ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD His death could accelerate the collapse of Iran's regime.

🚨 BREAKING: ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD

Inhumanity and insanity. The sort of thing a dying empire does.

NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military.    The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.    Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.   WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!   PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP”

Trump: “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service…
 
Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology.“

Always a pleasure to talk to Lizzie! Here is my big thoughts on the Anthropic/DOD fight: it’s really a fight about the future of warfare.

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. How it works:

Pro-Palestine International Students Have Won in Court. Why Hasn’t Mahmoud Khalil Won His Freedom? One of Trump’s tricks is to send people to Louisiana where they get harsher treatment. Mahmoud Khalil is pointing out the iniquity of it.

SCOOP: Mahmoud Khalil has requested to move his deportation case to New York from Louisiana "on remand" where he hopes to present new evidence of the Trump admin's retaliation against him, according to a recent immigration court filing obtained by @theintercept.com

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For those unfamiliar w/ Stew Peters, he's in my profile of the Anti-Zionist America PAC, which he promotes. Peters often uses Israel's genocide to rail against Jewish people, using antisemitic slurs and spreading conspiracies of a "satanic" agenda of global control.
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Democrats Finally Get Around to Forcing Iran War Powers Vote With Congress not reconvening until next week, there’s a chance the vote might come after attacks start.

With Congress not reconvening until next week, there’s a chance the vote might come after attacks start.

Rambling Man: Trump’s State of the Union Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington, and Jordan Uhl on Trump’s speech and the Democratic Party’s response.

“The whole thing, if you read it, if you listen to it, it reads like a white nationalist speech.”

Mayes: We’re talking about having to physically protect the machinery of democracy. And to me, it is surreal that we are at that place.

But what I want Americans to know is that you have a team of AGs that has been working together for more than a year now to protect democracy.

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...

YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd Understanding the Homelessness Crisis (with data, of course)

excellent from @nerd4cities.bsky.social youtu.be/pBRPj6ew-uU?...

FCC Chair Brendan Carr praises Bari Weiss’ CBS “I think they’re doing a great job,” Carr said at Semafor’s Restoring Trust in Media event Wednesday.

@semafor.com is such a perfect example of softball brunchlord media and the feckless way it normalizes and downplays radical censorial authoritarians

reading this you'd barely be aware that Carr is a free speech trampling extremist (who in his free time guts telecom and media consumer protections)

If you or someone you know has been held at Camp East Montana or another Texas detention center, you represent a client held there, or you've worked with or at a Texas detention center, @lomikriel.bsky.social is looking to talk to you.

The Texas Tribune has done a great job covering these places.

DHS should shutter the El Paso ICE camp, @repescobar.bsky.social & Dems said, noting at least one of the 3 deaths there was in part to 'poor medical care by staff.' Another a homicide involving staff. ICE alleged suicide in a third, but won't release the autopsy.

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It's just insane the degree to which the federal government has simply declared war on a U.S. state. A punitive war with no discernible objective other than to immiserate its people. bsky.app/profile/apne...

This is how white nationalism undermines very basic thinking.

I interned in a state Medicaid/Medicare audit unit. The idea that states do not do this already is absurd and is only justified if you are incensed that non-white people receive equal benefits that they are entitled to under the law.

During last night's State of the Union, Trump also took credit, saying " We've also taken down one of the most sinister cartel kingpins of all. You saw that yesterday."

The U.S. Has Killed More than 150 People in Boat Strikes.

We’re Tracking Them All, @theintercept.com

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Rambling Man: Trump’s State of the Union Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · February 25 · 38m

NEW POD 🎧: we listened to the State of the Union so you don’t have to. W/ @jesswash.bsky.social & @jordanuhl.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Rambling Man: Trump’s State of the Union Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington, and Jordan Uhl on Trump’s speech and the Democratic Party’s response.

@akelalacy.bsky.social, @jesswash.bsky.social, and @jordanuhl.com stayed up late to talk Trump’s speech and the Democratic Party’s response.

YouTube video by The Intercept Trump's Dark, Disturbing State of the Union #trump #politics

We endured Trump’s dark, disturbing State of the Union so you didn’t have to.

(Do we get hazard pay for this?)

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Rambling Man: Trump’s State of the Union Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington, and Jordan Uhl on Trump’s speech and the Democratic Party’s response.

Most of Trump's SOTU was carbon copy talking points from other speeches, but @jesswash.bsky.social, @akelalacy.bsky.social and I sought out some of the more unexpected moments to drill down on:

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Save yourself, and just listen to The Intercept Briefing instead podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What Does the Trump Administration Want With Cuba? Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · February 20 · 59m

NEW POD 🎧: Cuba is spiraling into a humanitarian crisis. Trump has kept the Caribbean in his crosshairs, kidnapped the Venezuelan president & executed >140 people in boat strikes — what does he want with Cuba? W/ @mjbusta.bsky.social & @andrespertierra.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

"Jackson freed prisoners. He opened the doors to negotiations. He gave hope to the hopeless and a voice to the voiceless. ... He will be missed, but his legacy lives on in the progressive movement for domestic and foreign policy change that he helped shape."

The U.S. killed 11 more civilians in boat strikes yesterday -- 8 in the Pacific Ocean and 3 in the Caribbean.

We're tracking the increasing toll of these extrajudicial killings in a tracker @theintercept.com

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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

"Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests... the department asked the companies for identifying details of accounts that do not have a real person’s name attached and that have criticized ICE or pointed to the locations of ICE agents." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

YouTube video by The Intercept “Terrorist”: How ICE Weaponized 9/11’s Scarlet Letter

"The best time to abolish ICE was 2003. The second best time is today." - @attackerman.bsky.social to @jordanuhl.com

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