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Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
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The AP has a whole series on the front page today about PFAs (forever chemicals) and all the damage they're doing to humans. Among other sources, Scotchgard and its competitors on carpets contaminating the water in all the areas surrounding the factories that make it. 🧵
apnews.com/projects/pfa...
apnews.com/projects/pfa...
The toxic legacy of Georgia’s carpet empire
The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The AP has a whole series on the front page today about PFAs (forever chemicals) and all the damage they're doing to humans. Among other sources, Scotchgard and its competitors on carpets contaminating the water in all the areas surrounding the factories that make it. 🧵
apnews.com/projects/pfa...
apnews.com/projects/pfa...
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There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
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Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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NASHVILLE: “A federal judge has thrown out the convictions and sentences of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, after both men were pardoned by Trump.” fox17.com/news/local/c...
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
NASHVILLE: “A federal judge has thrown out the convictions and sentences of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, after both men were pardoned by Trump.” fox17.com/news/local/c...
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation and issued new guidance that could severely undercut efforts to expand voting among college students ahead of the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Education Department cracks down on college student voting programs
College students, who tend to vote more Democratic, represent one of the fastest-growing voting blocs.
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation and issued new guidance that could severely undercut efforts to expand voting among college students ahead of the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
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“.. Our BTC price target is 0.0. That’s not just for shock factor. It’s where the math takes us,” the strategist said, noting that Bitcoin has failed to function as a dollar hedge and instead operates as “a speculative instrument correlated to the Nasdaq.”
#Bitcoin
seekingalpha.com/news/4547997...
#Bitcoin
seekingalpha.com/news/4547997...
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
“.. Our BTC price target is 0.0. That’s not just for shock factor. It’s where the math takes us,” the strategist said, noting that Bitcoin has failed to function as a dollar hedge and instead operates as “a speculative instrument correlated to the Nasdaq.”
#Bitcoin
seekingalpha.com/news/4547997...
#Bitcoin
seekingalpha.com/news/4547997...
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US cuts ties with the speaker of the Polish Parliament after he refuses US ambassador (former podcaster) Tom Rose's demand that he sign a nomination letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee putting Trump forward for the Nobel Peace Prize. It gets more absurd every day.
US cuts contact with Polish parliament speaker over Trump 'insults'
The U.S. ambassador in Warsaw cut off contact with Poland's parliament speaker on Thursday, accusing him of insulting Donald Trump after he criticised the president's policies and declined to support ...
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
US cuts ties with the speaker of the Polish Parliament after he refuses US ambassador (former podcaster) Tom Rose's demand that he sign a nomination letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee putting Trump forward for the Nobel Peace Prize. It gets more absurd every day.
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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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I’ve been sharing this excerpt from Katie Johnson’s complaint that I recorded since JULY 2024 because MAGA doesn’t read & it’s so much worse when you *hear* what Trump did
@aaronparnas.bsky.social has confirmed it’s real
It should be played from the House floor & broadcast on C-SPAN 🤬
@aaronparnas.bsky.social has confirmed it’s real
It should be played from the House floor & broadcast on C-SPAN 🤬
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I’ve been sharing this excerpt from Katie Johnson’s complaint that I recorded since JULY 2024 because MAGA doesn’t read & it’s so much worse when you *hear* what Trump did
@aaronparnas.bsky.social has confirmed it’s real
It should be played from the House floor & broadcast on C-SPAN 🤬
@aaronparnas.bsky.social has confirmed it’s real
It should be played from the House floor & broadcast on C-SPAN 🤬
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Removing the word doesn’t erase the history. We will remember.
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Removing the word doesn’t erase the history. We will remember.
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Fundamentalist religion is incompatible with democracy
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast on himself: "He may not have ever read the Bible, but he will be a much stronger messenger for us"
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Fundamentalist religion is incompatible with democracy
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Job openings rate just reached its lowest level since spring 2020.
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Job openings rate just reached its lowest level since spring 2020.
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Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation. After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer”
“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation. After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer”
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They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
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I've read some data about the voting habits of wrestling fans, and the big thing is that they're disengaged. So if ICE's many atrocities are breaking through to an extent that even they're chanting "Fuck ICE"...
Amazing. If a professional wrestling crowd is chanting "fuck ICE," it suggests to me that large swaths of the culture are not just upset over ICE tactics, they're coalescing against mass deportations as a broader ideological project.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
February 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I've read some data about the voting habits of wrestling fans, and the big thing is that they're disengaged. So if ICE's many atrocities are breaking through to an extent that even they're chanting "Fuck ICE"...
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After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
February 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
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Trump at the Natl Prayer Breakfast on National Guard troops in DC: "They took Tren de Aragua, & honestly I don't want to say this, but they beat the crap out of them. They beat the crap out of them. They found they were doing bad things and Tren de Aragua didn't want anything to do with these guys."
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Trump at the Natl Prayer Breakfast on National Guard troops in DC: "They took Tren de Aragua, & honestly I don't want to say this, but they beat the crap out of them. They beat the crap out of them. They found they were doing bad things and Tren de Aragua didn't want anything to do with these guys."
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According to Wikipedia "National Prayer Breakfast is designed to be a forum for the political, social, and business elite to assemble and pray together."
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
According to Wikipedia "National Prayer Breakfast is designed to be a forum for the political, social, and business elite to assemble and pray together."
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The transcript of the MN hearing where an AUSA said “This job sucks” is remarkable for more reasons than that. It’s a searing portrait of a crisis perpetrated by depraved & oblivious high-level officials. Read it all. ...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
19-TS of 020326 hearing - Segundo APG v. Bondi, 26-CV-603
www.documentcloud.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The transcript of the MN hearing where an AUSA said “This job sucks” is remarkable for more reasons than that. It’s a searing portrait of a crisis perpetrated by depraved & oblivious high-level officials. Read it all. ...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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+11% rise in new unemployment insurance claims in week ending (WE) Jan 31, driven by rises across a broad set of states (PA, NY, WI, MD, MO, IL...)
That's a substantial rise. Keep an eye on it for signal of weakening of labor demand.
That's a substantial rise. Keep an eye on it for signal of weakening of labor demand.
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
+11% rise in new unemployment insurance claims in week ending (WE) Jan 31, driven by rises across a broad set of states (PA, NY, WI, MD, MO, IL...)
That's a substantial rise. Keep an eye on it for signal of weakening of labor demand.
That's a substantial rise. Keep an eye on it for signal of weakening of labor demand.