Lisa Fung

have some self-respect, jesus

This is the worst of Trump struggling to read his way through an already terrible text, and his veering more and more into the cliches, resentment, and shrunken vocabulary of "the weave."

What's prepared is bad. What's improvised is worse.

OMG

Congressman Al Green holding a sign in front of Trump that reads: “Black people aren’t apes” — referencing Trump posting a video that depicted Pres. Obama and First Lady Obama as apes.

Do I watch this or not

Seems pretty relevant, no?

Commentary: The anti-Latino agenda behind Trump wanting Americans to have more kids This is the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac — but for the White House, it’s more like the Year of Babies.

‘While the president told a crowd last October, “We want more babies, to put it nicely”…his administration was keeping an average of 175 children a day in immigration detention—a 700% increase from the end of the Biden administration’

Via @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...

What a mission-driven press must do in this time of crisis We need the opposite of media capitulation. Here are some concrete ideas.

‘What *could* the American press do that’s beyond merely documenting developments as they occur, normalizing all the way? And, maybe more to the point, what *should* it have been doing for a long time now?’

Via @sulliview.bsky.social

margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-a-mis...

Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says

Whistleblower: 'ICE is teaching cadets to violate the Constitution'

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...

Remember that picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the back of a police car?

They put it up in the freakin’ Louvre.

😆

Upon review of the unopposed Motions, and consistent with the Court’s authority to enforce its own orders and control the dissemination of discovery materials generated in this case, the Court agrees with the parties’ uniform view. Release of Volume II outside the Department of Justice would plainly offend the Court’s Dismissal Order [ECF No. 672] and the Rule 16 Protective Order [ECF No. 27], both of which remain in force; it would cause irreparable damage to former defendants from disclosure of non-public discovery material implicating still-contested grand jury and privilege concerns; and it would contravene basic notions of fairness and justice in the process, where no adjudication of guilt has been reached following initiation of criminal charges. The Court reasons as follows.

NEW: Judge Aileen Cannon permanently forbids the Department of Justice from releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's report on his prosecution of Trump. Also bars DOJ from sharing "any information or conclusions" from the volume. A sweeping, perpetual gag order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I love this thread

Ha! Nice move, @govpritzker.illinois.gov

> @nytimes.com

Even Kavanaugh’s dissent leans on an oh-well/too-late/sunk-costs defense:

“.. The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars. ... That process is likely to be a 'mess.'”

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Chief Justice Roberts: "The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope. In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it."

Wow.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The Pulitzer board sometimes issues special citations — eg for the videographer at the George Floyd murder, or for journalists covering Gaza and Ukraine.

They could do that this year, to ameliorate the error made years ago in not awarding Brown a Pulitzer Prize.

www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...

Commentary: Yes, Wasserman should go. But what about all those other guys in the Epstein files? L.A. Olympics committee head Casey Wasserman is the rare elite who has been held accountable in the aftermath of the latest Epstein files release.

‘Perhaps Wasserman will resign and take the fall for cavorting over email with Maxwell. Meanwhile, the rest of America’s wealthy Epstein cabal continue to float above reproach, and reckoning.’

Via @lorraineali.bsky.social

www.latimes.com/california/s...

There's obviously about eleventeen things wrong with this quote, but let's just be clear on exactly what #SCOTUS *actually* said in Vasquez Perdomo:

"The application for stay presented to Justice Kagan and
by her referred to the Court is granted."

That's it.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

DOJ used to put these on the walls of post offices.
Smaller. And sometimes with a posted reward.

Very sad.

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports

BREAKING NYT:

The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.

Gold medal for Alysa Liu!

She skates with such joy.

Hmm. The US is giving $10 billion in taxpayer dollars, not appropriated by Congress, to a fake board set up by the President and which he put himself in charge of *for life*... seems very, very illegal.

Uhhhh, no.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Calls for Casey Wasserman to Resign from 2028 Olympics Post Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is joining a growing chorus of officials who are calling for Los Angeles Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down after his name was linked to convicted sex offender Je...

In addition to Mayor Bass, 2 L.A. county supervisors, as well as 3 L.A. City Council members, & state Sen. Lena Gonzalez spoke out against Wasserman. Having him represent L.A. on the world stage distracts focus from the athletes and the enormous effort needed to prepare for 2028.

‘No expense has been spared and every detail has been meticulously executed’

Column: Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden, please speak out against Trump Presidents who could speak truth to power are so constrained by their devotion to norms that they won’t confront a president who’s shattering the norms of this democracy daily.

‘Where are the statesmen when the state is under siege by the current head of state?’

Via @jackiecalmes.bsky.social @latimes.com

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...