@jfehren.bsky.social
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Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
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I think it’s awesome how cabinet secretaries take orders from anon randos on the internet
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I think it’s awesome how cabinet secretaries take orders from anon randos on the internet
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White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
Chicago Magazine named Nick Fuentes #7 in its list of Top 50 powerful Chicagoans of 2025.
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
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"[the 4th Amendment] is dead on arrival," according to three sources close to the administration and a GOP strategist
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms
The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:19 AM
"[the 4th Amendment] is dead on arrival," according to three sources close to the administration and a GOP strategist
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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This is a good read
A New York Times op-ed last week boasted libertarians "told you so" about Trump.
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
But it was only a few, since politically exiled, who saw Trump's rise and said: “You know what? I think he and a lot of his followers mean it with the racism, violence and fascism.”
(new @ms.now column)
Opinion | Libertarians warned about executive power. Only a few actually warned about Trump.
Anthony L. Fisher: A recent New York Times op-ed showed the blind spot many libertarians still have for President Donald Trump.
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This is a good read
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Center for Progressive Reform scholar @saltislife.bsky.social was featured on @wkow27news.bsky.social, discussing the Trump administration’s repeal of the Endangerment finding and explaining how it could be challenged in courts.
Experts denounce EPA's repeal of greenhouse gas rules, warn of health risks
MADISON (WKOW) – Environmental experts are reacting to the EPA's decision to repeal the endangerment finding.
www.wkow.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Center for Progressive Reform scholar @saltislife.bsky.social was featured on @wkow27news.bsky.social, discussing the Trump administration’s repeal of the Endangerment finding and explaining how it could be challenged in courts.
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I mean, that would be fine if it were true. Obeying the Constitution makes it unfeasible to do certain things, and that’s fine—indeed, it’s sort of the point. But it’s also sort of absurd to act like getting a warrant to execute a home arrest is some crazy insuperable barrier.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I mean, that would be fine if it were true. Obeying the Constitution makes it unfeasible to do certain things, and that’s fine—indeed, it’s sort of the point. But it’s also sort of absurd to act like getting a warrant to execute a home arrest is some crazy insuperable barrier.
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There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
There’s going to be Covid style shortages of cars, TVs and even washing machines and fridges, then job losses because assembly lines can’t source solid state memory, just so the stupidest person you know can state with 100% confidence a chatbot confirmed dinosaurs coexisted with humans.
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“.. a mega, anti-Trump trade alliance ..”
#TheWorldIsMovingOn
@politico.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
#TheWorldIsMovingOn
@politico.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
February 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“.. a mega, anti-Trump trade alliance ..”
#TheWorldIsMovingOn
@politico.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
#TheWorldIsMovingOn
@politico.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
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The worst damage of the far right was enabled by the center right too fearful to push back against trump
Health boss RFK Jr.'s 1-year anniversary week was packed with new disasters and reminders of old ones. But even those who should care most are MIA. GOP senators Bill Cassidy (a doctor) and Mitch McConnell (a polio survivor) top my list. My latest at @thebulwark.com open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Disastrous First Year of RFK Jr.
The damage the HHS secretary has done to science and public health is appalling—and it could have been avoided.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The worst damage of the far right was enabled by the center right too fearful to push back against trump
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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Evidently, something was broken with the other link. So, here, I've written about the right-wing attacks on PME and civilian educational institutions.
othermeans.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
othermeans.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
The Myth of the Warfighter
The Soldier and the Educational Institutions
othermeans.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Evidently, something was broken with the other link. So, here, I've written about the right-wing attacks on PME and civilian educational institutions.
othermeans.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
othermeans.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
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They want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to ICE identification **and** they want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to voter ID?
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
They want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to ICE identification **and** they want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to voter ID?
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
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Also there is little evidence that Trump in any way understands our collective inheritance — let alone is proud of it….
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Also there is little evidence that Trump in any way understands our collective inheritance — let alone is proud of it….
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Randy Fine, one of the most horrible people in public office.
February 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Randy Fine, one of the most horrible people in public office.
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i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.
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One thing I think abt a lot: Just imagine how well the economy would be doing if Trump hadn’t spent all of last year trashing the great economy he inherited? Tariffs, huge govt layoffs, slashing research/medical/science spending, torturing US cities with immigration raids. Economy would be humming!
Peter Navarro: "It's the perfect Trump economy in 2026 ... we're seeing stock market over $50,000"
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 AM
One thing I think abt a lot: Just imagine how well the economy would be doing if Trump hadn’t spent all of last year trashing the great economy he inherited? Tariffs, huge govt layoffs, slashing research/medical/science spending, torturing US cities with immigration raids. Economy would be humming!
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A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
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What the fuck is he talking about?
I mean, I love bluegrass and southern food. But as a Tennessean, I’m comfortable saying that no one comes to America lured by the promise of Appalachian culture.
I mean, I love bluegrass and southern food. But as a Tennessean, I’m comfortable saying that no one comes to America lured by the promise of Appalachian culture.
February 15, 2026 at 11:57 PM
What the fuck is he talking about?
I mean, I love bluegrass and southern food. But as a Tennessean, I’m comfortable saying that no one comes to America lured by the promise of Appalachian culture.
I mean, I love bluegrass and southern food. But as a Tennessean, I’m comfortable saying that no one comes to America lured by the promise of Appalachian culture.
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Just a reminder that ChatGPT cannot betray anyone because it doesn’t have feelings or motives or thoughts
ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Just a reminder that ChatGPT cannot betray anyone because it doesn’t have feelings or motives or thoughts
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He is correct
Sen. Markey has been calling to abolish ICE since late January
“Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. . . We can stop this. Not one penny more for the Department of Homeland Security.”
truthout.org/articles/sen...
“Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. . . We can stop this. Not one penny more for the Department of Homeland Security.”
truthout.org/articles/sen...
Senator Calls to Abolish ICE, Says Voting to Fund DHS Supports “Murder”
“Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans,” said Sen. Ed Markey.
truthout.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:39 AM
He is correct
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This AI-loving newspaper editor is teaching young journalists a valuable lesson: editors can be dumbasses
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Journalism schools are teaching fear of the future: Letter from the Editor
Journalism schools lag in teaching AI, crucial for modern reporting, which aids in efficient news gathering and frees reporters for fieldwork.
www.cleveland.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This AI-loving newspaper editor is teaching young journalists a valuable lesson: editors can be dumbasses
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...