ICYMI - “Trump claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua took over the building. But new docs make no mention of them” They lie & use gangs as an excuse to terrorize immigrants. @MarshaBlackburn tells this lie all the time—even TBI got caught telling it. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

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“In advance of Maxwell’s stonewalling, Khanna has now submitted, in advance, the questions he intends to ask Maxwell and asks Comer to confirm whether she will invoke the Fifth in response to each one. Those questions go straight to the core of the Epstein scandal.” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals. That amounts to $456,621 per hour. But how are you doing?

Now that is a big tree! Franklin County, Kentucky.

NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell is set to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer all questions related to Epstein, Trump, and more during tomorrow’s deposition. Rep. Ro Khanna has sent the following letter to Oversight Committee Chair James Comer in response:

More unions across the country are taking a stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the January 23 mass strike in Minneapolis and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse and union member. www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

All this is starting to come into sharper focus for me. "Donald Trump is forcing people to remain loyal to him by "blackmailing" them with "secret Epstein recordings," according to an Air Force vet." www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...

I'll never forget that Pretenders show at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, probably mid-'90s. Iggy Pop warmed them up. After a particularly rousing number, Chrissie kneeled and leaned into me on the front row and gave me her her guitar pick and winked at me!

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Howard Lutnik has been nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role: x.com/i/status/197...

"... his office and the DOJ have “been going back and forth..." “We’ve not really figured out exactly where that line is of what all they’re entitled to,” Adams said. Where is the line? @mckennahorsley.bsky.social @acluofky.bsky.social #electioninterference kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/17/e...

"In September 2024, the Times published an exposé of how Roberts urged the members of the court to grant Trump extensive immunity from prosecution. The article quoted confidential memos. Roberts instituted nondisclosure agreements soon thereafter." ZERO respect roberts. truthout.org/articles/sup...

"In September 2024, the Times published an exposé of how Roberts urged the members of the court to grant Trump extensive immunity from prosecution. The article quoted confidential memos. Roberts instituted nondisclosure agreements soon thereafter." ZERO respect roberts. truthout.org/articles/sup...

Read it all please.

Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...

I spoke with Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman with a TBI whom ICE dragged out of her car. But that video was just the beginning of her nightmare. To this day, she can’t lift her arms normally. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Spread the word:

"The CDC has identified nearly 600 cases of measles in the U.S. in the first month of 2026 — a number that would have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago, as the virus has been considered eradicated in the U.S. for more than two decades." Thanks, Junior Bobby. truthout.org/articles/mea...

Listen to Tim. Tim knows.

The GOP wants to “DOGE” our state voter rolls. Their so-called “SAVE Act,” wld require ongoing voter purges using citizenship data from sources such as the DHS’s “SAVE”program & SSA. It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/

All five offshore wind projects that were unlawfully halted by Trump in December have already been given the go-ahead by judges to resume construction. Trump must end his War on Clean Energy now.

The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.

"We are going to have ICE around all voting booths come November." ~Steve Bannon The very definition of having your thumb on the scale. Sensible people are in a real jam: If we impeach both Trump and Vance, that leaves us with lyin' Mike Johnson.

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Chew on this one, Chairman Comer.

🚨 BREAKING: The most powerful man in the world has a subtle message for you.

Now that he has been cleared, Mr Trump thinks it's time for the country to move on from the Epstein scandal. He's just a barrel of laughs. youtube.com/shorts/CYZL-...

Here is the original draft federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking that was prepared by federal prosecutors in 2007, but ultimately tossed aside by Alex Acosta's office to allow Epstein to plea to a much lesser state charge. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Mr. Kristol's right. Listen to Mr. Kristol.

“Can I prove that? No.” Spineless Speaker Johnson obediently helps Trump attack our democracy by peddling The Big Lie. A profile in cowardice and treachery. He knows damn well mail-in ballots counted late is completely above board. (H/T @atrupar.com )

Quote of the Day “I believe the Prince of Darkness could start a branch of hell in the District of Columbia if he has not already done it and carry it on un-impeached by the Congress of the United States” Mark Twain

Police officers are civilians; they are public servants, not above the public. It is part of the job of police—and, for that matter, politicians—to be identifiable, because of the profound authority bestowed upon them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Are we great yet? www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...

👎☢️ It's time for impeachment. He's an extremely sick, addled, pathetic individual. Dangerous too. "In July, Trump said that New START was “not an agreement you want expiring,” but last month he backtracked: “If it expires, it expires.”" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

😡 “Justice department on Friday released 3m pages [of Epstein documents],” but “lawmakers accuse it of not releasing [withholding] roughly 50% of records” 1/31/26

"We were speaking about why his group had receded from the streets. His answer: He no longer felt compelled to show up with other Proud Boys to fight left-wing protesters, because the federal government was doing the job itself." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Bill has this exactly right; a military force of storm troopers acting lawlessly. Here in the U.S., not in a WWII German documentary.

So the Epstein files dump 1. Protected a lot of predictors 2. Created another partisan food fight. 3. Failed to create any obvious pathway for these women to get accountability. 4. Included a number of clearly unverified claims that can be used to undermine the very legit emails

This is creepy as hell. Will Musk be asked by reporters to explain this?

It's sad. Can did a story on that a while back. Trump campaign took the entire life savings of a dementia patient. Over $500,000 www.cnn.com/2024/10/22/p...

Donald Trump is reposting crazy conspiracies about foreign interference with the 2020 election. Tulsi Gabbard's presence at the site of the Fulton County raid should worry all of us who care about free and fair elections.

UTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??” Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔 Rights are gone under this regime. (From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)

Here’s an idea. First track the billionaires and their foreign tax shelters.

If I were the social media manager of a police department that was found to have routinely violated the civil rights of the community it serves, and also had to pay out $200K for a sexual harassment lawsuit a mere month ago, I would simply not post things like this. But that's just me!

How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Listen to Ruth, pay attention to Ruth, tell your friends and relatives to do the same.

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