Russian saboteurs spray foam into cars' exhaust, leave behind Green Party stickers, according to Der Spiegel reporting. Russia supported sabotage spree in Germany to roil election campaign, report says

Russia supported sabotage spree in Germany to roil election campaign, report says – POLITICO

The Guardian (and its experts) lead the way for journalism. If only the #BrokenTimes,#BrokenPost, and #BrokenCNN would follow. Always a gift link from The Guardian: Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say

the Guardian

Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say

Executive actions aims to test limits of president’s authority and perhaps win backing from conservative supreme court

#GoodPost humanizing the mass deportation. Gift link (Yes, I know you have to register: complain to the Post, not me) The asylum seekers deported in the first days of Trump’s presidency https://wapo.st/3Q629tk

American Goebbels orders praise for the Declaration of Independence; all but declares art serving underserved communities degenerate. Attacking culture is fascism, too. NEA nixes grant program for ‘underserved communities,’ shifting priorities https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/02/06/nea-grants-canceled/

#GoodPost reporting here. U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/

Amid continuing shocked paralysis, the mass media pushback against fascism has still not begun. #BrokenPost

Well, congratulations, German conservatives, your dalliance with the Nazis dropped your polling (Union) and raised the AfDs.

Good Lord. Immigrants are not a health risk. RFK and Trump are the health risk, specifically around measles, COVID, and every other disease.

Now I really feel unsafe to fly. Seriously. I was debating a flight to a conference next month. This made my decision for me. I am canceling. Sorry United. You'd better protest. Stop them. Stop them NOW!

Jamelle Bouie: '“Constitutional crisis” does not even begin to capture the radicalism of what is unfolding in the federal bureaucracy and of what Congress’s decision not to act may liquidate in terms of constitutional meaning.' Gift link

Opinion | There Is No Going Back

The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.