Ultra-MAGA Judge Edith Jones of the 5th Circuit peddles deranged conspiracy theories about mass voter fraud and "ballot harvesting," declaring that mail voting "is a rich field for fraud" that's frequently exploited by "operatives" attempting to steal elections. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) telling ICE/CBP heads that if the Pretti probe wraps and they find "nobody is to blame" and "no changes" are being made, "it destroys the trust in ICE." Says people don't trust it'll be a real investigation after administration comments — there have to be "repercussions"

As the administration dilutes civil rights, activists and constitutional law scholars told TPM the overlap of street-level policing and immigration enforcement poses unique risks to Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved here. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...

If Clay Parikh's name sounds familiar, it might be because he was Kari Lake's "star witness" in 2022 who helped her [checks notes] lose. azmirror.com/2022/12/21/n...

It seems notable that Ruemmler has hired a defamation lawyer but.... ooof www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/p...

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

I called up one of the White House's "special government employees" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid. I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...

NPSM-7 has been interpreted, rightly, as an attempt to train the might of federal law enforcement on Trump’s political & ideological enemies. @joshkovensky.bsky.social gets into all of this a lot more in depth in a new TPM series on the Trump administration’s efforts to create an “enemy within.”

JUST IN: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez, "was placed on administrative leave":

Incredible.

"To make their case, prosecutors have turned to a group long known for spreading anti-Muslim conspiracy theories to provide them with an expert witness to define what antifa is supposed to be:" the Center for Security Policy

In the latest installment of TPM's Creating the Enemy Within project, @joshkovensky.bsky.social writes about the criminalization of anti-Trump ideology: talkingpointsmemo.com/creating-the...

From @joshkovensky.bsky.social: In the first "antifa" domestic terrorism trial, the DOJ is relying on an anti-Muslim conspiracy group to define "antifa." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/antifa-...

The Trump admin is contradicting itself all over the place over what it means by 'antifa.' Butt in the first antifa terrorism prosecution, set to go to trial next week, it's being forced to say what it thinks antifa really is talkingpointsmemo.com/news/antifa-...

In the first antifa domestic terrorism trial, the DOJ is relying on an anti-Muslim conspiracy theory group to define 'antifa'

AP, ABC and CBS all reported that Wagner was charged with threatening federal agents— which wasn’t reflected in the complaint or even said by DOJ explicitly. AP has now finally changed their headline and added a correction.

SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services has been using the term “sex-rejecting procedures” to describe gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary individuals. The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group. www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...

@joshkovensky.bsky.social joined @jeetheer.bsky.social on his Nation podcast to talk about how the Trump administration is using anti-terrorism law to target political groups it doesn’t like. Listen to their conversation here: www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...

Trump's DOJ has been mining for trans children's info via broad, intimidating subpoenas to hospitals. "They’re fishing for someone to prosecute," lead counsel in a DC case told me. But...they keep losing. From me and the great @joshkovensky.bsky.social ⤵️ talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...

@joshkovensky.bsky.social joined @thebradblog.bsky.social to talk about the Trump DOJ pursuing terrorism charges against people associated with left-wing causes: It "raises unbelievably grave concerns about freedom of speech and freedom of association." bradblog.com?p=15628

I enjoyed speaking with Brad yesterday about the long shadow of the War on Terror and how the Trump DOJ has begun to bring material support for terrorism charges against protestors associated w various left wing causes talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...

concerning!

2 weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a Cuban ICE detainee a homicide. This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...

Excited to discuss this story and more soon with @johnalight.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/join-...

Across the country, federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine prosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as his political enemies. @joshkovensky.bsky.social investigates: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...

In a dramatic departure from how DOJ historically used the federal material support for terrorism statute, it is upgrading what would have been routine prosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as his political enemies. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...

The DOJ is charging Black Lives Matter activists and members of a supposed "Antifa cell" with material support for terrorism talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...

Federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine prosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as his political enemies.

Under Trump, the DOJ has changed how it brings terrorism cases, and is training them on the opposition talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...

Trump reposts theory that Italian military satellites zapped his 2020 victory away after FBI seizure of Georgia ballots talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2020s-m...

Parente told press he's can't say much on record re: this investigation, but that he believes, per DOJ atty statements, it's a criminal investigation into a fed involved with Martinez's case. He also said he's been in contact with the US Attorney's Office in South Bend, IN about the investigation.

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

This is a really good explanation of the prima facia lawlessness of the attacks on protesters: they don't bring charges any more, because judges laugh them out of court every time they show the supposed "evidence." talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

Years from now, it'll be difficult to explain the things people in media were wailing about before all this. Sophomores writing underconsidered op-eds about cultural appropriation. Protests against demagogues on campus. YA drama. "Mobs" on Twitter. These were the threats to free society.

From Minnesota Star Tribune:

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

So many mainstream outlets covered this as Vance offering an olive branch to Minneapolis talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vance-e...

One of former Mayor Eric Adams' top aides is joining ICE to help assist its enforcement operations in New York City: nypost.com/2026/01/23/u...

Very good point by @radleybalko.bsky.social: Police have long lied after killing civilians -- ICE is going far beyond that. The lies aren't really a cover-up -- the evidence is already out there. They're a flex. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

New from me and @tristanl.ee with a bit of help from @wileydcope.bsky.social: We identified companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that are operated either by members of Patriot Front or individuals with multiple connections to Patriot Front www.texasobserver.org/revealed-fou...

The ACLU filed a class action lawsuit just now to block ICE from stopping people of Latino or Somali descent without reasonable suspicion/probable cause assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.

BREAKING: Denmark has deployed an advance force and military equipment to Greenland, tasked with preparing to receive reinforcements from the rest of the Danish Armed Forces and allied nations. Follow the story on DR, Denmark’s public-service news outlet. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

First, far-right influencers demanded that the DOJ charge Renee Good's wife. On Tuesday, the DOJ asked Minnesota prosecutors to investigate the widow. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-g...

Before the DOJ asked prosecutors to investigate Renee Good's widow, right-wing influencers were blaming the woman for Renee Good's death. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-g...

The Trump DOJ's wild directive to investigate Renee Good's widow — which reportedly prompted several prosecutors to resign today — builds on a claim that has been slopping around right-wing media for days, pushed by Jack Posobiec, Tim Pool, Andy Ngo, others.

Four migrants die in US ICE custody over first 10 days of 2026 www.reuters.com/legal/govern...