The House is voting *this week* on a new, worse, Trumped up version of the SAVE Act called the SAVE America Act. 🙄 Republicans are terrified of the midterms & are desperate to block as many people from voting as they can. Call your reps 202-224-3121. #HandsOffHerVote

Another premature ejaculation by Ka$h: "FBI Director Kash Patel has once again prematurely announced a major update in a criminal investigation, only to have to walk it back hours later." newrepublic.com/post/206457/...

“John Shively, executive director of mission at the Sisters of Charity, described CoreCivic as poor partners with the city by not maintaining equipment and straining emergency services. ‘I don't think we can trust CoreCivic at its word,’ Shively said.”

The rot comes from the very top and attracts the very worst.

If Pam Bondi had any decency, she would resign.

"It turns out a billionaire Trump ally who owns another bridge linking those locations—which will face competition from the new project—privately met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick this week" newrepublic.com/article/2064...

I usually don’t engage, but I found a little time today…

☠️ Russia sustained around 9,000 more battlefield losses in Ukraine than it was able to replace last month, according to assessments from Western officials, - Bloomberg

Coward. Not cartels. "DoD decided to use new anti-drone technology without giving aviation officials ample time to assess the risks to commercial airlines, according to four people briefed on the situation."

"A jobs report published Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics contained significant downward revisions for the already weak job growth numbers in 2025. Last year, the labor market added only 181,000 jobs total." FOR A YEAR. newrepublic.com/post/206460/...

Are they all on drugs? THIS HAPPENED:

May they never experience the loss of a child. If it should happen to them they will understand the error of their actions and most likely take a year off or more.

Secretary Sean Duffy: “The FAA and [Department of War] acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized, and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region." The "drone incursion" turned out to be a party balloon.🤣 newrepublic.com/post/206483/...

The president’s current approval rating sits at a meager 38 percent. newrepublic.com/post/206495/...

As Democratic lawmakers posed tough questions about Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, two women perched in the audience behind Bondi referred to a massive white binder and then passed notes on which page of her own “burn book on Democrats” to turn to. newrepublic.com/post/206469/...

Rape Culture 101: Every survivor has one thing in common. The Enablers who made their abuse possible. Predators only succeed because of the enablers who facilitate the abuse.

The 3 Republicans who showed backbone: Massie, Bacon, and Kiley

Breaking MS NOW: In a major defeat for Mike Johnson, 3 House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress' ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs. The final tally was 214-217, with 3 Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.

Andy Biggs gets mad as Jasmine Crockett reads an article about Trump's approval numbers tanking into the congressional record 😆

MAGA Republicans are terrified of women voting. So they’re pushing the SAVE America Act to choke our registration, demand papers many don’t have, and purge us from the rolls. They fear our power, our rage, our turnout. We will not be silenced. Call 202-224-3121. #HandsOffHerVote

Right right right, nothing in return. Reminder that chivalry was invented to keep the thuggish dudes from raping and murdering vulnerable people.

The “Save America Act” will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Current name not match? More paperwork. It’s a poll tax aimed at women, seniors, rural America, and Native Americans. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/UVbL2Zkq

Again, it's politics all the way down. We could seriously discuss tradeoffs about interest rates, inflation, taxes, etc. But we never do. We just panic about arbitrary debt/GDP ratios that are meaningless, pretend the government is a household, & keep replaying the hits about "unsustainable debt":

Your, my, & ~everyone else's preferences, in rich countries like 🇺🇸/🇨🇦/🇩🇪, for an arbitrary debt/GDP ratio that isn't "too high" are purely idiosyncratic & totally political. People <really> don't like to hear this. They start moralizing & fear-mongering about scenarios that are never going to happen.

~No one anywhere in public conversation - not 🇺🇸, not 🇨🇦, not 🇩🇪, etc. - understands the actual open-economy macroeconomics of debt for countries that issue major reserve currencies, under floating exchanges rates, in a world of unprecedentedly large global capital flows: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

No child should be behind bars. Yet hundreds of kids are being detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas—some of them for months. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Take a moment to digest these numbers: "In 2023, under Joe Biden, the economy added 3 million jobs. In 2024, still under Biden, it added 2.2 million jobs. In 2025, under Trump, it added just 181,000 jobs." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Interesting detail: In trying to frame Leqaa Kordia sending money to her family in Palestine as supporting Hamas, DHS claims she's financially aided "individuals living in nations hostile to the US." Are they conflating Hamas with Palestine — and also inadvertently recognizing Palestine as a state?

I’m honestly wondering whether Massie would switch parties if Dems manage to get within 1.

Power grabs don’t always look dramatic. Sometimes they look like paperwork. The SAVE Act 2.0 hands Republicans a quieter way to hold power: shrink turnout & tilt the outcome before a single vote is cast. That’s the play. Stop it. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/0XT6nrka

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

This is another very important and revealing exchange. Rep. Scanlon is making a crucial point, one well worth listening to. And she does it calmly. But Trump has created a market for obnoxious, childish defiance of Congress. The Attorney General‘s response is outrageous, even impeachment-worthy.

Dastardly cartels are countering our drug interdiction efforts with this newfangled balloon technology.

Despite Birth Rate Concerns, GOP Stays Laser-Focused On Helping Men Become More Repulsive To Women open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

Ka$H has done it again!! Our FBI Director is one constant fuck up.. www.thedailybeast.com/keystone-kas...

simply one of the greatest calls of all time

Hoping while @crockett.house.gov is submitting a bunch of media into the record, she also puts this piece, noting that CBP has a higher crime rate than immigrants, into the record. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

“i don’t know why you’re laughing … corrupt attorneys general only display this behavior when they’re in extreme distress”

Proud to earn the Chicago Tribune’s endorsement today. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/e...

OMG, what a clusterfuck. Military wanted to test out anti-drone technology on base adjacent to El Paso, so WITHOUT CONSULTING ANYONE, the FAA just decided to shut down a busy airport for 10 days!?!?!

Excluding recessions, 2025 was the worst year for job growth in America in nearly a quarter-century. But hey, look on the bright side: Donald Trump is getting a free tricked-out Boeing 747 and a fancy new mega-ballroom and a new performing-arts center to show 𝙈𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙄𝙄: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨!

Great piece by @jamellebouie.net on the need for ICE hearings. Get it all out there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

In a sign of how poorly this hearing is going for Pam Bondi, Fox News has cut away from live coverage which is highly unusual for a high-profile hearing of this sort

Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.

This week, the Trump admin has been predicting bad jobs numbers. Public handwringing by top officials. Now the number is better than expected, and guess what? People were betting on it on Kalshi! But I'm sure everything's on the up and up and no adminstration officials cashed in.

This DOJ hearing is insane. AG Bondi is rationalizing not pursuing the arrest of rich pedophiles because the stock market is doing well for the rich pedophiles she's protecting.

Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell