second time in recent weeks that Oklahoma's GOP Gov Kevin Stitt has taken a stand against Trump: “Because NGA’s mission is to represent all 55 governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event."

it's truly shocking that most of the opposition party is not lifting a finger to help Minnesota, both at the state and national level

One TV is showing a talking head lying about the economy; the other TV shows sports highlights. Everyone in the room is having their own private Worst Day and the outside world feels either confusingly distant or like it's actively trying to exacerbate the pain around you.

Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.

Once upon a time I was taking a train from East Berlin to Budapest. It was crowded to start with, and I was sitting on the floor, but everything got worse in Dresden, when many rowdy young E. Germans got on. They spilled beer on my head. They tripped over me. It was 2am and I didn’t want a fight…

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Planned ICE Offices "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Corporate Tower"? public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

"If you 'know what time it is,' you understand the hour is late and you’re prepared to do whatever it takes. It gives carte blanche for total ruthlessness in politics because you understand the stakes." @lkatfield.bsky.social talks to @inthesetimes.com about her brilliant new book, Furious Minds.

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all

If Orban loses the election, will the US government question the result, with US Big Tech pushing that claim? This is what war in the 21st century looks like.

Has anyone tallied and reported the total capacity of these ICE concentration camps? How many millions of us do they plan to imprison? This is pure evil.

even if the MAGA regime ended today, the US would still have tens of millions of white evangelicals both guilty for its crimes and willing to do them all over again; as in post-Franco Spain, these people have to be acknowledged, named, and considered carefully

The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people. The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.

never been a fan of Stancil but it's a really weird time to argue online with anyone who is manning the barricades while the rest of us sit around and post

Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help

Per Wired, ICE is still looking to make a permanent presence in OKC. We Okies are going to have to stay alert and push back hard and fast whenever we see them try.

if there is any one group in the US who will bear the lion's share of the blame for all the horrors of MAGA fascism it's white evangelicals; they dreamed of this for decades, they finally elected it, and now they are establishing the kingdom

can personally confirm - even as the horrors pile up, it's not moving most white evangelicals even an inch in fact they're definitely digging in

Pub day!!! Our book is now out.

someone's defending chomsky in the epstein scandal by smearing the victims. since chomsky is the senile tosser that blamed ukraine for it's own invasion, this comes out perfectly on brand.

one thing that keeps me up at night is the sheer amount of instances of ICE ignoring court orders; you add that fact in with the mass detention centers being built and you start to wonder how long before they'll have the capacity to not just round up protesters but to then hold them ... indefinitely

BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

this is where I used to teach in DC! so proud of this kiddo for writing this and putting it out there (and thanks to @51st.news for running it!)

this week's mountain: ENGLISH young dog young dogs POLISH (singular) młody pies młodego psa młodemu psu młodego psa młodym psem młodym psie młody psie! (plural) młode psy młodych psów młodym psom młode psy młodymi psami młodych psach młode psy! (thankfully I am often motivated by spite)

Over 28 years, 140 people died at the Berlin Wall from all causes (intentional shooting, drowning, accidents, etc.). #comparativeborderregimes

very strong feeling that they're holding the Irish guy now bc they want to hold more ppl on even thinner pretenses later

Poland: "In spring 2023, when Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers sought to bring Israel’s courts to heel, they consulted with PiS on how to do it."

ICE and Fox already bragging about how W Virginia rolled over:

Orlando Gay Days, which started in 1991 when a group of friends picked the first Saturday in June to celebrate as Gay Day and has long featured the unofficial gathering at Walt Disney World, has been canceled for 2026 due to a lack of sufficient sponsorships.

3 new books I am realllllllly excited about this spring: @unlawfulentries.bsky.social's Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship @letsgomathias.bsky.social's To Catch a Fascist @thrasherxy.bsky.social's THE OVERSEER CLASS: A Manifesto (will thread links to buy these below!)

you read about the German, Austrian, and Polish social democratic parties being like "we can just wait these fascists out" and you shake your head, wondering how anyone could possibly be so obtuse. then you take a sip of coffee and read about what Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are up to in 2026

For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share. theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...

ok wow

truly is wild to see

holy wow, y'all, @karenattiah.bsky.social's latest piece is phenomenal. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-return...

really cannot rec this book highly enough global.oup.com/academic/pro...

more evidence MAGA is using what we think of as "soviet" tactics to get people to listen to its leaders

There is a new ideological and cultural phenomenon that is becoming increasingly visible in both Russia and the United States: the Dark Enlightenment movement. This movement represents a hybrid of illiberalism, techno-optimism, and Christian metaphysics ridl.io/the-dark-enl...

Germany is doing something similar although the German press narrative is that the far left in Germany are a much greater threat than the far right - mostly bc the Left's support for Palestine threatens to unmask how Germany's support for Israel is not proof that it "learned" from the Holocaust.

yet another country prosecuting the fash; starting to see a trend where some countries are waking up to the way social media can fuel fascism and use their legal system to fight it -

as a former teacher I'm biased but I think reporters letting teens speak for themselves is so important; major thanks to @lexmcmenamin.com here!

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI. one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

shot by Tyler Russell, reported out by @chrispolansky.bsky.social

i am not looking forward to the Alberta Crisis

if you saw the viral video of this gay marriage proposal, well, he was just beaten up right outside his apartment :(

tim walz is a cop

when I look at a picture of this I sometimes imagine the sounds you would hear, once a place like this is full of human beings

hey guys check it -

the best words for deals like this are "medievalism" or "feudalism" - the "TRIPP/Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" is being negotiated sans any other intl agreements, bears Trump's name, and bypasses the State Dept - a business venture of a monarch not the actions of a modern state