Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights? KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment

Not every issue in our politics needs to be shirts and skins. Republicans don’t need to automatically be against everything Democrats stand for. We could decide together that no president should ever arrest a political opponent for free speech.

WATCH | Pam Bondi lashes out at Jerry Nadler in shouting match over Epstein question during House hearing Follow live coverage here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Rep. Jamie Raskin explains how congressional hearings typically work after many outbursts from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

valuable read, by J. Michael Luttig from may 2025: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Dialysis provider Fresenius paid its CEO $4.8 million in 2024—then fired nurse Alan Faustino for speaking out about working conditions. Fresenius, DaVita, USRenalCare, SatelliteHealth: Union-busting has no place in health care. Bargain in good faith. Reinstate him.

from november 2025 The Absence and The Imperative of Virtue in Our Times open.substack.com/pub/judgelut...

“Even in grief and fear, people still show up for each other.” Becca Good thanked Minneapolis for its kindness, solidarity, and strength one month after the loss of her wife, Renee. www.startribune.com/one-month-af...

Pardoned insurrectionists commit crimes at a higher rate than immigrants.

Thank you Dr Hotez

After more unredacted Epstein files have came out. World leaders are calling for people to step down and to be prosecute. Our leaders have done nothing. www.youtube.com/live/Deh5tR1...

It was a raid as shocking as it was extraordinary: Last month, the FBI entered the main election operations center of Fulton County, Georgia, and seized records — including ballots — from the 2020 presidential vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

There are a growing number of reports of agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers & anti-ICE activists, heightening fears in the state. That's deceptive & unconstitutional, because they use trickery to get around warrant & consent protections.

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Breaking MS NOW: Some of the Epstein docs the DOJ invited members of Congress to view are STILL redacted, despite promises otherwise. Raskin says DOJ's reading room has just four computers. It would take seven years to get through the files in the current conditions established by the DOJ.

Ghislaine Maxwell helped launch Clinton Global Initiative, donated $1 million. "She... attended Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding.... Ms. Maxwell told the [DoJ]... that she last saw Mr. Clinton sometime between 2016 & 2018, when... they had dinner together in L.A.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

Oh, glad she cleared that up for us.

There’s is nothing the won’t defend. Vile.

Let congress know this is not the will of We The People

In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court allowed California to use its new, voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 election — a decision that clears the way for Democrats to counter Trump’s redistricting gains in Texas.

Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

50% of rural whites and 55% of noncollege whites say ICE is too aggressive. That's according to the latest *Fox News poll.* You're running out of Real Americans, Senator.

If Kristi Noem’s disaster preparedness plan has to be paused when there’s a disaster, it’s not a plan. It’s a disaster. Fire Kristi Noem. Save FEMA.

Six in 10 Americans disapprove of the job U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll. to.pbs.org/4aeohM2

Wishing former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn the best in his run for Congress. If anyone deserves to win, it's him. time.com/7368907/harr...

Who could this be? Hmm…

Layoffs just hit their highest start-of-year total since January 2009 — the height of the Great Recession — according to data tracking firm Challenger. Meanwhile, CEO pay and corporate profits continue to hit record highs. Does anyone still believe that trickle-down tax cuts create jobs?

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AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.

This is upsetting when it could be prevented

The Kansas Reflector team is working hard into the night ... The Senate voted along partisan lines this evening to designate each Oct. 14 as a day to honor the late Charlie Kirk’s commitment to free speech | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/01/28/k...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 28 KS Reflector: Anti-trans bathroom bans in govt buildings one again on the KS agenda as a GOP-led committee adds to pending bio-sex-only drivers' license legislation.

wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."

Courage is contagious. Let’s keep going.

Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning? No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!

This is damning. The Treasury Secretary just admitted that it's "up to the President" whether the DOJ sues or investigates Warsh if he fails to follow Trump's direction at the Fed. They're saying it out loud - Trump will only accept a sock puppet as the head of the Fed.

Name them shame them

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NEW: In one of his most explicit signals of election interference yet, Trump falsely claimed on a radio interview that immigrants “were brought to our country to vote and they vote illegally” and urged Republicans to control elections by placing them under national authority.

we cannot call the speaker of the house Johnson a leader, merely a sycophant bootlicker

part of the 'caving' of "institutions", so sad

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The election denial movement relies on propaganda and urging their believers into action based on genuine belief that they are in the right. People saying "there aren't enough ICE agents" are kinda missing the point. The point is to get people to distrust the results of the election.

Also: We have a 'submit resume for future openings' now, and are going to be posting more jobs later this year. We're funded by our 50K+ members paying $120/year, plus some YouTube ads, not a billionaire's whims. Legit, openly left-leaning, independent news outlet full of veteran journalists.

This is the second public forum hosted by Sen. Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia as part of their ongoing inquiry into allegations of Department of Homeland Security abuse and overreach. You can watch the first public forum from Dec. 9 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urg4...