Gina

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Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?

The nation already owes you a great deal, Marc.

'Code of silence' no big secret in Chicago, where every cop is well-versed I'm not sure why lawyers alleging police misconduct ever thought they'd need Rahm Emanuel to explain the tight lips of Chicago police. Everybody knows

My column on page two of the Sun-Times today:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/02/code...

Do you live in one of the 14 states Trump plans to hold hostage? Your life may be at risk. A plan to shut off federal money to Blue States would — without a doubt — meet the standard the Founders set for impeachment.

“Are you listening, America?

If you live in one of these 14 Blue States, Trump is threatening…to hold you hostage — possibly endangering millions upon millions of American lives — unless your leaders let him do what he did in Minnesota.”

www.defiance.news/p/do-you-liv...

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ICE and Border Patrol agents must be reined in. Here is one thing we can do right now. Please read and share. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-gestapo

Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years

But we've identified 10 promise keepers:

Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft

Two legal issues at work in Venezuela asTrump Admin uses criminal charges to obscure regime change. Maduro’s indictment and arrest may be upheld, but that does not negate violation of UN Charter, approved by Congress in 1945, and constitutional duty to take care that laws be faithfully executed.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.

The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies Victor Laszlo Gets a Crowd To Sing "La Marseillaise" (Clip) | Casablanca (1942) | TCM

Happy New Year! 🎉

Walking into 2026 like Victor Laszlo ... 🗃️ #HATM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOli...

Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.

I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.

At year end, the dividing line in politics today is defined by dignity. Dignity is something that can't be taken away. It can only be surrendered voluntarily. We saw the most powerful business leaders willing to surrender dignity while everyday Americans stood tall.

And even at the end she tried to stop her most dangerous relative

LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for
Months “while she was under his authority”

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

❓️ Huge protests - how effective are they?

❗️ According to historians and political scientists who study protest: very.

Read:

Trump & Maxwell How friendly were they?

“While the media has written a lot about Epstein’s friendship with Trump — there hasn’t been nearly enough scrutiny about Trump’s relationship with Maxwell.”

open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Jack Smith Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee Making sense of the circus

Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."

CARTOON OF THE DAY

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".

Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

Senators vow oversight after report Hegseth told troops to ‘kill everybody’ in boat strike Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug vessel.

Couldn’t have said it any better.

Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein

EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.

Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right? If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.

Heidi Stevens: After Trump's 'Quiet, piggy' moment, we're done asking why survivors don't come forward, right? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...

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Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson

The practice of large numbers of Americans learning about the history of White Supremacy is a serious
threat to the far right movement in the United States.

Like many college-educated millennials, I saw this in the classroom and on campus firsthand.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:

wapo.st/448fDw6