Sam Alito asking an extended hypothetical question about whether members of an Iranian sleeper cell would get U.S. citizenship is only lending further support to my theory that season 5 of '24' pickled the brains of an entire generation of Republican voters
"Trump gives Russia yet another pass, says it’s ‘fine’ for Putin to break Cuba oil blockade"
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
They think everyone else is a clout seeker as void of moral commitments as they are. Not that these moral commitments are always good, mind you. But they can’t even imagine their existence, for better or worse.
Lol the Department of WAAARRRR featured Smedley Butler on its blog today. You’ll never guess which big parts of his story they leave out!
www.war.gov/News/Feature...
Wow that takes some effort
Really appreciate the amount of on-the-ground coverage of #NoKings via @statesnewsroom.com, whose feed and homepage are shining a light on protests happening all across the country.
In Naples, about 50 prosecutors and judges gathered to open champagne and sing Bella Ciao, the World War II anti-fascist partisan anthem. Activists, students and trade unionists spontaneously marched to Rome’s Piazza del Popolo chanting “resign, resign.”
Scenes in Italy: www.politico.eu/article/ital...
The “writing is thinking” posting will continue until a single freaking person in Silicon Valley has figured this out
It was about protecting Division III high school girls volleyball.
it’s not like we couldn’t have seen this coming (more than a year ago)…
youtu.be/sedx7rkSOMc?...
A couple years ago on the Déjà News pod, @sifill.bsky.social told me and @maddow.bsky.social that Trump tapped into (white) people’s desire “to be free of the requirements of decency.”
And that has lived in my head ever since.
Current events confirm the achieved wisdom of time-honored classics in the social sciences.
After huge local pushback and protest, there will be NO massive trump prison camp in Merrimack New Hampshire:
www.wmur.com/article/ice-...
ICE tackles and arrests New Jersey father outside his home, leaving his 6-year-old first-grade daughter at home alone.
She goes out looking for him.
"I got my boots and changed my clothes. I wanted to find some help to find my dad..."
www.ms.now/the-weekend-...
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirms Trump prison camp purchase called off, and vows to ensure that no other site in Kansas City gets one either.
KCUR story about "Platform Ventures" no sale:
www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...
Mayor's confirmation from instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DUqpKhwkUJb/
Look!
"News of a potential immigrant detention center in Kansas City sparked fierce public backlash over the past month. At rallies and protests, many people called on Platform Ventures to not sell the building to the federal government..."
And now:
www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...
I called up one of the White House's "special government employees" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid.
I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Way-hey! After concerted local pushback, New Jersey company decides not to contract with ICE:
"The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch.
"I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said...
patch.com/new-jersey/c...
The name Kurt Olsen is probably unfamiliar to most Americans, but he’s:
- Trump’s former campaign lawyer
- pushed discredited voter fraud claims
- gained access to highly classified intelligence as part of a crusade against the 2020 results
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Screenshot of a map and table listing ICE warehouse purchase data.
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Bukele warming up the crowd for Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast really captures this era's caustic cocktail of racism, Christian nationalism, and authoritarianism.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-trump...
NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
W/ @sooophie.bsky.social
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
