Hmm, now how would we do THAT? 🤡

EVERCORE: “.. we expect the differences between 122 and IEEPA to be ironed out, so that the overall deal frameworks persist. .. “.. so we think other countries will generally heed his warning not to “play games. The U.S.-EU deal seemed the most in jeopardy ..”

“.. Presidents of all stripes treat the State of the Union as if it’s some sort of endurance sport that’s going to land them in Guinness World Records.” @jesskarl.bsky.social #SOTU www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

Today’s trade coverage headed into #SOTU: @wsj.com @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"The larger significance here is that yet again, there is no meaningful connection between what Trump says he’s going to do and what he actually does..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

"Three Labor Department staffers, all political appointees, accused the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer of touching them inappropriately... "He remains banned from department headquarters amid an inquiry by the department’s inspector general www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

If you have time to read only one news article about tonight's state of the union before the speech, I think this piece by Glenn Kessler should be it: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

when the justice department reveals itself to be untrustworthy, then surprise! the courts no longer trust the justice department: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Well, we know that from J6.

oh dear Kash Patel was using the FBI's private jet to visit his mom... "The evidence response team instead had to drive through the night amid a snowstorm..." www.ms.now/news/senator...

Here is Rep. Al Green holding up a sign that according to CNN's Manu Raju said "Black people are not apes” before Steve Scalise pulled it down

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

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GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales is facing mounting pressure to resign from some of his Republican colleagues following allegations of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a staffer, who later died by suicide.

In Minnesota, despite showing documents proving active immigration cases, pending visas, or even US citizenship, residents were arrested and detained by ICE for days or weeks. But many who were later set free are now encountering a new challenge: ICE isn’t giving back their immigration documents.

These guys are both very sharp and this will be a great listen:

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

“Psychologically, [Trump's] deteriorating. He’s getting worse. He’s dangerous. He’s a nut job. He’s a criminal. He’s a malicious human being who has no conscience, no morals, no remorse, no empathy. And he controls 5,000 nuclear weapons.”

Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”

Jeffries: "These poll numbers for Donald Trump are like an extinction-level event"

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“.. They’re very engaged in the project called ‘Canada’ right now. I think they want to make sure that Canada remains a secure and sovereign country.” @politico.com #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

It's fun to watch Ted Cruz tie the Kash Patel anchor chain around his neck like an idiot, but in between these comments he tries to defend Patel by saying that murder rates across the country has dropped and, uh, does he think the FBI is out there working local murder cases?

A party of morons. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Republicans continuing to use the fact that someone worked in a service industry job when they were younger as an insult. I guess we can’t all go to Oxford like Kennedy.

People hate us all over the world who didn’t last year, many laugh at us, most shake their heads and wonder what they hell we were thinking, and many fear what our unhinged maniac will do from one day to the next. Make Fear Great Again - the Republican brand. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Why the hell not, here's a vermilion flycatcher chick jamming out. 🪶 🐣

You might not want to hear this, but we're going to win, we're going to make our enemies pay, and we're going to turn their legacies to ash. 🪶 🐣

SCOTUS opinions dropping soon, post cats to soften the blow.

We've let the wrong people define masculinity. It’s time we take it back. Real masculinity is doing what's right, and doing it with kindness, empathy and compassion. @principlesfirst.bsky.social

Don't let up!!!! #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinFiles

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

This is absolutely a moment for people to try to understand Tourette’s, but it’s also a moment for BBC and BAFTA to denounce racism. Both can happen and should. !

The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of tariff revenue collected from President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, which were rendered illegal by the Supreme Court last week. https://cnn.it/3OYGypn

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received a standing ovation after addressing the European Parliament on the four-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. He thanked lawmakers for their continued support.

This is big news! SB 6239 appears to be dead. Credit to Washington House Dems for hearing loud and clear that balancing the budget on the backs of survivors wasn’t acceptable. @housedemocrats.wa.gov And shout out to everyone who pushed this into the spotlight. This is what people power looks like.

“As President, I do not have to go back to Congress to get approval of Tariffs. It has already been gotten” I can’t stop seeing/hearing this. I’m weeping 💀our president belongs in a teen movie parody

I like U.S. Senate candidates who don’t cut and paste their policies from other candidates’ websites from other states. This rundown of Jasmine Crockett’s original, Texas specific policies is exactly what doing your own homework actually looks like.

SoFi Stadium worker was fired after threatening to call ICE on Latino concertgoers. Let’s be clear. Weaponizing ICE against Latino folks is racist and never OK. In this context, the firing was absolutely warranted.

I’d rather shove a hot poker in my eye than watch Trump’s State of the Union address tonight. How about you? #SOTU

“.. The uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs put a sudden brake on deal activity that looked like ‘it was gangbusters’ as recently as January of last year, she said.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

GORSUCH: “.. permanent accretion of power in the hands of one man. That is no recipe for a republic.” 👀

“There is no hate like Christian love.” That adage came to mind recently as I was scrolling through the X timelines of Andrew Isker and C.Jay Engel, co-hosts of what Isker has described as the “Number One Christian Nationalist Podcast in the World.” open.substack.com/pub/hatecome...

This is a joke. No one should be investigating the Trump UN escalator incident. But someone should be investigating the Pretti and Good murders. END/

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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