“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

I think Trump doing this to the DOJ is wrong

Threats against Iran aren’t “last resort” diplomacy, they’re a breach of the UN Charter, Jeffrey Sachs argues, & a dangerous escalation away from negotiations that already worked. The Security Council should defend international law & push talks—not war.

NEW: ‘I’m a U.S. Citizen and I was arrested by ICE,’ A Statement from a Legal Observer in Minneapolis Upwards of 206 U.S. citizens have been hauled off the streets by masked federal agents over the past 3 months in Minnesota, one of them shared their story. unicornriot.ninja/2026/im-a-u-...

FULL VIDEO youtu.be/aXx5qSowLkE

Sharing some good news for a change. Worth watching the video interview here with the man who dove in to rescue this baby, Lio Cundiff. I believe he also works as a local comedian when not rescuing babies.

Actress Clara Khoury describes what it was like to only hear Hind Rajab's voice after filming began. "Sometimes we would forget that we are acting… Imagine your daughter is calling you, and pleading to be rescued and you can't do anything." Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/how-the-us...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino chumming around at the first meeting of Trump's "Board of Peace" — tasked with reconstructing the land American bombs destroyed. A complaint was just filed at the International Criminal Court against Infantino for aiding Israel's war crimes in Palestine.

Seems like “I want to start a war but not quite sure why or how yet” is something a functioning Congress should address and would involve the i-word.

The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.

The FBI interviewed one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims four times over her allegation that Donald Trump assaulted her when she was underage—but most accusations against the president appear to have been removed from the government’s documents. trib.al/qMpIK6t

One of the most surreal answers I've ever been given.

The cost of genocide: Israel’s war on Gaza by the numbers flip.it/APEYqV

“A State that Massacres Its Own People Cannot Be a Force of Liberation for Others” In this interview, Palestine solidarity activists from the Chinese diaspora speak with Iranian activists in exile about the January 2026 uprising in Iran, comparing notes about resistance to authoritarianism.

In southern Lebanon, a man received a call from Israeli forces offering two choices — die alone or with his family. He chose the first

Twin Cities Unions Planning 'Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years' as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis #ICEOUT #FDT #Rent #Eviction #MN #ICEOUTNOW www.commondreams.org/news/minneso...

aside from being a right-wing ideological project, substack’s entire goal is to trap writers and readers in their platform. it sucks to use, it sucks be a reader of. a worse user interface, worse fee breakdown for writers, and directly supporting nazi blogs. ditch it.

Let me explain what this genuinely EVIL memo does. The admin is doubling down on its plan to arrest, detain, and interrogate tens of thousands of legally present refugees; people already vetted who’ve lived here legally for 1+ year. Hundreds were arrested in Minnesota before a court blocked this.

Trump just an actual “no homo” at his board of peace event (to the “young and handsome” Paraguayan prez)

The possibility that pre-Elon Twitter was limiting the reach of conservative tweets was the greatest story in the history of journalism, while a vast network of sex trafficking pedophiles that included billionaires, celebrities and two presidents is just a big yawn.

so democratic leadership has gone from "don't impeach impeach Trump" to "don't boo Trump"? what's next, insisting everyone cheer Trump? lol

Of all the things we are doing in MN, this one is just beyond. Imagine being released from hell alone in the cold. And a total stranger has waited all night with a blanket just to be ready to hug you and carry you home. Every job we do is crucial, but this one is what restores humanity and dignity.

Trump is in the Epstein files thousands of times, he is shredding the first amendment, he is brazenly corrupt, he is opening concentration camps in their districts, and he is starting an unprovoked war with Iran. WHY WOULD YOU NOT DISRUPT THE STATE OF THE UNION. The whole D leadership needs to go.

As an aside: the most influential Dem consultants all believe the best electoral strategy is to adopt a hostile posture towards the Dem base in the hopes that might convince this person to vote for Dems. They get really mad if you say that won't do anything except depress lean-Dem turnout.

Well, at least England sees that there was more behind the Epstein, conspiracy than sex trafficking and little girls. There was worldwide money laundering corruption at the highest level, illegal influence on a global scale, and murder for hire. It'll all come out eventually if they follow the money

“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”

New via WSJ: French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel was secretly negotiating in 2016 with lawyers representing Epstein's victims, according to DOJ files. Brunel's lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs. Then Brunel went dark.

According to the search warrant used to search John Bolton’s home, Iran hacked Bolton’s AOL account three times. That cache has not yet been released. Khamenei is hinting at leaks to come as several U.S. armadas float nearby, with countless missiles aimed at his head

This is just one of the abuses managing to get press. It is unconscionable and it is just the beginning. If those in power are unwilling or incapable of putting a stop to this cruelty then its time for the American people to take that power from them by whatever means they can muster.

ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

There is no bottom with these people. Think of how much we don't know about what is going on inside the concentration camps. I want to hear from every Democratic elected official and candidate about their plans for accountability once this regime is out of power.

My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.

Abuse isn’t enough, they have to silence kids too: “They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”

Minnesota prosecutors demand evidence from federal government in Alex Pretti killing minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/18/m...

A post so smart I'm almost afraid to share it. www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-t...

oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?

NEW: One year ago, we caught a peek of MAGA authoritarianism when men roughly dragged a woman named Teresa out of an Idaho town hall. This is the story behind that viral video and the radicalization of the community where it happened. My investigation: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“It was a moral panic—we were only on ‘Pedophile Island’ to meet the world’s most powerful people!” New comic from @mattielubchansky.com on the excuses that tell on themselves. 🔥 inthesetimes.com/article/i-we...

journalists think they "learn more" on X because it is durably shifting users' views on policy and current events towards conservative positions -- which assuredly nets them more positive attention and engagement on the platform www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Presumably if the Left engaged by saying that if AI is capable of what is claimed it will have to be nationalised to prevent private value extraction, they'll scream, "not like that"...

The Clintons current job is to protect the oligarchy. they will never be honest

What a remarkable young woman. A powerful reminder of the cruelty and suffering experienced by children here and around the world. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The War Child Alliance published a report in December 2024 that found that 96% of the children they had surveyed in Gaza felt that death was imminent, and almost half reported wanting to die. ... This is a human-made trauma – one we are all responsible for. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Tech billionaires want to create their own city-states. Hondurans pay the price.

FLASHBACK — 1988: @schumer.senate.gov brags about blocking the "Jackson plank”, a DNC platform item by Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign which would’ve supported Palestinian self-determination. (From @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social )

"Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, says his brother was hospitalised after an attack on his family home in the West Bank area of Masafer Yatta... led by the same settler who assaulted him after his return from the Oscar ceremony in March..." youtube.com/shorts/x8tA5...

With @evidentmedia.org and Hind Hassan we detail the part American-made munitions play in Israel’s operations in Gaza. We collected data on the use of three munitions produced solely in the US and found hospitals, schools, homes and civilian infrastructure were hit. www.youtube.com/shorts/5J8M9...