"If Congress fails to prosecute the powerful and tear down this system today, they are not only failing to prevent the next Jeffrey Epstein from coming around, they are using federal policy to build and maintain his trafficking machine." - @GRITLaura.bsky.social bit.ly/4kxY9Ai #Epstein #ICEOut

With a reported “surge” in children being held in ICE detention, Congress needs to ask those in charge exactly what they are doing to stop the next Epstein trafficking ring - or accept that they are building the infrastructure for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

A few months ago, (open.substack.com/pub/laurafla... ) I recommended mapping federally-owned properties that could be used for DHS or ICE purposes. Wired’s showing how to do it and providing some search mechanisms to track the GSA buildings in every state: www.wired.com/story/ice-ex... (free)

My latest. Are we going to stop the next Epstein now, or build their infrastructure for them? open.substack.com/pub/laurafla...

You asked. We listened. Our guests have answers:

Thanks for the conversation, @johncassidysays.bsky.social and @faiz.bsky.social and for your reporting @moreperfectunion.bsky.social !

Today on Laura Flanders & Friends: Debunking the AI hype. As energy-sucking data centers take root around the country, communities are pushing back. @johncassidysays.bsky.social (@newyorker.com) and Faiz Shakir (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) tell us more: bit.ly/4k5S8uu

“There are… agents provocateurs who try to push the protests in particular directions.” US-Iran scholar @valinasr.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how foreign agents have been involved in the Iran protests. Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/vali-nasr-...

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

White House posts image bragging about Don Lemon's arrest that includes at top after "Lemons..." the chains used on slaves--not anything dealing with modern day law enforcement like a handcuff. The white supremacist regime is not hiding they did this for their white supremacist base.

The United States of America in 2026. Do not look away.

“The changes the White House has made over the last 24 hours are purely nominal... But nominal doesn’t mean meaningless. They show the White House saw the current situation was untenable. They couldn’t keep people in line.”

This entire thread is important. Exactly the movement analysis and reporting that our media will never do. Watch ICE, denounce fascism all you like - we’ll never build power if we don’t learn how. The Minnesotans aren’t simply “nice.” They are deeply organized.

Correction: ANOTHER Person: Updates: Federal Agents Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Cited "no specific criminal statute"??? Once again, wtf is the meaning of this?

By using words like “arrest” and “capture” to describe the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, media evoke a framing where the “good guys” and “bad guys” are preordained. fair.org/home/labelin...

#NoKingButDrKing!

News outlets, STOP using hackneyed and misleading language to describe govt violence. "Protesters clashed with federal agents" In Minneapolis, in 100+ videos during the past 6 weeks, time and again, we see a bunch of folks just standing around being unprovokedly SET UPON by federal agents.

Laura Flanders & Friends is the show for forward-thinking people, and on today’s program, we have the brilliant thinker Donna Haraway! The esteemed feminist philosopher and scholar joins Laura for a vast conversation on generative thinking to resist authoritarianism: bit.ly/4jN89FJ

Hey NYC/NJ: Joins us this Sunday as the top Brown comedians in NYC join forces for one BIG show! Comedians who have appeared on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, TLC's “Match Me Abroad,” Comedy Central and much more! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-br...

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Dang. I was so hoping the last two words were “it Quits.”

Living in an apparently non-compliant Black, brown, indigenous or female body is daily to risk death in white macho America. We will survive, but only hand in hand. We have nothing to lose but our lives. davidrovics.bandcamp.com/track/say-th...

Tons of good stuff here: Roaming Charges: In ICE Cold Blood - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/09/r...

Absolutely. Hard not to see the mirror.

Can you hear the Bolivarians calling? There’s a message in their experience of bottom-up power (from above) that I’ve been thinking about this week:

“Twenty years ago Venezuela was a great country” - says Trump . Note: Twenty years ago Hugo Chavez was president of Venezuela.

Humans need nature to survive, and science shows that nature benefits from human intervention too. This Friday, plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer explores the ways people can mobilize to care for plants and be in community with “Plant Baby Plant”. Join us tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. ET: bit.ly/4jbYbxd

Plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer joins Laura Flanders & Friends today to tell us all about "Plant Baby Plant", a counter movement to the Republican's "Drill, Baby, Drill" campaign. Join us on YouTube today at 5:00 p.m. ET or catch the show on public television and radio all week: bit.ly/4jbYbxd

Already, we’ve inaugurated something.

Here we are - at Zuccotti park! The inauguration Block party line is long and happy!

Have you been wondering our our bursts of resistance stack up against their onslaught. I have. open.substack.com/pub/laurafla...

Not to dunk on Reuters, but all news outlets should drop "crackdown" as a tidy way to refer to unconstitutional authoritarian repression. "Crackdown" implies enforcing laws on lawbreakers. That's not correct. Moderate Repub quoted says it's "a violation of rights" and "militarizing neighborhoods."

“They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.” Any doubters out there?

Before liberal donors Scrooge out, anticipating Trump targeting in advance, it’s worth remembering the IRS has always discriminated against the (Black and) poor and for the rich.

That limp Democratic spine in action again.

We are saddened by Rob & Michele Reiner’s death and were honored to feature God & Country on the show. The film was produced by Rob & Michele Reiner & directed by Dan Partland: bit.ly/3T1v0kY Rob and Michele, thank you for championing civil rights & illuminating stories others wouldn’t dare to tell.

In their first interview together, @ezralevin.bsky.social, the co-founder of @indivisible.org (the group behind No Kings!) and László Upor, a leader in one of Hungary’s most creative and visible resistance efforts, share their experiences of resisting authoritarianism. Tune in here: bit.ly/3MzgDDN

Premiering tonight: @indivisible.org's @ezralevin.bsky.social & László Upor of SvFE in Budapest, Hungary join @GRITLaura.bsky.social for a US/Hungarian conversation on movement strategyz bit.ly/3MzgDDN

Thanks for sharing.

Doxxing, by Donald. More details in full post: open.substack.com/pub/laurafla...

Doxing and swatting - it used to be marginal maniacs who saw journalists as targets to be neutralized. Now it’s the President. A government that pardons violent insurrectionists is turning its full weight on the people who dare to report any of it.

Premiering tonight. A chilling story of journalists under fire - and reporter bravery. These guests are heroes. youtu.be/ogTSk-Ilh3s

Looks like fun, too!

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It’s not too late!!

If he hadn’t resigned early, Admiral Alvin Halsey would have been dealing with Hegseth as the commander in charge of US Southern Command. His resignation takes effect Dec 12th. I can not wait to hear what he has to say. #hegseth