Mark Mucci

Ossoff: "There are some folks who are doomscrolling in the fetal position. Every day there is a new outrage. It's easy I know to fear that maybe we could lose our republic. I think what John Lewis would tell us is it's up to us. We have the power to right the ship. Nobody is gonna do it for us."

"We are starting to see these "Epstein Approved" signs being placed next to republican candidate signage in Texas."

This article reads like an A.I. wrote it.

I’m pretty sure most of the political press was bored of a “Trump-less” government and prefer chaos and panic.

“No such thing as too much CO2” is a really stupid thing for anyone to say, and when it’s a US cabinet official it’s stupid *and* dangerous.

There's a fine line between the wisdom and the madness of crowds.

What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil? Last week a number of popular authors published an open letter to the leadership team of RELX. RELX is the parent company of Reedpop, which is the organizer of many conventions including BookCon, w…

I wrote about how there are no pure platforms or publishers and how there are very few ethical media diets. Which leaves those of us who know we can’t consume ethically but still want to try, left to navigate what feels right, or, at least, less bad. lithub.com/what-do-you-...

The sexualization and taking advantage of the nonconsenting (underage and adult) gets these sleazy guys every time.

Based. 😉
Pope Leo "will spend the Independence Day holiday this year visiting an Italian island known as the first port of call for migrants sailing from North Africa for Europe. ... The Vatican earlier this month refuted reports that the pope might travel to the U.S. for the celebrations ..."

The United States’ Message to Russia: Prove Us Wrong (Published 2022)

We just passed the 4 year anniversary of this warning about an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia said the warning was wrong. It wasn't.

Things to keep in mind when evaluating any Russian claim during negotiations.

www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/u...

Appalling: During Trump's effort to indict Dems for the video warning against carrying out illegal orders, one of their lawyers asked prosecutors to say what statute was allegedly violated, I'm told. They failed to name one. Then they tried to indict anyway.

New:

newrepublic.com/article/2066...

Interesting Trump strategy to respond to claim that they created a conflict of interest with their crypto deals ...

Smiling politely at the "non-2024 voters [who] are heavily favoring Dems" because it would be counterproductive to talk to them about what their nonvoting makes them responsible for.

Is it too late for me to admit that I still don't really know who this guy is?

Cardinal Parolin: Holy See will not participate in Board of Peace - Vatican News The Holy See “will not participate in the Board of Peace because of its particular nature, which is evidently not that of other States,” stated ...

Vatican won't bless Trump's "Board of Peace" -
"'One concern,' the Vatican Secretary of State explained, 'is that at the international level it should above all be the UN that manages these crisis situations. This is one of the points on which we have insisted.'"
www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

(between images of a map showing the nearly 600 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. MARCH 28 NOKINGS.ORG

The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).

Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Politically themed Springsteen tour will start in Minneapolis, end in Washington, D.C., and hit NJ Show at Prudential Center in Newark is scheduled for April 20.

Grab your ticket ...
www.njarts.net/politically-...

Everyone, regardless of where you stand or what you believe in, is welcome — so come on out and join the United Free Republic of E Street Nation for an American spring of Rock 'n' Rebellion! I’ll see you there!

We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.

Actual police procedure, for trained police officers, is *not* to engage in a high speed chase to pursue a nonviolent suspect, or simply to "grab" someone they're looking for.

But ICE isn't trained as a police force to operate on American streets like that.

This McSweeney's is now extra hilarious, given how the backlash from the Super Bowl ad caused the whole "Ring Camera Spy Network" idea to implode.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...

Department of State @StateDept X.com PROUD OF OUR COMMON INHERITANCE UNAPOLOGETIC IN OUR HERITAGE US. DEEARTMENTO STATE 6:25 PM • 2/14/26 • 242K Views

Roses are red,
These assholes are so embarrassing, ahistorical, and racist.

Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” spends a second week at #1 on both the Digital Song Sales and Rock Digital Song Sales charts, becoming his longest-running leader as a solo artist. The track sold 15,150 copies in its first full week.

Post from the Department of State: "We do not want allies to be shackled by guilt and shame"

This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.

Exclusive | Bad Bunny and his Super Bowl halftime show just had a brush with the FCC: sources Conservatives and many football fans panned the Puerto Rican rapper’s implied attacks on President Trump, and what they alleged were crude dance numbers that led to calls for an FCC obscenity…

Too bad, haters. "The FCC’s initial take is that the act and the songs that the Puerto Rican rapper belted out during the halftime show — 'Tití Me Preguntó', 'Monaco,' and 'Safaera' — were scrubbed of lyrics that normally include references to sex acts and genitalia."
nypost.com/2026/02/13/m...

And current MAGA meme that "English-Scots-Irish" bloc stands for "real" [ie, nearly as white as Swedes] Americans skips over oceans of blood shed by English, Scots, Irish in fights against one other.

(MAGA could at least have watched Braveheart. Or Peaky Blinders.)

I'm of that bloc, but: Jeesh.

I get the physical copy of the @nytimes.com delivered every day.
Props to the layout of today's front page, commenting without coming out and saying anything.

The previous president was forced to drop out of running for re-election because of concerns over cognitive decline, all while sounding far more coherent than this.

Give Us Access to Your Ring Camera and Maybe We’ll Find Your Dog “A new feature from Ring Camera is causing a stir online. The AI-powered ‘search party’ feature helps locate lost pets, but some are questioning it...

"We’re hearing concerns about ICE accessing and abusing this data. To that we say: Why are you making this political? It’s about DOGS. Dogs don’t vote."