Minneapolis Was a Stress Test for Accountability - CAFE ICE may have left Minneapolis, but we cannot afford to forget what they did there — it matters for all of us and our democracy.

We cannot afford to forget what happened in Minneapolis. New from me for @cafedotcom.bsky.social cafe.com/notes-from-c...

Rep. Stephen Lynch: "It offers a great contrast. Look what the British government is doing in light of the evidence, and look what the US government is doing. Nothing. Our chief law enforcement officer Pam Bondi is defending and obstructing the investigation."

Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.

“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

Here’s the latest.

Former Prince Andrew arrested over accusations that he shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a British trade envoy www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.

Huh. The Andrew formerly known as prince has been arrested.

Time to mark my bingo card.

Global reaction to U.S. strikes on Venezuela includes condemnation, concern for foreign nationals Many U.S. adversaries condemned the U.S. strikes on Venezuela, while other governments called for deescalation.

Global reaction to U.S. strikes on Venezuela includes condemnation, concern for foreign nationals

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Well shoot. I guess we better give him the Nobel Peace Prize now.

But on 12/1/25, Trump pardoned convicted drug trafficker/former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who went to trial in the US & was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

And Vance saying the OIL part out loud as if we didn’t know that all along.

Don't tell my dog I'm not at work.

'I didn't even know he was a gambler': How the Blazers and NBA are grappling with Chauncey Billups' stunning downfall The questions inside the Blazers' locker room and across the NBA are the same: How do we reconcile the man we thought we knew -- and a man the federal government believes is a criminal?

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Two pallas' cat kittens in some kind of tube.

Judge says prosecutors who were placed on leave ‘did a truly excellent job’ Two federal prosecutors were placed on leave hours after describing Jan. 6 as an attack by “a mob of rioters.”

Judge says prosecutors who were placed on leave ‘did a truly excellent job’

Two federal prosecutors were placed on leave hours after describing Jan. 6 as an attack by “a mob of rioters.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

NEW: New DOJ attorneys presided over the sentencing of Taylor Taranto today, after his previous prosecutors were sidelined for mentioning his role in the Jan. 6 attack a day earlier.

Judge Nichols praised the absent prosecutors.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

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#Thugs

The amount of cackling out loud I just did at this

Is that Viking Jesus?

how it feels to have several papers in progress

Is Justice Done? You’ve probably seen or read at least something about the story that is the subject of tonight’s post.

Prosecutors are facing discipline for telling a judge the truth in a sentencing memo. This post traces the case, its facts, the sentencing process, and helps us understand why this completes the cycle of corrupting the Justice Department Trump has set us on.

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👑 The Madness of King Donald Mehdi's Monday morning roundup of an increasingly unhinged US president, a new pro-Palestine Irish president, the big Mamdani/AOC/Bernie rally in Queens, and Gavin Newsom's 2028 plans.

"There is a clear mental health crisis going on in the Oval Office right now. He is detached from reality. Every politician and pundit, every journalist...knows this. It should be the biggest story in our media. But, shamefully, it isn’t."

Me for 'First Draft':

Are these orders even lawful? Just asking as a veteran

Was aiming for somewhere between Aji-no-Moto's Cook-Do version and House Foods. My aim was way off though. But still in the realm of what all passes for various interpretations of the sauce.

Oh and garlic and ginger of course.

Alas, I don't like the mouth feel of silken tofu. So I'll always sub in firm tofu for cooking and soft tofu for eating cold.

Turned out pretty well enough to consider making it again but I really hope to source some fermented black beans for next time.

Made my own mabodofu sauce:
Chicken broth, about two empty furikake jars' worth
Half a can of refried black beans
Some red miso
Some hoisin sauce
Some sesame oil
Fresh ground black pepper (not Sichuan)
Corn starch for thickener
4oz ground beef
Too much sriracha
A brick of tofu, not silken.