This is immoral. Trump officials gutted USAID and cut off food aid to refugees. Clinics closed. Warnings poured in and were ignored. Rations collapsed. Children starved to death. 👉🏾Agency staffers even celebrated the cuts with a sheet cake while lifesaving programs were being shut down.👈🏾

Decent Americans like Canada. Assholes don't.

Apart from the clumsy answer, they're now saying they're going to threaten full trade embargos against whole countries. That should go well and not create supply chain problems or inflationary pressures.

SCOOP — Tom Suozzi has a Democratic primary challenger in the NY-3 congressional race. Danielle Welch (@daniwelch.bsky.social), a public defender, has officially declared her candidacy. Welch gave me this comment about launching her campaign:

What the actual f*ck???

“This is all about 2026 and 2028 and their attempt to destroy democracy.” thank you @staceyabrams.com and the @allinwithchris.bsky.social team for having me fill in this week.

She’s making it happen, y’all. @jasmineforus.bsky.social is activating non-voters just like she said she would. “55% of the people that showed up on day one don’t normally vote in a primary. In fact, 20% of those voters were first-time voters.” 💥

Collins stood silently in the Oval Office clutching a red MAGA hat as Trump told lies about our elections and repeated his call for the federal government to take over vote counting in certain parts of the country. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

While he was detained at Dilley for over four months, 13-year-old Gustavo Santiago said he felt as if he would “never get out.” “I just ask that you don’t forget about us,” he told ProPublica in a video call.

From @nowthisimpact.bsky.social : “Trump is sending all pregnant minors to one detainment center in Texas… so they can’t get abortions.” #ForcedBirthNation

Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."

Hope is not a promise. It is not a guarantee of success. It is the courage to act in the face of uncertainty. And right now, in this fragile moment for our democracy, it is the most important responsibility we share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

Guitarist & Songwriter Nils Lofgren & his wife Amy have written a protest song: No Kings, No Hate, No Fear. Read about what’s behind the song & listen to it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

they’re radicalizing guys name colt shelby who work in the oil and gas industry

Note, NYT assumes that DHS told the truth about what happened, which would be crazy because they literally Never Have when they shot someone, especially an American.

The coverage on Trump's potential Iran invasion has been woefully inadequate. And that's before you consider that none of them say, "Iran already agreed to a nuke deal, Trump ripped it up, causing the problem he's currently facing."

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “We know the average 🇺🇸 household paid an extra $1000 last year because of these tariffs. 90% of the cost was transferred right over to the average American… Gorsuch basically said we have a constitution, I know you don’t like it.” (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

Look, the states are willing to help calculate what’s owed!

Palantir just scored a $1 BILLION deal to provide products and services to DHS, which kidnaps people & terrorizes our communities. I’ve got the details, including the internal tensions by employees as Palantir forges ahead with its contracts with the Trump Regime 2.0 youtu.be/8P-RG3DwkVQ?...

BREAKING: SCOTUS holds in a 6-3 decision that Trump's tariffs imposed pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are not authorized as he exceeded his authority.

In the 1st year of Trump’s second term, U.S. economic growth fell to a nine-year low, and domestic job growth fell to a 16-year low (excluding the pandemic). The White House keeps insisting this is the greatest economy Americans have ever seen. Reality suggests otherwise. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

The Republican Party of Wisconsin filed a disturbing amicus brief Tuesday urging a federal court to force the Wisconsin Elections Commission to hand over the state’s unredacted voter rolls to Trump’s Justice Department www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Galley copy of THE FIX. The cover, designed by Rodrigo Corral, depicts Kintsugi, the art of repairing broken china with gold to highlight rather than conceal its history. Seems an apt metaphor for overcoming our challenges to restore power to the people. www.barbaramcquade.com

The Constitution bars Congress from funding “standing armies” for more than two years. Why the One Big Beautiful Bill violates this forgotten constitutional check and how Congress can enforce it now, from @scott-levy.bsky.social and Kevin McNellis: www.justsecurity.org/129908/congr...

CSI Aviation is ICE's top contractor. Its CEO and his family contributed $460,000 to Trump’s 2024 campaign. Since Trump's inauguration, CSI Aviation has seen its revenues rise by 238% compared to the year before, from $363.9 million to $1.23 billion.

Every American needs to read this (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/o...

Who might he be willing to give up to try & save himself?

Holy shit. A lot of people have suggested this, but I don’t think Lieu would make the allegation unless he had seen some evidence.

NYT Focus Group Reveals Voters Want Progressive Democrats & Fighters! Contrary to establishment talking points, vibes, and overall nonsense, the polls & focus groups reveal voters want Democrats to adopt progressive policies and aggressively fight fascism. thelefthook.substack.com/p/nyt-focus-...

He was found dead in his cell -- via "suicide." www.wsj.com/us-news/epst...

Why would federal prosecutors in 2019 tell authorities in New Mexico to stop their investigation into Epstein and Zorro Ranch?

When dictators lose popularity, they kill people and blow up things to change the storyline.

Law Dork published this memo tonight. It's important, DHS issued it & DOJ filed it a day before a key hearing in a Minnesota case, and it is not remotely available on PACER b/c a judge denied my request to open the docket to all. Support my independent legal journalism if you can. www.lawdork.com

If anyone is in DC on February 24th, come by and check out our live response to Trump's SOTU. Fantastic lineup. You can also see us on a live stream. I'll be moderating a superstar panel. Should be fun and juicy. www.defiance.org/sotu

Most voters I talk to - and I talk to a lot of them here in the Midwest, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social - agree with Waj. At this point, the corruption, the culture, the criminality of ICE & CPB has made these organizations reprehensible to most folks. Immigration reform starts where ICE ends.

JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz. Assuming its’s granted, Jacqueline Guataquira would become the 17th of 32 known defendants cleared. None of the 32 has been convicted. Docket entry and original charging doc below:

BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address. Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies. Watch on our YouTube.

In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views. The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.

Trying to figure out whether this will make it easier or harder to subpoena her to ask why she lied so pervasively.

Thank you, @maddow.bsky.social , for spotlighting the opposition to Trump’s concentration camps being built around the country. Many of these are for profit, profiting from cruelty and human suffering with our tax dollars. 1/2

trump is so afraid of this?? that he's ordered his pet network not to air it? That's some really small dick energy right there, folks.

Wow.

i would like to read a deeply-reported, 10,000-word investigative piece about the procurement process that ends up sourcing a luxury 737 for the head of DHS which only seats 17 people

I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.

🚨 Breaking news in Epstein Case 🚨 The New Mexico Legislature has passed HR1 to convene a Truth Commission and investigate Epstein’s crimes in NM, including at Zorro Ranch—led by State Reps Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya. Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...

States, counties and municipalities are fighting back against the harms of ICE concentration camps. You know what this means, folks? Those harms - environmental, economic and social - will be visited instead on those who won't stand up and say NIMBY to ICE. It's okay to change your mind.

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