Michael Piccorossi
@michaelooch.bsky.social
Digital at @kff.org. Formerly @pewresearch.org - Dad, Philly fan. I like cats ...
"The center’s ambition, articulated by JFK and emblazoned on the wall of the building, was to symbolize a nation “which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well.” wapo.st/4r1V9Pk
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February 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
"The center’s ambition, articulated by JFK and emblazoned on the wall of the building, was to symbolize a nation “which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well.” wapo.st/4r1V9Pk
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‘I shouted out….who killed the Kennedy Center…’
February 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
‘I shouted out….who killed the Kennedy Center…’
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i'm afraid i'm going to exhaust my allotment of gift articles pretty soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
i'm afraid i'm going to exhaust my allotment of gift articles pretty soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
As the once proud institution is battered by cancellations and boycotts, Trump retreats and announces the Kennedy Center will close for two years for "renovations" buff.ly/UXkenU9
Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for 2-Year Reconstruction Project
The president’s announcement came after the center has been rocked by cancellations and boycotts by performers, contributors and audience members.
buff.ly
February 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
As the once proud institution is battered by cancellations and boycotts, Trump retreats and announces the Kennedy Center will close for two years for "renovations" buff.ly/UXkenU9
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Quiet. We’re busy rebuilding Venezuelan infrastructure. And the Kennedy Center. 🤡
Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.
Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Quiet. We’re busy rebuilding Venezuelan infrastructure. And the Kennedy Center. 🤡
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset. With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet led Wambsganss 57% to 43% tpf.news/6nwno
February 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset. With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet led Wambsganss 57% to 43% tpf.news/6nwno
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Like most of the House, Mike Johnson has only been there in the Trump era. It’s not simply that he’s abdicating his power as a coequal branch, it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that it *is* a coequal branch.
WELKER: MTG says you're '100% under the direct orders of the WH'
JOHNSON: The president and I work closely together because we have unified govt. That's what the American people voted for
W: Is there any area where you disagree?
J: Yes. But we do that privately. I'm going to support my president.
JOHNSON: The president and I work closely together because we have unified govt. That's what the American people voted for
W: Is there any area where you disagree?
J: Yes. But we do that privately. I'm going to support my president.
February 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Like most of the House, Mike Johnson has only been there in the Trump era. It’s not simply that he’s abdicating his power as a coequal branch, it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that it *is* a coequal branch.
AKA three heavily armed, masked men in an unmarked vehicle attack a motorist …
Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 31, 2026 at 9:04 PM
AKA three heavily armed, masked men in an unmarked vehicle attack a motorist …
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Investigative Reporters and Editors strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who covered a Jan. 18 protest against immigration enforcement at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Read IRE's statement: https://bit.ly/4rhavyW
Read IRE's statement: https://bit.ly/4rhavyW
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Investigative Reporters and Editors strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who covered a Jan. 18 protest against immigration enforcement at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Read IRE's statement: https://bit.ly/4rhavyW
Read IRE's statement: https://bit.ly/4rhavyW
Continuing the deployment (political stunt) for the next year could cost the nation over $1 billion, the estimate found.
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National Guard deployments cost taxpayers almost half a billion dollars
A new estimate from Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper tallied up last year’s expenses.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Continuing the deployment (political stunt) for the next year could cost the nation over $1 billion, the estimate found.
wapo.st/4k3Uydf
wapo.st/4k3Uydf
Once the staunch Second Amendment advocate, now Trump states "You can't walk with guns" - even legally registered ones www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Minneapolis Live Updates: Trump Faults Pretti for Carrying Gun but Says He Wants ‘Honest’ Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Once the staunch Second Amendment advocate, now Trump states "You can't walk with guns" - even legally registered ones www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
"Mr. Trump boldly and brazenly says things he knows or has been told are not true and even after being corrected continues to say them again and again."
Trump and his team have taken the same reality-bending approach that he took to the 2020 election to the violence in Minneapolis in evident hopes of persuading his political base, at least, that the protesters were responsible for their own deaths. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/u...
For Trump, the Truth in Minneapolis Is What He Says It Is
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January 26, 2026 at 12:29 AM
"Mr. Trump boldly and brazenly says things he knows or has been told are not true and even after being corrected continues to say them again and again."
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
How international financial markets outperformed US markets in 2025 cnn.it/4qvlwwt
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January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
How international financial markets outperformed US markets in 2025 cnn.it/4qvlwwt
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Iceland, Greenland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Iceland, Greenland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Greenland, Iceland.
"In 2025 China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second." bit.ly/4pJmvYX
Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and Solar Buildout
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January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"In 2025 China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second." bit.ly/4pJmvYX
I answered 8 of 10 questions correctly on the KFF Affordable Care Act quiz. Test your knowledge: www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Affordable Care Act | KFF
Take this ten-question quiz to see how much you know about how the ACA affects health insurance coverage and costs as well as who is eligible for financial assistance
www.kff.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I answered 8 of 10 questions correctly on the KFF Affordable Care Act quiz. Test your knowledge: www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado said she would hand her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize award to the president, an extraordinary move to regain his favor as Trump warms to the remnants of the Maduro regime.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado said she would hand her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize award to the president, an extraordinary move to regain his favor as Trump warms to the remnants of the Maduro regime.
wapo.st/3NojaB1
wapo.st/3NojaB1
Perhaps this was his plan all along ... "Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act After Minneapolis Protests
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Perhaps this was his plan all along ... "Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Shocked that Josh Hawley backed down from a threat.
January 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Shocked that Josh Hawley backed down from a threat.
Hawley and Young cave; Allowing Senate Republicans to block effort to check Trump’s power in Venezuela nyti.ms/4qmyQDl
Live Updates: Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump's Power in Venezuela
Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Hawley and Young cave; Allowing Senate Republicans to block effort to check Trump’s power in Venezuela nyti.ms/4qmyQDl
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
This about a woman who said “That's fine, dude, I'm not mad at you ... ”
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
This about a woman who said “That's fine, dude, I'm not mad at you ... ”