17° and Clear
Revisiting the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’
History is repeating itself again even as MAGA rewrites it. February is Black History Month. It matters because every year we relearn the same lessons. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1-2026
Epstein and the KGB
Apparently, Trump isn’t the only Russian asset at the nadir of salacious debauchery. Jeffrey Epstein was employed to gather “kompromat” on powerful people. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15516349/Epsteins-sex-empire-KGB-honeytrap-Paedophile-financier-Putin-Russian-girls.html
Civil rights office downsizing costs $28 million
The federal general accountability office reports it cost more than $28 million for the department of education to attempt to downsize its Office of Civil Rights. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5690188/cost-trump-layoffs-civil-r…
