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“1980: The Reluctant Politician”

Commentary by Lucy Van Snip

In 1980, Donald Trump called politics a “very mean life,” preferring business over public office. History, of course, demonstrates that reluctance can age poorly when ambition discovers a larger stage and a louder microphone.

#LucyGGE

2/8/26—Briefing 2

U.S.-Iran indirect nuclear talks continue amid escalating tension, with Tehran warning future negotiations hinge on Washington’s seriousness. Diplomatic friction grows as both sides signal mistrust, while allies & global markets watch closely. Patience thins, stakes soar.
#LucyGGE

Just like MAGA buying Melania tickets in bulk to try and make it look like it isn’t a flop.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s office just tried to clean up allegations she buried a whistleblower complaint—but made an even bigger mess, instead. trib.al/HeCgQkQ

Japan’s Leader Wins in a Landslide, Clearing Way for Hard-Line Agenda Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan on Sunday won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China. The outcome is a remarkable reversal of fortune for her party, which has suffered a series of bruising defeats in recent years.

Iran Threatens Missile Attacks, Hoping Trump Sees Strength Not Weakness The U.S. demanded that Tehran restrict its missile program as part of a deal to avert new clashes, but it has refused so far.

Iran’s missile program was born of weakness in the early years of the Islamic Republic. Now the question is whether it is formidable enough to head off a military confrontation with President Trump.

President Donald Trump has vowed to tackle the housing affordability crisis, but the White House has offered few details about its plans: https://cnn.it/4bDpezN

Trump blasts Olympic skier over comments about representing US Hunter Hess earlier expressed mixed feelings about representing the U.S.

Trump blasts Olympic skier over comments about representing US reut.rs/4rbPYfM

Trump Attacks U.S. Olympic Skier as Politics Ripples Through Winter Games Hunter Hess said he had “mixed emotions” about representing the U.S. right now.

Hunter Hess said he had “mixed emotions” about representing the U.S. right now. on.wsj.com/4r8yl0e

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

Full story: www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...

BREAKING NEWS
Law enforcement returns to Nancy Guthrie's house after investigators seen at daughter's home
via Fox News

Refugees International’s Jeremy Konyndyk warns that “the Trump-Elon cuts are killing people.” A new report by the group documents deaths directly tied to the collapse of U.S. relief funding, which fell from $14B in 2024 to $3.7B in 2025, leaving 25 million fewer people with aid, even as global need surged. Health care and food aid, among the most life-saving interventions, were not protected. Food aid funding dropped 40%. More than 2,000 health clinics in crisis zones were shuttered. Communities began resorting to “negative coping,” a famine-warning pattern that includes consuming seed stocks, selling productive assets, sinking into debt, survival sex, and child marriage. These measures keep people alive short term but severely impact long-term survival, he writes. All of this devastation flows from a $10B cut in U.S. humanitarian support, what Konyndyk notes is a rounding error in a $7T federal budget.

See new posts Conversation Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk · Feb 5 A year has passed since @elonmusk began the wood-chipper-ing of @USAID . Since then, global humanitarian funding has collapsed by almost 1/3, mostly due to the Trump/Elon cuts. Vast suffering has ensued. 🧵 Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk US relief aid collapsed from $14bn in 2024 to just $3.7bn in 2025. This meant global humanitarian relief reached 25 million fewer people, even as the number of people needing aid rose. We at @RefugeesIntl have a new report that assesses the emerging human toll.

Refugees International’s Jeremy Konyndyk warns that “the Trump-Elon cuts are killing people.”

A new report by the group documents deaths directly tied to the collapse of US relief funding, which fell from $14B in 2024 to $3.7B in 2025, leaving 25 million fewer people w/ aid, even as global need...

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven more years in prison Women’s and human rights activist, arrested at a demonstration in December, is said to be on hunger strike Iran has sentenced the Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to more than seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, her supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security forces. The new convictions against Mohammadi come as Iran tries to negotiate with the US over its nuclear programme to avert a military strike threatened by Donald Trump. Iran’s top diplomat said on Sunday that Tehran’s strength came from its ability to “say no to the great powers”, striking a maximalist position just after negotiations in Oman with the US. Continue reading...

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven more years in prison

Would you put it past someone who would apply to be an #ICE agent to lie about it?

The U.S. government has moved forward with new arms transfers to Israel worth about $6.67 billion, separate from the $3.3 billion in annual military aid and $500 million for missile defense in the FY 2026 budget. The package includes 3,845 guidance kits for 2,000-pound “bunker buster” bombs, the same class of weapon Israel used in Gaza today, on the 120th day of the so-called “ceasefire.” 👇

See new posts Conversation Trevor Ball @Easybakeovensz MK-84 2,000-pound bomb with a JDAM kit hitting a building in Gaza. Bellingcat recently asked the IDF about the lack of evacuation distances in public evacuation notices in Gaza, which are included in notices in Lebanon, so interesting to see a 100m distance in the notice here.

The US gov't has moved forward w/ new arms transfers to Israel worth about $6.67 billion, separate from the $3.3 billion in annual military aid & $500 million for missile defense in the FY 2026 budget. The package includes 3,845 guidance kits for 2,000-pound “bunker buster” bombs, the same class...

Let Trump Keep Building Monuments to Himself The president’s penchant for gilded statues and self-glorification might at least help clarify the nature of his leadership.

Let President Trump keep building monuments to himself, @galbeckerman.bsky.social argues: It may be “the most effective way to highlight the unprecedentedly self-serving nature of Trump’s presidency.”

Democrats will stop Trump from trying to nationalize midterms, Jeffries says Top House Democrat says president’s suggestion for Republicans to ‘take over’ elections really means ‘steal it’ Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said on Sunday. Jeffries comments come amid widespread concern after Trump said Republicans should “take over the voting”. The US constitution gives states the power to set election rules and says Congress can pass laws to set requirements for federal elections. The constitution gives the president no authority over how elections are run. Continue reading...

Democrats will stop Trump from trying to nationalize midterms, Jeffries says

🔸this is hagiography
🔸mediocrity is better than what is in the #WhiteHouse, #SCOTUS and #Congress now
🔸bigots get to vote

YouTube video by Celebs Up Close Rare Interview Reveals Trump Never Wanted To Run For President | Rona Barrett Interview

“1980: The Reluctant Politician”

Commentary by Lucy Van Snip

In 1980, Donald Trump called politics a “very mean life,” preferring business over public office. History, of course, demonstrates that reluctance can age poorly when ambition discovers a larger stage and a louder microphone.

#LucyGGE

Feb. 8 — Briefing 1

Elon Musk escalates attacks on Spain’s Pedro Sánchez as Europe pushes tighter social media rules, exposing a widening clash between tech power and government authority. Freedom rhetoric grows louder; accountability debates grow sharper. Pressure rises fast.

#LucyGGE

'Stay home': MAGA world 'heartbroken' as US athletes turn on Trump Conservative website Townhall and the MAGA community are exploding over American athletes “going viral” for “choosing to diss the country that they were sent to represent at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.”The MAGA community and its entertainers take as fact that President Donald Trump and America ar...

'Stay home': MAGA world 'heartbroken' as US athletes turn on Trump Conservative website Townhall and the MAGA community are exploding over American athletes “going viral” for “choosing to diss the country that they were sent to represent at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.”The MAGA community and its e

Trump's favorite DOJ conspiracist gets demoted, and Musk faces deposition Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back. This week was not a terrific week for the ...

Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back.


This week was not a terrific week for the ...

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Calls to 'Join or Die' and 'Resist Tyranny' ... from 2026 & 1776:

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"Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue":

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Trump Attempts to MAGA-ize State & Local Elections: bsky.app/profile/abl...

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Senator Jon Ossoff with the question of the day.

Grant guidelines for libraries and museums take 'chilling' political turn under Trump Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American ...

Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American ...

🧵3/3 Trump is Desperate

"Trump is reaching for racism because his corruption has left him with nothing else... All he has left is the ugliest card in the deck, & he is playing it with the desperation of a man who knows the game is almost up." https://twp.ai/4iulKp

🧵2/3 Trump is Getting Desperate

* corruption of breathtaking proportions
* cost of living soaring
* "The resistance is not theoretical anymore. It’s not just tweets & op-eds. People are marching. People are organizing. People are showing up in numbers that should terrify" Trump.

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"Trump didn’t post that image because he woke up feeling particularly hateful... He posted it because he is drowning, & racism is the only lifeline he knows how to grab. Look at what’s happening around him right now"
* polls collapsing