Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way.
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This is, we can tell from the coding of the case files, the woman who also told the FBI that Epstein introduced her to Trump around the same time and that Trump sexually assaulted her. Trump denies any wrongdoing with respect to Epstein and says he’s been totally exonerated.

While Trump pardons white-collar criminals and runs his own grift, California stops fraud and theft.

Over the last 8 years, we’ve blocked more than $6 BILLION in tax fraud — including $579 MILLION in the last year alone — protecting funding for schools, public safety, and essential services.

For all the many tales of violence and bloodshed Trump seemed to enjoy relating in the speech, he never mentioned these admirable individuals killed by agents of the federal government sent to Minnesota by...Donald Trump. lnk.thebulwark.com/40fRxgV

In State of Union, Trump lies about most restrictive voting bill in U.S. history If it became law, the bill would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.

If you were a sane person who didn't watch the SOTU but wanted to find out about some of the lies that were stated during it, check this out!

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Trump’s ‘war on fraud’ announcement recalls plan for assistant attorney general who answers to Vance The proposed position would further subordinate the Justice Department and the rule of law to the White House.

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump announced a “war on fraud,” a term that the administration has used in increasingly broad and deceptive ways. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Richmond County’s own Nicole Malliotakis giving off the same energy as one of the white people protesting southern school integration in photos from the 50s

Susan Rice is right. Now Netflix must choose. The institutions and individuals who betrayed democratic principles will bear that mark of shame well into the future.

Netflix faces a critical choice: capitulate to Trump or take a stand.

The streaming giant's decision carries significant consequences, Marc Elias writes.

Acquiescing would embolden future institutional demands, but standing firm would signal the resolve of civil society against the president.

Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong But at least the President thinks everything is going great.

On Tuesday night, Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in modern history—and still managed to say nothing at all, @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
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Pay Attention to What Trump Didn’t Say Hint: All the stuff that makes America great.

"My reaction to Trump’s speech mirrored Samuel Johnson’s famous judgment of Milton’s Paradise Lost: 'None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.'"

Today's Morning Shots, featuring @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @racheljanfaza.bsky.social:

Trump accuses Supreme Court justices of disloyalty for declaring his tariffs illegal “They’re very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution."

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In its strongest pushback yet to Trump’s unprecedented power grab, SCOTUS ruled the president violated federal law by unilaterally imposing sweeping tariffs across the globe last year.

Despite the decision, the president said he’d use separate authorities to keep the tariffs in place.

"Is this free market stuff, when the president tells private companies which executives they should hire and fire?"

"This is not a free-market administration. This is an authoritarian administration. This is a mafia administration."

Talked to @robertgarcia.bsky.social

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Newsom's spokesperson becomes the story Izzy Gardon, more than any other aide, is suddenly becoming a focal point of the attention — and backlash.

Newsom's spokesperson becomes the story

A Republican’s Sex Scandal Could Paralyze the House Plus: Join me inside the House chamber for the State of the Union.

"In more normal times, Gonzales’s behavior would prompt a swift resignation and condemnatory statements from party leadership. But the Republican majority in the House is in dire straits." Still, at one time, that wouldn't have mattered.

Donald Trump’s State of the Union Was Long and Wrong But at least the President thinks everything is going great.

If Donald Trump’s address to the nation on Tuesday proved anything, it’s that it’s hard to explain how you are going to get America out of a mess that you do not believe exists.
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“There is really good reason to think that any savings from rolling back all of these pollution limits would be more than offset by the higher cost of medical bills and lost productivity from people getting sicker and dying earlier.” RFK Jr. is on board with it, too.

Golden Age of America? Turnaround for the ages?

Trump is like a punch-drunk boxer. Swinging and missing at addressing our nation’s most pressing issues.

Supreme Court deals setback to ICE detention contractor in fight over detainee work

What Trump avoided in the State of the Union could haunt him in November The president’s state of the union was notable for something his second term has largely lacked: restraint.

Trump’s State of the Union was notable for something his second term has largely lacked: restraint.

But the issues he avoided addressing could haunt him in November.

Dems demand probe of Trump’s SAVE America Act website "This webpage appears to be a prima facie violation of restrictions on the use of appropriations for explicit appeals to the public to contact Members of Congress to support pending legislation."

Top Democrats are requesting an investigation into a White House website that calls for support of the GOP-led SAVE America Act.

The lawmakers called it an “illegal appeal…in favor of a bill that is designed to stoke fears of voter fraud centered on a myth of pervasive voting by noncitizens.”

Voting rights advocates, Democrats slam Trump’s voter suppression push in State of the Union Democrats accused Trump of using unfounded claims to justify sweeping new voting restrictions.

Voting rights advocates blasted Donald Trump Tuesday night after he used his State of the Union address to promote the SAVE America Act — the most restrictive anti-voting bill in U.S. history — and repeat false claims of widespread election fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Gotta tip your cap to @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social for scooping everyone on this.

If you missed the SOTU, the team at @democracydocket.com put together a cut of the voter suppression and election subversion portion of the evening.

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A handful of contractors are pulling in big money equipping ICE and CBP with heavy weaponry, ammo, and other accessories as they wage their war on us. I asked Schiff's staff to list out the top contractors per their data.

The results are in the chart below. 2/

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Bloomberg Subscribe Venezuela: Rodriguez Consolidates Power Venezue Markets Venezuela Ships First Crude Cargo to Israel as Oil Exports Reopen After Maduro's Ouster

As a bonus, the "we" Trump means in this speech is Israel. The United States hasn't seen any of this; it's all going somewhere else. All US politicians who stood and clapped are also paid by AIPAC. #SOTU

Trump openly brags about the oil he stole from Venezuela, which is under threat of military strikes and assassinations to allow the US to steal it:

"We just received from our new friend and partner Venezuela more than 80 million barrels of oil" #SOTU

A very low energy performance by Trump. His basic message for the 2026 midterm elections is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat.