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<\/a><\/p>\nPaul Waldman: The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump’s war on usefulness<\/a><\/h2>\nWherever government does something helpful, the regime wants to kill it.<\/em><\/p>\nWhen the Trump administration closes down public access to yet another worthwhile resource, it doesn\u2019t always make news. But the decision<\/a> last week to shutter the CIA World Factbook stands out for what it reveals.<\/p>\nThis administration has been fighting a sweeping information war meant to distort and suppress facts, ideas, and history that doesn\u2019t \u201calign with the president\u2019s agenda,\u201d in the phrase they so often use. But at the same time, they\u2019re also waging a war on usefulness.<\/p>\n
The CIA produced the Factbook, a concise roundup of facts and figures about every country in the world, since the 1960s; it started as an internal resource and then was made public so anyone could access it. If you wanted to know how many square miles Argentina is, or see a list of political parties in Belgium, or find out what the GDP of Cameroon was last year, the Factbook was a handy resource. But not anymore. Not only will the CIA stop producing new iterations, all previous versions have been removed from the web (though they can still be found at the Internet Archive<\/a>).<\/p>\nIt\u2019s the latter part that gives away their intentions. What would the cost be of keeping the old versions of the Factbook online? Essentially zero. So what\u2019s the point of deleting them?
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\n(Paul Waldman more…)<\/a><\/p>\nPaul Offit: RFK Jr\u2019s War on the World\u2019s Children<\/a><\/h2>\nRFK Jr. has just withdrawn any future U.S. support from a program that has saved more than 20 million lives in resource-poor countries<\/p>\n
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Joyce Vance: Fulton County: What’s In The Warrant?<\/a><\/h2>\nToday, the affidavit<\/a> submitted when the Trump administration got its warrant to seize ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, was unsealed. I was expecting, well, probable cause. Because that\u2019s what it takes to get a search warrant. But I didn\u2019t find it in the 19-page affidavit the agent submitted along with the application for a search warrant.
\n…<\/p>\nAt the outset, there appears to be a statute of limitations issue. The government has five years<\/a> from the time they were committed to prosecute these crimes. The election was in 2020. It\u2019s now 2026.
\n(Joyce Vance more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – February 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nAs of yesterday, members of Congress who sit on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees can see unredacted versions of the Epstein files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already released. As Herb Scribner of Axios explained, the documents are available from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on computers in the DOJ building in Washington, D.C. The lawmakers cannot bring electronic devices into the room with them, but they are allowed to take notes. They must give the DOJ 24 hours notice before they access the files.<\/p>\n
The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the DOJ to release all the Epstein files by December 19. Only about half of them have been released to date, and many of them are so heavily redacted they convey little information. …
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<\/a><\/p>\nJudd Legum and Rebecca Crosby: Trump cabinet member ensnared in Epstein scandal<\/a><\/h2>\nCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said his relationship with Epstein was “absolutely done” after a single meeting in 2005. The Epstein files tell a much different story.
\n(Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNewsNation: Massie, Khanna spotted 6 individuals \u2018likely incriminated\u2019 in unredacted Epstein files<\/a><\/h2>\nJonathan Larsen: Did Kash \u2588\u2588\u2588 Illegally Redact Donald \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from The Jeffrey \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Files?<\/a><\/h2>\nJennifer Rubin: \u2018Accountability\u2019 has to mean something<\/a><\/h2>\nJeff Tiedrich: the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Michele Hornish: What Is America? The World Is Watching Us Answer<\/a><\/h2>\nOn Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, and the people-to-people diplomacy of everyday Americans
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<\/a><\/p>\nJohn Pavlovitz: So, You’re Not An Activist, White Friend? Well, it’s About Damn Time You Became One.<\/a><\/h2>\n… It\u2019s time to get comfortable with the discomfort.<\/p>\n
Activism is no longer optional for good humans in America, and here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n
People of brown and black skin are disappearing. Today. Right now.
\n(John Pavlovitz more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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404 Media: With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet<\/a><\/h2>\nRing’s ‘Search Party’ is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
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When the Trump administration closes down public access to yet another worthwhile resource, it doesn\u2019t always make news. But the decision<\/a> last week to shutter the CIA World Factbook stands out for what it reveals.<\/p>\n This administration has been fighting a sweeping information war meant to distort and suppress facts, ideas, and history that doesn\u2019t \u201calign with the president\u2019s agenda,\u201d in the phrase they so often use. But at the same time, they\u2019re also waging a war on usefulness.<\/p>\n The CIA produced the Factbook, a concise roundup of facts and figures about every country in the world, since the 1960s; it started as an internal resource and then was made public so anyone could access it. If you wanted to know how many square miles Argentina is, or see a list of political parties in Belgium, or find out what the GDP of Cameroon was last year, the Factbook was a handy resource. But not anymore. Not only will the CIA stop producing new iterations, all previous versions have been removed from the web (though they can still be found at the Internet Archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n It\u2019s the latter part that gives away their intentions. What would the cost be of keeping the old versions of the Factbook online? Essentially zero. So what\u2019s the point of deleting them? RFK Jr. has just withdrawn any future U.S. support from a program that has saved more than 20 million lives in resource-poor countries<\/p>\n Today, the affidavit<\/a> submitted when the Trump administration got its warrant to seize ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, was unsealed. I was expecting, well, probable cause. Because that\u2019s what it takes to get a search warrant. But I didn\u2019t find it in the 19-page affidavit the agent submitted along with the application for a search warrant. At the outset, there appears to be a statute of limitations issue. The government has five years<\/a> from the time they were committed to prosecute these crimes. The election was in 2020. It\u2019s now 2026. As of yesterday, members of Congress who sit on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees can see unredacted versions of the Epstein files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already released. As Herb Scribner of Axios explained, the documents are available from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on computers in the DOJ building in Washington, D.C. The lawmakers cannot bring electronic devices into the room with them, but they are allowed to take notes. They must give the DOJ 24 hours notice before they access the files.<\/p>\n The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the DOJ to release all the Epstein files by December 19. Only about half of them have been released to date, and many of them are so heavily redacted they convey little information. … Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said his relationship with Epstein was “absolutely done” after a single meeting in 2005. The Epstein files tell a much different story. On Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, and the people-to-people diplomacy of everyday Americans … It\u2019s time to get comfortable with the discomfort.<\/p>\n Activism is no longer optional for good humans in America, and here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n People of brown and black skin are disappearing. Today. Right now. Ring’s ‘Search Party’ is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
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\n(Paul Waldman more…)<\/a><\/p>\nPaul Offit: RFK Jr\u2019s War on the World\u2019s Children<\/a><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nJoyce Vance: Fulton County: What’s In The Warrant?<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Joyce Vance more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – February 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nJudd Legum and Rebecca Crosby: Trump cabinet member ensnared in Epstein scandal<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNewsNation: Massie, Khanna spotted 6 individuals \u2018likely incriminated\u2019 in unredacted Epstein files<\/a><\/h2>\n
Jonathan Larsen: Did Kash \u2588\u2588\u2588 Illegally Redact Donald \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 from The Jeffrey \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 Files?<\/a><\/h2>\n
Jennifer Rubin: \u2018Accountability\u2019 has to mean something<\/a><\/h2>\n
Jeff Tiedrich: the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMichele Hornish: What Is America? The World Is Watching Us Answer<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Michele Hornish more…)<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nJohn Pavlovitz: So, You’re Not An Activist, White Friend? Well, it’s About Damn Time You Became One.<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(John Pavlovitz more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n404 Media: With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet<\/a><\/h2>\n
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