I had other things I wanted to do today but someone had to do it: A paragraph-by-paragraph takedown of why basically everything in this op-ed is wrong. Kind of shocking how rudimentary the Editorial Board's errors are here (starting with using "messy" to refer to hundreds of thousands of deaths)

Very good oversight work from @repsummerlee.bsky.social, @repshontelbrown.bsky.social, and @repyassansari.bsky.social on the letter that prompted this admission. The ICE response left a lot more questions than answers.

As I previewed in my recent testimony before Senate Commerce, we need an approach to the online environment that addresses harms while protecting free speech -- structural reform centered on platform transparency, data privacy, & interoperability. More in @thehill.com at the link below:

Also, "I'm in the business of winning elections" as opposed to "I'm in the business of governing" is the whole thing right there.

Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Cori Bush are from that part of the country. Wondering if Slotkin means she should listen to them and their voters?

This is utterly extraordinary. If Hegseth et al got this wrong, think what else is happening with the drug boat strikes and much more. The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. Gets worse as you read it. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

I don't like the robo umps as a general rule, but yeesh.

That pitch missed by 4 inches

This is a predictable problem when certain accounts' entire engagement strategy is just to post short out-of-context outrage porn clips.

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

"The administration has clearly found a hammer that it quite likes to suppress speech that it doesn’t like, and that is the threat of detention and deportation," says senior staff attorney @carriedecell.bsky.social. Article by @zjmontague.bsky.social in @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

""The Trump administration is using the threat of detention and deportation to suppress speech it disfavors"[email protected] on CITR v. Rubio, the case we filed this morning www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

Just checking in on this.

PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.

If a member of Congress thinks war with Iran is so great, they should introduce an AUMF, vote for it, and own that decision. But simply allowing the executive to usurp Congress's war powers is a complete abdication of constitutional responsibility. (War with Iran is a bad idea even if authorized.)

Give me a fucking break. Have you guys read this? I'm sorry, but give me a fucking break. For various reasons, this is ridiculous. It is so much better to say nothing than to try this transparent nonsense. Ugh, I guess thread incoming.

I am already seeing "it's a distraction!" takes and please fucking kill me

🚨In response to the launch of major #US and #Israeli hostilities against #Iran, CIP's Executive Vice President @mattduss.bsky.social issued the following statement:

Highly recommend this interview with Carlos Dada, whose work at El Faro should be a model and inspiration for independent journalists everywhere. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/carlos-...

This whole thread is worth reading, but it can't be said enough that naming this character "Lyons" is bad writing.

The 3 million-plus people applying for immigration status changes will now be required to provide the government with their social media handles. This expansive new requirement poses a serious threat to constitutional rights. bit.ly/4aE5uKa

📍3/27 EVENT: Can Middleware Save Social Media? Congress has repeatedly debated legislation that would protect user privacy and give users more control over their experience online. Many #freespeech and tech advocates are now looking to middleware. RSVP to join: knightcolumbia.org/events/can-m...

Also relevant is Washington's warning against the rise of a despotic leader constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...

Vows of accountability and collecting potential evidence are vital at this moment.

Just going to note again, because somehow we've all completely retconned this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, that pound-for-pound Biden had one of the most draconian border security regimes of any U.S. president ever, second only to Trump, *many of whose policies he inherited and kept*

A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today. It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files. Just wow.

EVERYTHING’S FINE YUP WE’RE GREAT DOING SUPER THX FOR ASKING

Thing I always hated about football was all the touchdowns. Loving this.

NEW on @mprnews.org: CVT’s Minnesota-based clients survived torture back home but now six have been taken by ICE and many are in hiding from the masked and militarized agents patrolling the city. Read about what asylum seekers are experiencing in Minneapolis. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

it is beautiful how we are having another moment of Bluesky unity. everybody basking in the glow of how Ilhan Omar was very visibly gonna punch that dude in the mouth

I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:

REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Makes you wonder whether perhaps the TikTok law was a bad idea, maybe not motivated by concerns about surveillance and censorship at all. Or whether the SCOTUS decision upholding it was naive and a First Amendment disaster.

“Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in Illegal Boat Strike Sue Trump Administration” Thank you @aclu.org and @ccrjustice.org! Press conference at 1:00pm EST today.

It’s true that what ICE & CBP are doing is not immigration enforcement. But resist the narrative that what they are doing can be divorced from immigration enforcement. “Immigration enforcement,” like “counterterrorism,” is what produced these atrocities — and, if not abolished, will produce more.

🚨🚨 NEWS: I'm urgently asking governments and global #HumanRights leaders to forcefully condemn Alex Pretti's murder and demand a transparent, impartial investigation so that those responsible can be brought to justice.

The world watches.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.

BREAKING: Trinity Rodman is staying with the Washington Spirit through 2028 after her previous four-year extension lapsed on Dec. 31, the team announced on Thursday.

You know what, the part of me that believes the Cubs winning the World Series is what got us into this mess is also kinda wondering if an Indiana football national championship might just be what we need to get us out of it.

I think we gotta be really clear that Abolish ICE is the bare minimum, abolish DHS just narrowly more than that.

"Not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecutions." Yes. A lot more of this, please.

Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota: youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll: 46% support abolishing ICE 43% oppose abolishing ICE This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support