"President Trump may get lucky and find that his attacks achieve some outcomes that serve US interests. But it is hard to envision that the net result will be an improvement in US or world security."

🚨 IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI KILLED IN ATTACKS, BODY FOUND IN RUBBLE, ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY. U.S. OFFICIALS SAY KHAMENEI AND 5-10 IRANIAN LEADERS, INCLUDING THE TOP IRGC COMMANDER, BELIEVED TO BE KILLED IN INITIAL ISRAELI STRIKE ON COMPOUND.

Well, that’s going to make the US escalation worse.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

Radiohead has issued a statement responding to the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized use of their song "Let Down" in a recent social media video.

It’s the Jeffrey Epstein War

And Unauthorized and illegal war of course

Thou shalt not start a war to distract from the Epstein files

America now has state-compromised media. When 60 Min or CNN is in trouble, we’re all in trouble. Trump has cracked the code in how to hurt the press. MAGA corporations must not control the news. I discuss today with @thewarningses.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social on Substack and YouTube.

Major news update: Republican Senators break from Trump and demand release of all Epstein Files and accusations against Trump. Pentagon furious as Anthropic refuses to allow it use of AI to conduct mass surveillance. CNN staff grow concerned as Paramount set to take over. Subscribe to support:

This is what happens when the Secretary of HHS rejects science and adopts conspiracy theories. And, unless we stop it, epidemics could become much worse. www.uchealth.org/today/is-mea...

Important update: Pam Bondi faces articles of impeachment over Epstein Files. DOJ caught scrubbing even more horrific allegations against Trump. Trump State of the Union ratings fall. United States moves very close to war with Iran. Subscribe to support my work.

Al Green didn’t last long.

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds: Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows Chronic ocean heating is fuelling a “staggering and deeply concerning” loss of marine life, a study has foun...

Some footage from the chaos unfolding in Guadalajara in Jalisco due to the defeat of el Mencho.

Trump propaganda networks quickly moved to spread disinformation during the Mexico operation against the CJNG, creating panic amongst the population and tourists. The Mexican embassy to the US had to intervene and call out Trump's alleged mistress for spreading disinfo.

The Mexican army killed the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," in an operation Sunday, a federal official said. n.pr/4s8Mivi

Mexican drug lord "El Mencho" killed in military operation-government source reut.rs/4tMpVgI

CNN: The Supreme Court rules that President Trump’s emergency tariffs are illegal.

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

Congrats on helping launch another meaningless distraction from the Epstein Files.

“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.” This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate." #TrumpSyndicate

“We’ll make up our own international laws, with blackjack and hookers”

Cool, it only took us about 90 years to go back to concentration camps, and an axis that promises to bring peace to the world forcefully…

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.

If you think that's bad...

California is powered by two-thirds clean energy and has one of the world's largest economies, proving you can fight climate change and thrive at the same time. The climate crisis is an immediate security challenge — and California will always meet the moment.

Of course they’re going to commit fraud, they already did last time and nothing happened to them. They even tried an insurrection and they got back in power successfully. Why would people ever think “They’re not dumb enough to do it again” if they’re telling us out in the open they will?

If we get to arrest, convict, and jail the Trump-Epstein class, then Trump was right, we did get to drain the swamp… one can hope.

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons." The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.

Time for some distractions from the Epstein files, the FAA closing El Paso airspace says

Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.

Trump shows up over a million times in the unredacted Epstein files. And that's the half they released. Imagine what's in the half they didn't release. That means that the DOJ redacted Trump's name about 950K times in the 3M documents they released. www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...

The Trump DOJ has violated hundreds of court orders surrounding ICE. ICE agents are breaking people's skulls, exploiting kids, collecting trophies from victims, and leaving death cards. Nothing about this has to do with law enforcement. It's all about racialized terrorism.

And it’s all because of Donald Trump. The reason why there is zero accountability in America for anyone who was pals with Epstein is because Epstein’s best pal is in the White House. That’s why.

This administration is a criminal administration.

Don’t you get it yet? The elite have always had their own justice Tier, they pay the most gold for preferential treatment. It’s a rule as old as I am, in fact it was I who gave that order initially. Since Gods and Kings were untouchable to normal men.

This is the message MAGA is protesting.

🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.

Major updates: Republican Congressman threatens “nuclear option” to expose names of Epstein co-conspirators on House floor. Epstein survivors release powerful PSA. Trump DOJ failed to search key Epstein property where abuse occurred. More resignations after files released.

Truth.

Major update: New Epstein emails outline list of powerful people, including Donald Trump. Possible Epstein-Russia-Israel connection deepens. More horrific emails that everyone needs to see as Pam Bondi faces scrutiny on Capitol Hill. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

NEW: House Republicans Friday unveiled an amended version of their voter suppression bill that, if it became law, would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump. This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.