Simmons sponsored and passed a bill in the IL state senate that deems police calls on Black people when there are no active threats to public safety as a hate crime. Developing…

SCOOP: IL-9 congressional candidate and current state senator Mike Simmons had police called on him in Buena Park while canvassing for votes. No arrest was made. Here’s the video of the interaction @senmikesimmons.bsky.social recorded and shared with me.

aged poorly

Commentary: A review of plastic "forever chemical" studies from each of the Great Lakes found the highest PFAS concentrations in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, which represents the vast majority of Ohio's northern border ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/23/p...

This one is like 4 pages berating musk and his lawyers for being dumb. It was worth the time to read lol

I'm shocked that a man who hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law and then sent a recording of the encounter to his sister is not a good ambassador. www.france24.com/en/france/20...

“One ordinance prohibits the Columbus Division of Police from entering into 287(G) agreements, which are partnerships with ICE that deputize local officers to enforce federal immigration law. Another ordinance prohibits city employees from holding 2nd jobs with ICE and US Customs and Border Patrol.”

Felon47 is all pissy that former Ambassador Rice said something he didn’t like. He touts his business expertise, yet is trying to destroy a business deal. Netflix ignores him — for now. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

For anyone looking to make fun of Charles or be mad at this administration even more, just go to Charles’ Wikipedia page. It’s a doozy. 🤦🏻

“Karen was incarcerated for a total of six weeks” “ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone” “German tourist Jessica Brösche was stopped by ICE and held for 45 days (including eight days of solitary confinement)” “British backpacker Rebecca Burke was incarcerated for 19 days”

France cuts off US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to members of its government after he skipped a meeting to discuss comments by the Trump administration over the fatal beating of a far-right activist. www.france24.com/en/france/20...

July 3, 2025. He went for “work” though.

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever. One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

I’m gonna take this persons’ word for it!

Oh use of force simulation training, we’re not going to need that, much easier to just throw recruits out into the world and let them figure it out.

REMINDER: Omni Air International is also the operator of the New England Patriots team planes. Does Bob Kraft want MORE bad publicity coming his way?

"A 3-year-old company with fewer than 5 employees is being considered for a $25 billion contract... raising red flags among investors. "The company is unknown in the nuclear industry, never completed a nuclear project and is headquartered out of a WeWork office... www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Fucking wonderful. Can we use their own research against them please

Judge Cannon claims that she *strains* to find an example where a special counsel released a report after in indictment that did not result in a finding of guilt. Here’s one off the top of my head: Sussman, who was charged and acquitted, is mentioned 311 times in Durham’s final report.

I'm a certified Newsom hater, but this clip and summary of what he said isn't quite right.

NEW: U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting, by @abestreep.bsky.social

🧊✈️ They’re still ON THE PLANE confirms NH State Rep Seth Miller (Dover) ⤵️

"'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations." floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

is he serious

“Everyone understands that depicting the Obamas as apes is racist. And still, only 11 congressional Republicans could be bothered to condemn it.”

The turnstiles of this administration show more wear and tear than the ones in the NYC subway.

Cannon repeatedly says that Trump's request to permanently bury the second volume of Smith's report is "unopposed" because, of course, Trump's Justice Department agreed. But free press groups opposed it! Cannon just denied their request to intervene. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Judge Aileen Cannon permanently forbids the Department of Justice from releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's report on his prosecution of Trump. Also bars DOJ from sharing "any information or conclusions" from the volume. A sweeping, perpetual gag order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Former UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Read more about Mandelson aka the 'Prince of Darkness': zeteo.com/p/peter-mand...

UPDATE — after officials said it was just a rumor in the face of massive backlash, WILSON COUNTY’s mayor confirms ICE is considering a 16000 person “MEGA CENTER” in Lebanon, TN 🤔 County Mayor Randall Hutto opposes it. tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/22/w...

Also, as a reminder, while Bhattacharya spent years claiming that "the woke left Biden admin" censored him on social media, the guy who ran his website has said publicly that Facebook pulled it because *anti-vaxxers* were mad about it. www.techdirt.com/2024/12/10/f...

ICYMI — The FBI director flew there on the taxpayer dime on a private jet to do this… Kash in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

Scroll up and read the thread.

“Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek ‘likes’ on social media platforms like TikTok.” “‘To give a true homily is to share faith,’ and artificial intelligence ‘will never be able to share faith,’ the pope added.”

This blows.

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

Seems bad, until you remember that Patel literally flew the FBI jet to a place called *Boondoggle Ranch* in Texas for a hunting trip with buddies. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...

Remember, when news outlets first reported that Kash Patel was spending $75,000 of taxpayer money to fly an FBI Gulfstream jet to Milan so he could watch Olympic hockey, the official spokesasshole for the FBI had this to say:

it’s wild that for all the titans in the fossil record, blue whales - who are with us right here and now - are, as far as we know, the largest animals that have ever lived

There are player dudes or staff dudes on the Team USA men's hockey team who so regularly consume hard-hitting investigative journalism that their first reaction to seeing Kash Patel partying while Mar-a-Lago had armed gunman was "let me find the federal government reporter's Proton Mail or Signal"

I need you to understand the significance of a Team USA men's hockey team player snitching on his teammates and Kash Patel to PROPUBLICA reporter @williamturton.bsky.social minutes after winning a goal medal

"Thousands of foreign nationals are serving in Israel’s military with the legal tolerance of their home states, while peaceful protest against the war is criminalised." Australia has had over 600 dual or multi-nationals in the Israeli military. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

I love that this kid is catching strays because their scores were in the Epstein files. They deserve to be made fun of by their friends if they have any.

Not Will defending the person who wrote the hit piece on him and getting shit on for that as well 🤦🏻😂

So it's ok to start a war illegally against a nation of 92 million, for whom you have "no sympathy" as long as the purpose is clear? The Big Dem line that Trump is a demented fascist domestically while simultaneously agreeing his foreign policy decisions just isn't gonna cut it anymore.

“….. due to my very rich parents, the friendships/ business relationships made at the country club they afforded access to, and continuing to vote R so that my parents still love me and their friends will still hire me.” Fixed that last bit for ‘em.

The state asked a judge to dismiss a prison sexual abuse lawsuit — lawyers said couldn’t find record of the alleged abuser. We found him. New report in partnership with @nysfocus.bsky.social.

It's worth noting.

"So much of this care that is being stolen from trans youth is still accessible to cisgender youth, and that is utterly immoral," says Raquel Willis, one of 25 people arrested Tuesday while protesting HHS rules to ban care for youth nationwide. https://bit.ly/4aZLnHA