The 4th Amendment isn't a suggestion

Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ status check: 8 months in, 19% availability, and all of Musk’s promises are missing electrek.co/2026/02/16/t...

British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit as EV Bubble Bursts www.wsj.com/business/aut... They can't pivot to robots and AI like Tesla

"Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"The economy looks resilient on the surface, but the footing is far less secure than it appears. Growth is being propped up by AI investment, fiscal stimulus, and financial markets driven by momentum, even as trust erodes across workers, governments, allies, and investors." kpmg.com/us/en/articl...

I guess hoping the US can jail more people in private prisons isn't a money maker: "Geo Group, the top contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has seen its shares drop 55% from last year’s highs after DHS fell short of its goals on deportations" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As expected, US tariffs are causing US trading partners to make trade deals with each other and avoid the US where possible www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump Agrees to End Minnesota Immigration Surge, Homan Says www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Atlantic’s profile of Bondi has some wow. @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise. BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?

Co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI join exodus from start-up’s tech team www.ft.com/content/3d4a...

Stunning to see how low the US has sunk. I mean can you imagine this kind of thing 20 years ago, even 5?

Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

"Delinquency rates on loans ranging from mortgages to credit cards rose to 4.8% of all outstanding US household debt in the fourth quarter, the highest level since 2017, driven by rising defaults among low-income and young borrowers." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Trump: "I'm popular and I've done well. I think we have the greatest economy, actually, ever in history. We have to get the word out."

(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive. The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead. www.theverge.com/policy/87683...

"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

Trump has only concluded five trade deals, with a dozen others remaining mere frameworks via @sdonnan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...

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...

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe ft.trib.al/rg4IDIC

Wow. The ransacking of public goods in the US is terrifying

Bitcoin is now close to erasing all of the gains since Donald Trump was elected President in 2024

Challenger captures the pick up in layoff announcements we have been hearing in earnings reports. We think labor hoarding is a thing of the past--that will be mean more firing but if growth is ok it could mean more hiring too. Job postings have stabilized for example

US Companies Announce Most Job Cuts for a January Since 2009 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For the first time since 2023, the token’s price has fallen below the average purchase cost of Michael Saylor’s leveraged Bitcoin proxy www.bloomberg.com/news/article... It's a veritable Hunt Brothers moment in the making

Republican donor Ken Griffin says the Trump administration is self-dealing www.ft.com/content/129b...

Big fan of Giannis. He deserves to be on a title-contending team

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

The list of lawsuits (or “demands”) grows: BBC: $5 billion IRS/Treasury: $10 billion JPMorgan: $5 billion Harvard: $1 billion @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Australia becomes first major central bank to HIKE rates this year. #RBA 🇦🇺 www.afr.com/markets/equi...

I’m sorry but can the president just unilaterally demolish and redesign the entire federal building stock on a whim?? It seems like probably he can’t??

Another little process of good government, mandated by law, broken by this administration’s whim. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Trump: “Noah, a total loser, better get his facts straight. It looks like I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope and suing him for plenty$. Ask Little George Slopadopolus how that all worked out. Also ask CBS! Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you!”

A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”

Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for construction in July, Trump says www.npr.org/2026/02/01/n...

Russia's Medvedev says US 'theft' of Maduro shatters international relations reut.rs/4rrhIN5

TRUMP TODAY: There was an election in Texas? What? TRUMP YESTERDAY:

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

ProPublica has identified Alex Pretti’s killers www.propublica.org/article/alex...

On the Tibetan plateau, China has installed a 16-17 GW mega solar plant that is turning an alpine desert into a “micro-oasis”: more moisture, more grass, and soils with more carbon under 64 km² of panels www.ecoticias.com/en/on-the-ti...

$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips The buyers would pay half up front, steering $187 million to Trump family entities. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Tarrant County

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

Official duties. means he's immune from prosecution, right?

Musk reaffirms Republican Party ties with $10mn in donations ft.trib.al/s32LAfL

Milan protesters call for U.S. ICE agents to leave Italy as Winter Games approach www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...

“Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.” apnews.com/article/immi...