CHARLAMAGNE: “Trump went platinum in the Epstein files.”

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

Where Trump went wrong in his quest for a Nobel Peace Price In exclusive interviews, Norway's prime minister and the head of the Nobel Institute tell Isaac Stanley-Beckett and Simon Shuster how they handled the president's pressure campaign.

Exclusive: The Nobel Peace Prize Institute is aiming to be more transparent in its selection process to deflect Donald Trump’s accusations of bias, its director Kristian Berg Harpviken tells @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social and Simon Shuster:

A key topic at @munsecconf.bsky.social: Ukraine. I joined Yulia Navalnaya, Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir, and Benjamin Haddad for a conversation with Ali Aslan about where the conflict stands.

I believe the attempt to force Ukraine to agree to a capitulation agreement with Putin is a disgrace.

This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis.

I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a long time. A kind of post-ironic collapse in our politics and culture where nihilism has become the lingua franca of the internet and beyond. It links Kirk, Clavicular, Epstein, memestock/coin stuff, mass shooters. I hope you'll read it.

Trump’s Version of “Domestic Terrorism” vs. the First Amendment The administration has given itself permission to prosecute people and organizations for their political views.

The Trump administration has supercharged the use of domestic terrorism investigations to scare Americans away from using their First Amendment rights to oppose its policies. bit.ly/4qwExhh

"While I was arguing for a less ideological Republicanism, you know who's having the same idea? Donald Trump and Steve Bannon....but what they're going to do is fuse that with racism, corruption, authoritarianism."

@davidfrum.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social on How To Fix It:

The Kids Aren’t Alright in Dilley A baby who needs medicine. A toddler whose detained mom may have breast cancer. A suicide attempt.

Shut down Dilley.

www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...

This quote by Thomas Massie will stick: "This is the Epstein administration."

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.

"In at least 4,421 cases, more than 400 federal judges ruled since the beginning of October that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people illegally as it carries out its mass-deportation campaign."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.

And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.

As the Constitution requires.

Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...

Tell Your Senators: Vote NO on Voter Suppression | Indivisible

Let’s be clear: The GOP’s new voter suppression legislation (modeled on the SAVE Act) is unlikely to pass the Senate.

But with this attack on our voting rights ahead of the midterms, we can’t take anything for granted.

Texas Probes Massive Health Data Breach Impacting Millions On February 12, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton thrust the state into the national spotlight by launching a sweeping investigation into what he described…

Texas Probes Massive Health Data Breach Impacting Millions
evrimagaci.org/gpt/texas-pr...

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

"The tech companies can choose whether or not to provide the information...

"Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Trump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger

"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

Five European nations have determined that Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny.

This was a cowardly act from a frightened leader.

Russia has long acted as a terrorist state, relying on terrorist methods.

Poisoning political opponents.
Silencing journalists.
Invading peaceful neighbors.

Host: So when Donald Trump walked in, there were women in there who weren't fully clothed.

Hughes: Correct. Women were not fully clothed when Donald Trump came in.

Host: And some of those women were, what, as young as 15?

Hughes: Yeah, as 15 years old.

Frost: When the people can't trust their government, that is the sign of a backsliding democracy. And it's part of the reason why people like Kristi Noem should not be in these positions anymore.

Barron’s cover.

Like housing, the solution for beef price-inflation isn’t quick — and it got set back even further by tariffs. 😔

@barrons.com

👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We came to Tumbler Ridge so that this community, who has been through the unthinkable, may know that Canadians are with you.

The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”

Out of the hundreds of essays I have written and published in the last few years, the ones that make MAGA incredibly angry aren’t about abortion or guns or trans rights.

The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...

From the DOJ's attempts to access sensitive voter info to dismantling CISA and pardoning the people responsible for Jan. 6, the Trump administration's campaign to undermine elections is underway. But we can fight back. — @seanmorales-doyle.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4rLg4WD

How the Justice Department Came to Threaten Elections (with Eileen O'Connor and Chris Berger) Listen to this episode from The Briefing with Michael Waldman on Spotify. Recently, we’ve seen an escalation in efforts to meddle with elections, from the dangerous SAVE Act, which is gaining momentum in Congress, to President Trump himself calling for “nationalizing” the counting of ballots.  Less known is how the administration is leveraging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to subvert the vote. Over the last several months, the DOJ has been demanding access to voter rolls and suing states that don’t comply — a move that is not only unlawful but raises numerous alarms.  In this episode, former DOJ officials and Brennan Center experts break down what’s happening inside the department, why it matters for the future of free and fair elections, and what can be done to stop the administration from undermining the rule of law.Recorded on February 10, 2026.Speakers:Eileen O’Connor, Senior Counsel and Manager, Democracy Program, Brennan Center Chris Berger, Patricia Bauman Senior Fellow, Brennan CenterHost: Michael Waldman, President and CEO, Brennan CenterKeep up with the Brennan Center’s work by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, The Briefing, at https://go.brennancenter.org/briefing.The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to repair, revitalize, and defend our systems of democracy and justice so they work for all Americans. The Brennan Center cannot support or oppose any candidate for office.

The Department of Justice has been demanding access to voter rolls and suing states that don’t comply — a move that threatens many Americans’ right to vote. Former DOJ officials at the Brennan Center join The Briefing with Michael Waldman to discuss how we can protect our elections. bit.ly/4ravSCo

Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say

Navalny was most likely killed by a poison drawn from toxin found in a South American frog not natural to Russia, European governments conclude, debunking Moscow's story that he died in prison of natural causes. @lynseychutel.bsky.social Anton Troianovski www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

Good meeting with Lindsey Graham and a bipartisan delegation of US Senators.

Now is the time to raise the costs of Russia’s war higher than ever.

To bring Putin to the negotiating table with genuine intent.

Sanctions work.

And they work best when coordinated.

Congress Jets Off as D.H.S. Shuts Down

DHS shutting down due to a funding impasse? A blasé Congress leaves town without a deal. "We are not even going to pretend that we are trying to figure it out." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

This was yet another week of Trump ruling on behalf of the so-called Epstein Class.But it was also a week that featured Trump, Epstein, and the Ruling Class | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

This was yet another week of Trump ruling on behalf of the so-called Epstein Class.

But it was also a week that featured extraordinary pushback and solidarity against his regime.

Join us as we break down the week that was.

https://youtu.be/oEyT9rwX59I

Trump’s Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier

A Trump ally who helped spread lies about the 2020 election in hopes of overturning the verdict of the voters is now Trump's "director of election security and integrity." @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social @alexandraberzon.bsky.social @nytnickc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...