Today's gift link. "Mr. Trump's approach to Iran is reckless. His goals are ill-defined. He has failed to line up the international and domestic support that would be necessary to maximize the chances of a successful outcome." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

"no president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight"

"If Americans are squeamish about eating blood, we're much in the minority, at least among countries where it’s not religiously prohibited." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...

Today's gift link. "'As everyone knows, the conflict about Greenland isn’t over yet,' she said in a speech on Thursday to Parliament that amounted to the opening of what is likely to be a quick campaign to keep her job." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/w...

Exclusive: Pro-Trump activists are circulating a draft executive order alleging Chinese interference in the 2020 election, proposing a national emergency to expand presidential power over voting, like banning mail ballots and voting machines.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

"The league's proposal includes two tiers of max salaries, similar to the current CBA...The supermax would account for 20% of the salary cap, and the standard max—roughly $988,750—would take up 17.5%." frontofficesports.com/newsletter/p...

Today's gift link. "Working with Times Opinion and relying on our contacts in the Iranian diaspora and inside the country, we surveyed 40 Iranian doctors and nurses across 14 cities and 11 provinces about their experiences treating wounded protesters." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Obama: UE 7.8% → 4.7%; DJIA ↑149% Trump 1: UE 4.7% → 6.4%; DJIA ↑57% Biden: UE 6.4% → 4.0%; DJIA ↑39% Trump 2: UE 4.0% → 4.3%; DJIA ↑13%

Today's gift link. "Mr. Dicks also believes reversing into a spot is discourteous: Other drivers must wait while you position your car, causing congestion in busy parking lots." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/s...

Breaking News: President Trump said he was “ashamed” of certain Supreme Court justices who rejected his tariffs, pledging to work around the ruling.

Today's gift link. "Last year, as tourism grew worldwide, the United States was the only major destination to see a decline in foreign visitors, recording a 6 percent drop, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council, an industry group." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/t...

RT @NBCOlympics: TIE GAME! TIE GAME! THE CAPTAIN!

“That’s what I’m f—ing talking about!”
 Alysa Liu as she leaves the ice 🔥

TEAM USA TAKES GOLD 🥇 Megan Keller wins it in overtime, helping the U.S. to a 2-1 victory over Canada.

Joining MSNOW at 3pm ET to talk about the reckless thing we might be about to do.

Memo shows White House directing DHS to hunt for voter fraud by naturalized citizens

Today's gift link. "Ken Cook, the president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization that has also supported parts of Mr. Kennedy's agenda, said, 'I can't envision a bigger middle finger to every MAHA mom than this.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...

This is new. “Violent criminal” immigrants are driving Americans’ wages down??????

Today's gift link. "Before Pat Buchanan or Donald Trump ran for president, Jackson was condemning 'American multinationals' who 'hire repressed labor abroad and fire free labor at home.'" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This was absolutely the Olympic highlight of the weekend.

Elana Meyers Taylor signs to her son: "Mommy won." 🥇 #WinterOlympics

From @theathletic.com: Alysa Liu represents Team USA's best chance at an Olympic medal in women's singles figure skating after entering the free skate portion in third place. Japan has three skaters in the top 4 leading into Thursday's competition. nyti.ms/4tMKtpA

Team USA’s Alysa Liu kicked off the final group of the women's short program. She earned a 76.59 score, a season's best, and landed in third place. trib.al/495VqIr

"This year, the sun will set earlier in the Northern Hemisphere throughout most of Ramadan." cooking.nytimes.com/article/brea...

Today’s gift link. “Quite simply, Jesse Jackson led one of the most consequential American lives. He was a genuine populist who stood in stark contrast to the ersatz populists of today.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...

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Breaking News: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose fiery speeches and populist vision made him a charismatic champion of civil rights, died at 84.

Today's gift link. "In Cleveland Heights, you show up for your own, and Edwards, 22, is not just hockey royalty but an avatar of the city's inclusive ethos." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum in New York City had long been a mystery. It was recently linked to the Underground Railroad. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/n...

Today's gift link. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Breaking News: Consumer prices unexpectedly eased at the start of the year, rising 2.4% in the year through January.

For cricket fans in India and Pakistan, when their teams face off on Sunday in the T20-format world cup, the money-spinning match with a viewership expected to dwarf the Super Bowl will be about more than just sport. It will be inextricably tied to national pride, or embarrassment.

Today's gift link. "Scott objected to being cut out of the process—and warned them Bovino's brash tactics would backfire on the whole department." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"It became clear that Stewart has conflated the entire field of economics with a half-remembered, left-wing caricature of capitalism." open.substack.com/pub/theargum...

"Hopefully this injunction will in some small way help bring about a course correction in the Defense Department's approach to these issues."

Today's gift link. "It can be hard for many Americans to imagine what happens to a country when its government goes rogue. The residents of Minnesota and other cities subject to the Trump immigration crackdown have recently experienced a version of it." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

Today's gift link. "It means understanding your beliefs as limited, contingent and fallible, recognizing that they can't be proven correct, that someone else's refusal to come around to them does not indicate stupidity or obstinacy or bad faith." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

Today's gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...

Among others, @newsbysamuels.bsky.social talks to Surya Bonaly in this great breakdown on the backflip in figure skating. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...

A press freedom organization says a prosecutor broke ethics rules by not flagging a law that limits searches for reporting materials after FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of a leak investigation.

Today's gift link. "There is a big hole in the seductively simple argument that Mr. Trump's policy will push employers to hire Americans: For many jobs, the cheaper and more likely replacement is a robot." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...

51% of Americans overall said Trump is biased against Black people in April 2024, including 77% of Black Americans, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll. Both figures had declined since 2020 www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2024/...

Today's gift link. "English is no longer culture's lingua franca, or at least not the only one." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

The CIA’s World Factbook, a repository of facts on nations that for six decades provided detailed figures on birth and death rates and major exports, relied upon first by government agents and eventually researchers, educators, journalists and more, was shuttered without warning on Wednesday.

I'm convinced that a sign of getting old is how I keep buying new and fancy potato chip flavours, getting 1/3rd of the way through the bag and realizing I actually just want sour cream and onion.

Today's gift link. "Recently, a number of states have undertaken investigations into noncitizen voting, cross-checking voter rolls with citizenship status, and found it virtually nonexistent." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...

While refried beans are typically made with pinto or black beans, they don’t have to be. Here, Ali Slagle uses canned white beans whose extra-starchy liquid speeds up cooking time, then adds a rich, spicy egg for a full meal. nyti.ms/4qjuoVf

Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"