Number one just left too.
MAGA lobbyists are demanding that Trump's antitrust division settle the monopolization case against Live Nation/Ticketmaster. The top lawyers in the department don't want to do it. So now the #2 at DOJ Antitrust just quit.
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Number one just left too.
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fwiw Americans are very bad at understanding that the 2 things you're not supposed to discuss - politics and religion - infuse literally everything that the country has done, is doing, and will do
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
fwiw Americans are very bad at understanding that the 2 things you're not supposed to discuss - politics and religion - infuse literally everything that the country has done, is doing, and will do
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
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The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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Sen. Cynthia Lummis keeps a fairly low profile but on Jan 6 she was one of only 8 Senators to vote against certifying electoral votes. And her phone records were then subpoenaed in the Jan 6 investigation for very good reason. It's big for her to break with Trump now.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Sen. Cynthia Lummis keeps a fairly low profile but on Jan 6 she was one of only 8 Senators to vote against certifying electoral votes. And her phone records were then subpoenaed in the Jan 6 investigation for very good reason. It's big for her to break with Trump now.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Good morning!
Visiting some friends who live a bit south of all the ice and snow we've had at home...
Visiting some friends who live a bit south of all the ice and snow we've had at home...
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Good morning!
Visiting some friends who live a bit south of all the ice and snow we've had at home...
Visiting some friends who live a bit south of all the ice and snow we've had at home...
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kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s
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IT'S HAPPENING: Great Horned Owlette season is upon us! Several weeks earlier than last year, not one but TWO owlettes have been documented AND verified.
By me.
10 minutes ago.
Let's goooo!!! And observe from a safe respectful distance!
Alt status:
IT'S A SUPERB OWL MIRACLE! 🪶 🐣
By me.
10 minutes ago.
Let's goooo!!! And observe from a safe respectful distance!
Alt status:
IT'S A SUPERB OWL MIRACLE! 🪶 🐣
February 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
IT'S HAPPENING: Great Horned Owlette season is upon us! Several weeks earlier than last year, not one but TWO owlettes have been documented AND verified.
By me.
10 minutes ago.
Let's goooo!!! And observe from a safe respectful distance!
Alt status:
IT'S A SUPERB OWL MIRACLE! 🪶 🐣
By me.
10 minutes ago.
Let's goooo!!! And observe from a safe respectful distance!
Alt status:
IT'S A SUPERB OWL MIRACLE! 🪶 🐣
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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And never forget. These are asylum seekers. This is what the USA is doing to the most vulnerable people on the planet who we promised to protect.
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
And never forget. These are asylum seekers. This is what the USA is doing to the most vulnerable people on the planet who we promised to protect.
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No one is talking about the UAE, no one is talking about the oil money, completely forgotten, zip zap, and all eyes turn to the video he knows will have this effect. He knows it.
Like after No Kings protest, post outrageous Ai bit, and story no longer on protest and on his video….
Like after No Kings protest, post outrageous Ai bit, and story no longer on protest and on his video….
February 7, 2026 at 7:17 AM
No one is talking about the UAE, no one is talking about the oil money, completely forgotten, zip zap, and all eyes turn to the video he knows will have this effect. He knows it.
Like after No Kings protest, post outrageous Ai bit, and story no longer on protest and on his video….
Like after No Kings protest, post outrageous Ai bit, and story no longer on protest and on his video….
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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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Reposted by Beth Loves to Travel
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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Reposted by Beth Loves to Travel
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.