I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
Even putting aside the implications for the laws of war, someone who describes mass killing in this way is not well, nor is the society that empowers that person to kill.
'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.
"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
Screenshot of news article printed in Yahoo from Jewish Insider: “Platner faced blowback this week for boosting a social media comment about a looming war with Iran by Stew Peters, a neo-Nazi influencer who has frequently espoused antisemitic tropes and engaged in Holocaust denial. Platner's team said the post was made in error and "immediately" removed it after learning it elevated a "despicable account." In late January, however, Platner sat for a lengthy online interview with Nate Cornacchia, a retired Green Beret who has also promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories. Near the end of their hour-long conversation, Platner, a fellow military veteran, called himself "a longtime fan" of Cornacchia's YouTube channel, "Valhalla VFT," and said it was "an absolute pleasure being" on the show.”
Screenshots of the Valhalla VFT YouTube channel thumbnails include vile racist images of the “Somali fraud scandal” and “robberies and looting” due to SNAP benefits being cut, depicting black people robbing stores
Graham Platner, the guy who had to cover his Nazi tattoo to save his senate campaign in Maine, went on the YouTube channel “Valhalla VFT” in January where he said he’s a “longtime fan of the show.” Check out these vile racist thumbnails from the channel & reporting on the antisemitic host.
About every 57k miles driven by Musk’s robotaxis one gets into a wreck. That’s four times the rate of humans.
Really looking forward to hearing what these folks have to say about one of the many ways they're trying to suppress the free press.
🔔 Government officials are citing journalism as "doxxing" to threaten press freedom.
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First, civil liberties organizations often take a broad view of what constitutes surveillance. From that perspective, any system that collects and stores location data, even in public spaces where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy, can be framed as surveillance infrastructure. When that data is shared across jurisdictions, critics may describe it as “nationwide” or “interconnected,” which can reinforce the perception of scale.
Editorial notes:
Recommend replacing "civil liberties organizations" with "dictionaries"
Recommend replacing "that perspective" with "that dictionary perspective"
Recommend replacing "critics" with "dictionaries"
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
"Autocratic regimes are threatened by the very existence of private spaces which can nurture dissent and incubate collective action … Ultimately the survival of our democracy depends on the courage of the American public ... that mighty force remains one to be reckoned with." Rachel Goodman Special counsel
Special Counsel, @rachelegoodman.bsky.social sounds the alarm to members of the House Judiciary Committee about the Trump admins tactics to erode the public’s 1A right in pursuit of unlimited & unchecked power. But we are not powerless, she says.
Watch her full remarks: https://protdem.org/3MPkeht
Breaking WaPo:
A top Trump Treasury official is leaving his post after privately raising objections to White House-backed plans to crack down on alleged fraud within the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota, according to seven people familiar with the matter.
Real talk: This article by @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social for @vox.com might be the single most important piece of writing in the Trump era.
For the love of democracy, read it and send it to every single one of your elected officials.
www.vox.com/politics/479...
And we are seeing a similar version of this in the United States right now.
Research by @chenoweth.bsky.social and the Crowd Counting Consortium suggests that the perception of democratic threat, from Trump's power grabs and ICE, have played a critical role in motivating a mass resistance movement
Catch my opening around the 18 minute mark or skip ahead to the good bit: @bessbell.bsky.social starts around 24 minutes. (No shade to fellow lawyer panelists @ncacensorship.bsky.social's Lee Rowland and @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman)
NEW Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll:
Ahead of SOTU, Trump's approval falls to new low of 37% — & just 20% among independents. Issue approval on immigration and deportations falls to new lows of -15, and voters say admin is spending on the wrong issues.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ahead-of-s...
3pm ET Today: Protect Democracy's @rachelegoodman.bsky.social speaks to members of the @democrats-judiciary.house.gov on how the Trump admin has targeted our country’s bedrock right to free speech because it knows that's the key to collective action and free + fair elections. https://bit.ly/3MZS0AD
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Given that censoring late-night is Americans' favorite speech issue, this should be another moment that breaks through, as Kimmel did. Make it impossible for CBS to say these calls are good for business.
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
I really wish American Jewish organizations would spend a bit less time on college student protestors, and a bit more time on the fact that the US government is barely bothering to dog whistle to the historically antisemitic and Holocaust revisionist European far-right.
MEMORANDUM OPINION February 16, 2026 “All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place.” George Orwell, 1984' As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's 1984 now existed, with its motto "Ignorance is Strength," this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims—to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not. The President's House is a component of Independence National Historical Park that commemorates the site of the first official presidential residence and the people who lived there, including people enslaved by President George Washington. On January 22, 2026, the National Park Service ("NPS") removed panels, displays, and video exhibits that referenced slavery and information about the individuals enslaved at the President's House. Plaintiff City of Philadelphia ("the City" filed this lawsuit under the Administrative Procedures Act ("APA") against the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum…
CONCLUsION For the reasons stated above, the Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be granted. The preliminary injunction will remain in place pending further litigation in this matter. There can b no prejudice to Defendants' restoration of the status quo as of January 21, 2026, which requires that Defendants reinstall all panels, displays, and video exhibits that were previously in place. Defendants shall further prevent any additions, removals, destruction, or further changes of any kind to the President's House site, except in the event that a mutual written agreement is reachec between Defendants and the City of Philadelphia. An order will be entered.
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.
Happy Presidents Day.
"The Crime of Witness" by Fintan O’Toole in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
"The videos that expose the administration’s mendacity about its own use of extreme violence against peaceful dissent are themselves products of the courage to show up [and] see for yourself."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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.
And leave it Meta to be blind to the interconnectedness of facial recognition technology in its glasses and those "other concerns" to which our resources are being targeted.
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
I can assure Meta that we will find time to stop this.
Meta internal memo says they plan to launch facial recognition for their Ray Ban snoop glasses and it should be fine because groups like the ACLU are busy fighting fascism so won't have time to fight back. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
