About $1.7 billion flowed from two accounts at Binance, whose founder was pardoned by Trump, to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups, a possible violation of global sanctions, investigators discovered. David Yaffe-Bellany @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/t...

The people who lost their minds when State Dept misidentified accounts as Russian (& Twitter didnt take them down) have nothing to say ab the Administration demanding the deanonymizing of unambiguously American accounts critical of the Trump DHS…how can this be? 🤔 open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...

Pritzker’s invoice to White House: (via @nbcnews.com) @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Breaking News: The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every U.S. trading partner. nyti.ms/46kvngJ

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BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address. Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies. Watch on our YouTube.

The Trump administration has been ordered to temporarily restore displays about George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people at a monument on the site of his former house in Philadelphia, after a judge said that the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths.

YIKES! Who made this? This will give you nightmares. 🚨

This is why governments lie. It was 100% clear it was a lie at the time but then responsible actors spend years trying to prove the Kremlin lied. Here’s some advice for next time: the Kremlin always lies! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

What do you make of Massie’s post

Nick Muller: #f'djt #f'Bondi

“.. The allegations in the conversation about Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, would be significant if verified, according to other U.S. officials familiar with its contents.” @wsj.com #SonInLawWatch www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Ukraine’s energy company DTEK published footage showing how its thermal power plants looked before the full-scale invasion and how they look now. The company said its facilities have been attacked by Russian forces more than 220 times. #Ukraine

Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.

The FBI agent who tried to investigate the ICE officer who shot Renee Good to death has resigned after the bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the killing. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

RiFingdiculous the fact there are rallies based on the fact the deranged 🍊 now tacos on his statements from past few weeks. Guess will continue to wait for financial , energy , Ag and tech industry leaders to grow a spine. stocks.apple.com/AcG_q5mIsQsi...

Training cannot correct for deficiencies resulting from a lack of vetting. Remember what federal LEOs are normally screened for (CARLA F. BAD): Character Associates Reputation Loyalty Ability Finances Bias Alcohol/Addictions Drugs ICE is not being vetted against any of these. Shut it down.

NEW: The DOJ has filed a motion to block the appointment of an independent monitor to release the Epstein files in the Ghislaine Maxwell case. The DOJ argues that federal courts lack the authority to enforce the Epstein Transparency Act… 1/

Ukraine no longer has a single fully operational power plant, Energy Minister Shmyhal. He also noted fuel supplies cover more than 20 days and imports continue, gas restrictions are not in place, and police are stepping up patrols to maintain order. Businesses are asked to turn off holiday lights.

Trump Supports the Protesters, Except Those Protesting Him: The split-screen television images of mass demonstrations in Minneapolis and Tehran have highlighted the president’s disparate views of democracy and popular dissent. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Daniel Dale’s “Trump fact-checks” have reached parody level. This is today’s. 🤡 @ddale8.bsky.social @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/p...

Sen. Kelly: “I just never expected that I would have to protect the rule of law against a Secretary of Defense…Pete Hegseth is now coming after what I earned through my 25 years of military service…He doesn't like what I said so now he is trying to censure and demote me.”

Dena McCoy: #f'ice

“The fact they had a boat land there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land.” 😆

Great breakdown 🙏

Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down. This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.

so pleased that you did another season of Autocracy in America! it’s painfully on the mark. Thank you @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

She’s insane. That word is appropriate for her. This was a shooting of a woman by an ICE agent. She was in a vehicle. She was a mother. The shooter was a white male. Those are facts. To jump to a conclusion of ”domestic terrorism” isn’t only irresponsible, it speaks to deep damage in Nancy Mace.

FREY: “.. the administration is sending a message to the entire country: If you show up for your immigrant neighbors, or even are simply present when those neighbors are taken, your rights will not be protected by the law and your life will be at risk.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

Having trouble doing anything else, so had to write out how fucking angry I am about what happened yesterday and how the MAGA world is trying to rewrite the story.

This situation isn’t tenable.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to Portland city councilors. katu.com/news/local/i...

“.. Number of tariff lawsuits has gone parabolic … of the 914 filed (thru Jan. 6) almost all have been since November.” @bloomberg.com (via Schwab)

.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th? Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.

try to make sense of it

In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce an American billionaire, real estate developer, and wannabe diplomat, Steve Witkoff. He’s best known for trying to sell Ukraine to Putin and for helping Trump sell this treason and encouragement of genocidal war as “peace”. 1/20

The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax. Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians. www.state.gov/releases/off...

The U.S. said it would bar a former EU official from entering over his role in creating and enforcing an online-content law that the Trump administration has criticized.

(Reuters) - China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged on. @reuters.com www.producer.com/daily/china-...

“.. We are aware of at least 30 deaths at ICE detention centers this year, making 2025 the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody," Ramirez said in an online statement.

The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”… BULLSHIT. @repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition. This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.

Expert Backgrounder on how, under different scenarios, international law and U.S. past practices apply to Sept. 2 boat strike on survivors. By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Navy Commander, JAGC (ret.) www.justsecurity.org/126802/exper...

Rough day on the farm beat. @reuters.com @financialtimes.com

JOHN DEERE: "Our US market has been the one under the most pressure . . . based on what’s happened with trade flows, what’s happened with tariffs .." We'll build "half as many tractors this year as we did two years ago." @financialtimes.com $DE www.ft.com/content/523a...