INBOX: the police chief of Quakertown, Pa., led a group of plainclothes officers to disrupt a peaceful high school student sidewalk protest yesterday. They threw an underage girl to the ground, choked her, and disconnected all calls to the detention center where she and others are currently held.

This was more or less what the bogs 2000 mules allegations were.

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented. Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

When you look at what is going on in the United States, it is much easier to now understand how regimes of Saddam Hussein and the Assads in Syria were able to survive for so long: too many people were willing to attach themselves to the figurehead in order to derive their own corrupt power.

The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism. There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision. Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.

Once again, Kristi Noem and her agents tell a story about being attacked and shooting somebody in self-defense. And once again, the story collapses. This time, the damning video didn't show up till after the shooting. How many other times have they lied where no video is available to expose them?

ICYMI

1. Here’s another fatal flaw in the FBI affidavit justifying the seizure of Fulton County’s 2020 election records. The FBI agent cites a Performance Review Board report that actually undermines his case. Let’s start with his claim on p. 3: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Oh my god.

Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."

1. The FBI affidavit used to seize ballots and other materials from the 2020 election in Fulton County relies on debunked conspiracy theories. For example, it isn’t true that Fulton first “reported” 511,343 ballots and then “reported” 527,925. I’ll explain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Khanna: "The more important point is what the DOJ got was already scrubbed. Donald Trump's FBI in March went and scrubbed these files. The DOJ just told us, 'Ok, we're getting these documents uploaded, but they've already been redacted.' They're protecting powerful people."

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Pretty good article explaining how dhs operates. One point that the authors could have spent more time is thay the 4th amendt. applies to everyone, and its a problem that many of our current immigration laws/policies are in conflict with that. www.readtangle.com/your-questio...

What happens when an actuary and a writer get married in 2014, become NeverTrumpers in 2015, and decide to start a resistance Substack in 2026? The Panic Button. @actuarialspud.bsky.social racheldarnall.substack.com/p/announcing...

Is this the first time Trump has deleted a post? www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

COONS: Joe, it's same rules NYPD follows. Do you see roving bands of NYPD w/ masks using bear spray on people? KERNEN: You lost the election! That doesn't give you right to shut down govt C: I have to fight for the core value of our democracy, including law enforcement that doesn't murder citizens

TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer. (I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)

I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

Even Rasmussen has Trump at -16 www.rasmussenreports.com/public_conte...

They don't have to go to every polling station though. If they ignore solid r and b districts and just focus on swing districts,thats a dramatically shorter list. They could even be strategic on the polling places they target within those districts.

Democrats should defund and restrain ICE to the degree possible. And they should insist on this condition at least: No ICE (or Border Patrol) anywhere near the polls or early voting election locations this fall.

Steve Bannon, "We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."

"Trump lamented that he failed to activate the National Guard to seize voting machines in 2020. The Fulton raid should set alarm bells ringing about Trump’s willingness to abuse the power of his office to undermine free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Johnson while watching the Super Bowl: "Seattle was up by 14 points but as the game continued to be played, the Patriots started getting more points. It looks likes cheating on its face. Can I prove that? No."

MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE

“There are no real safeguards anymore,” he said, “until people recognize that we’re all potential targets.” It's not just ICE. It's the whole DHS mess. It's insane, is 100% right. archive link: archive.is/KO5zJ

WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.

❌👑 Over the past month, we’ve watched as ICE executed two people in broad daylight and more behind closed doors. They have invaded our communities and are using children as bait to lure our neighbors out of their homes. 👑❌ On March 28th, we’re standing up against these masked terrorists.

A huge political earthquake in Texas tonight as Democrats flipped a State Senate seat from red to blue in a district Trump won by 17 points. Trump personally waded in — endorsing the Republican and personally urging base turnout — and was dealt a massive loss.

First their was Charlotte and since then I have seen so many MAGA people threaten to run over protesters. I have even been threatened that way. Horrifying to see people actually do it: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Trump's "Peace Council" and their democracy index score.

“If you raise your voice, I’ll erase your voice.”

The Deportation Data Project found ICE tactics were very different in Blue vs Red states in early 2025. In Blue states arrests were mainly community settings targeting people without criminal records. In Red states arrests were largely made in jails, with very different targets.

Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.

CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today. This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Holy crap. This is the most damning video yet. It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face. Murder.

🚨 NEW VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING It shows clearly that the individual did not draw a gun, and the officer shot him anyway while he was immobilized. There is no ambiguity. This was an execution.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child. ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents. the family is here legally. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

It appears that the White House edited this image using AI

Trump: "Sometimes you need a dictator."

Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin. This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.