Lest anyone think Judge Murphy selectively quoted Mary Larakers—the DOJ lawyer defending third-country deportations—here's the full exchange from the transcript. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

this is the only reason he was even on ice's radar in the first place. he doesn't speak english and can barely see. he came here because he was fleeing a genocide and this is what we did to him. it's shameful

i know someone with three kids, two trans, one she took in after their own parents disowned them. their state banned trans healthcare, so they moved to chicago specifically for "sanctuary." the big healthcare provider they went there for quit treating trans patients last year.

This stunt where ICE releases people far from home with no proper clothing and no way home should be treated as attempted homicide. In this case, actual homicide. These cases are not accidental or based on misunderstandings. They are deliberate attempts to inflict bodily harm.

We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs. Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.

One would think that this would merit an emergency convening of all Blue state governors, Attorneys generals and Congressional representatives. It's a declaration of war on one state which means they'll do it to others too.

I would like to see Pritzker and Newsom declare a state tax receivership fund whereby citizens pay their federal tax liabilities into a state-run escrow account rather than directly to the IRS. The state can hold these funds in trust for the federal government until Trump obeys the Impoundment Act.

An exhausting feeling is realizing how many of those times I felt like men in high places didn't see me as fully human was I likely correct. Not imagination. Just probability as we get these ugly little windows into emails and locker rooms.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

it is obviously true that if the world's top 10 political transphobes disappeared tomorrow, we would see a better future for hundreds of millions of people, both cis and trans, basically at no one's actual expense. if the top 1000 political transphobes disappeared we'd fix climate change probably.

Trans Lifeline (USA): 1-877-565-8860

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

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It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

Kat Abughazaleh: "Democrats are still operating as if the only levers of power are legislation and votes and conversations behind closed doors. We need to talk seriously about general strikes about breaking quorum about exploiting parliamentary procedure."

This is why people are so upset when people say Democrats need to stop focusing on trans issues because it's too woke and people aren't ready for it: we're not talking minor inconvenience here. We're not talking microaggressions We're talking: they are stripping IDs from trans people

a bunch of cloistered worms decided to make my fucking friends the national punching bag and I will never, ever forgive them

I'm seeing a lot of lawsky saying how blatantly unconstitutional the Kansas law invalidating trans people's licenses is and I don't know know how to tell them that the federal court won't do anything about this. The passport case showed SCOTUS explicitly approves of this sort of thing.

It doesn't matter how many legal doctrines they have to bastardize to do it, they will come up with a outcome they want and work backwards from their to justify it. It's the dual state in action and trans people are subject to the prerogative state that only serves to hurt them.

That's one thing to call it. Bill Gates: “…was a serious error in judgement.” Larry Summers: “…was a major error in judgement." Thomas Pritzker: “I exercised terrible judgment.”

401,000 people moving state to state in fear of having legal documents invalidated (KS), jail time for using restrooms (FL, UT), loss of access to adult care (dozens) or youth care (dozens even in D-led states), & the message from “opposition” is still largely “you’re making too big a deal of this.”

NEW: WSJ now confirming my reporting that the DOJ is withholding at least three FBI interviews with a woman who told the FBI that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a child www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Dumbass. 1. Ayatollah Khomeini died in 1989. “The Ayatollah” is not a specific individual. 2. Iran’s nuclear program started in the 1950’s under the Shah, Reza Pahlavi WITH US SUPPORT. By 1974 the Shah announced the construction of over 20 nuclear power plants WITH US (and German+French) SUPPORT.

We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post. We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts. Ask not how a Space Pervert can dominate you. Ask how you can dominate a Space Pervert. Subscribe below.

Fine supports unconditional aid to Israel while pretending to believe in a two state solution, this is the median view of the elected Democrat. Biss and Kat however demonstrate what the likeliest future median position will be.

everyone understands that the only reason you can post "Trump is a pedo" on any social media platform is because Section 230 exists, right?

So many people have died in Harris County Jail. #FredHarris

It is a catastrophic misfire that our national conversation about tech regulation is focused on age limits and not on using state power to build a cordon sanitaire against the fascist rot which has overtaken the three largest social media providers

So I think we are left to conclude that the BBC humiliated everyone involved during what was meant to be a celebration of their work for, basically...content?

I keep seeing stories of some Republican congressman not wanting to resign over 'an affair' with very few of them saying he doesn't want to resign over 'sexually harassing a staffer to the point she went to his office and immolated herself' which feels a little different?

There's this whole ecosystem of RESIST grift accounts masquerading as sources of legitimate news. @altwatcher.bsky.social does a great job tracking these kinds of accounts.

If we have to pay to rent movies again on a subscription service, we should just reopen Blockbuster.

General McClellan over here not pressing his advantage.

the "nazi at the dinner party" and "nazi bar" analogies are so perfectly explanatory re the elite media/society bubble. it kinda boggles the mind how all of these important people can literally be such a trite joke.

Remember Jeffrey Epstein’s 2011 “billionaire’s dinner” that ultimately cost columnist David Brooks his NY Times job? I had no idea that dinner had been at L’Opera, right here in Long Beach.

More capitulation to bigotry from NYU. Trash. nyunews.com/news/2026/02...

I've seen this ghost bike and it's one of the better-tended ones, so this is really crazy talk. Would a BID remove a police memorial?

Doesn't take a genius to see Rufo is building up to a Hanania-esque pivot and doesn't take a genius to decline to go along with it either

6. The Trump administration tries to claim Kushner is just a "volunteer." But that argument does not pass legal muster. I break it down in today's Popular Information.

It is looking more and more like Davidson himself was aware of the risk of an offensive tic harming both himself and people in the audience, and he tried to manage that risk, while others with more power than Davidson worked to actively exacerbate it.

Wow. An article about fentanyl that accurately states that overdose does not occur from exposure. Soon after giving Narcan to suspect, CHP officer died from ingesting fentanyl - Los Angeles Times share.google/v3dDL8UXfYYU...

Non-plot hole question: did the Stranger Things actors know what they were referencing with “it’s fascinating what 20 bucks will get you at the county recorder’s office”? Because I did.

This picture really speaks volumes about the sheer glee that Republicans take in Trump permitting them to act out their worst, most anti-social impulses. This is who they have always been, thy were simply waiting for permission. Don’t believe a single mea culpa after he’s gone

One of the things that's most frustrating about the hype cycle around OpenClaw is that so much of what people are excited about is just... software? You can automate doing lots of cool stuff with your inbox with deterministic software that's been around for decades, and it won't delete your inbox!

ICYMI, today the Senate is considering Trump's pick for Surgeon General: an anti-vaccine, anti-birth control Instagram influencer skepchick.org/2026/02/the-...

Submissions for this year's Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize, for writers who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated, are open! The prize honors my sister, who died tragically in 2020 after many years in & out of incarceration. Please help us spread the word.❤️ truthout.org/articles/kee...

once a year the brunchlords at Semafor host a "restoring trust in news" conference where they unironically platform most of the people responsible for destroying trust in news, then lob softball questions at them this year's lineup is a real doozy (notice the complete absence of indie media)