The official White House account has deleted a post bragging about the "Trump economic boom." Last month was the worst January for layoffs since 2009.

The United States is so well respected worldwide that they had to ask the International Olympic Committee not to boo the US delegation led by JD Vance and Marco Rubio during the opening ceremony. Fucking hilarious. www.thedailybeast.com/olympic-comm...

If this were true people should have been extremely enthusiastic about Biden’s economy because real wages were rising. People had MORE money left over and could buy MORE stuff

Pay attention. Concentration camps are being built right now.

Let me get this straight. America... ...is arresting journalists ...is kidnapping citizens with no charges ...is running concentration camps ...is killing protestors ...is threatening allies ...is invading neighbours ... Are we waiting for photos of gas chambers?

Sam Raimi’s intense SEND HELP —written by 2 of my favorite genre writers, @shannonandswift.bsky.social — is both a terrific social satire and a bonkers survival thriller with some great trademark Raimi moves. There IS a Bruce Campbell cameo (in a way). See it on the big screen and go in cold!

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.

The people with the most power in our society appear to be nothing more than a pack of rabid chimpanzees singularly focused on destroying the works of people immeasurably better than they are.

what a godawful day for journalism, following a great many other godawful days for journalism

Jesus, Trump's name is all over the Epstein flight logs while he keeps saying he was never at Epstein Island. This shit is getting old.

I'm sorry, the Washington Post hopes *I* will reconsider the value of their journalists?

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

SEN. @hickenlooper.senate.gov : “Death cards left behind by ICE agents — cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars… Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty." (H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )

The NYT has identified more than 5300 files that contain more than 38000 references to Trump, Melania, and Mar a Lago. And what is his DOJ doing? They are protecting him and other rich powerful men who raped and abused hundreds of children.

BREAKING: Trump team to start “daily” meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly. www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...

New, by me: A must-read NYT Magazine report showed how Senator Chuck Grassley's oversight work as Judiciary Committee chair led to career FBI agents or supervisors being forced out, in some cases with no investigation supporting their alleged wrongdoing. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/02/n...

A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week. Go Seahawks.

In case facts still matter…

One reason that all of Jeffrey Epstein's old freinds and fans aren't begging for forgiveness is that they don't think he did anything wrong. The real villians, in their telling, is anyone who stops rich white guys from screwing whomever they want.

Alaska officials gave false info to American Samoans, telling them they can vote. (They can’t, due to having a unique status among anyone born in a US state or territory.) Now the state is threatening them with years in prison, part of GOP’s voting fraud panic. Months of reporting in this story:

All of the horrible subplots of the Trump presidency are converging together.

Like the shooter of Rene Good, the shooters of Alex Pretti are not new agents with "little training" but established members of these forces with years of experience -- which makes you wonder how much worse it will get when the newbies hit the streets.

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

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

The nazis redistributed the stolen property of deported Jews to the German population. It was called Aryanization. This is no different. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...

Yes, we need ALL the Epstein files.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Judge orders US to release father and 5-year-old taken into custody during Minnesota immigration crackdown.

1/ Ian Austin has since been re-arrested along with Don Lemon, which he believes is bc the video we made of him (below) criticizing the Trump regime and encouraging fellow vets to wake up had gotten millions of views. It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Today Todd Blanche confirmed that death is portrayed in some of the sex films in the Epstein files, which is exactly what Sasha Riley had claimed. It’s horrifying to think that some of these men who participated or watched are in your government.

Catherine O’Hara SCTV thread youtu.be/990OaFr8EYw?...

For decades, Catherine O'Hara did so many great things but SCTV is my foundation. It is my comedy lodestar. It sent me on my path in life. If you've ever laughed at anything I've ever been a part of, Catherine and her cohorts are in the DNA of that laugh.

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

Listing those kids' ages like a waiter talking about the catch of the day

This is much shorter than she deserved, but I wrote a few words about the late, great, Catherine O'Hara. www.thebulwark.com/p/catherine-...

Burn it all down. I'm fairly agnostic, but would be happy to see Jesus come back and smite the shit out of all of these hypocrites.

Hell, yeah. “I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”

In order to be allowed to read what Donald Trump did to young children, you must be at least 18 years old…something that none of his victims were. #FDT #TrumpIsAPedo

Jeopardy! (Series, 1984 - )

Interesting …

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons

Lively scene of LA teenagers and us older folks rallying outside Amazon offices in Santa Monica calling out Big Tech for powering state violence. Bonus sighting of @bcmerchant.bsky.social out reporting in the crowd.

Speculation that the FBI special agent in charge in Atlanta was fired when he raised questions about the planned raid on the Fulton County elections center are confirmed.

A free press isn't the enemy. It's the safeguard.

Catherine O'Hara was the best— from the absolute brilliance of SCTV to movies like BEETLEJUICE and HOME ALONE to the Christopher Guest improvisational films to "Schitt's Creek." We didn't deserve her. A sad day

The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.

All of this. 🎯🎯🎯

I was numbly devastated, but then “A Kiss At the End of the Rainbow” popped into my head, and now I’m sobbing. youtu.be/QwLZfPPM7GQ?...

Devastated that they are both gone. Genius. youtu.be/fggXs7oIP7Q?...

No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.

Expose these monsters for who they are.