I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

It’s fun how this info comes on the heels of Hegseth ordering his minions to use AI and then threatening Anthropic with consequences unless they give the military unrestricted use of their AI.

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents."

As you watch this announcement, remember how Trump responded to SCOTUS on tariffs by saying he had the right to totally destroy other countries. Same logic.

It's felt for months now that the fed govt is doing everything it can, including acts of violence, to make the Twin Cities unlivable. Vance's announcement shows that effort continues even if Trump's thugs aren't killing people in the street rn. I just don't see how this can go on for 3 more years.

Q: What is your message to the people of Minnesota who are still upset with the ICE surge? This is just one more thing on top of that JD VANCE: We love them. So much of what is broken in MN is a lack of cooperation. We would encourage everybody in MN to work on the state government a little bit

#AI conversations may not be subject to #privilege - Use tools wisely if at all - #discovery www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/yo...

The Worst President Ever washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/16/w...

In an internal memo in May, Meta laid out its plans to release facial recognition in its smart glasses, to the blind first, & then to the general public. “Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

After two weeks of negotiations, it’s clear the Trump administration and Republicans are not serious about reining in this goon-squad violence against American citizens.

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ICE & CBP are unaffected by this. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov -- Any deal needs to address the outrages perpetrated by these two agencies and defund them appropriately going forward. (TYFYATTM)

DHS funding runs out today. That means we have real leverage in this fight since a funding bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. Call your Members of Congress and demand they reject any bill that doesn’t stop ICE and CBP terror. House: indivisible.org/actions/ice-... Senate: 👇

Important news: “Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. By @jenafifield.bsky.social @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

But we're all walking in the night, now, on ground we don't know. When the day comes we may know where we are, or we may not.

As ICE agents escalate violence and chaos in our communities, Democrats in Congress must use the tools they have to rein the regime in.

Trump repeatedly confuses Greenland with Iceland during a low-energy, slurring appearance at Davos

Guess again

If any of your relatives were confused and rambling like Trump was at Davos, you’d check them into a home tomorrow. This is not sustainable.

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

"I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly" -ML King, Birmingham, 1963

The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep. Stop snoring, ye sleepers

Trump administration officials have claimed that Renee Good was a “domestic terrorist.” Here’s what the law actually says:

NEW: A day after an ICE agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, JD Vance announced the creation of a new assistant attorney general position reporting directly to the White House — news that signals independent federal law enforcement may soon be a thing of the past.

"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

A federal judge in Boston moved to protect the free speech rights of international scholars who feared retribution for their views, after the federal government tried to deport students for expressing pro-Palestinian sentiments.

When can the president invoke the Insurrection Act? What does invoking it allow the military to do? A Brennan Center explainer has the answers. bit.ly/3GsFBhL

however they may thump and punch me about, I have the satisfaction of knowing that it is all right

How the #SupremeCourt Could End #SuperPACs — Without Overturning #CitizensUnited washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/14/h... #LongRead #WorthIt #SCOTUS Thanks @lessig.bsky.social

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Not a national security reporter. Not a Pentagon reporter. Not covering, say, a crime that the Govt wants to investigate. Just someone who talked to Fed employees and kept them anonymous.

Trump is actually after minerals. Oil is just a means to an end. bsky.app/profile/jnav...

“Restoring Venezuela’s oil industry is completely unrealistic in the short term and might not be in America’s economic and geopolitical interests at all,” Rogé Karma argues.

You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

That’s ONE way to get “consumption” up. 🤡 #GDP

Sharyn Alfonsi, an Emmy award winning investigative reporter at CBS News program 60 Minutes, slams Chief Editor Bari Weiss and the CBS news channel in a staff email, for cancelling a report hours before airtime. The report covered conditions at CECOT, a facility where the US has sent deportees.

Bari Weiss speaks about wanting to have "contentious disagreements" on news stories But Sharyn Alfonsi said that when she found out Weiss was killing the 60 Minutes story about CECOT, Weiss refused to discuss it That's not honest journalism It's catering to a political agenda The MAGA agenda

🚨🚨🚨 House GOP *will* hold vote on healthcare package w/subsidy extension after all, but DANGER WILL ROBINSON... acasignups.net/25/12/12/hou...

Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.

Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk? Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus. Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️ 🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social

"And here's something I know you'll enjoy hearing," he assured the Humbug. The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him. -- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

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