In a democracy, we are supposed to feel like we have control over our lives because the people control the government. But in the U.S., people feel like our lives are out of control because the people don’t control the federal government.

NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast JD Vance was greeted by a chorus of boos when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday, although American viewers watching NBC’s coverage would have been unaware of the reception.

JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.

WASH POST: “Dollar down 10% under Trump… the key to the dollar’s drop is the ripple effect of the president’s erratic policymaking, including abrupt stops and starts with tariffs and military action against a lengthening list of countries…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

when you've lost Tim Scott ...

Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/xr56xSUj

The White House says that an unidentified staffer was responsible for posting a racist video of the Obamas—yet the video remained on President Trump’s Truth Social account for 12 hours, Hana Kiros writes.

Trump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself. 25th Amendment now.

MEMPHIS: “Memphis Safe Task Force” (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for on a drug warrant “He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.” @GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔 Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...

This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.

Over 73,000 people are currently in ICE custody, the most ever... But that's not the only shocking number: - There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.

BREAKING: The US Embassy just told citizens to ‘LEAVE IRAN NOW’ War would be the perfect distraction from the Epstein files for Trump. Pam Bondi is testifying next week.

5/ This was published on 1/27/15, a few days after Thiel sent his kind message to Epstein. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...

I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

For those keeping score at home:

Steve Bannon, "We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."

It’s time to start blaming all Republicans not just Trump. Trump could not do anything without them.

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

TRUTH.. #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Reminder: In midst of Jeffrey Epstein's child sex ring, Donald Trump said this about Epstein to media: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with." Trump added, "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot

Donald Trump has never won anything legitimately, legally and by his own efforts. Nothing at all. His entire life. Prove me wrong.

Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.

"Strategy documents are not campaign speeches, and they should not be party propaganda. They are not vehicles for settling political scores." They are not supposed to be like this one:

After Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was attacked at a Minneapolis town hall on Tuesday night and sprayed with an unknown substance from a syringe, Trump suggested that she may have orchestrated the incident. It's his latest string of attacks against Omar, Somalis, and Minnesotans.

Philadelphia DA vows to hunt down 'Nazi' ICE officers amid new law to limit agents www.themirror.com/news/politic...

A federal judge told ICE: “The Court’s patience is at an end.” After ignoring dozens of court orders, the administration was forced to answer. But it doesn’t sound like the administration is committed to de-escalation. Read about what actually happened today. joycevance.substack.com/p/ice-gettin...

. If you’ve gone down the Epstein 🐇 🕳️ And didn’t know that Jeffrey Epstein was on the board for these two organizations Lifeboat foundation And teachers in space. You should look it up. It’s wild. #EpsteinFiles .