So @elienyc.bsky.social and @strictscrutiny.bsky.social have speculated that Alito may retire soon. I agree. Elie lays out the case here—it'd be odd to release a memoir in October if he's (a) still serving and (b) unable to promote it because he's hearing arguments. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Two more data points: Mollie Hemingway, MAGA pseudo-journalist, is writing a laudatory book about Alito and I bet he's participating. And Alito just gave a rare interview to Politico (home of the Dobbs leak!) in which he reflects fondly on highlights of his service: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Did we expect anything else when this regime put in a MTV reality tv show bro turned Fox News right wing blowhard in charge of the Department of Transportation?

People Keir Starmer has hired, then fired for stuff he knew about when he hired them, a thread and a list: 1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.

The official page for Democratic Members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee is similarly focused on sports rather than the latest FAA and DoD scandal.

Key Democrats are not raising hell. Ranking member of the Senate Transportation committee @cantwell.senate.gov has been silent. Cantwell has two posts about the Superbowl over the past 24 hours. Zero posts about El Paso.

Senior Senators are often somnambulists--i.e., sleepwalking through the corridors of power. DO SOMETHING!

The New York Times is now reporting the closure was "precipitated when Customs and Border Protection officials deployed an anti-drone laser on loan from the Department of Defense" without sufficient notice to the FAA. The admin's severe incompetence is putting Americans in danger. And yet ... 🧵

As someone born & raised within NY-17, let me tell you a few things wearing solely a personal hat: 1. @mikesacks.bsky.social understand the law, politics, and the politics of law better than ANYONE I have worked with--he'd be an awesome Member of Congress. secure.actblue.com/donate/websi...

This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost

easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”

What @daviddarmofal.bsky.social said!

He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational

"Can you spare a few million quid for an elaborate tax dodge, Guvnor?"

what I most appreciate about this update: when I first heard of this story I *do* recall thinking "no this isn't dumb enough" bsky.app/profile/tyle...

Democrats Are Field-Testing New Ways to Talk About the Epstein Scandal. In the piece, I recommend invoking Epstein liberally--in any discussion involving economics or class in any way. www.notus.org/democrats/de... #WhatAboutLutnick

Innocent people were always going to get punished by the fascist deportation machine. But when they’re white, people start to notice!

Right side of history

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What a nice thing to say! It also means absolutely nothing. Anthropic doesn’t own or even lease data centers and thus does not pay power bills on anything other than its office space

Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Maybe take seriously the idea that the people at the levers of implementation will try it even if it's *not actually any good*. www.nobhillgazette.com/arts_and_cul...

The upshot of "More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity" by @adambecker.bsky.social is that effective altruism is really stupid & INSANELY influential. Abundance, Elon Musk, climate crisis backlash: all driven by EA.

In case you needed more evidence that billionaires tend to be idiotic degenerates...

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

We are in a separation of powers conflict and the branch being held down needs to get on its horse and use every political tool possible to reassert its power.

This scandal cannot simply be brushed aside. Americans deserved to know the true reason for the initial closure and why the FAA and Pentagon are seemingly still struggling to communicate over a year after the deadly DCA crash that took 67 lives.

Dems need to press for complete transparency and demand the chairs of relevant House and Senates committees conduct real oversight. But, thus far, @cantwell.senate.gov, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee has been silent. Here's the House Dems statement ⬇️

THREAD!

Late last night, the FAA abruptly announced a 10-day closure of the El Paso airspace. Mere hours later, the decision was reversed. Now, we have competing stories about what really happened. The administration's incompetence is once again interrupting people lives. Congress must investigate.

Epstein's Genocidal Crypto Bros Are Willing to Kill Us All For Their Techno-Fascist Paradise David Morris researched the nihilistic values system of the broligarchy, who shared Epstein's eugenics framework and desire for a world without rules or accountability. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

We tried the carrot. Here’s the stick. #ICE is ramping up attacks against immigrants and American citizens— and #Palantir is their surveillance backbone. Go to www.purgepalantir.com/the-palantir-payroll/ for the list of dirty politicians trading our rights for Palantir $$$ — then call them out.

“We ran out of numbers low enough,” explains Gallup president Giuseppe Gallup.

Free speech, so long as you say the Emperor is well dressed.

Kobi Mainoo's parents are from Ghana. Harry Maguire is of Irish descent. The rest are foreign born immigrants. A team built around Luke Shaw?

Susan Estrich: From failed Dukakis campaign manager to Fix News Democrat to lawyer for the disgraced Leon Black of Apollo/Epstein fame. Someone ought to write a definitive piece about her career.

In other words, Trump's approval is in the toilet and Gallup didn't want to get sued for billions of dollars because they told everyone he's about as popular as a thrombosed hemorrhoid. digg.com/politics/TB5...

We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege

Brutal 2025 number. And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.

Beyond lowering prices, an affordability agenda needs to reckon with how the economy actually feels, @dylangyauchl.bsky.social writes. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/11/w...

This is what KILLS me about the endless whinging about moderation or blaming land acknowledgments or whatever. Voters do not give a shit either way about any of that. They’re not following it. But this, this they would care about! but Dems don’t even try to tell this story. It’s insane!

political malpractice that this chart hasnt been seared into the brains of every single american through advertising and social media

Hey remember when Alito openly mocked Scalia’s originalism from the bench because it was going in a different direction than Alito wanted? Anyway, the book release is timed for a day after this coming First Monday in October. Read into that what you will.

Bad Bunny, the world's most streamed artist for four years in a row, is also an eloquent critic of disaster capitalism. Our newsletter delves into the climate politics of his half-time show, from the sparking utility poles to the endangered toad that represents Puerto Rico’s imperiled heritage.

Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social has a new piece in @washingtonmonthly.com this morning, about affordability politics and why they need to grapple with an economy that feels increasingly "like a never-ending series of extortions." Give it a read! washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/11/w...

Wait, collaboration between the Road Rules guy turned lobbyist and the Fox News weekend host are not technocratic and correct like as if they were done by career government officials. Huh, shocking!

Half an hour ago, Fox News hosted an "aviation expert" who argued such a closure wouldn't happen "unless we are at war" facing a "major security threat," and that it signaled the government "might have discovered the next potential Pearl Harbor."

“The more we learn, the more pedophilia and criminal use of cryptocurrency look related… Epstein, it turns out, was a major early investor in the crypto industry. In the backrooms of MAGA-land, passing around under-age girls is a lot like passing around insider crypto deals.” @pkrugman.bsky.social

It is extremely hard to disapate heat in a vacuum!

Read our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social in @theintercept.com: The Epstein Files are a unique insight into the contempt ruling elites have for the rest of us. It's also a unique chance for accountability, but only if we're willing to excise them from the public sphere. theintercept.com/2026/02/10/e...