🤔😡 per A.P. *How Jeffrey Epstein used the glamour of the Nobel Peace Prize to entice his global network of elites* apnews.com/article/epst...

🤔😡 per A.P. *How Jeffrey Epstein used the glamour of the Nobel Peace Prize to entice his global network of elites* apnews.com/article/epst...

👇👇 per NBC: *Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.* www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

👇👇 per NBC: *Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.* www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“.. Will take down (Pope) Francis,” Bannon wrote to Epstein in June 2019. “The Clintons, Xi, Francis, EU – come on brother.” 🤡 @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/w...

Barron’s cover. Like housing, the solution for beef price-inflation isn’t quick — and it got set back even further by tariffs. 😔 @barrons.com

The Cabinet this week *RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat *Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island *Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims *Noem blanket *Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it *Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”

Read this: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention, by @micarosenberg.bsky.social

This may be the most dangerous development of all. It will give Trump fake legal pretext to reject Nov election results. American democracy has like 9 months left. Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...

American democracy can absolutely withstand a non-legally binding EO about voter ID. The president does not control state election requirements. Organizers, activists and operatives are prepared for Republicans to try to mess with election results as they have been for decades.

“.. Trump disparaged his predecessors as commander in chief. “You’ve had a couple of good ones, not that many if you want to know the truth,” he said. “But we support you more than any of them.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Tillis: @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/muni...

Add another criminal legislative item to Project 2029

“.. QuitGPT is the first true consumer-driven, social-political movement against AI .. it is a first sign of a crack developing in the AI race.” - Fed Watch Advisors @markruffalo.bsky.social quitgpt.org

Kolanovic.

The Trump administration says Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured at minimum cost to the US taxpayer. Bloomberg calculations show the price tag of the ships deployed in the Caribbean hit more than $20 million a day at its peak.

It would not be hard to use this to make Bannon's ties to Meloni a problem.

Steve Bannon wrote to Epstein that he wished to “take down” the Pope.

"Putin is beatable. Russia's economy is a joke, and their forces on the ground are garbage." I made an appearance on the X Channel Defence On The Brink.

At some point Trump administration incompetence will end up killing lots of US citizens.

@barackobama.bsky.social: "Bad Bunny's halftime show... This is what a community is. People who did not speak Spanish and have never been to Puerto Rico saw that elderly woman serving a drink and the kids dancing with their grandmas... There's room for everybody here. That I think is where we win."

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress. The referendum will take place on April 21.

Fixed it again. #EpsteinFiles

white dudes in Callaway hats doing this are a five alarm fire for the GOP

It’s mind boggling to me that Odd Job the troll mocks people all day long on Twitter.

My latest Substack piece, this time with a deep dive into the FACE Act and why Trump’s DOJ is perverting its true intent: open.substack.com/pub/katiepha...

> @nypost.com www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ty...

“.. They’re builders, contractors, lumber companies .. “.. They started off with, ‘hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border .. we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks ..” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Ever imagine such a headline? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Rubio speech at MSC—in short: US sees global trade, diplomacy, migration, immigration, global institutions and global affairs in general as a “foolish post-WWII mistake” and invites Europe “so save itself by each protecting sovereignty, closed borders, and Christianity” alike Trump’s America.

Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.

This is striking: New Senate Majority PAC poll finds that GOP's advantage on immigration has been wiped out by unpopularity of Trump's agenda. Dems now at parity with Republicans. This is a Dem poll but it dovetails with what other polls are showing (see piece/thread below)

It's a sign that things are changing that Dems are now circulating strategy memos saying they can take this issue on directly.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

"When I asked why Valery’s treatment for self-harm seems to be exclusively a prescription for sleeping pills, ICE did not respond." Valery is a 13-year-old girl in detention.

For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed. Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void. This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.

ABC: “The acting head of ICE says two of its officers appear to have made "untruthful statements" about shooting a migrant in Minnesota and may face federal charges for their actions.” abcnews.com/US/prosecuto...

Every talking head: The Don Lemon case is a First Amendment case. Me (*screaming at the TV*): It’s a COMMERCE CLAUSE case! The Don Lemon case is a Commerce Clause case. THE DON LEMON CASE IS A COMMERCE CLAUSE CASE!!!!

Breaking: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.

👀👀👀👀 When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.

🚨BREAKING: Montana Court BLOCKS state law targeting students with unconstitutional residency requirement. A victory for our clients and the voters of Montana. www.democracydocket.com/cases/montan...

Jeffries: "Y'all saw the embarrassing display by the so-called attorney general the other day. Who would trust her or the weaponized DOJ to independently investigate wrongdoing by Trump administration officials or by ICE agents? That's a reasonable demand. It's also a hard line in the sand."

This is outrageous. School photo giant Lifetouch is owned by Apollo Global Management co-founded by Leon Black, a major Epstein backer. Now we learn Apollo’s CEO, Marc Rowan, also had Epstein ties. No wonder districts are canceling picture day. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AqT0dwBM_SZe...

Everything is for sale.

Partisan political speeches have no place on military bases to active duty troops. These soldiers have no choice - they are ordered to be there. No politician should ever make a speech like this to troops. The continued silence on this issue by Republicans is a disgrace. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump can’t pardon election felon Tina Peters for state crimes, so he’s squeezing Colorado instead—moving Space Command, canceling $100 mn in grants, and vetoing a clean-water pipeline. This type of presidential coercion threatens federalism and rewards election misconduct, this CATO paper argues.

🇫🇷❗️Macron: We have to be the ones to negotiate this new architecture of security for Europe’s day after, because our geography will not change. We will live with Russia in the same place, and the Europeans are in the same place, and I don’t want this negotiation to be organized by somebody else.

This is so disgustingly inappropriate to do anywhere, but particularly in front of troops

#PedoTrump #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

note that Kristi Noem has a photo of her and Trump together on her SAVE AMERICA ACT placard she really thinks she has a shot to be his successor, which is hilarious to me