Republicans handled the IRS surge from Biden by clawing it back to a nub. Democrats can do the same thing with immigration enforcement, and by Republicans' own admission it wouldn't threaten public safety. prospect.org/2026/02/16/i...

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My open letter to ⁦‪LeBron James‬⁩ after he said at the weekend that he had heard “nothing but great things” about Israel.

ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:

Not great! (From @jennycohn.bsky.social )

KNOX NEWS: “TN GOP lawmakers prioritize ICE over state's needs… Republican leadership is proposing an agenda in the new session that is out of touch with both the needs and preferences of their constituents.” www.knoxnews.com/story/opinio...

REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “It’s important to remember there’s more of us than them — every one of us can be sand in the gears of an injustice.”

Hey, y'all, I know there's no ethical consumption, but maybe ditch Twitter. Musk is literally carrying out a Holocaust against the world's poorest people and will kill 14 million. Almost a million already dead bc he ended USAID illegally. Oh yeah, and he's all over the Files.

This!! We are multitude. Gum up the works. We have tremendous power if we come together to exercise it.

NC5: “Criminal cases involving undocumented immigrants make up 2% of the overall crime in Tennessee — vast majority are traffic violations.” Undocumented violent crimes = two-tenths of 1% of the overall crime in TN. Remember that as Republicans paint this as our biggest issue.

The family’s water was undrinkable: It corroded taps. It withered plants. Their ice maker expelled clumps of salt. But why was this happening? For two years, Oklahoma delayed basic tests that could help them find out. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

“Trump hasn’t defied a single court order” is a wild thing to say

It's us v the Epstein Class, folks. They will literally bleed us dry.

After an @wired.com article listed a building owned by Freeman Webb among those leased to ICE, the @nashvillescene.com posts a statement from FW (their publisher) - now run by Rep. Bob Freeman (D) - saying they “actively concealed” that ICE is involved www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Activists are urging New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to cut ties with the ICE contractor.

The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape. After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.

Absolutely infuriating. These grotesque, morally bankrupt men have broken this country.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders. Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.

TIM DILLON: “That’s right— so what if we snatched your kids and took them to an island? The DOW is up! So what we worship Baal? The Dow is up!”

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

An interesting thing about apolitical people being horrified by what ICE is doing is that cops have always harmed children in this country, but many ignore it because there is a baked in racist aging-up of usually Black kids. Maybe it's because theyre harming kids so young the aging-up is impossible

The Fed has made markets "too big to decline"—every policy lever props up asset prices. The top 10% own 87% of stock wealth, and Republican households are 20 points more likely to own stocks. That's why they'll back any policy that pumps their portfolios. Watch the full video: youtu.be/V57Qt-6z-_Y

straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant

This is probably ok

Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

🔴 NEW: Aid Warehouse on Fire in Gaza, Cause Unknown Civil Defense crews in Gaza Governorate have been battling a massive blaze for 9 straight hours at a 7-story building on Al-Thawra Street, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, says in a new video from the site...

After hurricanes Florence and Matthew, a NC home rebuilding program left hundreds of families waiting 7+ years to return home. For those awaiting the state’s help after Helene, similar problems — like rigid rules and not enough staff — are already surfacing. W/ @theassemblync.bsky.social

At the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival, Jury Pres. Wim Wenders said filmmakers “have to stay out of politics.” Michelle Yeoh declined comment on political issues, & Neil Patrick Harris said he prefers to keep his work “apolitical.” Finnish director Hanna Bergholm, wearing a pro-Palestine...

Also the U.S. loves authoritarians, whether it’s in the UAE, Saudi, Qatar, or Central or South America or Africa or Asia. U.S. influence and democracy do not go hand in hand.

Almost like there is some sort of vast conspiracy of money influence and blackmail at the highest levels of government and economic power that is keeping people in government quiet and willfully ignorant

As the media & members of Congress were sifting through the latest Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Dep't of Justice, one topic continued to elude them — Epstein’s well-established ties to Israeli & US intelligence. Drop Site’s Washington correspondent, Julian Andreone, went to Capitol Hill...

Reactionary centrist advice to Democrats boils down to one thing: avoid making the argument, about anything. Don't defend what was known as "the a-word" (abortion), promise to also "get tough on crime" aka don't speak out on injustice, hop on board xenophobic policies & rhetoric (Laken Riley).

This rules. I love how delighted they all look!

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

NEW: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention 9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.

BRENTWOOD Rep. Gino Bulso’s latest handiwork — “GOP bill in Tennessee seeks to expand definition of ‘person’ to begin at fertilization, allowing wrongful death actions…” #ForcedBirthState www.wsmv.com/2026/02/13/g...

Ohhhhhhhh. Yeah that makes a lot more sense, @stephruhle.bsky.social

I'll criticize ICE in the broad daylight out in the open. Fuck those fascist ICE fail son chuddies violating our rights and ruining this country. They're losers and criminals and I look forward to their prosecutions. Suck on the 1st amendment, aholes. ^^^ exercise your rights to defend them.

Breaking WSJ: Casey Wasserman is putting his talent and marketing agency up for sale, he said in a memo to staff Friday night. The move follows the release of suggestive emails he exchanged years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell and the departure of high-profile talent from his firm.

We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.

Looks like ICE is opening another detention center in Tennessee — in LEBANON. Part of the $38 BILLION push, as @CoreCivic complains they haven’t detained enough people. Cruelty is big business. From @TNLookout: tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...

Israel has arrested several people for allegedly using classified information to place bets on Israeli military operations on Polymarket www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) told Drop Site’s Julian Andreone that the Trump admin. has provided Netanyahu w/ a “blank check” in failing to enforce the ceasefire in Gaza or push back on new West Bank annexation measures. He warned Israeli officials are openly working to make a Palestinian state...

The system is rigged — and Trump wants to keep it that way because his own power depends on it. What drives Trump is simple: he cares more about protecting the interests of those with power than those with none. So when he and his regime lash out about Epstein, understand why.

“This morning before dawn, a hostage rescue team stormed a New York City townhouse and freed Savannah, who miraculously did not appear to be injured or even malnourished in any way,” said FBI director Kash Patel

My optimistic theory has been that Goldwater '64 was to Reagan '80 what Bernie '16 may be to the Dem Nominee '28. I dunno if this will happen, but for all the liberals' eyerolling of Bernie for not winning certain elections, the kind of structural change he seeks tends to happen over many cycles.

In a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government, London’s High Court has ruled that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/uk-c... #Palestine #Israel

The next Democratic speaker MUST be 100% behind Medicare for All. The next fight for universal healthcare is January 2029. Mark your calendar.