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What DC Landmarks Will Trump Destroy Next?

“Never before has a president so thoroughly dominated the political landscape and national discourse. That is to Trump’s delight, but it potentially works less well for Republicans who are left to defend a series of unpopular decisions and policies” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Hey, remember that time I said that pointing out that AI is giving bad data to ICE is missing the point because ICE doesn't actually care if the data is good? Check out how right I am.

On top of everything else, here is Marimar Martinez's defense attorney explaining how to delete a tweet, after a prosecutor last week said he assumed there was a way to do it but wasn't sure:

The SpaceX/xAI merger situation is actually pretty important and, I think, very bad. "Data centers in space" is a bit of a pipe dream, but SpaceX now dominates low-Earth orbit in a highly concerning way. Starlink is real and could monopolize a lot of things.Not Good! www.404media.co/this-spacex-...

"They are works of visual power and grace. They are also primary historical documents of a nation still in recovery from the devastation of the Great Depression and attempting to forge a new democratic vision of itself."

"This may be another reason so many immigration officers are masked while on duty: They know better than we do what it means to show one’s face."

"…to understand the projected closure—even if temporary—of the Kennedy Center only in its immediate context is to ignore the larger losses that will accompany it."

If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...

"The system sucks. This job sucks." A Justice Department lawyer was removed from her post after her comments to a federal judge. “I wish you would just hold me in contempt, your honor, so that I can have full 24 hours of sleep,” she said.

MELTDOWN IN MINNEAPOLIS: Trump's Twin Cities immigration crackdown is mired in legal morass where court orders are routinely ignored. 1 frazzled govt lawyer just reassigned after saying in court her job 'sucks' & system is 'broken.' More w/@kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Unbelievable

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls “weak,” but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the “strong Trump”? Photo Liz Landers

I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question. Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.

The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. n.pr/4qAlWBj

Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that PBS and NPR are "a waste of money," having convinced the Republican-led Congress to gut funding for U.S. public media last year. https://to.pbs.org/4ahkoGd

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep. PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.

Apparently morale at DOJ is so low that line attorneys are asking to be held in contempt so they can get some sleep yikes

Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:

Winter has pushed the National Botanical Garden into a daily fight to keep thousands of tropical and subtropical plants alive, as a combination of Russia's relentless assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, and extreme cold strain systems never designed for prolonged disruption.

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia's "reborn" cyber activities have moved away from financially motivated hacking such as ransomware and towards purely destructive acts across the West — a form of sabotage or digital terrorism targeting poorly guarded systems anywhere.

something that is this funny shouldn’t be a crime

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Trump says he worries about "nuclear" as the world's biggest problem, but he's letting the last major arms treaty - one even the Russians want - lapse. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Thousands without heating on icy night in Ukraine as Russia attacks before talks

French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok. The chatbot still produces sexualized images — even when told the subjects don’t consent. even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation. even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse. www.reuters.com/business/des...

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Paris prosecutors raid French offices of Elon Musk's X

DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting. Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.

⚡️Russia launches mass attack across Ukraine, targeting Kyiv, Kharkiv. Russian forces launched a mass overnight attack on Feb. 3, 2026, targeting major cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv & Kharkiv. Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported loud explosions amid drone & missile strikes.

Sometimes I get a really good quote in. “Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s @evacide told @RollingStone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

If Congress doesn’t act, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire. It would pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy, and could spark another arms race that makes the world less safe. This piece is worth the read.

‘Nothing is sacred to them’: the race to save rare plants as Russian troops advance

An LAPD officer stands on the corner of Temple and Alameda facing Barbara Kruger's iconic mural featuring 9 questions: “WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?”

In the United States, when you get an amateur radio license, your name, callsign, and mailing address, are made publicly available online, in the FCC's Universal Licensing System. I fail to see why amateur radio operators should be held to a more onerous level of transparency than federal agents.

I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

Extraordinary. Think about it every day at the moment.

Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities

‘We’re fighting for the soul of the country’: how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE

A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.

A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”

This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: As a nation, we face a decisive moment. Trust the journalists who witness tyranny at street level. #ksleg

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.