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US Senate Republicans block attempt to sue Trump administration over Epstein files minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/05/r...
US Senate Republicans block attempt to sue Trump administration over Epstein files • Minnesota Reformer
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic proposal Thursday to sue the Trump administration over allegations that it did not fully release the Epstein files, as mandated under a law unanimo...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
US Senate Republicans block attempt to sue Trump administration over Epstein files minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/05/r...
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Fox Business: A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows 72% of Americans feel the economy is in poor or only fair condition.
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Fox Business: A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows 72% of Americans feel the economy is in poor or only fair condition.
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sir, this is a prayer breakfast
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. *crowd groans* I know we have some here today. I don't know why they're here, because they certainly don't give us their vote ... they cheat."
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
sir, this is a prayer breakfast
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Warnock to Bessent: "Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after President Trump unveiled his tariffs on 'liberation day.' I would submit it's a strange liberation and a curious freedom that leaves you unemployed."
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Warnock to Bessent: "Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after President Trump unveiled his tariffs on 'liberation day.' I would submit it's a strange liberation and a curious freedom that leaves you unemployed."
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I think we are giving ICE too much credit. They are evil, but they are following the orders (in a very incompetent and cruel manner) of the more powerful villains: Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and Kristi Noem.
We can't let this vicious authoritarian regime subcontract to ICE the blame from voters.
We can't let this vicious authoritarian regime subcontract to ICE the blame from voters.
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I think we are giving ICE too much credit. They are evil, but they are following the orders (in a very incompetent and cruel manner) of the more powerful villains: Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and Kristi Noem.
We can't let this vicious authoritarian regime subcontract to ICE the blame from voters.
We can't let this vicious authoritarian regime subcontract to ICE the blame from voters.
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Confirmed with Burlington PD on scene AND the Malls security service.
Per the Simon Coporation you cannot park at the Burlington Mall if you intend to leave mall property and they intend to tow cars in the future.
Per the Simon Coporation you cannot park at the Burlington Mall if you intend to leave mall property and they intend to tow cars in the future.
Per Burlington MA police the mall in Burlington MA is threatening to tow cars of anti-ICE protestors that park in the mall parking lot.
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Confirmed with Burlington PD on scene AND the Malls security service.
Per the Simon Coporation you cannot park at the Burlington Mall if you intend to leave mall property and they intend to tow cars in the future.
Per the Simon Coporation you cannot park at the Burlington Mall if you intend to leave mall property and they intend to tow cars in the future.
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Bearing witness against ice with @bearingwitnessice.bsky.social, at the field headquarters behind the Burlington mall.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Bearing witness against ice with @bearingwitnessice.bsky.social, at the field headquarters behind the Burlington mall.
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the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
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WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
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“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Washington Post Dies in Daylight
Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
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Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US Department of Justice detailed his relationship with the child sex offender
ft.trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
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In the age of disinformation, journalism has two choices.
Either fight back with the fury of a thousand suns, or…
Become a toothless vassal to this fascist administration and the oligarchs
Bezos has turned WaPo into the latter.
apnews.com/article/wash...
Either fight back with the fury of a thousand suns, or…
Become a toothless vassal to this fascist administration and the oligarchs
Bezos has turned WaPo into the latter.
apnews.com/article/wash...
Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off
The Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
apnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
In the age of disinformation, journalism has two choices.
Either fight back with the fury of a thousand suns, or…
Become a toothless vassal to this fascist administration and the oligarchs
Bezos has turned WaPo into the latter.
apnews.com/article/wash...
Either fight back with the fury of a thousand suns, or…
Become a toothless vassal to this fascist administration and the oligarchs
Bezos has turned WaPo into the latter.
apnews.com/article/wash...
No more toys for Hegseth. No more Hegseth.
In this year’s appropriations process, Trump and Republicans will be seeking another massive increase in military spending - $450B.
DOD budget was $870B in 2024. They want it to be $1.5T next year, nearly double in 2 years, with the national debt already accelerating at $38.5T.
DOD budget was $870B in 2024. They want it to be $1.5T next year, nearly double in 2 years, with the national debt already accelerating at $38.5T.
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
No more toys for Hegseth. No more Hegseth.
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I’d like to report a murder. Trying to fix a legacy media company is hard — we all know the economics — but Jeff Bezos just killed the @washingtonpost.com in the most cowardly & inept way possible. He would never entertain others who wanted to fix it too like me www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I’d like to report a murder. Trying to fix a legacy media company is hard — we all know the economics — but Jeff Bezos just killed the @washingtonpost.com in the most cowardly & inept way possible. He would never entertain others who wanted to fix it too like me www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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The @washingtonpost, where I started in the mailroom, is the place that made me everything I am now. Skinflint billionaire and failed fashion model Jeff Bezos has decimated it. Well, fuck that guy and give to the people he screwed. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The @washingtonpost, where I started in the mailroom, is the place that made me everything I am now. Skinflint billionaire and failed fashion model Jeff Bezos has decimated it. Well, fuck that guy and give to the people he screwed. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t... www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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My take today on Jeff Bezos since I met him at his struggling start up in the 1990s in Seattle: Twice the muscles, half the man.
February 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
My take today on Jeff Bezos since I met him at his struggling start up in the 1990s in Seattle: Twice the muscles, half the man.
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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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the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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today’s tech barons get compared to the robber barons (I’ve done it myself) but it’s notable how the current generation has responded to the philanthropic and cultural legacy of Carnegie et al with their own campaign of wanton destruction of cultural institutions
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
today’s tech barons get compared to the robber barons (I’ve done it myself) but it’s notable how the current generation has responded to the philanthropic and cultural legacy of Carnegie et al with their own campaign of wanton destruction of cultural institutions
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Have you noticed this? I have.
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
Dear media, stop acting like Trump means what he says
Whether over "a deal" on Greenland or a "pivot" on ICE, we need far more skepticism
margaretsullivan.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Have you noticed this? I have.
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
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"You are not alone in looking at this mountain of rancid shit and wondering where to start and what you should know as you go along. So, I’m starting this guide, which is intended to be just as helpful to myself in understanding all of it."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
A Guide to the Epstein Files, Part I
Here we go.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
"You are not alone in looking at this mountain of rancid shit and wondering where to start and what you should know as you go along. So, I’m starting this guide, which is intended to be just as helpful to myself in understanding all of it."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...