Analysis | With Stephen Miller running America's domestic policy, Benjamin Netanyahu running its foreign policy, and Donald Trump heading up interior decorating and bribe-taking, the executive branch has tripled its efficiency.

The Trump faction is a kakistocracy that wants endless wars and white Christian nationalism enforced through fascist secret police and concentration camps. The Mamdani faction wants to pay people to do civic work for the benefit of all. Who is to say which is more profoundly dangerous?

Trump’s billionaire allies will now own CNN, Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ and NY Post — plus 185+ local tv stations and news in 100 markets. They also control X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, TikTok, Truth and Twitch. This is all by design to manipulate and surveil us. Pay attention.

"Congratulations on sexually harassing your staff member into setting herself on fire!"

bro, tell Me this ain't real. bruh went from a potential Marvel BAG.... to THIS?!

I must have missed the entire "belt-tightening" feature of the MAGA movement. We've gone from "You're going to get tired of winning" to "you can have one piece of broccoli and 1 tortilla and 1 piece of chicken (cheaper cuts only)".

People won't directly say that being cruel also means you are tough but that is how it works out. Rs aren't tough because they make tough budget-cut decisions, they're seen as tough because they make cruel budget cut decisions. Also, their leader is such a pussy he can't admit he lost an election

Congress and the courts are refusing to give Trump what he wants, so he’s concocting a new plan to seize control of the election. Here’s what you need to know: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Hollywood productions have never been anywhere close to as left-wing as culture warriors claim. Common themes: -Cops are heroes -Wealth is glamorous and should be pursued -Guns are awesome -Women are objects/decoration/prizes to be won -Violence solves problems Not always, of course, but a lot.

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

We will not be sanctioning Russia for dropping bombs on schools and hospitals. We will be sanctioning Minnesota for allowing its wine moms to blow whistles at ICE officers. by JD Vance

I think we need to take a step back and acknowledge the absurdity of House Republicans targeting their Epstein investigation on HILLARY CLINTON (who says she never met him!) while ignoring DONALD TRUMP (who Epstein described as his best friend!) These are not serious people or good faith actors.

The year is 2046: A group of masked TrumpCorp officials shoot protestors at the health casino. A reporter from FreePressWithCBS asks Don Jr's VP for life JD Vance about the shooting: "Unfortunately, this, is a problem we inherited from the Biden administration"

By 2028 Trump expects to have dictatorial control if the country, he expects he'll dictate election results, so there is no need to cater to swing states. If your Wisconsin, Michigan or Pennsylvania you can expect to be treated like Minnesota, not Oklahoma.

Where is the paragraph saying this is a preposterous claim, there is no such emergency, it would be quickly struck down by the courts, and the obvious, malicious goal of these nuts is to spread doubt about election results and suppress voting? Did I miss that? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I want a president who doesn't hide government documents to cover up his connection with a child-rape ring.

Titans of industry constantly groveling before a petty tyrant has been one of the more notable things about both of Trumps presidencies

"Move fast & break things": 4 million years of institutional knowledge. Is that enough breakage for you?

Remember, most Americans don't even have a form of ID beyond this. As this report outlines, document control is a favorite way of authoritarians to strip people of their humanity. freedomhouse.org/report/trans...

Interesting choice of (large) photo to accompany 2 headlines: one about how files relating to allegations of the sitting President’s serious misdeeds have mysteriously gone missing; the other speculating about what the feelings of the losing presidential candidate from a decade ago might be.

What is the state of Trump? He is failing at fascism. For Trump to succeed in his fascist transition, he needs a bloody, popular, victorious war. And that is out of his reach. The State of the Union was full of fascist atmospherics. It was also blowhard exhaustion snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-fa...

No one who is at all concerned with the national security of the United States can possibly support Trump. This is simply a hideous betrayal of the country and its future in exchange for a bribe.

"This is why, in many ways, the real dawn of the MAGA movement as we know it today was not Trump’s descent down that golden escalator, but the moment he refused to step down from his campaign after the Access Hollywood tape was revealed." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-trump-s...

Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Let Off With A Promotion https://theonion.com/cop-who-shot-unarmed-black-man-let-off-with-a-promotion-1828002782/

"And no one knows what happened to the money".

A Setback for the DOJ’s Push To Get State Voter Rolls talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchis...

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

Trump's discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war lasted 20 seconds and then he moved on

Please stop calling it a cult, folks

Vile racism from a teacher, caught on camera because she didn't realize she wasn't muted.

I believe that Infantino, like Sepp Blatter before him, will eventually face the legal consequences of his actions. When he does so, Kirsty Coventry should have to publicly explain and face accountability for this decision. www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

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Some bullet points that I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could our journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

Whistleblowers find $1.7B in payments to Iran from crypto firm whose CEO Trump pardoned www.rawstory.com/trump-binance/

This one hits hard.

Yes, but it is a human being and they are valuable even before it "gets smart".

Congratulations to everyone who elected Donald Trump — twice — on his pledge to “drain the swamp.” Extra credit to those of you in Michigan. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

What a waste of our money. www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/p...

"I will change the law" says the guy running to be executive. Republicans don't know what a legislature is.

As with Congress and Trump's cabinet, the goal here us to drive everyone with any level of self respect out of the government until you're left with nothing but Marco Rubios and Harrold Lutnicks

Last week Donald Trump registered the trademark "Donald J. Trump International Airport." This week Florida Republicans voted to rename Palm Beach International Airport Donald J. Trump International Airport," putting taxpayers on the hook for licensing fees that go straight to him

The job market sucks, groceries cost a fortune, you can’t afford a house, utility bills keep going up, the national debt is out of control, we’re about to bomb Iran again, & DOJ is protecting wealthy pedophiles, but everything is great because Trump is going to release UFO files.

If you'd like to see me on late-night TV talking about the racist "but our heritage" rhetoric, here you go.

"Now, even a ceremonial White House dinner has become a flashpoint and fellow Republicans openly acknowledge that Trump's aim as president is not to unify the country." “He’s not putting his mind to it,” Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, said at an event. “He’s said very clearly that that’s not who he is.”

EPA Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.

A new banner of Trump has been hung up on the Department of Justice headquarters.

Thanks, @jamisonfoser.bsky.social

Meanwhile in the America, howard Lutnick is alllll over the Epstein files