production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

As much as we want to rip them a new one for getting us into this mess, when people on the right come forward and apologize and admit they were wrong, we should probably welcome them to the light.

China survived last year's US tariff onslaught, but there's nothing brilliant or heroic about how it did that. It simply flooded the rest of the world with an endless stream of discounted goods. Chinese mercantilism just turned away from the US to others... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-not-to...

Tatiani Elliot was brave today. She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her. “Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani “Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee 1/2

These signs have been put up around Sandringham to welcome Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. It is indeed apt that his middle name is Mountbatten, another infamous English pedo who was a regular at the Kincora boys home in Northern Ireland as were many UK MPs

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NYT: How Trump/Kash blocked an investigation into the murder of Renee Good. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Good Q @SarahKSilvermam

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

BREAKING: Madman President Promotes Racist Video of the Obamas as Apes Trump’s policies and actions are fueled by explicit racism and election denial. The Obama-ape video encompasses both, writes @swin24.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-obam...

"'But, I mean, would America buy a n— winning?'" Trump refused to allow an African American to win on “The Apprentice”. Our president is profoundly racist. www.newsweek.com/producer-bil...

crypto wouldn't be falling like this if trump was president

Shocked. Shocked, I say.

They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out. (Part 2)

Yeah. Trump voters are really just economically stressed white people. Sure.

Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them. The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

(seen a bunch of people sharing this/talking in general about how "normal" Mamdani is but imo this doesn't show a normal person, but an *exceptionally* skilled communicator - a normal person wouldn't react like that to having a speech interrupted by a child! give him his due!)

Fucking love it!!!

FT exclusive: “The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.” via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues

This is a clip that Trump himself posted. It seems he doesn’t recognize his own incoherence. “The discombobulator.” Does he think this makes him look smart?

Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher | Andrews McMeel °°°°°°°°°°° 😶“First Amendment Under Siege” . The First Amendment would like a word. Preferably with a constitutional lawyer present. . This week in America, the free press continued its exciting new rebrand as “optional.”

This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.

Trump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself. 25th Amendment now.

A few years ago, the IRS got additional funding. What happened? More audits of wealthy tax cheats and better customer service for everyone else. Fast forward to now and the IRS is so understaffed and underfunded that it’s using HR employees to process tax returns. Trump delivers for the oligarchs.

Trump reportedly told Schumer that he will unfreeze infrastructure funds for New York in exchange for support for renaming Penn Station and Dulles International Airport after himself.

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS. Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Masks off: GOP FEC Commissioner Trey Trainor, who is now running for Congress, admits he “protected” Donald Trump from campaign finance investigations out of “loyalty” x.com/baylisswagne...

THIS TRACKS…👇🏼 #badbunny #pinks

I'm assuming the 39% who approve are all in the Epstein files.

We really don’t give animals enough credit. Dogs pretend all the time. Revna does it every morning when she pretends she really has to go outside to get me up, and the rushes up and waits by her food bowl (and a lot other wise)… when she wants something, she tries to convince me in many ways.

Chris Murphy: “He’s telling you he wants to federalize national elections — he's telling you that he thinks he won Minnesota & Georgia & California, that the 2020 elections were rigged— He’s trying to rewrite history & trying to make sure that nobody other than him & his allies win in 2026 & 2028”

“For those who long to kill, the opportunity to do so for ICE—shielded by immunity, offered to regular police too—is the fulfillment of a white accelerationist mandate.”

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ICE is a criminal gang. apple.news/AxsclmTSBT16... (Paywall-free link in next post.)

Why aren’t more people warning about the GOP’s SAVE Act, including its requirement that states launch new voter purge programs??? History shows that Rs “love* over-broad purges. Tellingly, SAVE proposes *no penalty* for faulty purges but potential *prison time* 4 a single faulty voter registration.

This is precisely what happened to the transcript of the Zelensky call that led to Trump’s first impeachment. They stashed it in a code-word classified system for political reasons.

WATCH— @gallego.senate.gov : “Let’s say Trump wins that lawsuit… where would that $10 BILLION come from?” BESSENT: “Treasury.” SEN. GALLEGO: “So, taxpayers.” BESSENT: “Yes.”

Well isn’t that massive a coincidence? www.instagram.com/reel/DUWQX4G...

One of my favorite podcasts.

The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand. Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, RACE FOR PROFIT: HOW BANKS AND THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY UNDERMINED BLACK HOME OWNERSHIP

lol

If there were ever a moment to cancel Amazon Prime and shift from Amazon Web Services to Microsoft Azure, this is the moment. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

For those of you who don’t know, @philinvestigates.com is a really excellent, accomplished investigative reporter in Tennessee. I’ve really come to trust his reporting. Please sign up!

Part 2 of the exchange.