For those wanting the link: www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Tonight’s state of the union.

Here's that post. emptywheel.net/jb-pritzkers...

Whaddya know, a company that isn't going to fold like a cheap suit to make a few more bucks. Now I wont' have to cancel my Netflix subscription.

Jennifer knows which one of us has a spine. @mizzwelch.bsky.social @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

BREAKING Charles Kushner, the US Ambassador to France, has been banned from meeting with members of the French government after he failed to show up to a diplomatic summons with the French Foreign Minister.

ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, a former ICE instructor and attorney, testifies that agents were trained to disregard constitutional rights.

so, like, alliances have appreciable benefits? www.reuters.com/world/denmar...

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

Moon-man Marco.

A substantial number of Democrats are planning to boycott President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday and attend an alternative event, a rally called the “People’s State of the Union,” which will take place on the National Mall near the Capitol.

New Brunswick, NJ just canceled plans for a colossal AI data center after massive pushback from the community. That's a huge win for people power. AI data centers are sucking up communities’ utilities AND draining state resources — while enriching Big Tech CEOs.

😂🤣 @repmoskowitz.bsky.social

Detectives investigating Andrew have asked the FBI and DOJ for unredacted copies of the Epstein Files, via the National Crime Agency.

More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes. Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted. Beautiful and devastating all at once.

I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women. As I argue in a new piece in @foreignaffairs.com, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us: Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Ossoff: "There are some folks who are doomscrolling in the fetal position. Every day there is a new outrage. It's easy I know to fear that maybe we could lose our republic. I think what John Lewis would tell us is it's up to us. We have the power to right the ship. Nobody is gonna do it for us."

Time to sing for your supper, Andrew.

"Leaders of electoral authoritarian regimes use unfair elections to deceive their citizens, create the illusion of popular support, & legitimize their rule...nefarious tactics include repressing the opposition &... manipulating the law, media, electoral administration, & campaign resources."

There’s only 1 person in Congress who doesn’t trade stocks, doesn’t take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. That’s me. And it should be the standard.

President Zelenskyy’s Deputy Head of Office Iryna Mudra, Amb. Anton Korynevych and Mark Ellis outline the planned Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine to help achieve accountability for Russia’s war: www.justsecurity.org/131731/russi...

In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views. The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas. Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe. This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

It's only analogous to child-rearing if every child is both a sociopath and psychopath. No AI naturally cares about wellbeing of others. Before you release an AI from the lab, you have to be really sure it isn't masking. Oh, and it will be smarter than you.

Wow.

Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference — my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.

Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

The worst case scenario for an AOC presidential run in 2028 is that she’s setting herself up for 2032 or 2036. She is going to be president someday—it’s just a matter of time.

from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring

ABC: Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as AG? MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.

Asked to make compromises with Russia, Zelenskyy fired back: the world already made its biggest one - leaving Putin and his circle free. Ukraine agreed to an unconditional ceasefire. Putin refused. "We need pressure on him… Putin will stop this war if real pressure is on him."

The Buddhist Monks arrive home to Huong Dao in Texas.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Someone said that Gen X nursing homes are going to be wild. 😂

Zelenskyy in Munich: “The Ukrainian Army is the strongest army in Europe, thanks to our heroes. “And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”

The courage of this man is impressive. The conduct of the Ukrainians makes me proud to be a human being.

@barackobama.bsky.social: "Bad Bunny's halftime show... This is what a community is. People who did not speak Spanish and have never been to Puerto Rico saw that elderly woman serving a drink and the kids dancing with their grandmas... There's room for everybody here. That I think is where we win."

@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."

This guy is a moron. The EU would benefit far more having Ukraine as a member than Hungary. Hungary is full of assembly line workers. Ukraine is a nation of innovation.

The city of Minneapolis and its people have been formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. This #CupOfJoe comes in the form of an action. Sign this petition to send to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. actionnetwork.org/petitions/su... #ValentinesDayResistance

Wealth inequality has set the stage for our current political condition. The billionaires stay in power by dividing the groups who might otherwise unite and oust them from power. The race baiting, xenophobia, homophobia, and faux religious pandering is all part of the strategy. We shall overcome.

I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the MSC in Munich: „Russia has to give up this terrible war against Ukraine, and we have to do everything that is needed to bring them to the point, where they see no further advantages in continuing this terrible war. We are not yet there.

'Modern Ukrainian technology, battle-tested' — Zelensky unveils 1st drone produced by German-Ukrainian joint venture The facility is expected to produce up to 10,000 drones within a year, all of which will be delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

❗️Finnish President Alexander Stubb stated: Putin wanted to make Ukraine Russian — it has become European. He wanted to prevent the expansion of NATO — and Finland and Sweden joined the Alliance. He wanted to keep our defense spending at a low level — and now it is rising to 5%.

There's got to be a lot more accountability for a lot more people in Epstein's world. That's why I'm not letting up on my follow the money investigation.

I've been watching a lot of Carlin bits lately and boy did he have this country's number.

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