Immer Kaffee
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
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The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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MEMPHIS @repcohen.bsky.social to Bondi: "You tried to investigate Ms. Good's widow, and you tried to investigate Mr. Pretti. They were executed like Kristi Noem executed her dog."
(H/T @atrupar.com )
(H/T @atrupar.com )
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
MEMPHIS @repcohen.bsky.social to Bondi: "You tried to investigate Ms. Good's widow, and you tried to investigate Mr. Pretti. They were executed like Kristi Noem executed her dog."
(H/T @atrupar.com )
(H/T @atrupar.com )
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WATCH: “IT’S A SMASH & GRAB JOB.”
Sen. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social says @GovBillLee’s vouchers are a redistribution of wealth from TN taxpayers to wealthy families with kids already in private schools
Lee wants to double the program while the public schools don’t even keep up with inflation🤔
Sen. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social says @GovBillLee’s vouchers are a redistribution of wealth from TN taxpayers to wealthy families with kids already in private schools
Lee wants to double the program while the public schools don’t even keep up with inflation🤔
February 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
WATCH: “IT’S A SMASH & GRAB JOB.”
Sen. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social says @GovBillLee’s vouchers are a redistribution of wealth from TN taxpayers to wealthy families with kids already in private schools
Lee wants to double the program while the public schools don’t even keep up with inflation🤔
Sen. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social says @GovBillLee’s vouchers are a redistribution of wealth from TN taxpayers to wealthy families with kids already in private schools
Lee wants to double the program while the public schools don’t even keep up with inflation🤔
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Chris Murphy: "I sat with the kids for an hour. They saw things in these prisons they'll never forget. The bottom line is we have a constitutional obligation to only fund an administration that's operating lawfully. We cannot, we should not fund DHS if it committing these crimes."
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Chris Murphy: "I sat with the kids for an hour. They saw things in these prisons they'll never forget. The bottom line is we have a constitutional obligation to only fund an administration that's operating lawfully. We cannot, we should not fund DHS if it committing these crimes."
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During these 37 years here's the average job growth per year under the two parties:
Democrats - 2,500,000
Republicans - 90,000 2/
Democrats - 2,500,000
Republicans - 90,000 2/
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
During these 37 years here's the average job growth per year under the two parties:
Democrats - 2,500,000
Republicans - 90,000 2/
Democrats - 2,500,000
Republicans - 90,000 2/
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If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
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We thought 2025 was a bad year for the U.S. job market. We now know it was far worse than we feared.
The question for the White House is simple: If Trump has created the greatest economy in history, why did job growth collapse after he returned to power?
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The question for the White House is simple: If Trump has created the greatest economy in history, why did job growth collapse after he returned to power?
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought
A question for the White House: If Trump has created the greatest economy in history, why did job growth slow to a 16-year low after he returned to power?
www.ms.now
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We thought 2025 was a bad year for the U.S. job market. We now know it was far worse than we feared.
The question for the White House is simple: If Trump has created the greatest economy in history, why did job growth collapse after he returned to power?
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The question for the White House is simple: If Trump has created the greatest economy in history, why did job growth collapse after he returned to power?
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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One third of women in America no longer have access to abortion because of Susan Collins’ vote for Justice Kavanaugh. It was not “the right vote.”
Susan, you don’t have the judgment to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate.
Susan, you don’t have the judgment to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate.
February 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM
One third of women in America no longer have access to abortion because of Susan Collins’ vote for Justice Kavanaugh. It was not “the right vote.”
Susan, you don’t have the judgment to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate.
Susan, you don’t have the judgment to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate.
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Trump & his goons are weaponizing the DOJ against anyone who disagrees with them.
They're trying to silence any dissent.
But the tide is turning. The American people are speaking up and fighting back.
They're trying to silence any dissent.
But the tide is turning. The American people are speaking up and fighting back.
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Trump & his goons are weaponizing the DOJ against anyone who disagrees with them.
They're trying to silence any dissent.
But the tide is turning. The American people are speaking up and fighting back.
They're trying to silence any dissent.
But the tide is turning. The American people are speaking up and fighting back.
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I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at [email protected] to let them know what you think of this.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at [email protected] to let them know what you think of this.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
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Baltimore's crime rate has dropped dramatically under Moore. The homicide rate last year was a 50-year low.
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Baltimore's crime rate has dropped dramatically under Moore. The homicide rate last year was a 50-year low.
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I'm sure this was a fair decision reached entirely on the merits without a hint of political interference.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
US decides SpaceX is like an airline, exempting it from Labor Relations Act
US labels SpaceX a common carrier by air, will regulate firm under railway law.
arstechnica.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm sure this was a fair decision reached entirely on the merits without a hint of political interference.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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In addition to my coverage of the Ken Starr - Epstein relationship, here is a round-up I did of the Texans who were in Epstein's orbit. Like everywhere else, they are elites: businessmen, rich doctors, PR people, academics: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
When Jeffrey Epstein needed help, he turned to these Texas elites
DOJ-released documents highlight Epstein's close ties to powerful and famous Texans.
www.chron.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
In addition to my coverage of the Ken Starr - Epstein relationship, here is a round-up I did of the Texans who were in Epstein's orbit. Like everywhere else, they are elites: businessmen, rich doctors, PR people, academics: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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When you're counting the ways that costs have gone up for Americans over the last year, be sure to include the cost of getting cheated.
Because Donald Trump has cost families $19 billion over the last year just by trying to take the financial cops off the beat.
Because Donald Trump has cost families $19 billion over the last year just by trying to take the financial cops off the beat.
Trump has cost families $19 BILLION over the last year.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
When you're counting the ways that costs have gone up for Americans over the last year, be sure to include the cost of getting cheated.
Because Donald Trump has cost families $19 billion over the last year just by trying to take the financial cops off the beat.
Because Donald Trump has cost families $19 billion over the last year just by trying to take the financial cops off the beat.
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"A 2023 study found that in the early years of the fracking boom, Tarrant County — the home of Fort Worth — had 60% more children born with serious birth defects than would have been expected for its population."
This story is bonkers and deserves a read. Especially if you're in/around Dallas.
This story is bonkers and deserves a read. Especially if you're in/around Dallas.
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"A 2023 study found that in the early years of the fracking boom, Tarrant County — the home of Fort Worth — had 60% more children born with serious birth defects than would have been expected for its population."
This story is bonkers and deserves a read. Especially if you're in/around Dallas.
This story is bonkers and deserves a read. Especially if you're in/around Dallas.
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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
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If you're wondering why so many of us have the ick for the French team about to skate: defector.com/frances-vira...
France's Viral Ice Dancing Team Has A Dark Backstory | Defector
Blink and you might not have caught it. On Monday, Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry took to the rink and staked their claim to the ice dancing gold medal. Dancing to Madonna’s “Vogue,” ...
defector.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
If you're wondering why so many of us have the ick for the French team about to skate: defector.com/frances-vira...
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Georgia army veteran deported to Jamaica after routine traffic stop speaks out on ICE detention, systemic failures - CBS Atlanta share.google/AVC4YS2YAPXA...
Georgia army veteran deported to Jamaica after routine traffic stop speaks out on ICE detention, systemic failures
A Georgia Army veteran who spent nearly five decades in the United States was deported to Jamaica following a routine traffic stop.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Georgia army veteran deported to Jamaica after routine traffic stop speaks out on ICE detention, systemic failures - CBS Atlanta share.google/AVC4YS2YAPXA...