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Need to keep fighting everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Spell Is Broken From governors to European allies, the fear and deference that once insulated Trump are fading and the White House is no longer neutral ground.

Trump still has the office but the reverence is gone. Governors are boycotting. Foreign leaders are shunning the photo ops. The spell is breaking, and the #WhiteHouse is no longer neutral ground. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Opinion | He Studied Cognitive Science at Stanford. Then He Wrote a Startling Play About A.I. Authoritarianism.

"The threat of authoritarianism abroad becomes a rationale for building the tools of digital authoritarianism at home." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/o...

Eff the President Day It’s Monday. There are 260 days until the midterm elections. Trump’s murderous friend murdered someone, Massie gets nasty and a real POTUS speaks.

Eff the President Day
It’s Monday. There are 260 days until the midterm elections. Trump’s murderous friend murdered someone, Massie gets nasty and a real POTUS speaks.

It wouldn't surprise me. Nothing would from this jackass at this point.

A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.

-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.

Bad Bunny Didn't Just Perform The Halftime Show, He Sent A Message To The World

Guest writer Tannia Suarez explains how Bad Bunny transformed Super Bowl LX into a declaration of linguistic and cultural power, showing why authenticity, not translation or apology, is what truly expands influence.

So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?

Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.

Presidents Day How to Trump-proof the presidency

Can we look forward to reform and better Presidents Days? open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Today’s edition of the Article I Crisis.

Note that this is a newish amendment to the Save America Act. The earlier version was plenty bad. But this is even worse. Curiously, I had a really hard time finding this latest version online. I knew to look only bc the Brennan Center alluded to an amendment along these lines.

Trump is ‘deeply committed to your success’, Rubio tells Orbán during Hungary visit – as it happened Rubio says relationship with Orbán is ‘vital for US national interests’ ahead of Hungarian elections in April

Of course he is deeply committed to the success of his authoritarian role model 😡

FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.

C-SPAN screenshot of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a press conference in Phoenix. Text above quotes a reporter asking whether CBP shot a party balloon mistaken for a drone with a laser and why it wasn’t coordinated with the FAA. Noem responds vaguely about a joint agency task force and ongoing communication before ending the press conference.

Remember when Noem went before cameras right away to label Renee Good and Alex Pretti as “domestic terrorists”? Before any investigation had even happened?

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

—FDR, 1937

Very smart messaging from the White House here, making everyone think about Donald Trump as a ruthless predator.

Wow, Elon Musk sure does like White people | Opinion Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a guy whose social media platform most companies still use, is a BIG fan of White people. Problematically so.

Terrific piece by @rexhuppke.bsky.social on Elon Musk, White Nationalist

Screenshot of a tweet jokingly naming a band “The Klanberries,” showing a collage of four blonde conservative women commentators and officials in separate headshots side by side.

Well played.

Your Presidents' Day reminder that patriotism isn't about attacking immigrants, cutting taxes for the rich, or dividing us by race & faith. True patriots don't pander to divisiveness or hate. They work to confirm the "WE" in "We the People of the United States."

“Anthropic … wants to ensure its tools aren't used to spy on Americans en masse, or to develop weapons that fire with no human involvement. The Pentagon claims that's unduly restrictive …” www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...

War Pigs for Profit & Power

Good thing we are utilizing our top diplomatic and foreign policy experts for this important mission.

Civil rights groups ask court to protect Fulton County voter data seized by FBI The federal government should be expressly banned from copying or sharing the seized records, the groups said.

🚨BREAKING: A group of civil rights organizations including the NAACP have asked a federal court to protect voters’ personal information after the FBI seized ballots and other election materials during a raid on Fulton County. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump’s Golden Age for Billionaires

House Republicans release new farm bill text Agriculture Chair Glenn Thompson borrowed some Democratic ideas, but the panel’s ranking member called it a “charade.”

A new draft of the farm bill from House Republicans is being used to advance protections for pesticide manufacturers. The proposal includes language that would shield companies from state-level penalties or court rulings if their product labels don’t spell out potential health risks.

Screenshot of a tweet contrasting Kid Rock and Bad Bunny, with a photo of Bad Bunny performing on a brightly lit stage in a packed stadium in Buenos Aires, surrounded by thousands of fans holding up lights.

“No one knows who Bad Bunny is!” — MAGA

The Trump regime started the week by telling lies about Alex Pretti's murder.Now, Trump has pivoted back to telling lies Did Trump Keep ANY of His Campaign Promises?

This Presidents' Day, I'm reminded of all the promises our current president has broken. https://youtu.be/AcefFTXUcxU?si=Qd1tW-7ojQet2CuN

that’s the new Donnyverse talking point: because the Dow is at 50,000, Preznit Fuckwit and his fucked-up gang of fucker-uppers should get a free pass for all their fuckery. we heard this dumb-ass drivel just other day, from Pam Bondi. Pissy Pam insisted that Donny be excused from any accountability for his thousands of appearances in the Dead Pedo Bestie Files, because the Dow was at fifty large. you’re welcome, Epstein victims. get ready to never hear the end of ‘the Dow is at 50,000’ — because if there’s one thing that Donny and his flunkies love to do, it’s take a talking point, grab it by the haunches and clownfuck it raw.

REMEMBER WHEN PISSY PAM BONDI TOLD THE EPSTEIN SURVIVORS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP BECAUSE THE DOW WAS AT FIFTY THOUSAND? WELL, NOW ALL OF DONNY'S FLUNKIES ARE DOING IT, AS I EXPLAIN IN TODAY'S VERY ANGRY POST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4kCcrQF

Apparently “America First” means promising foreign countries financial assistance from US taxpayers but only if they vote for the incumbent president trailing in the polls.