Take a moment this morning, if you will, to put aside whatever heinous chaos the Trump regime has foisted upon the world as we slept, and read about the time-honored art of cheating in sport, this time, innovated by Norwegians and their crotches...

Corporate America is cutting payroll, as the techbros deliver the mass unemployment they have long promised

Oh, nothing to see here: just a PA MAGA GOP racist fat white Germanic lady calling immigrants "trash" and celebrating the purchase of warehouses that are going to be used as concentration camps by ICE in her district...

Reviewing video from Fulton County elections raid. Taken aback by the dismissive & sneering attitude from FBI agents toward the cop politely asking to see the warrant. Looked him up: He's an immigrant w/ a doctorate in philosophy. His thesis? "Force by police officers toward African Americans."

With Jeff Bezos's dismantling of the Washington Post and Amazon's extensive ICE and DoD profiteering, it's imperative to understand precisely how both have openly become instruments of authoritarianism

#Pennsylvania #politics in one text message:

Love and support you always, Cincinnati Enquirer (support local media), but esp today This is a Midwest daily paper. About as middle of the road as you can get & they understand that this is an objective, straight news headline, in the context of a planned Trump/GOP onslaught in Springfield, etc

It's Abrego Garcia 2.0. A variation on the regime's habit if selectively and excessively prosecuting and punishing anyone who draws attention to their ineptitude.

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

Hahahahahahaha. These people are absolutely idiots.

Important thread on the Republicans latest attempt to rig the midterms.

DOJ Over-Seized Hannah Natanson's Garmin Device and Other Reporting Materials emptywheel.net/doj-over-sei...

We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011. In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children. This is how he did it (published 2021):

Someone needs to nominate "the people of Minneapolis and their cell phone cameras" for this years Pulitzer prize in photography. It's regular people doing citizen journalism that are saving the ass of democracy right now, NOT legacy media.

Sixty years of excellent work at the Washington Post; a beloved figure there. The Bezos team just laid him off. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...

Trayvon Martin would be 31 today.

Europe must ban entry to all Russian veterans of the war against Ukraine or face a surge in crime rates and hybrid attacks, Estonian officials have warned.

loser shit

Just. Ew. These fucking gross men. JFC.

What its journalists do—accountability journalism about the rich and powerful—does not serve someone who is rich and powerful. The Washington Post and many of its reporters are no longer useful to Bezos, and so he has decided to get rid of them. @jasonleopold.bsky.social gets into it:

So, when BLM protests were happening, Trump screeches about any damage that happened to private property. Now federal goons are destroying private property, going in with no warrants and violating everyone's Constitutional rights every day and that's just peachy fine?

Still winning, I see.

This gets at something deeper: The role of shame and social stigma for those who participate in Trump-Miller's sadistic ethnonationalist project. As I argue in the piece this is clearly showing up now as warehouse buyers are shamed into nixing any sale to ICE:

"Bezos has seen his wealth increase by more than $224 billion since purchasing the newspaper, pointing out that he could “absorb” the company’s annual losses for five years with what he makes in a single week." Next? Melania, the 3-part series planned. Fact. www.newsweek.com/jeff-bezos-n...

Kopnij mu tyłek, Polsko!

Early in his career, William Randolph Hearst famously joked that if his papers kept losing $1 million a year, he'd lose all his money in 60 years. If the Post continues to lose $100 million a year, it will take Jeff Bezos 2000 years to lose his money.

In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires. I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.

I slag the NYT daily, but they still put out some high quality work. This is an example.

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post

THIS. Of all the people who could afford to subsidize his own newsroom, Bezos, as one of the richest men on Planet Earth, could afford to keep WaPo going at full staff. That is, IF he cared about either journalism or democracy. But he didn't buy WaPo for either of those reasons.

Meeee toooo!

⚡️ 'The worst damage we have seen' — Ukraine's energy crisis deepens after latest mass Russian attack. "This is a war crime committed by Russia," Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

Trump's obsession with the Kennedy Center reflects a larger delusion among the MAGA base: that they can bully people into liking them. And they'd rather tantrum than accept this reality. www.salon.com/2026/02/04/k...

This woman is a baller! 🔥🔥

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...

Another round of dark headlines this am. @wsj.com @financialtimes.com @nytimes.com

Late to this party, but "We Built This City on Rock & Roll," by the Jefferson Airplane's rotted corpse, known as Starship. No, no you didn't build nothing and that ain't rock and roll.

Awesome! Go, Harry!!

we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.

And this! Who sent this??!! Find out, CONGRESS!! DO YOUR JOB!

This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.

This article encapsulates our times so perfectly.

In no functioning country is this allowed.

Just two regular MAGA dingbats, discussing MAGA dingbat shit.

For no particular reason, a reminder that if a U.S. Senator from Kentucky dies while in office, the Governor has to appoint a replacement selected by the party of that Senator. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

Some years ago, I was chatting with a Retropolis reader, a young history student, and I mentioned there were several dozen people enslaved in New Jersey up until the day the 13th Amendment kicked in in December 1865. Y’all. He identified every one of them. njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...

ICE's budget could fund the ACA (healthcare) extension and expand Medicaid to millions. Instead, it funds home invasions, family separation, and killing protesters. Republicans made this choice for you. Remember in November... #FundHealthcareOverICE

“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..” @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/post/206100/...