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The media would talk about this for weeks with other presidents
Job growth over the past two years was far weaker than previously believed. U.S. employers added just 181,000 jobs last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday. That was 69% fewer jobs than its initial estimate. The agency also lowered its estimate of job growth in 2024 by nearly 28%.
Job Growth Was Overstated, New Data Shows
Annual revisions show that employers added far fewer jobs in 2024 and 2025 than previously estimated.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
The media would talk about this for weeks with other presidents
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It was obvious from the outset that the Fulton County elections search was bullshit. But now we know just how bullshit: contrived, contradictory "evidence" aimed at the theoretical crime of intentionally mucking up a system in which no fraud occurred.
It is, as assumed, all about sowing doubt. READ:
It is, as assumed, all about sowing doubt. READ:
Opinion | The Fulton County search affidavit makes claims about the 2020 election. None of them add up.
Philip Bump: A brief debunking of the bogus 2020 election claims in the FBI’s affidavit.
www.ms.now
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
It was obvious from the outset that the Fulton County elections search was bullshit. But now we know just how bullshit: contrived, contradictory "evidence" aimed at the theoretical crime of intentionally mucking up a system in which no fraud occurred.
It is, as assumed, all about sowing doubt. READ:
It is, as assumed, all about sowing doubt. READ:
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“Last May, as a groundswell built demanding public scrutiny of the Justice Department's records on Epstein, the agency ran into a problem: it had already destroyed its master copy of surveillance video from Epstein's final hours in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.”
Newly released documents show the FBI's scramble to explain last year why it released a screen recording with a missing minute from the night Jeffrey Epstein died, instead of the original footage.
Mystery of the missing minute from Epstein jail solved
Documents that were part of the Epstein files release help explain why a video released from the night of Epstein's death was missing one minute close to midnight.
cbsn.ws
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
“Last May, as a groundswell built demanding public scrutiny of the Justice Department's records on Epstein, the agency ran into a problem: it had already destroyed its master copy of surveillance video from Epstein's final hours in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.”
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WATCH: Days into the search for Nancy Guthrie’s, FBI director Kash Patel decided the best investigative strategy was posting on social media, appearing on Fox News, and hoping for the best.
Kash Patel under fire as Nancy Guthrie investigation enters Day 11
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
WATCH: Days into the search for Nancy Guthrie’s, FBI director Kash Patel decided the best investigative strategy was posting on social media, appearing on Fox News, and hoping for the best.
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The difference between the false neutrality of legacy media and pro-democracy independent media. Help Democracy Docket grow. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The difference between the false neutrality of legacy media and pro-democracy independent media. Help Democracy Docket grow. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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This is a damning, astounding opinion from Kelly, writing about the Justice Department's treatment of federal prisoners under their control:
![Plaintiffs Are Likely to Succeed on Their Due Process Claim
The crux of Plaintiffs' due process claim is their allegation that Defendants "carried out a sham process solely to effectuate a predetermined result," thereby "imposing uniquely brutal conditions ... without any meaningful process." ECF No. 4-1 at 28, 31. Whether they are likely to succeed on this procedural claim under the Due Process Clause is assessed in two steps. "[T]he
first asks whether there exists a liberty or property interest which has been interfered with by the State; the second examines whether the procedures attendant upon that deprivation were constitutionally sufficient." Ky. Dep't of Corr. v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 460 (1989) (citations omitted).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiadzaib3tfhs3mooyekw7qeaqlat7epnawuwpeizfvs65nayvuhde@jpeg)
![From all this largely consistent and unrebutted evidence, it is not hard to conclude that it is likely that "following the Executive Order, the BOP committee was told to look at what the President and the AG were saying," that "[t]he BOP committee members took that to mean that everyone needed to be referred to ADX [Florence]," and that in the end, BOP officials understood that
Plaintiffs had to be transferred there. ECF No. 4-32 91 12-13. It strains credulity to believe that
subordinate BOP officials carrying out this process felt free to disagree with what had been demanded at the start by officials far senior to them, with authority over their careers and livelihoods.
Thus, it is likely that there was no genuine opportunity for Plaintiffs— at their hearings, during
their appeals, or at any other time-to oppose their transfers to ADX Florence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifsaqzxpwiobnqqgu3du4abijj6ywrgy4yzlml62uqg3pbzht7hsi@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 AM
This is a damning, astounding opinion from Kelly, writing about the Justice Department's treatment of federal prisoners under their control:
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🚨BREAKING: The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
House GOP passes sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions, sends measure to Senate
The GOP’s push for the measure was driven by blatantly false claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
🚨BREAKING: The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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This attorney is describing a concentration camp. The Holocaust didn't begin with exterminations, but systematic removal of legal rights, concentration in slums and then camps, and deportations and denatiralizations
And what awaits these clients in Texas? Unspeakably cruel and inhumane treatment.
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This attorney is describing a concentration camp. The Holocaust didn't begin with exterminations, but systematic removal of legal rights, concentration in slums and then camps, and deportations and denatiralizations
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So, what you're saying is, Ukraine has nothing to lose. I get that they still need the intelligence, but this speaks volumes about why the peace talks keep dragging on.
⚡️US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
kyivindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 AM
So, what you're saying is, Ukraine has nothing to lose. I get that they still need the intelligence, but this speaks volumes about why the peace talks keep dragging on.
The Americans got robbed in ice dancing
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
The Americans got robbed in ice dancing
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New reporting shows local police are tapping school security cameras and license-plate reader systems to assist federal immigration enforcement, raising serious concerns about student privacy and surveillance.
Read more here:
Read more here:
Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
New reporting shows local police are tapping school security cameras and license-plate reader systems to assist federal immigration enforcement, raising serious concerns about student privacy and surveillance.
Read more here:
Read more here:
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Virginia invented disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions (with its creator explicitly stating its goal was to "eliminate the darkey as a political factor") and Spanberger is so far proving to be very good at this!
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Virginia invented disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions (with its creator explicitly stating its goal was to "eliminate the darkey as a political factor") and Spanberger is so far proving to be very good at this!
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This is a big deal. Approval polls, like the media, courts, and Congress, can serve as vehicles for presidential accountability. We are watching in real time as the institutions that could hold this administration to account wither on the vine.
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This is a big deal. Approval polls, like the media, courts, and Congress, can serve as vehicles for presidential accountability. We are watching in real time as the institutions that could hold this administration to account wither on the vine.
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Todd Blanche says “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”
Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Todd Blanche says “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”
Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
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Accountability is necessary to restore the rule of law.
Vows of accountability are an important step.
Vows of accountability are an important step.
@crow.house.gov: “I’m taking names”
A federal grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Jason Crow, on sedition charges tied to a video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders. Crow, who has accused Trump of weaponizing the DOJ, joins The Weeknight.
A federal grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Jason Crow, on sedition charges tied to a video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders. Crow, who has accused Trump of weaponizing the DOJ, joins The Weeknight.
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Accountability is necessary to restore the rule of law.
Vows of accountability are an important step.
Vows of accountability are an important step.
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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JUST IN: Judge Kelly has barred the Trump administration from transfering 20 former death row inmates (commuted to life sentences by Biden) to the notorious ADX supermax prison, saying they were given "sham" due process after decision was made. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 AM
JUST IN: Judge Kelly has barred the Trump administration from transfering 20 former death row inmates (commuted to life sentences by Biden) to the notorious ADX supermax prison, saying they were given "sham" due process after decision was made. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Incredible last lap for the American and speed skating. That's one hell of a kick
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Incredible last lap for the American and speed skating. That's one hell of a kick
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I like the team trump talking point that reporters and dem lawmakers didn’t grill Merrick garland about Jeffrey Epstein, as if garland was running a gigantic taxpayer funded coverup explicitly to protect Biden and Biden’s wealthy friends
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I like the team trump talking point that reporters and dem lawmakers didn’t grill Merrick garland about Jeffrey Epstein, as if garland was running a gigantic taxpayer funded coverup explicitly to protect Biden and Biden’s wealthy friends
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
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Six days after getting waived by the Nets and three days after signing with Milwaukee, Cam Thomas just drilled a pull-up 30-footer to give himself 34 points in 24 minutes off the bench and ice a Bucks road win in Orlando. The gentleman knows how to get 'em up.
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Six days after getting waived by the Nets and three days after signing with Milwaukee, Cam Thomas just drilled a pull-up 30-footer to give himself 34 points in 24 minutes off the bench and ice a Bucks road win in Orlando. The gentleman knows how to get 'em up.
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”