It’s way past time for threats. There’s either rule of law in the United States or there isn’t. The lack of consequences already so far suggests there isn’t.

Air Traffic Control — A cartoon by Nick Anderson

Spanberger is evolving to meet the moment. She realizes where people are and moving there instead of playing milquetoast center.

Four of them are Minnesota guys — three from the cities and one (Nelson) who is part of Minnesy’s Royal family of hockey. Perhaps not a coincidence.

"SLOPPINESS": The Trump administration claimed that a man detained by ICE had a criminal convictions for marijuana possession in 2009. The judge pointed out that the man was 4 years old at the time. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

$1.5T military budget $170B on ICE & Border Patrol $100B on tax cuts for the 1% $20B from Treasury for Argentina $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $500M sending National Guard into cities $250M on Kristi Noem's jets $100M+ on Trump's golf outings $75k for Kash Patel's Olympic trip Priorities.

For the first time since @projectsaltbox.bsky.social launched their DHS warehouse acquisition tracker, the number of canceled sales is higher than any of the other warehouse-related figures. We've reached a tipping point, folks. lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/b0...

Feb 23 poll of 2,287 U.S. adults (+/-2.6 points) % who say if President Trump wants to use military force in Iran, he should | shouldn't first seek authorization from Congress U.S. adults 67% | 17% Democrats 90% | 4% Independents 72% | 11% Republicans 40% | 36% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

A former ICE agent is blowing the whistle: Academy training is "deficient & broken." He claims he was ordered to teach cadets to bypass the Constitution & enter homes without warrants. ICE reportedly cut 240 hours of legal, firearms, and use-of-force training.

Minnesota's two US Senators are pressing Justice Dept to reverse decision and allow local investigators to have access to materials in the killing of Alex Pretti by a federal agents last month ===>

When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful. When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability. Know the truth.

A trifecta of stories about the decline in US tourism: @the-independent.com @forbes.com @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/t...

I still don't understand how this isn't the headline everywhere. If Biden or Obama said the words, "I'm allowed to destroy the country" Fox News would be giving tips on where to buy pitchforks and torches.

Good on the city government of Social Circle, GA for making these ICE documents publicly available: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

The DOGE cuts to USAID and other programs are causing mass death, and yet the debt is still shattering records.

Justice Kavanaugh openly worries that refunding billions in illegally collected tariffs will "be a mess." The Court wasn't worried about the mess IT created when it struck down Roe. And the Court wasn't too worried about the mess IT created with the half-assed Citizens United decision.

USS Gerald Ford has passed through the Gibraltar Strait. It’s on its way eastward through the Mediterranean to take position in advance of a possible US attack on Iran.

1. Trump's global tariffs were always on shaky legal ground. 2. Still heartening that Roberts, Gorsuch, & Barrett had the spine to say they're illegal. 3. The liberals held on the line on major questions! 4. Kavanaugh's dissent is an abomination. 5. Thomas' is even worse! slate.com/news-and-pol...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to lie in honor at the United States Capitol, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile figures were handled, according to sources familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/4aZJgn8

🚨 JUST IN: Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for Donald Trump to issue immediate tariff refund checks — with interest — following today's Supreme Court ruling!

“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.” she did it! her! way!!

There's a huge backlash across the political spectrum to ICE's abuses of power under Trump—the violence, racial profiling & warrantless home invasions As @democracydefendersfund.org has called for, it's time for Stephen Miller & Kristi Noem to be fired👇 democracydefendersfund.org/prs/01.27.26-pr

NEWS: Donald Trump just gave a MASSIVE handout to the richest corporations in America. How? By delivering them new tax cuts for research they've ALREADY done. Some billionaire companies will pay a lower tax rate than a public school teacher. It’s shameful.

Exonerated my ass. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

The American public, in many ways like our athletes, is woke, such that it is diverse and beautiful. It drives home the stark contrast that we are led by an administration that hates its population.

"That’s why it’s important that Minnesota be not just a shining example of what can be done. It needs to be a harbinger of what’s going to be done. It needs to be a model not just admired but emulated. We should all be Minnesotans now." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.

Yup! www.reuters.com/world/allega...

"America will get better and better," declared the Reverend Jesse Jackson on the stage of the 1988 Democratic National Convention. "Keep hope alive." Find some hope today in Jackson's speech as we remember the life of one of America's civil rights icons.

Oh, okay. I'll bite. The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution. The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.

That's probably half the accounts.

“For the signs, they are a’ changin’!”

Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"

(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)

Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)

This is insane. theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

Tillis: @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/muni...

“Joe Rogan questioned the redaction of names in the Epstein files, arguing that if someone is not a victim there should be no reason to withhold their identity, and saying the situation reflects poorly on the Trump administration. Rogan added the matter is serious…” open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Donald Trump is playing politics yet again with your money. His decision to block funding rightfully coming to our state comes at a real cost to our economy. Illinois is fighting this lawless action by Trump's DOT in court.

I will admit this was one that I had to both click through and then search for myself to believe it's real.

New: In Munich, @aoc.bsky.social warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism' She links domestic & foreign policy, saying the "rules-based order" won't survive unless regular people believe institutions are serving them. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

NEW @ms.now: The lawyer representing the woman who was shot 5x by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago in Oct says the agent is the subject of a criminal investigation by the US Attorneys Office. This would be a remarkable shift in a case that started w/ the gov’t trying to prosecute the woman he shot ⬇️

Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

Do not forget this when they ask you to thank them for giving you a couple hundred bucks back on your tax return in April.

Dem Senator Pushes Ice Director To Admit His Officers Have No Place at Polling Stations talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...