another note about Mejía's upset win: abolish ICE was her central message. on her mailers, on her socials, on her website landing page, on the stump, if voters knew one policy position from her it was that one.

A brand new Super PAC — Elect Chicago Women — just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why? Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:

DOD “signed a $210 million deal to buy advanced cluster shells from one of Israel’s state-owned arms companies… large new commitments to a class of weapons and an Israeli defense establishment both widely condemned for their indiscriminate killing of civilians.” theintercept.com/2026/02/06/p...

No excuses for this. It incensed me so much I wrote not one, but two articles linking to millions of free to use public domain images. world.hey.com/jordanacosta...

🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

NEW: The top Trump-appointed proseutor in MN says his office is dropping "pressing priorities" to manage crushing immigration workload. His short-staffed office is doing constant overtime and bouncing between contempt hearings. The bleak assessment: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

The IDF have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of British soldiers from WWI and WWII

People in Gaza continue to need our support, particularly through this harsh winter. Please give to the Gaza Soup Kitchen, which provides food and medical aid to thousands daily.

This is really sad. HRW (with Shakir) did monumentally important work with the “apartheid” report. Bad bad bad.

New Bellingcat investigation: Made in the USA: How American-Built Weapons Have Wrought Destruction in Gaza. The article examines how US-made weapons have been used in Israeli strikes and the civilian harm linked to their use. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

Punchbowl has AOC quoted saying the same thing that I've been saying for the past few weeks re: AIPAC spending against pro-Israel Tom Malinowski. “It’s quite shocking how moderate of a stance that they are mobilizing against. We’re not even talking about them targeting the left,” Ocasio-Cortez said

if the whole genocide thing wasn't enough for you, another good reason to get AIPAC money out of democratic politics is that the organization now exists to move republican donor money into democratic races to sow chaos and get the most republican-friendly democrat elected

It seems we're entering a fascinating new chapter in the nascent experiment by AIPAC to directly intervene in Democratic primaries, this time around with AIPAC feverishly attacking someone who would traditionally be understood to be on the right flank on the party on Israel.

the old fourth estate is dying. the new fourth estate struggles to be born. now is the time of newsletters I guess

I don’t like this

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/

Huda Skaik asked eight brilliant photojournalists from Gaza to pick a single image from the past two years and explain why it matters so much to them. These pictures are incredible. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Many said we were exaggerating a year ago when we argued that Trump is a clear and present danger to our democracy. A year later they are eating their words. It’s up to every single one of us to save our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Yes, this friendly 2019 Jeffrey Epstein email exchange is about the owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft. But it's more important who it is WITH: Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul, Weiss. And Karp was still chairman when Paul, Weiss became the first law firm to cave to Trump's demands in 2025. 1/

“.. Weiss insists she does not want to cut ties with Attia over his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and sees it as giving in to the mob.” @calderone.bsky.social #$PSKY www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... Ewwww. "Kids, here's an inspiring figure I want you to meet. Now, mom has to run off for a meeting, why don't you let uncle Jeff know what kind of drinks you want him to prepare for you?"

Sarah Ferguson ‘took daughters to visit Epstein’ days after his prison release

Anyway almost every organizer from BLM is dead now

“A review of 47 victims’ full names on Sunday found that 43 of them were left unredacted in files that were made public by the government on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Several women’s full names appeared more than 100 times in the files. “ www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

🇦🇪🇺🇸 Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE pres.'s brother & a powerful intelligence-linked investor dubbed the “spy sheikh,” secretly bought a 49% stake in the Trump family’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial for $500 million in Jan. 2025, WSJ reports. The deal, signed just months...

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

This is the U Penn donor who helped push the President out, pushed to eliminate arts & science offerings, and drafted Trumps "compact" with universities. People like Rowan repeatedly claimed the moral high ground to impose their agenda on students and faculty.

Why do your organizing over Signal? So that you don't do your organizing on an app that hasn't been tested or reviewed, run by a guy who doesn't tell his users about data breaches and security problems. www.ibtimes.co.uk/stopice-hack...

Btw, I am working under the presumption that this Epstein drop is heavily fucked with, as to leave no trace of Trump in it on purpose. So it's interesting to me what and who remains in this drop, and who they therefore deem disposable. Elon, obviously, but maybe Melania?

Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.

BREAKING: President Trump says airstrikes are going to be necessary after Iran cunningly placed its country among US military bases 👀

Note: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... And also that the ministry toll only includes those killed in attacks (not starvation/injuries/deprivation) + is widely seen as an undercount.

h/t @diplomatofnight.com for noting Biden has never publicly apologized for the comments. He did so privately to Muslim American leaders. The day of Biden's remarks, I obtained State Dept cables showing the US gov repeatedly cited Gaza ministry figures sans caveats: www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...

President Biden twice said he had "no confidence" in the numbers from Palestinians about deaths in Gaza — a position that helped justify his policy of enabling Israeli attacks there. Today, the IDF said it accepts the Gaza ministry's numbers. I've asked Biden's spox if he has regrets. Stay tuned.

The charges against protestors announced today by Bondi were very clearly done with producing #content as the first priority and law enforcement a distant second. The decision to wave mugshots around is already harming DOJ's credibility in court www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

Consider how officials handled intel findings post-election (when it was harder to present challenging Israel as politically impossible). Consistently, with deadly effects, Biden decision-makers dodged firm conclusions on Palestinian suffering & Israel’s approach. www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...

Such doubt was consistently echoed by senior officials in Biden admin deliberations, thru the end of their tenure — driving top officials to doubt humanitarian + intelligence experts unlike elsewhere & making it hard to justify shifts in US policy that could have saved lives. More soon in my book.

Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.

Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...

Unrwa chief: Gaza 'deadliest' place for journalists, aid workers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/unrwa-chief-gaza-deadliest-place-journalists-aid-workers

oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove. people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

Since you may be stuck inside due to the blizzard, today would be a good day to call your senators & tell them how pissed off you are

Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.