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Trump wanders away

Imagine that. Liars, all. theintercept.com/2026/02/23/k...

for anyone else who who missed it - on a call with the men's team re: flying them to the SoU address: “I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team,” he said. “You do know that. I do believe I’d probably would be impeached [if the women’s team wasn’t invited].”

Simple check: when anyone pretends to care about women’s sports, ask them if they support WNBA players getting paid a higher percentage of the WNBA profits, in line with the percentage of the NBA profits male players get.

They will laugh in your face while simultaneously claiming they are the only ones who have your best interests at heart. Abuser logic

Here’s a screen recording of the video where Kash Patel has Trump on the phone with the U.S. men’s hockey team and Trump invites them all to the SOTU, adding that he’ll have to invite the women’s team as well (to laughter from the men) or else he’ll be impeached

Is the president mocking the U.S. women’s hockey team on a celebratory call with the men’s team going to attract even an iota of the sustained handwringing that the idea of trans athletes disadvantaging women’s sports has gotten

"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." And a *28%* drop in Canadian tourism www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/t...

welp

Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard

Born #onthisday in 1868, the US sociologist + civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Celebrate with a look at the stunning hand-drawn "infographics" he made with his students, depicting conditions of African-American life in 1900: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w... #otd #BlackHistoryMonth

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

A MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social

Republican congressman Tony Gonzales, father of six, texted his female staffer at 12:51 a.m.: "Anal?" The woman later died after pouring gasoline on herself and lighting herself on fire. www.24sight.news/p/texts-from... @24sight.news

A remarkable feature of the SAVE Act is that Republicans are explicitly burdening their own voters--conservative married white Republican women. It makes sense if you think about it as a Christian Nationalist project rather than a Republican project. From me: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...

I want you to put the word out there that we back up.

“Buyer beware” residents of the US. I guess he wants us to stop buying anything and I’m okay with that.

Absolutely maddening. The best text I have read lately on the issue: degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t... I like that it not only explains the danger but gives actionable advice for community resistance.

I'm not being a doomer. This is all happening now. The next steps are clear.

Gumming up the camp procurement works is our best defense. Local organizing and protest is working. Once a new congress is elected things will be different but 10.5 months to go.

I remember telling my conservative leaning friends that there would be concentration camps and US citizens being slaughtered and they all laughed at me and called me insane. We are moving towards systematic slaughter. It's already happening in the camps with illness, abuse, rapes, and neglect,

Americans have been prepped for this by years of learned helplessness in the face of mass shootings and school shootings.

The brilliant and lovely Dan Sinker with essential thoughts on joy.

Talking openly about this in public too, so I think it’s time to ask ourselves what we collectively want to do in response to a billionaire class that is not embarrassed about declaring themselves kings.

Me with a scoop/exclusive Five days after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest, federal authorities “directed” NY law enforcement authorities to “stand down” their investigations related to Epstein, new documents released by the Department of Justice show. Part of new Timeline on NY and Epstein.

Dear @npr.org, The US won TWO gold medals in hockey at the 2026 Olympics. Please stop referring to "the" gold medal game and "the first gold in hockey since 1980" without specifying. USA Women's Hockey has won three gold medals.

it's going to be a major political project for the rest of our lives to remind the goldfish brained american electorate every 2 years what the conservative definition of "criminal" actually is

Marmalade in a bag, for the good of the order.

Prior to 2015, if any candidate for elected office had begun a public statement or tweet with this sentence, he or she would have been laughed out of public life. Now, Americans re-elect them as commander-in-chief. I will never allow myself to become numb to his insanity.

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I need all of you to write the most angry letter you've ever written in your lives.

thinking about how Savannah Guthrie had to cancel her trip to work the Olympics because of her mom’s kidnapping but the guy who heads up the investigative body handling the case was posting pictures of himself in the US hockey locker room today lol

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

The time to prevent the thing from happening is *early*, as it is gaining steam. These things always start small, with efforts to weaken the norms against discrimination, with casual, unreflective slurs. They start with wedge policies (not gays, just gay adoption! not trans, just sports!).

Again, I know it feels good to send a donation to someone who is finally going to send Mitch McConnell or Lindsey Graham packing, but you're going to see a *lot* more bang for your buck with less exciting but much more meaningful state legislative races. This is a great way to do that:

It should draw outrage. He's doing this all on the taxpayer dime and there is no official reason for him to be partying in their locker room,.

Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”

It seems I’ve decided to start watching Twin Peaks again

The perfect soundtrack for this to do list: @themountaingoats.bsky.social “Going to Alaska” then “Going to Georgia” on loop.

GOOD NEWS: The world’s largest steam-producing heat pump is now online in Finland, delivering 12 MW of superheated steam from waste heat and CO₂-free electricity. Proof that industrial heat can be electrified at scale. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/19/w...

Just checked my Sunday afternoon to-do list and it says “bills, grading, death certificates“ and so I am disassociating for a moment, maybe a couple moments, maybe a half an hour at the thrift store

Addendum: It appears she lived until 2004. www.findagrave.com/memorial/214...

4/4 In 1930 her father was a machinist in a factory, but after the depression in 1940 neither parent was working. Evelyn was the eldest of 11 so no surprise she was working in '43. In 1950 she & her father were both working in factories to support her mother and 6 siblings still living at home.

3/4 Catherine Barscz, who lived and worked with her, was also charged with disorderly conduct for wearing men's clothes.

2/4 She was doing war-related factory work, but alas the judge thought her appearance merited psychiatric intervention.

1/4 Evelyn "Jackie" Bross in court, charged with wearing trousers, Chicago (1943) Photo: Chicago Daily News

Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)

Thinking about other times in history where stimulants were distributed to boost “productivity” .

Did Trump make up the hospital boat story out of embarrassment after learning Denmark had to rescue *our* submariner and provide them urgent medical care in Greenland? All signs point to yes! apnews.com/article/gree...