"The United States used Fort Snelling as a concentration camp during the Dakota Indian Wars ... [T]he use of the former Fort Snelling site as a federal detention center serves as a reminder of the federal government's ongoing efforts to deprive Native people and Hispanic immigrants of their rights."

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

wonderful essay (especially for those who love research ✋)

Love to be reminded the tragedy of Camp Lejeune was hijacked by Zina and John Bash -- lawyers for Elon Musk, Ken Paxton, and Kavanaugh -- who are firmly in the Epstein Class and continue to rake in money while victims die. And actually I will be surprised if they aren't in the actual files.

I love working in a nonprofit newsroom and partnering with other local publications & organizations. I published a story about The Invisible Toll of Caregiving in this state, and 3 other newspapers (including my hometown Fort Wayne Journal Gazette!) co-ran it. mirrorindy.org/caregivers-h...

thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019: "The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Even his obits are narrow to the pointing of discrediting his legacy.

Feel like the unchecked plutocratic control & elite impunity after Epstein has created a real backlash. Phenomenal interview of the economist Clara Mattei. uncompromisingly makes case for democratic control of the economy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_d... bsky.app/profile/ocas...

“His translations carry a music while also maintaining the sense that something is askew in a way that feels somehow fresh and enticing.” ALTA member Diana Arterian highlights previous National Translation Award winner Martin Aitken’s TBR list. At @literaryhub.bsky.social:

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

The proposal, which is expected to undermine treatment for vulnerable people, marks a severe escalation in what experts say is the erosion of the country’s health care system under Trump.

The tech industry used to make things before they ran out of ideas and decided to invent stuff no one had ever seen before like fraud and serfdom

Early studies suggest versions of mRNA vaccines could be effective against certain kinds of cancer too. Now companies will have to wonder if the animus towards mRNA vaccine will spill over into those efforts too. Great, just great.

Faced with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s continued resistance to raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations, Mayor Zohran Mamdani will push for an increase in property taxes instead. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/17/m...

Jesse Jackson's audacity of hope. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Be sure to check out our special section at amsterdamnews.com/jesse.

Stephen Colbert SLAMS CBS for not letting James Talarico on Late Night

Republicans are successfully building out Orban's state media model here in the states. It's really not very subtle.

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

From traitor to proto‑feminist icon, new Albuquerque shows invite you to reconsider La Malinche and your own inherited stories.

It means that if Colbert or Meyers or The View have Talarico on, they have to give equal time on-air to every single candidate who's qualified for ballot in that US Senate race in Texas. All 3 Dems and 8 Republicans. And that means no one gets on the air. Brendan Carr is dangerous. 6/

Whether you trace it back to Bill Clinton with Arsenio Hall or JFK and Nixon appearing on The Tonight Show with Jack Parr, there's a long history of hosts of late-night & daytime talk shows using their vehicles to conduct serious interviews with politicians. Until new FCC Chair Brandon Carr. 4/

Really proud of this one.

None of this stuff is going to be fast. It's a long-term struggle as it has always been.

Higher Ed, in particular, should have fought 2FA on personal phones and removing our office phones tooth and nail for this reason.

“More than 40% of those recovered were children.”

A good development, surely. But I shudder at the amount of food wasted: "Just one week of the food waste amassed by all M’tucci’s restaurants could produce enough compost to fill a large tract of Albuquerque farmland, according to M’tucci’s Restaurants brand manager Howie Kaibel."

Full background if you are just catching up: bsky.app/profile/drop...

fascinating essay

Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal: “Nearly a year after we won, the same Israeli settler who attacked me after I returned from LA again led an attack against my family. 4 of my family members are currently arrested, one in the hospital… we call the police, they do nothing.”

A, 🤮. B, the past tense of the verb "to sunset" is "sunsetted."

Many people in South Africa, where Elon is from, died to create a genuinely multiracial polity. They were killed by people who thought like Elon. The people who thought like Elon also lost. Seems their “common culture” of white supremacy wasn’t enough. bsky.app/profile/alan...

Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...

“The lesson of Parkland is not only that gun violence destroys lives. It is that it reshapes the lives it does not destroy. It fractures communities. It alters childhoods. It leaves families navigating anniversaries that feel like open wounds. And it forces ordinary people to become activists …”

I've got stuff in my pantry older than DHS.

how we got here

Red River Ski Area knows what’s up! 🌎 #NMwx

“She overheard one immigration officer tell another that if she had been 10 years old, they would have been able to keep her separated from her mom.”

People are waking up.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Did you see this today? Anti #ICE protesters carried a MASSIVE U.S. Constitution through the streets of Minneapolis. Not a flag. Not a slogan. The Constitution. Thousands marched, demanding accountability and asking whether federal enforcement is aligning with the rights written on those pages.

“Compounding their pain, Sudanese journalists say it often feels like nobody outside their country is watching,” @ikushkush.bsky.social writes in @niemanreports.org. “The ‘forgetting’ of Sudan is less about oversight and more about hierarchies of visibility in global and regional media ecosystems.”

"I would place it somewhere on the creative nonfiction spectrum." www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...

“They weren’t telling anyone this was a radioactive material. They told us it was safe.” But now it's underneath an elementary school in North Texas:

Love this piece by @dreanyc123.bsky.social. Such a necessary intervention.

Was driving home after doing errands a couple hours ago and passed about 20 Valley High School students on their Fuck Ice walkout. Makes me proud. Albuquerque

An old post re the appearance on Maddow, but if you don't know about the excellent work @projectsaltbox.bsky.social does, here's a place to start.

Donald Trump is widely viewed as a titanic power in GOP politics—and he usually is. But wealthy businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson's decision to drop her bid for #AZGov was a real case of the tail wagging the dog, as we explain in today's newsletter. More here: www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...