Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care. Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.

INBOX: Hudson River Tunnel construction officially stopped amid Trump admin funding interference. This hours before a TRO hearing in Manhattan

this is an exquisite piece of performance art

(Bloomberg) - Elon Musk can be forced to testify in a lawsuit brought by government workers and contractors who accused him of unlawfully directing the dissolution of the [USAID] while he was a senior White House adviser, a judge ruled. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

one thought i had reading this: i feel like a lot of folks bet a teensy bit too much on the pipe dream that the u.s. government itself would become a purchaser, especially amid all the nebulous and clearly wishful talk about the bitcoin reserve back during the 24 campaign.

“There may be patients who think this is a good deal and then end up financially worse off,” said Rachel Sachs, a law professor who studies drug pricing at Washington University in St. Louis. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

having spent the last however many hours once again immersed in intricate budget/appropriations records, i am newly reminded that nothing matters, we are just garbage floating on a rock made of garbage through an endless cosmic sea of garbage

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

We at the @postguild.bsky.social are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

oh dear

here for the discourse as well as the memes newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/stop-blami...

More than two dozen musicians, dancers, theater companies and other groups have pulled out of performing at the Kennedy Center since President Trump returned to the White House. Here's a list of cancellations.

NEW: In January, the White House promised to crack down on fraud. Weeks later, it has become weaponized, as President Trump uses claims of taxpayer theft to penalize Democrats, all the while he pardons his allies connected to the loss of millions in federal benefits www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

i thought to myself, oh this cannot possibly be a real thing written by man or machine, and yet!

you know it's bad when even nber is publishing papers about men on the internet being trash

“.. The selloff has investors on edge, and on the lookout for signs it will force big firms to unload their holdings—triggering further declines ..” @wsj.com #$MSTR #$BMNR www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

NEW: In January, the White House promised to crack down on fraud. Weeks later, it has become weaponized, as President Trump uses claims of taxpayer theft to penalize Democrats, all the while he pardons his allies connected to the loss of millions in federal benefits www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

uhhh what www.foxnews.com/food-drink/r...

Polymarket has no idea who's actually betting, and there's all kinds of evidence about potential market manipulation, and yet... www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

"Caterpillar Inc, which imports raw materials and parts for construction equipment, said it expects the president’s levies to cost about $2.6 billion this year." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

no she’s not dead sorry that didn’t happen I refuse

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address. The full user guide here:

This quote from July from Warsh on Fox could haunt his tenure as Chair: "What we need is regime change at the Fed.... It's about changing their mindset and their models, and frankly, it's about breaking some heads, because the way they've been doing business is not working."

Even among some inclined to praise the president's pick to lead the Fed, there are the doubts we expected all along -- that Kevin Warsh, the new nominee for chair, will not be independent of the White House, which has used every lever to influence interest rates www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

ICE has weapons of war... www.nytimes.com/video/us/100... ...and surveillance: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t... ... including face recognition app Clearview AI. In 2024, DHS was only using Clearview for child exploitation investigations. Now use includes investigating "attacks on law enforcement."

Earning just one dollar more could mean a $10,000 increase in insurance premiums. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

we have a new Aluna single, and a new Fed chair nominee, coincidence??? oh also we're covering (one of those things) live here: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

The great @anaswanson.bsky.social and I took a look back on what a year of Trump policy hath wrought for manufacturing. Short version: No big resurgence, but some interesting stuff going on under the surface. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...

Atlanta Fed GDP Now estimate for Q4 was down sharply to 4.2%on today's trade and inventories data. Still well above most private-sector forecasts. www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc... #EconSky

White supremacist messaging from the Trump admin

hm yea so idk maybe let’s not do….that

i regret to inform you that i am once again back to cowboy carter

if I find out which one of you signed me up for st*new*ll kickball emails against my will, I swear, I will commit unspeakable crimes against you and your family and your future next of kin and everyone else you know and love

i would like to press criminal charges against anyone who thinks dc has good bagels because excuse me no

there are many things about AI that infuriate me, but somewhere near the top of the list: doctors offices that use AI voice assistants for scheduling.

SNAP work requirements reduce participation by increasing procedural denials—a direct marker of administrative burden. Exploiting age-based exemptions for able-bodied adults without dependents, from Jason B. Cook, Elizabeth Cox, and Chloe N. East www.nber.org/papers/w34698

these questions are terrible

oh okay sure

NEW: When Congress killed The Corporation for Public Broadcasting in July, experts predicted scores of stations could go dark. Six months later, vanishingly few have shut down. Inside the public media apocalypse that wasn't (yet.) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...

honestly impressed with my continued refusal to wear glasses despite my inability to see words and stuff. vision so bad that I can’t even see my own delusions anymore lol

This exchange in Ben Terris’s story on Trump’s health, his view on mortality and legacy, and his Cabinet’s contest to say the most over-the-top thing about his physical prowess. nymag.com/intelligence...

Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

This is an account from a physician, filed in court, who ran to the scene of where federal agents shot Alex Pretti and rendered aid. She testifies she was delayed by officers from performing CPR. She noticed at least 3 bullet wounds to his back, one on his chest, and possibly one his neck.

Pepper-Sprayed While Pinned Down: A Searing Scene Provokes Outrage www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...

So to recap: Days ago, the Trump admin said it would "freeze" some federal child care funds to Democratic-led states on grounds of fraud (without much evidence). Today, DOJ is now saying in court it was never a freeze, but also, they can't say for sure HHS wouldn't have cut off any funds