Vanessa Peters

And to be clear, everyone was very aware that this was illegal, but Trump officials and DOGE didi it anyway. Multiple IRS acting commissioners were removed when they raised concerns. Pretty much the entire C-suite resigned. From last year: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/this-tax-d...

Round white bird (tit)

My phone screensaver 🤣

I remember in 2016, Elijah Cummings saying that there was a larger, more horrific story behind Trump's election. He went on to pursue avenues of investigation that would have led to Epstein: Black Cube, Deutsche Bank, Sater and Michael Cohen, etc. All investigations dropped after his 2019 death.

I'm 45 and I'm there! But I've always been an old soul. ☺️

damn, bro.

Close-up of two flags side by side: the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag in the foreground and a blurred blue European Union flag with yellow stars in the background

Today, four years ago Russia started its full-scale and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.

We stand firm with Ukraine for a just and lasting peace. For a strong and sovereign Ukraine in a strong and sovereign Europe.

Read the joint statement: link.europa.eu/k3BB3x

BARF 🤮

Reinforcing the premise that conservatism is founded on ignorance, Marco Rubio also seems clueless that both the Beatles and the Stones got their start trying their best to recreate Black American music and the fifth Beatle was a Black American man who also contributed heavily to the Stones.

It's like ICE is completely ignoring every lesson that moderately competent police forces are forced to learn, like "don't do high speed chases in densely populated areas with low risk targets"

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.

"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA "To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."

New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — @volts.wtf sounds off on the EPA

“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”

Bingo.

There are far more voters than ICE agents. People should plan to stay at their polling place all day. Make it a party. Meet your neighbors. Talk politics. Gather food trucks. Make it a safe place for voters who are nervous. ICE agents always back off when they are outnumbered.

We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

There must be a dozen fireable offenses listed in this piece:
*Noem firing civil servants without cause
*Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun
*Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms

One of the first points at which it all should have ended was in 2017, when this unelected & unconfirmed person started monetizing his father-in-law's presidency in plain sight while also working in the White House & representing the US in international negotiations.

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Y'all, ICE thugs are still terrorizing people in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

They are counting on America looking away, and it's currently working. Please tell everyone you know, please reach out to people with huge followings, and ask them to help refocus our attention on the ongoing abuses.

During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)

Worth a thousand words, indeed

i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.

208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

How the Presidency is Making Trump Richer : Up First from NPR Before President Donald Trump’s first term, he was in a “tight spot” financially, according to New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick. At the start of his second term, Kirkpatrick says, Trump was in an “...

The current president has made almost 4 billion dollars since he was voted in office 🙃 This episode breaks down how he made that money and how it compares to other presidents.

www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...

Absolutely. And it bugged the shit out of me then too.

Six years ago, Donald Trump fired me from the White House for speaking the truth. I risked everything to protect our democracy.

If Lt. Col. Vindman had not been fired, he'd probably still be in uniform. Instead he's running for the Senate. How satisfying it will be when he votes to impeach Trump!

Six years ago, Donald Trump fired me from the White House for speaking the truth.
open.substack.com/pub/alexande...

Trump said for years he'd make his tax returns public if he weren't under audit. Now he wants $10 billion dollars in "compensation" for something he said was no big deal.

I'm sorry for your loss.🙏

quote from Haruki Murakami: “I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind. “But to hold to such repetition for so long—six months to a year—requires a good amount of mental and physical strength. In that sense, writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.”

Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc

like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine

YouTube video by Nick Bryant They Knew with Sarah Kendzior, PhD | The Nick Bryant Podcast

Interview from 2022 on a lot of things that ended up being in the Epstein files. Conversation between me and Nick Bryant, who wrote about the Franklin scandal before Epstein. The pedophile trafficking/government rings go back many decades.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJgD...