I keep saying to people in my life that the problem with writing in these days is that you sound absolutely off your nut for simply saying what is happening.

Attack seems likely to me inside of a month. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/how-us-iran-clash-could-spiral-out-of-control

Recent support level appears breached, or very close. Next stop 55-60k, then 15.

What? Ai hasn't digested these files yet?

BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been formally reported to the police over allegations he was involved in the trafficking of a woman to the UK for sex in 2010

"Stella Carlson, who recorded critical video of agents shooting and killing Pretti, told CNN that she decided to come to the scene after hearing whistles while driving to work."

“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..” @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/post/206100/...

this looks like the headshot you would use if you were trying to do this as an Onion bit

Mike Lindell, recovering crack cocaine addict and presumptive GOP gubernatorial nominee in Minnesota, has been caught using his campaign funds to buy copies of his autobiography—that is, effectively pocketing the cash.

Crime headline of the day.

Because Trump doesn't understand how anything works, he thinks he can just drive out hundreds of competent people from US Attorneys' offices across the country & still do all of the authoritarian lawfare bullshit he wants to do. But the problem is, when these 3rd rate lawyers go to court, they lose.

It's Elmo's birthday

thinking, for no particular reason, about the fevered ramp-up of "has me too gone too far?" in our storied legacy publications

Not something you see very often. Naz and the DJIA down the same number of points.

It happened so fast it made everyone's head spin in the legal profession—and no doubt caused the panic that led other firms to capitulate. It never really made sense.

exactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...

In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.

50% tariffs in three, two, one...

uhhhh.... all our problems might soon be over... replaced with a whole new set of problems.

Another way to put it is that the last decade's right wing nutjob caricatures are now in the center of the Overton Window.

David French: This is not a drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

20th century fascists spoke openly of the role of vilification, patriarchy, national mythology, and alternate reality played in their projects

It's easy to imagine that the respect, every reverence, for the Kennedys really triggers Trump, when he's wanted that for himself all his life and has only infamy as consolation. Smart people have shunned him, and those who adore him are, at best, naive marks. Trump is King of the Chumps.

They bleeped it, but pretty sure Billie Eilish said "Fuck ICE"

Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth. (This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)

Continuing a long tradition of putting his name on things and then unceremoniously closing them down

The Kennedy Center was a vital hub in DC arts. Trump is closing it to avoid the ongoing embarrassment of "Melania" like turnout for the few acts willing to perform there.

A retreat posing as a threat.

I recently bought a small caliber rifle for vermin control, so I went online for a refresher on the rules for safe storage, and then the algo started feeding me gun videos. Watched one on deer hunting (there's too many), and soon I was in gun nutville with anarchist posers. It was a little shocking.

Bitcoin fell sharply in early Saturday afternoon trading in New York, tumbling below $80,000 mark to hit levels last seen in April 2025.

"Massive outage knocks out power across #Ukraine, #Moldova" www.dw.com/en/ukraine-m...

15% more than I'd thought, but they're in a bind. People sense his inauthenticity and can see his lack of qualifications, but the party's tired of endless renewal- settling, for now, for regional party status with a weak leader and the US as a looming force multiplier. globalnews.ca/news/1164481...

Thank you to Fred DeLorey and David Cochrane for highlighting the fact that Poilievre did not talk on the subject of Trump. That’s what voters want to know. We want to hear exactly what he’d do - aside from complaining about what Carney is doing. #cdnpoli #cbc

There’s a lot that’s awful in the world right now. Tonight, I’m thinking of my hometown of Oshawa, which is losing 1200 GM jobs being transferred to the US as a result of Trump’s assault on Canada’s auto manufacturing. It’s so unnecessary and destructive. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Skippy isn't orange tonight.

Here's what that EKOS poll looks like modelled out

extremely weird that ghislaine maxwell was like top 5 highest reddit karma of all time

Lemon was near enough to him to be asking him questions. Feloniosly.

Authoritarians do not select for competence.

The federal government has tens of billions of dollars sunk into Alberta's tar sands, some of it going back to the 70s,which I am old enough to remember. First Nation rights on the land is above my pay grade, but they precede the creation of the province. You can't bully your way through this stuff.

I think at 5pm eastern, it's safe to say Trump's people have shown us the maximum number of distractions they could orchestrate for a single day. It's almost as breathtaking as the disgusting accusations in those Epstein files.

Remember how when he first came around he spoke at a third grade level, said really stupid stuff, and repeated and repeated and repeated it, and it was jarring?

CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.

NEW: Elon Musk has insisted that Jeffrey Epstein invited him to the notorious island and he declined. But new emails show the opposite -- Musk was practically begging to party with Epstein in the Caribbean, years after Epstein's sex convictions were public knowledge futurism.com/future-socie...

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