Brad Takei

Our Wins Of The Week Three years ago today, we launched The Big Picture.

My favorite moment from this week? The USA women's Olympic hockey team rising above the noise and showing how much integrity they have despite Trump’s BS. 👏

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Some stories are about what’s happening right now. Others are about why it matters.

Trump's SOTU a bust. DoJ deletes files related to Trump accuser. Clintons deposed in Epstein probe. Donald Trump Gives State of the Union Address

For a round-up of this week's need-to-know news stories, look no further:

Trump is a second-generation immigrant, by the way, but it's not like facts matter to these folks.

If it talks like a cult and acts like a cult...

The standard can’t be ‘he probably won’t.’

A Tale of Two Teams—Why Trump’s Joke Wasn't Funny Locker room "jokes" contribute to a bigger problem with how women are treated.

Both U.S. Olympic hockey teams won gold. But only the men got a presidential call and celebration, while the women were met with a joke at their expense. The contrast isn’t just about sports. It’s about how respect, power, and attention are allocated in our culture.

This is what resistance looks like. 👏

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Oof. 🔥

Immigration Agents Arrest Student Inside Columbia Building, School Says

Screengrab of NYT article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...

Screenshot of a NYT article that says: 'Immigration Agents Arrest Student Inside Columbia Building, School Says Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said that the federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access.'

Federal agents misrepresenting themselves to enter a dorm at 6:30 a.m. is not routine enforcement. It’s a serious constitutional issue that demands answers. Fast.

No one can deny that! Well...Trump definitely would.

Hilarious and typical of the MAGA mentality that they think they just won the midterms because Democrats didn’t stand up when Trump pulled his stunt to try and make them stand up. Games rather than substance is exactly why they are going to get crushed in Nov.

This Week In The Big Picture Both the women’s and the men’s U.S.

Two U.S. hockey teams won gold. Only one got Trump’s praise. Amelia Christnot on what that double standard reveals. And Gloria Horton-Young on the warning signs of authoritarianism we ignore at our peril.

Adolf Hitler's rise to power was marked by early warning signs that went ignored. Politicians dismissed the alarm bells and institutions believed the system would restrain what was coming. History shows clearly just how wrong those assumptions were.

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There's a photo for everything.

Hell has frozen over.

Exactly. Same script, different night.

I’m sure last night’s rambling will fix this.

Without fail.

Perfect example.

Screenshot of a social post by President Donald J. Trump that says: 'When you watch Low IQ Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as they screamed uncontrollably last night at the very elegant State of the Union, such an important and beautiful event, they had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalized. When people can behave like that, and knowing that they are Crooked and Corrupt Politicians, so bad for our Country, we should send them back from where they came — as fast as possible. They can only damage the United States of America, they can do nothing to help it. They should actually get on a boat with Trump Deranged Robert De Niro, another sick and demented person with, I believe, an extremely Low IQ, who has absolutely no idea what he is doing or saying — some of which is seriously CRIMINAL! When I watched him break down in tears last night, much like a child would do, I realized that he may be even sicker than Crazy Rosie O’Donnell, who is right now in Ireland trying to figure out how to come back into our beautiful United States. The only difference between De Niro and Rosie is that she is probably somewhat smarter than him, which isn’t saying much. The good news is that America is now Bigger, Better, Richer, and Stronger than ever before, and it’s driving them absolutely crazy! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'

Embarrassingly insecure and undeniably fragile.

The Perfect Storm When warnings are everywhere, and still no one moves

History doesn’t repeat itself. But it often rhymes.

Perhaps even worse than garbage (if that's even possible).

Now, that sounds like fun. 👀

Basically.

Not a bad alternative!