SWALWELL: How many ICE agents have been fired for their conduct under their leadership? LYONS: I can get you that data SWALWELL: Is it more than one? LYONS: I'm not going to speak about personnel actions SWALWELL: God, I hope at least one person has been fired. Two people have been killed so far

The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, after the White House planned to invite only Republican governors. apnews.com/article/trum...

Voters: We want cheaper groceries and healthcare Trumpers:

Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"

Measles is spreading across Florida. The state's updates lag more than a week www.wusf.org/health-news-...

Sen. Van Hollen: “Did you in fact make the visit to Jeffrey Epstein's private island?” Lutnick: “I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation…We had lunch on the island, that is true.”

Sen. Coons to Howard Lutnick: “You said casually, ‘Well, I looked at my name and how it appeared in them, as does everyone.’ No, everyone isn't worried about their names being in the Epstein files.”

👀 www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Navarro has repeatedly (and falsely) claimed that "illegals" were taking the jobs of Americans, including in this very interview. If that's the case, then why is he now warning that job growth will slow amidst mass deportations? Shouldn't this be boom times for native-born workers?

China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...

President Donald Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer, known for pushing debunked theories of electoral fraud www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

an immigration court has dropped the deportation case against grad student Rümeysa Öztürk, after trying to revoke her student visa over an op-ed she’d co-written in a Tufts University student paper. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

If Dems are smart they will pull on the Lutnick thread.

David Remnick on the destruction of the WaPo: "I feel like someone forced to watch an arsonist torch the house he grew up in." www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...

Watch and listen here: bit.ly/4ck5IbE

@thebulwark.com is hiring a new director of finance. Come work with us! thebulwark.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

Trump's crypto grift is imploding! @timmiller.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social break it down.

Peggy Noonan on the mutilation of The Washington Post. www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...

DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

In this week's Receipts, I wrote about "Coalie," the Trump admin's anime-like new mascot for coal; and other failing efforts to revive manly sectors like mining and manufacturing. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...

"To put it in terms Bezos would use, he is no longer a swashbuckling badass. He should sell the Post to someone who is." www.thebulwark.com/p/jeff-bezos...

He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...

Job openings rate just reached its lowest level since spring 2020.

Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...

I had seen the "hold me in contempt so I can sleep" line, but the whole transcript is striking. Julie Le she tried to quit but then stayed so she could get more people OUT of detention; and expressed concern that her own family might get picked up. www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...

One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.

In this phase right now with my daughter and it's the best ❤️❤️❤️https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/baby-laugh-developmental-milestone.html

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

Vance announces price floor effort for minerals thehill.com/newsletters/...

Top Senate negotiators say an effort to renew expired healthcare subsidies has effectively collapsed www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), chairman of Senate Banking, said that he wasn’t aware of any statement Powell had made during testimony last year that would be evidence of perjury. That is significant because Scott chaired that hearing and sparked the line of questioning at the center of the probe.

jfc

'Setting this agency up for failure': Amid staffing crunch, IRS taps employees with no relevant experience to assist during filing season www.govexec.com/management/2...

Steve Bannon calls for Trump to deploy ICE and military troops to polling sites www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Despite the Trump administration's gaslighting, only 22% of voters think the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti was justified — including only 16% of Independents — according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

major Joe Camel vibes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

Govt attorney who was representing the Justice Department in court is no longer detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota after telling a judge her job “sucks” and asking to be held in contempt so she “could get 24 hours of sleep.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Thinking today of this statement Bezos made in 2019, when the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with compromising photos. See the highlighted portion below, about his "unswerving" support of The Post's mission. medium.com/@jeffreypbez...

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments apnews.com/article/wash...

THANK YOU @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social for pointing this out. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

even more relevant today!

When Bezos first bought WaPo, I viewed this silly underground clock project as a sign of optimism for the paper. He was willing to waste tens of millions on a clock that symbolized long-term thinking; he had cash to burn, and he cared about his legacy. (link is to older story fyi)

Awful day for journalism. And ominous day for democracy.

Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...

Billionaire investor and GOP donor Ken Griffin: “This administration has definitely made mis-steps in choosing decisions or courses that have been very, very enriching to the families of those in the administration” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The Lobster Roll-back: How Susan Collins Gets Trump Carveouts open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...