All the pain and devestation caused to people exercising their 1st Amendment right to protest, the lies this Administration told about these people, and the experienced and inexperienced agents who participated in this terror campaign. Trump/MAGA let this happen. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Putin Lost Twice the Number of Troops In January as the Soviets Lost In 10 Years Fighting In Afghanistan www.yahoo.com/news/article...?

More murders in the Caribbean by the Trump Administration.

A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU

Trump administration rescinds 'endangerment finding' that serves as the legal bases to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Republican insiders express concern over President Trump's lack of involvement in the 2026 midterms, risking the party's chances. #Trump #Republican #USA #MidTerm Read More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/republicans-...

Gov. Shapiro: “The SAVE Act is designed to nationalize our elections. That's why I am vehemently opposed to it…We are not going to turn our elections over to Donald Trump.”

Bondi getting appropriately savaged for citing Culver City

Military recruits traveling to basic training no longer need a REAL ID nor will they have to pay an airport fee under a new partnership between the Defense Department and the TSA. Learn more: www.stripes.com/theaters/us/... #Flashes

Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump. “That’s sort of by design.”

Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba as a U.S. blockade deepens the island’s energy crisis. Mexico’s state-owned oil company suspended shipments to Cuba in January.

Born of Israel’s settler community, the finance minister has subverted the Palestinian West Bank’s few protections.

Parents don't need a special approach to help their kids develop empathy and creativity through bedtime stories. A study of 6 to 8-year-olds found that simply reading aloud works, with or without stopping to ask reflection questions.

Russia will operate only return flights from Cuba as 'evacuation' of tourists from Caribbean island gets under way.

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

ICYMI: Conflicting information from the Pentagon, Homeland Security and FAA swirled Wednesday over cartel activity, the use of drone-busting lasers and what caused the closure of airspace around El Paso and Fort Bliss and what role the military may have played.

If you own a home make sure you do a yearly check that your home is owned by you by doing a deed check.

I just found out ICE is moving into office in the area where I work (Irvine) and in places in the city I live in, Santa Ana. Santa Ana is predominately Hispanic or Latino. 🤬

Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said. (Published Dec. 2025)

President Donald Trump will reportedly unveil plans Wednesday to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants as he seeks to drive domestic reliance on the fossil fuel.

“You cannot strangle a people like this.” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the US using the threat of tariffs to cut off oil shipments to Cuba harms the people Washington says it wants to help.

Anticorruption efforts declining in democracies around the world: Watchdog https://aje.news/pzt0uy

Project Salt Box tonight: projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/using-data...

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Food insecurity among U.S. military families was up 12 percentage points in Blue Star Families' annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey for 2025.

I think my 2 rescue dogs allow me to be me. They also get me to be more physically active, especially while going through chemo and radiation treatment. I am well now and still have that set up. We have a symbiotic relationship based on mutualism, where we all benefit.

Ideally, in a democracy, we’d know who is spending millions trying to change public opinion on the secret police. But, in the American system, that’s just not how it works.

Stop with the death threats. I am sick of the thin skinned thinking that it is acceptable to threaten someone for their opinions.

Former Trump adviser convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before House January 6 committee

Keir Starmer is the most unpopular British prime minister since records began: the sick man who cannot afford to catch a cold. That's why the Mandelson scandal has been so destabilising www.economist.com/britain/2026...

NEW: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to dramatically restrict mail-in voting nationwide and asking the justices to rule that ballots arriving after Election Day — even if mailed on time under state law — should not be counted.

Good read.

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Louise, a rape survivor featured in our 2025 investigation with @wbur.org, said the proposal gives new hope for victims. DNA evidence did not tie a suspect to her assault until 17 years later — two years after the state’s statute of limitations expired.

Thank you Bad Bunny for taking the California stage and using your voice at Super Bowl LX. A beautiful moment! Together, we are America.

I loved the Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and friends. I loved when he handed his Grammy to the little boy. Bad Bunny is about love. 💕 Estoy orgulloso de el!

Gray wolf spotted in L.A. County for first time in a century, officials say

Congratulations to Chasity Verret Martinez on her election to represent House District 60. She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won. This is what happens when grassroots Democrats show up and organize. Proud of this win and excited to keep building power together. #LaDemos

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) reacted to Trump personal attorney-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche discussing the DOJ's intention to appeal the judges decision releasing Liam Ramos. "Why is the Trump Administration fighting harder to arrest 5-year-old children than pedophiles in the Epstein files?" he posted

This hurts the most, when DHS goes after children. They try to justify the harm to children by saying that the harm was caused by the parents, not them. The children will carry the emotional scars. Fuck ICE and DHS.

We have some great photogs that captured our protest in Hyannis, MA today!!! 200++ in the cold snow! #indivisible #nokings @indivisible.org @maddow.bsky.social @maddowblog.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social @velshi.com @midcapeindivisible.bsky.social

. THIS is Donald Trump . . . ... it's a disgrace that this guy is sitting in the White House ! 💠 😠 💠

Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.

UCLA professor’s profile removed from university website after appearing in Epstein files

It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.

💯 Truth to power.

🍋 stand against ICE in L.A.

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers in St. Paul that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.