Luke Russert

George W. Bush Subtly Trashes Trump in Presidents Day Message The former president praised George Washington for his very un-Trumpian traits.

President’s Day: www.thedailybeast.com/george-w-bus...

I read this and immediately wanted a drink. 🥃

Weeks of death, destruction and demoralization with nothing of substance gained beyond horrific images of public execution in 🇺🇸.

UK's Starmer refuses to heed calls to quit over Mandelson scandal British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signalled on Monday he would not heed calls to quit, even by the leader of his party in Scotland, after a second aide resigned from a team in crisis over the appoin...

It speaks volumes about the state of America…that the British PM is facing more serious calls to resign over Epstein than our own POTUS who was DIRECTLY linked to him… www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

And then they came for the Boston Irish guy in a Gronk jersey… www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

The most creative well produced and executed Super Bowl half time show of all time. I’m laughing at the “patriots” who missed it.

The depiction of minorities as primates is meant to infer “less than human” status. While primarily used against blacks, over 🇺🇸 history it’s been done to Latinos, Irish, Italians by “superior” often Anglo-Saxon whites. So it’s not a “joke” it’s deeply offensive and encourages violent behavior.

The curious case of the President’s formal personal lawyer who is now in DOJ Leadership saying “partying with Epstein is not a crime” but then the GOP Oversight push to depose Bill Clinton and none of the other “partiers.”

On the @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social 7pm eastern on @ms.now 🙌

There’s tribal intentionality here. The Adm seeks to make public examples of individuals they feel will be seen as “the other.” Folks who don’t have the same level of “Americanness.” Don is a fearless journalist & a proud gay black man. Therefore he’s the first prominent journalist to be arrested.

“Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies”

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

Bruce wrote this song last Saturday. The day our government executed a VA nurse trying to help a lady to her feet. Bruce is America's conscience. 🇺🇸 “We’ll take our stand for this land and the stranger in our midst.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

The parents of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse killed by federal agents in Minnesota, remember their son as a “kindhearted soul.” They also called the Trump administration’s response to his death “reprehensible.”

Ayman Mohyeldin reports on @theweekendprime.bsky.social

Another fatal shooting in Minneapolis by federal agents Chaos ensued between protesters and officers near the scene of the shooting, which Gov. Tim Walz called “another horrific shooting by federal agents” deployed by President Trump.

We’ve become a pariah state. www.ms.now/news/another...

Father and daughter marching in negative degrees. Minnesota 🥹

Back the blue…unless they get in the way of a coup!

This MS NOW documentary from Houston shows 1.) federal officers appearing to ram an immigrant’s van with their vehicle, 2.) officers placing a high school student in a chokehold and 3.) confiscating the 16-year-old’s phone (which was later found to have been sold at a tech-for-cash pawn shop kiosk)

This may be Gavin's first misstep in his shadow campaign. The leaders he's criticizing are trying to support Ukraine, hold NATO together, preserve democracy and not tank the global economy because our citizenry was angry about $6 bags of Doritos.

“In normal liberal democracy terms, the United States is in bad shape,” the international-relations scholar Nicholas Grossman wrote recently. But, he went on, considering that the country is struggling against an attempted authoritarian takeover, “we’re doing pretty well."

Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland

Starting a war because he didn’t win a prize for peace? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...

John Elway was 37 years old when he won his first Super Bowl. Next season we got a new home and we’re going to get some new luck. Go Bills. I love you Bills Mafia.

Opinion | How RFK Jr. plans to bankrupt vaccine manufacturers Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to flood the vaccine injury compensation program to hurt vaccine access in the U.S.

"he has devised an underhanded way to accomplish exactly that by removing liability protections from vaccine manufacturers and thus eliminating any profitability from vaccine sales and induce them to stop producing vaccines."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

There’s “allyship” and then there’s this:

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

"Massive data centers — concentrated in Northern Virginia but affecting the entire grid — consume enormous amounts of electricity, tightening supply and pushing up wholesale prices across the region."

Why your D.C. utility bills are higher (again) Blame gas and electric hikes, falling temps and the data center boom.

My power bill today floored me. Thanks AI! I love subsidizing billionaires making us dumber www.axios.com/local/washin...

The umbrella protections of "official acts."

The VP thinking that somehow this exonerates the officer is madness. Also in the unedited version Officer Ross mutters “F-ing b*tch” after killing Renee Good. It appears the G-rated insults from Good’s wife angered him and he snapped. Questionable temperament for an officer of the law.

"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed

There was a time when the FBI was brought in to check city and state police departments and make sure investigations were open and honest…

The enduring lesson of Jan 6th is that there is no bottom to current reality. It proved that the most heinous treasonous acts had no consequences. That those who knew better willfully killed their conscience for 1 more tiny sliver of power. It’s a dark day to remember & reconciling it is even harder