Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.

Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.

As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes."

From Elie Honig at Stay Tuned with Preet. Here is the kind of material that is still being withheld from the Epstein files, in violation of the federal statute:

This is reflective of the caliber of Trump's "diplomats" deployed abroad: unparalleled vulgarity and stupidity.

The refund question is so so messy my god. But it’s an enormous political opportunity for the opposition party.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, which cost Minnesota companies millions Court sends 6-3 blow to economic regime, which had upended global commerce and hurt Minnesota farmers and businesses.

Trump's tariffs have cost Minnesota companies millions, in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars.

Tariffs have cost Medina-based vehicle manufacturer Polaris $200 million.

Masked paramilitaries marching in front of a hanging Trump banner on the DoJ

This picture is so crazy that if you had this as a scene in a made-for-TV dystopian scifi movie in like 2014 people would switch channels because you’d ruined the suspension of disbelief.

The President says he has cut the trade deficit by 78%. But this chart (which tells the truth) tells a very different story.

We had this big lousy trade war, and we've got nothing to show for it.

JUST DROPPED: Supreme Court decision on (most of Trump's tariffs). They're unconstitutional. They've always been unconstitutional. Turn 'em off.

This wasn't a trade war; it was a pointless and illegal diversion.

In 2025, Trade Deficit in Goods Reached Record High

the one thing the Trump tariffs could have done and should have done was reduce our trade deficit, but they didn't even accomplish that

Trump tariffs are an utter failure in every respect

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...

Today the Minnesota House gaveled into session for the first time since we lost Speaker Hortman, Mark, and Gilbert.

In the spirit of Melissa, we commit to doing our work with humility, grace, and compassion.

We are off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”

We must never normalize these ongoing attacks by DHS agents on the people they supposedly protect.

Trump, Vance, Miller, & Noem have created a culture of impunity that has led to rampant abuse and killings.

Not one more dime for this lawlessness.

Meta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release. “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.

this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.

This is a gift link to an old story on this subject, which is still more or less my last word on it. A bunch of HOA tyrants and snitches who are too degenerate and emotionally volatile to hold down any real job are in charge of the state. It's not what you want. defector.com/the-united-s...

Trump cut science funding. Small businesses are paying the price. Some federal contractors are feeling the squeeze after the president slashed support for climate programs and other research efforts.

Cuts to funding for science doesn’t just hurt labs, it hurts small businesses. New reports show what I am hearing from people across NH - Trump’s cuts are causing small businesses to suffer as they try to compete & create jobs.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

This chart illustrates the dramatic surge in billionaire political contributions following the 2010 Citizens United ruling, which removed many limits on corporate and individual campaign spending. Highlighted Election Data 2008 Election: $16 million 2024 Election: $2.6 billion

Excellent report on CItizens United by @rfunkfordham.bsky.social via @rooseveltinstitute.org

rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/u...

Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."

The rich world should beware Brazilification When governments are indebted, high interest rates wreak havoc

It might seem painfully difficult in a populist world both to promise low inflation and to spend less on the elderly. But that is nothing compared with the agonising choice that looms for Brazil

Tell Harvard University: Stop inviting Epstein enabler Alan Dershowitz Here we go again. Harvard University is still promoting and lending its credibility to men who enabled Jeffrey Epstein--even after Epstein was convicted in 2008 for seeking sex with a minor and was forced to register as a sex offender. The guy all over the Epstein files that Harvard University keeps...

Alan Dershowitz — Jeffrey Epstein's long-time attorney — enabled Epstein's abuse and sued a survivor. 

Join us in demanding that Harvard University cut all ties with Alan Dershowitz immediately:

There's more guns than people now. I'd like to see them try it.

Bondi's only function is to PROTECT CHILD RAPISTS. And SHE RELISHES HER JOB.

“The folks who claim to want to Make America Great Again seem to have a pretty low opinion of some Americans. Guess which ones?”

TN Ledger on Rep. @JohnnyGarrett’s unconstitutional bill seeking to ban naturalized citizens from federal office: tnledger.com/editorial/Ar...

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

A group of people gathered outside ICE HQ.

An organizer hands out song sheets and whistles.

Happening now: a large group of rabbis and Jewish demonstrators have gathered outside of ICE headquarters in DC to stage a protest.

Organizers are handing out song sheets — and whistles.

Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.

Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail

NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*

A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”