Source: The Bulwark
“JVL, Sarah Longwell, and Tim Miller relish Trump’s losing streak—from +6 approval to –14 — and why slipping GOP support could signal a Bush-style collapse. They also get into inflation backlash, the White House’s ‘Don’t Be a Panican’ spin, and the early cracks forming inside MAGA. Is this the start of a 2006-level wave?” (02/10/26)
Source: CBS News
“Russia will continue to observe the limits set under the recently-expired New START nuclear arms reduction treaty if the United States does the same, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday. … The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) was signed in 2010 between the U.S. and Russia. It limited the number of strategic nuclear warheads that both countries could have deployed to 1,550, and included verification measures such as on-site inspections and data exchanges designed to ensure compliance. The pact was originally set to expire in February 2021, but it was extended for five years by former President Joe Biden, keeping it in force until February 2026.” (02/11/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-nuclear-weapons-treaty-us-new-start-latest-putin-trump/
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
“How the Justice Department Came to Threaten Elections (with Eileen O’Connor and Chris Berger).” (02/11/26)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“In what can be called an act of grand-jury nullification, a federal grand jury has rebuffed an effort by the U.S. Justice Department to seek criminal indictments of six members of Congress for having the audacity to remind American military personnel of their duty to refuse to obey unlawful orders of their superiors, including the president, who serves as commander in chief of the military. The grand-jury rebuff is shocking if for no other reason than a criminal indictment is one of the easiest things that a prosecutor can get.” (02/11/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/02/11/a-grand-jury-nullification-of-malicious-tyranny/
Source: Unpopular Front
by John Ganz
“Trump officials, sagging under the weight of relentless bad headlines, must be breathing a sigh of relief as the January job numbers came in much higher than expected, with 130,000 jobs added. But if you look a bit under the surface, you find a reality that’s a little more difficult for them to brag about. 2025 had some of the weakest job growth on record outside of an official recession. And most of the job growth in that year and this January has been in care work: healthcare and social services; 60 percent of all jobs in last month’s spike are in those fields. That’s important work, but it betokens an aging and ailing population.” (02/11/26)
Source: Liberal Currents
“Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself?” (02/11/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-answer-64-love-thy-neighbor-as-thyself/
Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“Can you imagine any American leader agreeing to gutting the country’s defensive capabilities because a foreign government and its client demanded that we give it up or face an attack? Even if the governments threatening us were much more powerful and had already proven their willingness to attack us without cause, our leaders would rightly refuse to give in. They would understand that making concessions on these issues would just invite further aggression. The U.S. should not attack Iran, and it certainly shouldn’t do it to serve Netanyahu’s aggressive agenda.” (02/11/26)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/americans-must-reject-war-with-iran
Source: The Atlantic
“How Trump Could Break the 2026 Elections.” (02/11/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/02/david-frum-show-stephen-richer-2026-elections/685960/
Source: Popular Information
by Judd Legum
“Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.” (02/11/26)
Source: The Daily Economy
by Nicolas Cachanosky
“The nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair has many people wondering: What makes a good Fed chair? The answer, it turns out, depends on the environment in which the chair will operate. The characteristics that matter most for running an independent central bank differ from those for a central bank under pressure from political actors. Understanding this distinction is important for evaluating the president’s nominee.” (02/11/26)