Before her retirement, this judge oversaw a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, TN, with a staggering history of throwing children in jail. In one case, 11 Black children, as young as 8, were arrested for a crime that doesn't exist. Revisit our 2021 story with @wpln.bsky.social:

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show delivered a powerful message and was dense with symbolism. https://to.pbs.org/46vweex

Making America healthy again doesn’t appear to be the administration’s priority.

⚠️ ICE is now utilizing advanced social media monitoring to perform “sentiment analysis.” By scraping TikTok and other platforms, they can monitor the emotional and political temperature of entire geographic areas, identifying resistance hot spots. trib.al/DlI0naT

OPINION: I think most liberals are probably familiar with what has become known as Wilhoit's Law — that the true goals of the right are inequality, injustice, repression and control.

Priests say ICE contractor GEO rejected shareholder vote on human rights review reut.rs/4bKIM5o

President Donald Trump's push to audit voter rolls has already ensnared numerous U.S. citizens, according to a new analysis.

Analysis reveals number of ICE arrests who had violent criminal records trib.al/je3AMLO

Since a presidential post on Truth Social the Washington DC arts hub has lost its leadership, had its name changed and will now be closed for years

NBC Hid The Boos For JD Vance. Where’s Trump’s ‘Unfair Editing’ Lawsuit? If you watched NBC's prime time broadcast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, you saw Vice President JD Vance in the stands at San Siro Stadium in Milan with his wife, Usha. The commentary team said "JD Vance"…

Charles expresses his ‘profound concern’ over allegations involving his brother’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and says the Palace will help if asked

The Epstein files “illuminate, in indelible detail, the ways in which Epstein’s money and connections appeared to count for more than his well-earned reputation as a sexual predator and procurer,” John Cassidy writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/MPMVz8

Bad Bunny Reportedly Breaks All Records With Most-Watched Super Bowl Halftime Show Ever

Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel

At 73, the American great is recovering from a stroke but her songs of protest and pleasure still burnt bright at Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre ⬇️

"They are the elites they pretend to hate," the Democratic senator said of the Trump administration at a rally.

The documents confirm what many have long assumed: elites live by their own special rules and codes of immunity

The Trump administration is refusing to allow a Babson College student to return the United States, after admitting that deporting her was a "mistake."

Sexual abuse may be more prevalent across Utah than is thought, according to data from a women's advocacy group at Utah State University. https://ow.ly/8R9c50YbXqU

Cardinal Blase Cupich is calling on the White House to apologize after President Donald Trump shared a racist social media post that depicted former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as primates.

Federal courts face a surge of lawsuits from detained immigrants as judges accuse the Trump administration of ignoring rulings.

Trump's INSANE Racism Is No Mistake

For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share. theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...

Crockett: "All this administration cares about is protecting the powerful and protecting pedophiles. They will do anything to distract from that, including deciding to put up in the middle of Black History Month the most racist thing that we've ever seen come out of a White House."

“You were not a bystander”

LA Times: As the immigration crackdown in Minnesota continues, legal observers and officials say there is a growing number of reports of ICE agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and utility workers. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #ICEOut

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Join a #TeslaTakedown near you to mark one year of this hell @teslatakedown.com @elonthecon.bsky.social @teslatdcentinela.bsky.social @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social @teslatakedownla.bsky.social @progressive1776.bsky.social @tacomentarian.bsky.social

USAID Cuts Killed 800K Worldwide bsky.app/profile/papo...

Emerging from his viewing of the UNRELEASED Epstein case files at Justice Dept, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says: "The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"

What do y’all think about making a directory of Epstein-free tech? No execs or funders who have ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Maybe we make a little logo that apps or websites could put up. Probably needs a less triggering name, but I think the concept would have value in helping people make decisions.

“Cynical politicians know they can use ‘exclusives’ to spin reporters and make them more compliant. Indeed, access has become an addiction in political journalism.” My free Stop the Presses newsletter.

libertarian after a solid decade of trump: wait a second

It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.

In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”

This is gender.

“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.

NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program: Massachusetts. Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...

"I feel so much sadness and depression of not being able to leave." That’s what Gabby, a 14-year-old, said about being locked in an ICE detention facility. Children like Gabby should be at school with their friends, not locked up with strangers. 🔗 www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Let’s be clear! #Epstein

I think if your name comes up 38,000 times in the Epstein files, there a good chance that you did stuff that was very bad.

well that and we are, for some reason, just handing over all our water and electricity to them

Howard Lutnick continues to hide from the media since the last Epstein release.

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI. one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

The Trump admin is betting that its policies, and the influx of cash from refunds, will help juice consumer spending and the economy. But refunds tilted toward wealthier households could blunt that effect without improving poorer households' perception of the economy.

Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minneapolis_ice

As some members of Team USA voice their opinions on political and social issues, they face backlash on social media.

More than 150 countries including China, India and EU members have signed off on a report that warns focusing on unchecked economic growth is contributing to the destruction of global biodiversity.

👏 Ukrainian skeleton racer trains at Olympics 2026 wearing helmet featuring athletes killed by Russia

Few national Democrats have pushed back as forcefully against Trump’s authoritarian crackdown. There’s a reason for that.