@vanhollen.senate.gov Could you please explain to your colleagues that they must stop voting for Trump nominees? They will be confirmed anyway but it continues normalizing this regime's behavior. Not sure what the benefit is.

NEW: A rupture between DOJ and ICE has emerged in Minnesota, where overwhelmed prosecutors keep dropping the ball — and saying ICE won't return their messages. The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Denaturalization as criminal punishment is not a thing in American law, it's unconstitutional under any circumstances. It can only be done in the narrow case of somebody who fraudulently obtained the naturalization itself. Otherwise they are no different from natural-born citizens who commit crimes.

Eff ICE, eff Trump and eff EVERY Republican for this. I am in tears. Such a wasteful, stupid death of an innocent American citizen. Eff every single one of you insensitive bastards. And never speak to me of Jesus or Christianity again. Ever.

Also: Billionaires quite literally will not save us.

I fear, like our deeply wounded democracy, we will not understand what we’ve lost until it’s gone and it will be hard if not impossible to get it back. I am open to meeting with or convening with anyone trying to work to preserve the free press that we have.

People often disparage the press — and we often get it wrong — but almost everything you know about this administration is not because pundits go on tv or social media and pontificate but because of relentless reporting from real journalists at institutions that give them resources to do so.

We are seeing the convergence of all of these tactics across media, and the absolute purge at the @washingtonpost.com of some 300 staff and entire news divisions at one of this nation’s greatest newspapers while an open ideologue has been handed CBS’s reins are signs of a democracy in deep decline.

Lessons from other eroded democracies show there’re multiple ways to destroy the free press.Yes, you can arrest/intimidate journalists like last week.You can also buy news organizations, destroy their credibility and gut their newsrooms. You can sue frivolously until newsrooms can’t afford to fight.

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

As far as I'm concerned, Donald Trump is an enemy to the United States

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

“This is a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.” www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

this week's post is about the better world we might build in the ruins of a society destroyed by AI margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/when-we-wa...

The hits just keep on coming. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

It's incredibly important that Americans are organizing to PREVENT the Trump regime from building more prison camps. @andreapitzer.bsky.social explains why in this excellent piece:

Want to know what you can do when ICE starts invading your neighborhood? @indivisible.org is holding a nationwide ICE Watch training session this Thursday, Feb 5:

Why TF are we not blaming ALL republicans? trump is so flaccid and weak he couldn’t do any of this alone.

This Homan presser is completely incoherent. He started by announcing a drawdown of 700 agents (good!) but then pivoted to whining about "rhetoric" (bad) and suggested there will be more bloodshed if it doesn't stop (grim). Not clear to me that anything is actually changing on the ground here in MN.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Operation Metro Surge is not making Minnesota safer. Today's announcement is a step in the right direction, but we need a faster and larger drawdown of forces, state-led investigations into the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and an end to this campaign of retribution.

"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."

Want to know something you can do about ICE right now? Call your US Senators & US Rep. Now. (202) 224-3121. Here's a script:

Breaking: Fulton County just announced it has filed a motion "seeking the return of all files from the 2020 Election that were confiscated by the FBI" last week.

From @simonwdc.bsky.social: American People Firmly Behind Drive To Rein In ICE, On The Hill Powerful Stories of ICE's Violence, Greater Focus Needed On The Detention Centers

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

Who is Hurting Kids? MAGA is the menace.

It’s time to start blaming all Republicans not just Trump. Trump could not do anything without them.

INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT. He's too out of control & the "puppet" congress is enabling him. Every time he opens his mouth, "insanity" rolls off his tongue. His cruelty, disrespect, corruption, lawlessness unprecedented. He's destroying the country. He is a true and present danger. It is time .....

States' rights have long been a cornerstone of the GOP platform, but now that Trump wants to take-over the vote to grow his dictatorship, he's happy to throw states' rights out the window. Criminal hypocrisy and complicity define the GOP agenda.

ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up. Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.

Seriously, it shouldn't be hard to identify the other reporters in the Oval Office and to ask them why they remain silent when the president of the United States verbally attacks one of their colleagues.

Conway: If you want your lives to be better and you want this country to persevere for your kids, we need to impeach and remove this fascist fucker now, as soon as possible. And I know that language is tough, but that’s where we are.

I wish folks understood they have to demand what they want. If you're saying "but they won't..." this or that then you are just telling them ahead of time that all you're going to do is whine about it. Stop accepting their excuses in advance. Impeach and remove the treasonous pee resident. ASAP.

IF YOU DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO RUSSIAN HISTORY UNDER PUTIN TRUMP IS DESTINED TO REPEAT IT IN AMERICA.

This woman has shown more courage than the nominal leaders of the Democratic Party.

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

Glad @maddowblog.bsky.social is reporting on the resistance happening against the regime's plan to build massive detention centers. Please read this excellent piece by @andreapitzer.bsky.social on how the US is careening toward becoming a concentration camp regime—and what we must do to stop it:

In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.

The more shadowy docket

Marimar Martinez talks about being shot by CBP: “My arms, legs, and chest were all wrapped in bandages. I had 7 bullet holes in my body. I remember the agents rushing the nurses to finish up so they could take me with them.”

There's a prominent Republican congressman who met his current wife when she was in high school and he was in his 40s, and it's just treated like no big deal by his caucus. Worth remembering when they dismiss the Epstein Files stuff as no big deal.

The people of Minneapolis are showing breathtaking courage. Facing down armed federal goons to protect their neighbors isn't just brave; it’s legendary.

ICE agents draw handguns on unarmed observers in Minneapolis for documenting their actions. Guns escalate fear, not safety. Pointing firearms at civilians enforces silence through terror. Congress keeps funding this behavior. Own it. #FundHealthcareOverICE

It happened so fast it made everyone's head spin in the legal profession—and no doubt caused the panic that led other firms to capitulate. It never really made sense.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Republican lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau’s statistical methods used for the 2020 Census. A big victory for my law firm's clients and everyone who cares about an accurate Census! www.democracydocket.com/cases/florid...

Happening now.