Satellite images from NASA Worldview on March 5 reveal the extent of the blackout in Cuba. A failure at the most important power plant, combined with the US blockade on fuel shipments in the country has left nearly 70% of the island's inhabitants without power.

Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life sentence for molesting 2 children

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

With @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social, we wrote about the very weird vibe right now in the AI industry: part doom, part goldrush www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Looks like DHS isn't getting more trustworthy any time soon. This does explain Mullin's TV tour — or maybe the tour explains Trump's interest in him.

Apparently Bryan Betancur has been temporarily banned from the DC metro system. Thank god! This video of Bryan threatening a woman partially took place on @wmata.com property as well, so it’s about time.

Working on a Turtle Diaries post about Jake Lang's for you guys...it's also the J6 rally update I never gave you, since I went to Minnesota right away. Stalker Bryan Betancur makes an appearance, of course.

Knives are out in the WH for Jericho High's own Howard Lutnick... www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Live look at New York State’s US Senate delegation this morning

⚠️ NYT confirms: These are JOINT attacks by the US and Israel on Iran. GIFT LINK for live updates:

First of all -- fuck you, Pete. None of this is happening in the faculty lounges of your fever dreams. Second, I've taught military personnel in our PhD programs and if you think slamming the door to Harvard and Princeton in their faces is "having their back" you're even dumber than you sound.

You've likely heard about NPS removing signs about slavery and climate change, but it's also censuring hundreds more placards around the country, often due to seemingly noncontroversial language, to comply with Trump's wish to have only "uplifting" signage. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

SCOOP — Tom Suozzi has a Democratic primary challenger in the NY-3 congressional race. Danielle Welch (@daniwelch.bsky.social), a public defender, has officially declared her candidacy. Welch gave me this comment about launching her campaign:

NEW: Monthly data are out on rents in NYC Avg for market rate units, as of Jan 31 (w/ increase over past year) Manhattan: $5,711 (+11.3%)—All-time high Brooklyn: $4,264 (+7.5%) NW Queens: $3,997 (+10.6%)—All-time high We urgently need to build vastly more housing, especially affordable housing.

If you're not persuaded the Trump team is turning the 250th anniversary of US independence into a partisan clown show, note that Freedom 250, the dark money group that's taken over the party planning, is apparently partnering with Glenn Beck and Moms for Liberty. momsforliberty.org/news/moms-fo...

just a fucking weird statement on it's face but also highlights how filthy rich and completely out of touch trump's whole cabinet is. a private boat for a family vacation? stopping by a billionaire's island for lunch? nannies, plural?? the epstein class, indeed.

Plugging our latest. Many ~things~ are going on, but something we shouldn't lose sight on is that the anti-abortion activist movement is feeling ultra emboldened right now and trying to rile up actions targeting reproductive health providers.

Sunday’s Weather Rating: 1/10 Absolute nonsense once again, with wind chill values near -20° F this morning. Winds are less terrible than yesterday and it “warms up” into the teens later. The vibes remain completely frozen.

Bath Iron Works, a Maine shipyard, had to resort to paying overtime to induce employees to attend Hegseth's speech on Monday. theintercept.com/2026/02/07/p...

Bad Bunny's Superbowl halftime show isn't just about the rise of one artist, or even one genre. It's a symbol of how America's pop culture has completely changed into something multilingual, poly cultural and international at its core. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

“I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Patriot Front took another L in court this week. A judge dismissed a lawsuit that 5 PF members brought against an alleged infiltrator. amp.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...

I listened to this on the way to school and now I have to hunt down the clip of Melania singing Billie Jean or I will never know peace.

Hey! Just got a bunch of donations and getting really close to my needed goal to cover costs to go back. I'm looking at heading back Friday, any support you give would be greatly appreciated. All my coverage will be at Visu.News and my substack kept free by donations. gofund.me/e77a16ee6

I know all the photographer gossip.

Our hot new MJ cover story on all the idiotic things Trump is doing to control America's 250 anniversary celebrations and ictate the presentation of US history and culture is online. Read it before the First Amendment gets canceled. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

These unbelievable buffoons are in the government, running DOJ, but still manage to get in trouble for impersonating federal agents. www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/p...

REVEALED: FOUR BUSINESSES WITH TIES TO PATRIOT FRONT OPERATING IN NORTH TEXAS www.texasobserver.org/revealed-fou...

Canceled my Post subscription, not so much in “protest” as just like… it doesn’t make financial sense for me to pay the same subscription price for like 1/3 of what I used to enjoy reading. Like Mr. Bezos I am a businessman

Ryan Routh sentenced to life in prison for Trump golf course assassination attempt www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed. Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2060...

Fuck Jeff Bezos. Subscribe to The Onion. membership.theonion.com

Josh Berkau aka Bradley TX of Patriot Front gave a presentation at PF's first annual conference in September 2025 on how to infiltrate "conventional political spaces." Looks like he's back to square one. Berkau works alongside other Patriot Front members at Veteran Brothers Roofing.

Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.

And for writing his NYTs Epstein piece the @theatlantic.com hired him as a staff writer and Yale gave him a new fellowship. The shitty elite magazines and Ivys will always protect their own.

Nick Shirley has been spotted in #California per reports on X. Recognize his face. Do not engage. Seen: San Diego 1-30-26 #hostilemedia #hostilemediaCA #hostilemediaSanDiego #agitator

Bondi is continuing to livetweet these arrests. Lemon and three others were arrested. They include Jamael Lundy, a candidate for state Senate, a fact that was known to DOJ (it was referenced in the underlying FBI affidavit unsealed after the first arrests).

For all the discussion of doxxing federal agents, there’s essentially no discussion of how those agents are taking steps that attach severe punitive measures that stretch across wide swaths of the federal bureaucracy against people acting lawfully.

Our Digital Hate and Harms Team has just released a new microsite to document and share information about symbols used by hate groups from around the world. monitoring-glossary.bellingcat.com

STORY: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The self-deception always angered me but I think it's probably worse for all of us that MAGA is now comfortably saying "we are the Imperial Army from Star Wars, actually"

New research from Open Measures shows how online MAGA media reinvigorated claims equating anti-ICE organizing with "antifa" after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Their latest efforts caught the eye of Kash Patel, who said the FBI is investigating. openmeasures.io/alex-pretti-...

GET THEIR ASSES, SCHILTZ

I have a story coming out with Amanda in Mother Jones magazine, which is not a social media platform. I can also confirm it is not similar in style to right-wing youtube content.

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained. Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

Wednesday's Weather Rating: 2/10 I am very, very cold. High temperatures barely reach the lower 20s with wind chill values even lower than that. We've got some sunshine, but it isn't doing much to help. The vibes remain arctic out there today!!

Every card in this is hilarious. I particularly enjoy the shout outs to @whstancil.bsky.social [sic], @marisakabas.bsky.social, and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

Beat me to this joke