As a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam, Mueller was shot and later returned to lead his platoon after his recovery. He received a Bronze Star for valor, a Purple Heart, 2 Navy/Marine Commendation medals, Republican of Vietnam Cross of Valor, and numerous other medals.

Playing chicken with nuclear sites, eh. What a brilliant idea. 🤦🏻‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.

A woman who incurred more than $420,000 in medical bills when her newborn twins required extended hospitalization will get another chance to argue that Aetna Life Insurance Co. should have footed the bill.

"We're running against the billionaire mega donors and their corrupt political system, and I think John Cornyn and Ken Paxton embody the corruption in our politics." James Talarico on how it doesn't matter who he faces in November and why Cornyn may be more corrupt than Paxton.

Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people? Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth? Hegseth: We’re investigating. Trump: They are very inaccurate with their munitions. It was done by Iran.

BLITZER: Trump has said there was an 'imminent threat' from Iran. What's your understanding of that? STUTZMAN: The imminent threat is they were going to continue to build - rebuild - their nuclear program WOLF: But Trump said the nuclear facilities were 'obliterated.' So why the need to attack?

You can see Stutzmam turning into a pretzel.

Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary who carried out Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, complete with arbitrary arrest goals; who lied repeatedly about the killing of two Minneapolis U.S. citizens and smeared them as domestic terrorists—has been fired, Trump said on Truth Social Thursday.

Ryan Coogler: "I am not Ludwig Guransson, he is much taller, much more good looking, and much more Swedish."

News you can use, from the @wired.com security team (who are the best in the biz). They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:

Mamdani: "$5.4 billion is a very steep mountain to climb ... We want to work with Albany to raise personal income taxes by 2% on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year and to raise corporate taxes on the most profitable corporations."

but i thought Trump "totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities a few months ago

New: join me at 8p ET for breaking news on Nancy Guthrie, and, why Tulsi Gabbard has a new scandal: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Donald Trump and Mar-a-Lago appear over 38,000 times in the Epstein files. More mentions than Epstein himself.

Want to know something funny? So evidently fatso pants attacked me yesterday, and I had NO CLUE until my Google alerts tonight 36 hours later. THE PRESIDENT… and nobody listens to him anymore. LOL

NYT confirming MS NOW reporting: Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop. Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.

And ICE lied and said he intentionally hit his head against a wall. www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...

Miami Herald apple.news/A0fgxGF2WTf6...

From jump, the moment Jasmine Crockett entered the race, I saw some deeply ugly, coded, and at times outright racist attacks. And not just from the right. A lot of it came from the far left, who suddenly discovered a set of “standards” they never seemed to apply to her opponent. 3.

Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are both strong Democrats that we can be proud of. Debate is healthy. Competition is healthy. That’s how primaries are supposed to work. But what’s happened here hasn’t felt very healthy. 2.

I’m not a Texan, but it’s hard to ignore what’s happening in the Democratic Senate primary in the state. We’re all clocking it, right? Let’s start with what should be obvious: whoever wins the Democratic nomination, we Dems should support him or her. 🧵

Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings. newrepublic.com/article/2060...

I will be honest: I would not have imagined she’d be this aggressive. Good for her. Good for everyone.

Jeff Bozo🤡👇, killed The Washington Post, by turning into another Trump’s propaganda machine. Bozo🤡 killed a legacy news organization, by becoming Trump’s salad tosser. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Experts said the FBI’s seizing of ballots in Georgia triggered fears of federal interference in this year’s midterm elections: “It's a dramatic escalation … to expand federal control over our country's historically state-run election infrastructure.”

"Three days on the three-dollar meal plan had helped me realize something important: The diet had taken not only a physical toll, but a mental one." @jaredpoland.bsky.social did it so you don't have to:

He's scorching the earth. He knows he's on borrowed time right now, and he sees no reason why the nation should outlive him. Meanwhile, in Moscow, the champagne is freely flowing.

Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.

Wow. Riveting personal letter from a U.S. Attorney about the human, emotional trauma of these young girls. How would you feel it this was one of your daughters?

Deadly.

As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home. Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).

“I was told” - by unnamed people. Who, had they PROOF of his being “absolved”, would have broken land-speed records to put the PROOF to the public. But they haven’t. And they don’t look like they’re going to.

Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing www.gelliottmorris.com/p/blue-wave-...

liam and his dad are home! and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

The cold didn’t stop hundreds from showing up in Grand Rapids to say it loud: ICE out of our communities. Now.

You really need to read this heart-warming story about the frozen calf ... “She was just frozen. Her umbilical cord looked like a popsicle. I took out the blow dryer and warmed her up, and got her all fluffed out.” Soon the calf was lying on the couch, cuddling with her young children.

Trump lost 63 post-election cases @democracydefendersfund.org showed up everywhere elections were contested When there was a blip in New Jersey on Election Day we went to court The election defense network is READY for 2026👇 - TN

Clearly a psyop against the whole Bluesky community.

Not a single Latino immigrant of 𝗔𝗡𝗬 status appears in the Epstein files. Every name belongs to someone powerful. Sit with that. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

CBS News commenters in the Epstein files who have refused to work with me because I'm too "ideological": 1. Admittedly just 1, but still.

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They all thought they were invincible

Turns out pizza-gate was more or less real, but full of Republicans and not Hillary or Obama. Go figure.

For this goodnight post, we honor Dr. Angella D. Ferguson (1925–2026), pediatrician and sickle cell disease pioneer. As a Black woman physician when few were allowed in the room, she chose a disease others ignored, built evidence where little existed, and changed pediatric care forever. 🌙