If you’re interested in learning whom your elected representatives work for, it’s worth checking out Open Secrets, an organization that tracks campaign financing. In a nation in which political bribery was legalized by SCOTUS, true representative democracy is quite elusive. www.opensecrets.org

@malcolmnance.bsky.social Feeling The Pain of Others: Empathy is Our Greatest Military Strength

Dr. Dan Goyal, MD. PhD. @dangoyal.bsky.social If we allow those with power, money, & status to get off with lighter sentences or simply losing their job... then the message we are sending is: the safest place for you to get away with abusing children is to ascend to positions of power.

Surprised that a guy who's been an outspoken, consistently repugnant racist for more than 50 yrs, who ran on a racist platform appealing to racists who have in turn consistently defended his racism and sought to capitalize on it because they are racist, should do something racist & anyone's shocked.

Lol Hashtag Streisand Effect.

Donald Trump will never know this L❤️VE.

The DOJ redacted a photo of Mona Lisa in the Epstein files. Meanwhile, as we reported, there were several unredacted, sexually explicit photos of nude women or girls were present in the latest Epstein dump and the DOJ left those photos online until we reported specific links through their tipline.

"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools." - Doris Lessing

"I supported Trump when I didn't think he was going to do horrible things" is going to be a position many GOPers will test fly in the months ahead. It is of course, a transparent, pathetic dodge since it was always apparent to anyone w/a semi-functioning cortex that Trump would do horrible things.

The psychology of Right Wing authoritarianism is rooted in backgrounds of being abused as children by authoritarians and then becoming abusers when they are adults. That happens in families and it scales upwards to culture and politics. That’s what’s happening now.

I’m betting Comer will suddenly lose interest in this hearing.

New statement from @osuaaup.bsky.social on DHS violence as a threat to university values: “These are impossible conditions in which to work, to learn, to teach, to exercise academic freedom. Our community deserves better.”

Saw this on Reddit — two copies of the same e-mail in the Epstein release, one of which has the word "don't" redacted, the other not. Possible implication is that someone was just doing redaction by word search ("Don T"). Incompetent redaction at a minimum...

How the Justice Department Failed Epstein’s Victims — Again www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets. Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract. And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts. Always follow the money.

Feed: "Futurism" By: Frank Landymore on Sunday, February 1, 2026

"One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”

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.

If you can't stand up for a fellow journalist when she's being ridiculously bullied and demeaned for asking a basic question of a public leader, you sure as hell aren't going stand up for anything as abstract as a national principle or ethos. American journalism is dying. And with it, our republic.

Jordan Klepper crashed the "Melania" premiere to ask attendees what they liked best about the bribe, er, film

This is the type of letter you write and make public when you’ve discovered that the CIA is up to no good and can’t be trusted—and you have no confidence the people in charge care.

Epstein was a deeply disturbed pos calling them his “aquarium of girls” “Some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”

Speaking of DHS becoming toxic:

This highly influential White House advisor now states openly: use paramilitary forces to intervene directly in our elections. This is what the conspiracy theories have been for. This moment. Conservative and Liberal Americans reject fascism. We know it won't help any 'side'. It is time to act.

Christ, these people are pathetic. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Dem leaders who want to play footsie with billionaires will fail the country and their own prospects. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

“play la marseillaise”

.@JamesTalarico: I believe that forcing my religion down the throats of my Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist, and agnostic neighbors is not love. It’s why I’ve fought so hard for separation of church and state. I hope in the U.S. Senate I can continue my fight against Christian nationalism

Oh dear that's a shame.

“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..” @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/post/206100/...

“And I still don’t know how to explain to my 4 year old what the agents are doing when we pass by.”

Total quack 🦆, though at least not FOJ (friend of Jeff) like the other dude hired. Glad I have an upcoming docuseries on longevity for @cnn.com Originals that is 1. Science based 2. Talks to real experts 3. For the rest of us normies 4. 💯 Epstein free www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The 10 companies to boycott during February: - Microsoft - Apple - Amazon - Google - Meta - OpenAI - Netflix - Paramount+ - Uber - X

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

Appearing now in London. Thank you 👏👏👏

There is not one journalist who will ask Rep Mike Johnson, or any other politician, why they support an alleged serial pedophile. Not a single one.

Despite claims by Putin & Trump, Bob Kraft always wanted his ring back

ICE is shooting American citizens in Minneapolis. A federal judge found 96 constitutional violations in one month. This guide breaks down the 10 talking points your relatives repeat,and shows you exactly how to push back at the dinner table. Two observers are dead. Read it anyway.

In case you missed this late yesterday.

Good framing from local news here

"Jeffrey Epstein partied with Trump's closest advisers including Wilbur Ross, Rudy Giuliani, and Steve Mnunchin at dinner hosted by David Koch just TWO MONTHS after his release from prison" (h/t @arkancrow.bsky.social): www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

This is important to pay attention to. Trump's saying the quiet part of the plan out loud. With the midterms increasingly looking like a bloodbath for the GOP, he's calling on the Republicans to take over the election. This is what an attempt to end democracy looks like. Read @ariberman.bsky.social