DOJ demanded voter files from all 50 states.
DOJ sued 31 states for refusing their demand.
My law firm intervened to protect voters in those cases.
DOJ is now 0-5.
My firm is 5-0.
Lesson: When we fight we win.
The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon
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They Pay $34 for Burgers. Should Their Child Care Be Free? A free preschool center opening in one of New York City’s wealthiest neighborhoods raises questions about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vow to expand universal child care.
yes. they pay more based on income in taxes for the thing that is then “free” for everyone. this is how public services work
Every day
EVERY public library system I’ve worked for has been complicit in this shit AND insisted I was overreacting when I warned them we were putting our patrons in danger by directing them to this abusive media platform for library program info.
Fuck all y’all middle class white ladies in Library Admin 🖕
Cool. Just wanted to make sure people didn’t think the reports of this incident last night at SFO are misinformation, even if an older video is being shared on Bluesky. That’s why I posted the link to observer’s videos/comments on Reddit.
ICE is still at SFO whether or not they are taking on TSA duties. Here’s a video supposedly from yesterday’s incident at SFO from Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancis...
Not really interested in this next round of No Kings protests unless there is national, top-down platform about ending the War in Iran, defunding the Israeli Genocide Machine, and laying off Cuba and Venezuela. We don’t need another pressure realize for suburban liberals we need actionable demands
John Snow
Map of cholera in Soho in 1854
Broad(wick) Street pump (a replica thereof)
The handle?
Happy birthday to John Snow, the man who put the OG into epidemiology, without whom we'd all have cholera and the Broad Street pump would still have a handle
Freedom of speech painting
I don’t think losing an election means you were “right about everything” or “tried to warn” all of us
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I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.
I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.
Sahar Delijani said it best:
My primary practice may be Daoist rather than Buddhist, but I’ve nonetheless enjoyed pulling on this thread of how most English Buddhist teachings I’ve been exposed to are misguided by way of mistranslation.
neuroticgradientdescent.blogspot.com/2020/01/mist...
“On the merits, its detentions are illegal,” the judge wrote.
“[The government] knows this.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
Midterm message:
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social We’re starting to get more attention, lol.
“The Swoletariat: a history of leftist fitness”
www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
= ELPAIS 50 SUBSCRIBE The gravest conditions are evident in the essentials, hitting households first and foremost, especially in poorer provinces and in communities without access to remittances or generators. Some estimates show that 89% of the porgilation already lives in extreme poverty. Every day brings extended power cuts, intermittent water, spoiled food, suspended classes, canceled surgeries, and transportation that stops without warning. Families spend entire days searching for fuel, cooking gas, or basic goods rather than working. The average Cuban expends enormous energy getting by day-to-day, and any effort to plan for tomorrow is premised on rumors. For several years now, there has been an erosion of public order. Independent media has increasingly reported theft, nighttime insecurity, and murders, even as official statistics remain limited and difficult to verify. As economic stress deepens and blackouts lengthen, localized protests over food shortages and electricity cuts have reemerged. Conditions that strain daily survival also heighten the risk of further social unrest. At the same time, roughly 1,000 political prisoners remain behind bars following the July I1 protests, and new detentions continue. The state's response to instability remains rooted in control.
= EL PAIS 50 SUBSCRIBE Those who can - cither with financial means or physical ability - have left. Migration is not simply a side effect; it is the clearest measure of how little resilience remains. In 2025, Cubans were the third-largest asylum-seeking nationality worldwide. Cuba's oil situation today Against this already fragile baseline, recent events and policies have all but stopped oil imports to Cuba, increasing uncertainty. First, through sanctions and high-seas seizures, the United States government has, for months, attempted to block Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba. Now, following the January 3rd U.S. military operation in Venezuela, those shipments have stopped. Then, on January 29, 2026, the White House announced a new executive action that threatens tariffs against any country that provides oil to Cuba. When compliance risk rises, suppliers and shippers tend to step back first and ask questions later. That chilling effect will reduce deliveries even in the absence of any enforcement action.
Hard to believe the unbelievable cruelty of the Trump administration. You are watching the deliberate and illegal strangulation of 10 million people and the US media can hardly be bothered to notice. Whether the govt stays or falls, this man-made humanitarian crisis of epic proportions will remain.
AMEN. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social is an absolute hero and has been right all along. It's not too late for folks who haven't been following her for years, as I have, to start reading her stuff immediately if they want to understand what's going on here. Thanks for posting, @pinetreeactivism.org !
So Bissap Baobab gets evicted after neighbors complaining about “noise” and is being replaced by a bar doing the same kind of events, but run by white people.
✨ It’s a yes or no question ✨
Collins stood silently in the Oval Office clutching a red MAGA hat as Trump told lies about our elections and repeated his call for the federal government to take over vote counting in certain parts of the country. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
Wow.
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
tbh it feels like Dem voters who do this are not only in the terminal stages of Strategist Brain but have also internalized the Dem tendency to negotiate against themselves
You START with high demands. You START with exactly what you want plus extra. You only go down once that point is established
Documents show that more than 150 leases and office expansions have or would place new facilities in nearly every state.
This gives us a clear picture of where ICE is going next in the US: Everywhere.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
That’s why we’ve launched a newsletter called Tracker. This limited series will follow how federal agents are carrying out Trump’s mass deportation program, tracking key developments and what they signal for the months ahead.
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