Buddhist monks walking through Arlington, being greeted by people holding lilies.

The crowd was calm, and patient, and kind, and enormous. What a beautiful experience.

Santa Barbara’s Beth Goodman Speaks Out After Being Pepper-Sprayed by Masked ICE Agent: ‘I Just Couldn’t Do Nothing’ The real estate agent and soccer mom of quadruplets says she was temporarily blinded after being sprayed in the face during last week’s confrontation on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.

Heroes everywhere. www.independent.com/2026/02/04/s...

YouTube video by Tangle News Is the U.S. Preparing for War With Venezuela?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip97... Good explainer by Tangle News.

Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!! Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.

Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.

Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

a “Space Force”, if you will

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

This is a phenomenal piece of writing. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

YouTube video by Tangle News Data Centers are on the rise - Here's why that matters

New explainer from Tangle. youtu.be/cvbYA7Qq9pM?...

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants You all deserved better.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

American Diplomacy Is Being Dismantled Before Our Eyes | Opinion Last month, the U.S. State Department carried out what may be the largest single-day layoff in its history.

"The real value of State Department staff is their ability to speak truth to power, offer unvarnished analysis, and keep U.S. diplomacy steady no matter who's in the White House." www.newsweek.com/american-dip...

View of a lake with wildflowers and trees in front and a far shore with tiny houses visible.

IG post from the American Foreign Service Association says: Leaked memos, denouncements, and confusion. This only serves to demoralize our workforce and undermine U.S. diplomacy.

What an utterly ridiculous, unworkable plan this would be.

‘The Only Practical Check That’s Left Is the Power of the Purse.’ In the baffling haze of dealing with ‘everything, all the time,' a few clear signals of where to take a stand. Let's start with Democrats all voting NO on a blank check for Elon Musk.

What Is To Be Done?

Some practical tips.

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Scenes from today's clap-out at USAID.

2/2 These people (and their family members!) serve in some of the hardest places you can imagine, and their work, though often unnoticed, has saved countless lives in the United States and across the globe. They deserve many, many thanks for their service to our nation.

1/2 For those outside the USG who didn't know about USAID before this week, this article sheds some light on its history and mission. I am crushed to see what is happening to my friends and colleagues at USAID, who have been abandoned by their own government.

2/2 These people (and their family members!) serve in some of the hardest places you can imagine, and their work, though often unnoticed, has saved countless lives in the United States and across the globe. They deserve many, many thanks for their service to our nation.