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For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
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You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
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Im a trade worker in NE Ohio and during the molten Biden economy people still insisted that "help wanted signs" meant that 'nobody wants to work' because humanity is a social animal and if dumb memes can tell us we are right and 'victims' vs evidence we will take memes as we walk up the scaffolding.
February 5, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Im a trade worker in NE Ohio and during the molten Biden economy people still insisted that "help wanted signs" meant that 'nobody wants to work' because humanity is a social animal and if dumb memes can tell us we are right and 'victims' vs evidence we will take memes as we walk up the scaffolding.
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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things I would do if I had as much money as Jeff Bezos:
—keep a number of obscure comics in print
—give a $1m to every public library in the country
—endow newsrooms in every city with more than 1m people
—buy the Walgreens Boots Alliance and convert it to a network of free clinics
—keep a number of obscure comics in print
—give a $1m to every public library in the country
—endow newsrooms in every city with more than 1m people
—buy the Walgreens Boots Alliance and convert it to a network of free clinics
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
things I would do if I had as much money as Jeff Bezos:
—keep a number of obscure comics in print
—give a $1m to every public library in the country
—endow newsrooms in every city with more than 1m people
—buy the Walgreens Boots Alliance and convert it to a network of free clinics
—keep a number of obscure comics in print
—give a $1m to every public library in the country
—endow newsrooms in every city with more than 1m people
—buy the Walgreens Boots Alliance and convert it to a network of free clinics
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The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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It seems that the proclivity toward serious criminality (felonies) is far higher among ICE and CBP agents than among immigrants taken as a whole. Stats on this subject are persistent and offer the same results.
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
It seems that the proclivity toward serious criminality (felonies) is far higher among ICE and CBP agents than among immigrants taken as a whole. Stats on this subject are persistent and offer the same results.
I first read this book when I was a wee lass.
I just read it again.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I just read it again.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I first read this book when I was a wee lass.
I just read it again.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I just read it again.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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New Data For Progress poll: Voters support removing Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, and think Dems should refuse funding for DHS unless multiple reforms for ICE are put in place (including requiring ICE to focus on deporting convicted criminals — at +48) substack.com/profile/4791...
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
New Data For Progress poll: Voters support removing Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, and think Dems should refuse funding for DHS unless multiple reforms for ICE are put in place (including requiring ICE to focus on deporting convicted criminals — at +48) substack.com/profile/4791...
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I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
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This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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 12:41 PM
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
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like this is absurd, get over yourselves
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
like this is absurd, get over yourselves
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February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
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the government is gassing our children.
Right passed the park now and a little girl maybe 5 years old got out of the car. She's saying "oww" and coughing, an older woman with her rushed her inside
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
the government is gassing our children.
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I have complete faith in my health secretary, Robert Fungus Kennedy
August 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I have complete faith in my health secretary, Robert Fungus Kennedy
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Don’t listen to people who say all politicians are crooks, or that everyone lies. You know who says that?
Crooks & liars. They see in others what they are themselves.
But most people aren’t crooks & liars.
Most people are decent.
And we have had enough of these crooks & liars
Crooks & liars. They see in others what they are themselves.
But most people aren’t crooks & liars.
Most people are decent.
And we have had enough of these crooks & liars
February 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Don’t listen to people who say all politicians are crooks, or that everyone lies. You know who says that?
Crooks & liars. They see in others what they are themselves.
But most people aren’t crooks & liars.
Most people are decent.
And we have had enough of these crooks & liars
Crooks & liars. They see in others what they are themselves.
But most people aren’t crooks & liars.
Most people are decent.
And we have had enough of these crooks & liars
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Republicans are holding the House by ONE vote.
That’s why #GA14 is critical. Volunteer, organize, and vote — this race can make a real difference.
Let’s do this.
— Shawn
That’s why #GA14 is critical. Volunteer, organize, and vote — this race can make a real difference.
Let’s do this.
— Shawn
February 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Republicans are holding the House by ONE vote.
That’s why #GA14 is critical. Volunteer, organize, and vote — this race can make a real difference.
Let’s do this.
— Shawn
That’s why #GA14 is critical. Volunteer, organize, and vote — this race can make a real difference.
Let’s do this.
— Shawn
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Happy February!
Welcome to most underrated and fastest improving month. You start in the depths of winter and end waking up in the light to the sound of birds singing, to the sight of snowdrops, daffodils and early blossom in the trees
#BigFebruary
Welcome to most underrated and fastest improving month. You start in the depths of winter and end waking up in the light to the sound of birds singing, to the sight of snowdrops, daffodils and early blossom in the trees
#BigFebruary
February 1, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Happy February!
Welcome to most underrated and fastest improving month. You start in the depths of winter and end waking up in the light to the sound of birds singing, to the sight of snowdrops, daffodils and early blossom in the trees
#BigFebruary
Welcome to most underrated and fastest improving month. You start in the depths of winter and end waking up in the light to the sound of birds singing, to the sight of snowdrops, daffodils and early blossom in the trees
#BigFebruary
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I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.