The same Black activists who fought to get Philadelphia to install memorials to slavery had to fight for them again after the Trump administration removed the plaques. They won. Again.

I think this is paywalled but you can get the gist www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...

Abolish ICE. The Trump Administration found $38 billion to make concentration camps. "The plan’s $38 billion budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states, according to state budget data." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

REP. BALINT: “This is not a game, Secretary!” BONDI: “I’m Attorney General.” REP. BALINT: “My apologies. I couldn’t tell.” 🔥

"It doesn't matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years they have authorized lawlessness." The future of democracy is in the people's hands. LFG!

NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise. BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?

Rep. Delia Ramirez has been an incredible leader during these dark times.

This one is in Longfellow

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship. Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

When U.S. speedskater Connor McDermott-Mostowy makes his Winter Olympic debut in Milan, he'll join a record number of out LGBTQ athletes. But of the 46 out athletes, only 11 are men. n.pr/4bJ4Ay9

Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein. Now we learned that they were in business together. He has no business being our Commerce Secretary. He should resign. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”

Despite the horrendous odds, Ukraine still manages incredible feats. Slava Ukraini. Syrskyi: Ukrainian drone units eliminate more Russian troops in January than Russia mobilizes share.google/GImeP8wcCxMX...

Unidos somos América.

what a shot

Note that @wydenpress.bsky.social sent this shortly after the Gang of 8 were briefed on the alleged misconduct of Tulsi which implicated another agency.

As The Washington Post goes dark, today is a good day to give your money to nonprofit newsrooms like @mississippifreepress.org. Far from laying people off, we're hiring *more* journalists and growing vital, democracy-building work. And we have no paywalls! Give here: givebutter.com/mfpdonate

Must-read from @emptywheel.bsky.social "The problem here is not just that ICE is blowing off judicial orders ... there are so many orders because the detentions are illegal ... The crime is the unlawful detention of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people. They’re kidnapping people legally..."

🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US. Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records. Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...

After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered. 18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.

Another Chicago ICE case falls apart. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

Republicans in Congress have unveiled a new bill that would impose the most extreme voting restrictions ever proposed at the federal level. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

EPSTEIN SURVIVORS: “This is a betrayal of the very people this process is supposed to serve… This is not over. We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and every perpetrator is finally held accountable.”

Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100

Minneapolis Alex Pretti memorial is packed with citizens who came to pay him respect and demand the end of ICE deployment.

Remember, the full Epstein Files are well over 6 million pages long. What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages. Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now. n.pr/4qVBJLV

The Gestapo also encouraged people to report their neighbors to be arrested and put in detention camps. Nazi slogans. Nazi fonts. Nazi imagery. Nazi tactics. You can’t complain about people calling you Nazis while copying Nazis.

This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this. A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants. Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.

Yep. Mentioned this last night on @allinwithchris.bsky.social and he was 🤯

Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.

Alarmed yet?

MINNEAPOLIS: “Thousands and thousands— the people of Minneapolis are not letting up. Despite Tom Homan saying there’s a drawdown, these people don’t believe it. They want ICE OUT COMPLETELY.”

JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Trump is way underwater in the new Pew poll – 37% approval, 61% disapproval. More than half (52%) support “few” or “none” of Trump’s policies. We need to keep driving down his numbers to make his dictator moves untenable.

Ashland, Virginia: "Despite widespread hazardous road conditions and icy weather from the recent winter storm, more than a thousand residents from across Greater Richmond made their opposition clear..." www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...

This image is strikingly similar to the famous photo of a young Dilma Rousseff in front of a Brazilian military court also too cowardly to show their faces.

The key point in a comprehensive piece: “…The show of de-escalation is about making it easier for Senate Democrats to support appropriations bills that don’t require another vote in the House.”

REPOST THIS VIDEO if you want Democrats to HOLD THE LINE TOMORROW and block more ICE funding. We need Dems to stand up and protect us. We’re watching you, @schumer.senate.gov #NoWarrantNoICE 📞 202-224-3121

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling? #WorldCup ⚽️