Leon Rozenblit, JD, PhD

Swalwell: "I want to knock out this argument we even need ICE doing what they're doing in the first place. If they are so easily moved from our streets, where they are terrorizing people, to passing out bottles of water in the airport, did we really need them terrorizing people in the first place?"

10% yesterday. 15% today. As Gorsuch wrote, could be “1 percent or 1,000,000 percent .. and he may change his mind at any time for nearly any reason.” 🤡 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH. AS GOVERNOR OF THE FREE WORLD, I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AM OFFICIALLY BANNING "KID ROCK" FROM CALIFORNIA.

Trump said, let me find the the most corrupt fool among my real estate cronies in NY and put him in charge of negotiating an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The President had literally months to prepare his response to the Supreme Court ruling, yet couldn't even stick with his decision on the s.122 (temporary) tariff from Friday to Saturday, raising it from 10% to 15%.

When there is a new president, there will be accountability. If I was a member of this administration and knowingly breaking the law/constitution…. I’d be planning my safe harbor home oversees. Belarus or Russia would take ya

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

There are now at least 100 House members signed on to our effort to impeach Kristi Noem. Where the hell are the rest of them? Let’s ask:

NEW: I'm releasing tomorrow's show tonight. It's too important. An internal DHS memo instructs ICE to kick your door in without a proper warrant. Please share widely: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsZY...

Well said as always. “Most of the speech was standard fare — false claims of credit sprinkled between personal grievances and outright lies.” newsletters.democracydocket.com/donald-trump...

Jack Smith will testify before the House Judiciary Committee today at 10:00 a.m. ET. The hearing will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, PBS, and other major news outlets.

Referring to his keynote address at the World Economic Forum, Trump told the audience that sometimes “you need a dictator.” To be clear, this is the President of the United Staes telling the world (including us) that we need a dictator, and HE is that dictator.

Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law

Just a reminder, a whistleblower revealed that ICE is being told to ignore the 4th amendment and barge into our homes.

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

ICE not allowing agents to have unsupervised copies of ICE policies or to take any notes is an admission by ICE that it knows the policies are illegal.

Today on “The Intelligence”: fallout from the Greenland crisis, whether the TikTok deal will resolve security concerns and why pop is getting the blues

Ty Cobb: “This is a man who is demented… I don’t think there’s anybody outside the boundaries of the United States who believes for a second that Trump is sane at this stage of the game.” via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

FUCK. NO. source: actual experience living in dictatorships (unlike the delusional, traitorous lunatics cheering him on)

They defied congressional subpoenas and suffered zero consequences.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Bluesky going to work over on Twitter

And there it is. All your fault, Minnesota, that there will be no midterm elections....

Worth every second

There are 1,200+ FDA-approved AI medical devices. If 50 scale with per-click reimbursement, it bankrupts the system. AI's marginal cost is near-zero. Pricing it like human labor makes no sense. We need a new model. 🎙️ Alvin Liu on Practical AI in Healthcare #HealthcareAI #DigitalHealth #AISky

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Craig: "In my district, 2 days ago a special ed teacher pulled into her school parking lot, her windows were smashed, she was taken & detained for 12 hours. I've never seen such an out of control agency. That's why as soon as I leave, I'm joining a group to file articles of impeachment against Noem"

Please call your reps and tell them NOT to fund this government

Democrats need to realize ICE isn’t just—or even primarily—a mass deportation force. ICE is also Trump’s most loyal internal security force which will be used to attack regime opponents and try to steal the election. They should defund his authoritarian capabilities.

Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.

Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.

This is precisely how you should respond to a bullshit investigation. “This new threat is not about my testimony last June, or the renovation of the Federal Reserve Buildings… this is a consequence of not following the preference of the President”

There has 100% been a vibe shift on Twitter this week — apolitical and sports people are talking about Minneapolis and even a lot of right-leaning Finance Bros are like “you freaks have lost your minds.” Whether that is representative of anything in the real world is TBD but it’s noticeable.

This is how it’s done.

Chris Murphy: "Let's talk about what's at stake here. The president is spending every single day thinking about invading Greenland, managing the Venezuelan economy, building a ballroom. He's not thinking about the American people at all."

Yes, that does say it all.

Ronald Reagan’s budget director.

"I quit the Republican Party in 2018 because I saw that it was no longer the party that I joined in 1980, and it was a personality cult ... I honestly think that when people get to hear about what I have to say on issues, they're going to say, 'Well, that's perfectly reasonable. I agree with that.'"

The New York Post reaches a new low.

Not unreasonable for every Mayor to call on ICE and CBP to leave their cities immediately, to protect the citizens of their cities. This is out of control.

He was just making a joke about using military force to invade a sovereign ally. Cmon people. It was funny. Lol.

Fuckin' A right, Ann.

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley