The Daily Exhale: Trump To Nationalize Election, Gabbard Is a Russian Asset, Fuck I.C.E.
What Wendy's Doing: I watched this video and this motherfucker is suggesting the federal government will “nationalize” elections. I wanna punch this motherfucker in the mouth to shut him the fuck up.
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The Daily Gathering
Grounded wisdom for curious souls
Good morning, beloved community. It's Tuesday, February 3, 2026. Today: Trump to Nationalize the Elections, Tulsi Gabbbard is Master Spy covering up her fucking with someone (probably literally), And in a hard win — A federal judge told a Christian asshole that they have to use trans kids pronouns.
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Editor's note: Groundhog day is bullshit, Trump is a tyrant, and I dont feel so good myself. Nothing you arent already aware of.
Gabbard The Russian Asset accused of burying whistleblower complaint in "spy novel" cover-up
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Source: NBC News
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is accused of eight months of illegal stonewalling to suppress a whistleblower complaint about her own conduct—a complaint so classified it has been "locked in a safe" and kept from Congress.
The timeline of obstruction:
May 2025: Intelligence official files whistleblower complaint alleging wrongdoing by Gabbard
June 2025: Whistleblower requests complaint be transmitted to Congress per the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.
October 2025: Gabbard installs ally Christopher Fox as new Inspector General
February 2026: After eight months, complaint finally shared with congressional intelligence committees.
The Wall Street Journal reports disclosure could cause "grave damage to national security" and implicates another federal agency beyond ODNI, raising potential claims of executive privilege that may involve the White House.
Critical conflict of interest: Gabbard personally appeared at an FBI raid on a Fulton County, Georgia election facility on January 28, 2026, where agents seized ballots, voting machine tapes, and voter rolls. Trump has tasked her with "proving" he won the 2020 election—a baseless claim.
Gabbard's press secretary dismissed the complaint as "baseless and politically motivated."
Our takeaway: The nation's top intelligence official—overseeing 18 spy agencies—is simultaneously suppressing a complaint about herself while participating in FBI raids to chase Trump's election conspiracy theories. The fox is guarding the henhouse with a shredder.
Greenpeace exposes fossil fuel giant sponsoring Winter Olympics while suing climate critics
Source: Earth.org
As the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opens (February 6-22), Greenpeace Italy released a devastating satirical video showing athletes suddenly swept away by a tsunami of black oil—exposing the hypocrisy of Italian fossil fuel giant Eni serving as premium domestic sponsor.
The staggering numbers:
One year of Eni's emissions could melt enough glacier ice to fill 2.5 million Olympic swimming pools
Eni's 2022 emissions alone could cause 27,000 temperature-related excess deaths by century's end
90% of Italian ski slopes now rely on artificial snow
265 ski resorts in Italy closed in the past five years due to rising temperatures
948,000 cubic meters of water required to manufacture snow for these Games
By 2100, only 1 of 21 cities that have hosted Winter Olympics will have suitable climate for winter sports
The three biggest sponsors—Eni, Stellantis, ITA Airways—will generate 1.3 million tonnes of CO2, more than doubling the Games' own emissions footprint of approximately 930,000 tonnes.
The kicker: Eni is currently suing Greenpeace Italy for climate criticism rather than changing its business model. Greenpeace will join a national march in Milan on February 7th.
Progressive takeaway: A company whose emissions could kill 27,000 people is paying to associate itself with winter sports while suing anyone who points out it's destroying winter. The IOC banned tobacco in 1988—the precedent exists.
Don Lemon says administration wanted to "embarrass" him with dramatic arrest
Source: PinkNews | February 3, 2026
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents on Thursday, January 29 at a Beverly Hills hotel while covering pre-Grammy events. He is charged with conspiracy against religious freedom for attending—as a journalist—a January 18 protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the pastor doubles as an ICE agent. PinkNews
The arrest scene:
Lemon pressed an elevator button and was suddenly "jostled" by agents trying to handcuff him
Approximately a dozen law enforcement personnel surrounded him
Agents could not produce a warrant when demanded; showed him warrant image on cellphone after escorting him outside
Lemon was held for more than 12 hours without being allowed to call his lawyer
His attorney Abbe Lowell had offered to have Lemon turn himself in—the DOJ never responded
Critical context: A federal magistrate judge initially rejected the DOJ's complaint, finding the administration lacked probable cause. This reportedly "enraged" AG Pam Bondi, who then obtained an indictment from a Minnesota grand jury charging Lemon and 8 co-defendants.
Broader pattern: Other journalists under attack include Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson (home searched), Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk (grabbed off street for op-ed), journalist Mario Guevara (deported after 100+ days detention). Two protesters—Renee Nicole Good (37) and Alex Pretti (37)—were killed by federal immigration agents during the Twin Cities crackdown.
Next court date: February 9, 2026 in Minneapolis.
Progressive takeaway: The administration engineered a theatrical arrest—a dozen agents, no warrant in hand, 12-hour hold without phone access—specifically to intimidate journalists. The White House then mocked him with prison emojis. This is textbook authoritarian persecution of the press.
Life Survival: I will NOT Stop
"I have spent my entire career covering the news. I will not stop now."
— Don Lemon, February 2, 2026
Forceful Momentum: That's the texture of courage under compression—not the absence of fear, but the decision to keep moving anyway. When they send a dozen agents for one journalist, when they can't produce a warrant, when the White House mocks you with prison emojis, the choice becomes crystalline: bend or don't. Don Lemon pressed that elevator button on an ordinary Thursday and emerged into a new America. The question for the rest of us isn't whether we'd be brave enough. It's whether we're documenting what we see, even in small ways. Your phone is a witness. Your memory is a record. Your voice, still free to speak.
Community & Culture
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MAGA Influencer Gets Absolutely Roasted for Mocking Billie Eilish's Grammy Speech — At the 2026 Grammys, Billie Eilish accepted her 10th Grammy by telling 15 million viewers: "No one is illegal on stolen land... and fuck ICE." MAGA influencer Emily Austin filmed herself eye-rolling from the audience. The internet eviscerated her. Top comment with 90,000+ likes: "And that's why she's up there and you're not HAAHAHHAHAHA." The culture wars only go one direction. Read
Federal Court Rules: Teachers Must Use Trans Students' Pronouns — The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Montgomery County Public Schools (160,000 students) can require teachers to use students' pronouns. Judge Robert B. King: "No one forced Polk to become a substitute teacher in Montgomery County." Using someone's correct name isn't persecution—it's professionalism. Read
Nature & Science
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Scientists Find 788 Species We Never Knew Existed—In Waters About to Be Mined — Researchers spent 160 days at sea over five years documenting life in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, 4,000 meters deep in the Pacific. They found 788 species, many new to science. Test mining reduced species diversity by one-third. We're racing to destroy ecosystems we've barely begun to understand. Read
Oceans Absorbed 12 Hiroshima Bombs of Heat Per Second in 2025 — The planet absorbed 23 Zetta Joules of additional heat last year—equivalent to 37 years of global energy use. Ninth consecutive year of record ocean heat. John Abraham, co-author: "Last year was a bonkers, crazy warming year." The planet is screaming. This administration is plugging its ears. Read
Life Hacks
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Do a “10‑minute tiny project”: fix one sentence, sketch one line, organize one folder. Stop when the timer ends.
The feeling: Momentum returning like a pilot light catching again — small, bright, and enough to warm the whole system.Practice the “silent companion” rule: be present with someone for five minutes without performing — no anecdotes, no jokes, no updates. Just exist near them.
The feeling: Realizing connection doesn’t always require output, and your nervous system sighing in relief.Create a personal default: the meal you order when tired, the outfit you wear when rushed, the playlist you use when unfocused. Use it automatically.
The feeling: Life snapping back into place because one part of your brain already handled it for you.
Food & Nourishment
Lentils Classic → Simmer lentils in broth with a bay leaf, then finish with a dollop of yogurt, a squeeze of lemon, and a drizzle of chili crisp. Eat from a wide bowl. The feeling: Humble ingredients dressing up for you, offering warmth without asking anything in return.
Sourdough discard pancakes → Your morning discard, an egg, a splash of milk, pinch of salt. Iron skillet, butter, medium heat. This is food sovereignty—turning waste into warmth.
Boring rice transformation → Day-old rice + sesame oil + soy sauce + whatever's dying in the crisper + one fried egg on top. Five minutes from fridge-clean to fed.
Life Survival: Human Truth is Real Truth
"We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains."
— Ursula K. Le Guin
Human Truth: The maps are changing. A 4th Circuit ruling says trans kids get to be called by their names. Billie Eilish tells 15 million people "fuck ICE" and wins Song of the Year anyway. Scientists spend five years documenting species in the dark so we might save them from extraction. These are not small victories—they're tectonic. When we tell the truth about what we're seeing, about who we are, about what's actually happening, the terrain shifts. You don't have to be Don Lemon with a dozen agents in your lobby. You just have to refuse to pretend this is normal. New mountains are forming. Which side are you standing on?