“If this guy isn’t impeached and removed, what’s the point to the whole Constitution? You can’t have a fucking criminal running the government for his own benefit screwing the people. And that’s what we have.”

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan AP: Zero NYT: Zero WashPost: Zero Reuters: Zero Politico: Zero Axios: Zero

What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar Daily

And I'd add to the list deregulation. Which is less about eliminating so-called "inefficiencies" than about stripping away protections for people at the bottom of the hierarchy and denying them any legal recourse.

What’s one way we can rein in ICE? We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty. Watch.

In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.

1. Major corporations — including General Motors, State Farm, JPMorgan Chase, Delta, and Microsoft — are bankrolling a political ad from Senate candidate Andy Barr featuring a white nationalist slogan.

Usually that’s up to the voters, but not when political parties become cults.

Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference — my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.

ALFORD: We're not doing the drop boxes, which led to a lot of mistrust during the 2020 election BORIS SANCHEZ: Well, a lot of that mistrust was sewn by the president, who made repeated false claims about widespread election fraud when there was none

In an essay titled What Is Leadership?, Dwight Eisenhower wrote in 1948 that “Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs.”

Well here we are.

A two month old-detained in the ICE concentration camp at Dilley-was rushed to the hospital this weekend The boy’s extreme youth made him particularly vulnerable in a prison setting Worse, they knew he was sick-and couldn’t care for him-because the facility didn’t even have a doctor ABOLISH ICE

Wow.

I assume the plan is to "analyze" voter files the same way DOGE treated federal grants: prompt an LLM with racist conspiracy theories and cancel everything the machine picks

Sorry dead horse I know but this has terrifying implications far beyond immigration enforcement: "the judicial warrants are the key operational thing that [deputy chief of staff] Stephen Miller and the crew do not want to budge on,” said the GOP strategist who focuses on immigration."

Bipartisan governors just said NO to Trump's partisan stunt—NGA cancels White House meet after he tried inviting Republicans only. Even GOP chair Stitt called it out: We represent ALL 50 states, not just his club. This is leadership standing firm against division. Who's next? #sheshed

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Everything in this administration is grift.

I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.

Because the FBI is not doing an investigation. The FBI is engaging in a cover-up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Masked federal agents are killing Americans in the street and terrorizing our communities. Enough. I voted NO on bankrolling ICE's terror. And I introduced a bill that'll create the toughest independent watchdog to rein in ICE and stop the violence.

joyce is going after elon again

An extremely valuable synthesis of evidence on the effects of Head Start by @chloergibbs.bsky.social. Recommended!

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.

Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.

I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.

AIPAC also knows this. That’s why none of their political ads discuss their actual issue at all and why they use vaguely named Super PACs so people don’t connect them with their own stated political mission and intent.

Q: “Recent news reports have discussed the possibility that Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski are in a close personal relationship. Is that a bad look?” Trump: “I don't know about that…I'll find out about it.”

‼️ omg "As for what those judges will stand for—as opposed to stand against—Brest has no clear answer" Fed Soc "knew what they wanted to do and why, and changed the face of law. Dems can do the same, but they have to try" I have a clear answer! I'm trying! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

The NYTimes often doesn't quote Trump at all, instead reframing his words with a summary falsely suggesting coherent thought, in contrast to the gibberish he actually said. They also don't mention how he routinely mumbles and slurs even prepared remarks, like here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zsd...

“If you can get the Supreme Court to rule that carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie. Are they brazen enough? Does John Roberts feel invulnerable enough?“ @volts.wtf to @thorbenson.bsky.social

amanda's columns are always worth reading

Bethanie’s Room is a pet-friendly overnight shelter for women (including trans women!) in the PDX area. If you have an extra $5 burning a hole in your pocket I cannot more highly recommend donating to them.

You simply can't pretend to support immigrants who are under constant threat from ICE and simultaneously support throwing immigrants in jail for selling juice or tacos on the street. This is in Snohomish County, but King County (Seattle) is also obsessed with this. seattlered.com/washington-s...

Such a cool program and yet another thing killed by the Trump admin for no reason.

Shameful stuff

This is a must-read analysis of Rubio's speech in Munich. It pulls no punches on calling out Trump's white nationalist agenda.

Kavanaugh Stop

I fear this is being treated as background noise rather than the 5 alarm emergency it is. Absolutely terrifying. Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

This

Keyword: “relevant.” Translation: nothing to see here. No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs. 🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.

I am so goddamn proud of her.

For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.

The White House is pressuring a Utah GOP state legislator to abandon AI transparency and kids' safety legislation, sources familiar with the matter told Axios. It's a sign that Trump is now starting to intervene with the states in its efforts to squash AI regulation. www.axios.com/2026/02/15/w...