Andy Knight

Not One Battle After Another?

Who Is Paying the Trump Tariffs? A wonkish guide for the confused

New post about tariffs. Last week two reports found that foreigners have borne very little of the cost. But the CPI came in somewhat soft. Is there a contradiction? As I explain, no.

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John Oliver to Tackle ICE Shootings in Last Week Tonight's Season 13 Return John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' will take on the Minneapolis ICE shootings as the show returns from a three-month break to a “much darker” political climate.

John Oliver Will Take on ICE When #LastWeekTonight Returns Tonight latenighter.com/news/john-ol...

This has big "rob the bank while the building next door is on fire" vibes

Epstein affair: Olivier Colom, the sexual predator's French 'friend' and networker A former adviser at the Elysée under Nicolas Sarkozy, the ex-diplomat is at the heart of the Epstein case. His correspondence reveals a close relationship with the American sexual predator. He now claims to 'regret' his actions but insists he never 'participated in any private activities that were not strictly professional and lawful.'

Epstein affair: Olivier Colom, the sexual predator's French 'friend' and networker

Opinion: France is ditching American tech. When will Canada? Countries around the world are turning to open-sourced or domestic options, but Canada still relies on U.S. tech for critical communication software

“Paris Marx has offered a guide for how people can get off U.S. tech, highlighting the challenges while supporting individual effort. Doing so should be a national ambition, especially as we consider the risk of the U.S. blocking access to tech.”

Thanks to @vassb.bsky.social for the Globe mention!

US ambassador's highly undiplomatic remarks spark controversy in Poland The US ambassador in Warsaw, Thomas Rose, has decided to cut all contact with the president of Poland's lower house, after the latter spoke out against awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump.

US ambassador's highly undiplomatic remarks spark controversy in Poland

California now bypassing Trump to help Ukraine with billions.

👽 Aliens exist, but I haven't seen them, - Barack Obama.

"They're not being held at Area 51. There's no underground facility there, unless there's some huge conspiracy, and they've hidden it from the President of the United States," he said.

President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ... Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...

🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326

Apparently you can’t get a break, even after all the pleading.

And Pinker's plane ride is worse, sitting with Epstein while a plaintive little-girl voice says "where are you taking us?" Pinker needs to step down from all teaching roles. (Dataset 2, EFTA00003212)

There's a short video clip of Pinker and Epstein on the plane and a girls voice says "where are you taking me" and this is the still from it. So I don't know what he's talking about.

@barackobama.bsky.social: "Bad Bunny's halftime show... This is what a community is. People who did not speak Spanish and have never been to Puerto Rico saw that elderly woman serving a drink and the kids dancing with their grandmas... There's room for everybody here. That I think is where we win."

Trump says voter id will mean secure elections that we can all trust. Well in the 2020 election, Georgia had the strictest voter id in the country. Yet Trump is still to this day claiming the election was stolen in that state. To Trump and GOP, if they win it was fair, if they lose it was fraud.

that's... not an election?

The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

Watch this.

Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...

there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time

Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay "We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."

"I would place it somewhere on the creative nonfiction spectrum." www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...

An elementary school class wrote to Ozzie Albies for recommendations for fish for their new class pet

He showed up and taught them how to take care of it, set everything up and gifted them one of his own fish

🥺🥺🥺

Baseball is the best

(Andreia Albies/IG)

I’m just going to leave this here

The next No Kings rally is on March 28. More than 7 million people participated in the last one!

Put it on your calendar. LFG‼️Go to NoKings.org for information.
🗣️ @optimisticsoap.bsky.social

Trump claimed he hadn't spoken to Jeffrey Epstein since 2004. But here is an email from 2018 wherein Epstein claims he was asked for 3 names to replace Steven Mnuchin. Everything Donald says is a lie.

KFile: Trump nominee for key State Department position attempted to erase years of inflammatory social media posts | CNN Politics Jeremy Carl, a top Trump State Department nominee, deleted thousands of social media posts, many demonstrating a history of inflammatory commentary— including incendiary posts about race, claims that ...

This is the white nationalist and pusher of antisemitism that the Trump administration is trying to get confirmed right now in the Senate. Shameful sick stuff:

"Trump praises veterans" - NYT

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

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