Jill Sapphire Goldberg

So much f***ing winning!

Pourtant - et pardonne le sarcasme - Trump n’arrête pas de dire comment le reste de la planete a cessé de rire des É-U. J’avoue, personne n’est en train de rire ces jours-ci, mais pas parce qu’on a de nouveau du respect pour les É-U. C’est criminel ce qui se passe.

Merde! I meant to give proper props to @deadder.bsky.social for another great cartoon that deserves unpacking and reflection.

(3/3) so not the "US," but more directly to Trump et al., given Trump's history of corruption/quid-pro-quo-ism, CONSIDER the possibility that this is in fact not as poorly planned as it may seem since he stands to gain...bigly.

Feel free to tell me if I've imbibed in too much conspiracy kool-aid.

(2/2) given who controls the Strait of Hormuz, given the role of Saudi Arabia--provided you follow the money back to SA, to the huge sums already transferred from them to Trump (real estate, among other things,

Michael De Adder cartoon showing a casket being carried off a military plane while Trump tells the parents thanks, essentially, for letting their child be a hero in helping him distract from the Epstein files.

...Except that it isn't "just" the Epstein files--which is already critically important. It may also be right on cue to once again pump oil money into the overflowing coffers of the Trump (& Jared Kushner) accounts. Given who has access to the largest reserves, (1/3)

White House Submits Iran War Powers Report to Congress Following this weekend’s strikes, the president submitted his report notifying Congress of the military action.

On March 2, President Trump submitted his war powers report notifying Congress of the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli joint strikes against Iran. It does not address why the military carried out the attack without prior congressional authorization. Read the report, from Olivia Manes.

After 30+ years, thousands of lives and trillions of wasted dollars, most Americans know this much.

Stay the hell out of the Middle East.

Watching the most delusional and incompetent administration in our lifetimes try to convince us otherwise, would be comical if it wasn’t dangerous.

Even Matt Walsh isn’t buying it

How many times are we going to hear these words before those who need to most finally listen?

Remember when the scariest thing was Sarah Palin?

ICE took their papers—and won’t give them back Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status.

I won't ask "what next?" because the possibilities are too frightening.

President Trump’s State of the Union Variety Show Were you not entertained?

@radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

One of the best reviews of whatever that was last night,
from @radiofreetom.bsky.social.

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

“I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long,” wrote 9-year-old Susej, who said she had been held at Dilley detention center for more than 50 days.

In short(s)

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the State of the Union:

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

White House post of an American Eagle mauling a Canada Goose

American gamesmanship

Thank you for sharing this. My mother, who just recently passed away, was always so grateful for the writers retreats she got to experience, and thy made just a huge difference in her work. I'll be reading with interest. www.pw.org/directory/wr...

V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump - Liberty Justice Center The Liberty Justice Center challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to unilaterally issue the “Liberation Day” tariffs, which are devastating small businesses across the country, and won!

Thou doth not bypass Congress.

libertyjusticecenter.org/cases/v-o-s-...

Excerpt from Justice Gorsuch

Interesting Justice Gorsuch excerpt:

Moroun donates $1M to MAGA fund days before Trump's bridge threat The Moroun donation to super PAC MAGA Inc. came just before the president threatened to prevent the opening of new bridge between the U.S. and Canada.

Yeah, the President is not making $ off his presidency.

Look how much Canadians hate the United States now It’s not just about the trade war. Nearly half of America’s neighbors to the north now think the U.S. is a bigger threat to world peace than Russia.

Yup. Basically, until you 🇺🇸 all become essentially Minnesotans, we will be, at the very least, wary.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Clearly not with his basically absconding with huge sums of taxpayer $ and zero oversight. Another travesty where, if pushback doesn’t happen quickly, he just became more insidiously influential.

I rather appreciated how The Independent put it today:

“On Thursday, America woke up to the news that Andrew (the artist formerly known as Prince) had been arrested over serious allegations made in the Epstein files.”

Ça aurait pu être adressé depuis des décennies en facilitant l’accès à l’identification tout en luttant pour que ceux qui n’en ont pas (personnes sans domicile ou sans permis de conduire) puisse voter. Ça ne marche pas d’attendre des élections pour adresser des enjeux.

Olena Rohoza on X: "YOU WANTED A WALL, TRUMP? YOU’LL HAVE ONE. Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded to Trump’s threats: “So you voted to build a wall. Well then, dear Americans — even if geography isn’t your strong suit, and you see America as a country rather than a continent — you https://t.co/Hjs9ruOflf" / X YOU WANTED A WALL, TRUMP? YOU’LL HAVE ONE. Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded to Trump’s threats: “So you voted to build a wall. Well then, dear Americans — even if geography isn’t your strong suit, and you see America as a country rather than a continent — you https://t.co/Hjs9ruOflf

x.com/olenarohoza/...

Thomas Massie's Russia ties resurface ahead of Ukraine aid vote The Kentucky congressman has frequently sided with Moscow in House votes and resolutions down the years.

He has voted against aid to Ukraine a number of times and said that an alliance with Ukraine doesn’t serve US needs. He’s voted to pull out of NATO and has been soft on Russia when others were trying to investigate war crimes. www.newsweek.com/thomas-massi...

“Use the logic from ICE and just round up anyone mentioned in the files.”

Trump administration deported some migrants at a cost of $1 million each, Democratic report says | CNN Politics The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report fr...

I know everyone's coping with some kind of "outrage exhaustion," but this seems so outrageously irresponsible, not to mention immoral and unconstitutional. I do give a *flying* f##k! www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...