.

Marc Elias: I am here to sound a larger and louder alarm than I ever have before. [Trump's] is setting up the mechanism to seize ballots in 2026. He has found a prosecutor in Missouri. That prosecutor apparently has nationwide jurisdiction, so he has found a willing prosecutor to do these things.

Geoff Duncan: The average conversation with a Republican these days is, they put their arm around me, they look both ways and make sure the camera's not watching, and they'll say, hey, man, I'm proud of you for doing the right thing. Donald Trump doesn't care about the Constitution or enforcing it.

Geoff Duncan on Tulsi Gabbard: I doubt she even knew why she was down there. This is just all just a big game that they're playing. Somebody came up with a wild idea to put her on a plane and fly her down there just to sow some weird seeds of doubt so somebody could send a tweet out.

Kara Swisher on the Epstein files: I think about what Governor Hochul from New York just put out on social media, which is that President Trump wants to turn the page, except he's on the next one and the next one.

I was thinking about this guy on the phone after the 2020 election, talking to the secretary of state in Georgia, and saying to him, get me 11,000 votes that I could win. This is Mr. Honesty and Mr. Integrity who provoked an insurrection. —Bernie Sanders, after Trump say he wants honest elections.

CNN montage of Trump administration officials testifying they told Trump the 2020 election was not stolen. Bill Barr: I told the president it was bullshit. Jeffrey Rosen: Our reviews had not shown that to be the case. Richard Donoghue: The major allegations are not supported by the evidence.

Mike Johnson on US elections: It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove that? No. Nicolle Wallace: Should we introduce Bill Barr to him? Or Mike Pence, or Brad Raffensperger, or Gabe Sterling, or Brian Kemp, or Governor Ducey of Arizona.

Trump berates Kaitlan Collins for asking about Epstein: "I don't think I've ever seen you smile." What a disgrace he is.

Trump on elections: I don't know why the federal government doesn't do them anyway. Someone explain the Constitution to Grandpa.

Josh Einiger on FBI election office raid: I spoke with a senior Republican in Georgia who was there in 2020, and they don't want this. They want anything but this. Georgia Republicans, who have no love for the president as it is, are basically saying, this is going to backfire.

Katy Tur: Is [Tulsi Gabbard] alleging that there was foreign interference in Georgia in 2020? Mark Warner: If she has not reported that to the oversight committees, the intelligence committees, she has violated her responsibilities as Director of National Intelligence. I think this is a scam.

Tony Gonzales: We just want to make sure that our votes are being counted. It's when that doesn't happen, or the perception that it doesn't happen, that is dangerous to our republic. Dana Bash: The perception is being laid out by a president who is trying to sow doubt in this coming election.

Chris Jansing: Dramatic new video from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained from Fulton County Police. It shows a scene of chaos and confusion as federal agents raided the main election center in Georgia, looking for voter records.

Todd Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein. 😬

Marjorie Taylor Greene: MAGA, I think people are realizing, was all a lie. What MAGA is really serving is their big donors. Those are the people that get the special favors, they get the government contracts, they get the pardons.

Marjorie Taylor Greene going scorched earth on Trump: It's kind of like the Scooby Doo meme where they pull the mask off of the bad guy. Well, the mask is off and Make America Great Again isn't really about America or the American people. Kim Iversen: He's definitely become a giant swamp creature

Josh McLaurin on Fulton County raid: In addition to the possibility that the FBI lied in these warrants with affidavits that regurgitate lies about the election, is that they're doing something to tweak these ballots. Our concern is that they're going to modify the original documents.

Trump: The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. (Dan Bongino, nods in agreement)

Trump and the GOP have truly lost a huge swath of Hispanic voters for the foreseeable future, haven’t they?

there’s no way we get through a Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and Green Day without a total crashout from the president

Billie Eilish: Fuck ICE.

Billie Eilish: No one is illegal on stolen land. We need to keep fighting, and speaking up, and protesting.

Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.

Trevor Noah: Nicki Minaj is not here. She is still at the White House with Donald Trump discussing very important issues. (Imitating Trump) Actually, Nicki, I have the biggest ass. I have it. Everybody's saying it, Nicki. I know they said you, but it's me. Wop wop wop. Look at it, look at it, baby

Sam Trepel: Based on what I can see in the video, there isn't a clear reason for the use of force. When the federal agent pushes the woman that Mr. Pretti was helping, it's not clear from the video why that would be justified. There's the spraying of a chemical agent on Mr. Pretti and the woman.

Rand Paul on Alex Pretti: I saw a man who was retreating. He went to the middle of the street. He didn't even obstruct traffic. He let a car go through.I saw no evidence of him assaulting the police. Scott Pelley: Should Secretary Noem be fired? Paul: We have to get through our hearing.

The two CBP agents who murdered Alex Pretti are Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

Dana Bash: Why was the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, present at an FBI raid? Todd Blanche: I don't know why the director was there. Bash: Imagine if President Biden sent his politically appointed director of national intelligence to Mar-A-Lago.