According to the president, the war in Iran is "ahead of schedule." To which you likely responded: there's a schedule? The answer, almost certainly, is no; this is just something he says, having internalized it as a positive metric back in his developer days.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
New: Prison guards discussed cover-up in Epstein's death, inmate tells FBI. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.
We bombed a girls elementary school.
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WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin?
NOEM: Yes
WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that?
NOEM: No.
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"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.
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Connections
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It turns out there was voter fraud in Georgia but done by Elon Musk’s political operation, not individual voters. Links:
www.11alive.com/article/news...
newrepublic.com/post/206857/...
“Her father is a refugee, and she's achieving glory with the American flag... [And] these people are trying to deport, detain, and deny the next Alysa Liu right now.”
@timmiller.bsky.social reacts to MAGA celebrating Liu’s Olympic win while backing policies that target refugees.
Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."
We’re at the “rage-tweets-for-sale” phase of the Trump presidency. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
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All that gas you keep seeing federal agents use against protesters? Yeah, it's quite dangerous.
Katyal: "I was able to go to court - the son of immigrants-- & say on behalf of small businesses, 'Hey, this president is acting illegally.' I was able to present my case, have them ask really hard questions, & at the end of it they voted & we won. That is something extraordinary about this country"
LOL. The only problem with this argument is that Trump stole the classified documents. Georgia didn't steal anything. Can't wait to see what the judge says about this.
Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department
www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/p...
Trump banner symbolizes president’s capture of the once-independent Justice Department. “Where law ends tyranny begins.”
The first step to dealing with Trumpism is to ignore everything they say and only watch what they do.
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.
All of a sudden, the promise of tariff rebate checks looks a bit more viable.
The Trump DOJ defied a court order. What the judge did next should be a blueprint.
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/five-stori...
BREAKING NYT:
The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.
