Bluesky: lol Dems don’t have any message if it was me I would have a winning message Dems: *a message* Bluesky: lol look at this sternly worded letter DO SOMETHING Dems: *do something* Bluesky: lol any halfway competent opposition party would have been able to STOP ALL THIS ALREADY etc.

I know you all think this is stupid, but it's the actual power of Congress. If the war powers act doesn't pass it means the war is officially, indisputably, unequivocally, illegal.

So many Jews thought it was a great idea to team up with a religious fanatic who thinks Christ will only return after Israel is destroyed in a nuclear war. 🤷

“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24 “I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24

The cool thing is that the US seeking regime change in the middle east is something that has worked out every time with no blowback or unintended consequences ever.

What a fucking ghoul.

Fucking sucks being at the mercy of a bunch of pedophile leaders who are on the verge of death and have been bought and sold by a fascist oligarchical class that openly hates humanity.

Operation Epstein Fury

I knew someone who went and visited Michael Tracey in his early days when he was trying to be a semi legit reporter. They said he lived with his parents in Jersey in a room with nothing but like a mattress on the floor and a cross on the wall.

BILLY JOEL: I was lifting a heavy box and I forgot to bend my knees DOCTOR: so you’re saying you threw out your back-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK BJ: you oughta know by now that I hate you

Counterpoint

Never heard of this law before right this second but holy fuck if it does not 100% check out

Congrats to Sam Altman on having to sit in front of Congress in 2029

I don’t think that we need to think Anthropic are heroes of the resistance or whatever, but I do think it’s illuminating who is able to see a couple years down the road and think “oh shit, I might be held liable for this stuff” in a way that, say, Planatir clearly isn’t.

Hoover is just as corrupt as the anti-birthright citizenship academics and should always be ignored

The menorah w “child rape blackmail” is a subtle touch. Genuinely appalling how common shit like this has become.

Hegseth just shot down a DHS drone with a laser because he thought it belonged to a Mexican cartel, but let’s let him preside over a radical shift to unrestrained AI on our most advanced weapons systems. What could go wrong?

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party. We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

People keep marveling that Epstein got away with it and positing elaborate conspiracy theories about how he skirted consequences. The truth is that he painted his victims as prostitutes who happened to be underage and his creepy old buddies agreed he was the victim.

I think you should all be more normal about Jamelle Bouie.

So let’s think about this. A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands. The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it

It's unusual for the Secretary of Defense to spend this much time obsessing about children's genitalia, but I guess that's sort of the main theme of the second Trump administration.

on the upcoming episode of neon liberalism, @jamellebouie.net argues that the basic strategy of Trump II was speed: move fast, consolidate power, and give america a fait accompli. instead we've seen friction, backlash, and now--big players starting to realize that trump won't be president forever

I'll assume (wrongly) that this is asked in good faith: There is ofc nothing inherently antisemitic about using the word. But the phrase "the goyim are waking the fuck up" originated in the online white nationalist movement. Ask yourself what they mean by "waking up." And you'll have your answer.

Which one is the nanny?

I've been thinking about how this has already played out in games - there was a massive push to convince the industry and world that there was this huge audience of angry reactionary gamers who weren't getting what they demanded. And it turned out there weren't that many and they don't buy games

This has me crying in real life 😂😂😂 🦁

The Trump administration doesn’t want you to see this photo.

This is murder. ICE routinely deposits released detainees far from their home just to be cruel. It’s standard practice. To do this to a blind man on a wet cold winter day in Buffalo is to know you are potentially sending him to his death.

So much ICE out there today in South Minneapolis. They’re prowling around harassing schools. Stay frosty, friends

I'm guessing this wasn't the plan.

It really didn’t fully hit me until I read this that I understood that the appeal of candidates and public figures who express a bit (or a lot) of bigotry is similar. It comes across as meaning they are being their authentic selves. dsadevil.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

This so accurately describes the psychology of the current moment and the sudden surfacing of all sorts of vicious bigotry into public spaces, from both right and left. The fact that antisemitism is a common thread across party lines is especially alarming.

one under-discussed crisis in Silicon Valley is that startups are having to dig ever deeper into the lore of Tolkien to find their names

So possibly the Columbia student yesterday was released on a writ of … Mamdamus. Okay sorry had to get it out of my head, apologies

Oh, so Apple News promotes accuracy-leaning media outlets? Got it. nypost.com/2026/02/10/b...

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

Everybody is really sleeping on the “Oracle gets destroyed by openai and data center debt” as a possibility

On oligarch media consolidation, TV networks matter, but don't sleep on: TikTok USA (Ellison, Andreesen, others) Ex-Twitter (Musk, Saudis) Electronic Arts (Saudis, Kushner) All Trump donors, allies, bribers, and/or family.

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

ICE is all over TN right now, kidnapping people off roads and construction sites. Nashville's seen the most visible pushback from citizens, but it's getting essentially zero media play. Johnson City has seen a surge in the past two weeks. Today it looks like they're pushing in Chatanooga.

KHANNA: You can't have Democrats stand while Donald Trump has an ICE agency that is killing American citizens BARTIROMO: If an ICE agent feels a threat from someone who is armed, they are trained to kill KHANNA: But Maria, we have a Second Amendment

Ha!!! This is 100% accurate.

I only skeet the TRUTH

No the fuck he is not.

The Akhil Reed Amar brief stressed this point; there is just no way you overturn birthright citizenship without *immediately* creating a massive administrative headache for every part of the country.

Can't believe there are still journalists claiming Musk has an "absolutist stance on free speech" given his multitude of efforts to punish and silence his opponents for their speech.

For what it's worth, Charles will note that the new Gorton & Denton MP, Hannah Spencer, used support from the Prince's Trust (his charity for 50 years) to set up shop as a plumber and contractor.