Yup. We're only hours past what looks like it *could* have been a near-miss in an incredibly tragic mass-casualty attack.
And yet all I see is "false flag!" or "time to cleanse Dearborn"
And both those responses are horrific in general, and particularly so when there is so little confirmed info
Don't worry, Kash took a break from planning his "teach the FBI analysts how to fight like the UFC" event to claim the FBI was on scene (unclear if they were, at least when he said it)
Oh, that's absolutely not a branch-specific issue. My wife came home, after doing follow-up care for a young officer who had an encounter with a monkey on a TDY, still laughing.
Apparently the conversation during the follow-up appointment went like this:
For weeks now, I've shared information about HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS protesting ICE REGULARLY. So much so that whole states like Kansas and Texas are rolling out LAWS to sanction schools and laws to criminalize TEENAGERS. Please let's be serious.
You are the spouse of an U.S. soldier stationed in the Middle East. You hear rumors that the base your husband was stationed at was hit by a missile. You look for official communication from the White House, only to find memes for Operation Epic Fury.
The FBI strongly defended this program two years ago, mainly by citing a bunch of internal reforms and oversight measures it had put in place. Patel has now gotten rid of that.
I just watched the sheriff's statement and unless I missed it he only confirms "shots were fired" and that the buildings security had engaged the shooter - did you hear anything confirming the suspect was armed or shot? They keep saying shooter it's just unclear if they mean *attempted* shooter
As of now, our local sheriff is saying only confirmed shots were fired by the building security at the driver of the vehicle.
Looks like this was an incredibly close call at the synagogue/preschool, but suspect is still at large and potentially injured, and assumed armed (still unconfirmed)
Getting more annoyed thinking about how this will likely also mean that pundits and advisors will all twist the public's anger at the Dem party over failure to enact progressive goals as a rejection of progressives and a demand that the party ratchet further right to "build a bigger popular base"
Yup, the new majority isn't just not going to have a real plan - it might also have a wildly divided caucus.
If there is a true blue wave that seats many progressive candidates I *fully* expect to see a ton of focus on "bipartisan efforts" (see: Dem leaders working with GOP instead of progressives)
Getting more annoyed thinking about how this will likely also mean that pundits and advisors will all twist the public's anger at the Dem party over failure to enact progressive goals as a rejection of progressives and a demand that the party ratchet further right to "build a bigger popular base"
Yup, the new majority isn't just not going to have a real plan - it might also have a wildly divided caucus.
If there is a true blue wave that seats many progressive candidates I *fully* expect to see a ton of focus on "bipartisan efforts" (see: Dem leaders working with GOP instead of progressives)
Not totally sure of what the details are, but "means tested" would be used a lot.
Try to list three things, only 3 things that a Democratic House would do in February 2027. You can't do it and it's not your fault.
From this War Powers report and other messaging by the admin, my sense is that the administration is trying to thread a needle of both bragging about US operations in Ecuador but without explicitly stating that the US conducted an airstrike in Ecuador—presumably because of Ecuadorian sensitivities.
Read this, went "wow I should follow this guy he has some good takes"
And then realized how dependent I am on profile images (and how rarely I read the name of a poster) because... Yes, of course you do, and I already do
OMG they released the deposition videos where they revealed that these two DOGE bros were just feeding grants into ChatGPT and saying "tell me if this is DEI in less than 120 characters."
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...
Hmmmmm
Another thing for people on Polymarket to profit on by the suffering of others.
NO NO NO YOU DON’T
GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA
federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL
tell everyone you know
www.freetaxusa.com
I didn't even read this that way - instead, I'm seeing this as "having gay in the movie will cost parents hundreds of millions in therapy for them and their kids because they saw two men hold hands, and we can't have THAT happen"
(Tbc, the parents who think this should probably be in therapy)
This seems more like incompetence than policy. She answered the second half of the question about boots on the ground and not the predicate part about the draft because she’s sloppy.
www.rawstory.com/karoline-lea...
Yeah we're going to need lots of trials
Gonna do a Nuremberg
just fwiw, here are the arguments being made, in order:
1. iran has apologized to its neighbors and admitted it lost
2. this is unprecedented and because of me
3. iran has not surrendered and will collapse if it doesn’t admit it lost
4. i am going to bomb iran more and worse until it surrenders
4/4, no notes
A sticker showing Trump with a stupid look on his stupid face while pointing up, captioned "I DID THAT!", which is commonly placed on gas pumps
Unfortunately, we can probably expect a bunch of MAGA politicians and voters to shift to publicly expressing that it is our patriotic duty to support higher gas prices.
I'm thinking we're going to see the Trump gas pump stickers be treated as a celebration of his military genius.
Things will get even dumber
Honestly, though, your efforts on that piece will belong in the history book on how we got through this. Really helped get past all the well-meaning but unsubstantiated "we think they aren't vetting people they hire" rumors to the truth that they sure as hell weren't (aren't?). An important step.
NEW @npr.org: The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.
But 37 pages of records are still not public.
More:
Based on the reporting, the problem with the specific strike on the girls' school is the intel, info, &/or data on the facility was a decade old, outdated, & wrong. 8/
