The mere fact that Todd Blanche made the statement that the Epstein file release excluded "Death, physical abuse, or injury" says that the unreleased files contain "Death, physical abuse, or injury". And he is on Trump's side.

1. In an unusual press briefing today in AZ, Sec. Kristi Noem made the extraordinary (but vaguely delivered) claim that as head of DHS, she has authorities over elections, including to make sure that “the right people are voting and electing the right leaders to lead this country.” That is false.

I took an Anti-ICE haiku workshop a couple weeks ago. Here are 4 haiku I wrote based on themes of warning signs as metaphors, the impact of ICE on children, and word repetition (I'll do a separate post since I can only attach 4 photos). #haiku #fuckICE #resist #micropoetry

It’s difficult for me to express how much I want all of the people responsible for this to suffer to the fullest extent of the law.

For more on how conditions at Dilley are affecting children, read my latest for @nbcnews.com

Well, I’m reassured that components of DHS should be blazing away at the sky with anti-drone lasers.

After more than 1.2 Americans lost their lives to Covid, NIH director Jay Bhattacharya orders the agency to deprioritize pandemic preparedness & biodefense. Make it make sense. Scoop from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tabbouleh is on the menu today!

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Thank you Senator @wyden.senate.gov!

Here’s a gift link that explains more: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side. Will DHS retract the prior claims?

🚨BREAKING: Montana Court BLOCKS state law targeting students with unconstitutional residency requirement. A victory for our clients and the voters of Montana. www.democracydocket.com/cases/montan...

Hasan's uncle, everyone, creator of The Young Turks, a channel named after genociders, a channel that Hasan himself got his start on. Absolutely incredible.

Damn it Harris would have helped give NYC the budget it needed to do this

rod dreher is not that interesting. he is a guy very clearly filled with self hatred tied to repressed feelings related to his gender and sexuality, and rather than deal with them, he blames “modernity” and “secularism” for why he’s unhappy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Last fall, the Trump regime came up with what I'm sure they thought was a "brilliant" solution to the upcoming expiration of the enhanced ACA tax credits: Catastrophic Plans for All! acasignups.net/25/09/04/let...

And ... Kathryn Ruemmler is gone. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

On the one hand, the more Noem wastes bc of her own incompetence, the less she'll have for goons and concentration camps. On the other hand, the GOP cut $273M in cancer cure research last year to pay for shit like this. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

This is a 3,600-word piece airing every bit of dirt Noem's detractors have aired in the last year, presumably to try to get her (and Corey) ousted. 2 words that don't appear anywhere? "Stephen Miller." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Reposting with alt text but also see the post I link below. Having met this man and also having spent a short period of time with him against my will (job related), I will genuinely pour myself a glass of wine when his irrelevant, nasty, racist, obnoxious ass dies. He is worthless as a person.

Examples of "the best government that money can buy" are becoming more depressing. Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted accepted more than $115,000 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, one of 6 people listed as Epstein's co-conspirators, and then voted against releasing the Epstein files.

Trump posted a video depicting the first Black president and his wife as apes and his excuse for this is that it's a riff on The Lion King, a movie that does not feature any apes. Somehow this was a one-day story and we've already moved on.

If Democratic politicians don’t accomplish anything, what is all this shit being UNdone by Trump??

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

My disabled son’s beloved therapist of many years has been struck by ridiculous tragedy & I’d appreciate so much if you’d consider sharing this widely:

This was talking in 2024. 👇It's bullshit

The IOC is such a piece of shit. Every single member.

Admin Officials in the Epstein Files: Donald J. Trump Melania Trump Howard Lutnick (Commerce) John Phelan (Navy) Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center) RFK Jr. (HHS) Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom) Mehmet Oz (CMS) Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE) Steve Bannon (Fmr WH) Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor) Bill Barr (Fmr AG)

“.. Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Not only using it but commissioning it over 4+ administration's/ 40+ years. The community Epstein served as sick as it was had a market demand for it globally. Don't let it be lost that Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed Trump told her the Epstein files would “hurt my friends.” He meant that.

Some lowlights:

The purpose behind Trump's special operations has never had much to do with immigration enforcement. It is first to terrorize the civilian population and second to inflict a maximum amount of damage on the economy of the locality involved. This is Trump's revenge against opposition voters.

BREAKING: Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights? KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment

BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple. "It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."

I feel like this should be a bigger story. Also...I don't begrudge him for doing this because I know the reality of a budget and aspirational politics are often like oil and water. What I do begrudge...all the super left bullying people because we pointed that out. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...

NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each. Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Wait wait wait. I just don’t even have words. Thank God Sen Murphy does. This just cannot stand. Our diversity makes us stronger. What even is “white culture”?

BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight. The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family. It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.

I don’t think enough people know that the GOP’s “Save America Act” would establish voter purge programs using data systems that experts say are unreliable. These systems reek of DOGE & thus of Elon Musk who is *heavily* promoting the Act. Thread.

if ICE is taking your photograph, seems like one of the best things you can do in the moment is tuck your chin and look down. maybe that's intuitive but the tech does seem to be really weak at that angle, fwiw.

And I…..OOOP www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...

On a related note, learn from what happened in Minnesota, Chicago, and Portland, but also think about what your special sauce is. I'm a Minnesotan incandescently proud of how we came together as neighbors, but my wife is a native Chicagoan and BOY HOWDY did they lean into being loud and obnoxious.

Representative Melanie Stanbury name drops a few of the evil administration pervs from the #EpsteinFiles Explains a lot 👿

The Diocese of Brooklyn agreed to enter into mediation with more than 1,000 people who have said they were sexually abused as minors by priests or church staff members. The diocese will set aside a fund worth hundreds of millions of dollars to settle victims’ claims. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

BREAKING Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing. Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says. Doc buff.ly/rccakD7