I think too many people blithely declare that the worst public employees in America are ICE agents. I think that neglects the evil that is rampant in CBP.

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Hi, The President has no authority to determine how states conduct their elections, not even if he manufactures a crisis involving Chinese interference. This will fail. Bigly. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Hillary Clinton’s fire and fury opening statement to the House Oversight Committee.

A blind father of two has died after Border Patrol agents took him into custody and released him alone, miles away from home. A homicide investigation has been opened.

Trump administration officials declined to affirm states’ authority to run elections during a private meeting with state election chiefs Wednesday, according to an election official who was on the call. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The USA Hockey team visited Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada & he showed WAY more respect for these champion Olympians than Trump did. That says everything.

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

The President isn't fooling most Americans: he is actively making life in this country more expensive.

LOL, well done by VA Del. @jcole4va.bsky.social! bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...

Beer is more expensive because of Donald Trump's tariffs.

I live in Minnesota and I want the federal government to stop trying to kill us. And hurt us. I want them to stop attacking us. It sucks. We’re just trying to live our lives and take care of each other and we don’t deserve all this. I kid around sometimes here but I’m not kidding now.

My hot take Spanberger back in resistance mode that got her first elected in 2018 That was more in background last year as she focused on state issues

Pete Buttigieg Shreds Trump’s “Affordability” Fantasy. Via @bulwarkonline #TeamPete #PeteButtigieg #Politics 🇺🇸 🗳️ #SOTU #StateOfTheUnion

Dr Oz, with Vance standing behind him, announces that "we're going to for the first time take a massive action to defer funds to a state," then details they are defending $259m of funding for Medicaid programs in Minnesota that take care of pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities

Colbert made a point about something that probably bothered a lot of people, me included. In his SOTU, Trump said “voting is a privilege.” A privilege is something to be earned, and some people can be denied that privilege. No. Voting is a right!

Thune doesn't sound like a guy who's prepared right now to nuke the filibuster for the SAVE America Act

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Border Patrol released Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56 yo man, nearly blind with serious medical conditions, at "an old address & his family had since moved" in Buffalo, NY in the winter. "His family was not initially notified." He was found dead. @news4buffalo.bsky.social www.wivb.com/news/local-n...

Gov Abigail Spanberger of Virginia. Integrity. Character. Leadership. Experience in law enforcement, CIA, Congress. Family. Articulate. NORMAL.

Busy days ahead for our new Fraud Czar, JD Vance.

opposition responses rarely get that much attention but I thought that was a very good speech, I did not expect it to be that combative (also I am curious who that guy was sitting to her left who never clapped at all ☠️)

The state of the union is really pissed off.

Buttigieg all the way.

Hey, remember that time when Pete Buttigieg made a solo entrance on the House floor? ⬇️ 😄 Someday, hopefully we'll see this again and it'll be Pete giving the SOTU address. 🙂‍↕️

Years ago, Daniel Dale set himself the task of correcting Trump's lies, falsehoods, and exaggerations. Somehow, he's still alive, but speeches like this are a nightmare for him. Please join me in sending him your strength, endurance, and gratitude

Pete Buttigieg just dropped this: Some of Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors will be sitting in the audience at Trump’s State of the Union. The cameras rolling and Trump who once called Epstein a “terrific guy” trying to control the narrative. #USDemocracy #Pinks

Where to watch Pete tonight pre- and post-SOTU. He'll help lower our blood pressure... #TeamPete

Ancient History 🐾

Some thoughts before the President's speech tonight.

Wow! Pete Buttigieg will be all over the media tonight: ➡️ He'll be on MSNOW with Jen Psaki soon. (Coming up soon!) ➡️ He'll be on the Bulwark livestream. ➡️ He'll be on CNN.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion exactly four years ago. If anyone had told us, during that first month, that this would be the situation four years later, we would have instantly called it a massive Ukrainian victory and a staggering Russian defeat

Video: Prior to Delivering SOTU Response, Gov. Abigail Spanberger Says She Won't “be in fear of a president who says things...anything from outright lies to twistings of the truth”; Says It's "distressing" that people would "accept [Trump's] punitive nature as normal" bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...

Leonnig: "The whistleblower says in Dec. 2025, when there was a mass shooting at Brown U, Kash was on his FBI director jet in FL & there was only one other available jet, but Patel ordered it to be put on standby for another team. That meant an evidence review team had to drive through the night..."

”The ability to serve my family macaroni and cheese is possible because of a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt kids. For my household, “Equality IS a kitchen-table issue.”   ~Pete Buttigieg

Washington, D.C., should be influenced by less-partisan local government, rather than the other way around, Pete Buttigieg told those attending his talk in Richmond last week. westernwaynenews.com/buttigieg-ge...

This is quite possibly the dumbest — and most dangerous — idea ever. Grok is unreliable and frequently manipulated by Elon based on whatever bender he’s on. Will this version of Grok be air-gapped from the public version? Will they share knowledge repositories? What a shitshow.

Netflix CEO shrugs off Trump demands as Warner Bros. $83 billion deal looms. Ted Sarandos dismissed Trump’s demand to fire former national security adviser Susan Rice from the company’s board. ”This is a business deal. It’s not a political deal,” Sarandos told BBC. share.google/1Enp3R8uqXTn...

Great points by @fritschner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/02/gov-...

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying [FBI Director] Chris Wray doesn’t need a government-funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.” (Patel charged taxpayers approximately $75,000 so he could take a private jet to Milan)

Nick Shirley: “30 voters registered at a California UPS store!” 🤔 Paul Mitchell: um, people live above it. Look up, bro. 🙃 As usual this dude’s *reporting* is full of holes

Leaked footage shows Kash Patel flailing around a bottle of beer inside a Milan locker room. Patel's private jet trip to Milan cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $75,000.

Remember, when news outlets first reported that Kash Patel was spending $75,000 of taxpayer money to fly an FBI Gulfstream jet to Milan so he could watch Olympic hockey, the official spokesasshole for the FBI had this to say:

Congratulations to the U.S. Men’s and Women’s hockey teams, Alysa Liu, Breezy Johnson, Mikaela Shiffrin and all the amazing Olympic athletes representing Team USA.

Video, Statements: VA House, Senate Dems Release Budgets for FY 2026-2028; Proposed Senate budget "Reins in a data center tax exemption...that now forgoes $1.6B annually — redirecting over $1 billion into education, health care, housing, transit & direct tax relief" bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...

SCOOP: Naval Academy leaders sent an email to faculty this week that teaching about “divisive concepts” such as systemic racism + sexism is no longer permitted. Faculty also can’t talk about environmental justice or gender ideology. Our exclusive: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

“[Y]ou look at these special elections across the country...we’re winning in large 30-pt. swings...even in seats that are deeply red...But we can’t take our foot off the gas...the biggest thing for people to remember is to go finish the deal” - @jonesjay.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...