Putin took part in a somber ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the siege of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)—even as his war machine was inflicting some of the same horrors on innocent people in Ukraine.

JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.

💯 Not a hoax and never was

Amidst all the noise, one thing shouldn’t go unmentioned: Someone in the Justice Department published those largely unredacted Epstein files today intentionally. Not all heroes wear capes.

When you pay attention to the tons of research evidence showing that immigrants commit fewer crimes, you see that the problem isn't immigrants. The problem is the people blaming immigrants and spreading lies and stereotypes about them.

For all the child SA survivors out there, take care of yourself. You have a choice to read the latest release of the Epstein files or not. If you do, may I remind you that you might be triggered. Plan ahead for self care and support should you need it.

Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans

White Minnesota Ladies Protesting ICE Really Throwing A Wrench In Right Wing Propaganda Machine open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

HAPPENING NOW: KNOXVILLE/KNOX COUNTY students walk out to protest ICE (H/T @votegloriaj.bsky.social )

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Dude can’t even get these right anymore.

Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

I’ve been to a lot of protests in Tucson. This anti-ICE one is *massive*.

As someone ”on the spectrum”, nothing angers me more than having people tell me I need to keep my frustrations bottled up because they come off as “unprofessional”, and then have those same people go on a rant during work meetings. It’s why I gave up trying to please people long ago.

'Gone!' Internet decries 'cover-up' as damning Trump allegations yanked from Epstein dump www.rawstory.com/doj-epstein/

Why am I not surprised to read this? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My view while reading.

Imagine the amount of corruption that we don't see.

This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.

WATCH — @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social’s daughter: “This goes against her first amendment rights as a journalist… this doesn’t just affect me, it affects my little sisters. My father woke up today without his wife. I’m demanding my mom gets released.” (H/T @mercadomedia.bsky.social )

Jack Smith has Jeffrey Clark/Scott Perry texts admitting there was NO foreign election interference in 2020 per a briefing from DNI Ratcliffe January 2nd, 2021 per Volume I of his final report. DNI Gabbard is going to try to create foreign interference where DNI Ratcliffe failed. @raskin.house.gov

I hope those accidentally released Epstein files are from someone on the inside fighting back

🚨BREAKING: In a case that could have profound nationwide consequences for elections, the state of Missouri has sued to block the federal government from including undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders in the country’s once-a-decade census count. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Nope, not me.

It just dawned on me: I'm not in the Epstein files. Are you? Let us know if you're not in the Epstein files.

Here is direct cost of credibility gap & loss of presumption of regularity. Blanche says they're doing an investigation out of DOJ into Pretti killing. But that could be a more effective way of trying to tie Minnesota's hands.And very little reason to think they're doing right thing after everything

1/ Sure DOJ has opened an investigation into Alex Pretti's homicide. But not Renee Good's. What's the difference? There's no logical reason to investigate one but not the other. So what's going on?

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

Of course this is who he wants….

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?

RIP to the QUEEN, Catherine O’Hara. 💔

Here's a thought, just take out ALL the bible-infused (ERRORS) PK-12 curriculum. That way OUR students won't get hurt by your foolishness. ❤️‍🔥

New: The Texas Education Agency has to correct roughly 4,200 errors in a Bible-infused elementary school curriculum that was approved by the state two years ago, the State Board of Education said Friday.

WATCH — @laurajedeed.bsky.social : “What’s not funny, and what’s extremely disturbing, is there’s no accountability in this process from beginning to end… unless I was the only person to experience this glitch, ICE does not know who is on these streets. This should not be a partisan issue.”

MAGA people lining up wanting the taxpayers to give them money. Trump wants $10 billion. Lindsey wants $1 million. J6ers want money. Farmers want money. Of course CEOs want their contracts, subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.

Already at least $1.4B richer since taking office, Trump is now suing the IRS for a jaw-dropping $10B over the leak of his tax returns. As he exploits the presidency for self-enrichment and retribution, millions are still struggling with the soaring cost of living. Priorities.

I'm sorry, WHAT?👀 The DNI just happened by a FBI raid and jumped into the back of a truck full of seized ballots?

This is what dems should be saying during interviews! They need to make ppl uncomfortable, bc children, American children are being held in detention, & are suffering.

Absolutely disgusting.

Breaking on MS NOW: @lawofruby.bsky.social reports that, in the latest release of Epstein files, the Trump DOJ produced documents revealing the names and other identifying details of known Epstein survivors. In at least one case, MS NOW found a driver's license with an unredacted photo.

CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.

Pretty tough to blame Dems for a shutdown when Lindsey Graham is shutting the government down so he can get money from the taxpayers for himself. The Lindsey Shutdown

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.

New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car. Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX. /1

This is not great www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...