“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing

Because of seasonal adjustments, a 0.4% increase in overall prices, a 0.6% increase in groceries, and 1.6% increase in electricity prices for Jan are all reported as lower. Because the models count on companies jacking up prices at the start of the year. But you are still paying more. #EconSky

I say ICE horror has awakened people's awareness of their social/econ ties to immigrants. That gives Ds an opening to restate case for path to legalization+making legal immigration easier+plus asylum/enforcement concessions. This piece suggests a way to do it. 10/ newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Kristi Noem does not want "transparency." Her reasons for wanting body cameras are wholly sinister. She thinks they can be used to generate even more racist propaganda, to demonize ICE's victims. www.salon.com/2026/02/13/t...

“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

In govts around the world, people in the Epstein files are resigning in disgrace. In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace. In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.

It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.

There must be a dozen fireable offenses listed in this piece: *Noem firing civil servants without cause *Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun *Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms

Unless the retreat brings the two dead innocent people back to life and frees the thousands penned up in inhumane detention camps, it does not.

Another story from @theguardian.com on how Wisconsin-based Uline, run by some of the biggest Republican political donors in the nation, is exploiting migrant labor. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I'm sorry but if you are a public commentator and your line in 2024 was like "pro-worker Republicans like Josh Hawley and JD Vance are building an interesting new labor-friendly lane for the second Trump administration" you are both dumb and dangerous and should retire

Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) defends Attorney General Pam Bondi's disastrous testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee meeting yesterday to Newsmax. "I thought Attorney General Bondi really hit the nail on the head..."

Ending this operation is not enough. We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

It would be the epic circus of all time to have Stephen Miller testify But if Republicans won't do it before the midterms, the Democrats must when they take charge The evil acts committed by ICE didn't occur in a vacuum. Someone in the administration gave the orders. Miller is the prime suspect

New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...

It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag

Alternatively: We are imposing new requirements to private businesses that will discourage them from serving people on SNAP.

The El Paso story is a perfect little slice of Trumpism. You take the combined incompetence of our Dep'ts of Transportation, Defense & Homeland Security and create a major public safety risk, shut down a major airport, alarm our neighbors that we are about attack them & shoot down a party balloon.

At Capitol, @GovEvers and Speaker Vos talk of using $2.5 billion Wis surplus for more $$$ for K-12 schools and lower property taxes. Then Sen Leader LeMahieu goes WILD CARD with $500/$1,000 rebate checks. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2026/02/surp... @senhesselbein.bsky.social @repgreta.bsky.social

Headlines say 130,000 jobs added in January. But it's all concentrated in 3 sectors, while other 80% of US jobs market went DOWN by total of 26,500. Also, 2025 job growth revised down to 181,000 TOTAL, worst non-COVID total since 2009. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2026/02/dont... #EconSky #inners

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

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So some economic indicators are okay, maybe even good, some are not great. It is however very funny that president Bring Back Manly Manufacturing Jobs is seeing all his job growth in private health care & education.

Wow. CBO estimates that U.S. consumers bear 95 PERCENT OF THE TRUMP TARIFFS. Basically, foreign firms bear 5% of them, U.S. companies bear 30% of them but other U.S. companies get to raise prices on consumers from less competition so that nets to zero. And consumers pay rest.

the sort of information environment where you wish the FAA was not run by a contestant on the Real World, the Department of Defense by a Fox and Friends drunk, and DHS by Corey Lewandowski

Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning

Ahead of what is likely bad jobs news tomorrow, we get data today that shows disappointing retail sales in December and lowest pay raises in several years. But DOW hits another record today, because they want lower rates from bad economy. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2026/02/weak... #EconSky #inners

"If the data revisions play out as expected tomorrow, the United States may have just had a year with essentially no net job growth, yet without being in a recession." stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/a-year-wit...

We've only grown at 15% when we've been at full war, and under when we had 90% taxes on the rich under FDR and Truman. We KNOW Donnie won't tax his oligarch buddies at 90%, but what about that war part....? @pocan.house.gov @wisdems.org

The only reason you go to the mattresses to keep the masks on is because you know people are gonna find pardoned J6ers and guys on those sex offender lists who couldn't get jobs elsewhere amongst the ranks

"yes, I did take my kids to the pedophile island, which I previously lied about publicly and you should not read into that. I mean come on guys, it's not like I LEFT them there"

NEW: Over the last several months, ICE has carried out a secret campaign to place new and expanded facilities for its agents and lawyers in nearly every state and major metro area in the US—over 150 in all. @wired.com is publishing dozens of these locations; @leahfeiger.bsky.social has the scoop:

The real news here is Peter Navarro saying lower jobs numbers *are good* because they (supposedly) indicate fewer immigrants are working in the US. Trump-MAGA ideology values sheer numbers of removals over pretty much all else because their top priority is ethnic reengineering.

The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.

They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.

my feeling is that if we are going to let AI loose we should start simple and low-risk, like criminal profiling, autonomous driving and medical advice before we let it handle complex tasks

Now we learn from Reps of both parties who saw the unredacted Epstein files today that Trump, Bondi, & Blanche are covering up the absolute worst things in the Epstein files to protect the wealthy, powerful and politically connected. DOJ is being run by criminal co-conspirators.

His policies break even with ALL rural Americans, but 1/4 of rurals are non-white. Subtract them and surely a majority of white rurals support his immigration policies! But don’t dare criticize white rural voters. It’s not allowed. They love America more than you do. @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Rep. Stansbury: “The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.”

Dem presidential candidates should be loudly proclaiming how they will break media consolidations that occurred during the Trump administration

Don't forget: Last fall, Kristi Noem boasted that ICE would be "all over" the Super Bowl, and said only people who "love this country" should attend. Now ICE enforcement operations there won't happen. It's very plausible ICE would face a hostile reception. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2062...

Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found. www.nber.org/papers/w34791

Yes, Alexa as something that tries to kill Chris Pratt is EXACTLY the angle to take in 2026. Way to be in touch. @edzitron.com

This right here. They don't watch sports. They just don't. The people in control are Trump and Vance. The popular people online are nerds who should've gotten swirlies. Streamers. There's no sports to be found with these basement dwellers. And that's the American Right.

Celebrating 250 years of democracy by only allowing vassals willing to pay tribute an opportunity to speak to the King.

"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

“Epstein Class” is catchy as fuck