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The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.

Here is the federal complaint filed against Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, along with the supporting FBI affidavit: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

One of the most anti-democratic countries in Europe is a friend to US. Very revealing.

Sucks to be you, small businesses

Europeans should take over Radio Free Europe if Trump cuts it - because Europe will need more than just weapons to defend itself, writes @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social on.ft.com/42hSOEO

Why is no one stating how many lives have been lost cutting USAID!!

(WaPo) - The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts .. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.

This is bad. “Remaking the Jag corps is a priority for Hegseth, who commissioned his personal lawyer Tim Parlatore as a navy commander to oversee the effort…Parlatore defended Trump for mishandling classified documents and Eddie Gallagher on war crimes charges.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Flashback: Marco Rubio said Trump pissed himself www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO8U...

NEW: “Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.” newrepublic.com/post/192059/...

5 former Secretaries of Defense call on Congress to exercise oversight responsibility on Trump-Hegseth firing of senior military leaders: The "dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the President’s power."

The embrace and protection of Andrew Tate at the highest level of US government tells you everything you need to know about this rotten administration. They worship at the altar of abusing women and girls. Their version of morality supports sex trafficking under the guise of camming

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout

"'When we saw that the police wasn’t helping us, every able-bodied man in the neighborhood, with or without a gun, has stood guard and has been standing guard ever since,' said Dominic Brewton Jr., who runs a maintenance and repair company in the town..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Gutting Alzheimer's research. First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru... See also... newrepublic.com/article/1917... See also... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Must read material www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

@joyannreid.bsky.social I am angry, sad, and worried. No happy they axed ur show. Ur delightful, respectful, and trustworthy. Please, please, don't go away. We need u.

Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

“We fired all the guards at the bank so they’re not roadblocks to anything that happens.”

This is from July

checking in on the Lindy Li heel turn

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

Consider the logic of the alleged quid pro quo with Eric Adams: You can [allegedly] accept bribes so a foreign country can build and open an unsafe building in your city, so long as you help combat individual migrants, many of them non-criminal.

This letter is almost psychotic.

As you know, I've been in communication with hundreds of federal workers & I've noticed a pattern. This is totally anecdotal, but I feel like I need to say something. For at least 5 agencies, the payment systems went offline briefly & were then restored - all around the time DOGE was there. 1/

Of course the Democrats will be going to Houston to find and interview voters who were laid off , to ask them what their expectations of the new administration were and how they feel they are doing at the moment. And posting here and everywhere. Right ?

Bezos basically gave Melania $40 million as a bribe. (Gift link) www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

Twitter’s evolution into ‘state media’ continues. The #DOGE website goes live: x.com/doge

I think Trump might be moving back through the “West Wing” catalog www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

"Some" in Timespeak means 'we found *some* awful people for you.' #BrokenTimes Some Afrikaners Cheer as Trump Amplifies Claims of Persecution www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...

"Saying 'No' is underrated. What do I mean? Well, in politics, you’re often told this: You really need to have a positive vision for the future. You can’t just be against things. You’ve got to be upbeat, aspirational. To which I’m inclined to say: Bah humbug.' www.thebulwark.com/p/a-time-for...

Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ? Then releasing it as if they discovered it ? Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me. Very Trump like too. Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?

Scoop: Three of the left-leaning columnists at the Los Angeles Times have been told to reduce their output. They’re now restricted to writing once a week. LAT declined comment, but the change comes as MAGA-curious owner Patrick Soon-Shiong moves paper to the right. www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social on the “fork in the road” 🇺🇸 🔥

A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...

Seeing many academics question the value of teaching U.S. constitutional law at a time like this My view: a pragmatic, clear-eyed understanding of constitutional governance is needed now more than ever

“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

DAILY MAIL: According to the "leaked" plan, "a contingent of European soldiers, which could include British troops, would be asked to police a demilitarised zone. American troops will not be involved .." @dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.