Imagine if your lawyer submits an AI-generated court brief so bad that the judge says "goddamn dude, fuck you" and rules against you before it even goes to trial. That is what actually happened here lmao

ok, whoa. the DOJ just told me that the unredacted version of the document in question contains an image of a victim’s face overlayed on the face of the Mona Lisa image. so, that's why it's redacted. jesus christ

‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." … She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’

observe ICE operations 13) Body cameras 14) No paramilitary uniforms/weapons So which of these are you against, guys?

localities can investigate and prosecute crimes like excessive force. Evidence must be shared 9) States and localities must consent to large scale operations 10) Congress can visit all ICE facilities 11) Detention centers provide basic facilities and access to counsel 12) No database of people who

schools, courts, churches, polling places, and child care 6) No more racial profiling or stopping people because of their accents, language, or ethnicity 7) Only reasonable use of force - officers must be trained, certified, and removed from the field while incidents are investigated 8) States and

Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic" 1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property 2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention 3) No masks 4) No secret police: Officers must have ID 5) Keep enforcement away from

It’s a little too on the nose that Jeff Bezos decided to fire hundreds of journalists within a week of a movie release that had him cutting a $28 million check to the President’s wife.

again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months

Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA. Facts that bear repeating.

amazing how terrible he was at his job & will not face any repercussions. 🙄 pretty sure the whole state is celebrating this one.

this is pretty wild. good argument for lockdown mode if your threat model is one where you might have your phone seized by the Feds: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...

WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast “Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said More in tonight’s Status

Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.

Bill Gates is lucky all Melinda did was divorce him because my response would’ve inspired a made for TV movie.

Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.

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Well done @propublica.org

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations starting in July, Trump says, after a backlash from performers.

ProPublica: “The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez.” [propublica.org]

The right way to get into the Epstein files.

10/10 ICE protest sign

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying." "You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"

First, journalists who step one foot over the line are targeted. Then scrutiny fades—and power operates in the dark. The real question isn’t “Did Don Lemon trespass?” It’s: why is the government working this hard to handcuff reporters?

History shows a pattern here. When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.

The church's pastor, David Easterwood, is Field Office Director for ICE—one of the highest-ranking deportation officials in the Midwest. Protesters were there to expose what they saw as an official using religious privacy as cover. Reporters were there to document it.

They’re charged under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Written to protect abortion clinics, it also covers places of worship. The government says the law applies because the protest took place at Cities Church in St. Paul.

Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released. But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway. Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.

👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.

Holy shit. So this just happened at Minneapolis's legendary First Avenue club. That's Tom Morello introducing Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...

Sometimes this reminder is helpful on Bluesky: It’s good to oppose Trumpism. Trumpism is evil. But there are plenty of people who oppose Trumpism who are also petty, shitty, annoying people. Block them or ignore them and go back to opposing Trump.

Being a gay kid in the '80s fucking sucked in a million different ways, but staying up late in your parents' basement to be utterly destroyed by Catherine O'Hara's talent made up for some of it

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:

Godspeed Katherine O'Hara. 💜 such a loss.

These are the ones they *didn’t* redact?

Bellingcat community members have already found two files detailing explicit allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual activities with children. One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Seen on Facebook.

Gift link so everybody can understand the scale at which they're about to build concentration camps www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art. She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S

Coming to you live from outside the very special screening of “Melania” at The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center

lol they're at it again, this is a real ad I just screenshot of Craigslist. 😂😂😂

🚨SPECIAL GOOD NEWS FOR SUPER BOWL 🏈🏟️ ICE agents will not be deployed at Super Bowl LX, TMZ reported. What’s more Department of Homeland Security insiders told the outlet that ICE activity at any NFL-sponsored events across the city at all has been ruled out. www.thedailybeast.com//ice-quietly...

In Maine, masked federal agents stopped a car that contained a baby, and smashed a window. "Glass sprayed over the baby’s car seat." They took the baby's father who was driving, leaving the mother who does not have a driver's license alone in the car with the baby. On video:

Wow. The county is charging the Ilhan Omar attacker even though the feds are also doing that, because they don't trust Trump to not pardon the guy.

NEW from me: Every morning for the past week or so, a group of ~24 clergy in Portland, Maine drive out to a business. They form a line near a door, shielding a group of mostly immigrant workers as they exit their shift. Then faith leaders stare down DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/01/29/m...

NEW: A man showed up to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn last night pretending to be an FBI agent in an attempt to spring Luigi Mangione, according to a law enforcement source.

I just got yelled at by a PVD police officer on his car speaker for asking him help this stuck bus telling me I should help, wut.

EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...