The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.

Putin just disrespected Trump by unleashing one of the most relentless attacks on Ukraine in this entire war, right after Trump publicly claimed he got Putin to agree not to attack. And she has the guts to call Biden weak? Seriously?

1/ An authoritarian government begins rounding up people it sees as targets, using a rapidly expanded paramilitary force known for brutal tactics. Because of a lack of detention spaces, it warehouses people in requisitioned facilities. The year is 1933, the place is Germany. ⬇️

@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social nails it: "I have seen this brand of strongman megalomania and the adverse effects it can ultimately have on leaders and their governments. I call it autocratic backfire. … {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

If Bill Clinton and Bill Gates did something illegal, prosecute them. But don’t be mistaken that both names were thrown out there with no damning evidence as a distraction from names occurring thousands more times in the Epstein Files — all who happen to be Cabinet members and Trump World figures.

we’ve known Chomsky was a piece of shit since he tried to downplay and deny the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 70s, but I’m glad more people are *finally* figuring this out

/6 No, when society tells you to shun someone, be SKEPTICAL. Like Noam Chomsky. Noam Chomsky KNEW that it’s the dark forces of American imperialism that don’t want him to listen to a famous child rapist teach him about black people being inferior.

Abu Dhabi poured a secret $500 million into Trump’s company. Then Abu Dhabi got the highest end AI chips that it had coveted (which could then go to China). & the Trumps took steps to try to cover it up. This should rank among the greatest US scandals ever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

NEW: Trump’s approval among Catholics falls to a historic low. A rising movement of Catholics, emboldened by Pope Leo, is turning against MAGA. With over 20,000 members, we are the fastest-growing Catholic group in America. To the MAGA purveyors of cruelty and lies — we will defeat you.

It turns out a global cabal of child sex traffickers is true — just not what MAGA-QAnon thought it was.

The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.

Masked government agents arresting journalists is not a sign things are improving.

Journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by the regime last night. Unacceptable in America. Meanwhile the regime sends out paid slopagandists to create fake outrage, causing the death of people, that resulted in the Minneapolis story Don and Georgia were covering to begin with.

“If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defence, which is paramount to all positive forms of government” 1/4 Hamilton, Federalist, no. 28; 26 Dec. 1787 press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/doc...

Thank you, Mr. President.

I joined forces with @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social. We explain deep connections between senior administration officials' smearing Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and ICE protestors as "domestic terrorists" and how this fits into the draconian NSPM-7. Important for more people to wake up to this.

"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports

Jonathan Chait: “The phone, not the gun, is the weapon the administration fears.”

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

“Fraenkel describes a system where on one side is the Normative State—that handles the routine business of a nation. But coexisting within that shell is the Prerogative State, a domain of absolute executive power that operates with unlimited arbitrariness…” www.theunpopulist.net/p/in-trumps-...

Bill Kristol articulates exactly how Democrats, who are in the minority with no power to advance legislation, can leverage the power *they have* into a position of strength.

We just published our full analysis of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti on Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

Really sick of PSL entryists making themselves the main character and inserting themselves into every protest. Don’t fall for those who claim to be against authoritarianism at home but support authoritarianism abroad. PSL are loud hardcore communists who don’t represent most reasonable Americans.

They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence. newrepublic.com/article/2055...

Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.

The past week has seen an array of events that are indicative of the tumultuous, post-Pax Americana era we are living through. The current chaos, emblematic of the interregnum between the post World War Two order and a new global order yet to form, will probably continue for some time to come. 1/5

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Part of the white nationalist, Turner Diaries fantasy is to instigate a “race war.” (Of course that was supposed to be *against* the federal government, but now that they are in control of it I guess it’s flipped around)

ICE thugs have murdered another man in the streets of Minneapolis this morning. These violent criminals must be stopped. This murderous regime must be opposed with the power of the majority.

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

A public execution. This cannot stand in our country.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

To repeat: Abolish ICE.

As public anger rises in the US, pick your allies carefully. Not every group who claims to be an ally is acting in good faith. You may often find protest photos with professionally produced signs with at the bottom “Party for Socialism and Liberation,” “PSL” for short. These guys are bad actors. 1/4

Microsoft is handing over Bitlocker keys to law enforcement. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, beleaguered Union forces under Maj. Gen. George G. Meade endured the 2nd day of assault by traitors under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Confederate forces nearly splitting Union lines, a call for volunteers to lead a Union charge was answered by the 1st Minnesota Regiment.

I'll say it again: Minneapolis will be their Gettysburg

Leaked video shows Venezuela regime’s desperate struggle to control message www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Simply disgusting that the far right, funded by Elon Musk, is weaponizing the memory of Iryna Zarutska while at the same time supporting her people’s oppressor Putin and Trump threatening TPS for Ukrainian refugees like Iryna. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

One who knows one’s rights is harder to oppress. Each right reinforces the other rights. Exercise all of your rights, lest you lose all of them.

🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

“Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to ‘overturn election results in certain states.’” (reporting by @kyledcheney.bsky.social) www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

My god