“This is a systemic violent act, to be detaining children, that has long-term consequences,” Kelley said. “It’s massively detrimental to the well-being of these families and our whole communities.”

I love when people mix up “anecdote” and “antidote” when speaking. Really can lead to some funny things being said

a criminal conviction isn’t required to say someone does not have the moral character to run for office and i don’t understand why this needs to be said over and over and over again.

Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal

As a result of Trump & Hegseth's re-segregation, all five service chiefs, the JCS chairman and vice chairman, and nine of ten combatant commanders are white men. Also, the U.S. military is back to zero female four-star officers for the first time since 2008; there were four in 2024.

Jesus Christ

The difference between cucumbers and pickles is jarring.

In the 1920s, there was an enormous Klan-aligned caucus in the House of Representatives that passed an immigration restriction bill designed to keep out Catholics and Jews because they supposedly posed an existential threat to American civilization. 100 years later, here we are.

solidarity with all marginalized people in Kansas. you are not alone. together we are going to build the better world we all deserve.

This poor man, who was blind, was first forced to plead guilty to trespassing and weapons possession to get released because he accidentally wandered onto a woman’s porch using a curtain rod as a cane (that’s the weapon) and she called police.

Glad the Lakers put up a statue of their greatest coach [squints] Nic Cage

it's-a me, mario. i got-a big-a family. i got-a

I didn’t think my jaw could drop any lower. I was wrong.

Acronym tho

This doesn’t sound like the Wesley R. Dingus I know

After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

NOT CHARLES EPSTEIN CHEESE 😱

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

NEW: For the second time in 2026, Kentucky state police have charged a woman with homicide after a pregnancy loss. Both were criminalized after seeking medical care—one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion—and face charges of abuse of a corpse and concealing a birth @autonomynews.co

This is not a sentence I was prepared to read on Valentine’s Day

Nurse: Pharmacy still hasn’t sent up my Nimbex drip!!! Me: The DOW is over 50,000 right now

I think the thing that enrages me the most about Musk is that he presents himself as some sci-fi nerd hero doing everything possible to save humanity by going to new planets. If your plan for saving humanity doesn’t include the people already on earth, you’re just a racist piece of shit.

As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”

OPINION: "The outrageous lies of Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a Commerce Secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished ... America desperately needs truth and consequences." — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch

What the fuck is this shit

What the fuck is this shit

“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”

Always a great sign for how things are going in your country when 21-year-olds are like “hey, I innovated a system to play bagpipes in tear gas”

This tweet by Ben is demonstrative of the anti-scientific approach that he and Jesse Singal take to their analysis.

I cannot explain the combination of sadness and rage these letters produce. What a fucked up country we are.

OK, slightly wonky health actuary thread, because the audacity of these MFers CSR is short for cost-sharing reductions, a component of the ACA. The purpose was to allow lower income people to get a plan with affordable out of pocket (OOP) costs for the same price as a less generous plan

i imagine it is very tempting for curlers to just whip that rock down there as hard as they can and clonk everything around a bit

crickets from the free speech crowd, of course

*looking at the Mona Lisa* there is no way a turtle painted this

the movies we truly deserve: thread

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling. In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.

Not that it would be okay to do this to an undocumented immigrant either but THIS GUY IS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT and also his lawyer hand delivered his medication and they REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO HIM. Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?

it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

I have given hundreds of recommendations in my career and I have never once included physical characteristics. Never.

I guess someone doesn’t want to join my competitive origami league www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Kicking off #BlackHistoryMonth w/ an appreciation thread of physicians: 1/ Charles R. Drew, MD - American surgeon & researcher - pioneer in the field of blood transfusions - developed techniques for blood storage - first African-American surgeon to examine for American College of Surgeons

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

Important info from @cato.org about how immigrants contribute to our country: "The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023." Facts matter.

“The narrative provided by federal officials” is going to become an idiom similar to “pulling my leg” but if that leg was also caught in a bear trap

"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...