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The awkwardness happened Saturday night at the Alfalfa Club dinner, an invitation-only event for some 200 of the rich and powerful who gather together each year on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthday.

I’m sorry, what?

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Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.

This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.

Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.

👇🎯💯 This is the inescapable conclusion that <everyone> in 🇺🇸 politics & the entire national media cannot bring themselves to make. There is nothing Trump can do at this point to un-disqualify himself, & there are no laws Congress can pass to fix it.

The <only> mechanism is impeachment & removal.

Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground

The justices claim their papers belong to them, not the government or the public, and generally arrange to have them locked away until long after their deaths. The court releases no visitor logs to reveal who meets with the justices.

like this is absurd, get over yourselves

How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive

i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

I know this guy isn't honest, but journalists need to re-think how they use the term "far left".

The far right has Nazis. Literal Nazis. That's not me calling them names, that's what they call themselves.

Say what you want about AOC; she's not a Stalinist.

Accountability for ICE and CBP However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

I really need to get off the internet for a while if only because the number of times I have to stare directly at the camera like jim in the office is legit hurting my fucking neck.

The Alex Pretti gathering at the Indianapolis VA tonight was terrific

There were over 100 of us and it was 18 degrees

Not bad for a vigil that came together organically without an organizer

Lady I just want a functional democracy and a decent safety net

we’ve known Chomsky was a piece of shit since he tried to downplay and deny the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 70s, but I’m glad more people are *finally* figuring this out

I’m so old I remember when it was illegal to condition civil service hiring on supporting a particular President or tyrant.

The right way to get into the Epstein files.

Like most of the House, Mike Johnson has only been there in the Trump era. It’s not simply that he’s abdicating his power as a coequal branch, it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that it *is* a coequal branch.

An FBI file that says someone told them something that FBI has not confirmed is not evidence of anything.

“Someone said something [never confirmed or substantiated] to a government agency, therefore there’s a big conspiracy” is a common approach for antivaxxers. Don’t be like them.

My unsolicited recommendation that will be completely ignored:

A lot of terrible people who helped re-elect Trump will jump off the ship. They will be embraced by Democrats and corporate media.

Make them earn it. Make them show their homework.

Or else this cycle repeats itself again and again.

Trump’s main demand with tariffs: say words that give Trump positive headlines.

To the extent it’s an actual strategy, it’s like getting vague announcements to lease some units in a new building then telling other investors it’s going fast.

Except international relations isn’t scammy real estate.

Opinion | Trump's absurd $10 billion suit against his own government Paul Waldman: Trump wants every American taxpayer to give him a payoff

Trump is demanding that taxpayers pay him $10 billion, and guess who'll decide whether he gets it? He will!

Even in the most corrupt presidency ever, this bit of self-dealing stands out. My latest at MSNOW:

www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

My guess is that there will be very little pushback against Governor Cox for this, and that as he positions himself for 2028, he will do so by presenting himself as the moderate, sane voice of the GOP. But this is straightforwardly undermining a check on more radical policymaking.

'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.

www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...

As someone who traveled a lot for the federal government and stayed in many a hotel room for sometimes weeks at a time.... this is 100% a skill issue.

Here's what to know about the partial government shutdown and its impact Unlike the record shutdown in the fall, the partial shutdown that started Saturday may not last long.

So... is the government shut down? What's going on with that?

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The Trump admin’s whole case regarding Haitians in Ohio is racism, xenophobia, and lies. There’s literally nothing else to it.

Legal status, proper papers. No criminal record. Employers, neighbors, local leaders say they’re a benefit to the community.

It’s showy, bigoted cruelty, nothing more.

I proudly wear one of these pins whenever I go out. If you also want to proudly display your love for Trek and Antifa, I highly recommend getting one!

In case this isn't already obvious, "you're impeding a federal investigation" is now the equivalent of "stop resisting." It's just a thing they say out loud to justify whatever they want.

For the historians in the room, see: "requerimiento"

Years ago, a friend asked me why billionaires want MORE money when they could never spend the tiniest fraction of what they have.

My answer is that they want immunity. The immunity to do literally any horrific they want without consequence.

Nothing I've seen since has changed my mind.

That obscene wealth ensures them immunity.

That's exactly why billionaires must be taxed out of existence.

Allowing anyone that kind of immunity enables fascism and horror.

At a very basic level, this is why Luigi Mangione became a folk hero.

I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.