From Maryland to Colorado, many of the sheriff’s offices on the ballot this year have been hit with lawsuits for gruesome jail conditions or violence committed by their deputies.

“Good f**king riddance,” one staffer told @nataliekorach.bsky.social. “Will’s legacy can be summed up as nothing more than having destroyed an institution in American media.” Go inside The Washington Post after CEO/publisher Will Lewis' abrupt exit: www.status.news/p/washington...

Pre-game prognostication contest: What will President Trump do/say/post during the Super Bowl to direct attention to himself?

💥☠️ Russian propaganda will not show this: dropped ammunition while the occupiers were hanging the tricolor in the area of ​​Ukrainian Kupyansk. 😎 Work of pilots of the 125th OVMB

"Mario" is carrying the stakes used for planting blackberries. At times he needs to walk for 10-15 minutes while carrying a bunch of stakes over his shoulder to the location where they will be installed. This is difficult as the multiple stakes weigh around 40 pounds. #WeFeedYou

'Two attorneys and two former intelligence professionals...identified...a series of procedural anomalies that raise questions about Gabbard’s handling of national intelligence...which was reported to the inspector general as a matter of “urgent concern”.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

FFS bbc.com/news/videos/...

Potlatch super bowl. bbc.com/news/article...

The January arson attack on one of Mississippi’s oldest synagogues comes against the backdrop of an online world where a crop of young influencers have been spreading antisemitism, stoking outrage and drawing millions of followers.

Lollobrigida, competing today on her 35th birthday, brought home the gold for Team Italy in the women’s speed skating 3000m — and set an Olympic record in the process.

Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated Alpine skier of all time, wrote down a full Nelson Mandela quote to read to reporters.

Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD. To *Italy*.

i’m reading wuthering heights for the first time and every page is like “btw heathcliff is not white. he’s darker than all of us so we’re going to be horrible to him. did we mention he’s not white btw?” i knew it was unambiguous but actually reading the book makes the casting so much crazier

The Trump administration's immigration efforts have led some Democrats to call for abolishing ICE. Others won't go as far, wary of appearing out of step with voters who want immigration laws enforced.

you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??

You don’t see a frozen NYC subway pole covered in icicles every day

Figure skating-Malinin insists fulfilling childhood dream made up for second-place standing reut.rs/4qlP6DS

Douglas concludes bluntly. "[T]he majority produces textualism without the text." "[T]he government’s proposed reading of the statute would mean that, for purposes of immigration detention, the border is now everywhere."

This from Douglas is so very on point — and not at all subtle.

Speed skating-Canadian Maltais credits winner Lollobrigida for pushing her to podium reut.rs/4rCBeX1

Among other things, how does Leon “Epstein Island” Botstein think he’s going to raise money anymore? His whole schtick was a pious, faux-profound plea to our better angels, and now that argument has been laughably undermined by his own behavior.

Reboot! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

CBS? So Lutnick is the sacrifice.

(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014. @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...

Accurate headline construction 👍🏽 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Is Trump suddenly defending Bill Clinton so he doesn't say anything about him in the House's Epstein probe, or is this just a pervert game-recognize-game thing?

“America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world.” -Donald Trump, second inaugural address

Former residents sue province for ‘segregation-like conditions’ at Nova Scotia’s only secure treatment facility for youth in care reported by Molly MacNaughton, @mollyx1555.bsky.social

“I’m pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I’m pissed that everybody thinks we’re doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It’s not.”

SHE DID THE THING Also, I love a tribute to Italians talking with their hands.

In February, billions of dollars of school funding in Washington are on the ballot, key chambers are at stake, and several cities will choose their mayor. Explore our elections guide:

My 30 minute painting sketch!. Still learning speed.

In case you missed it, Senator Slotkin makes a great point here about how lawyers have advised her to lay low and not make any waves with Trump. And instead, she has done the exact opposite by standing up to him. This is the way. open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

if russia or china were doing this we’d call it foreign interference

Trump just killed the CIA World Fact Book, which I fondly remember consulting from time to time since HS, yet another thing made worse for no good reason www.cia.gov/stories/stor...

imagine having one of the best tech reporters of all time on your staff and then choosing to lay them off

Sir, you will turn 25 this year. It's time to graduate.

A lone Democratic senator in Maryland, Arthur Ellis, staged a protest today, demanding that Senate President Bill Ferguson allow a vote on a new congressional map passed by the House. Ellis can't force a vote on his own, but in the normally staid MD legislature, this was a notable blowup.

ok, whoa. the DOJ just told me that the unredacted version of the document in question contains an image of a victim’s face overlayed on the face of the Mona Lisa image. so, that's why it's redacted. jesus christ

Senate Republicans block Democrats' effort to sue the Trump administration over partial release of Epstein files wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/05/r...

Period products like pads and tampons are considered an essential public health need, but access for women and trans people held in federal custody — from prisons to immigration detention centers — remains inconsistent.

The justices' unsigned order keeps in place districts that are designed to flip up to five seats now held by Republicans, part of a tit-for-tat nationwide redistricting battle spurred by President Donald Trump, with control of Congress on the line in midterm elections.

My advice to young writers is to never put yourself in a position where your editor can send you a note asking you to expand upon the definition of "femboy erasure".

The best retelling of King Lear ever. 📚💙📚

compact, correct analysis of the situation at WaPo

🚨BREAKING: The White House Thursday refused to rule out the presence of immigration enforcement at voting locations this November, a response that follows extremist rhetoric about placing federal forces at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A pink slime publisher used govt records to target liberal politicians and publish personally identifying details about small-town residents who spoke up at school board hearings, writes Miranda Green.