wapo.st/3ZEJVnJ gift article "Despite the revisions, the proposed addition would remain the same height as the White House at its highest point — a priority for Trump and a major concern for outside architects and historical preservationists. "

Trump's Confederacy of Incompetents. Charlie Sykes: The Trump Admin has obvious and well documented problems with brutality, venality, dishonesty, extremism, racism, and recklessness. But another nagging problem was also on display this week: The gang’s festering competence deficit.

Those who actually earned the Nobel Peace Prize often suffered repression by authoritarian regimes. The case of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov is exemplary. www.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/exhibitio...

Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

RFKJr's conduct demonstrates that he has no intention of keeping most of the promises he made to senators to achieve confirmation. www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...

In a normal time, this would happen. Jared Kushner is on the actual payroll of at least two Middle Eastern sovereigns as he purports to represent the US in negotiations, many of which involve the Middle East. It's the all-time most outrageous conflict. But US media are ignoring it.

The Education Department abruptly canceled the grant in mid-December, affecting programs in 11 states and D.C., because the grantees had mentioned diversity, equity and inclusion in their applications. The cancellations cut off $168 million in funding. gift link: wapo.st/4qCQ7aV

Borowitz Report: Olympics Update: Trump Wins Gold in Downhill Presidency open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Russian drone teams had turned the road supplying Ukrainian troops in the embattled city of Pokrovsk into a terrifying gantlet. Their secret weapon: Elon Musk’s Starlink internet terminals. The Russians piloted cheap drones, jury-rigged with smuggled Starlinks, from a safe distance to smash into

Watch this clip of @booker.senate.gov masterfully question white nationalist Jeremy Carl. Even as Carl tries to distance himself from some of his own racist statements, he defends the white nationalist great replacement theory! (3:40 mark.) Very important to expose this. youtube.com/watch?v=7VYq...

Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hertling: the Fort Bliss commander and the command and staff of Northern Command were as alarmed as the FAA by the balloon shoot-down. Any uncoordinated weapons use is not merely unsafe; it is unacceptable. The El Paso Balloon Incident Could Have Been a Disaster open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Minnesota Public Radio Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Ruth Marcus: "...Bondi’s playbook at these hearings is both familiar and seemingly impregnable. Members of Congress have been unable to get past her defenses to obtain facts or even hear a serious argument." www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

In the last general election, the NM GOP turned out to be the party of choice for drug lords and gang leaders, and its south valley candidate tried to win his race by hiring hitmen to kill his Democratic adversary. Now the GOP is in such an accelerating state of deterioration

Rep Byron Donalds (R-FL) may have improperly allowed another member to cast two votes for him on Friday morning, a serious violation of House ethics rules. Donalds is currently the leading GOP candidate to succeed Ron DeSantis. He also has a two-page rap sheet including drug and financial crimes.

This looks like one of those front pages you’d have seen in April or August of 1945.

"Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane...} www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...

Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News

Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

By M Gessen. Devastating. Well worth the read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Finally. Shame on all who put this man and his family through this nightmare, after three of his American citizens sons served our country with honor. All of our veterans and their families deserve our ongoing respect and support. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

Plunging into our country into a dark, dark place: Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

Judge Richard Leon: "..our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it!” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Bright and early Thursday morning, Republicans on an Iowa House subcommittee advanced latest legislative attack on public libraries. My video from the hearing on House File 2309, establishing civil and criminal penalties for providing "materials harmful to minors." www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkm...

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These dudes think this is so clever. Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime. There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.

How Trump’s Immigration Crusade Is Endangering Black Americans talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...

"Grassley’s oversight work as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee led to career agents or supervisors being forced out, in some cases with no investigation supporting their alleged wrongdoing." NYT report: Chuck Grassley helped end FBI careers open.substack.com/pub/laurabel...

Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise: -21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers -69 mil married women who took partner’s name -21 mil w/out valid drivers license www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

WSJ Editorial Board criticizes Trump's threats against the Gordie Howe Bridge, which came after Sec. Lutnick met with the billionaire who owns the competing Ambassador Bridge. The region needs both. www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

Leslie H. Wexner, a longtime Harvard megadonor, was labeled a co-conspirator of convicted child sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein in a previously redacted internal FBI document from August 2019. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Emails show that Epstein "introduced" women who relied on him financially to wealthy men, including Steve Tisch. The WSJ continues its focus on the "new" information revealed by the partial release of the Epstein files. www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...

Baby boomers ... www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

Mat Wuerker, Politico

ICE specifically targets and harasses Roman Catholic priests, Cardinal Cupich charges. The phenomenon has been observed in California and Minnesota as well. religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said earlier Wednesday the FAA and Department of War had "acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion." "The threat has been neutralized, and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region," he said." www.foxnews.com/politics/us-...

Claudia Sheinbaum confirms that the Mexican government learned of the sealing of the airspace over El Paso (largely Mexican airspace) and of the America's plan to test a new anti drone laser weapon there for the first time in US media. The Trump administration never notified Mexico about any of this

"For every $1 the U.S. collects in taxes and tariffs, it will spend $1.33 this year. That continues a trend of high and persistent deficits that is historically rare outside of emergencies, wars and recessions...." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"Borrowing has gained popularity with the ultrawealthy, who often have much of their assets tied up in investments... Tapping loans for their expenses can come with big tax advantages, allowing them to avoid incurring capital-gains taxes by selling holdings. " www.wsj.com/finance/insi...

The bill would "prohibit DNR from placing a body of water on the impaired waters list due to high levels of fecal indicator bacteria, unless the department is able to designate the % of each animal species that has contributed to the bacteria amount." www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/11/i...

George Will on JD Vance. Gift link: wapo.st/4tuXZxN

Pam Bondi has a smear file on each Democrat on the committee in front of her. When one of them asks a question, she opens the file to that member and spouts smear read from the file, without even pretending to answer the question. This meets the technical requirements for a contempt citation.