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An old comic style of a woman looking out her window at a city skyline. The bubble says, “What a stupid time to be alive.”

Morning.

Happy heavenly birthday to the great John Lewis!! A lot of us are down here getting in good trouble, hoping we're making you proud.

Live in CLE Ohio. Last month was so bad weather-wise; zero degrees or lower. Entire house is electric. Bill? $741. Normal bill, even in summer with air conditioning is around $300 if that. We also have a Lopi fireplace that we used.

🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Unf*ckingbelievable. Ladies, move out of this hellhole.

I’m shocked.

Appreciate it, Elie. I really busted my ass to cover Trump's presser, live-posting half of it through bad wifi on a flight and then racing to an airport bar to get the rest. If you find value in my efforts, it would mean a lot to me if you signed up for my newsletter: www.publicnotice.co/subscribe

Ohio GOP Sen. Jon Husted has got some problems. First, he was taking caught donations from Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner as recently as last summer. Now he's got shady ties to the largest bribery scandal in OH history. Via @heartlandsignal.bsky.social: heartlandsignal.com/2026/02/20/j...

BREAKING: List of Epstein Victims Attending Trump's State of the Union Address: - Dani Bensky guest of Chuck Schumer - Sharlene Rochard as a guest of Rep. Randall - Liz Stein as a guest of Rep. Fernandez - Virginia Giuffre's Family as guests of Jamie Raskin Don't let Trump bury the coverup!

Declaring war against Iran won’t stop us from talking about the Epstein files. We can multitask.

One of my favorite photos of the aurora, ever!

How About That, Pam........

But placing him above the law by granting immunity and letting him wiggle out of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is totally cool.

His blood pressure has got to be through the roof right now, so if anyone has a chance to ask him an aggressive question about the Epstein files, that really could make It happen today. Come on, reporters. We'll build statues in your honor.

I hope John Roberts signed all his mortgage paperwork correctly

Trump whining that Supreme Court justices were "disloyal" to him underscores that Donald is a monumentally ignorant man who thinks like a mob boss. Below is the oath they took. It was to the Constitution, not the president. They even pledge to render decisions without regard to persons (e.g., DJT).

I guess we weren't clear when we told the DOJ to release ALL of the Epstein files. So, let's try this again:

JFC.....That was a full swallow.

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"It is difficult to comprehend the level of state-sponsored criminality we are witnessing because our country has never experienced anything like it."- #NYDailyNews (wait'll ya experience the midterms...) #AccountabilityIsComing ⚖️

OH SO FUCKING TRUE! Just gotta hope that PRESSURE will bring down Numb Nuts and his minions. Even physically, I am here for it.

In 19 days, 1 yr since I lost my Jordan, avatar. I kitty sit Mr. Puppy Dog, who I call Handsome. HUGE Maine Coon cat. Just bought a self-grooming station. Get it tomorrow. I make LOTS of stuff & have radiator brushes, but no time. Will save when I get my own kitty. So happy. Jordan begging.🥰

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

Texans: After nearly three decades in charge, “we can fix it” sounds like a confession.

If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.

Some stunning takeaways from the Les Wexner Epstein deposition today: -He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator -He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship -Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.

This reminds me of a joke I heard and I shortened it up in a pic so you get the point. GOP KNOWS without anyone saying a thing.

Holy shit. A lot of people have suggested this, but I don’t think Lieu would make the allegation unless he had seen some evidence.

Can't remember which woman it was in politics, but she swore & a MAGA mentioned she should show "decorum", but she said she had to speak at the level of MAGA to get her point across. Not verbatim, but that was the gist of it. Same here. If we have to go to their level, so be it.

EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. I start with my worst thoughts to happen to the current POTUS. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

“Force ourselves upon them” Sounds like a description from the Epstein files.

NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...

There is a disinformation attack directed at you right now centered around Pam Bondi. They are setting you up.

🚨Cat Food Recall The food was distributed to retail stores in Pennsylvania as well as Colorado, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Rhode Island, Michigan, California, Texas and Illinois, according to a company announcement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The only POTUS worse than 45 is now, officially, 47. The polling is THAT bad now. That's why they want to rig the elections. They know it's gonna be a bloodbath on top of a massacre on top of a political genocide. They're scared. We need to keep the pressure I n them & apply it even harder.

BUT - You can watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

Loud voice sunset competition 😆

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked.

So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold. We really are not a very good-natured country.

Bloody-handed dictator Putin murdered again. 😔

How come a sitting president can sue an individual, but an individual cannot sue a sitting president?

Oh, it might not be "democratic", but damn if we won't FIGHT for it to happen!!!

President Obama: "When I was president, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor there or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work"