Sadistic Psychopath. He will be hired any another department and continue doing the same thing. He enjoys causing pain in others. It’s why he became a cop.

If democracy is to work, authority has to be accountable.

The police union is an organized crime unit.

Always was, always will be. Why would you expect anything different from the linear descendent of pre-Civil War Slave Patrols charged with returning escaped enslaved humans to their owners? That DNA runs deep. They know what they’ve doing is wrong.

If a private investigator fucks up they lose their license. If a CCW carrier fucks up they lose their license. If a security guard fucks up we take their arming-certificates. Why don’t we license cops? Want to be a cop? You get a policing license akin to being a guard. Your employer must verify you.

Bad officers should be fired. Flagged. Make their record follow them so they can’t quietly move to the next department and start over.

This is wild. 41 DUI arrests by a Tennessee trooper. All dismissed. 22 drivers were completely sober. He “resigned”. No explanation. No accountability. No apology. His personnel file doesn’t even mention the cases. Police departments shouldn’t be in the business of shielding corrupt officers. 1/2

The fanatics behind Project 2025 released a 250-year plan to “save America.” How? Push women out of college. Push women out of leadership. Push women out of the workforce. Restrict contraception. Roll back no-fault divorce. Marry us younger. Force more births. act.womensmarch.com/survey/brave...

At the Munich Security Conference this weekend, I told a hard truth. There is no ceasefire in Gaza. The assault continues. Palestinians continue to die. And Trump is issuing glossy brochures about fake future Gaza real estate deals instead of working to end the war.

The Trump Administration, including RFK Jr., claim they care about children’s health, but their actions reveal quite the opposite. Wrote this with my friend @jimalwine.bsky.social, a virologist.

My father died 10 years ago today. I still miss him. He was a good man. He was a loving husband and father. He was loyal and kind to his friends. He contributed to his community. Ed Reich would have loathed Donald Trump. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-my-father-and-the

one thing to ask about republics, with the US being modeled on ancient Rome and not actually being a democracy, is why this model of government benefits slavers so much

However, useful almost wins out over hysteria, at least in the marketplace. Given that the tech won’t just disappear, our time is better spent fixing the problems than screaming that the sky is falling. Isn’t that what we techies are supposed to do: Fix problems? 3/3

AI is not “Web 3.0.” That’s not to say there are no problems (and yes, this post will bring out the haters who will conveniently ignore how many of the worst of those problems are being addressed. AI is a major investor in clean energy, for example). 2/3

AI is a bubble, but too many people confuse a bad investment strategy with the tech itself. AI will not go away after the bubble bursts any more than websites went away after the dot-com crash. The tech is too useful (though not the panacea the hype mongers would have us believe). 1/3

The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.

Here’s the bottom line of the Epstein Files: It is the fullest manifestation of PATRIARCHY! Patriarchy teaches us that might makes right, and that those with most physical (or political) power have the absolute right to exert dominion over those weaker than them. That is the fundamental essence

What I’m seeing in some of the Epstein revelations about well known scientists who maintained contact after his conviction, is folks who always thought they were the smartest person in any room, sure they could shrewdly navigate a route that gets them what they want without getting dirty themselves.

This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.

This is Los Angeles Lakers co-owner Ed Roski with Magic Johnson. Roski’s firm is set to profit off the sale of future ICE human warehouse outside Dallas, Texas.

The problem is that we've no way to remove a representative when they lie to the people. Once they get in? They seem to do what they want with zero accountability or consequences. They can even vote themselves raises. They get healthcare and pensions. Oh and stock trading. So we're kinda fucked.

"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin" www.gov.uk/government/n...

CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.

Encourage your young people to read, in fact encourage yourself. Let’s not rely on just out phones, let’s use all of the resources available to us. Then maybe I’ll come up against you on The Chase👍🏽 #reading #books #education #shaunwallace #thechase

I feel like I want to bring the sprint speed skaters over to my place to crack the nuts my nutcracker wouldn’t crack with their thighs.

Finally watched Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. 10/10 movie. Dark, tragic, profoundly human. The casting, writing and cinematography are some of the best in modern cinema. If you only see one Frankenstein movie in your life make it this one

The lack of a moral compass is driving our country to the point of no return.

Collins is a lying POS. She's also an extremist right-wing Republican. Collins is dripping with MAGA. Replace Susan Collins. www.themainewire.com/2026/02/excl...

Dear Americans, I always thought when your government inevitably built concentration camps for you that you would care more. I thought you’d know that even his supporters would be in danger. I thought much too highly of you. Love, God

Bloody-handed dictator Putin murdered again. 😔

Morons Morons are in charge www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

There are non US citizens influencing our elections, they’re called corporations. The establishment wants us to not focus on this.

We really have to hurry this up This regime is killing everything good about America (I know we keep calling it America but we’re only the USA and not all of the American countries) We can’t wait 3 years Too many have died already Too many lies are being told #TrumpEpstein #DeposeHim

For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.

Voter fraud is not a real problem. Our problem isn’t non-citizens illegally voting in our elections. The real problem is American citizens not voting in our elections. And our even bigger problem is voter suppression.

UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off. Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering. Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

Yep ... that's perhaps where I'll put my hope ... but better still, Science!

Evangelical Americans who fear Islam taking over the United States, I would argue that by that rationale, by the numbers they should be much more fearful of Catholics taking over. Because there are lot more Catholics than Muslims in America and most evangelicals don’t see Catholics as Christian.

NBA All-Star weekend has completely lost the thread. Sorry, it's a bore.

I detest that so many traditions of our military have been cast aside. I detest who is running our military.

US Politicians are very happy to keep framing the Epstein files as partisan. Because it shifts the focus from the real issue. This was never about politics. It’s about mainly rich, white, powerful men believing they could do whatever the hell they wanted and get away with it.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Thou shalt stop calling to “reform ICE” when what we very clearly want is to abolish and prosecute ICE.

The Dems have spent the last 40 or so years engaged in politics with one and a half hands tied behind their backs. On the few occasions Dems have slightly fought back the GOP has gone reeling. You’d think the party would learn something from that.

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

The blatant corruption 🤬🤬🤬 www.wired.com/story/openai...