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Why would anyone want this??!? That our president has caused medical researchers to pull back on trying to fight disease is madness. Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...

As a White House ethics lawyer I told staff: “Be allergic to free stuff” and not to even accept a can of soda from someone with business before the White House. So how has the story of a UAE royal making a deal worth nearly $200m to the Trump family fallen out of news? www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government. But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Just noting this because I have cited the trends a lot recently: Tracking data from Civiqs now shows a plurality of the public favors abolishing ICE, with 47% in support and 46% opposed. Independents are net +5 on abolish, up from -40 a year ago substack.com/profile/4791...

The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

From the guy whose family migrated from Cuba to the United States so he could rise to become Secretary of State.

This is so true and has been for 10 years. Stop taking him on one at a time and join together to do it en masse. You’ll all be better off and so will the country.

Another shooting case falls apart (this time ICE, not CBP). These are the Venezuelans that ICE excused shooting by claiming they beat him w/shovels. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump is not all powerful. He’s not even popular. Standing up for freedom and against his abuses works. Guard Troops Fully Withdraw From Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

Yesterday we learned that the Department of Justice is monitoring and tracking members of Congress’s searches of the Epstein files. There’s no sugar coating it: the administration is spying on lawmakers as they exercise their constitutional oversight responsibilities. 1/10

More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...

If you think this is a standard business decision, I have a bridge to sell you. What did Admin threaten Gallup w or Gallup fear? And what government body will investigate what happened here? But also a sign of panic if admin is trying to hide how unpopular Trump is. thehill.com/homenews/med...

Poll: 75% of Americans support a pathway to citizenship for those here, including ***65% of Trump voters!!*** Trump and Stephen Miller don’t even represent their own voters, just a small sliver of white nationalists hellbent on ethnic cleansing. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

The affidavit drew a rebuke from Georgia State University law professor Clark Cunningham, who reviewed it for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He said he’s surprised a judge issued a search warrant based on the evidence. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

27% among indys. Trump is in freefall politically. Rs are heading towards a wipeout in Nov, but more importantly: if you're a Republican looking to run in '28, on this trajectory your only hope is to not be associated with Trump. So when do those Rs start to actively run away from him?

This merger would further concentrate media ownership in fewer hands, at a time when the president and his allies seem to be repurposing regulatory tools meant to protect the public interest to influence media companies' business and editorial decisions. This deal should be roundly rejected.

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The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau. @lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not. We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post. Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving

ICE CANNOT BE PERMITTED TO BEAT PEOPLE LIKE THIS -- AND THEN LIE ABOUT IT!! abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Two-thirds of Americans believe Trump has "gone too far" with ICE. The cruelty & extremism is out of control. Our new ad features Joe Rogan asking "Are we really going to be the Gestapo?...Is that what we've come to?" Check it out & share.

What you are seeing here is how in a free society, there are many checks against tyranny. And often the courage comes from the bottom up. These actions are features of a free society and are the way we keep it free. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...

A reminder: in 2008, Democrats won the presidency, 60 seats in the Senate, and a 79-vote house majority. Trump was starring on the 48th ranked primetime tv show and buying a golf course in NJ. Eight years later Trump was President. Things change fast. Ds should keep that in mind. Rs too.

Trump could help shorten Americans’ commutes, so parents could spend more time with their kids instead of in traffic, but wont do it unless we name an airport and tunnel after him. He cares only about himself; not you.

This agenda looks more publicly toxic by the day.

These D. Minn. judges are soon going to have little choice but to insist that the U.S. Att'y and senior ICE officials appear in court themselves ... and keep those hearings open and ongoing until those officials' orders to release the prisoners are carried out, in real time. [4]

It's difficult to believe this is what has become of DOJ. Most important line in the whole thing was this remark by the judge: "I wholeheartedly embrace the notion of a unitary executive, as in DHS, ICE, the DOJ [are] all a part of the Executive Branch." [3]

... and she then proceeds to explain in excruciating detail how her clients are nonresponsive to her communications about the court orders ... and thus are in contempt of court. "Kafkaesque" is thrown around all-too-indiscriminately, but I'm struggling to find a more apt adjective. [2]

I've never read a more painful transcript of a judicial proceeding. DOJ throws a neophyte into court to defend ICE's failure to comply with judicial orders even though she has no courtroom experience and has been given no guidance whatsoever about how to proceed, ... [1] @justsecurity.org

ICE agent: “I fired 5 shots. She had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys.” 😳

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

If AI is dangerous, it's far more dangerous in the hands of an authoritarian state than a democratic one. The only durable solution is to actively design AI and its governance to advance democratic practices and values, write @ianbassin.bsky.social and @nschneidman.bsky.social

This is chilling. The man literally did what the Constitution says, exercising “the right of the people to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” And government agents came to his home to harass him.

Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction. It's a tour de force: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

First, he's saying the quiet part out loud: he wants to take over elections to control outcomes. Second, when he realizes he can't do this directly, he will try to leverage federal funding to coerce states to tilt the playing field for him. Governors and courts better be ready to defeat that.

And just like that, it’s out of the news. Go look at every major news outlet this morning and tell me if you see this story. The most staggering corruption in U.S. history and poof. I can’t find it in news or opinion in any. Maybe we should check which email server they used for the bribe.

I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

The level of blatant corruption here is unprecedented in American history. It’s so extreme we’re not even able to process it. But every American needs to understand what happened here. Congress must conduct hearings. Media must remain focused on it. And someday it better get prosecuted.

Every cruelty and incompetence of the Trump regime coming together.

Imagine if there was a murder in broad daylight. On video. And the killer got away. There’d be a nationwide manhunt. The U.S. government knows who killed Alex Pretti. They won’t say. And they’re actively hiding the suspect(s).

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate. Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards. With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43. Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.

Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview" Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.

Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.

As I wrote earlier today, waiting for Maduro to say that Venezuela conspired with Obama to swing the 2016 and 2020 elections. Followed by Maduro and his wife being transferred to the same cushy prison occupied by Ghislaine Maxwell.