It's not hyperbole to suggest that today we have a federal government that doesn't so much represent or resemble a federal administration as it does a family crime syndicate.
Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff.
For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2069...
The guy who staged a failed coup last time is building a massive personal militia staffed with lawless thugs. At this point it’s just naïve not to see where this is going.
President Zelenskyy has awarded state honors to foreign leaders, volunteers, and journalists for their support of Ukraine during the full-scale war.
Among those honored are UNITED24 donors💙💛
Congratulations, well-deserved!
"What emerges from an evidence-based approach? The keyword is violence, and a willingness to inflict it. Communism was never popular in China, no more so than in Finland or in the United States, and it was brought to the population at the barrel of a gun." reason.com/2026/02/24/h...
The Democratic T.E.A. Party has officially begun, and this time it’s a celebration. A celebration of the power embodied in We the People, to hold our government accountable for the protection of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. 🧵
Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office.
This is looting.
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
'“To call such people criminals for lacking official permission” to be in the country, he wrote, “is to forget the moral law of God, the historical truth of our own founding, and the Constitutional ideals that continue to define justice.”' www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"And as you take note of each of the incidents I mentioned, you may realize that Trump can unlawfully influence an election without explicitly rigging the count. By deterring his enemies from coming to the polls, he can engineer the outcomes he seeks."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
An amazing list of suggestions for what we all can do now, in our many different situations and capacities:
radicalmoderatesguide.substack.com/p/where-we-g...
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
"Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
"I don't know exactly how long this moral arch of the universe is, but never forget, you aren't the first to throw your shoulder into it, determined to see it bend towards justice." — Molly Conger
open.spotify.com/episode/7krf...
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
We aren’t protesting nearly enough.
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
An interesting piece by Danielle Allen: open.substack.com/pub/therenov...
Elon Musk appointed 19-year-old Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the grandson of a KGB lieutenant colonel to DOGE. He was instrumental in cutting funding for the United States Agency for International Development, which directly resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of poor people overseas.
"A platitude is a placebo for the mind; an aphorism is a wake-up call." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
