The Trump administration is engaged in a “multi-front concerted effort to try to interfere in the midterm elections … from Georgia to Minnesota and beyond,” says @ariberman.bsky.social.

ICE has been bad since it was created, but it's clearly worse than it's ever been. I talked to @radleybalko.bsky.social about how we got here for my newsletter

Some good news:

Quality assurance testers at Blizzard Albany and Austin offices have reached a groundbreaking contract at Microsoft, marking the third union contract across the company's gaming studios. Solidarity!

"Artificial intelligence researchers are grappling with a problem core to their field: how to stop so-called “AI slop” from damaging confidence in the industry’s scientific work." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Not picking on Van Hollen here but it's just odd. Members of congress every day describing the president's countless crimes in lurid detail and then signing off like "well see ya"

By this point it feels strange to say things like this and not reflexively end with a "Furthermore he should be impeached and removed from office"

Impeachment is the only Constitutional check Congress has against a lawless president and talking about it would be a good start to reasserting Congressional power in the future. Assuming of course Congress wants to do that

You do it to build public pressure on other members of Congress to support it, which is the first step of achieving it. Avoiding mention of it and helping maintain the veneer of normal government functioning (when in reality we're in crisis) does the opposite

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As olds ourselves, we thank you. It's frankly a miracle we even manage to make this happen every month.

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Christian Nationalism Is Spreading www.youtube.com/watch?v=moam...

I haven't read this but THANK GOD that a politician is actually laser focused on public relations. THAT IS THEIR DAMNED JOB, lol

Massive news: techno-genius Elon Musk has just invented an amazing new energy technology known as a "rooftop solar panel". Sunlight hits this "panel" and it generates electricity during the day. It's a huge bet but Musk is getting in early on this little-known technology

Trump Calls His Enemies Terrorists. Does That Mean He Can Just Kill Them? From boat strikes to killings in the streets of Minnesota to NSPM-7, the White House leans on the word “terror” to justify its violence. theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...

a book recommendation!

I recommend this book here. But I also talked about it in a spoiler filled podcast.

talking to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social on my return stream live from doha starting at 9am pst

Because it is prejudicial to the administration of justice for the second largest prosecutor's office in the United States to be focusing on petty theft and drug offenses as armed thugs kill and terrorize innocent people. We deserve justice, and that's what I'm demanding. (Cont.)

So on Friday, I sued State's Attorney Burke - not for money, but for justice. Since she is unwilling or unable to prosecute people who terrorized Chicagoans for weeks, I am requesting the appointment of a Special Prosecutor who will. That is the only relief I am requesting. (Cont.)

State's Attorney Burke says that federal agents are immune from prosecution no matter what they do. But that's not the law. Federal agents are *not* immune from state prosecution for objectively unreasonable and unlawful acts. And if Midway Blitz doesn't qualify, nothing does. (cont)

ICYMI: It's time someone prosecuted ICE and CBP agents, so I decided to do something about it.

This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

ICE is assaulting and at war with americans. we are all their enemy. no other way to look at it at this point

sure they’re tear-gassing toddlers but what do the polls say

pro-tip: don’t be a fuckface to service industry workers on the busiest day of the week, queue up or risk someone closer getting checked out first, amateur hour isn’t for Sundays, have the day you deserve if you’re gonna pull a “speak to the manager” and throw a tantrum over waiting like 30 seconds

why do people still answer this man's phone calls? i'm not mad about it, i'm glad they do, but if isaac chotiner called me up i'd fall off the grid entirely

This is an excellent summary of the purpose of capitalist-made AI, and why you should consider avoiding it as if your humanity depended on it

Everything they do aims to take away our agency. They want a society of drones that pushes buttons and keeps the money flowing all while having the lost the self awareness to see what's happening all around them. Like the Lego movie except nothing is awesome.

People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.

ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.

Well this is just fucking great

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Hey, if you use this, you will 100% end up in custody

Minneapolis, MN - A native community event near the vigil of Alex Pretti.

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Probably a day to promote this research from David Cortez. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

There is a very similar pattern for Black over-representation in the military, which is often the employer of last resort in a society with rampant labor market discrimination keeping folks out of other jobs.

3/ “Basham is the most visible female in the ultra-conservative world of TheoBros and Baptist Calvinists who writes against women in leadership while speaking loudly on all issues.” baptistnews.com/article/mega...

Evangelical influencer Megan Basham—an ally of self-professed “Christian Nationalists” Doug Wilson & William Wolfe—was advising [alleged sex abuser] Sills while condemning [his alleged victim] Lyell” 12/16/25 … 1/ baptistnews.com/article/bash...

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Award for late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the 'anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment'.

If he does this, and isn't impeached and removed, it's a Rubicon moment where we are no longer a republic. Sorry, I don't care how much Republicans like his policies or fear his wrath, you can't just let a president cut checks to himself from the Treasury.

Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage. Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.

related, neera tanden has gone from 'misguided somewhat toxic buffoon' to 'malevolent force whose presence among Professional Democrats is the rotting apple in the barrel'

My new piece about Resistance 2.0 is up at @theguardian.com! Give it a read to understand why we should expect much more confrontation and disruption this time around. Thanks for the suggestions @victorerikray.bsky.social @sociologistray.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Abolishing ICE is not enough, says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez. "The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."