Brian Resists!

In 2025, China bought 12M tons of US soybeans. Under Biden, it was 26M to 29M tons. Trump’s Phase One bailouts totaled $28B for farmers, plus $12B in 2025. Now Xi is only considering 8M more tons. Art of the deal.

Kosplay Kristi. 🤡

Things are so crazy right now, with the constant bombardment of horrible lies and meanness from the Trump regime, I just need to find someplace with no other people.

So I nodded off at a "Melania" matinee.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — US judge blocks immigration agents from arresting people in Oregon without warrants unless there's a risk of escape.

This is what an independent pro-democracy news site looks like. No corporate investors. No compromises. It never backs down. It will not obey. Help it thrive by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

But, somehow, Jeff Bezos had $75 million to squander/bribe for his useless, money-losing Melania vanity movie. Who needs accurate, smart reporting when you can have shameless, stupid propaganda?

Whether it’s right wing billionaires turning America’s most important media institutions into outlets for right wing propaganda or the Oberlin student council condemning the use of racial slurs, both sides seem to have lost interest in free speech.

Glad to see that FIRE is still non-partisan and totally not a right wing organization

ICE closes sale on warehouse in east San Antonio, city council member says While ICE officials didn't directly address the transaction, the agency said it was "actively working to expand detention space" in the U.S.

East San Antonio, TX

"This warehouse will traffic some of the most disreputable commercial activity since WWII," the County Commissioner said in a statement...

www.wfaa.com/article/news...

FDA Removes Warning Page About Dangerous Autism Treatments Autism researchers question motivations for latest HHS changes, including the new IACC

This was reported earlier but still important: The FDA removed a webpage that warned consumers about potentially dangerous products and therapies marketed as autism treatments.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

Interesting that a senator felt the need to send a classified warning about intelligence activities.

🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social : “Today, I call on Congress to haul before the oversight committee every single person who emailed about going to Epstein’s island… the 🇺🇸 people are frustrated with the rich and powerful getting a different set of Justice.”

Oh yeah, the congresswoman should definitely sue and demand the full amount that a reporter was paid for this piece.

What kind of windfall would that be? Millions? Billions? Who can say.

Texas students walk out of school in protest of ICE ✊

Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening

One way for the media to win back the respect of viewers would be for them to show us that they have some self-respect of their own.

When you let the president denigrate and humiliate your colleagues without saying a word, you're not really giving off a "holding the powerful to account" vibe

Lmao, imagine getting your ass kicked by a group of teenagers — in a fight you started — and then going to jail for it 🤣🤣🤣

It's the Winter Olympics, so my once-every-four-years chance to note that my wife's aunt was once the head of the Canadian curling federation.

Her husband? A leader in the Mounties.

If this family were any more Canadian, they'd be maple-flavored.

GOP megadonor Ken Griffin at a WSJ event: The Trump admin has "definitely made missteps in choosing decisions or courses that have been very, very enriching to the families of those in the administration."

But it’s not even taco Tuesday

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to endorse Gov. Kathy Hochul The endorsement, expected this week, gives Hochul a critical inroad with left-leaning voters.

Two years ago, Kathy Hochul was seen as a joke and a pariah by Democrats. Progressives hated her, YIMBYs hated her. Now, she's set to get an endorsement by Zohran Mamdani and curb stomp Delgado.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Lee Hamilton was a giant at home in Indiana and a deeply respected leader on the international stage. He embodied the best kind of Hoosier values with his principled, steady leadership across a remarkable career in public service.

Redistricting did not turn out how Trump wanted. So, now he is resorting to political prosecutions, ballot seizures and the threat of federal paramilitary to steal the 2026 midterms. He is normalizing the idea that his administration will take over ballot counting. We cannot let that happen.

Apologize ‘for what?’: JD Vance won't back down from labeling slain nurse an 'assassin' Vice President JD Vance does not think he needs to apologize for labeling Alex Pretti an “assassin."

JD Vance says he doesn't need to apologize for labeling Alex Pretti an "assassin."

"For what?" Vance said when asked if he planned to apologize.
www.nj.com/politics/202...

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FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...

www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... excellent piece

Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis has broken the Justice Department This DOJ is no longer capable of doing its job.

Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis has broken the Justice Department
This DOJ is no longer capable of doing its job.

BREAKING: Ford employee, TJ Sabula, Who Called Trump A 'Pedophile Protector' is No Longer Suspended from work.

In the meantime, people raised over $800,000 in a GoFundMe for him.

LESSON: Standing up to Trump is a WIN!

Sen. Ron Wyden Sends Chilling Letter to CIA Not great. Really not great.

"I don’t pretend to know the exact nature of what this letter is regarding, but I’m not gonna lie to you, folks: it has me worried. I am worried."

US Rep. Jasmine Crockett -

The 1st, 4th, 5th, and 14th Amendments have been thrown out the window by the Trump Admin.