J McGowan
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“It is for us the living to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”—A. Lincoln
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Layoffs just hit their highest start-of-year total since January 2009 — the height of the Great Recession — according to data tracking firm Challenger.
Meanwhile, CEO pay and corporate profits continue to hit record highs.
Does anyone still believe that trickle-down tax cuts create jobs?
Meanwhile, CEO pay and corporate profits continue to hit record highs.
Does anyone still believe that trickle-down tax cuts create jobs?
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Layoffs just hit their highest start-of-year total since January 2009 — the height of the Great Recession — according to data tracking firm Challenger.
Meanwhile, CEO pay and corporate profits continue to hit record highs.
Does anyone still believe that trickle-down tax cuts create jobs?
Meanwhile, CEO pay and corporate profits continue to hit record highs.
Does anyone still believe that trickle-down tax cuts create jobs?
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Do they all get deported now? Is that how this works?
February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Do they all get deported now? Is that how this works?
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of two Florida voters, my law firm has filed a petition in the Florida Supreme Court challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a special legislative session to conduct mid-decade redistricting at the direction of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/cases/florid...
🚨 Pines et al v. DeSantis et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of two Florida voters, my law firm has filed a petition in the Florida Supreme Court challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a special legislative session to conduct mid-decade redistricting at the direction of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/cases/florid...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning?
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!
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Peaking in Pink. This morning's sunrise in Chicago.
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Peaking in Pink. This morning's sunrise in Chicago.
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A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
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The president had his DOJ raid an election office and seize ballots. Now he is threatening to take over elections. Sadly, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
The president had his DOJ raid an election office and seize ballots. Now he is threatening to take over elections. Sadly, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day.
I founded Democracy Docket because you deserve better. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I founded Democracy Docket because you deserve better. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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This woman has shown more courage than the nominal leaders of the Democratic Party.
Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
February 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
This woman has shown more courage than the nominal leaders of the Democratic Party.
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Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
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“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
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BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
Tell automakers to make proven safety features standard in all vehicles they produce action.consumerreports.org/nb-20260120-...
Crash-preventing features should be standard, not pricey upgrades
Tell automakers to make proven safety features standard in all vehicles they produce
action.consumerreports.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Tell automakers to make proven safety features standard in all vehicles they produce action.consumerreports.org/nb-20260120-...
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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FIRED? Who gives a fuck about “fired”?!? How about “send them to jail for life”? And I mean ALL of ‘em.
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 AM
FIRED? Who gives a fuck about “fired”?!? How about “send them to jail for life”? And I mean ALL of ‘em.
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Globe and Mail cartoon
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Globe and Mail cartoon
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If a groundhog gets a day to predict the future, New Yorkers deserve a city that plans for one.
Affordable housing, good transit, real public space — all year long.
Affordable housing, good transit, real public space — all year long.
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
If a groundhog gets a day to predict the future, New Yorkers deserve a city that plans for one.
Affordable housing, good transit, real public space — all year long.
Affordable housing, good transit, real public space — all year long.
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No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks
Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims don’t report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of “justice” supposed to help you
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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BREAKING: The Department of Justice left multiple unredacted photos of fully nude women or girls exposed as part of Friday’s dump of more than 3.5 million pages of files related to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell.
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
www.404media.co
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Justice left multiple unredacted photos of fully nude women or girls exposed as part of Friday’s dump of more than 3.5 million pages of files related to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell.
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Morning Lights. Sunday's sunrise in Chicago Harbor as the frozen lake starts to melt.
February 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Morning Lights. Sunday's sunrise in Chicago Harbor as the frozen lake starts to melt.