If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

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Incompetence just trashing everything especially the planet.

Goldman: "Republicans have created distrust of our electoral system -- not based on evidence -- and then they're gonna say, 'Oh, we have to solve this mistrust we've created.' No. That's not how it works."

Dilley must be shut down and everyone inside must be freed and provided immediate medical care. www.sacurrent.com/news/two-mon...

So freedom is not slavery?

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Exactly. Russian broadcasting media today are leading with Rubio's election campaigning on the stump with Viktor Orbán. "Your victory is ours," Rubio is quoted as saying. "Он наш," says the Russian reporter, "he's ours."

The essence of the Big Lie

Mike Luckovich

President Trump keeps threatening to unilaterally impose rules (like voter ID requirements) on upcoming elections. Today's "One First" explains why, whether as a matter of constitutional law, existing federal statutes, or simple, practical logistics, his (ominous) threats are ultimately empty ones:

So… perjury?

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

Still waiting for Senate to hang the Jan 6 plaque

Good morning

This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.

wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that

Kavanaugh Stop

“In less than a year, DHS has attacked the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 14th amendments to the US Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus, the independent judiciary, and much more,” states David Bier before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri

‘We almost lost you in the night’ - the life-threatening rise of measles in the UK

Who Save America Act could disenfranchise: -146 million without passport -69 million married women who took spouse's last name -21 million without ready access to citizenship docs -21 million without current drivers license -Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office

Erm

Brilliantly said.

Of course I have to

A thread, with lots of data, about how Trump-Vance-Miller have not only lost the big argument about ICE they've also lost it about mass deportation. The country wants DHS to deport criminals and leave the rest of us alone 👇

France correctly approaching the exposure of an international pedophile ring as a prosecutorial problem; not taking the American route of doing damage control for the elite.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Eight years of Jeffrey Epstein Coverage by the Miami Herald How we got here jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/eight-year...

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

I mean, in 1966 a bunch of Christian conservative activists inspired people around the country to burn Beatles albums because they were so triggered by something John Lennon said about Jesus. youtu.be/fZPCjQSoEUg?...

Shame

Just want to wish you all a Hapy Valentine’s Day from Quintana Roo

as always, the proper stance when trump and the goons sue is “fuck you, make me”

Russia poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a toxin from a poison dart frog, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom said today.

“Should you give partisan speeches to our troops? Please answer the question I asked.”

LFG

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

seems bad

The Trump Administration & Its Lackeys Can't Escape the Epstein Connection The Epstein documents reveal more disturbing allegations of rape, trafficking, torture & a eugenics worldview where Epstein sought to impregnate his victims to seed the future of humanity. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Not his job.

NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.

After so many stories, I am still stunned by the inhumanity this story uncovers. Here's what I want from political officeholders and candidates: That they make clear to immigration officials at every level that they'll be criminally investigated & prosecuted for these crimes. Orders are no excuse.

Evil

So that’s a no

Maybe she should just do this.

NEW: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem joined election deniers in Arizona to rally support for a suppressive bill that would disenfranchise millions. Noem also encouraged state election officials to use the department’s citizenship verification program, despite it incorrectly flagging dozens of citizens.

I’m just going to leave this here

Narrator: "He lost the popular vote in 2016 by about 2.9 million votes."