BREAKING The Andrew formally known as prince has been arrested.

The United States has been badly out-democracied and out-rule-of-lawed by South Korea. And Brazil. In those countries, a leader who breaks a lot of laws and attempts a coup instead of leaving office when legally required faces consequences, instead of being given special treatment then power again.

Trump’s State of the Union speech is Feb. 24// Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid US tensions - www.reuters.com/business/aer...

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

Meet Rep. Monty Fritts— a Tennessee lawmaker running for governor. If you’re one of the millions of American women who’s had an abortion, he thinks that you should be given the death penalty

New — This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named “Board of Peace.” Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.

If everyone agreed to stop talking about Epstein would Trump agree to stop attacking random countries to distract from Epstein? Send Witkoff to us and let’s talk at least.

When dictators lose popularity, they kill people and blow up things to change the storyline.

no one wants a war with Iran. like, people keep saying that they want affordable health care and housing and decent jobs and trump keeps responding by making tremendous outlays on war with Venezuela and Iran and Minneapolis.

Gosh

Josh in 2020, validated by the court disclosures this week: “Facebook is best understood as a fantastically profitable nuclear energy company whose profitability is based on dumping the waste on the side of the road and accepting frequent accidents and explosions as inherent to the enterprise.”

The Ash Wednesday procession through the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - honoring immigrants, immigration detainees and those killed by ICE & Border Patrol - has begun. Chicago Archbishop and Cardinal Blase Cupich is near the head of the march.

Quite a day: Catholic clergy gained access to the Broadview, IL ICE facility this afternoon, and Church & state officials joined a mass & procession honoring immigrants this evening. I hope my coverage today was useful, and as always, I appreciate any support you may wish to offer for my work.

The closest analogy to electing Donald Trump President is Chicago electing Al Capone mayor. Trump owns judges. He has his mob, the Republican Congress. And he has his enforcers, ICE. #maga #gop #ice

This is exactly what the issue was. Trump could not handle an agreement made by another president. Thing is, it was Trump’s withdrawal that culminated in yesterday’s bombing. Ineptitude at its finest.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

NEWS: Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business. Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

What kind of democracy is this

And don’t forget “we will deport green card holders who criticized certain social media content” www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

So, the US govt approach is: *We are going to scan tourists social media accounts and deny visas because of content we dislike, like mocking Trump and *We are going to allow foreigners a work-around to consume social media content their governments have banned, including hate speech

So, the US government is going into the hate speech business. Or rather, the Trump Administration has found a new way to expand its active participation in the hate speech business.

JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.

This is the way. Or... sort of. Because DOJ will make sure U.S. taxpayers pay this fine—rather than any DOJ lawyer—one way or another. Judges have to start sending high-level federal prosecutors and their agents to jail. Nothing fixes this or reestablishes rule of law until that starts happening.

Tom Morello has something to tell you:

Tom Morello surprise set at Bernie’s LA rally for a billionaire tax in California tonight: www.instagram.com/jordanuhl_/r...

Trump’s Immigration Police Keep Abducting Children

This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.

“This revelation adds to the mounting pile of evidence undermining statements from Attorney General Pam Bondi and other senior administration officials assuring the public that the Epstein file release has been transparent, complete, and bereft of any evidence implicating Trump in wrongdoing.”

Hegseth invited Christian nationalist Doug Wilson to preach at Pentagon www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A source told Drop Site Trump was intent on striking Iran in January, but was not satisfied with the options. The new diplomatic talks gave the Pentagon time to dispatch more firepower to the region. Source assesses an 80-90% likelihood of U.S. strikes within weeks.

The owner of a warehouse located in Socorro in El Paso Co, Texas, earmarked as a detention centre for illegal immigrants has refused to let the US government use the facility amid deepening unease over Donald Trump’s immigration policy. ft.trib.al/a4v3vgs

one of the things I want to emphasize is that I think people are vastly downplaying the extent to which Newsom is a fetterman or sinema in waiting. 1

Gov. Pritzker is showing the country what people-first leadership looks like. Illinois of wiped out $1 billion of medical debt for 520,000 people in all 102 counties. This is what government can do. Debt relief shouldn’t depend on your zip code; this should be federal policy.

Tons of very smart “well actually” people spent the campaign saying Mamdani simply couldn’t deliver on this promise. It’s February.

Why does someone who overstayed their visa need to be held in shackles? Does any child belong in a prison camp? Does anybody deserve to be underfed, or brutalized, or denied medical care? presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...

The #WhiteHouse is now calling for #Fed economists to be “disciplined” for showing Americans pay most of Trump’s tariffs. The Fed warns inflation progress may be “uneven.” Trump picks fight with arithmetic. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...

The Epstein administration is covering up the Epstein files.

Palantir paid ✨no federal income taxes✨ last year despite reporting around $1.5 billion in U.S. revenue and securing more than $900 million in taxpayer-funded government contracts.

It'd be real nice if some news organizations were devoting some resources to explaining why a massive attack on Iran is a terrible idea. Wouldn't hurt if some Dems were yelling about it, too. What is wrong with everyone?

NEWS: Trump is blaming Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for the Potomac sewage disaster. Yet we found documents that show that the National Park Service has been aware of the problem and trying to address it since at least 2022.

Would this include antisemitic content?

The Trump regime is promoting hate speech in European countries in a clear attempt to destabilize our supposed allies. This is what it looks like when Putin's foreign policy and American foreign policy are the same.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) is formally demanding federal records in the death of Alex Pretti and the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.

I’m calling bullsh*t on this @cnn.com headline & every other one like it. Putting a comment from trump or anyone in his admin out there minus fact checks & context is not journalism, it’s propaganda. The story pushes back on Kevin’s BS. The headline should, too.

New Mexico is pursuing long-overdue answers by investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch through a new subcommittee that was just created by the New Mexico House. I’ve got the details, including why the state’s AG’s Office stopped investigating Epstein back in 2019. youtu.be/eTfTAvLSv6Q?...

CBS News: US preparing to attack Iran as soon as this weekend, but timeline may extend beyond that, and no final decision has been made. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Florida Advances First-Ever Bill to Name a US Airport After a Convicted Felon, Self-Admitted Sexual Predator and Adjudicated Rapist; Airport Used By Epstein to Traffick and Rape Minors to Be Named After His Longtime Wingman Donald Trump

he US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see racist, xenophobic hate speech and terrorist propaganda, particularly as circulated by Neo Nazi and fascist political groups which align themselves with Trump, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6