And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise

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.

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.

ICE has killed at least 26 people since last January

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

Dilley must be shut down and everyone inside must be freed and provided immediate medical care. www.sacurrent.com/news/two-mon...

This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have. When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.

With the current admin's efforts to separate immigrant families, it has never been more important to protect our communities. #NY4All ensures those in custody get notice of their rights before being questioned by ICE. 👉Call your reps: win.newmode.net/ny4all 🎨: @mollycrabapple.bsky.social

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"So should we use a general strike as a tool? Absolutely. We should be prepared to use that tool because I think our democracy is worth it."

Susan Collins decides to support the SAVE America Act months after Maine voted 64-36% to reject a voter ID measure

Going to my normal job where I dangle food in front of hungry children and then snatch it away. Can't decide if this makes me more of a cartoon villain or fairytale monster. Either way, just happy to be making the country great again

Make these companies household names: Geo Group, CoreCivic. There's been a lot of crying about how their stock is down, but stock prices do not determine whether these profiteers get millions in government contracts. Geo Group's profits are up 800 percent. EIGHT HUNDRED

Sorry, what woman? I don't see anybody

Hero.

“Upon arrival at the center — which is the same where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was held with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias — Amalia's health worsened quickly, the lawsuit said, and on Jan. 1, she developed a fever that peaked at 104 degrees and would not break.”

This man is a thief, coward and hypocrite. He argues the U.S. can't afford to protect workers from scammy corporations through the CFPB, but it CAN afford to pay millions and millions robbed from three different agencies to pay for his imperial guard. #stopvought www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

im sorry, come again

Yes. YES!!!!

ICE may be leaving Minneapolis, but the damage to thousands of lives is done. And economically, it's a localized heart attack not unlike the one that hit the planet in March 2020, writes @ryanlcooper.com. prospect.org/2026/02/13/i...

my overview of the bad—and surprisingly good!—ways A.I. has infiltrated this Olympics, from the ceremonial graphics to the Milan stages to the events themselves (they're credited within but shouts to @shanabartels.bsky.social and @gnielsenart.com for helping us all comprehend the Czechia Incident)

When I talked to Rep. Adam Smith a few days ago, he had some bonkers things to say about the donation he got from Palantir. But not for nothing, when I asked what people should do to oppose ICE, he said a general strike should at least be on the table.

>> The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026. Absolute crooks all the way down.

how do you revoke a scientific finding? the finding still exists, it's just that Trump and his fellow nihilists are ignoring it.

This morning the High Court found that the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful. Explanation and analysis from @finishedloading.bsky.social and me below.

Story says the tech wouldn't give users "universal facial recognition," only that it could let them ID people who have a public account on a Meta site like Instagram. Not sure that distinction gives me all that much comfort.

"Why would tourists come to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics when Trump is transforming the entire country into a xenophobic danger zone?" Great question! Sharp, in-depth, critical, analysis of the myths—past & present—that hover around the LA28 Olympics. @prospect.org

There has been no draw down today. ICE snatched someone off Central Ave out of his car because he looked Latino before then letting him go a couple hours later. They were stopping people in Blaine on highway 65, they were all around Fridley, and were in the parking lot of the St Anthony liquor store

I've obvs always had big problems with how the Times covers fascists/fascism but this article contains some real egregious shit that has my blood boiling, so here's a quick-ish thread on why/how I think it's so pernicious... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

George Zoley was on a conference call just a few hours ago talking about GEO's outstanding 2025. For fiscal year 2025, the company clocked an 800% increase in profit, thanks to our tax dollars. Just a massive wealth distribution upwards to this guy and his fellow profiteers. 800%.

ICE contracts increased private prison company GEO Group's revenues by 800% in 2025, according to an earnings call attended by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. But none of that money seems to be going to oversight amid a spate of sexual abuse & physical assault complaints against GEO Group guards.

There's been some hand-wringing over how far private prison company stock has fallen lately, but don't worry, annual profit at Geo Group is still up up up. New from me in @prospect.org

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Ah finally, good news 🙂

Executives on private prison company Geo Group's earnings call just announced that their net income for fiscal year 2025 was $254.3 million, up from $31.9 million the year before, mostly thanks to ICE. That's an increase of about 800%.

>> Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said. Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls.

Not enough people are talking about the fact that the GOP’s disenfranchising SAVE act would disproportionately risk the voting rights of approximately *69 million* married women in the US. Read that again. 69 MILLION married women. See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.

Some personal news

The 2028 Olympics are just around the corner, and unless Trump's immigration terror campaign gets completely torn down, tourists will stay away and Los Angelenos will be left with the bill. New from me in our sports issue @prospect.org:

CBP out here trying to undo the damage ICE acting director Todd Lyons did yesterday when he refused to say he wouldn't raid the FIFA World Cup.

At first he told me that giving the money back would be the same as paying them, and he asked me why he would want to pay them. I said, well, but it wouldn't really be paying them, it would be preventing them from paying you. No it wouldn't, he said. It would be paying them.

The 2028 Olympics are just around the corner, and unless Trump's immigration terror campaign gets completely torn down, tourists will stay away and Los Angelenos will be left with the bill. New from me in our sports issue @prospect.org:

As Trump's DHS leaders cry to Congress this morning about how deadly Minnesota is for immigration agents, we updated our tally of people ICE and CBP agents have killed since last January. It's up to 25.

Trump's ICE chief, Todd Lyons, is testifying before Congress right now claiming that Minnesota is "deadly" to ICE agents. Zero ICE agents have died this year or last year in the line of duty, according to ICE's own data: www.ice.gov/topics/eow

ICE has a historic level of funding — $75 billion over four years, $45 billion of which is specifically for so-called "detention." The decision to keep conditions squalid is ideological. They have the money to fix it, they just don't want to. They want to torture people until they agree to leave.

My god, please read this. The trauma Trump has unleashed on children will leave a lasting mark on them and on our country. We have to stop this immigration terror campaign. Nobody deserves this, especially not children.

In good news, a little one was born in Utah🦒 www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

The US deported 8 Palestinian men to the West Bank, shackling their wrists and ankles for the entire trip, using a private jet owned by an Israeli property tycoon and friend of Donald Trump.

one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

Tuberculosis is flourishing in ICE prisons across the country, including in the Anchorage Correctional Complex, Adelanto ICE Processing Center, Eloy Detention Center, Denver Contract Detention Facility, and the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.