Bingo, @jamestalarico.bsky.social 🎯 “Trickle-down economics is not a theory, it is theft”

Johnson keeps saying "trained activists" like he's saying "convicted murderers." This is essential to the right's project: if the left gets its shit together, that means its democratic participation is inherently illegitimate. I wrote about this here: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-rights...

Commissioner Jessica Tisch making a public spectacle of Hannibal Lectering Luigi Mangione while letting her Epstein-network relative walk free to prey on young girls really sums up the state of things

Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121 www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Translation: “I’m saying ICE isn’t doing exactly what it’s been doing.”

Students have gathered in front of Ilia State University to protest. 📷 Ivane Nazgaidze

Re: Minnesota I think it's important to both recognize they're lying about a full retreat and recognize it as a victory that they're cognizant enough of the PR disaster to feel the need to lie.

Ohio State professor must pay for unhinged attack on cameraman | Opinion What we all witnessed in that video should not and cannot be tolerated on a college campus or anywhere else for that matter.

I don't talk to anyone this much www.economist.com/interactive/...

Massive mission creep for ICE if they now see their actual job as going after community defense participants—and an alarming one considering they already murdered two such people.

The SAVE America Act isn’t saving anyone. Congress should be expanding access to the ballot box—not restricting it. This bill could make it harder for millions of married women to vote if it passes. It’s voter suppression disguised in the name of election security. I will be voting HELL no.

“.. Slater’s closest political ally was vice-president JD Vance, who has expressed sympathy for tougher scrutiny of corporate power. But he has not publicly intervened on her behalf.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/19f8...

I guess this didn't work?? Tim Cook you absolute sucker

Gov. Walz: We are cautiously optimistic that this surge of untrained, aggressive federal agents are going to leave Minnesota. But they left us with deep damage, economic ruin, and many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where is the investigation into the deaths of Renee and Alex?

Courage in unprecedented times

Significant. It will be appealed no doubt, but a striking judgments nonetheless. (And yes, reply-guys, we know Orders may not be complied with, but there is still every point in making those Orders.)

Judge Boasberg seems happy: "Apparently not interested in participating in this process, the Government’s responses essentially told the Court to pound sand."

Let’s go.

this case was first filed almost exactly 11 months ago. one-year anniversary on march 15

BREAKING Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing. Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says. Doc buff.ly/rccakD7

I am not a witch

He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational

New Federal Reserve research undercuts the US president’s claim that foreign companies would bear the burden of levies. ft.trib.al/XwNIiSw

Because of President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill,” Wisconsin taxpayers will already be on the hook for over $284 million in new costs in future budgets. Without this funding, Wisconsinites could have to pay even MORE in penalty fees each year. Republicans must get this done.

ICYMI: More than 160 organizations from across our state are joining me in urging Republicans to pass funding needed to support FoodShare and prevent taxpayers from potentially having to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalty fees to the Trump Administration. Read more ⬇️

This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost

and it’s only strengthened with every ridiculous interaction with some global sports regulator of the american president or anyone else who doesn’t respect it

And if the question is do they think they are different than other countries in their persistence in doing this? The answer is yes - it’s a national exceptionalism that comes from a shared experience and isn’t questioned

A country with a literal “Revolution of Dignity” will not back down when it comes to commemorating innocent people killed in war - and they do not accept false equivalencies or regulations about expression

It underscores that no prominent person in ukraine across culture, sport, etc is ever expected to style themselves and neutral or apolitical in any way. Everyone has a responsibility to use their platform and is supported to do so.

Hard to describe the depth of outrage and feeling this story has generated across in Ukraine - remarkable and sad. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...

Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.

It's been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Richard Glossip's conviction and death sentence. Tomorrow he'll be back in court in Oklahoma City for another bond hearing before a new presiding judge. For more background, see this piece I published last month @theintercept.com.

Attorney General Pam Bondi tells a member of a co-equal branch of government during a public hearing: “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” The disdain for our own government is appalling. This administration is destroying our democracy.

Her performance at that hearing made me weep for how far we have fallen as a nation. She was like a mean girl from school, acting like a bully for five hours. She's a disgrace to her office. Everyone saw her crash out in 4k with no answers to serious questions.

It’s the Epstein Administration. No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting. H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social

Couple getting your first few hundred million in that way with then trading off the incredible insider information your network of “friends” sends to you, and there’s no huge mystery to solve as to Epstein’s wealth. He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.

This btw has long seemed the most plausible answer as to where Epstein’s money came from. There’s lots of breadcrumbs showing him seemingly blurring the lines between Wexner’s assets and his own over the years, and then covering it up by forcing out anyone who asked awkward questions.

this is fascinating on how Jeffrey Epstein is thought to have made his fortune: Victoria’s Secret boss Les Wexner claimed Epstein stole hundreds of millions of dollars from him www.ft.com/content/72c0...

Yeah, I’m sort of convinced that Epstein, rather than being in some kind of far-reaching conspiracy with elites, was instead SCAMMING THOSE ELITES. He was a fraud, who illicitly acquired a fortune, then used it plus the girls around him to open doors and pass himself off as something he wasn’t.

Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures

Reminder this was not only Project 2025’s agenda but also a large key in the DSA charter. That’s why the faux lefties don’t care about all the actual deaths from usaid. They’re for it ..

HORRIFYING - Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025 🧸Most were children ⌛️ Many died within the first year 😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from: - HIV, TB, malaria - Maternal & fetal deaths - Malnutrition news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...

Nobody cares because it can't be blamed on a Democrat or a liberal.

The viewpoint that this viewpoint diversity hire added to the OSU community was "it's ok to assault a reporter"

This professor, Luke Perez, used to teach at ASU. He was an instructor for the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, the "freedom school" that was launched with Koch money before the #azleg pumped millions into it. Background on that: azcir.org/news/2018/05...

SPOTTED: State Reps. Elgin Rogers (D-Toledo) Mark Sigrist da Don (D-Grove City) and House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn enjoying Potbelly on High Street.

As @juicewag.bsky.social just said: The man is quite literally CONSERVATIVE DEI. Never would be hired by a legitimate Political Science Department.

This absolutely tracks with what we are learning about Mr. Perez and his path to Ohio State’s least prestigious institution.

Folks.. it's not looking good for Leslie Wexner.