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Recovering journalist, news you can use, trying to navigate the upside-down, screaming into the void
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Rachel Maddow
about 6 hours ago
"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/politics/trump-minneapolis-ice-republicans.html
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 6 hours ago
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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Norm Ornstein
about 6 hours ago
She should be disbarred. Actually, should’ve been when she took the $25,000 illegal campaign bribe from Trump when she was Florida Attorney General to quash the prosecution of the corrupt Trump University, which had defrauded and bilked thousands of Floridians
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Raider
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Khashoggi's Ghost
about 6 hours ago
ICE is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars on mega-prisons where the agency can disappear thousands of people. It's $38.3 billion plan to launch a “new detention center model” would expand the agency’s detention capacity by 92,600 beds by the end of FY26.
newrepublic.com/post/206591/...
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ICE Is Gearing Up to Build “Mega” Jails
ICE is planning on spending $38 billion on the project.
https://newrepublic.com/post/206591/ice-build-mega-jails-38-billion
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Chad Loder
about 5 hours ago
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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Gregory Pratt
about 5 hours ago
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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ProPublica
about 5 hours ago
The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials. With
@texastribune.org
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“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1771120807&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Raider
about 5 hours ago
ICE point weapon directly at woman peacefully protesting, just inches in front of her face. Goon is pointing a B&T GL06 grenade launcher and shooting someone at point-blank range with this so-called "less than lethal" ammo could be fatal.
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Gregory Pratt
about 5 hours ago
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...
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Frank Figliuzzi
about 5 hours ago
NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/world/africa/us-secret-deportation-cameroon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.jHqR.KJcoPMA1-P89&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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The Associated Press
about 5 hours ago
Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men's hockey at the Winter Olympics say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark.
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Fans who raised Greenland's flag at US-Denmark Olympic hockey game say it was a pro-European gesture
Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark.
https://bit.ly/3OiQEkL
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Meredith Shiner
about 5 hours ago
not sure I can think of a more profound case of “may her memory be a revolution.”
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John Collins
about 4 hours ago
If the elections were rigged by Democrats, then Republicans wouldn’t control the White House and both chambers of Congress.
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Marc Elias
about 4 hours ago
The problem for democracy is that it will not survive three more years of such a system. We cannot hold free and fair elections if judges blindly accept the word of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel’s minions.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
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Two cases and the grease that breaks democracy
The obvious lesson many are drawing is that ordinary citizens are more reliable protectors of democracy than judges in black robes.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-cases-and-the-grease-that-breaks-democracy/
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Coach Finstock
about 4 hours ago
Yes. Ask LA all about that shit. People have not wrapped their mind around the idea that the Federal Government is Trumps bank account he goes to the mattresses in court to try and stop paying out what is owed to taxpayers. SNAP for God's sake!
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Coach Finstock
about 4 hours ago
They already had one
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The Tennessee Holler
about 3 hours ago
Other countries can do it, why can’t we?
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Mother Jones
about 12 hours ago
The Democratic Party is filled with ambitious politicians who lost their sense of urgency after Trump won. Pritzker did not talk about authoritarianism like someone who was trying to fundraise (obviously) or get attention. He talked about authoritarianism like someone who is haunted by its ghosts.
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What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
Few national Democrats have pushed back as forcefully against Trump’s authoritarian crackdown. There’s a reason for that.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/jb-pritzker-chicago-ice-metro-surge-ice-authoritarianism/
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Katherine Clark
about 12 hours ago
Today marks 8 years since a tragic mass shooting stole 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I'm always inspired by the Parkland community that has found so much strength out of pain and grateful for the advocates who continue to lead our march toward a future free from gun violence.
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Purple Teacher
about 12 hours ago
Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution. She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application — The New Republic
The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.
https://apple.news/AWPtS2oD5QPeXAJoByZg-Gg
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Rep. Brendan Boyle
about 12 hours ago
The average American family paid over one thousand dollars more for necessities in 2025. Meanwhile, as he calls affordability "a hoax," Donald Trump is busy designing gilded ballrooms for his White House. He couldn't be more out of touch.
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Brendan Nyhan
about 12 hours ago
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
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Elizabeth Warren
about 12 hours ago
Sorry sweetie, but thanks to Trump’s policies, Valentine's Day treats are 15% more expensive this year.
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A reckoning will come. I hope. Just add it to the list of impeachable offenses.
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 16 hours ago
Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
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And still, they persist.
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Nicholas Slayton
about 14 hours ago
This is why I don't dismiss the talk of Trump trying to steal 2026. Yes, longshot, illegal, etc. But even if they only half-try and screw up, the levers of power are strong enough that that can do a lot of damage. We've seen that with DHS' actions already. Not an alarmist but stupid to dismiss this.
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ZĂĽndstoffel
about 19 hours ago
Es ist Faschismus!
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Click the translate button. It sounds right in German.
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about 14 hours ago
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So, like, all of us?
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Tim Dickinson
about 15 hours ago
"I never want to see a child run away from our own government ever again"
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
about 15 hours ago
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.  Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.   Watch the full video at
Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
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Ian Bassin
about 15 hours ago
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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Sheera Frenkel
1 day ago
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html
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Christopher Webb
1 day ago
Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does? White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
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Eileen Clancy đź§ż
1 day ago
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g. Film: 1873 Colfax massacre Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
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ChatGPT cuts in action
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook-remaking-government/2026/02/13/doge-used-chatgpt-to-identify-cuts-to-neh-grants-00781563
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MeidasTouch
1 day ago
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
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LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
https://meidasnews.com/news/la-lakers-co-owners-firm-linked-to-proposed-80-million-ice-warehouse-deal-in-texas
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Just Jack
1 day ago
We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.
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Donna Stern
1 day ago
Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky: "There were 3 times that Bondi could have turned around in that room & just looked us in the eye. Just the sheer acknowledgment that we were human would have been enough. And she couldn't even do that. She reminded us we are nothing to her."
#sheshed
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Jon Cooper
1 day ago
👇👇👇👇
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Kyle Cheney
1 day ago
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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MeidasTouch
1 day ago
Host: So when Donald Trump walked in, there were women in there who weren't fully clothed. Hughes: Correct. Women were not fully clothed when Donald Trump came in. Host: And some of those women were, what, as young as 15? Hughes: Yeah, as 15 years old.
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Philip Gourevitch
1 day ago
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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Aaron Rupar
1 day ago
Both twitter accounts at work here are paid for by taxpayers
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Charles Gaba ✡️
1 day ago
“Whether approved by Congress or not.”
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Brandon Friedman
1 day ago
I really don't care about anyone's "he can't do this because states run elections!" argument. This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤
1 day ago
Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
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Mark Hamill
1 day ago
Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth.
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barbisblue
1 day ago
The university issued a campus lockdown at about 9:15 p.m., according to officials, who said in a statement that they have asked the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to investigate.
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Shooting leaves 2 dead, 1 wounded at South Carolina State University - UPI.com
Two people are dead and a third is wounded following a shooting on the campus of South Carolina State University, officials said.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/02/13/South-Carolina-State-University-fatal-shooting/7481770961622/
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