The full story with a gift link (it's such a mess):

What a story: “Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship. “The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country” 1/ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

There must be a dozen fireable offenses listed in this piece: *Noem firing civil servants without cause *Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun *Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms

Russia Ron says we’re not allowed to learn about our rights.

Judge Boasberg orders Trump regime to return illegally deported Venezuelans after Trump DOJ lawyers told judge to ‘pound sand’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Slotkin gets Todd Lyons on record saying there's no purpose for ICE to be involved in elections (tho he does say that HSI does investigation voting fraud). He doesn't quite say he would refuse.

Judge grants Senator Mark Kelly’s preliminary injunction against Secretary of War Crimes Hegseth: “Defendants have trampled on Kelly’s 1st A freedoms… and threatens the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.”

The casting of Obama as the Perfect Centrist also neglects that he: *deprioritized removals of longtime residents *gave legal protections to Dreamers and even tried to extend them to millions of parents of US citizens/LPRs (court blocked) *presided over Senate passage of legalization for millions

Tomorrow on my live podcast: History Matters: CONTEMPT AND POWER Wednesday's Bondi hearing was a 2-hour display of open contempt for We the People. The USA has a long history of contempt's use as a political weapon. Join us for more Friday 10:00 AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1v...

I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.

In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).

Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel. One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.

“A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration "trampled" on Sen. Mark Kelly's First Amendment rights, blocking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's efforts to punish Kelly, a retired naval officer”. You’re damned right they did, go off Judge.

You know how I repeatedly have pitched MN Department of Correction's corrections website? Now DOC head Paul Schnell is testifying, describing how ICE refused to coordinate with them creating a crisis. www.c-span.org/event/senate...

30 countries use mail voting

This dumbass considers BOTH Irish and Italian culture as white. And thinks "white" music is not largely derivative of Black music. Churches?!?! There's a commonality to white churches? To "Scots-Irish" and Irish Churches. It makes my head hurt.

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

At around the 1:10 mark, he lets the mask slip, as it were, by suggesting that the freakout about the Super Bowl halftime show was rooted in some sort of legit angst about the erasure of white identity.

This, from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social, is really perfect. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."

Trump is losing the war over ICE — both the culture war and the war in the streets. newrepublic.com/article/2062...

Members of Congress reviewing the Epstein files appear to have been surveilled by DOJ. @jayapal.house.gov learned about it shortly before we spoke last night & explains what’s happening here. joycevance.substack.com/p/my-convers...

Shit. You mean I'm going to have to start calling Whiskey Pete "Crash Hegseth" instead of calling Sean Duffy Crash?

The other problem with this is that those Trump policies described there aren't actually about "securing the border." They're about emptying *the interior* of immigrants. The media's casual conflation of "the border" with interior enforcement/policy is a big reason we are where we are today.

Either Stephen Miller was lying then or the head of CBP is lying now about the Trump regime's account of Alex Pretti's murder.

Todd Lyons claimed in Homeland Security hearing that ICE goons are only using their phones to collect evidence against so-called agitators. Except the guy who arrested Nekima Armstrong Levy clearly used it for propaganda purposes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

My take on Trump’s sudden opposition to the Gordie Howe bridge windsorstar.com/news/local-n...

New at Can We Still Govern: One aspect of ICE that is not discussed much is how dependent it is on private supply chains, including foreign companies. That provides an opportunity to name-and-shame firms providing its services. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...

This is just standard Donald Trump,” said Taub. “He thinks might makes right. Once again this is a follow-the-money story, and it really does look sketchy to me.” windsorstar.com/news/local-n...

NEW: Senate Democrats REJECT funding for DHS, which will lead to shutdown of the agency. Keep in mind, ICE and CBP are still funded by supplemental money in the BBB, but it's harder to spend and will deplete those funds. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

If ICE still stands for "Immigration and Customs Enforcement" then why do Republicans want them anywhere near a polling location?

Months after the killing of Charlie Kirk, a growing number of lawsuits by people claim they were illegally punished, fired and even arrested for making negative comments about Kirk. n.pr/46w2RJ6

👺 No Russian delegation at meeting of Trump's "Board of Peace" – Russian Foreign Ministry

From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔

People who speak like this under oath to our elected Representatives in the People’s House should face actual legal & professional consequences

February 11, 2026

Massie: "She didn't answer anything. She came here ready to talk about the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, which seems kind of crazy to me."

Trump has lost two heavily whipped votes in the House on his signature economic policy in the last 24 hours. This is a big f-ing deal.

In an extraordinary rebuke of Trump, and his signature economic policy, the House voted tonight to repeal Trump's tariffs on Canada 219-211. Both the Senate and House have now voted to repeal Trump's tariffs on Canada. Rs growing weary of defending the indefensible. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

The six Republicans who broke with Trump on tariffs tonight, in context of his threat to primary those who cross him: Bacon (retiring) Newhouse (retiring) Kiley (district eliminated) Hurd (swing district) Fitzpatrick (swing district) Massie (he’s massie)

New evidence shows immigration helps keep elderly Americans alive by strengthening the caregiving workforce. Jonathan Cohn explains what deportation crackdowns could cost us. lnk.thebulwark.com/4bIQpJv?utm_...

According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.

Unhinged and unethical. And that’s just the beginning to describe Pamela Jo Bondi today before House Judiciary. My take on the Trump DOJ’s failure to protect the victims and survivors of Epstein and Maxwell and how Bondi is choosing to protect pedophiles instead. youtu.be/rnPi2bS4vMY?...

“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:

This should infuriate everyone. Palantir must be destroyed. boingboing.net/2026/02/10/p...

Despite all attempts to prop up a dying, polluting industry, this ship has sailed: renewable energy is the future, even in the US.

This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!

Incorrect. Robert Mueller testified under oath that there was Russian interference in the election. And, the Mueller Report revealed the same. "The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion." www.justice.gov/storage/report_volume1.pdf

Tuesday was the ICE oversight hearing. Today was Pam Bondi’s. I watched them both for you. The bottom line: There are (mostly Democratic) members of Congress who understand how important the moment is & they are standing up and showing courage. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise: -21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers -69 mil married women who took partner’s name -21 mil w/out valid drivers license www.motherjones.com/politics/202...