By Robert Reich NYT "columnist David Brooks, who personifies the oxymoron “conservative thinker” better than anyone I know, has announced he’s leaving his perch there. This deserves a mention because his punditry has been influential among neocons and neoliberals" open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

“Fascism wants to scare you into silence,” he wrote, “but sometimes, fascism trips on its own lies and absurdities and pratfalls onto its sneering face.” By Rick Wilson – co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project... www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/cons...

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On Tuesday, Larry Kudlow, the Fox personality and former trump advisor, was on the TV. You will be shocked to learn he lied... What do the liars really want? To stop the Democrats from winning... That’s what they want, but they can’t say that. So they lie.... open.substack.com/pub/paulstsm...

"Do you think that someone who is not in the country legally could walk into a polling place and ask for a ballot? Each polling place has a list of people who is allowed to vote there. They get that list from voter registration records. To be a registered voter, you must show proof that you’re a cit

The Ranch Was Never Searched—N.M. Land Commissioner Seeks Probe Into Allegation of Two Girls Buried Near Epstein Ranch open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

Grand Juries are now rising up against the Trump Administration, refusing to indict when the lawless DOJ asks them to, with them now rejecting an attempt to indict 6 members of Congress because they made a video Trump didn't like. open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

The attorneys note the ruling's real significance—the court confirmed states have the power to ban federal agents from wearing masks... open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

#BoycottCBSNews Written by Robert Reich Weiss doesn’t exactly report to Donald Trump, of course. Trump runs CBS News the way he runs Venezuela — with a widely understood threat that he’ll wreak havoc if it doesn’t do what he wants…. www.alternet.org/another-trus...

"The question that keeps me up at night is not about the bunker. It’s about what gets installed inside." open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...

"The behavior of ICE and CBP agents reminds me of the Fascist blackshirts who arrived in trucks, armed with clubs, knives, guns, and castor oil, to subjugate towns in early 1920s Italy, before Benito Mussolini declared dictatorship." The latest from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social...

Canada owns and funds the Gordie Howe International Bridge, including the land and infrastructure on both the Canadian and U.S. sides, through federal agreements and the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority.

NOTAM said the airspace was classified as national defense airspace. Deadly force could be used on an aircraft if it is determined that it “poses and imminent security threat,” it said... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Shocking. 🥴SMFH! * The new document also said that the FBI investigation was initiated following a referral from an attorney who worked to overturn the election results in 2020. www.cbsnews.com/news/fulton-...

This week, the French government raided the Paris offices of X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, as part of a criminal investigation into “Child Sexual Abuse” associated with the Epstein Files and much, much more.... open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

Cruelty is the name of the game all authoritarians! SMFH! * "Sure enough, in January, all employees received the news in an email: Russell Vought, the CFPB’s acting director, was ending not only their disability plan but their dental and life insurance plans as well www.huffpost.com/entry/russel...

The Trump Administration, to avoid Congressional oversight, has diverted $60 billion in Navy money to build what one report calls, a "nationwide ghost network of concentration camps." open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

"Trump vs. the Trump Admin "This mirrors the bad old days in Nigeria, when politicians openly looted the treasury and deposited public funds into private accounts. The logic is identical: It’s government money, I am the government, therefore the money is mine mannyotiko1.medium.com/in-irs-suit-...

"It’s clear what Republicans are doing. They know that most women don’t lean toward MAGA idiocy, so they are trying to remove us from the voting pool." "The bill has passed the House and is now advancing in the Senate." open.substack.com/pub/carlynbe...

"The people of Minnesota have forced the Trump administration into a strategic retreat—one inflicted not as rioters or insurgents, but as neighbors...." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

By Carl Gibson www.alternet.org/trump-voter-...

“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,” he said during an appearance on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast.... open.substack.com/pub/johnnypa...

Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit search French offices of Elon Musk's X Paris Prosecutor’s office said it was widening that investigation after complaints over the functioning of X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

"Trump has sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion. "Trump alleges that the IRS was responsible for the leak of some of Trump’s tax documents to press in September 2020. The leak occurred by an IRS contractor." open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

😱Stephen King needs to write a novel about this! * “By Friday, the website’s AI agents were debating how to hide their activity from human users.... www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

"One anonymous GOP senator was blunt in their take on the situation...about a bizarre Trump fundraising email that seemed to threaten to send ICE after people who did not donate." “That’s just nuts,” the senator said. “He’s falling apart” www.alternet.org/news-politic...

"Biden is gonna take your guns!"😱 Oh the IRONY!🤣 Invoking the IA is a "great" means for cancelling elections! AKA #TheGreatWhiteHope "The most hardline conservative bloc of House Republicans is calling on .......Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota... www.alternet.org/republicans-...

When MURDER becomes the cult's motivator, its downfall is inevitable. * According to the complaint, Joseph and Samaroo “had been fishing in waters off the Venezuelan coast and working on farms in Venezuela,” ... www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

"Trump had also commented on Pretti’s handgun hours earlier when departing the White House. In brief remarks to reporters, he said: “You know, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't.”" time.com/7358403/nra-...

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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears medium.com/@gbmatty/the...

Old MAGA mantra: “We need guns in case the government becomes tyrannical.” New MAGA mantra: “If you confront your government with a gun, you deserve tyranny.” Those two beliefs cannot coexist. Republicans have chosen a side. And it’s not the citizen. It’s the sta open.substack.com/pub/carlynbe...

Video from the scene shows Pretti directing traffic on a street out of an area with agents around, then trying to help another person get up after she had been pushed to the ground by the agents.... open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Kill first. Detain kids. Lie after. Federal officials tried to brand Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and ICU nurse, as a domestic terrorist who wanted to “massacre” law enforcement. ... medium.com/@gbmatty/ice...