This is a scandal for ICE, but also an indication of just how much they're scraping the bottom of the barrel. They've had multiple applicants with outstanding warrants for their own arrest walking in looking to play cop. That's apparently how dumb some of these goons are.

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

The secret to higher birth rates? Vigorously opposing authoritarianism

it’s legitimately a huge fucking scandal that the FBI director has fucked up at least two major investigations because he uses the FBI’s planes as private planes and has actively failed to even bother with one of the highest profile abductions since the lindburgh baby

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This is not how the Security Council works. Our unaccomplished, inarticulate, unqualified Third Lady has no business there and it’s an insult to the world to send her.

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

it's 2016: north carolina introduces a bill to ban trans people from using bathrooms safely. there's a national outcry; companies withdraw business up to and including the NCAA cancelling a publicized game. the bill fails. it's 2026: kansas passes a law nullifying trans people's licenses. crickets.

They killed him. It takes a lot to infuriate me and break my heart only because you have to be able to tolerate a lot when covering Trump and fascism and try your best to stay centered and hopeful. This story I can't let go. They chose to let him just die. www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...

Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

Only took 11 years of flagrant MAGA racism for contrarian anti-woke culture warriors to get to “pretty darn concerning”

To do this, anti-trans lawmakers in Kansas moved fast to change the law, overrode the governor’s veto, and pushed for the legal changes to go into effect nearly immediately. That kind of power—to void gender on official documents, to compel gender conformity—is terrifying and it will not stop here.

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.

“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff. For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2069...

Part of the reason the whole country hasn't been screaming about trans Kansans who drive being made criminals overnight is because there's so much else that's unconstitutional and horrifying. But part of it is because it's happening to trans people.

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Maya & Tyree struggle to believe what's in front of their faces, especially with the sun's light as the focus. No one believed them when they shared other worlds lived in darkness—until their light force started to fade. Now they'd do anything to keep their sun theirs! #WSPit #MG #SF #BIPOC #DIS

It's just insane the degree to which the federal government has simply declared war on a U.S. state. A punitive war with no discernible objective other than to immiserate its people. bsky.app/profile/apne...

after failed military incursion, us government responds with economic sanctions

DIRK GENTLY X SOMETHING WICKED —a ring with a map —a cosmic art heist —a mother kidnapped —a pumpkin-haired man —a doggy rapture —and a beautiful pair of feet A fantastic comedy adventure, Dangling Feet at the Big un-Bang #WSPit #F #Hu

They found him. He died. Another murder by our immigration goon squads

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Having feet identical to those of a revered cosmic artist means the pics sell well on earth but also draw unwanted alien attention. When the match bestows Desiree demi-status, she’s given the unenviable position of announcing the end of earthly beauty, and the arrival of the artisans #WSPit #F #Hu

NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Having feet identical to those of a revered cosmic artist means the pics sell well on earth but also draw unwanted alien attention. When the match bestows Desiree demi-status, she’s given the unenviable position of announcing the end of earthly beauty, and the arrival of the artisans #WSPit #F #Hu

“autonomous weapons systems that can use AI to kill people without human input” sounds really bad to begin with. But put it together with the report about the AIs preferring nuclear war and it seems to cross that line to into existentially bad. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Instead of watching Trump lie and ramble for an hour tonight, you should watch, listen, or read the latest Theory of Change episode in which @jeetheer.bsky.social and I discuss how tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk are literally basing their politics on sci-fi novels.

IMHO, it is important that Woke 2 be deemed "excessive" by historians, "sweeping too broadly" with "punishments too severe." It cannot be merely a course correction, it must be an overcorrection. Nothing less will serve as an adequate deterrent against the fascists and their collaborators.

Gen Z is reviving DVDs and Blu-rays, with local video rental shops reporting record months and membership numbers as young people embrace physical media. Read more: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The kids are sick of this shit too

All my life, Democrats have bent over backwards to run scrupulously scandal-free administrations, while Republicans have wallowed publicly and unapologetically in crime and corruption ... and Democrats have gotten zero advantage for it. Zilch.

Remember, this guy then killed an MIT professor while they were stumbling to catch up

democrats should internalize that this is what their colleagues think of them and act accordingly

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

ilhan omar might be the bravest american in congress right now. solidarity to her forever, i wish she could be president

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

Definitely the first State of the Union where the president talked about the military killing unarmed fishermen as a laugh line

It's kind of wild how explicit it's gotten: the GOP is the party for people of low moral character. If you're a scumbag, a grifter, an abuser, or a predator, it will welcome you and defend you. Low moral character is not a barrier; it's a desideratum!

Breaking MS NOW: Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available. Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.

Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”

"The woman who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 yrs old, Epstein introduced her to Trump who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out."

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

NEW from @julialurie.bsky.social: Immigrants in Minnesota are being released from ICE detention without the work permits, Social Security cards, licenses, and other documents that prove their status

Scott has spent the last 15 years of his life working in the highest echelons of government, as FL Governor (from 2011-2019) and as a U.S. Senator (since 2019), during which time he has undermined every effort to use the tools of governance to improve the public sphere.

Got it right off the bat today #WIPsnips #writesky #booksky #reading #writing #writingprompts