Below, you will find some headlines we may have missed and some interesting video clips on several subjects. Please feel free to share anything you may have run across; just make sure it’s not from a McMAGAt infested shithole.
Saving Democracy/Resistance:
The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.
The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, could remain in his job at least until Feb. 26. That’s when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires.
Good Trouble:
AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit, which names White House chief of staff Susan Wiles, deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich and press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the First Amendment,” the news agency said. “This court should remedy it immediately.” The Constitution’s First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press, speech and religion and bars the government from obstructing any of them.
The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case not changing its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” as President Donald Trump did last month with an executive order.
Economy:
Dow falls nearly 750 points and US stocks tumble as businesses and consumers worry about tariffs
U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday after reports showed that worries among consumers and businesses about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the U.S. economy.
The S&P 500 sank 1.7% for its worst day in two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 748 points, or 1.7%, and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 2.2%.
The losses accelerated through the day following several weaker-than-expected reports on the economy. One suggested U.S. business activity is close to stalling, with growth slowing to a 17-month low. The preliminary report from S&P Global said activity unexpectedly shrank for U.S. services businesses, and many in the survey reported slumping optimism because of worries about Washington.
The Fascist Felon, DOGEbags, and Their Brownshirts:
Top immigration enforcement official reassigned amid frustrations over mass deportation effort
The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn’t moving fast enough.
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement Friday that Caleb Vitello, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was “no longer in an administrative role, but is instead overseeing all field and enforcement operations: finding, arresting, and deporting illegal aliens, which is a major priority of the President and Secretary (Kristi) Noem.”
The statement made no mention of why Vitello, a career ICE official with more than two decades on the job, was reassigned or who his replacement will be. White House officials have expressed frustration with the pace of deportations of people in the country illegally.
Thousands of area’s Haitian immigrants face uncertain future after policy change
Thousands of Haitian immigrants living in Springfield are unsure of their future after the Trump administration announced it would be throwing out protections that shielded roughly half a million Haitians from deportation.
About 15,000 Haitian immigrants call Springfield home and were thrust into the national spotlight during the 2024 presidential election.
The Worst and Most Ignorant Garbage in the World:
Daughter of Hall of Fame NFL Running Back Claims Trump is Black, Hebrew Descendant of King David
Kimberly Brown made the remarks at Trump’s White House Black History Month event
At Thursday’s Black History Month event hosted by Donald Trump at the White House, Kimberly Brown, daughter of late NFL legend Jim Brown, made an outstandingly false claim about the former president’s lineage while on Instagram Live.
During a conversation with Madgie Nicolas, the self-described chair of Haitians for Trump, Brown dismissed accusations of Trump’s racism by declaring:
“His soul is Black. He comes from the Hebrew tribe. He’s from the bloodline of King David.” Brown went on to insist that Trump is of the “Judah tribe” and he has white skin because “people have to realize that 3,000 years have passed since Jesus Christ so skin color can always change.”
