Just to keep it straight ... It's Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security who's allegedly having a barely concealed affair with her married aide who tried to fire a Coast Guard pilot for not turning their luxury jet around mid-flight to go back and get her blankie ...

Last week Donald Trump registered the trademark "Donald J. Trump International Airport." This week Florida Republicans voted to rename Palm Beach International Airport Donald J. Trump International Airport," putting taxpayers on the hook for licensing fees that go straight to him

Sometimes all you can do is laugh.

What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years? Take a guess and watch this video to find out.

The effect was caused by a switch from a chronological to an algorithmic feed

“.. After all the tariff headlines and swings in the data, the trade deficit barely budged in 2025.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Trump has ordered the Treasury to send him $10 billion in cash & $10 billion for a slush fund (on top of the $200 million in cash stolen from Venezuela for another slush fund), on top of $10+ billion gotten from foreign governments in exchange for favors, but do go on about not taking a salary ...

"Trump lied, Piers, when he said he never went on the [Epstein] plane." I debated Piers Morgan on Trump in the Epstein files. I brought receipts. Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGoZ...

Breaking MS NOW: FBI Director Kash Patel flew today on the FBI's Gulfstream jet bound for a trip to the winter Olympics in Italy to watch one of his favorite sports: men's ice hockey. Patel's trip to Milan is likely to cost as much as $75,000. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

This is catching on. There’s nothing Trump hates more than being ignored.

it's almost like tariffs increase prices!

Must be nice to have a functioning Supreme Court.

“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”

Trump: "I thought when I saw this note -- 'I'm excited to announce that Norway' -- I thought they were going to say they're giving me the Nobel Prize. Oh. This is less exciting. But I don't care. I don't care about Nobel Prize."

more than two hours into this "Board of Peace" meeting, we are now enduring random world leader open mic time and Trump's eyes are closed

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

Trump: "This building was built for peace. Nobody knew what to name it, and then Marco named it after me. I had nothing to do with it. I swear. They said, 'There's a surprise coming.' I thought they were gonna give me a lot of money or something. Maybe cash. Can always use some extra cash."

Seems bad. Yet another in the long list of things (growing ever longer) that would have been a major months long scandal in any other administration.

The WSJ reports that the Trump administration has massed "significant" air power in striking distance of Iran, but hasn't yet decided what the purpose of an attack would be. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Hmm. The US is giving $10 billion in taxpayer dollars, not appropriated by Congress, to a fake board set up by the President and which he put himself in charge of *for life*... seems very, very illegal.

“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.” This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate." #TrumpSyndicate

Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."

Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)

Biden would’ve been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin’ Department of Justice building

'At a moment when your government is rounding people up and building camps to concentrate them — and you know *everyone in the world knows it* — some ambivalence when you’re at an international competition is not just understandable but unavoidable." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others. See what changes are in store for your county 👇

New — This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named “Board of Peace.” Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.

The U.S. military has moved into place for possible strikes in Iran, leaving the White House with high stakes choices about pursuing diplomacy or war.

New via WSJ: French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel was secretly negotiating in 2016 with lawyers representing Epstein's victims, according to DOJ files. Brunel's lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs. Then Brunel went dark.

In this entire piece there is not a hint of even a semblance of a legal argument for how a war of this scale would be legal or authorized. There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran. None. Zero. Nothing.

14 million households now owe past due utility bills. Trump didn’t create an energy boom - he created an affordability crisis that leaves families choosing between heat and hunger. This isn’t leadership - it’s neglect. #TrumpAffordabilityChaos

Let’s remember what this con artist promised the voters in his own words.

1) Top US commanders in Venezuela. 2) US military prepared to strike Iran. Enjoy your weekend. @cnn.com @reuters.com www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/p...

Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6

It needs to be said clearly that it would be absolutely insane for the United States to start a war of aggression against Iran. If anyone thinks that Trump gives a rip about democracy or human rights you are kidding yourself. It’ll be another campaign of domination and plunder.

Trump may not only see his name on an airport like he’s always wanted—but he may get control over the trademark.

WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump." TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."

In defense of avo toast (and a few thoughts on the economic struggles of Gen Z).

Which Winter Olympics sport draws 19,000 fans? Hockey? Figure skating? Nope, it’s biathlon! With 200,000 tickets sold, the event makes up 20% of the Milan Cortina total.

Trump is very underwater on immigration. There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

This is a fun headline sequence. @financialtimes.com @wsj.com

Trump 2024: "I won't send your kids off to die in yet another foreign war." Trump 2026: *Sets the entire Middle East on fire*

As expected, MAGA is coming after disability benefits for combat veterans. Here's just one example of the rule's impact: Veterans taking anti-depressants for PTSD will be forced to stop taking the medication in order to retain their disability payments.

Q: Zelenskyy said he doesn't think it's fair Trump is saying Ukraine has to make concessions & not Russia. What's Trump's response? LEAVITT: I think the president would respond by saying he doesn't think it's fair thousands of Ukrainians are losing their lives, and Russians too, in this deadly war

Just look at the love! edition.cnn.com/2018/07/15/e...

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o... - let’s go after these criminals!!

It does though.

Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”