I went and saw Project Hail Mary. A guy came in with his service dog and the dog sat there the whole time just concentrating on the movie. Afterwards I told the guy I was amazed your dog watched the movie like that. He replied, me too especially because he hated the book.

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

Soon to be appearing in midterm political ads for Democratic candidates nationwide. Thanks, Darnold. 🙏

Hegseth’s embrace of vice signaling is most obvious in his efforts to combine his adolescent, gung-ho excitement about war with Christian prayer, which results in a rancid mess that should offend believers and nonbelievers alike. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Well done. #NoKings

Murphy: I have great sympathy for our soldiers and our military leaders they are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind. And so it's no surprise that this war is going horribly

Tom Nichols: We're being governed by a bunch of juveniles who think war is some kind of fist-pumping video game. I can tell you taught hundreds of military officers over the years, they take this business a lot more seriously. This isn't just B-roll footage from a bad movie.

Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks. They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors. Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption. Watch how they vote this week.

"The Peace President." [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]

First impression: This is regime change, lots of ways for it to go wrong, a few it could go right, but at huge risk: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

If wannabe Nazis now confidently roam the halls of power—and the streets of American cities—it is because Republican leaders have made them feel at home. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Hegseth, among others, is using the school as a punching bag to express the generic social anxiety and status-based resentment that drives much of the MAGA movement. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"Pete Hegseth might consider adding another task to his many duties, one that would be of immense help to the nation and to the armed forces: He should shut up." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

You misspelled "BORED".

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

Tom Nichols about Trump being an aspiring fascist: “Donald Trump is saying really terrifyingly fascist things about taking over other countries and owning them, and anyone who disagrees with him is his enemy. And I think that’s starting to break through.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Make it viral.

STRAIGHT UP MURDER

#MinneapolisShooting The Shot Heard Round the World. This needs to be the end of ICE. SPREAD THE MINNEAPOLIS VIDEO!

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

Agree 100% with this.

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

And I like this guy…

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Huge turnout for the No Kings March in Hilliard, Ohio. Very peaceful.

bingo

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

#Hegseth is openly advocating that soldiers can do war crimes with his backing. This speech explains why Trump pardons murders and other war criminals.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

resistance through art

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So let me get this straight. The guy who wants to reward Russia for invading Ukraine, encouraged Israel to do more genociding in Gaza, and is using the military against his own citizens wants the Nobel Peace Prize?

Here goes another one. Gavin Newsom press office are killing it every time!

When Trump declared a public safety emergency in D.C. Monday & took control of the Metro Police, also announcing he'd bring in the National Guard, the rules that apply everywhere else were not in play. The situation is unique & it’s important for us to understand. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 

the clown car arrives in the White House briefing room

Trump says he's invoking the "Home Rule Act" by placing the DC police department "under direct federal control", despite violent crime in DC hitting a 30 year low

Thou shalt not use tariffs to tax working class Americans and then pretend the money is being paid by foreign countries.