Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

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.

BREAKING on MS NOW: A federal judge has ruled Pete Hegseth can't penalize Sen. Mark Kelly over that video telling service members they can refuse illegal orders. Judge Richard Leon blocked the disciplinary action after finding an effort to cut his retirement benefits was likely unconstitutional.

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Pam BONDI couldn't get a PART in a HIGH SCHOOL PLAY with this CADENCE. WHY is EVERY other WORD LIKE THIS?

Jamie Raskin to AG Pam Bondi: You're not showing a lot of interest in the victims.... whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal governmental violence. against citizens in Minneapolis. You're. siding with the perpetrators and you're ignoring the victims.

Raskin: To promote justice for the people, you've got to listen to the victims like the women seated behind you today. Those are just some of the hundreds of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's global sex trafficking ring. You still haven't with them.

Raskin going absolutely ham on Bondi rn

you could simply leave the “Jewish” part out of this it is a choice and it is a bad one and I would really, truly prefer that people ostensibly on my side of the political spectrum not make it

This is what ICE looks like

Ten years ago today, #SCOTUS issued five unsigned and unexplained 5-4 rulings granting emergency applications to block President Obama’s Clean Power Plan—a completely unprecedented move that helped to usher in the Court’s modern … (mis)adventures … with its shadow docket. Me in today’s “One First”:

Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.

Democratic Congressman Juan Vargas denied entry to the facility. Members of Congress have the legal right to enter and inspect federal detention facilities with no notice. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/n...

Disgusting

Homeland Security is monitoring anti-ICE Reddit posts, an intelligence bulletin leaked to me reveals: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...

> @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?” @acyn.bsky.social

Credit where it’s due: This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

MS NOW confirms: Trump conditioned releasing funding for the Gateway infrastructure project on whether Leader Schumer would support renaming Washington-Dulles International Airport and Penn Station after Trump.

It's in the Bible!

Every American needs to watch this:

Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...

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.

I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.

AMEN

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

ABSOLUTELY NOT. Do not bs us on this. Don’t even think about it. Not one single day of an extension.

The Washpost's editor said today that, amid the layoffs, one of the Post's top priorities will be "national security, in DC and abroad." And at the same time, the Post is laying off every journalist in the Middle East. And Ukraine.

What?!

👀 A cryptic new letter from Senator Ron Wyden to the CIA director.

Swalwell: The guy said he would cut prices, and instead he’s killing people—and I’m not signing off on that.

When Stephen Miller invades VA -- and he will -- it will set off an ever-loving backlash among right wing NatSec types.

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar. If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy grid with missiles and caused power outages in major cities as temperatures dropped below freezing just a day after President Trump restated that the Kremlin had agreed to pause power sector attacks.

"Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005." "it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

SHABOOZEY: “Immigrants built this country.”

Whoa. Dems just flipped a Texas state senate seat in a district that Trump carried by 17 points. Not only that, but the win was decisive, making this an enormous swing. Plus, Republicans went all in to try to save the seat, to no avail.

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

these mfs want to own slaves

Regular reminder that ICE is NOT law enforcement.

There is no world, no scenario, no imaginable or unimaginable turn of events under which the Trump Administration will not end up regretting this stupefyingly idiotic arrest. Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."

If you answer “No” you get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago

If you believe in American democracy, this is a very good time to stand up for the free press

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