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Three phone calls and one mysteriously cancelled red card later, we’ll never know if the US could have won fairly. Donald Trump did what Donald Trump does best: Insert himself and leave a stench.

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will go down in history as two of the people who stood at the doorway and blocked the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act when democracy and Black political power were under assault.

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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One thing you can do right now: Cancel your Paramount and Warner Bros subscriptions and sign up for as many pro-democracy outlets as you are able. You can start with Democracy Docket: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

If we genuinely want to see this nation survive, we better all...dig deep...and find that place where the most enduring and unforgiving "FUCK YOU!" lives and breathes. With it...it's possible. Without it? You already know the answer.

One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals. When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.

Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else. newrepublic.com/post/206088/...

FIRED? Who gives a fuck about “fired”?!? How about “send them to jail for life”? And I mean ALL of ‘em.

Liam goes home… www.instagram.com/reel/DUOW4_E...

The king of law firm capitulators was also apparently an Epstein fanboy. www.ft.com/content/e12a...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...

For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL: When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.

As someone who had the lowest possible expectations for Democratic leadership and electeds, watching Democrats in Congress see my neighbors brutalized by a government hellbent on causing us harm and then clumsily change the topic is… radicalizing

NBA game in London. Someone screams “Leave Greenland alone!” during US national anthem. The crowd reacts in support.

This board member resigned immediately after my reporting came out earlier this week in the @texasobserver.org www.texasobserver.org/dallas-texas...

I think we are getting close to the point at which the athletes on Minnesota professional sports teams should start refusing to take the field/court/ice Something has to be done to underscore the national emergency we are in, because I still do not think corporate media gets it

A group of Epstein survivors just formally demanded that the DOJ Inspector General open an investigation into how the heavily redacted Epstein files were released. They’re demanding action now to release the files and we stand with them.

Relics of an imperialist past. These people are American nationals, denied US citizenship or the right to vote. boltsmag.org/prosecuted-f...

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.” futurism.com/future-socie...

The truth seems obvious to anyone willing to open their eyes. Trump has decided that whatever the files contain is more damaging to him than the political cost of keeping them under wraps as the country clamors for their release. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/for-...

If you type "Democrats aren't in power so they can't do anything" in my mentions I will block you into the fucking sun

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Tylenol, schmylenol. Raise your hand if your mom smoked and drank while she was pregnant with you (basically anyone Gen X or older).

Strangely, many Americans don't seem to understand 3 things: 1. Trump has stopped ALL aid to Ukraine, financial, military & humanitarian. 2. Then US has NO role or leverage in Ukraine. 3. Trump's alleged attempts at peacemaking are empty or even harmful gestures.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

Give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you can wait for him offshore and then blow him apart with a precision-guided missile for trying. We are the world's most soulless cretins, deserving of the deepest contempt from any and every civilized society.

Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else reut.rs/3JYLkkp

Hey HB folks, heads up. A local white nationalist with a history of violence, Ryan Sanchez, is holding a vigil for Charlie Kirk on the pier at 7PM. He’s been calling for violence against the left for a long time and has been actively recruiting. Advise you stay away, nothing good will happen.

Trump regime operatives exposed in plot to undermine Denmark and overthrow the government in Greenland. Regime operatives attempted to disrupt democracy through misinformation and disruption operations aimed at recruiting traitors and collaborators to help sway public consensus towards the US.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

you know what made the Guadalupe flood disaster worse? A catastrophic failure of GOP leadership at the federal level, the state level, and the local level. What is in common here is failure and the GOP.

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

Terry Moran, if you’re reading this: the door is open.

Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

Let's check in our nation's institutions. One table each for: Colleges & Universities Law Firms Religious Organizations & Leaders Businesses Civil Society Individuals Special thanks to my research assistant, Claude.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

BREAKING: Senator Chris Van Hollen says he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia tonight “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance,” Van Hollen tweeted.

My message to the barrister castratos who have cut deals with Trump: "Exit take: Fuck you, and all your contumacious works, you cowardly brood of white-shoed lickspittles. But I repeat myself. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...