Dean Baker

None of this is normal

Yeah sure Storm the Capital, Change Laws of the Constitution, force Americans to get and pay for unobtainable requirements to vote..to weed out the (avg) of 4 illegal immigrant votes per Election

Canada Gives U.S. Arms Makers the Cold Shoulder on Military Spending

Canada showing far more resolve that US tech companies, law firms, fancy universities, media conglomerates www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...

Other countries can do it, why can’t we?

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

If you meet someone online and the relationship develops fast, they might be a scammer! Slow down …

the FBI deleted this tweet

might’ve hit a little close to home for the director

😀

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

RFK Jr.’s Job Performance: Lies that Take Lives RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine lies, amplified in a Trump administration built on misinformation, are directly fueling measles outbreaks and preventable deaths.

RFK Jr. is a pathetic clown whose stupid games are getting people killed cepr.net/publications...

I'm going to need you to sit down and read this headline slowly

Trump officials condemned Don Lemon. He’s bigger than ever after arrest. The administration’s attacks on Lemon and independent journalists have boosted their online attention and revenue.

New: The Trump arrest of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social has backfired, giving biggest boost of his online career. In two weeks, he's gained 300k on Instagram, 140k on YouTube, 73% on Substack and started selling arrest-themed merch. "They elevated me," he said in interview wapo.st/3OfiGxz

The vast majority of Republican politicians would rather be officeholders in a dictatorship than citizens in a democracy. They have chosen to be traitors.

bring back shame

Please read this long but important thread from an immigration defense attorney.

If this administration is permitted to scale its current abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment of immigrants to the breadth and scope for which they’re currently planning, we’ll all be witness to mass atrocities.

Completely agree

Long-shot call to fellow aviators:

If you happen to be the Coast Guard pilot who got fired for forgetting Kristi Noem's blankie, or if you know more about this episode, feel free to be in touch on Signal.
(Unlike team MAGA, I know how to keep Signal chats private.)

Signal ID jf_signal70.26

Once more: Columbia could have fought; it chose not.

Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.

Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where The Sun Goes At Night

This is one reason we put out a huge report in 2024 analyzing the actual costs of mass deportation! Everyone was talking in the abstract and we tried to make it real. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-...

"first they came for my property value"

It's exactly this. Musk never gets called on the fact that he's been 10 years out from a moon colony for the last 16 years; Republicans never get called on anything; why wouldn't CEOs start testing out this new accountability-free zone and just say whatever's convenient to manipulate the moment?

it does kinda seem like a lot of residual Patriots hatred is probably actually Belichick hatred

I’m a Minneapolis postal worker. This is what I saw. Come rain, shine, tear gas, or ICE shootings, postal worker Bianca Sonnenberg is delivering the mail.

"In my head, I’m always thinking, this is somebody’s medicine or something that they need. If I don’t get it to ’em today, they’re gonna have to wait till Monday. And that’s just me doing my part that I could at that moment."

Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

When a story beckons, a good reporter runs towards it -- even if she is wearng a bathrobe and slippers. All hail Sam Stroozas of Minnesota Public Radio. www.mpr.org/stories/2026...

Opinion | ICE Is on a Dark Path. Congress Must Act Now. Congress must stand firm against President Trump’s assault on the rule of law.

ICE Is on a Dark Path. Congress Must Act Now. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opinion/ice-congress-trump-dhs.html

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

Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

"Eliminating bus fares can clear junk cases out of our court system, lowering the crushing caseloads that prevent our judges, prosecutors and public defenders from focusing their attention where it’s most needed." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

ICE’s continuous harassment of schools, forcing parents to stand out in front of their children’s school every day, collapsing attendance, transforming schools into de facto aid distribution networks - for me, that’s probably their most unforgivable premeditated crime here in Minnesota

Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

Reminder: Pete Hegseth first entered the scene with his embarrassing, emoji-filled group chat over Signal that leaked Yemen war plans.

He should've been fired then. But Trump is too vain to ever admit he made a bad choice. So here we are.

This should be a gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

There was a huge Trump crime wave in 2020 that President Biden got under control.

Sure it's hard to #bothsides slavery, but....