“I’ve called President and Mrs. Obama to apologize. I thought it was funny, and I was wrong.”
Leaders know those two sentences take almost all the anger out of Trump posting images of the Obamas as primates. He didn’t apologize. He petulantly said he did nothing wrong. It was reminiscent of him telling Anderson Cooper in 2015 that he was a Christian who didn’t ask God for forgiveness. “Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness if I am not making mistakes,” he said on camera.
Trump’s racially motivated activities are well documented, including the birtherism conspiracy theory he and his wife spread in the mid 2010s. He is often cruel to people he doesn’t like. That’s why we learned today that 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his family were targeted for accelerated deportation. Their crime? They became a symbol after federal agents detained a little boy in a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack.
He’s going to keep hurting people. He’ll retaliate against anyone who he believes wronged him. Even his own party sees it. So far 30 of 218 House Republicans have announced they won’t run for reelection. Their replacements won’t even pretend to push back.
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Harvard psychiatrist says Kennedy was "not accurate" in claiming his keto studies "cured" schizophrenia, cautioning that evidence remains preliminary and patients should not stop medications.
Source: The Seattle Times
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Energy Secretary Wright credits emergency orders keeping aging coal plants open for preventing blackouts, while critics say the policy costs consumers $3 billion per year.
Source: The Associated Press
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EPA reapproves controversial herbicide dicamba for use on cotton and soybeans despite known drift risks, cutting allowed volume in half but drawing criticism from both environmentalists and MAHA activists.
Source: The Hill
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Trump for the third time rolls back Obama-era protections on a nearly 5,000 square mile Atlantic marine monument, reopening it to commercial fishing.
Source: The Associated Press
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FBI invited state election officials to a February call about 2026 midterm preparations, prompting Colorado's secretary of state to say she is "deeply skeptical" after Trump's push to nationalize elections.
Source: Axios
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Trump signs executive order quadrupling Argentine beef imports to 100,000 tons while U.S. cattle ranchers call the move a "misguided effort" that undercuts American producers.
Source: CBS News
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Navy Secretary John Phelan, a major Trump donor, was listed on a 2006 Epstein flight manifest alongside a French modeling agent later charged with rape of a minor.
Source: The Navy Times
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Pentagon cuts all military training and fellowships at Harvard, with Hegseth calling officers' Ivy League education "globalist and radical ideologies" and promising reviews of other schools.
Source: CBS News
February 6, 2026
Arizona judge permanently blocks genetic abnormality abortion ban, telemedicine restrictions, and mandatory waiting periods, ruling they violate the abortion rights amendment voters passed in 2024.
Source: The Arizona Mirror
February 6, 2026
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from freezing $10 billion in child care and safety net funding to Colorado, California, New York, Minnesota, and Illinois after officials couldn't provide evidence of fraud.
Source: The Colorado Sun
February 6, 2026
Federal judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze $16 billion for the Hudson River tunnel project, ruling that continued delay would cause irreparable harm to New York and New Jersey.
Source: CNN
February 6, 2026
Federal judge rules Trump administration illegally deported three families previously separated at the border, finding agents used "lies, deception, and coercion," and orders their return at government expense.
Source: CBS News
February 6, 2026
Sen. Blackburn demands Chief Justice Roberts investigate Justice Jackson's impartiality for attending the Grammys, where artists wore "ICE out" pins and criticized immigration enforcement.
Source: The Hill
February 6, 2026
Federal authorities arrest and extradite Libyan national charged in the 2012 Benghazi consulate attack that killed four Americans, the first arrest tied to the attack in nearly nine years.
Source: The Hill
February 6, 2026
Social Security is reassigning benefits processors to answer phones after shedding 7,400 employees, with workers receiving three hours of training and fearing backlogs will grow.
Source: Government Executive
February 6, 2026
55 Cuban deportees held for weeks at Guantánamo in former Al Qaeda prison were transferred back to the U.S. after Cuba refused to accept them.
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
February 6, 2026
Trump administration filed for expedited deportation of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his family, but a judge granted a continuance allowing them to stay for now.
Source: KSTP St. Paul
February 6, 2026
Whistleblower from Baltimore ICE detention facility describes detainees lying in feces, 50 people in cells meant for far fewer, and women given diapers instead of sanitary products.
Source: WUSA Washington
February 6, 2026
DHS allowed one congresswoman into Minneapolis detention facility after she produced a court order but denied entry to two other lawmakers, as the doctor-turned-representative found no measles protocols in place.
Source: KMSP Minneapolis
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IRS is reassigning up to 1,400 back-office employees to frontline filing season work with little training after losing 27% of its workforce, as CEO Bisignano runs both IRS and Social Security simultaneously.
Source: Federal News Network
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White House excludes Democratic governors from its annual meeting during the National Governors Association weekend, breaking a bipartisan tradition of more than 60 years.
Source: Politico
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House Oversight chair Comer is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband after his two companies surged from $51,000 to $30 million in one year.
Source: The Minnesota Post
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Justice Department will let lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files starting Monday, but is withholding 2.5 million pages and banning electronic devices from the reading room.
Source: USA Today
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Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei becomes the 30th House Republican to announce he won't seek reelection, widening the party's vulnerability ahead of 2026 midterms.
Source: The Nevada Current
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Trump claims Schumer suggested renaming Penn Station after him, which Schumer calls an "absolute lie," as Trump continues pushing to add his name to airports, stadiums, and federal buildings.
Source: The Hill
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Trump shared a video depicting the Obamas as apes on Truth Social, then claimed he didn't watch it to the end and refused to apologize.
Source: ABC News
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Fox News and Fox Business went the entire day without mentioning Trump's racist Obama video until after 6 p.m., then covered it for just over two minutes.
Source: Mediaite
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Federal judge declares Texas anti-ESG law unconstitutional, ruling that its definition of "boycotting" fossil fuel companies was too broad and violated First Amendment protections.
Source: The Texas Tribune
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