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<\/a><\/p>\nBulwark: Why Trump\u2019s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma<\/a><\/h2>\nMiami, Florida
\nMARYSE, 56, HAS BEEN A HOME CARE WORKER in the United States ever since she moved here from Haiti sixteen years ago. Over the years, she estimates, she\u2019s cared for more than two dozen people. Most have been seniors in physical or cognitive decline\u2014among them, a Purple Heart recipient who had served in the Army and a former pilot who had flown missions over France and Africa during World War II. She has also cared for younger people with physical disabilities, including one who had cerebral palsy and another who had suffered severe head trauma in a car accident.<\/p>\n
It was not the career Maryse once imagined for herself, she told me last week. …<\/p>\n
Maryse\u2019s priority at that point was providing for her kids, and her English wasn\u2019t good enough for media work in the states. At her sister\u2019s urging, she says, she enrolled in classes to become a certified nursing assistant, following a well-worn path for Haitian immigrants who knew the high demand for caregivers meant it would lead to reliable employment\u2014and who frequently saw caring for others as a calling, not just a paycheck.
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<\/a>This is not a case of immigrants taking jobs from Americans, most economists say. It\u2019s a case of immigrants taking jobs Americans don\u2019t want, because there are easier ways to make a living. \u201cThere are these other jobs\u2014even fast food sometimes\u2014where you can have more predictability and stable hours, and make similar money,\u201d …
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\n(Bulwark more…)<\/a><\/p>\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – February 8, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nOn February 9, 1950, Senator Joe McCarthy (R-WI) stood up in front of the Republican Women\u2019s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, at a gathering to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s birthday. The senator waved a piece of paper and later recalled telling the audience: \u201cI have here in my hand a list of 205\u2014a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.\u201d He said he didn\u2019t have time to share the names of all those individuals, but he assured the audience that the Democratic administration of President Harry S. Truman was refusing to investigate \u201ctraitors in the government.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a>
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<\/a><\/p>\nHeather Delaney Reese: Trump embarrassed our whole country today<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nAnd this isn\u2019t just about one post. It\u2019s part of something bigger. This is how authoritarian messaging works. You pick someone out of the crowd and make an example of them. You twist their words, question their loyalty, and smear them as un-American. You don\u2019t have to jail them or silence them directly, because once the message is sent, your followers take it from there. Trump knows exactly what he\u2019s doing. This wasn\u2019t just a tantrum about one skier. It was a warning shot to every other athlete, artist, journalist, or public figure who might be thinking about speaking up. He wants us all to stay in line, keep our heads down, and smile for the camera. Don\u2019t question what the flag stands for, just wear it and pretend everything is fine. That\u2019s how regimes hold power.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Baltimore Banner: Gov. Moore says he\u2019s been \u2018singled out\u2019 by White House, disinvited from events for governors<\/a><\/h2>\nMaryland Gov. Wes Moore says the White House has singled him out by disinviting him from a pair of events for the nation\u2019s governors in Washington next week.<\/p>\n
The National Governors Association will be in town for its annual meeting, which typically involves events with the president. Moore, a Democrat, is vice chair of the bipartisan organization.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump has disinvited all Democratic governors from a White House meeting, and a dinner for governors and their spouses will not include Moore or Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, according to reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cAs the nation\u2019s only Black governor, I can\u2019t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight \u2014 whether that was the intent or not,\u201d Moore said in a statement Sunday morning.
\n(Baltimore Banner more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Beast: Trump, 79, upends decades of tradition to take petty swipe<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Daily Beast: Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors\u2019 Announcement Dated Before His Death<\/a><\/h2>\nFOR THE RECORD
\nThe file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker\u2019s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
\n(Daily Beast more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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USA Today: Too busy? Trump’s unusual Supreme Court push to toss E. Jean Carroll case<\/a><\/h2>\n
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WSJ: Bad Bunny Uses Joy to Put Out Political Firestorm at Super Bowl Halftime<\/a><\/h2>\nBad Bunny delivered a pointed message in Spanish to millions of Americans watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night: \u201cWe\u2019re still here.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a history-making halftime show performed almost entirely in Spanish, the Puerto Rican star paid tribute to his heritage and the many countries\u2014from Brazil to Mexico\u2014whose people have come to shape the modern-day U.S.
\n(WSJ more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Egberto Willies: Texas Protesters against Dan Crenshaw Defend the First Amendment as Police Retreat at his Town Hall<\/a><\/h2>\nTexas protesters lawfully challenged Dan Crenshaw\u2019s record. Police tried to move them. Calm resistance and constitutional knowledge forced authorities to back down.
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\nMARYSE, 56, HAS BEEN A HOME CARE WORKER in the United States ever since she moved here from Haiti sixteen years ago. Over the years, she estimates, she\u2019s cared for more than two dozen people. Most have been seniors in physical or cognitive decline\u2014among them, a Purple Heart recipient who had served in the Army and a former pilot who had flown missions over France and Africa during World War II. She has also cared for younger people with physical disabilities, including one who had cerebral palsy and another who had suffered severe head trauma in a car accident.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>This is not a case of immigrants taking jobs from Americans, most economists say. It\u2019s a case of immigrants taking jobs Americans don\u2019t want, because there are easier ways to make a living. \u201cThere are these other jobs\u2014even fast food sometimes\u2014where you can have more predictability and stable hours, and make similar money,\u201d …\n
\n(Bulwark more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – February 8, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nOn February 9, 1950, Senator Joe McCarthy (R-WI) stood up in front of the Republican Women\u2019s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, at a gathering to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s birthday. The senator waved a piece of paper and later recalled telling the audience: \u201cI have here in my hand a list of 205\u2014a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.\u201d He said he didn\u2019t have time to share the names of all those individuals, but he assured the audience that the Democratic administration of President Harry S. Truman was refusing to investigate \u201ctraitors in the government.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nHeather Delaney Reese: Trump embarrassed our whole country today<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nAnd this isn\u2019t just about one post. It\u2019s part of something bigger. This is how authoritarian messaging works. You pick someone out of the crowd and make an example of them. You twist their words, question their loyalty, and smear them as un-American. You don\u2019t have to jail them or silence them directly, because once the message is sent, your followers take it from there. Trump knows exactly what he\u2019s doing. This wasn\u2019t just a tantrum about one skier. It was a warning shot to every other athlete, artist, journalist, or public figure who might be thinking about speaking up. He wants us all to stay in line, keep our heads down, and smile for the camera. Don\u2019t question what the flag stands for, just wear it and pretend everything is fine. That\u2019s how regimes hold power.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Baltimore Banner: Gov. Moore says he\u2019s been \u2018singled out\u2019 by White House, disinvited from events for governors<\/a><\/h2>\nMaryland Gov. Wes Moore says the White House has singled him out by disinviting him from a pair of events for the nation\u2019s governors in Washington next week.<\/p>\n
The National Governors Association will be in town for its annual meeting, which typically involves events with the president. Moore, a Democrat, is vice chair of the bipartisan organization.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump has disinvited all Democratic governors from a White House meeting, and a dinner for governors and their spouses will not include Moore or Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, according to reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cAs the nation\u2019s only Black governor, I can\u2019t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight \u2014 whether that was the intent or not,\u201d Moore said in a statement Sunday morning.
\n(Baltimore Banner more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Beast: Trump, 79, upends decades of tradition to take petty swipe<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Daily Beast: Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors\u2019 Announcement Dated Before His Death<\/a><\/h2>\nFOR THE RECORD
\nThe file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker\u2019s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
\n(Daily Beast more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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USA Today: Too busy? Trump’s unusual Supreme Court push to toss E. Jean Carroll case<\/a><\/h2>\n
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WSJ: Bad Bunny Uses Joy to Put Out Political Firestorm at Super Bowl Halftime<\/a><\/h2>\nBad Bunny delivered a pointed message in Spanish to millions of Americans watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night: \u201cWe\u2019re still here.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a history-making halftime show performed almost entirely in Spanish, the Puerto Rican star paid tribute to his heritage and the many countries\u2014from Brazil to Mexico\u2014whose people have come to shape the modern-day U.S.
\n(WSJ more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Egberto Willies: Texas Protesters against Dan Crenshaw Defend the First Amendment as Police Retreat at his Town Hall<\/a><\/h2>\nTexas protesters lawfully challenged Dan Crenshaw\u2019s record. Police tried to move them. Calm resistance and constitutional knowledge forced authorities to back down.
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\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a>
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<\/a><\/p>\nHeather Delaney Reese: Trump embarrassed our whole country today<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nAnd this isn\u2019t just about one post. It\u2019s part of something bigger. This is how authoritarian messaging works. You pick someone out of the crowd and make an example of them. You twist their words, question their loyalty, and smear them as un-American. You don\u2019t have to jail them or silence them directly, because once the message is sent, your followers take it from there. Trump knows exactly what he\u2019s doing. This wasn\u2019t just a tantrum about one skier. It was a warning shot to every other athlete, artist, journalist, or public figure who might be thinking about speaking up. He wants us all to stay in line, keep our heads down, and smile for the camera. Don\u2019t question what the flag stands for, just wear it and pretend everything is fine. That\u2019s how regimes hold power.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Baltimore Banner: Gov. Moore says he\u2019s been \u2018singled out\u2019 by White House, disinvited from events for governors<\/a><\/h2>\nMaryland Gov. Wes Moore says the White House has singled him out by disinviting him from a pair of events for the nation\u2019s governors in Washington next week.<\/p>\n
The National Governors Association will be in town for its annual meeting, which typically involves events with the president. Moore, a Democrat, is vice chair of the bipartisan organization.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump has disinvited all Democratic governors from a White House meeting, and a dinner for governors and their spouses will not include Moore or Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, according to reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cAs the nation\u2019s only Black governor, I can\u2019t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight \u2014 whether that was the intent or not,\u201d Moore said in a statement Sunday morning.
\n(Baltimore Banner more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Beast: Trump, 79, upends decades of tradition to take petty swipe<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Daily Beast: Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors\u2019 Announcement Dated Before His Death<\/a><\/h2>\nFOR THE RECORD
\nThe file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker\u2019s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
\n(Daily Beast more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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USA Today: Too busy? Trump’s unusual Supreme Court push to toss E. Jean Carroll case<\/a><\/h2>\n
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WSJ: Bad Bunny Uses Joy to Put Out Political Firestorm at Super Bowl Halftime<\/a><\/h2>\nBad Bunny delivered a pointed message in Spanish to millions of Americans watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night: \u201cWe\u2019re still here.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a history-making halftime show performed almost entirely in Spanish, the Puerto Rican star paid tribute to his heritage and the many countries\u2014from Brazil to Mexico\u2014whose people have come to shape the modern-day U.S.
\n(WSJ more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Egberto Willies: Texas Protesters against Dan Crenshaw Defend the First Amendment as Police Retreat at his Town Hall<\/a><\/h2>\nTexas protesters lawfully challenged Dan Crenshaw\u2019s record. Police tried to move them. Calm resistance and constitutional knowledge forced authorities to back down.
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\nAnd this isn\u2019t just about one post. It\u2019s part of something bigger. This is how authoritarian messaging works. You pick someone out of the crowd and make an example of them. You twist their words, question their loyalty, and smear them as un-American. You don\u2019t have to jail them or silence them directly, because once the message is sent, your followers take it from there. Trump knows exactly what he\u2019s doing. This wasn\u2019t just a tantrum about one skier. It was a warning shot to every other athlete, artist, journalist, or public figure who might be thinking about speaking up. He wants us all to stay in line, keep our heads down, and smile for the camera. Don\u2019t question what the flag stands for, just wear it and pretend everything is fine. That\u2019s how regimes hold power.
\n(Heather Delaney Reese more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Baltimore Banner: Gov. Moore says he\u2019s been \u2018singled out\u2019 by White House, disinvited from events for governors<\/a><\/h2>\n
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the White House has singled him out by disinviting him from a pair of events for the nation\u2019s governors in Washington next week.<\/p>\n
The National Governors Association will be in town for its annual meeting, which typically involves events with the president. Moore, a Democrat, is vice chair of the bipartisan organization.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump has disinvited all Democratic governors from a White House meeting, and a dinner for governors and their spouses will not include Moore or Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, according to reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the nation\u2019s only Black governor, I can\u2019t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight \u2014 whether that was the intent or not,\u201d Moore said in a statement Sunday morning.
\n(Baltimore Banner more…)<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Beast: Trump, 79, upends decades of tradition to take petty swipe<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Daily Beast: Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors\u2019 Announcement Dated Before His Death<\/a><\/h2>\n
FOR THE RECORD
\nThe file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker\u2019s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
\n(Daily Beast more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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USA Today: Too busy? Trump’s unusual Supreme Court push to toss E. Jean Carroll case<\/a><\/h2>\n
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WSJ: Bad Bunny Uses Joy to Put Out Political Firestorm at Super Bowl Halftime<\/a><\/h2>\n
Bad Bunny delivered a pointed message in Spanish to millions of Americans watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night: \u201cWe\u2019re still here.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a history-making halftime show performed almost entirely in Spanish, the Puerto Rican star paid tribute to his heritage and the many countries\u2014from Brazil to Mexico\u2014whose people have come to shape the modern-day U.S.
\n(WSJ more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Egberto Willies: Texas Protesters against Dan Crenshaw Defend the First Amendment as Police Retreat at his Town Hall<\/a><\/h2>\n
Texas protesters lawfully challenged Dan Crenshaw\u2019s record. Police tried to move them. Calm resistance and constitutional knowledge forced authorities to back down.
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