I loved the centering of Latin culture in Bad Bunny's halftime performance. "Debí tirar más fotos" when I lived in Puerto Rico with my family of origin in the late 1960s (I should have taken more photos). Also, the word "reggaeton" is super cool. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

"Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" is the overarching question of our times.

An elegy and everlasting thanks to my writer friend Steve. nancytownsley.substack.com/p/a-great-wi...

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.

I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

Written in 1935. Shelf life approximately ninety years. RIP, WaPo.

After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The draconian cuts at the Washington Post could be called committing suicide by a once-great journalism institution that deserved trust and respect. But I think it should be seen as the owner of the Washington Post committing murder in service to Donald J. Trump.

Alternate headline: Bezos breaks more stuff. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

"You are not alone in looking at this mountain of rancid shit and wondering where to start and what you should know as you go along. So, I’m starting this guide, which is intended to be just as helpful to myself in understanding all of it." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...

Reminder: In midst of Jeffrey Epstein's child sex ring, Donald Trump said this about Epstein to media: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with." Trump added, "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Heartbreaking.

One day you're young and fun then next thing you know you're literally dreaming about creative home storage solutions

People not in the Epstein Files:

When deciding which new followers to block on here I mostly go with my gut. Am I batting 100 in my process? Probably not. But I feel like the bots are getting backed way the hell up.

Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps

I’m quite taken with this “Have the day you voted for” sign in Salem today.

Pretty much every Portlander has been tear-gassed by Feds or the Portland Police or both in the past decade. Spicy air won’t stop us.

It was the worst of times, and it was also the grossest of times. Just godawful.

Very strong statement from Episcopal Bishops including the Bishop of Rhode Island. Importantly, it includes a call for action. "This is a moment for action. We call on people of faith to stand by your values and act as your conscience demands."

They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.

"What the anger over Alex Pretti’s killing shows very clearly is that Trump and the people that surround him are nowhere near as strong as they think they are. Quite the opposite. They’re vulnerable. All it takes to push them to back down is a mass of people rising up in fury."

She is absolutely correct, of course. But when MAGA made the files' release the high water mark for their guy Don, they salivated at the thought it would be mostly Dems caught in the dragnet. Now that it's also *their* folks, well ... never mind.

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.”

LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

Now Georgia Fort. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/feds-...

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

They're arresting journalists now. Major inflection point. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

OK #Eugene! When you're out and about on Saturday, make it your mission to support small local businesses that close on Friday. Small sample of books at J. Michael's, for instance, that you could get on your way home from, say, a march downtown. #Oregon

Accommodationist/bystander, aggressor, resister. What kind of American are you? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

Now that's an effective use of an exercise app.

People can and are changing their minds in the face of depravity.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

This was Alex Pretti at work at the VA honoring a veteran who had passed. This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.

From M. Gessen: "If we don’t talk back, if we alter our routes to avoid protests, if we are lucky enough to be white, straight, natural-born Americans — or, if we are not, but we lie low, stay quiet — we will be safe ... but that's not how state terror works."

This isn't about “politics.” This isn't about left and right. This isn't about whether you can’t stand Trump or think he’s the best thing ever. It's about the government deciding what we can and can’t do, and murdering us when we don't toe the line. We all should be Mary Ann Vecchio today.

Alex Pretti was murdered while trying to protect a woman from being assaulted by federal agents

The massive day of action the Trump regime hoped you wouldn't hear about

NEWS: Historic general strike begins in Minnesota with thousands shutting down the state. ICE detains corrections recruit despite having documentation. Philadelphia sues after Trump orders removal of slavery exhibits. Spread the word. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

It's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...

But seriously thanks @indivisible.org for the hour of phonebanking my way out of utter hopelessness. Asked people to implore their senator to hold firm on no appropriations until ICE is reined in. Some really great convos. A reminder that all eyes are on MN & we are sick w rage.

Trump's premeditated threat at Davos was ugly and "worthy of a padrino," says conservative NYT columnist Bret Stephens: “You can say ‘yes’ and we will be very appreciative,” Trump said, in reference to his demand for Greenland. “Or you can say ‘no’ and we will remember.”

Sure, he’s extra crazy now, but he’s *always* been abnormal and people have pretended all along that he was fine. The degree is worse now, but same brand. When have the ramblings ever made sense, even in the first term? When hasn’t he been mentally impaired, or just stupid?

The first twelve months of Trump's second term have nearly brought us to our knees—but we're not done with the idea of America just yet. #betheresistance #loveyourneighbor open.substack.com/pub/nancytow...

@politicsgirl.bsky.social goes nuclear on MAGA pundit Scott Jennings over the lawless withholding of the Epstein files, and it's a beautiful thing to witness.

My friend Lois got this incredible shot of the Northern Lights from the deck of her floating home along the Multnomah Channel around 4:40 a.m.

Maybe Greenland could invade us instead?

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

Time to put grandpa in a home I’m sorry GOP