I am old enough to remember when a movie character said "PAPERS PLEASE" it was a universally understood signifier of an evil regime

Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias (Gift Article) An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

1. The DOJ has sent threatening letters to several medical journals, focused around whether these journals are spreading misinformation that harms the American people and suppressing alternative viewpoints.

I study how the norms and institutions of science facilitate discovery and self-correction.

•CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS•
Trump stands before America, flagrantly defying the courts — including a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling.

Trump believes his hardline immigration stance is so popular with Americans that he can get away with flouting the law.

On immigration: “A judge wasn't elected to…

Van Hollen: This case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the Constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.

Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.

The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today.

This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Our philanthropy is getting into the monkey business.

If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.

A reminder to DOGE.👇

"It is long settled that courts possess inherent authority to initiate contempt proceedings for disobedience to their orders, authority which necessarily encompasses the ability to appoint a private attorney to prosecute the contempt." -Young v. U.S. ex rel. Vuitton (1987).

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania successfully synchronised their electricity systems with the European energy network today. This is a key milestone for the Baltic States and for Europe strengthening energy resilience and independence across the region. ⚡️

Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl

In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.

The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million

probably the most mischievous grin ever

Colin Kaepernick taking a knee.

This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.

Elon Musk Is A Danger To His Colleagues – And That Means We're All F**ked Overriding the White House on his lackey’s departure, Musk’s message to his Trump colleagues represents a dire warning for the American people.

My latest: Elon Musk Is A Danger To His Colleagues – And That Means We're All Fuckked

Overriding the White House on his lackey’s departure, Musk’s message to his Trump colleagues represents a dire warning for the American people. www.thealtmedia.com/p/elon-musk-...

Kendrick turned a diss track into a Grammy and a Superbowl halftime show it is literally impossible to top that might as well tear down mt Rushmore and put up 4 Kendricks

Nobody has ever dodged a bullet like J Cole.

Drake rn:

The Coming Attack on Free and Fair Elections From Marc | If we are to preserve democracy, those of us on the left must prioritize free and fair elections.

Today we are all focused on what is happening to the federal government. This is coming next. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

This energy.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

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Painting of twelve purple and pinkish irises in a line at various heights, with large blossoms on thin tall green stems against a white background on

Irises, 2012 by Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder #WomensArt

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

Perfectly captured.

The Trump Executive Orders as “Radical Constitutionalism” Much more than “test cases” may be at stake in Trump's aggressive claims of presidential authority

russ vought is very plainly an enemy of the constitution open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

My submission for #Blackbooksky and #Blackhistorymonth appreciation is one of my favorite authors, the great Walter Mosley. Easy Rawlins is one of the best fictional detectives ever created.
#WalterMosley
#Booksky