By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

NEW: A huge win for ICE in the 5th Circuit tonight clears the way for the agency to mass detain people facing (and fighting) deportation proceedings. District judges all over the country — including dozens of Trump appointees — had rejected this policy. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved. DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump. This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

Here's a basic fact: most conspiracy theories tend towards antisemitism. Yes, that one. Mmm hmm, even that seemingly harmless one. Flat Earthers? Moon Landing Truthers? Antisemitism. Q-Anon? 9/11 Inside Job? Antisemitism.

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump’s video depicting the Obamas as apes has been deleted because it was flagrantly racist, vile and disgusting. Every American must condemn this.

LOUD cheers for Team USA Boos as JD Vance is shown on the in-arena screens Attaway, Italia 🇮🇹✊

"Twitter is cooking their brains" theory looking pretty strong

has anybody gotten confirmation yet from Mike Johnson that he hasn't seen the post?

Grrr... Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/h... Reality: "With over a billion doses of the mRNA vaccines administered, no safety concerns related to residual DNA have been identified" Study after study: impressive safety profile & clearly beneficial.

I'm going to introduce legislation blocking Trump from stealing taxpayer dollars with this absurd lawsuit. Stay tuned.

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

Norway's government accused China’s Salt Typhoon hacking group of conducting a cyberespionage campaign in the country.

BREAKING: An Arizona state court permanently blocked several abortion restrictions, including a law forcing patients to make two trips to a provider and a ban on telemedicine abortion. This is a big win for reproductive freedom in the state.

Pause. 👀 'I write to alert you to a classified letter I sent you... in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities'- @wyden.senate.gov 🚨 'he’s making damn sure there’s a public record... it means something very, very, very bad is happening'- @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/05/t...

Hey Ohio folks, wanna come to my book launch at the Book Loft Tuesday evening?

The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring

NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.

New, from me: Trump finalized his Schedule F policy, allowing him to remove job protections from career civil servants. The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Dems should be explicit that when they retake Congress and the White House they will be stripping his name off of everything. The ego damage would be significant

CONGRATS, FITZ! Arizona Cardinals legend Larry Fitzgerald has been named a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer. The 2026 class will be inducted this summer.

A January 6, 2021, rioter, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to a harassment charge after being accused of threatening to kill U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, prosecutors said on Thursday.

“military-grade intelligence tactics” “Pattern-of-life” intelligence Bro, you are eating microwaveable Campbell’s Soup for every meal and crashing out in front of the Home2Suites while you’re geared up like you’re in Fallujah

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

When you're so coked up and stupid you put the scope on backwards:

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

The fact that mainstream media stopped covering ICE kidnappings in LA isn't because ICE stopped kidnapping (they didn't) Or ICE slowed down (they have actually increased their tempo) Or that resistance to ICE slowed down (it never stopped, it grew) It's the "political showdown" that stopped.

BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

‘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.’

Vive la France!

Detectives are asking people living in or near Globe to check their security camera footage from January 12 as authorities continue to look for answers in the disappearance of Isabella Comas. https://www.abc15.com/news/state/avondale-police-plead-for-help-as-it-searches-for-isabelle-comas 

Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017. He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.

ICE and CBP face-scanned 100,000 people last year. So EFF is proud to support Senator Markey’s “ICE Out of My Face Act,” which will stop these agencies’ biometric surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

How We Stop This Without Tearing America Apart youtu.be/Z7MEUt03a6A?...

What if we weren't afraid to get arrested? It's time to learn about OTPOR! youtu.be/q6cMOLRMH90?...

Fuck no. Let them keep running it. Makes it that much easier to show people the truth about them with the masks off.

“This is a mockery of the truth and an insult to the survivors. In over 1,000 instances, the Justice Department leaked the identities of over 100 victims. But do you know who the Justice Department did seem to protect? Epstein’s co-conspirators.”

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

The Kids Who Led the Resistance Against the Nazis youtu.be/kBPFeEPaLhw?...

My actual job description is activist and here’s what I tell people in despair all the time: do not underestimate how much harm you can prevent by being just a little bit annoying.

Texas fire department helps ICE detain roofers—using tower ladder truck that should be reserved for local emergency. Agents grab at workers' legs to yank them off multi-story house—even using pepper spray atop roof. Firefighters did equip ICE with safety harness for this risky series of maneuvers.

WSJ - The Trump administration is planning to make it easier to discipline—and potentially fire—career officials in senior positions across the government, a move that would affect roughly 50,000 federal workers. www.wsj.com/politics/policy/t...

He cannot be clearer. There is no difference to him between bombing random fishermen on boats and shooting Americans protesters in the face

Back on October 3, I gave a briefing to Congressional staffers and warned about precisely this. Here’s a short excerpt from that briefing.

Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein Files 5,000 more times than abortion is mentioned in the Bible.

Substack data breach

Part 2 of the exchange.