A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Read this: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention, by @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold. In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.

NEW- Our interview with Dr. Rick Pazdur on why he left FDA less than a month after his promotion to lead its drugs division And his concerns about the agency's future “This wall between the commissioner’s office and the review staff has been breached" www.wsj.com/health/healt...

DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Such a public service!

President Donald Trump threw his support behind the Gordie Howe International Bridge in his first term. Now it’s a symbol of the growing tensions between the U.S. and Canada, with Michigan caught in the middle. @annaleighclark.bsky.social explains 👇

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Words of wisdom for journalists: "We shouldn’t help people lie anonymously" @dicktofel.bsky.social

“It really does not help my confidence that the information we are trying to use to make really important decisions, like the determination of voter eligibility, is so inaccurate.”

1/ SCOOP: The process that led to the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election materials from GA has been going on longer than previously known – with meetings among top Trump administration lawyers about election integrity dating back to at least last fall. www.propublica.org/article/thom...

SCOOP: What Meetings Among Trump Lawyers Reveal About the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia, by @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jeremykohler.bsky.social

“I could spend this essay demanding the federal government restore these databases. But I learned something during the AIDS epidemic… Waiting for Washington to do the right thing can mean watching people die while politicians debate. So let me propose what we can build while we wait.”

Widespread Errors: An expanded federal tool for identifying noncitizens on voter rolls is making persistent mistakes, particularly in assessing citizenship for people born outside the U.S. by @jenafifield.bsky.social @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

NEW: Trump Is Threatening to Block the Michigan-Canada Bridge. He Used to Cheer It. @annaleighclark.bsky.social

Important news: “Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. By @jenafifield.bsky.social @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

‘Our work isn’t done’: Alaska’s chief justice points to progress in limiting trial delays @adn.com

Gail Slater, the Justice Dept.’s top antitrust attorney resigned amid conflict with department leaders over how aggressively to enforce the nation’s corporate competition laws. At her confirmation hearing, Slater vowed to resist political interference.

Colorado Marijuana Regulators Consider Major Changes to How Labs Test for Contaminants, with @denvergazette.com

Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case. @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

Truly shocking story. Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why. by partner @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

North Carolina created a new housing recovery program after Helene to avoid the delays and overruns that plagued rebuilding efforts after hurricanes Florence and Matthew. @theassemblync.bsky.social and @propublica.org have found that similar problems are starting to surface.

ICYMI: Officials at the U.S. Forest Service knew gear worn by wildland firefighters contained potentially dangerous “forever chemicals” years before the agency publicly acknowledged the issue, according to internal correspondence obtained by @propublica. @abestreep.bsky.social

What a totally bizarre situation.

Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges www.propublica.org/article/fede...

Really important piece by partner @renlarson.bsky.social @theassemblync.bsky.social: As Helene Survivors Wait for State Help, Some Victims of Earlier Hurricanes Are Still Out of Their Homes

SCOOP from @abestreep.bsky.social: Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

The current situation in one graphic. ProPublica is tracking the volume of habeas petitions by state and court, as they overwhelm legal advocates and government attorneys. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...

What's going on with ACA subsidies? | USAFacts usafacts.org/articles/wha...

Hospitals are posting prices for patients. It's mostly industry using the data www.npr.org/2026/02/10/n...

"When civilians ask large language models questions about their health, the technology often gets it wrong." "The advancements could inadvertently expose more people to medical misinformation." h/t POLITICO Pulse www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@kyledcheney.bsky.social has done a great job tracking this!

Explore the data yourself! Tracking the Rise of Immigration-Related Habeas Corpus Cases

This is extraordinary! The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more cases, known as habeas petitions, filed in federal court in the last year than under ***the last three administrations combined***, including Trump’s first term. w/ @texastribune.org

“One violation involved a failure to report a serious adverse event experienced by a patient who had taken a compounded version of semaglutide, the chemical name for the Wegovy weight loss medication sold by Novo Nordisk, according to an FDA inspection report of the Los Alamitos, Calif., facility”

“I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.” -Susej F, a 9-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Houston, Texas. Detained for 50 days

This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained. She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families. She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/

Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations. by @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Have you heard of Kevin Moncla? If not, you should know who he is. The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia, by @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility 💔💔

Such an important story: ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the U.S. and the fear of what comes next. @micarosenberg.bsky.social

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter,” Jefferson wrote. A Lament for the Washington Post, by Peggy Noonan

Justice Department Struggles Under Weight of Immigration Crackdown, via @wsj.com

Psychiatrist Says Kennedy Was ‘Not Accurate’ in Discussing His Keto Studies

The hims and hers company is at it again; my comments included about this SuperBowl ad gift link wapo.st/45S7U6n

NEW: Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump

Ho hum. The FDA wants to rein in drug ads. On Super Bowl Sunday, it will be business as usual, via @statnews.com

NEW: The Dramatic Rise of Farm Labor Contractors Has Led to Rampant Abuses. Here’s Why Regulators Have Failed to Stop Them. @maxblau.bsky.social