Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."

Striking from Marquette poll: Majorities of non-college grads and even 50% of rural Americans disapprove of ICE handling of enforcement. Majorities of both oppose deporting longtime residents with jobs/no criminal records. That's data given to me. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2062...

Bezos: "Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus." The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.

"Even the largest existing immigration detention facilities are a fraction of the 8,500 bed size of the proposed Byhalia megacamp. Texas and California have the largest current ICE detention centers in the nation, with populations of fewer than 3,000..."

NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress. “She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me. But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.

NYT confirming MS NOW reporting: Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop. Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering. https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d

Trump lawyers aim to deport five-year-old boy after judge ordered his release

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

This story is so good

I’m not a Clinton fan, but of course this can’t be behind closed doors. Good he’s demanding full transparency as must we all.

As always, @mississippifreepress.org showing the way with locally-based (but nationally relevant) reporting that centers people as the heart of what counts. If you are able, sign up/subscribe/donate. A free press isn't "free."

VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.

Oh, so it’s illegal to share a conversation with a friend now? Really? I can’t let my friends know what I’m talking about? It’s illegal to have a group call with my closest friends just because they’re from another country? Are we also going to make it illegal to have a good time with your friends??

This in-depth story shows ways @mississippifreepress.org is different: 1. We reported from on ground in North Mississippi where we’re building a bureau. 2. We led with real people on the ground, not politicians in Jackson or DC. 3. Deep context on ICE raids here. 4. ICE responds to us (we ask).

I know most of you don't read tax news but you should. The effects of Trump's Big Ugly Bill are starting to show. Mega corporations paid almost no income tax last year. Follow @itep.org for more.

I donate monthly to Mississippi Free Press. If you can, it's a good place to put your money.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument never stopped giving out brochures that describe Medgar Evers’ killer as a “racist,” despite reports saying they had been removed and later returned, says the monument’s superintendent, Keena Graham. www.mississippifreepress.org/evers-nation...

“This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King,” Leavitt said by text, referring to Disney's 1994 feature film, which does not feature the range of jungle primates featured in the original video.

I think they're just readjusting to the fact that "woke is out" is out.

Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...

A small group of protestors assembled near an empty warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, in mid-January with one objective: to stop the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from converting the building into an immigration detention center.

Erica is doing a fantastic job on our messaging, fundraising campaigns and appeals! She’s a ⭐️

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NEW: lawmakers in new york rolled out a proposed data center moratorium bill today, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce legislation pausing data center development in the past few *weeks*:

I wrote this column after Trump posted false statistics about Black crime from a neo-Nazi back in *2015*: www.mississippifreepress.org/donald-trump...

Trump market tested his campaign with Birtherism and inaugurated his run calling Mexicans “rapists and murderers.” There’s no new information in the latest outrage. But there is further confirmation that commentators who denied racism was Trumpism’s central motivating factor should be shunned.

Three-time Trump voter: I'm looking at this awful picture of the Obamas. What an embarrassment to our country. He is not worthy of the presidency. He takes bribes blatantly, and now he's being a racist blatantly. He's pathetic as a president, and I want to apologize for supporting this rotten man.

Update with the facts.

NEW: The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument never removed brochures describing Medgar Evers’ killer as a racist, "not one second," says monument superintendent Keena Graham, disputing reports that the National Park Service removed and later returned the brochures.

A proposed ICE detention facility that would have held 8,500 immigrants in a warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, won’t happen, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says. "I just spoke with DHS Secretary Noem about the proposed ICE detention facility in Marshall County,” the Mississippi Republican said.

NEW: Amid local opposition, ICE has ditched plans for an 8,500-capacity facility in Byhalia, Mississippi. “I just spoke with DHS Secretary Noem about the proposed ICE detention facility in Marshall County. ... I appreciate her for agreeing to look elsewhere,” Republican Sen. Roger Wicker says.

Everything about this is monstrous.

Roger Wicker, the senior Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi, condemns Trump's racist post that included a video depicting the Obamas as primates.

I'm sorry but this story is bullsh*t. Katie Britt was so worried about Liam Ramos that she did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP HIM? Come on. This section right here shows Britt's true self.

Republican Senator Tim Scott calls out Trump for posting a racist video featuring the Obamas as monkeys.

It's a very good time to support good journalism like MFP.

NEW: Visitor brochures that tell the unvarnished truth about the racist who murdered Medgar Evers are still available to visitors at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument after a report said the National Park Service had removed them. www.mississippifreepress.org/brochures-ca...

The Trump administration is considering opening an ICE facility in a Mississippi warehouse that would hold 8,500 people—far more than any current ICE facility. But local opposition is growing—including from Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker. www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...

A Trump administration proposal for ICE to use a warehouse to hold 8,500 immigrants in Byhalia, Mississippi, has drawn the ire of both residents and Roger Wicker, a top Republican U.S. senator. www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...

The US government is spending taxpayer dollars to sue a 5-year-old refugee/kindergartener for seeking asylum here through the legal and proper channels when he was an infant

Visitor brochures that tell the unvarnished truth about the racist who murdered Medgar Evers are currently available to visitors at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, after a report early Thursday that said the National Park Service had removed them.

The Trump administration is considering opening an ICE facility in a Mississippi warehouse that would hold 8,500 people—far more than any current ICE facility. But local opposition is growing—including from Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker. www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-proposal...

NEW: Visitor brochures that tell the unvarnished truth about the racist who murdered Medgar Evers are still available to visitors at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument after a report said the National Park Service had removed them. www.mississippifreepress.org/brochures-ca...

Representatives erupted into whoops and cheers in the Mississippi House chamber as Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Shanks, R-Brandon, announced today that Gov. Tate Reeves had postponed his annual State of the State speech “indefinitely"—minutes before he was expected to speak. buff.ly/GVC6Rzp

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