During a town hall on Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke about the House of Representatives’ passage of a $1.2 trillion spending package that funds the Department of Homeland Security for the next two weeks and highlighted the approval of $14 million for her congressional district.

With the winter Olympics starting today in Italy, US athletes are being asked (by foreign journalists) how they feel about what ICE is doing. Short answer, they are not happy and are ashamed as we are. #ProudBlue #WinterOlympics

#NMAG Raúl Torrez led a multistate coalition urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to ensure that costs associated with data centers DO NOT burden residential consumers and small businesses.

Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: With the way that these files have been handled…I feel like I have to get through hours at a time, because it’s just too much. This is years. Every week there’s some big thing that interrupts the flow of my life, in a way where I feel completely paralyzed.

A hairpiece sat Upon a brow And said to his mate Howdy Thou

some kid talking to his friend walking by yelled “man I hate that car!!!” lolll

Thousands in Islamabad mourn 31 killed in suicide bombing of Shi'ite mosque reut.rs/3O4lQ7e

Our thread of ICE and Border Patrol sex offenders is up to 53 agents, with many more to go.

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

Bet he calls himself a Christian and goes to church on Sunday too. 🫤

Make him famous Seattle peeps. Make him famous.

"We can say anything we want, but you can't tell people we said it" And, to be fair, idk if it can even be considered doxing/unmasking when they're not even wearing masks. Weak sauce intimidation case. Ken Paxton enables literal Nazis.

Great Watch:

Rightwing dipshits are invading Signal chats of newly forming ICE Watch/Rapid Response groups, creating an environment of generalized fear in many communities In my new video I explain how we can protect ourselves, and the difference between Security Culture and Theater youtu.be/l9r0WY6ie5I

Fear is the revolution killer. If you've been spooked about the Signal stuff and want some *actually* practical information, watch this video. And share, because the algorithm doesn't like this stuff.

Eastern Washington: Lock In. We need to get rid of Baumgartner. He has been working with this regime to push the Somali fraud narrative (dog whistle for please invade my state) and he is corrupted beyond belief. Don’t be a doomer. Be a DOER. Power to the people.

Eastern Washington: Lock In. We need to get rid of Baumgartner. He has been working with this regime to push the Somali fraud narrative (dog whistle for please invade my state) and he is corrupted beyond belief. Don’t be a doomer. Be a DOER. Power to the people.

I'd like to know Nate's position on abortion rights and accountability for the crimes currently taking place on the national stage but considering Bumgartner is a useless GOP clone more interested in partisan politics than representing constituents. Nate definitely is the front runner for my vote.

Bet he knows who Jack Smith is!

JD Vance gets loudly booed at the Olympics.

Spokane and other WA-05 peeps: What do we know about this guy? Any info?

Nate Powell, a Spokane firefighter, is running for Congress in WA-05 against Mike Baumgartner as an independent. He’s running on affordability, healthcare, and AI regulation, and against corrupt billionaires. He has a bit of Dan Osborn energy. Learn more: natepowellforcongress.com

He seems like the best bet. Would have to dig deeper.

ballotpedia updated with another couple of candidates fyi. Kevin Fagan’s website here: kevinfaganforcongress.com/follow-along Nate Powell’s website here: natepowellforcongress.com

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

A doorbell camera was disconnected from Nancy Guthrie’s home on the night she was kidnapped, the police said on Thursday, depriving investigators of crucial evidence as they search for the mother of the “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

What drawdown? Just as we suspected, Homan was full of shit. Nothing has changed for the better in Minneapolis.

Vermont ICE of all agencies has the first hits in January 2025, which - hold onto your hats - was the start of the data I asked for so don't get TOO excited. And it's ICE ERO, so. This was not begin in October in response to a car accident. They were targeting him for a while. Dunno why.

The Magic Meat of this is the ATN list, like in old Amarna. Seek the ATN

What we're looking at here is the ORI numbers of several components of DHS and one of them - a WA DC area DHS HSI number, is peeking at him in May 2025. He's arrested in October. They were scraping for him for a while, not much detail left in the record. 7,700 pages of logs.

So if anyone had questions about who's in WA's ACCESS record system for DHS it turns out all you need to do is have some patience with PRA disclosures and some Excel skills. WSP could lock out these users or audit them at their choice.

Tatiani Elliot was brave today. She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her. “Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani “Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee 1/2

The arrests of three men who were lurking around the home of a Toronto prison manager, the police said, set in motion an investigation that unraveled a network of officers who have been accused of participating in organized criminal activity and drug trafficking. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...

"Legal experts said it seemed the government’s claim that the couple was affiliated with Tren de Aragua was largely based on vague and unproven assertions there were gang members in their social circle." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

THIS IS SO FRICKEN COOL!!!!!!!

If this is true, then it is beyond sinister and shows the levels of toxicity and poisonous factionalism that some in the party have created. Questions must be asked and answers must be given.

Portland voters should ALSO be aware that @councilordanryan.bsky.social, @councilorzimmerman.bsky.social, Councilor Steve Novick, and @councilorclark.bsky.social were the 4 city councilors who voted AGAINST the proposed & adopted oversight that (so far) has uncovered $106 Million in unspent funds.

That’s nice @repkimschrier.bsky.social. You forgot one.

Spotted in San Francisco. #SuperBowl

Today, I joined the Senate Ways and Means Committee to testify in strong support of the Millionaires Tax on behalf of our state’s largest county. Thank you to all those who are fighting for this bill and I urge the Legislature to pass it and move our state in a more fair direction!

The Trump administration's travel bans and visa suspensions have upended routine work, marriage and family visa processes, leaving many U.S. citizens across the country in limbo. https://to.pbs.org/3OqMkjk

When you hear of a billionaire losing money on a pricey hobby or side business — whether it's a race horse or a newspaper — remember that those losses can actually create huge write-offs that let the ultrarich get away with paying little or no income tax. (Published 2021)

We installed beaver dam analogs in the West Walker River watershed in California’s Sierra Nevada this summer to help restore Grouse Meadow. 👏 This vital habitat is now ready for flows!

I am HERE for a mosquito fleet of ferries to Discovery Park, Ebey's Landing and Port Townsend.

Agreed! An investigative hearing should be held, and Former City of Portland Administrator, Michael Jordon should absolutely be deposed. As should Deputy City Administrator, Donnie Oliveira, and any other city administrators who had knowledge of these available funds, but didn’t disclose. Minimum.

You know who does his own (excellent) antifascism history research and writing? James.

Louis Rossmann on the reasons to support HB 2481 ✅ Nobody but retailers and data brokers benefit from the exploitation that is #surveillance pricing. There's no upside for us, only increased monitoring of our daily lives! www.takeaction.network/xactions/47162