For god sakes, if you're posting images of files from the latest Epstein cache, please post the file # (as in EFTA0##). Many fakes are going around. If everyone posting authentic documents includes the file #, it will be easier to counteract the fake ones. We live in a disinformation state, people!

Trump's DOJ failed to properly redact the identities of victims, even though they repeatedly redacted the identities of possible accomplices, co-conspirators, and Epstein clients. Hmm, it is almost as if the DOJ's aim was to get the entire cite taken down. abcnews.go.com/US/epstein-v...

Let's ask the question: How many times do the following people show up being named in the Epstein Files: President Joe Biden: 0 President Barack Obama: 0 MN Governor Tim Walz: 0 President Donald Trump: 4,500 Does any Republican not see the problem?

If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.

Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme. dailyillini.com/news-stories...

Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.

Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.   Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.   They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.

New Epstein files reveal he may have trafficked girls to others despite official denials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I remember when political scientists sounding the alarm about a Jan. 6-type event in ~October 2020 were ridiculed by "smart" pundits as radical leftists. One called an article in The Atlantic "too magazine-y." The good news is people seem to be taking 2026/28 much more seriously

Holy Hell! I tuly believe people will look back on this historical moment as the era when the concepts of expertise and authority rooted in verifiable truth final died.

This piece matters to me because I literally have spent all my time, the better part of the past 20 years, speaking with Americans and listening to how they understand politics and how it intersects with their lives. I cannot tell you how true this is. newrepublic.com/article/2042...

Would you say creating perhaps a "New World Order"? Shouldn't the conspiracy minded be frightened then? For decades fears of a NWO have always been fears of the wrong kind of NWO.

The DOJ has not released all the Epstein files. Yet they say their review is done; they have fulfilled their legal obligation. This is false. Also they've redacted the names of possible co-conspirators & clients which is illegal under the EFTA. But will Congress hold them accountable?

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

I say again: All the worst people in the world band together to give each other money, power, and influence. And it fucking sucks so so much.

"In a scathing opinion, which at times read more like a civics lesson, Judge Fred Biery admonished 'the govt’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence' and quoted Jefferson’s grievances against 'a would-be authoritarian king'." www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...

Based on what I've seen, at least 4 current/former Harvard professors have now been named as Epstein associates. Which seems notable given prior reporting that Epstein used false promises of "elite" college admissions to lure young girls into his web of abuse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Cross-posting this comment from Jeet Heer over on Twitter. It really is kind of funny that Musk is just totally unable to pick up on code and innuendo.

On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville. On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”. In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.

It appears that 4chan was used as a massive psyop by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates to help install pro-pedophilia rightwing figures into the American government: "The potential for manipulation is huge" www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

Watch the video of the interview, where Lemon "stood in close proximity to the pastor in an attempt to oppress and intimidate him, and physically obstructed his freedom of movement." Yeah, I'm not seeing it either. www.youtube.com/live/v4ctuhv...

So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.

Journalist Georgia Fort, about to be arrested by ICE for doing journalism, peers out her front door on the left as, on the right a masked, bespectacled ICE agent peers in her window. Is this a scene from Scream? From Brazil? It is, as a former student of mine would say, *dark shit.*

So a well-known journalist goes into a church to cover the protests happening, and he gets a arrested. An amateur reporter goes to daycare centers demanding to see and film children, and he is a hero.

This is pathetic! How many of us have to be killed in the street by the state before Congress takes this seriously? How many kids have to die in concentration camps before Congress pushes back against this fascist regime? Are they waiting for him to cancel the 2026 elections?

Again Trump is reposting wild claims of QAnon followers. There's an insidious disinfo loop between that movement & Trump. They post evidence-free claims of deep state evils & Trump's "4D chess." Trump reposts them (out of belief?). That repost is seen as proof, inspiring more posts from Q believers.

Fed by QAnon rumors he's posting on Truth Social, Trump seems determined to steal future elections. Dems cannot remain a party of strongly worded letters & weak resistance. Abolish ICE. Fight this increasingly fascist regime for once! Take the moment seriously! Before it's too late. Soon it will be.

Trump's admin has seized original voting records from 2020, breaking the chain of custody. He'll claim proof the 2020 election was stolen. No one will be able to verify. He'll interfere in 2026 & 2028 elections, claiming federal oversight. Suddenly, the GOP will win big & he'll win again in 2028.

Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

We are so screwed. We shouldn't be surprised when the FBI suddenly uncovers "election fraud." This administration seems to be looking for any excuse, even a manufactured one, to seize federal control of the next election. apnews.com/article/fbi-...

He's right.

Pay attention to this. The purpose of these investigations is not just to manufacture evidence to support Trump’s 2020 “voter fraud” accusations, but also to set the stage for another round of efforts to suppress votes and delegitimize election results in 2026 (which the GOP is likely to lose).

Incredibly disappointing, Dems. ICE is killing people & ignoring the law! This is the weakest set of demands. Do Dems believe ICE will follow these demands? When ICE keeps killing & ignoring the law, the next death will be on Democrats' shoulders. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

The FBI is taking over the investigation into the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar. On X, the dominant right-wing narrative is that the attack was staged, which is also what Trump suggested. Chances are this FBI investigation will focus on Omar rather than the man who attacked her.

Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.

Thrilled to have galleys of my book in hand! Final corrections & index pending. Please consider preordering, gifting, & teaching. Via the archive, interviews & more I show how the crisis we face now reflects failure to listen & act on the democracy Black folks have envisioned, but we still can.

Within 4 hours of ICE (actually CBP) killing Alex Pretti, the data suggested that the right wing spin machine was having trouble gaining traction, even on their home turf over on X. Here's a Substack I wrote analyzing X data from that time. katestarbird.substack.com/p/another-mu...

40 years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...

You cannot "restrain, reform, & restrict" an agency that casually threatens to murder people.

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"Patrick Eddington, of the libertarian Cato Institute, said the FBI had no business investigating. “The use of encryption is as American as apple pie. The founders used it before, during, and after the revolution,” he said." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Abolish ICE

“I can’t stay silent, and neither should you,” Ringwald said. “It’s not becoming a fascist government; it is a fascist government.” parade.com/news/molly-r...