Is this fucking Pilgrim's Progress, what is going on

Donald Trump canceled Direct File after giant tax prep companies spent millions lobbying. Why? Because Direct File let you file your taxes for free. So today, I’m introducing a bill to make Direct File the law of the land. And 160 members of Congress are joining me.

Good to see our health care workers and hospitals get the recognition they deserve. As we protect Canada’s world-class health care system, we’re also determined to make it better —  by building new facilities and ensuring our health professionals have the support they need.

Here's the thread on that original story. bsky.app/profile/gbru...

As Trump ramps up his warmongering with Iran, his own son-in-law Jared Kushner — who is leading negotiations with Iran — stands to profit from lucrative contracts with its regional rivals. The Trump family's insatiable greed endangers us all.

Donald Trump’s plan to steal the 2026 midterm elections is already underway.

The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections. n.pr/4r2kMyH

EPSTEIN COVER UP Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews | CNN www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/u...

Wow. The government just apparently crippled the tool that people are using to track contracts like these DHS ones. I'm told this is the tool Schiff's office is using to track the ICE contracts for military-style weaponry I reported on in the piece/thread below. www.404media.co/the-governme...

'IT ENDS TODAY': A federal judge in NJ says the Trump admin has continued to violate court orders in immigration cases and says he's prepared to haul in DOJ and DHS officials under oath. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This went otherwise unremarked: “If you listened to the State of the Union, you might have noticed—between the awarding of medals and airing of grievances—Trump’s call for an end to mail-in ballots. He said: ‘We have to stop it, John,’ while looking directly at Chief Justice John Roberts.”

ICE chase of a van in Newark ended in a multi-vehicle crash that hit several cars, including one with three kids (two 15 yr olds and a 12 yr old). Mayor Ras Baraka blasted ICE for engaging in a high-risk pursuit on city streets. #ProudBlue 📹: afrikathreg/IG

a horrifying story. This regime is killing people in point blank murders, but also though the violence and cruelty of carelessly throwing people in a system designed to treat them as less than human. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

The level of rage I have towards the New York Times that enabled this while blaming us for it is indescribable.

The Save Act 2.0 bills would make voting harder for: -communities of color -low-income people, -people with disabilities, -married women, -rural Americans, -and other marginalized communities.

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

I learned from this new Miami Herald story that Alex Acosta, who cut the secret sweetheart deal with serial rapist Jeffrey Epstein in 2008, is now on the board of directors of the right-wing propaganda outlet Newsmax. Figures. (Here's a gift link from journalism hero Julie Brown.)

Trump and JD Vance sent 3,000 ICE agents to Minnesota. They laid this on our doorstep. They must fix what they broke - and I'm running for US Senate to avenge Minnesota.

The party that gets aggressively on the right side of this issue is going to win a lot of elections in a lot of places over the next decade. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Jared Kushner must’ve been too busy.

The timing of this is all about Kash’s desperation to change the narrative from his trip to Italy.

This essentially makes any appropriations package that Dems agree to vote for utterly worthless. How can any Dem vote for any appropriation as part of negotiations when JD Vance will just grab the money if it’s going to a blue state? bsky.app/profile/atru...

In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record. Meanwhile, Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

The senior Republican in Congress is all in for Trump shutting down all Medicare payments to Minnesota. Hope his electorate remembers that this November.

Viktor Orban is a pro-Putin authoritarian thug and the fact that Trump, Vance & Rubio have openly campaigned for him against freedom-loving Hungarians who want him finally out of power is disgusting, dishonorable & disgraceful. But typical of them because that is what they are.

BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student. "Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"

The Dept of Labor this morning. Big Pedo is watching.

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes."

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

"Every one of these individuals is a person of color who has had this happen to them." I implore you to watch this poignant statement in full! And please share! #StopICE #StopTheMadness #StopTrump #Resist 👊🏼

NEW: An emboldened President Trump has shown an increased eagerness to leverage the full investigative, prosecutorial and legislative powers of the federal government to bend election mechanics to his will. On rising fears of subversion w/ Nick C: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Why will Trump & Republicans get their asses handed to them in November? This. This right here is why Trump & Republicans will get their asses handed to them in November.👇

February 25, 2026

Canadian man in ICE custody says he thought agents were only focusing on ‘criminals and murderers’

NEW: (gift) A Miami Herald Investigation: How Jeffrey Epstein Beat the Justice System by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social and @clurhealy.bsky.social www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

This is very good reporting that sheds light on just how small the extremely pro-Trump online right really is. The online right is totally astroturfed. The White House's own staffers are running meme accounts to make them look more popular than they are. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

Statement from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior of the event: "Note from the Ministry of the Interior: On the morning of February 25, 2026, a violating speedboat was detected within Cuban territorial waters. The vessel, registered in Florida, United States..."

Hey everybody we are reporting live from outside the Dilley Family Detention Center in Texas. As soon as we got here the prison security guys called the cops on us. Video below is of a local county deputy telling us they reported us to the sheriff’s office. See you at 4p ET on Substack and YouTube.

Bonta: I’m worried about the fact that California is a universal vote-by-mail state—many states are—and the U.S. Postal Service is an entity of the federal government. Could ballots be seized while on their way before they’re counted?

Israel committed two-thirds of record press killings in 2025: CPJ

Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

NEW: Among other steps that President Donald Trump will take to undermine a fair election this fall, he’ll likely use the U.S. Department of Justice to bring a flood of litigation aiming to challenge Democratic wins and shape the rules in the GOP’s favor. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

Last year, the dangerous pattern of neglect and abuse at ICE detention facilities resulted in a record number of deaths. This can't go on. Our members of Congress must act now.

This is to remind people that Trump lied when he told us this billion dollar operation “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program when in fact we just learned (from Trump’s Iran envoy!) it did nothing and Iran is now a week away from having a bomb.

"He was yelling 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe' as they hit him" DHS deported one of the witnesses to the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at Camp East Montana. He was held in disciplinary segregation at the time when guards choked the 55-year-old Cuban immigrant to death.

Not sure I’d exactly recommend reading these back-to-back… prolib.substack.com/p/the-pentag...

ICE's stocking of armories of military armaments for its rapidly growing masked militia, and establishment of a national network of ad hoc concentration camps, together signal the creation of an "internal security" police force that looks disturbingly like those of the Hitler and Stalin states.

Great news: Today the Supreme Court unanimously rejected GEO Group's attempt to expand sovereign immunity to government contractors. We filed an amicus brief in the case in September: