I sincerely hope that JD Vance gets this reaction every single place he goes.

it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!

“With Amazon’s role in ICE ops under greater scrutiny and Bezos’ dismantling of the organ that once proudly declared itself on being a defender of democracy, it’s worth examining how close Amazon and Trump are—& how closely aligned their projects are” www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-jeff-b...

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Marimar Martinez is so incredibly courageous in her quest to demand justice and transparency. We all owe her a debt.

Reminder that ICE facilities are supposed to be civil, not criminal. And yet they have been designed under Trump to be concentration camps so terrible detainees will choose “voluntary” deportation rather than continue living there. This is evil. And history will view it—and its participants—thus.

NEW: Bondi, Patel & Pirro tout arrest of Benghazi attack suspect Zubayr Al-Bakoush. He was flown on an FBI jet from Misrata, Libya to a small Virginia airport. They crossed Spanish airspace, which could nix US ability to seek death penalty www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

I know this is kind of spitting into the wind, but I'd like to make an effort: Just because ICE calls them "administrative warrants" doesn't make that the most accurate term for them. They are forms. ICE forms. Signed by an ICE employee. Authorizing an arrest, but still, a _form._

What makes this passage really funny is that Roberts "invented" a whole stupid analytical framework for the case, whole totally ignoring the ancient tradition of how we handle illegal, ultra vires action by executive officials

This is very true & also Trump is part of a far broader cross-national phenomenon of far right support surging in democracies that is clearly linked to the major global economic shocks of the last 20 years. Bad economic stuff creates a political opportunity structure for racists/xenophobes/fascists.

US Democrats anyone?

very normal news updates

“Upon becoming aware of the individual’s presence, the patron was asked to leave the premises and was escorted out by staff in accordance with venue policy to maintain a safe and orderly environment for all patrons,” the venue said. lasvegassun.com/news/2026/fe...

One of the scariest aspects of the Trump administration is that they continue to make us vulnerable to an ever lengthening list of disasters that haven't happened yet but eventually will.

"The problem isn't the restrictions on the monster; the problem is the monster."

The Trump regime will never forgive or stop trying to punish people for the cruelties it has already committed against them.

Well, they’re fucking deporting him now. So what are you going to do about it, Senator?

“None of this changes unless we demand change & make it change—the way that the funding for ICE has been allocated, it can spend this money straight through 2029. Congress is going to have to act to turn that funding & hiring spigot off—otherwise, this continues on autopilot for the next 4 years.”

So much of ICE and CBP’s violence is just them doing the violence — no even pretense that they’re under threat or that force is justified. They’re using pepper spray and tear gas to express annoyance.

I just finished “Multiple Choice” by Alejandro Zambra for a book club, and it’s a story of generational trauma from living in Pinochet’s Chile. The demeanor sadly reminds me of @vermontgmg.bsky.social post about what we’re going through in this country. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...

They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.

The extent to which this administration personally targets and continues the assault on people who embarrass and shame it is particularly despicable.

SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...

I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic

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

EXCLUSIVE: on Jan 22 we rolled up on a raid happening in South Minneapolis. we had no idea who they were taking. turns out it was a *two year old girl* and her dad on the way back from buying fruit. he had no criminal record. this is their story. youtu.be/yaeXlxJOAXU?...

Another day and further evidence that spectacles, trophies, and grievances are key drivers of this administration's policies.

Miles Taylor (former DHS Chief of Staff) said on Deadline White House earlier this week that though he previously resisted the dismantling of Homeland Security, he now believes DHS is beyond repair and should be broken up. I agree with him.

I'm sorry but this story is bullsh*t. Katie Britt was so worried about Liam Ramos that she did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP HIM? Come on. This section right here shows Britt's true self.

Read it all please.

Six ways to reform immigration policing from @vermontgmg.bsky.social www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...

Worth reading

Brilliant - as is most of what @vermontgmg.bsky.social has to say about ICE/CBP, a subject he knows down the the molecular level. His recent Illinois testimony is required reading!

Excellent podcast addressing some facts most Americans ordinarily have no reason to know about ICE & Border Patrol, especially as compared to federal law enforcement agencies. They need to know now. With @vermontgmg.bsky.social — who has studied this subject in depth — & @sykescharlie.bsky.social

Have we considered asking the monster to not wear a mask, while it eats the children?

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

A+ ⬇️ "The problem isn’t the restrictions on the monster; the problem is the monster."

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

Serious recommendations for meaningful reforms of ICE and CBP by someone who knows what he's talking about.

This is exactly right. You can enact any number of constraints. The practical effect of reform is diminished as long as, in the short term, the agency’s funding is not drastically reduced.

Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation. After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer”

Great summary of all that is wrong with ICE/CBP. Agree with the final point that reforms won't change the root problem. They must be abolished and re-imagined.

Courage is contagious. Let’s keep going.

More excellent, calm, thoughtful advice from one of the experts on post 9/11 paranoid insanity. Please read.

They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out. (Part 2)

This, this, this 👇

Everyone should read this. If it’s not realistic to abolish ICE, at a minimum Congress should adopt the commonsense reforms that Garrett so clearly outlines here.

Good points but Congress has never shown any appetite to oversee DHS since the days of its creation.

Y'all. 👇🏼