Files show convicted sex abuser messaged with Ken Starr and others about Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford

Full on North Korea-Iran-Russian style censorship right here in the US. This is the Trump admin saying ‘no Democrats on TV’ & the Ellison’s & Bari Weiss saying sounds good to us. Truly terrifying times. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

“I would have gotten away scot-free if I had just gotten rid of the evidence. ... But, shoot—I’m a pack rat.”

Apparently toilet makers are now an AI play. Pro Tip: Toto makes great toilets.

I will not be charitable to law professors who malign my colleagues, make false claims about the law to the Supreme Court, and think that torturously tendentious social media activity counts as scholarly engagement. If Ilan wants me to be nice to him, he should start by acting like a scholar.

#ITeachPhysics another relative velocity video for you

i wasn’t sure if they did this because she’s female or brown or progressive and then i realized the answer is “yes”

Wow.

i mean ... yes? of course he is? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ahem: bsky.app/profile/annm...

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson dies at 84 From Chitown Kev @chitownkev.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Happy new year everyone! Chúc mừng năm mới! Sức khỏe dồi dào!

Heres the interview Trump's FCC didnt want you to see on Colbert: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

As of this morning, only one of the men who was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel that fateful evening is still living. Since Brother Jesse passed at 84 this morning.

Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.

Rest in peace and power, Jesse Jackson. Gift link:

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84. See his life in pictures: bit.ly/3OxOT3f

Of course, Rev. Jesse Jackson was a towering figure of the Civil Rights Movement and every other movement for human dignity. But he also took time with new candidates who shared his values. Here’s Rev. Jackson helping me with me 2006 congressional campaign. Bless this great soul. RIP.

I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽 Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson. youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...

REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.

NEW: A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia. “Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote. This evening, at Law Dork:

This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors. youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40

1. First, Botstein has misstated the nature of his relationship with Epstein. "My interactions with Epstein were always and only for the sole purpose of soliciting donations for the College," Botstein has said. "Mr. Epstein was not my friend." www.wamc.org/news/2026-02...

Update. It's worse than I possibly could have imagined.

Like, this is the shit that dem pols need to start doing. “Oh they said what now? Oh because here’s some receipts”

Pitch perfect. Calling out the performative nonsense in real time.

Dude thought he could pull one over on a literal spy. A shining example of the MAGA hubris.

They think Spanberger's playing, but she ain't playing

This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

Someone captured my colleagues an I servicing the cameras during Kīlauea’s episode 42. We stopped to discuss what we were seeing, but because I talk with my hands it looks like I’m fixing to push someone in… Credit: Volcano Hideaways

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

The way we've gotten so weird about "performative" is understandable when a lot of white folks want to do a little performance and then reap the benefits as if they've done all the work. But man we gotta PERFORM to jerk this Overton window back to where it should be. Flood the damn zone.

in the current climate there is no liberalism too small. anything that indicates the culture at large isn’t with the fascists is net positive.

I know people like to dunk on wearing tiny "ICE OUT" pins, but I think they represent a really important culture shift. Even people who are very conscious about their image and expected to perform in a palatable way are wearing them in very public places.

Madow did a whole piece last week listing all the places where local organizers had spiked the deals on detention facilities, and it's quiet and spread out and not getting a ton of attention but every fucking one is a hero.

There’s another guy I’ve seen that does this in Houston. He’s older and he just goes and talks to the staff about the food and is very open about what he doesn’t know- and he keeps the explanation in the videos so you get it too.

the series is so good! they went to a Bhutanese restaurant right around New Years and the owner was so excited to have them that he invited them for their New Year’s party and they ended up going to that and filming that too

this is the video/account:

these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.

We are going to win. Because we are stronger together and because love is more powerful than hate. (I am going to go cry now)

Rule 34 has a sub-clause: there’s also romance of it too.

Oh, you want these romances, you say? Congrats, they exist! Historical bicycle riders: A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell Victorian werewolves: Soulless by Gail Carriger Queer dragon shifters: Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha (aka the horny dragon book) Hockey historical: Puck and Prejudice by Lia Riley

Minnesota's top investigative agency says federal government has formally refused to hand over evidence and information in the killing of Alex Pretti www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Absolutely enraging headline. There's another world leader who has a lot more power and actually stumbles quite a bit more than AOC. Really curious why the Times doesn't frame his comments as having "some stumbles" as well!

A cool thing I learned today sps.cuny.edu/admissions/n...

Thomas Paine proposed a progressive tax on wealth, with the top tax rate being 100%. It's an idea that's as American as Apple Pie. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...

Another thing to keep in mind when people look at this is that a lot of the "charitable" giving the ultra wealthy do isn't to the sorts of organizations that ordinary folks think of as charity. It's going to foundations with sketchy track records, buildings that will bear the donor's name, etc.