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Social change agent, environmental steward, joyful solidarity and community builder.
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Roger Sollenberger
1 day ago
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.
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Josh Marshall
1 day ago
I think this is paywalled but you can get the gist
www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
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Georgia Army veteran deported by ICE after 50 years in U.S.
Godfrey Wade was arrested by immigration authorities following a traffic stop and was deported because of minor criminal violations from 20 years ago.
https://www.ajc.com/news/2026/02/georgia-army-veteran-deported-by-ice-after-50-years-in-us/
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Wajahat Ali
5 days ago
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...
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ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/13/ice-detention-center-expansion/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert
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The Tennessee Holler
6 days ago
REP. BALINT: “This is not a game, Secretary!” BONDI: “I’m Attorney General.” REP. BALINT: “My apologies. I couldn’t tell.” 🔥
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"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!
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Aaron Rupar
7 days ago
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?
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Simon Rosenberg
7 days ago
Rep. Delia Ramirez has been an incredible leader during these dark times.
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Doug Mack
7 days ago
This one is in Longfellow
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Andrea Pitzer
7 days ago
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.
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Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-the-camps
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Seth Abramson
8 days ago
(🚨) 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
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Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/trump-epstein-files-jamie-raskin-unredacted
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Katie Drummond
8 days ago
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
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ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-expansion-across-us-at-heres-where-its-going-next/
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Aaron Rupar
8 days ago
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."
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NPR
9 days ago
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
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U.S. skater Connor McDermott-Mostowy joins record number of out LGBTQ Winter Olympians
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.
https://n.pr/4bJ4Ay9
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
9 days ago
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Sen. Adam Schiff
9 days ago
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...
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Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations
Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/09/congress/howard-lutnick-epstein-resignation-00771261
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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MeidasTouch
9 days ago
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”
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Dee Chan
10 days ago
Despite the horrendous odds, Ukraine still manages incredible feats. Slava Ukraini. Syrskyi: Ukrainian drone units eliminate more Russian troops in January than Russia mobilizes
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Syrskyi: Ukrainian drone units eliminate more Russian troops in January than Russia mobilizes
Ukrainian Defense Forces’ drone units eliminated nearly 29,700 Russian troops in January, surpassing the number Russia recruited during the same month. — Ukrinform.
https://share.google/GImeP8wcCxMX5YWdv
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Governor JB Pritzker
9 days ago
Unidos somos América.
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Taniel
9 days ago
what a shot
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emptywheel
13 days ago
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.
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Ashton Pittman
13 days ago
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
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Ed Bott
13 days ago
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..."
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The Minnesota Lawyer Backlog Arises from ICE Kidnappings - emptywheel
The reason -- at least one reason -- ICE is having such a difficult time following judicial instructions in Minnesota is because ICE is snatching so many people illegally.
https://emptywheel.net/the-minnesota-lawyer-backlog-arises-from-ice-kidnappings/
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Project Salt Box
14 days ago
🚨 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...
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floating in lotus position
13 days ago
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.
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emptywheel
12 days ago
Another Chicago ICE case falls apart.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Chad Loder
12 days ago
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
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Marc Elias
12 days ago
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/...
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New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever
The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-gop-anti-voting-bill-may-be-the-most-dangerous-attack-on-voting-rights-ever/
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Aaron Rupar
14 days ago
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
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Christopher Webb
14 days ago
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‼️
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The Tennessee Holler
17 days ago
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.”
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Neil Stenhouse
18 days ago
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
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Luca Migo ❌👑
17 days ago
Minneapolis Alex Pretti memorial is packed with citizens who came to pay him respect and demand the end of ICE deployment.
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Seth Abramson
17 days ago
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.
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NPR
17 days ago
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
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Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his dad from ICE detention
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.
https://n.pr/4qVBJLV
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Melanie D’Arrigo
17 days ago
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.
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Christopher Webb
18 days ago
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.
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Asha Rangappa
18 days ago
Yep. Mentioned this last night on
@allinwithchris.bsky.social
and he was 🤯
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Timothy Snyder
18 days ago
Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.
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The Tennessee Holler
18 days ago
Alarmed yet?
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The Tennessee Holler
18 days ago
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.”
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The Tennessee Holler
18 days ago
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.”
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Bruce Springsteen
21 days ago
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
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=7ciYwNLv34RrdD1p
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Mark Jacob
19 days ago
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.
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Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/01/29/confidence-in-trump-dips-and-fewer-now-say-they-support-his-policies-and-plans/
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Rachel Maddow
19 days ago
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...
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Hanover County supervisors oppose proposed ICE facility
The locality’s ability to deter the purchase is extremely limited, though.
https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-01-28/ashland-dhs-facility-lakeridge-parkway-sean-davis-immigration-trump
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Mark Rice
20 days ago
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.
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20 days ago
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.”
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Abbi Lichtenstein
20 days ago
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
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taylr
22 days ago
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
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Sandra đź—˝is abolish ICE!
22 days ago
Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup
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Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by CBP
The South Korean was traveling to California on Wednesday to take part in a Giants FanFest tour stop in San Ramon.
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/21/giants-star-jung-hoo-lee-detained-cbp-forgetting-documents/
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