Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Gallup deciding to nix their presidential approval ratings (after 88 years) says to me they’re taking a particular age-old saying very seriously: if you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all. That and I’m sure they don’t want President pedo attacking them for sharing the truth. #FDT

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

James E. Staley, who recently stepped down as the chief executive of Barclays in the wake of allegations involving his ties to Mr. Epstein, emailed Mr. Epstein in 2014 to suggest that upper-caste Americans like themselves were unlikely to ever face a populist uprising like the protests taking place

DON LEMON: “I will not be intimidated. I will not back down. I will not be silenced.”

DOJ’s targeting of Trump critics ramps up with attempt to indict Slotkin, Kelly - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Payday Pulse: America’s Growing Mountain of Debt www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/pay01-pay...

President in waiting. Selected by Don Jr. youtu.be/XEoVT-ke9wk?...

The great Flip Wilson. Remember everyone was smoking on TV? youtu.be/r1zSHPqI3Sk?...

I think it's instructive how much the international order has always been in our heads that 2-3 years ago this would have been seen as a ludicrous statement, and if a Dem wins the presidency in 2028 it will probably be seen as an overreaction* *Not saying real, permanent damage isn't being done

"The shootings and the chains and the concentration camps are not simply the transient tools but the very altars of modern dictatorships. They may talk of a 'new order' in the world, but what they have in mind is... an unholy alliance of power and pelf"—FDR, 1940 web.mit.edu/21h.102/www/...

Sounds eerily familiar... "[They] have made it clear that they intend not only to dominate all life and thought in their own country, but also to enslave the whole of [their continent], and then to use the resources of [their continent] to dominate the rest of the world."—FDR, 1940

Live Updates: German Leader Says International Order ‘No Longer Exists’ www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 12 - Song with Great Harmonies Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Helplessly Hoping youtu.be/_0YFMH98WFM?...

Europe seeks 'digital sovereignty' as Trump hands power to 'ruling class of tech lords'

Trump’s EPA is revoking the important endangerment finding. “Environmentalists have condemned the move as a dangerous setback for the planet and human health. “It’s an obvious example of what happens when a corrupt administration and fossil fuel interests are allowed to run amok.”

Thank you Annette @annettebee.bsky.social for the shout out. I appreciate it very much my friend! @ewr1947.bsky.social @victorasal.bsky.social @financecharg.bsky.social @selim2003.bsky.social @kshrgirl.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social

History to know this #PresidentsDay weekend: Ona Judge escaped enslavement from George and Martha Washington in 1796, fleeing the President’s House in Philadelphia for freedom. Now the National Park Service has removed an exhibit telling her story.

If you use Spotify, here’s a playlist we made based on the article: buff.ly/cX2H9Ug

From Appalachia in 1931 to Minneapolis in 2026, “Which Side Are You On?” is echoing again. As protests grow over DHS actions, a Depression-era labor anthem has found new life. buff.ly/6QQwDHt

Romance is temporary. Petty is forever. If you believe that, then you may want to revive the Victorian-era “vinegar valentine” designed to insult the people you can’t stand.

The FDA rejected Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine application using legal standards that don't actually exist in the law. A vaccine policy expert explains how this decision could undermine vaccine development and public health. buff.ly/eCsNVGZ #vaccineswork

Serious leisure pursuits, like mastering yoga or building D&D characters over years, have can help counter Americans’ shrinking social networks, a recreational therapy professor says.

Every now & then we encounter a scholarly book that changes the ways we look at the profession & our own work as well. For me, Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments is very high on that list. The next post in my Valentine’s series! 🗃️ @markanthonyneal.bsky.social

Until the music rests.

I always appreciate the opportunity to remind myself that Larry Pratt (longtime head of GOA) participated in a retreat with white supremacists and the nascent militia movement back in the day.

My first DEFA film in a theater at the @cstpdx.bsky.social Clinton Street Theater! #DEFAcember

Seriously, folks AI is so fucking stupid. I forgot to put -ai in a Google search. & it doesn't know who TF I am so it's making up books on the Enlightenment by a Sean Sepinwall. He sounds cool? 🫠 (FYI, "Enlightenment in Practice" is real - but by Jeremy Caradonna. "Sean" stole his book, not me!)

Some photos from the protest against Kristi Noem in San Diego this afternoon when she showed up in town for a presser. 🙏 @ravmike.bsky.social & everyone who showed up Noem was chased out of town with chanting & shofar blowing. #ByeFelicia #ICEOut #GTFOofSanDiego

Liberals, democrats, and humanists: prepare for the sensation of being cross-pressured. This act was organized by people who are not well-intentioned and they broke international laws. But it was brave and probably saved countless lives. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

What are the protests about? The top three claims expressed during the protests are concerns about the presidency, democracy, and immigration. These themes dominate the protest landscape.

These are tiny fractions for a movement of this historic size and geographic dispersion. This discipline is part of why clear instances of lawless brutality by govt authorities tend to backfire—a dynamic that @owasow.bsky.social recently described in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...

The movement is extraordinarily disciplined, despite escalatory rhetoric, threats, & violence against the movement, immigrants, and observers. Over 99% of reported protests featured no arrests, 99.8% had no participant injuries or property damage, and 99.9% reported no injuries to law enforcement.

Participation is likewise robust. For counts for just 41% of our events, we tallied well over 10.3M participants across explicitly anti-Trump protests, < 111k across pro-Trump protests, and over 387k across other protests.

Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018

Protest volume is escalating. Jan 2026 recorded the highest monthly total of protests during Trump’s second term so far (nearly 5900)—and the 3rd highest total of protests per month since 2017, behind only June 2020 (BLM) & March 2018 (Enough Walkouts + March for Our Lives).

The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.

The two No Kings protests (6/14 & 10/18) were among the largest single day protests in history, but we are tallying protests all over the country every day in locally coordinated protests, too, particularly in opposition to ICE - an increasingly large share of the total #.

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

I just want to add that the CCC is now in its ninth year, and it takes an extraordinary team effort to keep up with all of this. Very proud of and amazed by the exceptional work of this great team and our dedicated research assistants.

This is beautiful! Incredible data viz and tremendous accounting of what democratic action and accountability looks like. #keepitup

No Gallup No Problem

"A new vision of “the people” can be offered to embrace the diversity and equality of a large and complex society without taking the side of the flawed institutions that made Trump’s presidency possible." -- @blmckean.bsky.social kettering.org/inclusive-po...

The silence of US elites about this remains stunning & utterly damning.

Co-author of this new book is none other than my grad school friend my Foodie Friend Frank "FFF" (IRL @fthames.bsky.social ) 🚨Book is FREE for download in the next 2 weeks.

Now Bukele is counting on Trump to bail him out just like he did Milei. Some of us told the IMF, Treasury, and State Dept that this was going to happen if you gave El Salvador a $1.4 billion loan. Like a whole bunch of times.