Did I mention “Elon-free”? 😂 Glad to see them home.

LIVE: Artemis II Splashdown – Successful Crewed Lunar Mission YouTube video by Artemis

There's understandable concern about the cost of space flight, but as someone inspired by astronauts for 50+ years, I thank the Artemis II crew (and NASA team) for giving us a joyful, diverse, skillful, science-y, Elon-free space journey to inspire me all over again.

Safe journey home #Integrity!

Opinion | What Do Democrats Mean by ‘Democracy’? They claim Trump is an authoritarian, but their agenda seems to be ensuring one-party rule.

How's this for a handwave from the WSJ's opinion page.

"The most awful attack on democratic government, the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, is best understood as a countermobilization against the constant resort to mob violence by the left."

So J6 was the Left's fault.

Remember: WSJ is owned by News Corp.

Plenty of honking for this local team of No Kings protesters, even here in the Deep South.

#nokings

Poll: Americans reject ICE at airports, want Trump to end the war in Iran A special Strength In Numbers/Verasight flash poll finds majorities oppose deploying ICE to airports, blame Trump for disruptions, and overwhelmingly oppose sending ground troops to Iran

"Senate [GOP] leaders recently proposed a deal that would fund the TSA and most of DHS while leaving ICE funding for later, but Trump rejected it. We asked Americans how they felt about this ... 59% of adults said they disapproved of the president’s decision — including 42% who strongly disapprove."

Trump Voted By Mail Again While Blasting It It’s only “cheating” when Democrats do it, apparently.

"Trump, who has staunchly opposed mail-in voting as part of his delusions of mass voter fraud, voted by mail in a special election in Florida, according to The New York Times. The website for Palm Beach County’s Supervisor of Elections listed Trump’s voter status as 'by mail ballot.'" - New Republic

A Government of One Otherwise known as an autocracy

"In the middle of a war and partial government shutdown, Trump still managed to spend the weekend at his Florida resort playing golf. He exists in a world where consequences are immaterial. Decisions made are not for the betterment of the American people, but for him alone." - Dan Rather

@whitehouse-47.bsky.social
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NEW POLL: Majority of Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal A new Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.

The survey found that a solid 52-40 majority of voters believe POTUS attacked Iran in part to distract from the Epstein files.

"The findings will come as little surprise to a public that has morphed Trump’s codename for the war, Operation Epic Fury, into 'Operation Epstein Fury.'"

They Don't Care You're either with us or you're against us.

"Trump knew Iran’s response to being attacked would be to fight back, so he had no choice but to attack them first in order to preëmptively respond (or pre-spond) to their anticipated attacks in re-pre-sponse to our initial pre-sponse."

Rubio: “We went proactively in a defensive way.”

Trump Reveals Why There’s No Evacuation Plan for Trapped Americans Americans remain trapped in the Middle East amid Trump’s war on Iran.

REPORTER: "Thousands of Americans are stranded. Why wasn’t there an evacuation plan?”

POTUS: “Well, because it happened all very quickly. We thought, and I thought, maybe more so than most, I could ask Marco, but I thought we were going to have a situation where we were going to be attacked."

Iraq War General Warns Against Today's Strikes on Iran - VoteVets

“The Constitution could not be more clear. When launching wars of choice, especially with American lives in the balance, the president goes to Congress and Congress authorizes it. That did not happen, and these operations are blatantly unconstitutional." - Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton

Worst of the worst? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal A Guardian analysis finds the vast majority of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time from January to August last year had no criminal convictions

The Guardian on the "the worst of the worst" MAGA lie:

"77 percent of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time in 2025 had no criminal conviction, exposing a stark gap between the Trump administration’s rhetoric and reality."

Trump Misleads on Drug Pricing Deals - FactCheck.org President Donald Trump has said that Americans are now paying or will pay "the lowest price anywhere in the world for drugs," thanks to the administration’s negotiations with pharmaceutical companies....

Factcheck.org: Trump Misleads of Drug Pricing Deals

"With rare exception," the negotiations with drugmakers "don’t appear to have translated into actual savings for people at the pharmacy counter or for public or commercial payers yet," Rena Conti, a health economist at Boston University, told us.

The Worst President Ever And why Trump's ballroom will some day double as a community center for kids

Jonathan Alter: "[WLF] is a cryptocurrency platform co-founded by the Trump family and Steve Witkoff... Trump’s top diplomat. A [United Arab Emirites sheikh] bought a 49% stake for $500m just before [POTUS] reversed...national security policy and approved the export of advanced AI chips to the UAE."

Manufacturing Construction Spending Declines Under Trump - FactCheck.org Spending to build, expand and rehabilitate manufacturing sites in the U.S. has declined since President Donald Trump took office, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Yet, Trump has repeatedly boaste...

Factcheck.org: "Spending to build, expand and rehabilitate manufacturing sites in the U.S. has declined since President Donald Trump took office, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Yet, Trump has repeatedly boasted that 'factory construction' is up 41%."

Over 73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions.

tracreports.org/immigration/...

I went to send Roger Wicker (Republican Senator from Mississippi) a message and was amused to see that his online letter-writing form offers an option in "Topic" for "Second Amendment"—but no other Amendments (including, say, the First) make the cut. 🤷‍♂️

US citizen says ICE forced him from his home without clothes in subfreezing weather ChongLy ‘Scott’ Thao of Minnesota says agents pointed guns at his family, and his four-year-old grandson watched and cried

"ICE is not doing what they say they’re doing,” said Kaohly Her, the St Paul mayor and a Hmong American, in a statement about Thao’s arrest. “They’re not going after hardened criminals. They’re going after anyone and everyone in their path. It is unacceptable and un-American."

“This administration refuses to take responsibility for the chaos, death, and destruction DHS is causing in our communities. It’s clear that Congress will have to hold Kristi Noem and her Department responsible instead.” - Bennie Thompson

Just canceled Paramount over CBS (and, let's be honest, the email they just sent raising fees).

Even Joe Rogan Is Asking: "Are We Really Going to Be the Gestapo?" Plus: FBI raids journalist's home. Iran preparing for mass executions. Bishop Rob Hirschfeld on ICE violence and preparing for the ultimate risk. And News That Doesn't Suck.

Dear MAGA. We literally told you all of this.

I'll just leave this right here (source: CNBC)

More on ICE Out here. The goal is to remove their qualified immunity so they can be tried for excessive force, kidnapping, etc. Recall that ICE are civil enforcement officers, not criminal enforcement officers.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

Transcript: Can Trump’s Thugs Be Reined In? These Dems Have an Idea. As the Minneapolis killing gets darker for Trump, Representatives Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman talk about their plan to place checks on ICE—and about Trumpworld’s broader plunge into violence and law...

Rep. Dan Goldman: "Seventy percent of those arrested in New York by ICE have no criminal record whatsoever. Seventy. And yet we’re told it’s the worst of the worst and it’s criminals and all this. It’s not."

Goldman and Rep. Eric Swalwell plan to introduce the ICE Out act.

Wolves hold moment of silence for woman fatally shot by ICE agent in Minneapolis The Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good before their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.

Go Timberwolves.

Murder in Cold Blood The killing of Good is as bad as it gets

Dan Rather: "[Good]'s death will not be in vain. It has already drawn needed attention to a rogue president and agency acting with impunity. She could be any mother, in any city, at any time. She could be any one of us. It is time to draw the line in the sand. And to say her name while doing it."

Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.

"The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said *armed* U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders." (Emphasis mine.)

"The public should not believe every ... post and Fox News soundbite from DHS political talking heads – including Secretary Noem – until the unadulterated facts come out. Too often DHS lies directly to the American people only to later have to quietly retract their claims.” - Rep. Bennie Thompson

The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump’s Retro Coup in Venezuela This weekend’s invasion was both a throwback to the last century and a new, uniquely Trumpian nightmare—one that’s just beginning.

“There’s a theory among some pundits that… Trump’s brain is stuck in the 1980s and early ’90s—that his formative years as a real estate tycoon in New York in the go-go Reagan years calcified his worldview, his politics, his icons… his definition of success.”

www.wired.com/story/3-keys...