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A Letter to Stephen Colbert By Ben Meiselas

A Letter to Stephen Colbert

This is the Colbert interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico that Barri Weiss, David Ellison & Donald Trump don’t want you to see.

Twice in three months content on CBS has been censored. And this is only the beginning…

Naturally, Trump is going to try to cash in on this. Every t-shirt, coffee cup, everything with the airport’s name on it means Trump will make money off it.

This Day in Labor History: February 17, 2000. The AFL-CIO officially changed its stance on immigration. No longer would the labor movement in this nation officially oppose immigration. Instead, it moved to become one of the immigrant rights movement’s major allies in this nation!!!!

New fundraising email from Trump implies that you can get a tariff check from US if you donate to Trump. Feels like this should be illegal.

A Life-Saving Vitamin for Babies Is Getting Swept Up in Vaccine Backlash There’s a growing resistance to anything that’s injected into babies, vaccine or not.

More infants with preventable brain bleeding, that's what they mean by Making America Healthy Again. (gift link)

Jesse Jackson Jr. also had an under appreciated sense of comedic timing. Watch his fake sermon on SNL.😂

Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."

Wow.

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports Amid purge at Justice Dept, some of the best attorneys in US are now lining up AGAINST Trump Admin

DAY AHEAD: Amid purge at Justice Dept, some of the best attorneys in US are now lining up AGAINST Trump Admin.

youtube.com/shorts/pqrSk...

Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid He's incapable of learning lessons and actively resists it.

New in PN: Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid

"Trump has brought us fascism, he is threatening war and violence. But it is all too possible that his most lasting and horrific legacy, in his second term as in his first, will be plague."

Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.

Usually that’s up to the voters, but not when political parties become cults.

Does that seem fair to you?

the new Republican talking point is that it's insulting to complain about requiring women to show their birth certificate and passport in order to vote because they're smart enough to figure it out

Aretha Franklin was a surprise guest performer at the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “Natural Woman.” Aretha noted in a Vogue interview, “Carole didn’t know I was going to be there at all. That’s one reason she was excited.” See the full video on YouTube, BS limit: 3mins.

‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Protesters gather at the Batavia ICE detention center on Sunday Protesters gathered at the ICE detention center in Batavia this afternoon to speak out against the agency. News10NBC's Declan Stablow reported from the scene.

Batavia NY:

www.whec.com/top-news/pro...

ICE to open second Tennessee immigrant detention center in Lebanon • Tennessee Lookout Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has purchased a facility in Lebanon to house detained immigrants, an agency spokesperson said Friday.

Tennessee

"No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..."

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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

Berks County ICE detention center angers residents Upper Bern Township, PA, residents are trying to figure out how to block ICE’s plan to turn an empty warehouse into a detention center.

www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...

Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.

"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."

www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...

Very smart messaging from the White House here, making everyone think about Donald Trump as a ruthless predator.

read that first paragraph if nothing else:

A judge issuing a decision on a national holiday?

Ah. Got it.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володи... * @ZelenskyyUa X.com Total sanctions means total. President Trump took strong steps sanctioning Lukoil and Rosneft. We are thankful to him. He can sanction all of their energy, in particular nuclear energy. And it will be a powerful message to the Europeans. Europeans have done a lot. But they haven't yet sanctioned Russian nuclear energy, Rosatom, the persons and their relatives, their children, who live off their money in Europe, in the United States, who pay with these profits for their education at European universities, who own real estate in the United States. A lot of real estate. They financially support children and relatives everywhere. Fuck away to Russia. Go home. You don't respect anybody in the United States. You don't respect the rules. You don't respect democracy. You don't respect Ukraine or Europe. Go home.

A small cake covered in sprinkles topped with a candle in the shape of the number 4

Decoding Fox News just turns FOUR years old. Thanks to @newmarkjschool and @jeffjarvis for helping get this project off the ground. Thank you to my subscribers/supporters for keeping my lights on. I’m so thankful that I’m crowd funded and not dependent on a billionaire. THANK YOU

Civilian casualties in Ukraine caused by russian bombing soared by 26% during 2025, the Guardian reports.

This is the price the Ukrainian people pay for Western attempts to bring russia to the table before pressing it enough. Russia took it as weakness. As permission.

Workers' comp didn't cover a New Mexico firefighter's cancer — a new bill would change that • Source New Mexico A bill in the New Mexico state Legislature would greatly expand the list of cancers that workers' compensation covers for firefighters.

New Mexico firefighters cannot always get worker's compensation for cancer diagnoses — even if they've spent years fighting blazes with known toxins. A bill before the Legislature would change that.