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Today in Politics, Bulletin 459. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Abbott Laboratories donated $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund. Trump bought around $500,000 worth of shares in Abbott stock last year. His DOJ just dropped a years-long criminal investigation into Abbott for potential deadly misconduct. Everything is for sale.

Looks like Patel had a great time in Cuba.

Mamdani Shows What It Looks Like When Generational Change Actually Takes Place

Why is #Hegseth wearing an American flag handkerchief in his breast pocket? Does he blow his nose on the American flag??

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. The military industrial complex is cheering today.

The "poverty penalty." Excellent points.

If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER. My latest in @thenation.com

Malcolm Nance said these sound like the titles of porn movies.

A federal appeals court upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun

Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...

Just scrolling thru looking at pics of Aurora Borealis all over the US. Please share all the beauty! It's helpful!

Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

Now playing at the #whitehouse : Weekend at Bernie's.

Down is up, hate is love, cruel is kind. Anything else?

Hospitals are closing. Care is being cut. The solution is clear: universal health care for all. Let’s pass my and @khanna.house.gov's State-Based Universal Health Care Act. youtube.com/shorts/F-lI7...

WATCH: @repmoskowitz.bsky.social calls out the astounding nearly $1 BILLION (!!) for ICE employees in bonuses alone in the Republican budget. Masked anti-constitutional vigilantism pays well these days. 🇺🇸

Turd speak

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

Like what happened in Germany, exactly?

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...

This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.

"Alexa, tell Jeff Bezos to kiss my black ass."

The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials. Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.

US President Donald Trump has named five cryptocurrencies he wants to be part of a new strategic reserve - in other words, crypto holdings owned by the US government. Here is what we know about the tokens reut.rs/43leYb7

Anyway here's how it played in the press last time anything went this far, just for reference

Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging? Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.

A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday that indefinitely blocked President Trump’s attempt to unilaterally eliminate automatic U.S. citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants on U.S. soil. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!

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Thousands of corporate lobbyists are at the UN climate summit in Baku. But what exactly is ‘lobbying’ and how does it work?

So why did Dorsey quit the Board here? It's unclear.

One hopes he'll appoint so many members of the House & Senate to cabinet posts that Dems can win special elections and change things up a bit.

Here’s one of my main takeaways: the point of governing is to make people’s lives better, but the point of politics - especially campaigns - is to give people a story about who to blame for things sucking. It’s a real mistake to confuse one for the other, as I have often done!

Back in the late 20th Century, I remember that my Phil. Sci. class had a section on spurious correlations. The example they used was "sunspot activity level" vs. "number of Republicans in congress", two variables which were (and remain) well correlated. 🧪🔭

And thanks Dad. #USMC

So today's the day I stop moping around.