Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Tim Scott want to enact a $200 billion tax cut on capital gains without congressional approval, claiming it will help “everyday Americans.”

Baloney. This overwhelmingly benefits the richest Americans — just like their big, ugly bill did.

Trump wants to distract from the failing economy, ICE murders, and his corruption scandals

Netanyahu wants to distract from the Gaza genocide, West Bank settler attacks, and his own corruption scandals.

Both are using the same playbook: wage war to blot out everything else.

Maybe Trump is the exit dose this whole fucked-up system needed? It’s like chemotherapy — the poison ALMOST kills the system but out of that chaos comes the death of the cancer? If this tears apart MAGA *and* neoliberalism then go man go.

I will never get over how much the MAGA right is obsessed the genitals of strangers. Those thoughts must occupy their every waking moment.

New GDP data falls far short, shows 2025 ended with weak economic growth In the first year of Trump’s second term, economic growth fell to a nine-year low, and domestic job growth fell to a 16-year low. It’s worth asking why.

"In the first year of Trump’s second term, economic growth fell to a 9-year low, and domestic job growth fell to a 16-year low..."

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

YouTube video by AL1CE AL1CE - Electrical (Official Music Video)

Found a new band I like youtu.be/1A7U-rJ9dTM?...

MAGA, you do realize the main difference with Prince Andrew being arrested is that Kash Patel and Pam Bondi aren't overseeing his investigation?

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

Rest in power, Virginia Giuffre.

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I'm usually very cautious about boycotting a MSM news org (they often do genuinely good work in addition to whatever headdesk shenanigans are happening) but this is so genuinely troubling, I may personally stop seeking CNN out at the very least.

The amount of AI I am using in my job now (not ChatGPT) like converging power and timing on IC design, is growing tremendously fast. Reducing weeks of runs to days at this point

Pam is to Trump as Ghislaine is to Jeff.

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Can we stop calling them "the Billionaire Class" and instead use "the Pedophile Class"?

Black history is American history. The music, the movements, the sacrifice, the triumph - it has all shaped who we are.

In celebrating Black History Month, let us learn the untold stories and honor those who paved the way for progress.

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

just a reminder: if fire hydrants near where you live are buried in snow after this week’s storms, it’s a mitzvah (and a gooooood workout!) to dig out around that hydrant so fire crews can get to it faster if need be.

This administration is now 40 days past the deadline to release the full Epstein files. The lawlessness in our streets goes all the way to the top.

There’s no such thing as cold weather, just insufficient layers. @allinwithchris.bsky.social tonight, live from Minneapolis outside of the memorial to Alex Pretti.

Salt is your friend

My testimony at John Roberts’ confirmation hearing. How SCOTUS shapes economic rights for the little guy with Robert Reich

Chief Justice John Roberts turns 71 today.

Two decades ago, I warned the Senate that confirming Roberts to the Supreme Court would be a disaster for working people.

I'm sad to say I was proven right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5kmPdRJLw

YouTube video by UltraMiraculous Penn and Teller on Vaccinations

I also love Penn and Teller for doing this:

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At the airport.

Fox hunting in the grass near the bison.

Fox often hunt just behind the grazing bison. The two are very used to each other and seem to have a good understanding.

Screenshot of an X.com post by Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) saying AOC called out the media for focusing on Biden’s cognition while not covering Trump’s alleged cognitive decline and erratic behavior, adding “None of this is normal…,” with a video still of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking in a hallway (MeidasTouch/PabloReports branding visible).

Mainstream media, we’re looking right at you.

Volunteers in Minnesota Deliver Groceries So Immigrants Can Hide at Home

Resistance to this regime can take many forms. Kudos to these volunteers who are stepping up to help their community in Minnesota.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

Screenshot of an X.com post by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) saying, “Republicans are right. We do have a crisis of manhood in this country,” above an embedded Aaron Rupar post quoting Sen. Thom Tillis: “To be clear — I’m not critical of the president. I’m critical of the bad advice he’s getting on Greenland,” with a TV still of Tillis on CNBC at Davos 2026.

Even the ones doing the right thing can't stand up quite tall enough morally.