Cough up, Donald! The Supreme Court said your tariffs were illegal, now pay EVERY American back!

Also helps explain why the opposition party is at least ten points ahead

Here's the documentary that 1.1 million Hungarians have watched over the past week, documenting the damage that Viktor Orban's regime has done to health, education and public transportation in Hungary with English subtitles: youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...

From climbing on roofs, to falling out of trees, to flying airplanes off of ships and rockets into space, I’m kind of shocked both of us made it this far. Happy Birthday, Scott.

Reuters: Emmanuel Macron praised the Supreme Court ruling on Donald Trump's tariffs, saying it highlighted the importance of checks and balances in democracies

Joanne Bland, one of the youngest people to march on “Bloody Sunday,” has died. She was 72. "By the time I was 11-years-old, I had been arrested at least 13 documented times”

The lawsuit challenges President Trump's plans for "Independence Arch," a 250-foot structure proposed for Memorial Circle. n.pr/4tO8lc5

A son of sharecroppers, a Freedom Rider, a moral force in Congress, John Lewis taught us that democracy is not a state, it is an act. When we see injustice, we do not look away. We get in good trouble. And we build bridges despite adversity. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Congressman.

The child-in-chief raised tariffs on the world from 10-15 % using a different authority (that lasts just 150 days) because… He’s pouting and wants to feel strong. Regardless of your opinion of Donald, he’s a baby and this is stupid and the history books will judge us. Harshly.

How much more of all this are we supposed to take, genuinely?

✨ It’s a yes or no question ✨

This week on Bylines Scotland... #Monarchy #Scotland

i've decided not to listen to the audio of a teacher reporting a kindergartender because frankly I don't want to become the person that that event would turn me into. but one thing I hope we are collectively coming to grips with is what it meant that we have lived among such people this whole time

I’m shocked.

💥Renovating the House of Lords has cost taxpayers £352 million since 2014! 😱 www.thenational.scot/news/2587369...

I haven’t seen this in the U.S. mainstream press. I wonder why. Hahaha j/k no I don’t.

An important reminder

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

L: Scoop in The Telegraph yesterday boasting: “The Telegraph has learnt that the King urged his mother, Elizabeth II, to veto the appointment but his warnings that it would end in disaster were ignored” R: Flunkey’s column from Eye 1668, three weeks ago. Stay ahead of the news; buy the Eye.

Louise Moillon (c. 1610–1696) French painter in the Baroque era. One of the best still life painters of her time, she was trained by her father as she was unable to attend academies as a woman- who were thought to lack the ability required for artists #WomensArt

Oh? people.com/jeffrey-epst...

If the SNP’s strategy to secure an independence referendum fails then we need to use Green MPs' 'influence at Westminster', the Scottish Greens co-leader has said 🟢

Oh what fun the World Cup is going to be. How many visiting fans will be detained? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Workers Against the Far Right event in London today

Scottish independence is 'within reach', John Swinney has said, after a poll projection put his party just one seat short of a majority at this year’s Holyrood election Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

“Grok guy” JD Vance immediately renounces Catholicism

THESE ARE NOT AURORAS: Montana is a good place to see auroras, so on Feb 17th when Jane Horton of Helena MT saw towering lights in the night sky. "Are these auroras?" Not exactly. These are light pillars caused by city lights shining into freezing air. spaceweather.com/images2026/2...

Collins stood silently in the Oval Office clutching a red MAGA hat as Trump told lies about our elections and repeated his call for the federal government to take over vote counting in certain parts of the country. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

On New Year's Eve, my daughter half-jokingly suggested that I resolve to spend 2026 embroidering a news diary--sewing one small icon to represent each day's events. I thought-- sure, I'll do it; might be a good way to process everything. Well, I'm one week in, and oof, what a knotty year it's been.

🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨 BREAKING: In a decisive victory for voters, the Utah Supreme Court upheld a fairer congressional map for the 2026 elections — dismissing the GOP Legislature’s appeal and securing a district where Democratic voters can meaningfully compete.

This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

After the SCOTUS tariff ruling, IL Gov. JB Pritzker sent President Donald Trump an invoice for $8.6 billion.

Serious question: Shouldn't the judge…also be expected to know this?

NEW: JD Vance flew to Rome to formally invite Pope Leo XIV to join America’s 250th anniversary celebration. The first American pope has declined — days after rejecting President Trump’s “Board of Peace” invitation. On July 4, he’ll be in Lampedusa, standing with migrants.

A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing A 23-year-old American was shot last March in South Padre Island. ICE’s involvement in the shooting was not disclosed until this week.

An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.

Donald Trump illegally stole $1700 from you is a gift midterm message.

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Peace is a fragile flower.” Well done, Your Holiness.

I always thought the whole "they want you dead" thing was just hyperbole. But I guess this makes the entire raw milk, no vax, more asbestos stuff make a lot more sense.

The congressional ethics office has completed its probe into Rep Tony Gonzales' (R-TX) adulterous affair with his staffer who then committed suicide when he left her. It will not release its conclusions until _after_ the Texas primary is completed. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

District of Columbia police searched Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s offices at the agency’s headquarters this month as part of its investigation of sexual assault allegations against her husband, according to three DOL officials. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

still remember the "it's too early/hyperbolic/irresponsible to compare these guys to Nazi Germany" Reasonable Posters - whom, I imagine, are waiting for the renovations to be completed before they update their priors

And railroad tracks go right by the facility.

Auschwitz-Birkenau. 😔

“We have all been here before We have all been here before”