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Pay to play? In a thinly disguised Trump bribe, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos blowed $78 million on the film Melania. Today, he informs the newspaper's staff of mass layoffs, as he continues to gut one of the nation's once-great news organizations to curry favor with the Trump administration.
Washington Post tells staff to stay home today for a Zoom call about ‘significant actions’ | CNN Business
The Washington Post is expected to announce mass layoffs Wednesday morning, dealing a significant blow to a storied media company and a newsroom that has reached a breaking point.
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Pay to play? In a thinly disguised Trump bribe, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos blowed $78 million on the film Melania. Today, he informs the newspaper's staff of mass layoffs, as he continues to gut one of the nation's once-great news organizations to curry favor with the Trump administration.
Trump’s latest call to federalize elections amounts to a remarkable escalation in his attempt to exert power over the outcome of the 2026 midterms.
Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Trump’s latest call to federalize elections amounts to a remarkable escalation in his attempt to exert power over the outcome of the 2026 midterms.
Victims are not faceless. Three-year-old Pauline Pelcman and her brother, Maurice, were deported on Feb. 10, 1944 from Drancy to Auschwitz, where they were gassed immediately after arrival selection.
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Victims are not faceless. Three-year-old Pauline Pelcman and her brother, Maurice, were deported on Feb. 10, 1944 from Drancy to Auschwitz, where they were gassed immediately after arrival selection.
A tipping point? Editorial cartoonist Andrew Winters salutes the growing American resistance.
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
A tipping point? Editorial cartoonist Andrew Winters salutes the growing American resistance.
Pull up a chair in Vincent van Gogh’s “Night Cafe" (1888).
February 4, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Pull up a chair in Vincent van Gogh’s “Night Cafe" (1888).
Ukrainian editorial cartoonist Oleksiy Kustovsky laments Russian President Vladimir Putin escalating attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Ukrainian editorial cartoonist Oleksiy Kustovsky laments Russian President Vladimir Putin escalating attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris responds to Trump’s call to nationalize U.S. elections, which Trump says would designate federal agents as vote counters.
February 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris responds to Trump’s call to nationalize U.S. elections, which Trump says would designate federal agents as vote counters.
Austrian editorial cartoonist Marian Kamensky is alarmed over Trump’s call to federalize U.S. elections, which would include federal agents counting votes.
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Austrian editorial cartoonist Marian Kamensky is alarmed over Trump’s call to federalize U.S. elections, which would include federal agents counting votes.
Channeling novelist Vladimir Nabokov, Italian editorial cartoonist Paolo Lombardi weighs in on the more than 4,000 references to Trump in the Epstein files, which include allegations of Trump having sex with young teenage girls.
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Channeling novelist Vladimir Nabokov, Italian editorial cartoonist Paolo Lombardi weighs in on the more than 4,000 references to Trump in the Epstein files, which include allegations of Trump having sex with young teenage girls.
Argentine editorial cartoonist Mariano Ruszaj offers up his diagram of Trump.
February 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Argentine editorial cartoonist Mariano Ruszaj offers up his diagram of Trump.
Australian editorial cartoonist Peter Sully’s “Good Squad” draws attention to ICE recruitment efforts, which appear to be targeting groups like the racist and antisemitic Proud Boys.
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Australian editorial cartoonist Peter Sully’s “Good Squad” draws attention to ICE recruitment efforts, which appear to be targeting groups like the racist and antisemitic Proud Boys.
It’s bizarre. Not only are Trump’s unbelievable and astonishing claims easily fact-checked as false, some are actually contradicted on the White House website.
Fact check: Trump’s WSJ op-ed was littered with false claims | CNN Politics
The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed on Friday under the name of President Donald Trump. Trump criticized experts who warned that his tariff policies would cause economic destruction, writing th...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
It’s bizarre. Not only are Trump’s unbelievable and astonishing claims easily fact-checked as false, some are actually contradicted on the White House website.
Trump administration policies could lead to “a widespread collapse of American agriculture,” a bipartisan coalition of former Agriculture Department officials and leaders of farm groups warned Tuesday.
Former Farming Leaders Warn U.S. Agriculture Could Face ‘Widespread Collapse’
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Trump administration policies could lead to “a widespread collapse of American agriculture,” a bipartisan coalition of former Agriculture Department officials and leaders of farm groups warned Tuesday.
Trump says his favorite word is "tariffs." For a growing number of politically exhausted Americans it's "public." Public schools, public service, public parks, public universities, public libraries, public health, public transportation and other public places.
Opinion | The Message From Texas Voters: We’re Neighbors, Not Enemies
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Trump says his favorite word is "tariffs." For a growing number of politically exhausted Americans it's "public." Public schools, public service, public parks, public universities, public libraries, public health, public transportation and other public places.
Duped again? Trump said Russia had agreed to halt strikes on Kyiv because of the frigid temperatures after his personal request to Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, the bitter cold is continuing and so are Russia’s aerial attacks.
Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia breached its commitment to hold off on energy infrastructure attacks for a week when it launched a major assault on Ukraine overnight.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Duped again? Trump said Russia had agreed to halt strikes on Kyiv because of the frigid temperatures after his personal request to Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, the bitter cold is continuing and so are Russia’s aerial attacks.
Five hours after Jon, 67, sent an email criticizing Trump's immigration policy an email popped up in his inbox. He noticed it on his phone. “Google,” the message read, “has received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.”
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Five hours after Jon, 67, sent an email criticizing Trump's immigration policy an email popped up in his inbox. He noticed it on his phone. “Google,” the message read, “has received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.”
Red seeing red? As a prospective ICE detention site became public, officials in Kansas City, Mo., scrambled to pass an ordinance aimed at blocking it. And mayors in Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City announced that property owners won’t be selling or leasing their facilities for immigration detention.
Trump's $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities
State and local officials are pushing back against federal plans to expand immigrant detention facilities.
apnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Red seeing red? As a prospective ICE detention site became public, officials in Kansas City, Mo., scrambled to pass an ordinance aimed at blocking it. And mayors in Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City announced that property owners won’t be selling or leasing their facilities for immigration detention.
Trump regularly circulates demeaning and racist deepfakes. But manipulating the photograph of a stoic civil rights attorney into a scared crying woman is different. It's a brazen smearing and humiliation of a citizen to influence public opinion and a warning to critics not to cross Trump.
‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Trump regularly circulates demeaning and racist deepfakes. But manipulating the photograph of a stoic civil rights attorney into a scared crying woman is different. It's a brazen smearing and humiliation of a citizen to influence public opinion and a warning to critics not to cross Trump.
Some steps you can take to protect our democracy, which took on a new urgency this week when FBI agents searched an election center in Atlanta related to Trump’s baseless accusations of fraud in 2020.
Opinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Some steps you can take to protect our democracy, which took on a new urgency this week when FBI agents searched an election center in Atlanta related to Trump’s baseless accusations of fraud in 2020.
When democracy dies. Georg Scholz’s “Self-Portrait in front of an Advertising Column” (1926). Successful during the Weimar Republic, Scholz was declared a degenerate artist when the Nazis took power. He lost his teaching position and his works were banned in the campaign to "purify" German culture.
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
When democracy dies. Georg Scholz’s “Self-Portrait in front of an Advertising Column” (1926). Successful during the Weimar Republic, Scholz was declared a degenerate artist when the Nazis took power. He lost his teaching position and his works were banned in the campaign to "purify" German culture.
Need a helping hand? Diego Rivera’s “The Flower Carrier" (1935).
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Need a helping hand? Diego Rivera’s “The Flower Carrier" (1935).
Belgian editorial cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker illustrates DOJ efforts to protect the perpetrators caught in the wide net snagging major figures in the Epstein files, which include allegations of Trump having sex with young teenagers.
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Belgian editorial cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker illustrates DOJ efforts to protect the perpetrators caught in the wide net snagging major figures in the Epstein files, which include allegations of Trump having sex with young teenagers.
Editorial cartoonist Nancy Ohanian believes it’s time for an intervention in her illustration titled “Lock Him Up.”
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Editorial cartoonist Nancy Ohanian believes it’s time for an intervention in her illustration titled “Lock Him Up.”
Mexican editorial cartoonist Antonio Rodríguez applauds Bruce Springsteen adding his voice to the growing opposition to sweeping and violent ICE raids.
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Mexican editorial cartoonist Antonio Rodríguez applauds Bruce Springsteen adding his voice to the growing opposition to sweeping and violent ICE raids.
Italian editorial cartoonist Enrico Bertuccioli channels A Clockwork Orange.
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Italian editorial cartoonist Enrico Bertuccioli channels A Clockwork Orange.