Never thought I’d see the President of the United States threatening to commit blatant war crimes on social media, but here we are.

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Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to Trump administration executive orders and actions.

Today’s Litigation Tracker updates:

-8th Circuit removes habeas relief for Mexican national arrested & detained w/o bond
-Judge directs DOT to resume $2B Chicago transit grants
-MN legal service providers argue “fast track” policy against Somali immigrants violates right to counsel & fair hearing

When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike The law of armed conflict demands that we take the Minab school strike seriously to learn, to reform, and to prevent the next failure.

The Minab strike placed squarely before the public a key question: how does the law governing war protect civilians when the intelligence supporting a strike is wrong, and what legal consequences flow from getting it wrong?

From Joseph Orenstein:

www.justsecurity.org/134350/legal...

Cuba Libre: One Man’s Morality or Our Law? Former JAGs argue the Trump administration’s misuse of the armed forces is an assault on the role and rule of law in the military.

“We former JAGs must find new ways to examine, protest, and talk to our fellow Americans about this administration’s flagrant and accelerating misuse of the armed forces.”

By Major General Lepper, Rear Admiral (ret) Baumgartner, Fidell, Maurer & VanLandingham

Everything Trump and his cronies say is aimed at keeping his MAGA base on board. They’ve given up on trying to win over independents, and forget Democrats. We’re seeing the consequences in actual election data, like Florida’s special elections. November will be an election to remember

Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

For months, families lived in fear, children were separated from parents, and two of our neighbors were killed by federal agents.

I’m establishing a council to document the impact of Metro Surge and create a public record of the harm Minnesotans endured. We will not forget.

ICE made their neighbors ‘prisoners in their own homes’. So 130 Memphis residents signed up to deliver food As US raids spread, a grassroots pantry delivers food, medicine and basics to immigrant families too afraid to leave home

"Initially they had fewer than a dozen people who volunteered as delivery drivers; now they have about 130..."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Please stop posting these ICE agents without their parents' consent.

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

The happiness of this blind little dog when she was adopted is indescribable . 😍

Trump accuses Iran of using AI to spread disinformation U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support.

Oh NOW he gets it!?

I'm just now reading "On Disinformation" (now at page 103) and would like to buy more copies for friends but I'm hoping there might be a new edition in the offing? 2023 feels like 10 years ago now and a few things in the first 2/3 of the book jump out as dated. Excellent so far, by the way! 👏🏻👏🏻

Opinion | Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Seven years ago I published a book called POST-TRUTH. Today's NYT makes clear just how far down the authoritarian road we've now traveled. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Understanding young news audiences at a time of rapid change Our report maps out how their attitudes and behaviours have evolved in the past decades and illuminates what they are proactively doing around news.

This is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of journalism. A superb detailed analysis of how young people's news behaviour and attitudes have changed over the last decade by the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/understandin...

“.. They have to treat the President like a child,” wrote Rep. Seth Magaziner. “So embarrassing for everyone involved.”

@mediaite.com
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...

This is probably the least surprising piece of news ever.

thehill.com Wealthy Americans can learn from the philanthropist who made milk safer

Wealthy Americans can learn from the philanthropist who made milk safer #TheHill

You’d think expensive oil would make our government focus on solar and wind energy, you would of course be wrong

Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...

Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.

The Mom-and-Pop Contractors Helping ICE Rapidly Expand Even as ICE sparks rising public horror with its tactics and killings, a raft of companies that have never before worked with the federal government are signing up to work with the agency.

ICE is so awash with money that they are throwing money around at no-bid contracts with companies with no experience.

Shows how corrupt it all is, and how some companies lack any moral core.

newrepublic.com/article/2064...

Wow…. Jennifer Jenkins doesn’t hold back when asked about Randy Fine.

Trump is very underwater on immigration.

There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

NO KINGS - Moorhead and Fargo · No Kings **We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Moorhead and Fargo” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

An EXCELLENT idea!!!!

Crowd Counting Consortium – Ash Center Publicly available data on political crowds in the United States, including marches, protests, demonstrations, riots, and other actions.

And as always, if you think we’re missing a record, you can scroll down on this page and submit it here: ash.harvard.edu/programs/cro...

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

Trump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger

"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭