EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.

reading the US State Department travel advisories to Burma and struck by how many of the factors cited in the "Do Not Travel" rating apply to Minnesota, USA

Saying "the word" will obviously not tank Trump. Perhaps there was a moment it would have, but that's long past. But you must ask him about the video. And continue pressing him until he loses his temper. It might not change anything now, but it'll be a quote we want for history's sake.

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A continuation of the story? BG3 was tied up with a fucking bow. Like, depending on player choices, *some* characters could move on to further adventures, but totally independent from their BG3 narrative. And, at that point, it's just an original Forgotten Realms story with cameos. So make that.

Personally, my favorite way to make raw milk safe is to heat it to 161°F for at least 15 seconds and then rapidly cool it to 39°F. In fact, I have found outside vendors who are willing to milk the cows, perform this heating/cooling process, bottle it, and deliver it to stores near me.

The fact that *not one* person in Harris' camp can explain why they shouldn't launch their fucking media operation on the Substack platform is... probably all you need to know about that endeavor.

The only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"

If you're a citizen and ICE detains you for Reasons until the polls close, you've been disenfranchised. If ICE presence at your polling place causes delays forcing you to leave without voting because you have other obligations, you've been disenfranchised.

@infinitescream.bsky.social a hand, please?

1. What I'm about to post is going to sound egotistical - because it is - but it has a point, so please go with it for moment: I've learned over time that, at least in my own communities, I can no longer rely on how people approach and treat me as an indicator of their own personality.

What if instead of enjoying music, you enjoyed being told what music* to like?

On the one hand, I think this is true and, by itself, would be a decent outcome. But on the other, it looks like another case of Congressional Dems fighting smart legislative fights* at the expense of smart political fights. Which I strongly believe is the wrong choice in this moment.

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

I understand reporters' reluctance to "be the news," but if you have a legitimate question that will cause the President to abruptly end the interview and leave in a huff, *that is incredibly newsworthy and you must ask that question*.

People need to understand what is really happening out there every day we don't put the brakes on the whole operation. "But ICE will still be funded if they shut down" Yes exactly and Americans would see what the administration spends money on while you can't afford groceries or healthcare.

@besttrousers.bsky.social @starshine.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGus...

Not that the Pope is beyond criticism, but it's kind of weird coming from Speaker Mike Johnson, a Protestant who explicitly does not recognize the spiritual authority of the Pope, and JD Vance, who as an adult Catholic convert explicitly chose to recognize the spiritual authority of the Pope.

Tina Brown nypost.com/2025/11/18/u...

I sometimes wonder if--for these monsters--the time they had at their peak was worth the downfall. But then I remember how stunted they are. They never imagine a trade-off or a "fair" price to pay. They only enjoy getting away with it, in the moment. I hope the suffering is truly exquisite.

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

You really don't have to defend unrepentant assholes. But what I truly can't understand is people who will use their personal credibility and story of, "I have at times been an asshole, but I recognize it, and work hard to be better," to excuse people who have zero interest in making amends.

1/7 - The New START treaty - last remaining nuclear arms limitation treaty - expired today. Russia and the United States have so far failed to prepare a replacement treaty. At best, the two may agree voluntarily not to exceed the limits for a while.

Updates on the intersection of ICE-related violence and disability, February 2026. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2026/02/03/i...

NEWS Elon Musk and others LOSE their bid to duck depositions in DOGE litigation. Judge doubts protections for "high-ranking government officials" for multiple reasons. It's unclear they ever had that status, and Musk "left government service." Doc buff.ly/uhpSOTz

Putting aside for a second that Abolish ICE is the compromise position... What I need to know is what is the enforcement mechanism? Some of these are already Constitutional requirements that are being flouted. So what is the enforcement mechanism? And does it have a Congressional supermajority?

AOC is the only one* of these I would vote for in the Primary.

Once again, if a multi-billionaire really cared about journalism, they would buy a paper, convert it into a non-profit, set up a foundation with a huge endowment to fund the paper, then loudly and publicly not seat themselves or their family on that foundation's board.

Here's my full report at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-system...

The 28th Amendment to the Constitution: No state, municipal, or federal law enforcement agent shall be armed with weapons or supplied with equipment that is prohibited to the People. This includes members of the Armed Forces deployed within the borders, absent a Declaration of War.

These 5 people could caucus with the Democrats, giving them a majority & firmly opposing the fascism, any time. It might be nice for an enterprising journalist to ask them why they keep not doing this every day as the crimes & corruption continue & John Thune refuses to fulfill his oath of office.

For myself, about a month, burning all my sick and vacation days. Can't really see myself needing more money than that, anyway. For the right charity I'd consider going another month, but I'd probably have to shave my head to deal with the ick.

New compromise position: ICE and CBP agents may keep their masks. Forever. Once donned they cannot be removed or altered for any reason, for the remainder of their lives. Not even to shower. Under penalty of deportation to the Arctic Sea, which is desperately in need of ice.

"Weak and unpopular President afraid to set foot in nation's most populous state."

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explain to me, very slowly, like the dimwitted child you must think I am, how body cameras or ICE cooperating with cops would have prevented any of the many, many, many law enforcement murders committed by both ICE and cops over the years which were already thoroughly documented on video

He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.

I am calling on @icegov.bsky.social Director Todd Lyons to immediately confirm or deny the existence of a “domestic terrorist” database. If true, you’re violating the Constitution. If not, maybe talk to your “border czar” to get your stories straight. This isn’t a game–it’s the Constitution.

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

See the cool thing about being a *species* is that passing on *your particular* genes is totally inconsequential compared to what you contribute to supporting your community. Having kids is great if you want them. But it's not individually important.

This is a federal agency out of control.

JFC ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED. OH MY GOD. YOU ARE BEGGING FOR THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY REQUIRED BY LAW. GEE I WONDER HOW NATIONAL DEMS COMPLETELY LOST THE RHETORICAL BATTLE ON IMMIGRATION. IF ONLY THERE WERE ANY RECENT EXAMPLES OF THEM JUST ACCEPTING GOP FRAMING AND TALKING POINTS.

Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50 Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

Sometimes I get a really good quote in. “Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s @evacide told @RollingStone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

“Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005.”

My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis. This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg