#caturday A Tigger appreciation post. He’s a good boy

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

You didn’t think all those concentration camps they want to build are only for immigrants, did you? (Gift article)

The default assumption should be that they’re lying

under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime

Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte

What a complete waste of time and resources.

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Finally seeing this, and it’s as heartbreaking and traumatic as I expected. So grateful to the librarians in this doc who fought and continue to fight for free speech, representation and diversity #booksky

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History

Fact-checking the Bad Bunny halftime show

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

How will the NFL recover from another MAGA boycott?

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

I think we should all be sharing these new photos of the suspect in the Nancy Guthrie case, Savannah Guthrie’s mom. This video has important commentary. Maybe someone will recognize a clue and report it.

Unbelievably delighted to see SLEEP ALONE mentioned in “6 Horror Romance Books That Will Rip Your Heart Out” @the-line-up.bsky.social! Thank you to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social for the kind words and boost on a gloomy Monday. This is an excellent list—THE CIPHER is included here, hell yeah!

When Joy, half of a famous podcasting duo, goes missing, her cohost Benny is determined to save her. But he is soon tangled in a web of secrets and lies, and police begin looking at him. Can he solve the mystery and find his friend? Engaging, told in multiple POVs, more drama than thriller #booksky

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

Portrait of Michelle and Barack Obama former First Lady and President of the US 📷 Pete Souza

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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Pete Hegseth https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-pete-hegseth/

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."

This troll-ogre mutant needs to crawl back under his rock

More attention here, please.

Fox 9 MN reporter Paul Blume: "SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, 'The system sucks, this job sucks' to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep"

Tonight's book is Attack from Within by @barbmcquade.bsky.social #booksky

Puritanical Pixie Mike Johnson: "Well, golly gosh darn it! Can you imagine if those meanies in the judiciary made our secret police follow that due process hooey in the dang Constitution? What an OUTRAGEOUS suggestion! Convenience over Constitution!"

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

I spent an embarrassing amount of time watching clips of the Graham Norton Show tonight. I guess I needed an escape from the world.

Globe and Mail cartoon

One more week until the broadcast premiere of THE LIBRARIANS on PBS Independent Lens Feb. 9. Call dibs on your favorite chair and stock up on popcorn 🍿 You’ll want to settle in for this one! @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.

NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

"This is precisely the moment teachers must teach the truth about Black history and ensure students understand why the African American experience is central to what is happening across the United States right now." -- Alvin Buyinza in @wordinblacknews.bsky.social wordinblack.com/2026/01/5-fr...

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.

This little book is for teens who love romance, NYC and creative storytelling. Six Black writers contribute interconnected stories about love and relationships during a blackout in the city. The authors say they wanted to give Black girls “the big love stories.” #booksky

If you read this book, savor the slow start. Once the explosion occurs, the tragedy comes at you so relentlessly that it’s hard to absorb. The only thing that kept me going was knowing we’d soon get to all the tales of heroism and the Boston connection that’s celebrated every Christmas #booksky

NEW: A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father RELEASED from the Dilley detention center. www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...

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The arrest of Don Lemon is yet another piece of evidence that America is being held hostage by a criminal and a regime that could not care less about the 1st Amendment & the Constitution. In this 250th year of our republic, we need every American who cares about keeping it to stand up & speak out.

Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...

The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline: