You can see why so many people say they have to stay on Twitter to stay informed.

The city of Portland will pay homeowners $1,000 – or more – if they rent out rooms as part of a new homeshare program championed by Mayor Keith Wilson as part of his campaign to address the city’s dual housing and homelessness crises. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

"He was yelling 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe' as they hit him" DHS deported one of the witnesses to the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at Camp East Montana. He was held in disciplinary segregation at the time when guards choked the 55-year-old Cuban immigrant to death.

Aaaaand now the Biss campaign has announced another FEC complaint against the Fine campaign alleging improper coordination between it and the super PAC Elect Chicago Women, specifically around Fine ending her TV ad buys just before ECW started to buy its own.

The Trump administration has scrapped plans to convert a warehouse in Merrimack, N.H., into an immigration detention facility, according to Governor Kelly Ayotte.

President Trump’s new tariffs are not legally justified, according to several prominent economists and trade experts, who say there is no sign of the profound international financial problems that such measures were intended to remedy.

When legendary Chicago hot dog stand Superdawg approves of your anti-smoking campaign, you know it has legs. And we're not just talking about the anthropomorphic sausage on the flier. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/02/23/s...

Key Witness Who Disputed ICE Account of Fatal Texas Shooting Dies in Car Accident www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...

France cuts off US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to members of its government after he skipped a meeting to discuss comments by the Trump administration over the fatal beating of a far-right activist. www.france24.com/en/france/20...

"Without reform, ICE will graduate thousands of new officers who do not know their constitutional duty, do not know the limits of their authority and who do not have the training to recognize an unlawful order. That should scare everyone,” the ICE whistleblower added.

Newsfeed Cleanser: 🥇Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 🥈Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵 🥉Ami Nakai 🇯🇵

At Pease in Portsmouth, N.H. #MEpolitics #NHpoli

the hennepin county sheriff's office will reportedly no longer be posted up at the whipple building guarding it from protestors, and the national guard deployment there has also ended

Breaking: The Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon has permanently blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the classified documents case — saying releasing the report would be unfair to Trump and his co-defendants.

The guy who’s suing you for $10 billion also doesn’t want you to get any refunds for his illegal tariffs.

in public, the men's hockey team has been supportive of the women's team, going to games, cheering them on, saying they were inspired by the OT golden goal must be gutting to feel that support and then get first-hand evidence that behind closed doors, when it's just The Boys, they're laughing at you

In the video of Trump talking to the US men's hockey team, when he says "I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the women's team, you do know that" as a joke about how annoying it is to have women around, the most painful part for me, are all the hockey players laughing. Actually laughing.

For the past five months, I've been doing a research fellowship studying how democracies beat elected authoritarians like Trump. I found a deceptively simple answer: if you want to save democracy, you have to *actually talk about democracy*. www.vox.com/politics/479...

This 100th Anniversary of Black History Month is a time to recommit ourselves to protecting civil rights. My Op-ed with Marc Morial of @naturbanleague.bsky.social: www.theroot.com/on-the-100th...

BREAKING: Another arrest tied to the Epstein files. Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, is being investigated over accusations of “misconduct in public office offenses” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/w...

"Roughly 61 percent of paint-only bike paths in America are considered 'high stress' corridors, meaning they're sited on the kind of fast, multi-lane arterials" Also, interesting to see that speed limits were missing from 52% of lane miles examined High speed limits are a challenge to safe streets

The numbers behind Trump's dismissals of immigration judges www.npr.org/2026/02/23/g...

In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work

So upsetting to read how Chicago’s occupation was the proving ground for their procedural cruelty.

big deal for guy who capitalizes like he's writing German

ABC/WP/Ipsos Pres. Trump 🟢Approve: 39% (-2) 🔴Disapprove: 60% (+1) Trump's net approval on key issues Border Security: -3 Economy: -16 Immigration: -18 (new low) Tariffs: -30 Inflation: -33 (change since last poll) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Screws tightening for immigrant detainees swept up in Operation Midway Blitz as arrests continue www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/o...

60% disapprove of Trump ahead of State of the Union, Post-ABC poll finds. But Democrats have made little headway in persuading Americans that they have better ideas or policies to offer. New with Dan Balz www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

By almost a 2-to-1 margin, Americans support replacing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem — ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. (@emgusk.bsky.social, ABC News) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260222

Most Americans say the Trump administration has not been transparent in releasing files from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein — ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. (@emgusk.bsky.social, ABC News) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260222

Majorities of Americans oppose President Trump using the U.S. military to force changes in other countries — ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. (@emgusk.bsky.social, ABC News) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260222

As someone who has to get multiple mammograms and ultrasounds a year, I'm glad to see that Wisconsin has passed Gail's Law, which requires insurance companies to cover repeat screenings for dense, hard-to-diagnose tissue, with no out-of-pocket cost. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

US Fed Railroad Admin is apparently directing Amtrak to split itself into 3 entities: —Operations —Rolling stock [& maintenance facilities] —Infra [mainly Northeast Corridor & stations] This approach could have major ramifications for Amtrak. I'm personally quite skeptical it will improve outcomes.

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

I and my USG colleagues would go to external meetings where lunch would be served and to follow the rules we had to pay for our sandwiches.

Update: The TSA said Sunday that its PreCheck program would remain operational despite an earlier announcement the airport security service was being suspended during the partial government shutdown.

"Purdue has since warned faculty against speaking with the media."

LIRR crews used salt, heat, and jet-powered snow blowers to keep trains moving yesterday. Yes, jet-powered. The railroad has seven rail-bound jet blowers — repurposed jet and helicopter engines — that blast snow and ice clear of switches and the third rail.

For those who wanted more info, I'm just noting what people tell me every day. But I've noticed two kind of mantras in Minneapolis. One is "We keep us safe." The other is, "No one is coming to save us."

Important thread from @davetroy.com: "We have a real problem brewing with the “Board of Peace” and it needs much more attention. 1) There is no legal entity for “Board of Peace” organized under the laws of any country, meaning it is subject to NO country’s laws.

SCOOP: Less than 1 month before Trump came out against a new bridge connecting Michigan with Canada, the billionaire owner of an existing bridge donated $1M to the Trump-backed super PAC, MAGA Inc. with @matinastevis.bsky.social

Temporarily ungated here : cqpress.sagepub.com/cqresearcher...

Absolutely fantastic @danvock.bsky.social report here rounding up the last year of federal-state battles under Trump. cqpress.sagepub.com/cqresearcher...

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

Quick PSA for all mid-career academics and above: people may be citing articles with your name on them that don't exist.

The other major federal data source with e-bike-related fatalities has also changed to capture fewer crashes "FARS and CRSS are no longer collecting motorized bicycles as motor vehicles... Any traffic crash involving only motorized bicycle(s) will no longer be captured in FARS or CRSS" ...

In the current moral panic about e-bikes, it is frustrating that data on e-bike-related injuries and fatalities is threatened I can't find an update to this story, but this data was key to the CPSC's last look at e-bike safety www.bicycleretailer.com/sites/defaul...

#BREAKING #SCOTUS blocks President Trump's tariffs.