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“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
“There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred —particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication,”
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The MAGA GOP effort to persecute and strip rights away from trans people bears a remarkable similarity to what the NSDAP did in the Gesetz zum Schutz des deutschen Blutes und der deutschen Ehre, 16 Sep 1935. Here revocation of driver's licenses, leading to having no right to drive or any lawful ID.
Kansas Bill Will Strip Driver’s Licenses from Every Trans Resident Who Changed Gender — Assigned
As Kansas passes a bathroom bill, another bill that will invalidate the driver’s license of every trans resident has been deemphasized in the coverage. Also, Trump’s Department of Education says San J...
www.assignedmedia.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The MAGA GOP effort to persecute and strip rights away from trans people bears a remarkable similarity to what the NSDAP did in the Gesetz zum Schutz des deutschen Blutes und der deutschen Ehre, 16 Sep 1935. Here revocation of driver's licenses, leading to having no right to drive or any lawful ID.
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On this day in 1922, James Joyce's Ulysses was published. I started reading it then, and expect to finish soon.
February 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
On this day in 1922, James Joyce's Ulysses was published. I started reading it then, and expect to finish soon.
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Full-size James Hamilton album cover shot for Donald Fagen’s 1982 masterpiece, ‘The Nightfly’
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Full-size James Hamilton album cover shot for Donald Fagen’s 1982 masterpiece, ‘The Nightfly’
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William Steig
New Yorker
August 7, 1937
New Yorker
August 7, 1937
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
William Steig
New Yorker
August 7, 1937
New Yorker
August 7, 1937
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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If you’ve never seen Catherine O’Hara’s Katherine Hepburn impersonation, you’re in for a treat.
SCTV - Katharine Hepburn for Twillings Tea
YouTube video by SCTV
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January 30, 2026 at 6:21 PM
If you’ve never seen Catherine O’Hara’s Katherine Hepburn impersonation, you’re in for a treat.
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#RIP Catherine O'Hara
📷 Elisabeth Caren, 2020
"O’Hara’s devotees don’t just admire the arc of her career, they dote over all the tiny comedic choices that have made the people the actor has played so specifically & generously alive."
- Karen Valby
📷 Elisabeth Caren, 2020
"O’Hara’s devotees don’t just admire the arc of her career, they dote over all the tiny comedic choices that have made the people the actor has played so specifically & generously alive."
- Karen Valby
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
#RIP Catherine O'Hara
📷 Elisabeth Caren, 2020
"O’Hara’s devotees don’t just admire the arc of her career, they dote over all the tiny comedic choices that have made the people the actor has played so specifically & generously alive."
- Karen Valby
📷 Elisabeth Caren, 2020
"O’Hara’s devotees don’t just admire the arc of her career, they dote over all the tiny comedic choices that have made the people the actor has played so specifically & generously alive."
- Karen Valby
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The billions to DHS have built the for-profit panopticon surveillance state they were unable to fully push through after 9/11 because people fought back.
It took 25 years but they have it now.
This cannot be reformed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
It took 25 years but they have it now.
This cannot be reformed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The billions to DHS have built the for-profit panopticon surveillance state they were unable to fully push through after 9/11 because people fought back.
It took 25 years but they have it now.
This cannot be reformed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
It took 25 years but they have it now.
This cannot be reformed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
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previously:
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
here is the abbreviated backstory on lemon www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
previously:
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
-DOJ sought Lemon's arrest along with a group of others
-Magistrate judge rejected the charges against Lemon on the grounds that there was no probable cause
-DOJ tried to appeal the magistrate judge's ruling to the district judge (extremely unusual)
...
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To recap: in the last week they’ve raided the home of a Washington Post reporter who covers the federal government and arrested a journalist who covered a religious anti-ICE protest
January 30, 2026 at 1:09 PM
To recap: in the last week they’ve raided the home of a Washington Post reporter who covers the federal government and arrested a journalist who covered a religious anti-ICE protest
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I live in the missing corner of nearly square Washington DC.
With wind chill, it’s going to be 14 effing degrees below zero here tonight.
So yeah, since this is home base for the Trump administration, hell really has frozen over.
With wind chill, it’s going to be 14 effing degrees below zero here tonight.
So yeah, since this is home base for the Trump administration, hell really has frozen over.
January 30, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I live in the missing corner of nearly square Washington DC.
With wind chill, it’s going to be 14 effing degrees below zero here tonight.
So yeah, since this is home base for the Trump administration, hell really has frozen over.
With wind chill, it’s going to be 14 effing degrees below zero here tonight.
So yeah, since this is home base for the Trump administration, hell really has frozen over.
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Sculpture of a giant blue rooster by the German artist Katharina Fritsch, unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the Forth plinth in 2013 #WomensArt
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Sculpture of a giant blue rooster by the German artist Katharina Fritsch, unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the Forth plinth in 2013 #WomensArt
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Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
NEWS: The Trump regime has arrested Don Lemon in its latest crackdown on journalism after he reported from inside a church protest in Minnesota—despite a magistrate judge previously rejecting the case against him as unsupported by evidence.
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
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Great point from @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social: The spectacle of ordinary people in Minneapolis courageously protecting each other from the ICE invasion is itself inspiring and contrasts powerfully with Miller/Bovino totalitarian cruelties.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Great point from @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social: The spectacle of ordinary people in Minneapolis courageously protecting each other from the ICE invasion is itself inspiring and contrasts powerfully with Miller/Bovino totalitarian cruelties.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
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O my poor kingdom, sick with civil blows!
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
O my poor kingdom, sick with civil blows!
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It's a civil war.
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
It's a civil war.
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Ella Fitzgerald with Dizzy Gillespie & Ray Brown, by William P. Gottlieb, 1947
This photo was the big hit of her Centennial year in 2017:
nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Gottlieb said, "If I had to describe this photo in three words it would be, 'Everyone Loves Ella'."
This photo was the big hit of her Centennial year in 2017:
nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Gottlieb said, "If I had to describe this photo in three words it would be, 'Everyone Loves Ella'."
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Ella Fitzgerald with Dizzy Gillespie & Ray Brown, by William P. Gottlieb, 1947
This photo was the big hit of her Centennial year in 2017:
nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Gottlieb said, "If I had to describe this photo in three words it would be, 'Everyone Loves Ella'."
This photo was the big hit of her Centennial year in 2017:
nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Gottlieb said, "If I had to describe this photo in three words it would be, 'Everyone Loves Ella'."
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Robert Frank, 1955
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Robert Frank, 1955
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New: "House Health Panel Member Kevin Hern Sold UnitedHealth Amid Stock-Trading Ban Push"
me, for @forbes.com
me, for @forbes.com
Rep. Kevin Hern Sold UnitedHealth Stock While Sitting On House Health Subcommittee
Disclosures show the Oklahoma Republican sold up to $500,000 in UnitedHealth stock while serving on a committee that oversees payments for health care.
www.forbes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
New: "House Health Panel Member Kevin Hern Sold UnitedHealth Amid Stock-Trading Ban Push"
me, for @forbes.com
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.