When dictators lose popularity, they kill people and blow up things to change the storyline.

Brendan Carr, head of the FCC, wrote the chapter on it in Project 2025. It’s hard to know what’s worse: The administration’s efforts to intimidate journalists or CBS’s willingness to cave in. Read here to understand the issues: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

SLC PALS: my friends in @lapecheband.bsky.social released a really great album this month and will be performing some songs from it this Saturday afternoon at @graywhaleslc.bsky.social to celebrate! I will be singing some harms which is one of my all time favorite things to do. Come hang out!

Wow…. Jennifer Jenkins doesn’t hold back when asked about Randy Fine.

So....the Fourth Reich?

Ben Smith: I don’t know if Stephen Miller resigns before the midterms, resigns after the midterms, or sticks around. But this feels like that moment when a president puts a lot of confidence in one adviser to steer national policy in a direction that turns out to be politically disastrous.

Maine Secy of State Shenna Bellows: “In the context of Trump’s assault on the rule of law & threats to elections, the odd invitation raises concerns.” Here’s what you need to know about the administration summoning state election officials to a meeting: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Is Ted Cruz a pair of $800 Ferragamo boat shoes? Because Tucker Carlson OWNED him

Upcoming New Releases (The Banana Boat Song) - Week Ending Friday, February 6, 2026: New Music from Joji, Mandy, Indiana, LAPÊCHE, AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/u...

NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

my WRUW playlist with: @thesuncharms.bsky.social @thejustjoans.bsky.social @lapecheband.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @skepwax.bsky.social @gladiephilly.bsky.social @dimwizzy.bsky.social @marthadiy.bsky.social @illuminatihotties.bsky.social @highwatermarks.bsky.social + many more

Check out out 2/17 adds from LAPêCHE, Planet Bones, & Remember Sports! 📻 tigerbombpromo.com/adds

Couple fun titles in the shop for FRI 2/13: Remaster Velocity Girl 'Simpatico' (w/ bonus tracks) and the new one from NY's Lapeche!

#BandcampFriday LAPÊCHE - Autotelic Hooky alt-guitar rock with killer vocals lapecheband.bandcamp.com/album/autote...

There are few better things than going to an intimate NYC show featuring three great bands. Lapeche, Desert Sharks and Freezing Cold at the Sultan Room, a real top-up for the soul

Check out 'Autotelic', new album by LAPêCHE - QRO review: qromag.com/lapeche-auto...

Music recs for the week ( and happy Bandcamp Friday ) Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair .. the follow-up to one of my favorite albums of the last decade. LAPÊCHE - Autotelic .. Brooklyn post punk Julian Never - Every Day is Purgation … jangly power pop

RELEASED TODAY: 'Autotelic' by LAPêCHE Fuzz-heavy DIY indie slacker rock from Brooklyn’s LAPêCHE on Tiny Engines records. @tinyengines.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2132...

2026 so far, in albums: here's a bunch of stuff I've enjoyed from January and February (all names in ALT text as well).

LP: LAPÊCHE - "Autoletic" #LAPÊCHE #lapecheband #TinyEngines

LAPêCHE – ‘Autotelic’ album review spectralnights.com/2026/02/04/l...

LAPÊCHE is a quartet from Brooklyn led by vocalist and guitarist Krista Diem, while her husband Dave plays bass. Their fourth album, Autotelic, summons comparisons to early-90’s bands like Slowdive, with its atmospheric guitars and subtle synths. lapecheband.bandcamp.com/album/autote...

MAGNET Exclusive: Lapêche goes track by track on “Autotelic” (@tinyengines.bsky.social). “The songs favor restraint, repetition and space, inviting listeners to remain inside the motion rather than search for answers.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/02/05/m...

New & Notable: The latest from LAPÊCHE is another winner, hugely hooky alt-rock nestled within barbed guitars.

LAPêCHE Seek Connection in Strange Times on 'Autotelic' open.substack.com/pub/runningo...

Homan: "When they say 'stop racial profiling' -- that's just not occurring. ICE will briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling."

The Trump regime's lies keep getting more absurd because the truth of the regime's cruelty is so damning.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... Wake up call everyone. Trump and his ilk are come for us!!! The fascist state is running hard to destroy our constitution. Vote out all Ratpublicans.

Can’t believe we are still doing this

Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."

At the Munich Security Conference this weekend, I told a hard truth. There is no ceasefire in Gaza. The assault continues. Palestinians continue to die. And Trump is issuing glossy brochures about fake future Gaza real estate deals instead of working to end the war.

If you missed this - don’t worry. here is my playlist! music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."

Trump is saying that he will disregard Congress and issue an Excutive order that will violate the Constitution. Here is my promise: If he does that, we will sue and we will win. Just like we did the last time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

"Trump has become a parody of a 1980s televangelist, openly grifting his followers for massive amounts of cash. (His ballroom is practically his own Heritage USA.) But Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart put on a more convincing show." — @playtyperguy.com

Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

Happening now😎

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It's clearly a cover up, and they think we’re all stupid and won't notice.

NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.

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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

The New York Times just launched a new "newsletter about the law and the courts." They are calling it "The Docket." The Times may not care that Democracy Docket has been publishing "On the Docket" and "Daily Docket" for years, but I believe our 400,000 subscribers might. More on this tomorrow.

Must-read story in the WSJ about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski. Full Story: on.wsj.com/4tEsyRO

First, read this and learn about the SAVE Act. Then call your senators. We can’t afford to let them impose a poll tax on our right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/voting-a-r...

I just wrote a @aft.org letter: We demand de-escalation, transparency and accountability from the Department of Homeland Security. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/we-d...