ICE has forfeited that claim thanks to its own behavior and leadership. It’s not a “legitimate law enforcement agency.” Defund ICE.

Clear as day analysis of points that major US media simply pretend not to comprehend.

The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family. It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.

As of today, Trump has made himself the single greatest threat to our pale blue dot now drawing breath on is surface. youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g?...

An incredible, and incredibly timely, read as I sit at the hospital with my newborn and as measles flares in SC, UT, AZ and beyond.

The beclowning of the executive branch continues apace.

About 400 people, including U.S. citizens and children, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.

Now have all the votes in Virginia’s SD-39 Dems hold it +65% Was Harris +55%/Spanberger +66% Standard caveats regarding special election turnout etc. But Virginia looks closer to 2025 in 2026 than 2024 Important implications for Redistricting referendum (Pending legal case)

As it should be.

The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. And it's the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on free speech. trib.al/4LCP0Jn

In case you missed the moment. Art is powerful

Unidos somos América.

Let's pick this up again concerning PR's electrical grid. Just a few days ago: "The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island." Maeve Allsup February 5, 2026 www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...

The NFL announces that next year's Super Bowl halftime performer will be Zohran Mamdani.

"During In Living Color’s first season, a marketing impresario approached Fox with an idea that would stick it to CBS, the NFL rights holder and Super Bowl carrier that Murdoch had in his sights: a special episode of In Living Color that would air opposite the Super Bowl intermission."

Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist

Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated. I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2062...

DOGE comes for the data wonks. Statistical agency budgets in the US had already been falling but DOGE has started to dismantle them. At a time of big change when accurate data (eg on the impact of tariffs) will be more important than ever economist.com/united-state...

this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth

This explains a lot. "...a warming Arctic can cause a high-altitude ribbon of air called the polar vortex to stretch and wobble. That wobble can affect the flow of the jet stream that controls much of the atmospheric conditions over the United States, causing waves of high and low pressure..."

WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy! When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship. There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.

DID YOU KNOW? If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home! They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!

The Trump administration has fused a social-media worldview with authoritarian tendencies—and in this “clicktatorship,” Donald Moynihan argues, “judgment and decision making are hyper-responsive to what’s happening on the far-right internet.” theatln.tc/YNTAAR0n

It has long been the end of an era at the WaPo.

"power holds no value unless it is exercised"

Today, Virginia is the only U.S. state where someone convicted of any felony loses their right to vote for life, unless it is personally restored by the governor. Lawmakers last month advanced a constitutional amendment to repeal that rule.

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

Thousands showed up in Seattle—nurses, doctors, educators—people who heal and protect life. Congress is voting to fund ICE instead of care. The public is choosing dignity and health. Lawmakers should listen. #FundHealthcareOverICE Let’s unite in compassion

YES!!!!!!!

Rest in Peace and Comedy, Catherine O'Hara.

At the point where laws oppress instead of protect, the social contract is broken. We had an entire revolution about this

Remember how the constitution was written so Presidents can’t enrich themselves? Too bad we’ve shredded every norm and ignored constitutional law to allow Trump to keep enriching himself.

"I didn’t get her name but she’s a pastor in Hanover and this speech should be shared far and wide by all decent people" - Dave Parrish Photography bluevirginia.us/2026/01/wedn...

We're not having any "our hands are tied" 🐂 💩 from the Hanover Co. Supervisors They CAN say NO Other places did ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @hanovervadems.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social @rva-indivisible.bsky.social @50501virginia.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social @804thepeople.bsky.social

Great job, everybody in Hanover, Virginia! bluevirginia.us/2026/01/wedn... h/t @indivisible.org

Great news! I am proud of my community, of our neighbors, and tonight, of our Hanover County Supervisors & leaders.

Great news! I am proud of my community, of our neighbors, and tonight, of our leaders.

Let's be clear about what's happening here: this is an escalation in unconstitutional federal repression of Minnesotans for exercising their rights. Cowardly federal agents are hiding from the cameras for a reason: what they're doing is utterly shameful.

As others are saying, immigration is just a pretext. www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...

I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

Amateur hour in Minneapolis continues, even with Bovino out of the picture. This is indicative of a broader issue with Trump’s mass deportation push; officers aren’t doing even basic investigations (to figure out things like “is this address a consulate”) as pressure to keep up arrests is so high.

Kristi Noem and Kash Patel are right: Alex Pretti had no right to possess a gun during a protest. What if he had killed someone? by Kyle Rittenhouse

Word.

Bezos could cover the WaPo current annual loses each year with just a portion of the interest earned on just his liquid assets. Destroying the paper is a choice not a financial necessity.

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Because he was a white man with a gun. That's the "shift."

Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community. I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did: