VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.

OMG!!! Nithya is who we want to be mayor of Los Angeles. I've worked with her personally through @hofoco.org. She's a progressive who actually gives a shit about helping people, not enriching herself. THE DREAM CANDIDATE: www.latimes.com/california/s...

ICE was flawed from day one... born out of post-9/11 fear and built on policies that blurred national security with domestic control. Some systems don’t need reform. They need to be abolished. #AbolishICE #ICEtapo #FDT

ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...

on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.

The intercept was around April 17, during which period Tulsi was also lying about Venezuela for Trump. After that, there was great turmoil in NSA, and Tulsi tried to take over the counterintelligence function.

The Guardian has a rough outline of what the Tulsi whistleblower complaint is about: NSA found someone close to Trump in contact with foreign intelligence, and rather than doing something about that, Tulsi brought the report to Susie Wiles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved - Kurt Vonnegut Pic of the day #photography

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...

The ICE officer who kicked a 9 month old puppy was fired. The ICE officers who murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti have faced no discipline at all .

New in PN: @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Trump's betrayal of Europe "They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen. And yes, you do hear Europeans saying, 'why aren’t people protesting?' This all comes as a real shock to people who had a different expectation of what America was."

Instead of firing 300 journalists, the Washington Post should fire the executives who approved the endorsement of Bondi. In the meantime, if you want to support the pro-democracy outlet that understood the threat from the start, subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After deleting the post, Trump told reporters he "didn't make a mistake."

When you think about it, he has acted out this diagnosis his entire life. Think of "grab 'em by the p*ssy" comment or the assaulting a neighboring airplane seat-mate ... www.npr.org/2016/10/14/4...

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WATCH — @patryanforcongress : “DHS and ICE are attempting to build a national network of warehouses for mass detention… 80,000 at a time… tens of billions of dollars… Trump’s multi-billionaire donors will benefit…”

Records Show Trump Commerce Secretary Entered a Business Deal With Jeffrey Epstein After Epstein’s Sex Crime Conviction Howard Lutnick, the U.S. commerce secretary, said he cut off Jeffrey Epstein in disgust in 2005. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/records-sh...

"Repugnant to the First Amendment" Court filing from Washington Post blasts Trump Admin for raiding & seizing from reporter Hannah Natanson Among many, many arguments, paper says Trump Admin has stopped Natanson "from receiving dozens of daily tips" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.

Howard Lutnick is BEYOND shady...he took his fucking kids to the island, I believe.

11 years old !!!

If you were looking for an exposition of what British values *could* be you could do a lot worse than Ian McKellen wielding Shakespeare like a rapier.

Epstein Bill Clinton This is a victim documenting her journey through legal system. She mentions names from 23 and Me, Harvey Weinstein, Naomi Campbell, and many others. "I want to be very clear: I consider Bill Clinton a co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein's..." www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

I don't want to hear a conservative talk about the "rule of law" ever again.

Yeah, f🤬 him

Donald Trump's insults on the soldiers who served in Afghanistan sends a clear message to Canadians and Europe. On this episode of @meidascanada.ca we look at being a good ally with Greenland / Ukraine and what it means to have a dangerous neighbour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vZ...

My point is that they've become so inured to Trump's corrosive effect on institutions and norms, and so invested in defending their prior rejection of more far-sighted critics' claims, that they shrug off things that under any other circumstances they'd see as existential threats to US democracy.

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved. DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.

The US could follow the UK's lead when it comes to accountability and transparency, but that would lead to more exposure for Convicted Felon Donald Trump:

Everywhere he goes he causes problems.

In California:

"You are not alone in looking at this mountain of rancid shit and wondering where to start and what you should know as you go along. So, I’m starting this guide, which is intended to be just as helpful to myself in understanding all of it." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...

Putin and his supporters don't want you to know this: 4 years into the full-scale invasion, Russia controls less Ukrainian territory today than it did 4 weeks in. A strategic failure. Map: @thestudyofwar.bsky.social

The devil went down to Georgia, looking for an election to steal, He was in a bind, 'cause he was way behind, and he needed to make a deal.

🇨🇦🇺🇦 Canada is transferring AIM missiles to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense and counter cruise missiles — delivery already underway. Also discussed joint drone production, military training, and experience sharing, - Fedorov

Hey @cbsnews.com : why are you giving #Epstein ‘s buddy “Dr.” Attia a platform, hmm? Boycott CBS.

Russian soldiers are starving on the frontlines. It's freezing and they aren't getting enough to eat.

NEW w/ @kevinjfrey.bsky.social: Congress will be able to view unredacted versions of the publicly released Epstein files beginning Monday, according to a letter sent to members from a DOJ official & obtained by @ms.now More on why the timing's significant below:

After 15 years, GOP Rep Mark Amodei of Nevada won't seek re-election. Call him and tell him he should leave early.

ICE must be reined in. In Texas and everywhere else: Vote out the GOP, who are letting them run rampant.

I must say, I am quite impressed with the White House press core. I mean, if someone lied right to my face, knew she was lying and knew I knew she was lying, and then spoke to me like I was some kind of moron, I would probably lose my shit and put that pathetic hack in her place. That's just me.. 🤷‍♂️

My law firm intervened in every case DOJ has filed to gain access to states' sensitive voting data. So far we have won several and lost none. But this is going to be a long fight for free and fair elections.

I find it interesting that the UK is removing Mandelson from everything they can. The king demoted his own brother. Brazil sent their former leader to prison. So has South Korea. And yet, the so-called best country in the world is allowing trump and the republicans to destroy us.