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Kudos to those States taking steps to proactively protect their residents and counter harmful White House actions.
Donald Trump and his administration don't believe in science — that doesn't mean Americans have to suffer because of it.
ICYMI: Illinois has joined @who.int's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network to ensure we're prepared no matter who the President is.
ICYMI: Illinois has joined @who.int's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network to ensure we're prepared no matter who the President is.
February 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Kudos to those States taking steps to proactively protect their residents and counter harmful White House actions.
“The administration is trying to pull the wool over Americans’ eyes, claiming that they care about our health, that they care about kids’ health, when in reality, they are moving so aggressively to eliminate dozens of safeguards,” said Cathleen Kelly, a senior fellow at CAP and report co-author.
Trump’s EPA has gutted lifesaving environmental protections, including limits on harmful chemicals and toxic pollution produced by:
-Gas and coal power plants
-Oil and gas refineries
-Petrochemical & chemical manufacturers
-Pesticide manufacturers
“Make America Healthy Again.”
-Gas and coal power plants
-Oil and gas refineries
-Petrochemical & chemical manufacturers
-Pesticide manufacturers
“Make America Healthy Again.”
Trump’s environmental rollbacks contradict RFK Jr’s healthy America promise, report finds
Dismantling rules will make children vulnerable to chronic diseases ‘make America healthy again’ wants to eradicate
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM
“The administration is trying to pull the wool over Americans’ eyes, claiming that they care about our health, that they care about kids’ health, when in reality, they are moving so aggressively to eliminate dozens of safeguards,” said Cathleen Kelly, a senior fellow at CAP and report co-author.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Billionaires are fearmongering about California’s proposed billionaire tax.
Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.
Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Billionaires are fearmongering about California’s proposed billionaire tax.
Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.
Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.
“Gov. Ayotte played dumb just last Wednesday about ICE’s plans to build a detention center in Merrimack when State government was notified about it two weeks earlier. I’m incredibly disappointed she is putting the interests of Kristi Noem and ICE over her constituents”
indepthnh.org/2026/02/03/s...
indepthnh.org/2026/02/03/s...
Update: State Knew ICE Plans for Merrimack As Early As Jan. 12
Documents obtained by the New Hampshire ACLU show state officials have known for weeks that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to turn a Merrimack warehouse into a prison.
indepthnh.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
“Gov. Ayotte played dumb just last Wednesday about ICE’s plans to build a detention center in Merrimack when State government was notified about it two weeks earlier. I’m incredibly disappointed she is putting the interests of Kristi Noem and ICE over her constituents”
indepthnh.org/2026/02/03/s...
indepthnh.org/2026/02/03/s...
“What is not debatable: a regime that abuses, terrorizes, and neglects children — and engages in a cover-up of monstrous sex crimes against kids — is evil. Anyone who has participated in or enabled these unforgivable actions should be banished from public life.”
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Who is Hurting Kids?
MAGA is the menace
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
“What is not debatable: a regime that abuses, terrorizes, and neglects children — and engages in a cover-up of monstrous sex crimes against kids — is evil. Anyone who has participated in or enabled these unforgivable actions should be banished from public life.”
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Telling, very telling.
🚨🚨#PrinciplesFirst alert:
With a whopping 74% approval rating in Vermont and currently America's most popular governor, Governor Phil Scott shows what happens when you govern with principled leadership that extends beyond party just affiliation.
pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/gov...
With a whopping 74% approval rating in Vermont and currently America's most popular governor, Governor Phil Scott shows what happens when you govern with principled leadership that extends beyond party just affiliation.
pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/gov...
U.S. Governor Approval Rating Tracker
How Americans in each state rate their governor’s job performance
pro.morningconsult.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Telling, very telling.
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Some AMAZING news out of SCOTUS today:
SCOTUS denies the GOP’s request for an injunction to block California’s Prop 50 redistricting plan while the Republicans’ appeal winds its way through the system.
SCOTUS denies the GOP’s request for an injunction to block California’s Prop 50 redistricting plan while the Republicans’ appeal winds its way through the system.
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Some AMAZING news out of SCOTUS today:
SCOTUS denies the GOP’s request for an injunction to block California’s Prop 50 redistricting plan while the Republicans’ appeal winds its way through the system.
SCOTUS denies the GOP’s request for an injunction to block California’s Prop 50 redistricting plan while the Republicans’ appeal winds its way through the system.
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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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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...
“Biery responded with… a “Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. This is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
thehill.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
“Biery responded with… a “Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. This is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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This is what oligarchy looks like:
Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, spent $290 million to elect Trump.
Since Election Day, Musk became $548 billion richer while his companies (SpaceX & Tesla) paid $0 in federal income taxes last year after making $13.7 billion in profits.
Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, spent $290 million to elect Trump.
Since Election Day, Musk became $548 billion richer while his companies (SpaceX & Tesla) paid $0 in federal income taxes last year after making $13.7 billion in profits.
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like:
Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, spent $290 million to elect Trump.
Since Election Day, Musk became $548 billion richer while his companies (SpaceX & Tesla) paid $0 in federal income taxes last year after making $13.7 billion in profits.
Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, spent $290 million to elect Trump.
Since Election Day, Musk became $548 billion richer while his companies (SpaceX & Tesla) paid $0 in federal income taxes last year after making $13.7 billion in profits.
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Here are actual facts showing that immigrants aren't a drain on government resources – quite the opposite. They pay more in taxes than they get in benefits. (The Cato Institute, which did the study, is definitely not a liberal group – it's libertarian.)
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Here are actual facts showing that immigrants aren't a drain on government resources – quite the opposite. They pay more in taxes than they get in benefits. (The Cato Institute, which did the study, is definitely not a liberal group – it's libertarian.)
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Illinois is joining the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
I refuse to sit by as Donald Trump undermines science and weakens our nation's ability to detect and respond to global health threats.
I refuse to sit by as Donald Trump undermines science and weakens our nation's ability to detect and respond to global health threats.
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Illinois is joining the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
I refuse to sit by as Donald Trump undermines science and weakens our nation's ability to detect and respond to global health threats.
I refuse to sit by as Donald Trump undermines science and weakens our nation's ability to detect and respond to global health threats.
Also, let’s not forget the frivolous millions of dollars American taxpayers are forced to spend trekking FFOTUS to/from Florida so frequently. These examples are the very epitome of waste.
What/how many worthy causes that could serve citizens are being forsaken as a result?
What/how many worthy causes that could serve citizens are being forsaken as a result?
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Also, let’s not forget the frivolous millions of dollars American taxpayers are forced to spend trekking FFOTUS to/from Florida so frequently. These examples are the very epitome of waste.
What/how many worthy causes that could serve citizens are being forsaken as a result?
What/how many worthy causes that could serve citizens are being forsaken as a result?
Dr. Lindsey C. Thomas, a board-certified forensic pathologist:
“I almost think one doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall,” she said.
“I almost think one doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall,” she said.
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Dr. Lindsey C. Thomas, a board-certified forensic pathologist:
“I almost think one doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall,” she said.
“I almost think one doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall,” she said.
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"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians was unlawful, a Ninth Circuit panel found.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
DHS Unlawfully Ended Venezuelan Migrant Status, Ninth Cir. Says
The Trump administration’s termination of humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants violated the Immigration and Nationality Act, a federal appeals court ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
“The American Academy of Pediatrics has condemned the government’s reliance on detention for immigrant children accompanied by their parents… Family detention has likewise been condemned by the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American College of Physicians,…”
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“The American Academy of Pediatrics has condemned the government’s reliance on detention for immigrant children accompanied by their parents… Family detention has likewise been condemned by the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American College of Physicians,…”
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NEW FOOTAGE: Protesters take over a Minneapolis Target Saturday to protest the retailer’s cooperation with ICE. This is a movement! Share so everyone is aware!
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
NEW FOOTAGE: Protesters take over a Minneapolis Target Saturday to protest the retailer’s cooperation with ICE. This is a movement! Share so everyone is aware!
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The Mayor of Portland, OR after ICE shot tear gas into a crowd
“To those who..work for ICE: Resign..Through your use of violence and..trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame. [G]o home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children”
“To those who..work for ICE: Resign..Through your use of violence and..trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame. [G]o home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children”
February 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The Mayor of Portland, OR after ICE shot tear gas into a crowd
“To those who..work for ICE: Resign..Through your use of violence and..trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame. [G]o home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children”
“To those who..work for ICE: Resign..Through your use of violence and..trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame. [G]o home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children”
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February 1, 2026
February 1, 2026
On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 AM
February 1, 2026
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"Karp attended a few dinner gatherings at Epstein’s Upper East Side residence, according to a person familiar with the matter.
"'You are always welcome,' Epstein responded to Karp’s 2015 email complimenting his hospitality. 'There are many many nights of unique talents. You will be invited often.'"
"'You are always welcome,' Epstein responded to Karp’s 2015 email complimenting his hospitality. 'There are many many nights of unique talents. You will be invited often.'"
Paul Weiss leader Brad Karp asked disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein for a personal favor and complimented him on his home and hospitality in a batch of emails recently made public by the Justice Department.
Brad Karp Asked Epstein for Job for Kid, Latest File Dump Shows
Paul Weiss leader Brad Karp asked disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein for a personal favor and complimented him on his home and hospitality in a batch of emails recently made public by the Justice Department.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 AM
"Karp attended a few dinner gatherings at Epstein’s Upper East Side residence, according to a person familiar with the matter.
"'You are always welcome,' Epstein responded to Karp’s 2015 email complimenting his hospitality. 'There are many many nights of unique talents. You will be invited often.'"
"'You are always welcome,' Epstein responded to Karp’s 2015 email complimenting his hospitality. 'There are many many nights of unique talents. You will be invited often.'"
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This is the kind of fight we need from opposition leaders. Thank you Chicago!
The entire country should be doing what Chicago is doing right now. Everyone should be in the streets. Protesting against ICE! Protesting against our Pedophile and criminal President — ALL OF IT!!
#Chicago #TheTimeIsNow
#ForceThemOut #Resist #Solidarity #Action
#Chicago #TheTimeIsNow
#ForceThemOut #Resist #Solidarity #Action
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
This is the kind of fight we need from opposition leaders. Thank you Chicago!