CORRUPTION WATCH: The family of Commerce Secy Lutnick now gets pay outs of tens of billions or more in tariff refunds. The Fix Is In: Lutnick Family To Make Killing On Tariff Demise talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

In 2025 the annual deficit of the US balance of trade in goods reached $1.23 trillion, a new record: 2025: -1,231 B 2024: -1,205 B (...) 1988: -119 B 1987: -152 B www.census.gov/foreign-trad... Remind me again how many casinos he bankrupted?

Die EU hat im Januar 200 Millionen Euro für ein Projekt bewilligt, das in Neufundland/Kanada mit Windkraft Wasserstoff und Ammoniak zum Export nach Europa herstellen soll. 1/4 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for insurrection. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Americans are envious of Korea and Britain for their rule of law.

The Lutnick-Epstein entanglement just keeps growing and getting stronger.

Wow.

This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

When the president shares images of Black people as apes, that's no "joke." No hiding behind "sarcasm," "someone else posted it," or excuses. You're a straight-up racist piece of shit fueling hate. Call it what it is—bigotry from the top. We won't let it slide. Stand up, shut it down. #sheshed

Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

So, Jack Smith working with a subpoena to acquire general phone logs is a breech of privacy but the DOJ can just randomly spy on the congress people and their computer searches for no apparent reason? The cognitive dissonance of these people never ceases to astonish me.

US trade deficit: Jan-Nov 2024: $1,085B Jan-Nov 2025: $1,130B Where is the 78% reduction? He lies like other people breathe. www.census.gov/foreign-trad...

Too few people know about this: Musk caused hundreds of thousands of deaths with DOGE by cutting USAID. More people have died because of this than in Gaza. Musk and the people involved in DOGE must be held accountable

My first attempt to make sense of a truly historic general election. open.substack.com/pub/observin...

A brief look at the energy policy of Team Mirai, a "technocratic" new party in Japan. joewein.net/blog/2026/02...

Nachträglich alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Hans Schuierer! Am 6.02.2026 wurde der ehemalige Landrat von Schwandorf 95. In den 80er Jahren war er einer der wichtigsten Streiter gegen die geplante Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage in Wackersdorf in Bayern. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Sc...

Ein Account, der ständig über Krieg und Militarismus schreibt, aber Russland ausklammert. Vor einem Monat wurde dessen Krieg erwähnt, aber auch da nur, um zu fordern, die Ukraine solle doch die militärische Kontrolle über den noch nicht von 🇷🇺 besetzten Teil des (ukrainischen) Donbas aufgeben.

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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.

If you don't count Jefferson Davis

Shitstorm? Leckt uns am Auspuff! Volltreffer von Bernhard Pötter www.taz.de/!6151691

1. Noam Chomsky's response to the first tranche of Epstein docs - arrogant, high-handed, obfuscatory and, we now know, dishonest - reminded me of something: his response to my questions about genocide denial, 15 years ago. 🧵 www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...

Yes, elections are run by states. That is true today. Here's a list of other things that USED to be true. Feel free to add. -Law enforcement need probable cause/warrant to enter -You have the right to Due Process -You have the right to peacefully protest -US Presidents may not profit from office

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

You are shocked, shocked, that Chomsky turns out to be a bad person? Noam Chomsky has been shilling for dictators for decades, from his denial of the Cambodian genocide by the Khmer Rouge to Srebrenica to Rwanda to Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. "Anti-imperialism" can be a helluva drug.

criminal law prof here. There are laws against homicide, and federal agents are not in fact above them. Supremacy clause immunity is limited in scope, not an absolute barrier to state prosecution.

I have my reservations about Vosman's comments RE: article 5 guarantees: Trump has made clear multiple times that he views defense commitments to Europe/Japan/Korea as a free ride enjoyed by these allies which he wants to restrict or withdraw, though he still wants them to buy US weapons.

Selling pardons to wealthy fraudsters and drug traffickers is a full time job in the Trump admin.

Luzides Interview mit Timothy Snyder, unter anderem mit dieser brillanten Passage; dem Appell, seinen Augen zu trauen www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.

So this administration has charged an independent Black journalist reporting in Minnesota but not two white agents who murdered two citizens

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

Security guarantees from Donald are worth about as much as his marital vows to his three wives.

He treats it like a family photo www.thetimes.com/article/e9fd...

"Stop calling ICE the Gestapo! ICE is nothing like the Gestapo. Now, let me innumerate all the many ways ICE is exactly like the Gestapo. Thank you for your attention to this matter."

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly

Apt comparison.

"You know who doesn’t investigate the killing of people by their government? Authoritarian governments that rule by force with no accountability to their citizens."

minnesota coming together to show us all how to stand up against ICE is such a beautiful display of what solidarity looks like

Front page today.

In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis

Today in Politics, Bulletin 290. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

When Russia is openly celebrating his quest to seize Greenland, it shows that taking over Greenland was never about countering Russia.

WATCH: “How many people with domestic violence convictions are running around, with guns, in our cities, terrorizing people?” Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.

A "WTF!" 🧵 🔥⚛️ Note, this is not OceanGate Titan in the making: Titan only killed the crew and passengers when it imploded 😢

Neuzulassungen von PKWs in Deutschland Elektro (BEV): 2025: 545.142 2024: 380.609 2023: 524,219 <-- mit Subvention Brennstoffzelle (Wasserstoff): 2025: 49 2024: 158 2023: 263 Quelle: www.kba.de/DE/Statistik...

Toyota's bZ4X electric SUV became the best selling EV model in Japan in Q4/2025, with 3,448 cars sold. In December alone, VW sold 7,740 EVs in its German domestic market, more than twice as many in a month as Toyota in a quarter. www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...