On the one hand, USCIS is demanding your social media account to check for antisemitism. On the other hand, State is going to establish its own website to spread Nazi and terrorist content.

1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first. 2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts. 3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger. 4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover. 5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.

JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.

He should resign but I'm mostly shocked that this story got to press. Congress is very good at covering stuff like this up.

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

The Brazilian political system is, structurally, very similar to the American one. But when they elected a Trump-style authoritarian back in 2018, their Congress and Supreme Court actually fought back. I went to Brazil to find out why. And what I learned surprised me. www.vox.com/politics/479...

Check out @luchkov.bsky.social and my latest investigation on how ICE and other federal agencies are using phone extraction software with roots in Russia and FSB (Russia’s security services)

Italy draws fire for attending Trump's first Board of Peace summit www.courthousenews.com/italy-draws-...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

LOL why would they? 🤡 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela. Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A trio of wastewater treatment workers are suing the City of Statesville. One of the city's facilities created a "whites only" bathroom by locking it before the Black staffer came in at night, and then fired and defamed plaintiffs for reporting it to the EEOC, they say. #nccourts

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters. The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

WaPo reports: Trump just put his receptionist Chamberlain Harris on the arts commission reviewing his ballroom. They omit: in 2021, Harris helped Trump move classified docs to Mar-a-Lago, and scanned some on her laptop. Then once that story went public, she wiped a 2019 trip to Russia off her CV. 1/

The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.

Wait, what? Having child sex predators as your CEO is bad for business?

and, make no mistake, the medical care inside a Virginia prison is a joke.

Every day, at least 300 immigrants land at La Lima airport in the northwest region of Honduras after being deported from the US. Many have arrived without their children – having no idea where their kids are or who is taking care of them.

Corrections Officers and ICE goons have started patrolling the Dilley, Texas ICE Concentration Camp, confiscating children’s drawings, letters, and arts and crafts materials to prevent further leaks of the abhorrent conditions in the camp (February 17, 2026).

BIG NEWS: The federal government has given up their appeal in our National Guard case from last fall – meaning we’ve permanently succeeded in keeping National Guard members off our streets. #orpol

PIMCO: “.. the fact that Congress is having a hard time doing the very bare minimum – i.e., funding the government successfully – speaks to the lack of functioning of the institution .. Indeed, this most recent full Congress (ended Jan 2025) passed the fewest bills into law since the civil war ..”

A Colorado judge found a man charged with assaulting a local reporter in the name of “Trump’s America” restored to competency on Tuesday and able to proceed to a new trial. www.courthousenews.com/colorado-mar...

A clip that will be used for many years to come.

The whole country is voting AGAINST Trump’s ICE.

Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year. Y'all this isn't sustainable.

This Is Definitely His Legacy….

Why wld a career journalist want to work under a provocateur/troll?

Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.

Trump’s poll numbers are in free fall.

“Anthropic … wants to ensure its tools aren't used to spy on Americans en masse, or to develop weapons that fire with no human involvement. The Pentagon claims that's unduly restrictive …” www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...

“.. Canadian oil sales to China are now booming .. “.. Canadian tourists are vacationing elsewhere “.. German firms have resumed investments in China “.. European investors are reconsidering their holdings of US financial assets ..” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances. reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...

"The Baltimore County Council will convene an emergency session Tuesday to consider legislation to ban private persons, corporations, property owners or third-party contractors from gaining permits to operate detention centers in the county...." www.wbaltv.com/article/balt...

"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..." www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...

“.. a mega, anti-Trump trade alliance ..” #TheWorldIsMovingOn @politico.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

Tennessee "No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..." tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...

We’re renewing Canada’s relationship with China. As part of our new strategic partnership, China is granting visa-free travel for Canadians.

US Sec of State Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich. He canceled attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’ www.ft.com/content/fdd6...

Federal Judges have been threatened with violence or they have limp dicks and refuse to hold ANYONE in Contempt. Either way they arenCOMPLICIT.

Every Pardon is a Grifting Quid Pro Quo.

Okay so this seems pretty straightforward. Epstein paid Reinhart to do a shitty job defending Epstein’s employees and victims.

"The interview was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell."

The Headquarters for the Republican Party of Eau Claire County Wisconsin was vandalized

A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.

Important Info. TRUMP RAPED CHILDREN.

Fuckin sick weirdos.

Billionaires block #EpsteinFiles release. The only doubt is how much to pay