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ICE "should be abolished, but also it should be prosecuted" - Democratic Rep. @sethmoulton.bsky.social, from the centrist wing of the party, tells me he wants his party leadership to go further than just reforming ICE. Doing that is "no longer believable."

Full interview: zeteo.com/p/moulton-ic...

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

the State of the Union is— oh who gives a fuck, really was anyone surprised by any of this?

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In the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address, @abigailspanberger.com
accuses the president of "enriching himself, his family, his friends."
This #CupOfJoe is dedicated to #WeThePeople, and WE SHALL OVERCOME‼️

Trump’s Lie-Filled State of the Union Rant Shows He’s Lost Touch with America: AFT’s Weingarten WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement reacting to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address:“Trump is a master of theater, but he lacks empathy and unity. ...

Trump is a master of theater, but he lacks empathy and unity. So if you can’t make ends meet, or your housing or child care or healthcare costs are too high, this speech told you that you don’t matter. Instead of using this speech for American unity, he chose division. www.aft.org/press-releas...

Rubin: "On Jan. 4, Deputy AG Blanche wrote a memo instructing DOJ officials reviewing the Epstein files to flag 302 memos -- the form the FBI uses to memorialize interviews. That's the exact kind of document we reported yesterday was missing with respect to Trump's accuser."

This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station There’s a good way to throw out the ISS. And then there’s a really bad way.

The year is 2030—or thereabouts. It is time, finally, to deorbit the International Space Station, humanity’s largest extraterrestrial contraption, but something has gone horribly wrong.

Fox News presents JD Vance with a bunch of polls showing Trump is as much as 19 points underwater on the economy. Vance's response is to deflect by claiming "the Biden administration left us a disaster of an economy."

It's happening...

The Trump-Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a “Big Ugly Nightmare.”Much of what’s included in it will begin in Is This Trump’s Biggest Scam Yet?

Last night, Trump bragged about how he and Republicans "lifted" 2.4 million Americans off of food stamps.

The reality is that their Big Ugly Bill kicked 2.4 million hungry Americans, including many children, off of vital food assistance programs.

Here's what else it did.

The Polish government will set up an analytical team to verify whether Polish children were abused by criminal circles run by the late US billionaire, Jeffrey Epstein, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said.


www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/...

Oops…

A Long Speech, A Low Bar, and No Movement: My Take on Trump’s Address Awards and applause can’t paper over division or economic anxiety.

Trump gave his longest address ever. Democrats stayed out of the trap. Spanberger delivered a disciplined response. Nothing moved. We’re still on track for a blue wave.
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The fact that there’s a secret network of doulas going around Minneapolis to help with home births for parents afraid of ICE should be front-page news.

These children, born in secrecy, are American citizens.

Iranians eye Venezuela for hints of Trump’s next move The Maduro raid encouraged anti-government activists in Iran, some of them said. But it doesn’t appear to have sent a clear message to Tehran’s leadership.

Iranians are trying to game out President Trump’s next move, under the threat of U.S. strikes.

The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro encouraged anti-government activists. But it doesn’t appear to have sent a clear message to Iran’s leadership.

Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition. https://cnn.it/4rAVDMm

🔵🔹️Rep. Massie 👉🏽 “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files 📂 Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.” 🔵👇🏽🇺🇸✊🏽

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I ranted too long

BERNIE SANDERS: Yes you did!

MULLIN: I'm sorry. I didn't ask your opinion. I don't care about your opinion. You're part of the system. You're part of the problem. You've been sitting here longer than I've even been alive

In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

“Any mail that’s getting dropped into a blue box is not getting postmarked on the same day, and likely not on the day after either,” says the leader of a postal workers’ union.

This could have tremendous implications for voting:

♥️ Hope this brings ya JOY 🪄

Wait til @RepTimBurchett hears about the Epstein files (he used to say he cared about)!

Trump slams ‘very unfortunate ruling’ from Supreme Court on tariffs as justices sit in silence | CNN Politics President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to slam the Supreme Court’s decision against his sweeping emergency tariffs, repeatedly calling the ruling “unfortunate” even as he s...

President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to slam the Supreme Court’s decision against his sweeping emergency tariffs, repeatedly calling the ruling “unfortunate” even as he suggested his administration would quickly move past it.

Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews | CNN Three interviews related to a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago appear to be among the missing files in the DOJ release.

Dozens of FBI witness interviews from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein appear to be missing from the files released by the Department of Justice last month, according to a CNN review – including interviews related to a woman who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago.

President Trump’s State-of-the-Union Variety Show Were you not entertained?

Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends: My thoughts on the SOTU

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

President Donald Trump made false claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Here is a fact check of some of Trump’s remarks: https://cnn.it/4b7r4rL

Trump surpassed “what even the most self-indulgent presidents would have envisioned. Beset by scandal, facing multiple defeats in America’s courts, and hitting levels of unpopularity that would make Richard Nixon nod with empathy, he turned the State of the Union into a vulgar, populist carnival.”

Screenshot of an X post from Headquarters quoting figure skater Alysa Liu speaking about noticing faults in the U.S. government and supporting immigrant rights. The embedded image shows Liu smiling during an interview, wearing a Team USA jacket with a U.S. flag patch, seated against a backdrop with stars and red, white, and blue colors.

What a remarkable young woman.