Via the @financialreports.bsky.social My thoughts on why US "jobless growth" may have entered uncharted territory. The decoupling of growth from employment looks more persistent—and consequential—than the three previous episodes we've seen over the last 40 years: www.ft.com/content/298a... #economy

Michelle and Barack Obama were met with a 20-second ovation at the NBA All-Star Game Rock 🎸away

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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene just admitted the Epstein files were blocked by Donald Trump himself. “He fought the hardest to STOP these files from being released.” Not Democrats. Not the DOJ. Not “the deep state.” Trump.

Check out this article from Detroit Free Press: Attacking books, sports and service drives Pershing's valedictorian www.freep.com/story/news/l...

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Congratulations! WIS’s own Judi Gatson receives Richard Allen Award at 20th annual UNCF Gala www.wistv.com/2026/02/14/c...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by deadly 'dart frog' toxin, Europeans say - NBC News

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Breaking MS NOW: Some of the Epstein docs the DOJ invited members of Congress to view are STILL redacted, despite promises otherwise. Raskin says DOJ's reading room has just four computers. It would take seven years to get through the files in the current conditions established by the DOJ.

ALL NEW Talking Feds Contrarian ep, recorded live at Princeton, w/ @normeisen.bsky.social @asharangappa.bsky.social & @jenrubin.bsky.social. We examine the collapse of civic institutions, a faltering deportation push, Trump’s election threats—and why there’s still reason for hope. bit.ly/PrincetonTF

Source, talking about DOJ's "Weaponization Working Group": "It’s been incredible to watch these folks — many of whom have little to no criminal or investigative experience whatsoever —spend over a year and enumerable resources digging for the weaponization evidence of their fantasies."

Check out this article from The Detroit News: Betty DeRamus, distinguished Detroit News columnist, has died at 84 www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a... I Loved It. Gracias, Benito!

Someone could write a really interesting musical about the way in which Puerto Ricans are expected to assimilate into mainstream American culture.

When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies. It was a "sideshow," I was told.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

NEW: The Trump admin certainly put on a show last week about changing tactics in Minnesota after ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse. Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch." Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

7 key questions that Ro Khanna wants to ask Ghislaine Maxwell when she appears before Oversight tomorrow that Todd Blanche did not ask. But unlike with Blanche, Maxwell will refuse to answer them. Why is she getting special treatment from DOJ? bsky.app/profile/meid...

I had to do a double take on this one. Set free twice? Trump is so crooked. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

BREAKING: Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill at Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Check out this article from Detroit Free Press: ICE agent impersonator at Dearborn grocery store concerns immigrants www.freep.com/story/news/l...

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They sent him to die at fourteen. I’m restoring his truth to light. They buried the crime and hoped we’d forget. STINNEY isn’t a tale — it’s a warning. Read it before time repeats. Share it before truth fades. Know his name. Remember what they tried to erase: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

Good morning and Happy Thursday 👋 If you are a #NeverTrump and would like me to help grow your account please comment or leave a meme. It’s more important than ever to build a coalition and keep in touch with what’s going on in the world by this out of control regime. We are in it together. 🔂

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Can you imagine Trump's reaction if Minneapolis were to win?

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday. https://to.pbs.org/4taZPUx

A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.

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Here's my full 50-page indictment of CBP and ICE and decades of corruption, abuse of force, racism, and misogyny. I promise you — however bad you've ever thought it was, the full reality is even worse, deadlier, and more corrupt. This isn't a "Trump only" phenomenon:

It was Melania, she needs to get the negative attention off of her movie flop.

Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers' backlash apnews.com/article/trum...

Local columnist on the context of Dems flipping a deep red Tarrant County district last night www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-...