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Among the most important signs of how SCOTUS might rein in a President's claim to emergency powers is:

Chief Justice Roberts with Justices Gorsuch and Barrett on the 'major questions' doctrine.

The three express deep skepticism of claims to open-ended emergency powers:

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Bad Bunny Lands Lead Role In Film On Puerto Rican History After Super Bowl Performance Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio will lead a film on Puerto Rico’s colonial history directed and co-written by rapper Residente, announced weeks after he celebrated his heritage at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio will lead a film on Puerto Rico’s colonial history directed and co-written by rapper Residente, announced weeks after he celebrated his heritage at the Super Bowl halftime show.

RFK Jr says he now supports Trump on this.

MAHA was always a con.

Started / Going

Per the CBO on tariffs : "the net effect of tariffs is to raise U.S. consumer prices by the full portion of the cost of the tariffs borne domestically (95 percent)." www.cbo.gov/system/files...

The key idea to hold onto...especially when fear, doubt, or anxiety hits..is this:

Yes. We can prevail.

And when it happens, it won’t be by accident. It’ll be because enough people refused to stop believing it was possible because that belief is what powers the real-world steps that make it real.

JFC

*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation

Named by the Spanish Governor of…checks notes…Puerto Rico!

Literally, La Florida!

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn't represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the Team, and it's too bad he's on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 552 ReTruths 1.83k Likes 2/8/26, 9:39 AM

What Hess actually said:

“Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.”

If America put as much energy to ending fascism as we'll put to the #SuperBowl today, it'd end in a flash.

No, a child rapist shouldn't be President.
Nor should a vile racist.
Nor an unrepentant insurrectionist.

PLEASE step away from the dip long enough to call your reps.
202-224-3121 #RemoveTrump

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Trump Is Making America Stupider How MAGA is purging scientists and other skilled workers from both the private and public sectors.

A decade later, Trump and the rest of the MAGA movement have manifested that love of the "poorly educated" into policy, with a series of changes that have hobbled America’s entire knowledge sector.

The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3ZGLAJm

But I was told…

JFC

Fuck off Trump

‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms

...Carney laid out a doctrine for a world of fractured international norms, warning “compliance will not buy safety”.

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it,” he said. “Nostalgia is not a strategy.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...?

🚨 U.S. SUPREME COURT APPEARS LIKELY TO DENY TRUMP'S REQUEST TO IMMEDIATELY FIRE FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR LISA COOK

Remove him from his high chair, put him to bed For the love of country, Republicans, join Democrats in impeaching this world menace

Now he wants Greenland because he's pissed about the Nobel.

"OK, Republicans, how much longer are you going to allow this orange-lacquered hissy fit of a human batter us and inflict his personality disorders on the rest of the world?"

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Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.

Well…. Looks like we were right again.

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

This is the way

As the state normalizes violence, our obligation sharpens. Timothy Snyder reminds us: nonviolent resistance isn’t passive; it’s disciplined, strategic, and powerful.
Chaos is their tool.
Courage is ours. #ChoosePeaceNotChaos

DOJ handling of Minnesota shooting probe prompts prosecutor departures, sources say The resignations are the latest sign of tumult in the Justice Department under Trump.

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YouTube video by Jesse Welles Good vs. Ice

Jesse Welles on Renee Good's death at the hands of ICE.

Now they'll circle the wagons,
drape the man in a flag,
and say, "Don't trust what your eyes can see."
They'll say, "It's her fault instead
for getting shot in the head
when we all watch the same damn thing.

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

We showed former police and immigration officials videos of agents using chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing. They said agents are out of control. One said it’s “the kind of action which should get you fired.” @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

If only Jerome Powell had given Trump an award of some sort.

This "investigation" is a blatant attempt to silence a political enemy, like something we read about in Russia or China or other authoritarian state.

But this is now our country. Which makes it our duty to stop. We must win the midterms.

Because, of course

Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi

Jerome Powell makes it clear:

The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.

www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...