Good coffee, gracefully crafted. It’s a wonderful step away from the world, for just a few moments.

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The medium looks folksy: a vintage tractor-feed, dot matrix printout that brings up fond memories of 80s-era computing (Print Shop! Commodore 64! Apple II! Epson printers!), but the message is just as urgent and emphatic as every other form.

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

It took a while but these women are back in the light, and it seems we’ll fight the same fight with all the monuments, plaques, web sites, and exhibits depicting women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people which are being hastily torn down by the current bunch of small, weak, and resentful men in DC.

Valentine’s Day breakup with the big banks financing ICE for-profit prisons and big oil. Boston, February 14, 2026.

If there was ever any doubt, it’s not just our imaginations — the First Amendment is actively under attack on social media, too. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Needing a bit of a visual and emotional cleanse…

They’re 2 for 2 — murder compounded by denial of life-saving care.

True accountability would completely change the game.

This is the dark miasma that surrounds us all like tear gas in the streets. We can’t help but feel the indifference — or outright celebration — around the destruction of our country and our collective future. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-poll...

We’re now living in a country where girls traumatized by rape are being imprisoned and forced to give birth, all while being denied critical healthcare and basic human rights.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Imagine all of the ways half a billion dollars could have been used to help make our lives better. Instead they’re going to literally warehouse tens of thousands of human beings who are part of our country’s fabric — while making big profits for private prison companies and other cronies.

Hey Boston, they’re expanding their footprint at the Federal Building, according to GSA data. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...

Perfect timing. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

It’s getting slick and frosty out there!

ICE abducted someone in Roslindale today. Just yanked from their car and disappeared because that's what the Gestapo does. Thankfully people were there and hopefully this person will be identified and located.

Today's column:

Is this what they mean by standing down in Minnesota?

As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

The ultimate inequality — does anyone really believe that dramatically extended life spans would be equally available to all? We can’t even seem to agree that minimal healthcare should be universal. www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/29/1...

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Not another dollar. (photo from a rally in solidarity with Minnesota held in Boston on January 23, 2025)

Family of Alex Pretti, who was shot dead in Minneapolis today, releases statement: "The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs."

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"

🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking. I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/

More urgently necessary with each passing day. (photo from a rally in solidarity with Minnesota held in Boston on January 23, 2025)

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press. https://to.pbs.org/45siwbT

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.

PSA: If Bill Kristol can say this dems should be able to say it

Attention #boston #BostonICE 24 new vehicles were just delivered to the Burlington ICE facility. Be ready to meet them with determination and courage.

They seem to be literally hiring anyone, giving them signing bonuses, guns, and authority to terrorize us without vetting. Criminals? Domestic abusers? Child molesters? They don’t seem to know or care.

I spoke with @wired.com about how if local elected officials want to protect their community from ICE attacks, one of the most important things they can do is roll back city-level surveillance programs and restrict law enforcement use of Flock, facial recognition, etc www.wired.com/story/what-t...

just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday

Boston stood today against ICE violence and abuse. #iceoutforgood

Today in Boston. #iceoutforgood

Boston stands with Minneapolis as thousands rally in Boston against ICE violence.

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

ARREST HIM slate.com/news-and-pol...

I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.

AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.

We’re setting up a national call to discuss the killing and lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis. We’ll be joined by leaders who will provide concrete next steps for a national response. We hope you can join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents' lives.

ICE has murdered an American citizen in Minneapolis. They're claiming self defense but witnesses say the woman they killed was complying with their orders to get her car out of their way. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Trump regime ICE troops murdered a US citizen, a woman in Minneapolis. She was shot point blank in the face according to witnesses. Footage shows her drive away as an ICE trooper shoots into her car window, causing her car to lose control.